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That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.

Alain Prost

I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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Always Anything Break Car Mentality
It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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Attitude Disadvantage Good
Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.
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Always Effort Go Ideal Limit Minimum Pole Possible Race Say Speed Think Win
I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
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Build Confidence Experience Important Interest Very Well
Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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Balance Find Genius Have Some Country
I have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one.
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Country Number One People Problem Some Success
People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
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Car Drive Maybe People Pleasure Understand
So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
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Career Fact Judge Long Race Season Sport Term Thing
You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.
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Also Car Fun Happy Quiet Real Sometimes Stop Want Well Work
If I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.
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Attack Change Could Good Hard Make Mistake Push
When I look fast, I’m not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.
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Fast Go Look Slow Smooth
I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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Appreciate Hard Work
Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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Better Bit Help Mentality People Sometimes Team Understand
When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that’s the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing.
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Absolute All Below Day Go Limit never Right Same Speed Test
When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
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Feel Good Race Very Win
I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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Always Beginning Same Start Way Weekend Work

That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.

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