It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
ALAIN PROSTThat is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
More Alain Prost Quotes
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I was looking at the history of the sport and I couldn’t understand why there have been so many good South American drivers, especially Brazilians.
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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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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that’s motor racing.
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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
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I think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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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.
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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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I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
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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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People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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