I think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
ALAIN PROSTI think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
ALAIN PROSTSo 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.
ALAIN PROSTI’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
ALAIN PROSTI work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
ALAIN PROSTI have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
ALAIN PROSTSome Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
ALAIN PROSTDoes it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
ALAIN PROSTWithout 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.
ALAIN PROSTPeople don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
ALAIN PROSTI was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
ALAIN PROSTI have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one.
ALAIN PROSTMaybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
ALAIN PROSTThat is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
ALAIN PROSTIn 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.
ALAIN PROSTSometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
ALAIN PROSTDo you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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