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.
ALAIN PROSTI think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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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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A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.
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The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair.
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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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So I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not.
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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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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 think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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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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I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success.
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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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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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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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When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
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I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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