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.
ALAIN PROSTI like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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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 think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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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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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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When I drove for British teams… they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
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Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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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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It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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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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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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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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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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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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