I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
ALAIN PROSTSometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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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 always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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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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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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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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Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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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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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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When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can’t see that from the outside.
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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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It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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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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People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
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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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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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Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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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.
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One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.
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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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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 was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
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