I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
ALAIN PROSTSo 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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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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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 is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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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.
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When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
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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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Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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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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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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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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It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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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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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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