One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.
ALAIN PROSTDo you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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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 think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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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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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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You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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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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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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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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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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