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.
ALAIN PROSTDo you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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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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It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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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 like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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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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Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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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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I don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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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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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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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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