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.
ALAIN PROSTWhen 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.
More Alain Prost Quotes
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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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.
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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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Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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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 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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I was looking at the history of the sport and I couldn’t understand why there have been so many good South American drivers, especially Brazilians.
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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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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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I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
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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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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’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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