People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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.
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You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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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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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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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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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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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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When I drove for British teams… they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
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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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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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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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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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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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