People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
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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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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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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It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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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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I don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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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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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 is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
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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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I work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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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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I have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one.
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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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