One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.
ALAIN PROSTSo 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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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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I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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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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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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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 always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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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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People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
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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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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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Do 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 work very hard and they don’t appreciate that.
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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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A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.
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