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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.

Alain Prost

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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Career Fact Judge Long Race Season Sport Term Thing
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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Attack Change Could Good Hard Make Mistake Push
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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Always Effort Go Ideal Limit Minimum Pole Possible Race Say Speed Think Win
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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Feel Fix Flat Good Like Out Outside Race Time Very Win
Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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Country Maybe Nowhere
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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Another Hate Important Part Race Success
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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Everyone Gather Mad Motore Push Race Seventh Think Time Trend Win
It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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Attitude Disadvantage Good
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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Best Bit Convince Country Good Little Quiet Team
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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Also Car Fun Happy Quiet Real Sometimes Stop Want Well Work
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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Biggest Clutch Problem Race Risk Season Start
I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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Always Beginning Same Start Way Weekend Work
Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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Course Drive Idiot Nothing Scare
I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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Brave Risk Say Sort Take
Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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Balance Find Genius Have Some Country
Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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Better Bit Help Mentality People Sometimes Team Understand

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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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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