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.
ALAIN PROSTWithout 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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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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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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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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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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Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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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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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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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 I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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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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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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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 think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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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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