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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.

Alain Prost

I don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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Car Curb Go Hard Over Want
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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Country Driver Good History Look Many Sport Understand
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
In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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Finish Four Place Seventh Three Time
Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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Balance Find Genius Have Some Country
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
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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Fast Go Look Slow Smooth
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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Analyse Begin During Know Practice Race Win
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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Care Criticise Leg One People Take Wheelchair
It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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Attitude Disadvantage Good
Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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Better Mentality Result Some Sometimes Think
I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success.
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Hard Jealous People Problem Success Think Work
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
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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Absolute All Below Day Go Limit never Right Same Speed Test
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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Fact Judge Long Only Sport Term Thing
When I drove for British teams… they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
ALAIN PROST

Call Drove Fog Foreign Small Tadpole Team

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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