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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

Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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Country Maybe Nowhere
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’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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Brave Risk Say Sort Take
In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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Finish Four Place Seventh Three Time
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
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
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
It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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Attitude Disadvantage Good
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
People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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Car Condition Drove never People Unaware
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
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
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
I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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Always Anything Break Car Mentality
You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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Always Best Compromise 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

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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