You can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
ALAIN PROSTWhen I look fast, I’m not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.
More Alain Prost Quotes
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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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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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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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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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I have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one.
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I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
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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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I don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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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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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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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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I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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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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