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 PROSTPeople who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
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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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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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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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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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When I drove for British teams… they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
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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 like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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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 who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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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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