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.
ALAIN PROSTPeople who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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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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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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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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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 don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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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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When I drove for British teams… they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
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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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It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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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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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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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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