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 PROSTI have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one.
More Alain Prost Quotes
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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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I’m brave to say that I won’t take this sort of risk.
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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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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Sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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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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Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
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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 can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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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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It’s always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone.
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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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