I think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
ALAIN PROSTSome Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
More Alain Prost Quotes
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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
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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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I don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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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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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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Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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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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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.
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People 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. 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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One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk 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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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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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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