I like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
ALAIN PROSTSo 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 was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
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I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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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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When I look fast, I’m not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know.
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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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People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
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It’s not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
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