I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend.
ALAIN PROSTYou can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 like the mentality of the Americans. It’s like when you talk about money.
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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.
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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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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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Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
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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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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 don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
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