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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. "

Alain Prost

Race

Effort

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Alain Prost

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You

" I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one. "

" You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise. "

" 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. "

" I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved. "

" You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not. "

" I remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to go slow. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done. "

" Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake. "

" It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage. "

" In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. "

" A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best. "

" I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, 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. "

" When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. "

Alain Prost

Feeling

Race

" It's like when people talk about driving F1 cars in the rain. I have absolutely no problem with it. "

Alain Prost

People

Driving

" That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race. "

" I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that. "

" I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car. "

" Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere. "

" 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. "

" I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience. "

" I don't like to go over curbs, because I don't want to be hard on the car. "

Alain Prost

Want

Car

" People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet. "

" One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car. "

" It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better. "