Alain Prost Quotes

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• That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
• Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!
• Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot...
• 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…
• 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,…
• I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.
• When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.
• Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
• 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…
• A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best.
• You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.
• It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.
• I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
• One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.
• I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
• 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.
• I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one.
• I don't like to go over curbs, because I don't want to be hard on the car.
• I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money.
• I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.

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