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Alain Prost

(1955) Racing Automobile Driver

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Alain Prost is a racing automobile driver, best known for Life in the fast Lane.

Quick Facts About Alain Prost

Born: February 24, 1955
Profession: Racing Automobile Driver
Notable works: Life in the fast Lane

About Alain Prost

Alain Marie Pascal Prost is a French former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1993. Nicknamed "the Professor", Prost won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the records for most wins (51), fastest laps (41), and podium finishes (106).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Alain Prost

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

Car

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When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.

British

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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…

Careers

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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. People…

Car

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

Attitude

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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…

Auto racing

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I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money.

Mentality

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

Confidence

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I remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to…

Could

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

Finished

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

Car

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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

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

Looks

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

Car

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Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard…

Chance

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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.

Numbers

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

Feelings

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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…

Careers

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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…

Limits

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I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race,…

I will win

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You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would…

Ferrari

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

About

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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…

Bigs

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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.…

Appreciate

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