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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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Alain Prost
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 24
Race Car Driver
Racing Automobile Driver
Alain Marie Pascal Prost
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I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.
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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.
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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.
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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 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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Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot.
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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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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 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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That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
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