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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.

Alain Prost

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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 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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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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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 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.
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I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
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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. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that.
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Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.
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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 have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.
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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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