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

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
Drove
Teams
British
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Called
Tadpole
Small
Tadpoles
Frog
Frogs

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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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