When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
Alain Prost
That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
race success
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.
work fun
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.
race work
Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could have pushed hard and attacked. But then I would have had a good chance of making a mistake.
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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.
effort race speed
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 always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.
car race
You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not.
I remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to go slow. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done.
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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 season, but not one race.
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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Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
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