Alain Prost
Alain Prost
Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneuris a French former racing driver. A four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion, only Sebastian Vettel, Juan Manuel Fangio, and Michael Schumacherhave equalled or surpassed his number of titles. From 1987 until 2001 Prost held the record for most Grand Prix victories. Schumacher surpassed Prost's total of 51 victories at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix. In 1999, Prost received the World Sports Awards of the Century in the motor sport category...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth24 February 1955
CityLorette, France
CountryFrance
That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
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.
One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.
When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
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.
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.
You can't think you are going to win all the races by being quicker, because it's not possible. So you need to find another way.
I think it's the English in general. All the English people I know don't want to make the effort to speak another language. Maybe they are shy too.
You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not.
It's like when people talk about driving F1 cars in the rain. I have absolutely no problem with it.
The real problem is that it (F1) is in a permanent state of conflict,
Three times before 1985, I just missed the title, so winning was a relief.
I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.
Some Italians are geniuses, but you have to find a balance.