I have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one. – Alain Prost
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. – Alain Prost
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. – Alain Prost
I think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved. – Alain Prost
The people who criticise you will not be the ones taking care of your legs when you are in your wheelchair. People who never drove a car in these conditions, they just don’t know. – Alain Prost
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. – Alain Prost
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. – Alain Prost
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. – Alain Prost
A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best. – Alain Prost
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. – 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. – Alain Prost
People don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet. – Alain Prost
It’s like when people talk about driving F1 cars in the rain. I have absolutely no problem with it. – Alain Prost
I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience. – Alain Prost
One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car. – Alain Prost
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. – Alain Prost
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. – Alain Prost