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Alain Prost Biography

Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (born 24 February 1955) is a French former racing driver. A four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion, only Lewis Hamilton (four championships), Sebastian Vettel (four championships), Juan Manuel Fangio (five championships), and Michael Schumacher (seven championships) have equalled or surpassed his number of titles. From 1987 until 2001 Prost held the record for most Grand Prix victories and is considered as one of the greatest F1 drivers ever. 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.

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In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place.

1980, Finished, Four, Three, Times

One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.

Car, Hate, Problems, Race

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, Same, Way, Weekend, Winning

I have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.

Break, Car, Hated, Mentality

It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.

Attitude, Disadvantage, Disadvantages, Good

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.

Car, Conditions, Legs, Ones, People

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.

Pushed, Racing, Sixth, Sports, Thinking, Winning

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.

Appreciate, Hard, Hard Work, Jealous, Success, Thinking

I don't like to go over curbs, because I don't want to be hard on the car.

Car, Curb, Curbs, Hard, Like, Want

People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet.

Biggest, Car, People, Pleasure, Understand

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

Brave, Bravery, Risk, Sort, Take

I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.

Look, Reserved, Stupid, Think, Thinking, Trying

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.

Limit, Limits, Same, Test, Tests, Way

When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.

Fast, Look, Motivational, Motor Racing, Race, Slow

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.

Brazilians, Drivers, Sports, Squash, Understand

I like the mentality of the Americans. It's like when you talk about money.

Americans, Like, Mentality, Money, Talk

I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.

Confidence, Experience, Important, Interested, Wells

Do you know, why I really love my helmet that much? Because it makes me 15 centimetres taller!

Centimetres, Do You Know, Helmet, Knows, Love, Taller

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.

Everyone, Helping, Language, Mentality, People, Team

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.

Ferrari, Fun, Having, Real, Work

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