Quotes by Alain Prost

About Alain Prost:

Alain Marie Pascal Prost is a French former racing driver. A four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion, only 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. 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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It's not too good to have this attitude in F1. It could be a disadvantage.

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 can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.

Alain Prost

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

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

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

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

Alain Prost

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

Alain Prost

You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not.

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

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.

Alain Prost

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alain Prost

Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.

Alain Prost

Author Bio

  • NameAlain Prost
  • DescriptionFrench racing driver
  • AliasesAlain Marie Pascal Prost
  • BornFebruary 24, 1955
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionRacing Driver
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour; Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire