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
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.
I think maybe the English don't want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
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.
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.
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.
I always wanted to feel that I had enough knowledge and experience of the car that I could change its set-up on the grid and still win the race.
Maybe you could say that I had those cars because I was good and people knew me, and knew that within the team I can get the very best from everyone.
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 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,
For him it is just the beginning. He has his whole career still ahead and (winning the title so early) will make him stronger.
I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.
That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.