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

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Alain Prost is a legendary French race car driver, born on February 24, 1955. He achieved great success in Formula 1, winning four World Championship titles, and is renowned for his exceptional driving skills and professional demeanor. more

“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.”

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Author:Alain Prost

“My grandfather always told me that it is no good lying on a hospital bed saying, 'I had the right of way', ... That's one of the reasons I was so pleased that the boys could do the IAM test as well.”

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Author:Nigel Mansell

“I've always been reasonably fatalistic.”

Author:Nigel Mansell

“Michael Schumacher deserved the driver's championship. To be honest, I didn't want to keep my record as the last Ferrari world champion; it's never done me any good!”

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Author:Jody Scheckter

“I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.”

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Author:Jackie Stewart

“It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.”

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Author:Jackie Stewart

“The years I raced in were fantastic. There was so much change in the cars. We went from treaded tyres to no wings right through to slicks to enormous wings.”

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Author:Jackie Stewart

“There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.”

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Author:Jackie Stewart

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