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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.

-Alain Prost

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When You Win A Race Like This

Alain Prost

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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