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Alain Prost
Alain Marie Pascal Prost is a French former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1993. Nicknamed "the Professor", Prost won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the records for most wins (51), fastest laps (41), and podium finishes (106).
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sports · French racing driver (born 1955) · racing automobile driver · Formula One driver · also Alain Prost, Alain Marie Pascal Prost, Prost
Born 24 February 1955 · Q10494
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2026· 4 entries
Mshale: LRS Formula Benetton Ford B198 , 2x Prost APO F1 And LRS F1 Three Seater Personal Injury Lawyer (oCPOhlXWfK)
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Public attention spiked: 4,464 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.1× the usual 876, with 5 article edits. Editors noted: Unsubstantiated. There is no report of death. Undid revision 1355914289 by ~2026-31034-44 (talk)
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As well as the rebranding of AlphaTauri into Visa Cash App RB, Prost suggested that such practices dilute the historic identity and emotional connection fans have with longstanding teams
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2025· 1 entry
Forbes: Alain Prost Slams Netflix Series On Great Rival Ayrton Senna
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2024· 2 entries
Newsweek: F1 News: Alain Prost – Some New Team Names Are ‘Losing The Tradition Of Our Sport’
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Prost publicly expressed concerns about the growing trend of Formula One teams undergoing frequent name changes due to shifts in ownership and sponsorship
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2023· 2 entries
Planet F1: Alain Prost addresses F1 fan complaints over Max Verstappen and Red Bull dominance
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Ecclestone said that Max Verstappen had surpassed Prost
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2021· 2 entries
Sportskeeda: Alain Prost discusses how his infamous rivalry with Ayrton Senna began
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Until January 2022, when his departure from the team was announced
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2017· 1 entry
Prost was employed as a special adviser for the Renault Formula One Team
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2012· 1 entry
With partner Sebastien di Pasqua and then again in 2013, and started but did not finish the race in 2014
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2011· 1 entry
autoevolution: Alain Prost and Dacia Duster Triumph at Stade de France
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2010· 4 entries
autoevolution: Alain Prost Drives Dacia Duster to Silver in the Trophee Andros
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Used a pearl white helmet with silver flames and a blue-white-red-white-blue stripe on the visor, designed by Kaos Design
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A race organised for legends of motor sport to compete in equal machinery
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Representing France alongside Sébastien Loeb
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2009· 1 entry
An Autosport survey taken by 217 Formula One drivers saw Prost voted as the fourth greatest Formula One driver of all time, behind Senna, Schumacher, and Fangio
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2007· 1 entry
Used his original design, but with the circle top all red and a red line in the lower chin area
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2003· 2 entries
Finishing second in the championship behind Yvan Muller
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And 2004, Prost took part in the Étape du Tour
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2001· 1 entry
Ferrari agreed to supply engines for the season
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1996· 1 entry
From his relationship with Bernadette Cottin
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1994· 3 entries
With Williams agreeing to pay Prost's 1994 salary), Prost decided not to unretire after being unimpressed by a test-drive of the McLaren-Peugeot for the 1994 season
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Would have broken Prost's wins record first
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And the Brazilian Order of the Southern Cross in 1999
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1993· 7 entries
Won the FIA Formula 1 Constructor Championship with Williams Racing (1993).
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Awarded L'Équipe Champion of Champions (1993).
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Breaking several records on the way to his fourth championship and retiring at the end of the season
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Played for Williams Racing (1993–1993).
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Partnering with Damon Hill who had been promoted from test driver
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Williams as Constructors' Champion were given numbers "0" and "2", being assigned to Hill and Prost, respectively
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Joined Williams in 1993.
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1991· 2 entries
Disclosed that he crashed into Prost in part to retaliate for Prost's actions in 1989
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And Mansell finished second in the Drivers' Championship that year
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1990· 4 entries
Early enough to have input on the 1990 car but too late to help with the 1991 cars
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Played for Scuderia Ferrari (1990–1991).
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Joined Ferrari in 1990.
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Prost became the first Ferrari driver to sign for the Scuderia after the death of team founder Enzo Ferrari in 1988
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1989· 3 entries
Won the FIA Formula 1 Constructor Championship with McLaren Formula 1 Team (1989).
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A controversial collision between the two settled the race
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And 1990, despite Prost's move to Ferrari in the latter, with Prost winning the former championship and Senna taking the following
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1988· 1 entry
Won the FIA Formula 1 Constructor Championship with McLaren Formula 1 Team (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
The Autocourse editor mentioned that despite driving a down on power engine (compared to the Honda's) "Prost should have won at least 6 races in 1987 – but he won't moan about it
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1986· 2 entries
Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Retired Motorsport (1986).
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Prost was awarded the Légion d'honneur by the French President, François Mitterrand; he was promoted from Chevalier to Officier rank in 1993
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1985· 6 entries
Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Retired Motorsport (1985).
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Prost became the first French Formula One World Champion
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Earned him the Légion d'honneur distinction in France
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As his helmet now had the blue detail around the front, surrounding the visor (with also a blue stripe on the side region, making the white area become a P) and a white ring with red lines surrounding the top (forming a
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The Autocourse editor wrote of Prost: "In the long run, Ayrton Senna may be the better driver, but in 1985 for speed and consistency Prost had no equal", while in 1986, the Autocourse editor commented on Prost's season "
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Prost won his maiden title with McLaren, becoming the first World Drivers' Champion from France
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1984· 5 entries
Played for McLaren (1984–1989).
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Equalled the record set by Jim Clark in 1963
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Prost was so quick that Lauda quit trying to match Prost in qualifying and used his track time to set up his car for the race
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Driving the John Barnard designed McLaren MP4/2 which used a 1
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Joined McLaren in 1984.
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1983· 1 entry
And American Eddie Cheever replaced him as Prost's partner, allegedly because of Renault's desire to sell more road cars in North America (three of the season's 15 races were on the North American continent)
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1981· 4 entries
Joined Renault Sport Formula One in 1981.
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Taking his maiden victory at his home Grand Prix in France, with further wins in the Netherlands and Italy
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Played for Renault F1 Team (1981–1983).
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They have two sons, Nicolas (born 18 August 1981) and Sacha Prost (born 30 May 1990).
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1980· 5 entries
Making his Formula One debut at the Argentine Grand Prix, where he finished sixth
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Played for McLaren (1980–1980).
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Joined McLaren in 1980.
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I finished three or four times in seventh place
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And 1991, it was the furthest away he would finish a season from the championship lead
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1979· 1 entry
Won both the European and French Formula Three titles
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1978· 1 entry
Won the French Formula Three championship while simultaneously competing in the European Formula Three category
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1977· 1 entry
Won the Formula Renault European championship
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1976· 1 entry
And rapidly progressed through the junior categories
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1955· 2 entries
Born 1955-02-24.
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Prost was married to Anne-Marie (born 14 February 1955), but they divorced sometime later.
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