Alain Prost

Alain Prost
OBE
Prost in 2015
BornAlain Marie Pascal Prost
(1955-02-24) 24 February 1955 (age 69)
Lorette, France
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityFrance French
Active years1980–1991, 1993
TeamsMcLaren, Renault, Ferrari, Williams
Entries202 (199 starts)
Championships4 (1985, 1986, 1989, 1993)
Wins51
Podiums106
Career points768.5 (798.5)[1]
Pole positions33
Fastest laps41
First entry1980 Argentine Grand Prix
First win1981 French Grand Prix
Last win1993 German Grand Prix
Last entry1993 Australian Grand Prix

Alain Prost (born 24 February 1955 in Lorette, France) is a French retired automobile racer and Formula One World Champion. His nickname is "Professor".

Prost is the one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. He won the championship four times: 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1993. Only Lewis Hamilton (7), Michael Schumacher (7) and Juan Manuel Fangio (5) have won more times than Prost.

Formula One

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Prost at the 1991 United States Grand Prix

He started driving with McLaren in 1980. From 1981 until 1983, he was racing for Renault F1. Prost returned to McLaren in 1984 and raced for them until 1989. During this time he won his first three championships. Prost left McLaren to race for Scuderia Ferrari in 1990 and 1991. In 1992, Prost took a year off from racing. He returned to racing in 1993 with WilliamsF1. Prost retired from racing after winning his fourth title in that year.

Prost raced in 202 Grand Prix races between 1980 and 1993. He held the record for most wins with 51 until 2001. He was in the pole position in 33 of those races and had the fastest lap time in 41 races.

Career in numbers

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Comparison with team-mates

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In his career, Prost beat nearly all his team-mates on total points, including five World Champions. Only in 1980 he lost by a point and in 1984 by half a point.

Year Prost's points Team-mates' points Team-mate
1980 5 6 John Watson
1981 43 11 René Arnoux
1982 34 28 René Arnoux
1983 57 22 Eddie Cheever
1984 71.5 72 Niki Lauda
1985 76 (73) 14 Niki Lauda
1986 74 (72) 22 Keke Rosberg
1987 46 30 Stefan Johansson
1988 105 (87) 94 (90) Ayrton Senna
1989 81 (76) 60 Ayrton Senna
1990 73 (71) 37 Nigel Mansell
1991 34 21 Jean Alesi
1993 99 69 Damon Hill

Formula One results

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(Races in bold mean pole position, races in italics show fastest lap)

Year Team Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1980 Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M29B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 ARG
6 		BRA
5 		RSA
DNS 		USW 16th 5
McLaren M29C BEL
Ret 		MON
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
6 		GER
11 		AUT
7
McLaren M30 DUT
6 		ITA
7 		CAN
Ret 		USA
DNS
1981 Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE20B Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T USW
Ret 		BRA
Ret 		ARG
3 		SMR
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		5th 43
Renault RE30 MON
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		FRA
1 		GBR
Ret 		GER
2 		AUT
Ret 		DUT
1 		ITA
1 		CAN
Ret 		CPL
2
1982 Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE30B Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T RSA
1 		BRA
1 		USW
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		MON
7 		USE
NC 		CAN
Ret 		DUT
Ret 		GBR
6 		FRA
2 		GER
Ret 		AUT
8 		SUI
2 		ITA
Ret 		CPL
4 		4th 34
1983 Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE30C Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T BRA
7 		2nd 57
Renault RE40 USW
11 		FRA
1 		SMR
2 		MON
3 		BEL
1 		USA
8 		CAN
5 		GBR
1 		GER
4 		AUT
1 		DUT
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		EUR
2 		RSA
Ret
1984 Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4/2 TAG 1.5 L V6 T BRA
1 		RSA
2 		BEL
Ret 		SMR
1 		FRA
7 		MON
1 		CAN
3 		USE
4 		USA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
1 		AUT
Ret 		DUT
1 		ITA
Ret 		EUR
1 		POR
1 		2nd 71.5
1985 Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4/2B TAG 1.5 L V6 T BRA
1 		POR
Ret 		SMR
DSQ 		MON
1 		CAN
3 		USA
Ret 		FRA
3 		GBR
1 		GER
2 		AUT
1 		DUT
2 		ITA
1 		BEL
3 		EUR
4 		RSA
3 		AUS
Ret 		1st 73 (76)
1986 Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4/2C TAG 1.5 L V6 T BRA
Ret 		ESP
3 		SMR
1 		MON
1 		BEL
6 		CAN
2 		USA
3 		FRA
2 		GBR
3 		GER
6 		HUN
Ret 		AUT
1 		ITA
DSQ 		POR
2 		MEX
2 		AUS
1 		1st 72 (74)
1987 Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4/3 TAG 1.5 L V6 T BRA
1 		SMR
Ret 		BEL
1 		MON
9 		USA
3 		FRA
3 		GBR
Ret 		GER
7 		HUN
3 		AUT
6 		ITA
15 		POR
1 		ESP
2 		MEX
Ret 		JPN
7 		AUS
Ret 		4th 46
1988 Honda Marlboro McLaren McLaren MP4/4 Honda RA168E 1.5 L V6 T BRA
1 		SMR
2 		MON
1 		MEX
1 		CAN
2 		USA
2 		FRA
1 		GBR
Ret 		GER
2 		HUN
2 		BEL
2 		ITA
Ret 		POR
1 		ESP
1 		JPN
2 		AUS
1 		2nd 87 (105)
1989 Honda Marlboro McLaren McLaren MP4/5 Honda RA109E 3.5 L V10 BRA
2 		SMR
2 		MON
2 		MEX
5 		USA
1 		CAN
Ret 		FRA
1 		GBR
1 		GER
2 		HUN
4 		BEL
2 		ITA
1 		POR
2 		ESP
3 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
Ret 		1st 76 (81)
1990 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 641 Ferrari 036 3.5 L V12
Ferrari 036 3.5 L V12 		USA
Ret 		BRA
1 		SMR
4 		MON
Ret 		2nd 71 (73)
Ferrari 641/2 CAN
5 		MEX
1 		FRA
1 		GBR
1 		GER
4 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
2 		ITA
2 		POR
3 		ESP
1 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
3
1991 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 642 Ferrari 037 3.5 L V12 USA
2 		BRA
4 		SMR
DNS 		MON
5 		CAN
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		5th 34
Ferrari 643 FRA
2 		GBR
3 		GER
Ret 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
3 		POR
Ret 		ESP
2 		JPN
4 		AUS
1993 Canon Williams Renault Williams FW15C Renault RS5 3.5 L V10 RSA
1 		BRA
Ret 		EUR
3 		SMR
1 		ESP
1 		MON
4 		CAN
1 		FRA
1 		GBR
1 		GER
1 		HUN
12 		BEL
3 		ITA
12 		POR
2 		JPN
2 		AUS
2 		1st 99

References

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  1. ↑ Up until 1990, not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see list of points scoring systems for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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