Alain Prost

Alain Marie Pascal Prost born 24 February 1955 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 andat the time of his retirementheld the records for most wins 51 fastest laps 41 and podium finishes 106 Born in Lorette Loire Prost began karting aged 14 winning the junior directdrive Karting World Cup four years later and progressing to junior formulae in 1976 Prost won his first title at the Formula Renault National Championship that year prior to winning the Challenge de Formule Renault Europe in 1977 Replaced by the French Formula Three Championship the following season he successfully defended his titles in 1978 and 1979 His junior career culminated in his victory at the 1979 FIA European Formula 3 Championship with Oreca Prost signed for McLaren in 1980 making his Formula One debut at the Argentine Grand Prix where he finished sixth He moved to Renault in 1981 taking his maiden victory at his home Grand Prix in France with further wins in the Netherlands and Italy Following multiple race wins in his 1982 campaign with Renault Prost finished runnerup to Nelson Piquet in the 1983 World Drivers Championship after retiring with a turbo failure in the titledecider Prost was sacked by Renault two days later for his postseason comments and moved back to McLaren for 1984 where he finished runnerup to teammate Niki Lauda by a record halfpoint In 1985 Prost won his maiden title with McLaren becoming the first World Drivers Champion from France He successfully defended his title the following season amidst a close title battle with Piquet and Nigel Mansell After winning several races in his 1987 campaign Prost was partnered by Ayrton Senna Together they won all Grands Prix bar one in 1988driving the Hondapowered MP44with Senna taking the title by three points Their fierce rivalry culminated in titledeciding collisions at Suzuka in 1989 and 1990 despite Prosts move to Ferrari in the latter with Prost winning the former championship and Senna taking the following Amidst a winless 1991 campaign he was sacked by Ferrari over comments made about the 643 After a year hiatus Prost returned with Williams in 1993 breaking several records on the way to his fourth championship and retiring at the end of the season He returned to Formula One as the owner of Prost Grand Prix from 1997 to 2001 having purchased Ligier Prost held an advisory role at Renaultlater rebranded as Alpinefrom 2017 to 2021 After retiring from Formula One Prost was a racewinner in the 2005 FFSA GT Championship and entered the Race of Champions in 2010 representing France alongside Sébastien Loeb In ice racing Prost is a threetime champion of the Andros Trophy competing from 2003 to 2012 He was the coowner of Renault edams in Formula E until 2018 winning three consecutive Teams Championships from 201415 to 201617 Prost was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1999 Source Article Alain Prost from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA