Prost and John Barnard, formerly chief designer at McLaren, came close to founding a team in 1990; but a lack of sponsorship meant that this was not possible, so Prost moved to Ferrari and Barnard left Ferrari to join Benetton.
=== Prost Grand Prix ===Že med sezono 1989 je začel Prost razmišljati o ustanovitvi svojega moštva med tem, ko se je njegov odnos s moštvenim kolegom, Ayrtonom Senno, poslabševal.