Alain Prost

**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

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.

### Comparison with team-mates

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

(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|||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|1980|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|McLaren M29B|rowspan="3"|Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ARG <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BRA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|RSA <small>DNS</small>|USW|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|McLaren M29C|||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BEL <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MON <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|FRA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|GBR <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|AUT <small>7</small>||||||||||||||||||||||
|McLaren M30|||||||||||bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|DUT <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ITA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|CAN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|USA <small>DNS</small>||||||||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Renault RE20B|rowspan="2"|Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|USW <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BRA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|ARG <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|SMR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BEL <small>Ret</small>||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Renault RE30||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MON <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ESP <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_FRA_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GBR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**GER** <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|AUT <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**DUT** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|ITA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|CAN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|CPL <small>2</small>|||||||||||||
|1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Renault RE30B|Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_RSA_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|***BRA*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|USW <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|SMR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|**BEL** <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MON <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|***USE*** <small>NC</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|CAN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|DUT <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|GBR <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|FRA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GER <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|AUT <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|***SUI*** <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ITA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|**CPL** <small>4</small>|||||
|rowspan="2"|1983|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Renault RE30C|rowspan="2"|Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BRA <small>7</small>||||||||||||||||rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**2nd**|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**57**|||||||||||||||
|Renault RE40||bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|USW <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|***FRA*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|SMR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**MON** <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**BEL** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|USA <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|CAN <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_GBR_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|GER <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_AUT_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|DUT <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ITA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|EUR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|RSA <small>Ret</small>|||||||||
|1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|McLaren MP4/2|TAG 1.5 L V6 T|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_BRA_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|RSA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BEL <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|SMR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|_FRA_ <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**MON** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|CAN <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|USE <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|USA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GBR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|***GER*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|AUT <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**DUT** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ITA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|EUR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|POR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|** 2nd**|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|** 71.5**|
|1985||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|McLaren MP4/2B|TAG 1.5 L V6 T|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_BRA_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|POR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: #ffffff"|SMR <small>DSQ</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|MON <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|CAN <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|USA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|FRA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_GBR_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|GER <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|***AUT*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|_DUT_ <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|ITA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|***BEL*** <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|EUR <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|RSA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|AUS <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**1st**|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**73 (76)**|
|1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|McLaren MP4/2C|TAG 1.5 L V6 T|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BRA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|ESP <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|SMR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|***MON*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|_BEL_ <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|CAN <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|USA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|FRA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|GBR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|GER <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|AUT <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: #ffffff"|ITA <small>DSQ</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|POR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|MEX <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|AUS <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**1st**|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**72 (74)**|
|1987||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|McLaren MP4/3|TAG 1.5 L V6 T|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|BRA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|SMR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_BEL_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MON <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|USA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|FRA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GBR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|HUN <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|AUT <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ITA <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|POR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|ESP <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MEX <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|_JPN_ <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|AUS <small>Ret</small>|||||
|1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|McLaren MP4/4|Honda RA168E 1.5 L V6 T|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|BRA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|_SMR_ <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|MON <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_MEX_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|CAN <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|_USA_ <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|***FRA*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GBR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|GER <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|_HUN_ <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|BEL <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ITA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**POR** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_ESP_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|JPN <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_AUS_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**2nd**|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**87 (105)**|
|1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|McLaren MP4/5|Honda RA109E 3.5 L V10|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|BRA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|_SMR_ <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|_MON_ <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|MEX <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|USA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|**CAN** <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**FRA** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|GBR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|GER <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|HUN <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|_BEL_ <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_ITA_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|POR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|ESP <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|_JPN_ <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|AUS <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**1st**|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**76 (81)**|
|rowspan="2"|1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Ferrari 641|rowspan="2"|Ferrari 036 3.5 L V12<hr width="75%" />Ferrari 036 3.5 L V12|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|USA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|BRA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|SMR <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MON <small>Ret</small>|||||||||||||rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**2nd**|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**71 (73)**||||||||||||
|Ferrari 641/2|||||bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|CAN <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|_MEX_ <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|FRA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|GBR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|GER <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|_BEL_ <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|ITA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|POR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|ESP <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|JPN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|AUS <small>3</small>||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Ferrari 642|rowspan="2"|Ferrari 037 3.5 L V12|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|USA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BRA <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFFF"|SMR <small>DNS</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|_MON_ <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|CAN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MEX <small>Ret</small>||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Ferrari 643|||||||bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|FRA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|GBR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GER <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BEL <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|ITA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|POR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|ESP <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|JPN <small>4</small>|AUS|||||||||||||
|1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Williams FW15C|Renault RS5 3.5 L V10|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|***RSA*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|**BRA** <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**EUR** <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|***SMR*** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**ESP** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|***MON*** <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**CAN** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|FRA <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**GBR** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**GER** <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|***HUN*** <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|***BEL*** <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|**ITA** <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|POR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|***JPN*** <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|AUS <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**1st**|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|**99**|

## Related pages

- Formula 1
- Juan Manuel Fangio

## Other websites

- Grand Prix History - Hall of Fame , Alain Prost
- Alain Prost statistics

## Infobox (f1 driver)

- **name**: Alain Prost
<small>Order of the British Empire, OBE</small>
- **image**: Festival automobile international 2015 - Photocall - 065.jpg
- **caption**: Prost in 2015
- **nationality**: French
- **birth name**: Alain Marie Pascal Prost
- **birth place**: Lorette, Loire, Lorette, France
- **years**: –,
- **team(s)**: McLaren, Renault F1, Renault, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, WilliamsF1, Williams
- **races**: 202 (199 starts)
- **championships**: 4 (, , , )
- **wins**: 51
- **podiums**: 106
- **points**: 768.5 (798.5)
- **poles**: 33
- **fastest laps**: 41
- **first race**: 1980 Argentine Grand Prix
- **first win**: 1981 French Grand Prix
- **last win**: 1993 German Grand Prix
- **last race**: 1993 Australian Grand Prix