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.

 Career in numbers 
 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.

YearProst's pointsTeam-mates' pointsTeam-mate198056John Watson19814311René Arnoux19823428René Arnoux19835722Eddie Cheever198471.572Niki Lauda198576 (73)14Niki Lauda198674 (72)22Keke Rosberg19874630Stefan Johansson1988105 (87)94 (90)Ayrton Senna198981 (76)60Ayrton Senna199073 (71)37Nigel Mansell19913421Jean Alesi19939969Damon 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 1980 Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M29B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 ARG6 BRA5 RSADNS USW 16th 5 McLaren M29C BELRet MONRet FRARet GBR6 GER11 AUT7 McLaren M30 DUT6 ITA7 CANRet USADNS 1981 Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE20B Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T USWRet BRARet ARG3 SMRRet BELRet 5th 43 Renault RE30 MONRet ESPRet FRA1 GBRRet GER2 AUTRet DUT1 ITA1 CANRet CPL2 1982 Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE30B Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T RSA1 BRA1 USWRet SMRRet BELRet MON7 USENC CANRet DUTRet GBR6 FRA2 GERRet AUT8 SUI2 ITARet CPL4 4th 34 1983 Equipe Renault Elf Renault RE30C Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T BRA7 2nd 57 Renault RE40 USW11 FRA1 SMR2 MON3 BEL1 USA8 CAN5 GBR1 GER4 AUT1 DUTRet ITARet EUR2 RSARet 1984 Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4/2 TAG 1.5 L V6 T BRA1 RSA2 BELRet SMR1 FRA7 MON1 CAN3 USE4 USARet GBRRet GER1 AUTRet DUT1 ITARet EUR1 POR1  2nd  71.5 1985 Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4/2B TAG 1.5 L V6 T BRA1 PORRet SMRDSQ MON1 CAN3 USARet FRA3 GBR1 GER2 AUT1 DUT2 ITA1 BEL3 EUR4 RSA3 AUSRet 1st 73 (76) 1986 Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4/2C TAG 1.5 L V6 T BRARet ESP3 SMR1 MON1 BEL6 CAN2 USA3 FRA2 GBR3 GER6 HUNRet AUT1 ITADSQ POR2 MEX2 AUS1 1st 72 (74) 1987 Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4/3 TAG 1.5 L V6 T BRA1 SMRRet BEL1 MON9 USA3 FRA3 GBRRet GER7 HUN3 AUT6 ITA15 POR1 ESP2 MEXRet JPN7 AUSRet 4th 46 1988 Honda Marlboro McLaren McLaren MP4/4 Honda RA168E 1.5 L V6 T BRA1 SMR2 MON1 MEX1 CAN2 USA2 FRA1 GBRRet GER2 HUN2 BEL2 ITARet POR1 ESP1 JPN2 AUS1 2nd 87 (105) 1989 Honda Marlboro McLaren McLaren MP4/5 Honda RA109E 3.5 L V10 BRA2 SMR2 MON2 MEX5 USA1 CANRet FRA1 GBR1 GER2 HUN4 BEL2 ITA1 POR2 ESP3 JPNRet AUSRet 1st 76 (81) 1990 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 641 Ferrari 036 3.5 L V12Ferrari 036 3.5 L V12 USARet BRA1 SMR4 MONRet 2nd 71 (73) Ferrari 641/2 CAN5 MEX1 FRA1 GBR1 GER4 HUNRet BEL2 ITA2 POR3 ESP1 JPNRet AUS3 1991 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 642 Ferrari 037 3.5 L V12 USA2 BRA4 SMRDNS MON5 CANRet MEXRet 5th 34 Ferrari 643 FRA2 GBR3 GERRet HUNRet BELRet ITA3 PORRet ESP2 JPN4 AUS 1993 Canon Williams Renault Williams FW15C Renault RS5 3.5 L V10 RSA1 BRARet EUR3 SMR1 ESP1 MON4 CAN1 FRA1 GBR1 GER1 HUN12 BEL3 ITA12 POR2 JPN2 AUS2 1st 99

 Related pages 
 Formula 1
 Juan Manuel Fangio

 References 

 Other websites 

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

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