Alain Prost

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Alain Marie Pascal Prost (born 24 February 1955) is a French retired racing driver and Formula One team owner. A four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion, from 1987 until 2001 he held the record for most Grand Prix victories until Michael Schumacher surpassed Prost's total of 51 victories at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix. In 1999, Prost received the World Sports Award of the Century in the motor sport category. Prost discovered karting at the age of 14 during a family holiday. He progressed through motor sport's junior ranks, winning the French and European Formula Three championships, before joining the McLaren Formula One team in 1980 at the age of 24. He finished in the points on his Formula One début – at the San Martin Autodrome in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he took his first podium a year later – and took his first race victory a year later at his home Grand Prix in France, driving for the factory Renault team. During the 1980s and early 1990s Prost formed a fierce sporting rivalry, mainly with Ayrton Senna but also Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell. In 1986, at Adelaide in the last race of the season, he beat Mansell and Piquet of Williams to the title, after Mansell retired late in the race and Piquet was pulled in for a late precautionary pit stop. Senna joined Prost at McLaren in 1988 and the two had a series of controversial clashes, including a collision at the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix that gave Prost his third Drivers' Championship. A year later at the same venue they collided again, but this time Prost, driving for Ferrari, lost out. Before the end of a winless 1991 season Prost was fired by Ferrari for his public criticism of the team. After a sabbatical in 1992, he joined the Williams team, prompting Mansell, the reigning Drivers' Champion, to leave for CART. With a competitive car, Prost won the 1993 championship and retired from Formula One driving at the end of the year. In 1997, Prost took over the French Ligier team, running it as Prost Grand Prix until it went bankrupt in 2002. From 2003 to 2012 he competed in the Andros Trophy, which is an ice racing championship, taking 38 race victories and winning the championship 3 times. Prost employed a smooth, relaxed style behind the wheel, deliberately modelling himself on personal heroes like Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark. He was nicknamed "The Professor" for his intellectual approach to competition. Though it was not a name he particularly cared for, he would admit later that it was an appropriate summation of his approach to his racing. Skilled at setting up his car for race conditions, Prost would often conserve his brakes and tyres early in a race, leaving them fresher for a challenge at the end. ... Source: Article "Alain Prost" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1955-02-24
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  • school Known for: Acting
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  • info Birth Place Lorette, Loire, France
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Ayrton Senna

1995-01-01

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1000 : Another F1 story

2020-08-19

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1982 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review

1982-11-24

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A Star Named Ayrton Senna

1998-02-15

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The Right to Win

2004-03-04

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Monaco Grand Prix, The Legend

2019-05-25

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Senna

2010-10-07

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Villeneuve Pironi

2022-11-12

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L'Âge d'or de la pub

2023-06-02

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Jean Todt: The Method

2022-11-13

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Ferrari: F355

1994-01-01

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F1 How It Was

2016-10-31

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Lap of the Gods

1992-01-01

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A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story

2020-03-20

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Monaco, le Grand Prix à tout prix

2021-05-22

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Ayrton Senna: Chequered Flag to Green Light

1991-12-31

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Ayrton Senna: Racing Is in My Blood

1993-05-23

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1985 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review

1985-09-30

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Gonchi

2015-04-14

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Hamilton-Ferrari: The Marriage of the Century

2025-03-09

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Formula 1: The Official End Of Season Review Of The 1982 FIA Formula One World Championship

1998-03-04

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Double First - Williams & Jones: Formula One 1980 - A Review Of The 1980 Grand Prix Season

2004-01-01

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Race to Perfection

2020-09-12

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Nulle part ailleurs

1987-08-31

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Tooned

2012-07-08

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Beyond All Limits

2022-03-14

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Wogan

1982-05-04

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Le Grand Échiquier

1972-01-12

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Le Grand Échiquier

1972-01-12

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Senna by Ayrton

2024-05-01

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Wedden, dat..?

1986-01-02

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Stars 90

1990-09-03

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Vivement dimanche

1998-09-20

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The Team: A Season With McLaren

1993-11-12

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Ayrton: Retratos e Memórias

2015-09-12

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Legends of Speed

2015-11-01

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Ayrton Senna do Brasil

2014-04-06

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Prost

2024-12-08

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Sacrée soirée

1987-09-02

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Clique

2013-09-01