Alain Prost

Alain Prost
OBE
	Prost in 2015
Born	Alain Marie Pascal Prost; 24 February 1955 (age 69); Lorette, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1980–1991, 1993
Teams	McLaren, Renault, Ferrari, Williams
Entries	202 (199 starts)
Championships	4 (1985, 1986, 1989, 1993)
Wins	51
Podiums	106
Career points	768.5 (798.5)
Pole positions	33
Fastest laps	41
First entry	1980 Argentine Grand Prix
First win	1981 French Grand Prix
Last win	1993 German Grand Prix
Last entry	1993 Australian Grand Prix

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

Prost at the 1991 United States Grand Prix

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.

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
1980	Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren M29B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8	ARG 6	BRA 5	RSA DNS	USW													16th	5
		McLaren M29C						BEL Ret	MON Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 6	GER 11	AUT 7
		McLaren M30												DUT 6	ITA 7	CAN Ret	USA DNS
1981	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE20B	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T	USW Ret	BRA Ret	ARG 3	SMR Ret	BEL Ret												5th	43
1981	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE30	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T						MON Ret	ESP Ret	FRA 1	GBR Ret	GER 2	AUT Ret	DUT 1	ITA 1	CAN Ret	CPL 2		5th	43
1982	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE30B	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T	RSA 1	BRA 1	USW Ret	SMR Ret	BEL Ret	MON 7	USE NC	CAN Ret	DUT Ret	GBR 6	FRA 2	GER Ret	AUT 8	SUI 2	ITA Ret	CPL 4	4th	34
1983	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE30C	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T	BRA 7																2nd	57
1983	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE40	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 L V6 T		USW 11	FRA 1	SMR 2	MON 3	BEL 1	USA 8	CAN 5	GBR 1	GER 4	AUT 1	DUT Ret	ITA Ret	EUR 2	RSA Ret		2nd	57
1984	Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren MP4/2	TAG 1.5 L V6 T	BRA 1	RSA 2	BEL Ret	SMR 1	FRA 7	MON 1	CAN 3	USE 4	USA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 1	AUT Ret	DUT 1	ITA Ret	EUR 1	POR 1	2nd	71.5
1985	Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren MP4/2B	TAG 1.5 L V6 T	BRA 1	POR Ret	SMR DSQ	MON 1	CAN 3	USA Ret	FRA 3	GBR 1	GER 2	AUT 1	DUT 2	ITA 1	BEL 3	EUR 4	RSA 3	AUS Ret	1st	73 (76)
1986	Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren MP4/2C	TAG 1.5 L V6 T	BRA Ret	ESP 3	SMR 1	MON 1	BEL 6	CAN 2	USA 3	FRA 2	GBR 3	GER 6	HUN Ret	AUT 1	ITA DSQ	POR 2	MEX 2	AUS 1	1st	72 (74)
1987	Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren MP4/3	TAG 1.5 L V6 T	BRA 1	SMR Ret	BEL 1	MON 9	USA 3	FRA 3	GBR Ret	GER 7	HUN 3	AUT 6	ITA 15	POR 1	ESP 2	MEX Ret	JPN 7	AUS Ret	4th	46
1988	Honda Marlboro McLaren	McLaren MP4/4	Honda RA168E 1.5 L V6 T	BRA 1	SMR 2	MON 1	MEX 1	CAN 2	USA 2	FRA 1	GBR Ret	GER 2	HUN 2	BEL 2	ITA Ret	POR 1	ESP 1	JPN 2	AUS 1	2nd	87 (105)
1989	Honda Marlboro McLaren	McLaren MP4/5	Honda RA109E 3.5 L V10	BRA 2	SMR 2	MON 2	MEX 5	USA 1	CAN Ret	FRA 1	GBR 1	GER 2	HUN 4	BEL 2	ITA 1	POR 2	ESP 3	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	1st	76 (81)
1990	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 641	Ferrari 036 3.5 L V12 Ferrari 036 3.5 L V12	USA Ret	BRA 1	SMR 4	MON Ret													2nd	71 (73)
1990	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 641/2	Ferrari 036 3.5 L V12 Ferrari 036 3.5 L V12					CAN 5	MEX 1	FRA 1	GBR 1	GER 4	HUN Ret	BEL 2	ITA 2	POR 3	ESP 1	JPN Ret	AUS 3	2nd	71 (73)
1991	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 642	Ferrari 037 3.5 L V12	USA 2	BRA 4	SMR DNS	MON 5	CAN Ret	MEX Ret											5th	34
1991	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 643	Ferrari 037 3.5 L V12							FRA 2	GBR 3	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 3	POR Ret	ESP 2	JPN 4	AUS	5th	34
1993	Canon Williams Renault	Williams FW15C	Renault RS5 3.5 L V10	RSA 1	BRA Ret	EUR 3	SMR 1	ESP 1	MON 4	CAN 1	FRA 1	GBR 1	GER 1	HUN 12	BEL 3	ITA 12	POR 2	JPN 2	AUS 2	1st	99

References

↑ Up until 1990, not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see list of points scoring systems for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.