Nationality: France
Date of Birth: 24 February 1955
Drivers championships:
1993,
1989,
1986,
1985
Grand Prix victories: 51
Races started: 199
Pole positions: 33
Teams:
Ferrari 1990 - 1991,
McLaren 1980, 1984 - 1989,
Renault 1981 - 1983
Alain Prost career
Alain Prost won three world championships with McLaren during the 1980's during which time he had a competitive rivalry with Senna. He won his fourth championship with Williams. In 1997 Prost bought the Ligier team from Flavio Briatore to create the Prost Grand Prix team. Despite engines from Peugeot and the arrival of John Barnard the team had limited success and folded prior to the 2002 season.
Previous seasons
1993
Team: Williams
Position: 1
Points: 99
Race wins: 7
Pole positions: 11 After a year out of F1 he returned to join Williams with their dominant Renault engine. This gave him his 4th drivers championship with 7 race wins and five other podium finishes.
1991
Team: Ferrari
Position: 5
Points: 34
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 For this season it was becoming clear that the Ferrari V12 was less powerful than the V10 being run by other teams. Despite 5 podium finishes he could only mange 5th in the drivers Championship. Relations between him and the team deteriorated and he was dropped before the final race of he season.
1990
Team: Ferrari
Position: 2
Points: 71
Race wins: 5
Pole positions: 0 This was a good first season at Ferrari again fighting for the drivers championship but lost out to rival Ayrton Senna when Senna deliberately crashed into him in the penultimate race in Japan, giving Senna the title.
1989
Team: McLaren
Position: 1
Points: 76
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 2 The McLaren / Honda combination was again dominant this season. With Alain Prost taking the drivers championship from team mate Ayrton Senna. It was during this season that his relationship with Ayrton Senna broke down and he he moved to Ferrari for the next season.
1988
Team: McLaren
Position: 2
Points: 87
Race wins: 7
Pole positions: 2 This season McLaren had a the Honda engine and were the dominant team. He finished 1st or 2nd in every race except the two he retired from. He was runner up in the drives championship to team mate Ayrton Senna.
1987
Team: McLaren
Position: 4
Points: 46
Race wins: 3
Pole positions: 2 This season the car and engine combination were a little off the pace leaving him 4th in the drivers championship.
1986
Team: McLaren
Position: 1
Points: 72
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 1 This was his second consecutive drivers championship with 11 podium finishes.
1985
Team: McLaren
Position: 1
Points: 73
Race wins: 5
Pole positions: 2 This was the first of his four drivers championships and the first of three with McLaren. He had 12 podium finishes in the season.
1984
Team: McLaren
Position: 2
Points: 71.5
Race wins: 7
Pole positions: 3 This was another good season with 9 podium finishes and runner up in the drivers championship for the second consecutive season.
1983
Team: Renault
Position: 2
Points: 57
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 3 This was a more consistent season with 7 podium finishes giving him runner up in the drivers championship.
1982
Team: Renault
Position: 4
Points: 34
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 4 This was another season with a mix of podiums and retirements.
1981
Team: Renault
Position: 5
Points: 43
Race wins: 3
Pole positions: 2 In his first season with Renault he finished on the podium in all the races he completed, but he failed to finish 9 races.
1980
Team: McLaren
Position: 16
Points: 5
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He had a difficult first season in F1 with McLaren and this was one of only two season's he was without a race win.
