Alain Prost

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alain Prost
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Feb 24, 1955(1955-02-24)
Age	69
Birthplace	Lorette
Country	France
Birth City	Lorette
Horoscope	Pisces

Alain Prost Biography

Alain Prost is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on February 24, 1955 in Lorette, Lorette, France. Four- time Formula One world champion racing driver. His career spanned from 1980 to 1993 and he was nicknamed The Professor for his intellectual approach to racecar driving.

On the track, he had a rivarly with Ayrton Senna da Silva.

Alain Marie Pascal Prost OBE (born 24 February 1955) is a retired French racing driver and a four-time Formula One Drivers’ Champion. From 1987 until 2001 he held the record for most Grand Prix victories, and is considered as one of the greatest F1 drivers ever. 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 won several karting championships in his teens. In 1974 he left school to become a full-time racer, supporting himself by tuning engines and becoming a kart distributor. His prize for winning the 1975 French senior karting championship was a season in French Formula Renault, a category in which he won the title and all but one race in 1976.

His son, Nicolas, was born October 18, 1981 and his second son, Sacha, was born May 30, 1990.

Alain Prost Net Worth

Alain Prost is one of the richest Race Car Driver from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alain Prost 's net worth $100 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He wanted to be a gym instructor before discovering racing.

He held the record for career Grand Prix victories (51) for nearly 15 years until Michael Schumacher surpassed him in 2001.

Prost was married to Anne-Marie (born 14 February 1955), but they divorced sometime later. They have two sons, Nicolas (born 18 August 1981) and Sacha Prost (born 30 May 1990). Prost also has a daughter, Victoria. From 2014 to 2018, Nicolas raced in Formula E for e.dams Renault, a team partially run by his father. Prost lived in his hometown, Saint-Chamond, until he and his Renault team fell out in the early 1980s. In April 1983 the Prost family moved to Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, and shortly after to Yens, Switzerland. They moved to Switzerland after Renault workers went to Prost’s house in France and burned his Mercedes-Benz and another one of his road cars. They lived there until November 1999, when they moved to Nyon in the same country. In December 2015, Prost became a grandfather with the birth of Nicolas Prost’s son Kimi.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Alain Prost Dating?

According to our records, Alain Prost married to Anne-Marie Prost. As of December 1, 2023, Alain Prost’s is not dating anyone.

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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.

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In November 1982, three years before it became a round of the F1 World Championship, Prost, along with fellow F1 drivers Jacques Laffite and Nelson Piquet, made the trip to Melbourne, Australia to drive in the non-championship 1982 Australian Grand Prix at the short (1.609 km (1.000 mi)) Calder Park Raceway. Driving a Formula Pacific spec Ralt RT4 powered by a 1.6 litre Ford engine, Prost sat on pole for the race with a time of 39.18. He then led every lap to win what would be the first of 3 Australian Grand Prix wins. He finished 15.32 seconds clear of Laffite, with 1981 Australian Grand Prix winner, young Brazilian driver Roberto Moreno finishing third.

Why did Ferrari fire Prost?

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.

What is Alain Prost doing now?

Since 2017 Prost has been involved in Renault’s Formula 1 team, initially as special advisor, before being appointed non-executive director in 2019.

Why is Prost called the professor?

Prost employed a smooth, relaxed style behind the wheel, deliberately modeling himself on personal heroes like Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark. He was nicknamed “The Professor” for his intellectual approach to competition.

Why did Alain Prost retire?

Prost won the 1993 World Championship, but announced his retirement when Williams announced its intention to sign Senna. Prost cited the politics of F1 as his motivation to quit. “It is full of hypocrisy,” he told Sports Illustrated. “You never know if the hand slapping you on the back has a dagger in it.”

Who is the best f1 driver of all time?

Juan-Manuel Fangio – 46.15 Percent Born in 1911, Argentinean driver Juan- Manuel Fangio was known as ‘El Maestro’, and for good reason. He is the most successful Formula 1 driver of all time. Fangio became world champion five times for four different teams, and never finished a Grand Prix in lower than second place.