Alain Prost   

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Alain's Personal Profile

Full name Alain Marie Pascal PROST
Date and Place of birth Thursday, 24th February 1955 in Lorette (Loire), near Saint-Chamond (France)
Zodiac Pisces
Full name of his father André Prost
Mother's full name Marie-Rose Prost-Karatchian
Parents profession artisants, furniture-dealer
Grand-parents Mother's side:
Victoria Karatchian, no information available about grandfather

Father's side:
Marie Prost, Antoine Prost
Siblings One brother:
Daniel, died because of cancer on 17th september 1986.
He was 32 (Daniel was born in 1953)...
Spouse name Anne-Marie Prost
Date of Wedding: Friday, 1st August 1980
Place of Wedding: Saint-Chamond / France
Children 2 sons and 1 daughter:
  • Nicolas Jean Prost
    (born 18.08.1981; weight at birth: 3,5 kg)
  • Sacha Prost
    (born 30.05.1990)
  • Victoria Prost (daughter of Bernadette Laffite-Cottin)
    (born 10.04.1996)
Niece Caroline (daughter of Alain's brother Daniel, born 1980)
Addresses Alain lived with his wife in St. Chamond from 1980 until March 1983. In April 1983, they temporarly moved to Sainte-Croix (Switzerland) until they found their new home in Switzerland at the following address:
La Muraz, CH-1137 Yens
They lived in Yens until 30th November 1999. On 1st December 1999 they officially moved to 1260 Nyon (Switzerland) - For privacy reasons, the full address will not be published on this website.

Other residences: 75017 Paris, 71330 Saint-Germain-du-Bois, 92430 Marnes-la-Coquette, Meribel, Arcangues / Biarritz, Eygalières (addresses top secret)
Height 1,67 meter (5ft 4in)
Weight 61 kilos (changing, of course)
Eyes Grey-green
Favourite music Everything, including classical music. For example: Paul Simon, Elton John, Placido Domingo
Favourite drink Passugger (Swiss mineral water) and from time to time a good wine (Bordeaux) during a meal
Least favourite drink Bad red wine
Favourite meal A good vegetable soup! Followed by: pasta, fruits, mousse au chocolat or black Toblerone (Swiss chocolate-speciality). If you should ever make boiled eggs for Alain: he likes them boiled for exactly 3 minutes and 30 seconds!
Least favourite food Mexican food
Favourite lecture Funny books, Le Figaro, Le Matin and the French sport-newspaper "L'Equipe", although Alain doesn't normally have the same oppinion. But he likes to see all the results
Private cars Depends on actual sponsors/employer: Renault Espace, Renault Safran, Mercedes, Porsche, Honda and Ferrari. His first car, which Alain bought in 1976, was an Opel Kadett GTE, Alain did never drive the F40 he got from Ferrari, he sold that car - Alain prefered Mercedes in the eighties, in 2003, he was often seen in an Audi! Here a small list of some of his cars and number plates on the cars (year/number plate/car):
  • 1984: VD 53050 (Mercedes)
  • 1986: VD 82513 (Mercedes 500)
  • 1986: VD 43807 (Porsche 928)
  • 2004: VD 276828 (Audi A6)
  • 2004: VD 276828 (Porsche Cayenne)
  • 2007: VD 276828 (Audi Q7 SUV)
Hobbies Cycling, golf, skiing, soccer (St. Etienne), motor boats, (cordless) telephone, sleeping
Pulse Normally between 58 and 60, before start: 85, during race: over 120!
Blood group AB Rh+
Bicycle Licenses FFC License: 2113121012
UCI License: FRA19550224
Category: Pass'Cyclisme - D4
Best friends in F 1 Stefan Johannson, Jean Alesi (before he left Team Prost GP), J.-L. Moncet
Honours
  • Legion d'Honneur
    (France, 1985)
  • Champion of Champions Trophy
    (GP Former Drivers Club, 1988)
  • OBE
    (Great Britain, 1993)
  • World Sports Awards of the Century
    (Austria, Nov. 1999)
First Grand Prix 1980, Buenos Aires, Argentina on McLaren M29, 6th place
Click here to see Alain's results of 1980!


Alain's F1-Statistics/Records

F1-Races 199 (of that 107 on McLaren)
Starts on Turbos 126 - RECORD
GP Wins 51 (Record broken by M. Schumacher on 02.09.2001)
Win-percentage 25.50 %
Successive Years of Winning 10 (1981-1990)
(Record broken by M. Schumacher 2002)
Wins of own national GP's 6 (France 1981-1993) - RECORD
Win from lowest grid position 13th (Mexico 1990)
Second places 35
Third places 20
Fourth places 10
Fifth places 5
Sixth places 7
Races in the points 128
Pole Positions 33 (16.50 %)
Successive Pole Positions 7 (1993)
Front rows 86
Fastest laps 41 - (20.50 %)
Fastest laps in a season 7 (1988)
Win/Fastest lap doubles 21 - (Record broken by M. Schumacher)
Pole/Fastest lap doubles 15
Win/Pole Position doubles 18
Points 798.5 - (3.99 per race)
Most points in a season 105 (1988)
Laps led 2'684.1 = 12'481.3 km = 7'755.5 miles
Races led 85
Races led in a season 15 (1993) - RECORD
World Championship Titles 4 (1985, 1986, 1989, 1993)



Alain's career year by year, 1973 - 2009

1973 1st place in French Junior Karting Championship
1st place in European Junior Karting Championship
14th place in Senior Karting Worldchampionship
2nd place in the French Senior Karting Championship
1974 Alain is French Senior Karting Champion and European Junior Karting Champion
1975 Retired in Senior Karting Worldchampionship because of accident
25th October: 1st place in the Pilote Elf award at Winfield School
1976 Alain is French Formula Renault-Champion
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1977 Alain is European Formula Renault-Champion
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1978 Alain is French Formula 3-Champion and 9th in the European Formula 3-Championship
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1979 Alain is European and French Formula 3-Champion
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1980 15th place in F1 World Championship
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1981 5th place in F1 World Championship
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1982 4th place in F1 World Championship
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1983 2nd place in F1 World Championship
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1984 2nd place in F1 World Championship
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1985 Alain is Formula 1 World Champion!
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1986 Alain is Formula 1 World Champion!
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1987 4th place in F1 World Championship
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1988 2nd place in F1 World Championship
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1989 Alain is Formula 1 World Champion!
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1990 2nd place in F1 World Championship
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1991 5th place in F1 World Championship
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1992 Alain works as a commentator for French TV
1993 Alain is Formula 1 World Champion!
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1994-1995 Alain works for French TV (TF1) and for Renault (Public Relations)
1996 Formula One Technical Advisor to Team McLaren
Click here for Alain's bicycle race results 1996
1997 Alain bought the Ligier-team and is team-owner of
Team Prost Grand Prix.
Team Prost Championship Standings Table 1997
1998 Alain is the president of Team Prost Grand Prix
Team Prost Championship Standings Table 1998
1999 Alain is the president of Team Prost Grand Prix
Team Prost Championship Standings Table 1999
2000 Alain is the president of Team Prost Grand Prix
Team Prost Championship Standings Table 2000
2001 Alain is the president of Team Prost Grand Prix
Team Prost Championship Standings Table 2001
Click here for Alain's bicycle race results 2001
2002 Alain's Team Prost Grand Prix has gone in liquidation.
Alain spends time with his family and takes part in bicycle races.
Click here for Alain's bicycle race results 2002
2003 Alain is racing in the French Andros Trophy ice racing series.
Alain is an Ambassador for Uniroyal.
Click here for Alain's race results 2003
Click here for Alain's race results in Andros Trophy 2003/2004
2nd place in Andros Trophy Championship 2003/2004
2004 Alain is racing in the French Andros Trophy ice racing series.
Alain is an Ambassador for Uniroyal.
Click here for Alain's race results 2004
Click here for Alain's race results in Andros Trophy 2004/2005
3rd place in Andros Trophy Championship 2004/2005
2005 Alain is racing in the French Andros Trophy ice racing series.
Alain is an Ambassador for Uniroyal.
Click here for Alain's race results 2005
Click here for Alain's race results in Andros Trophy 2005/2006
2006 Alain is racing in the French Andros Trophy ice racing series.
Alain is an Ambassador for Uniroyal until May 2006.
Click here for Alain's bicycle race results 2006
Click here for Alain's race results in Andros Trophy 2006/2007
2007 Alain is Andros Trophy Champion 2006/2007!
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Click here for Alain's race results in Andros Trophy 2007/2008

2008 Alain is Andros Trophy Champion 2007/2008!
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Click here for Alain's race results in Andros Trophy 2008/2009
2009 2nd place in Andros Trophy 2008/2009!
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Click here for Alain's race results in Andros Trophy 2009/2010

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2010 2nd place in Andros Trophy 2009/2010!
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