Alain Prost

Alain Prost

Nacimiento : 1955-02-24, Lorette, Loire, France

Historia

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.

Perfil

Alain Prost

Películas

Jean Todt, la méthode
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Villeneuve Pironi
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Documental sobre la historia de los campeones rivales de Fórmula 1 Gilles Villeneuve y Didier Pironi, dos hombres unidos por la ambición, el amor, el honor, la traición y la adicción a la velocidad.
Monaco, le Grand Prix à tout prix
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1000 : Une autre histoire de la F1
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Fangio, el hombre que domaba las máquinas
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Basado en un estudio realizado en el 2016 por la Universidad de Sheffield que determinó que Juan Manuel Fangio es el mejor piloto de F1 de la historia, Fangio, el hombre que domaba a las máquinas busca meterse dentro de la mente del mito a lo largo de su carrera y vida personal para comprender que lo llevaba a él y otros pilotos a arriesgar sus vidas corriendo en autos que volaban a las mismas velocidades que los de hoy, pero con mínimas precauciones de seguridad y en donde muchos de ellos no sobreviven hasta el final de la temporada.
Monaco Grand Prix, The Legend
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Prince Albert presents this revealing documentary about how the world's most iconic Grand Prix came into being, how the circuit changed as F1 developed, and how it's created each year.
F1 How It Was
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"‘F1: How it was’ is a thrilling, action-packed, insightful documentary into some of the sport’s finest races, despite the lack of budget or theme, Duke Video deliver on providing fans with an entertaining documentary that would make the perfect gift this Christmas." - Joshua Suttill, www.readmotorsport.com
Senna
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Documental que recorre la vida del legendario piloto Ayrton Senna desde la temporada de su debut en 1984 hasta su prematura muerte una década después en el circuito de Imola. Cuenta una historia excepcional, dejando las técnicas habituales del documental para adoptar una visión más cinematográfica y basándose en material sorprendente e inédito extraído en gran parte de los archivos de la Fórmula 1.
The Right to Win
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Ten years after his tragic accident on the Imola circuit, Ayrton Senna remains a hero; a source of inspiration and a example for many to follow. In this new film, personal recollections from Formula One drivers and from relatives and friends give a passionate insight into his genius, his complicated personality and a deeper understanding of his motivation and deep commitment to motor racing.
A Star Named Ayrton Senna
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The Official Film of Brazil's greatest Formula One driver, Ayrton Senna, who's sudden death in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix sent shock waves around the World. It cemented his reputation both within the sport, and his native Brazil, as a legend. The film looks at his life and career using archive footage and featuring revealing interviews with the man, as well as those who knew him well; friends, family and competitors. It also shows how the Ayrton Senna Foundation, set up in his honor, is working to help under privileged and street-bound children in his native Brazil using sport as an incentive to learn. Written by Oliver Warman.
Ayrton Senna an Official Tribute to Senna 1960-1995
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The BBC's award winning documentary looking at the impact the death of Ayrton Senna had upon the world of motor racing. Featuring interviews with key people from Senna's life in motor sport.
Lap of the Gods
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An A-to-Z driver's eye view track tour of 23 Formula One Grand Prix circuits in the 1970's and 1980's. Narrated by Murray Walker.
1982 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review
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The 1982 Formula One season was the 33rd FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on January 23, 1982, and ended on September 25 after sixteen races. The World Drivers' Championship was won by Williams driver Keke Rosberg. Rosberg was the first driver since Mike Hawthorn in the 1958 season to win the championship after winning only one race. 11 drivers won a race during the season, none of them more than two times. Scuderia Ferrari won the World Constructors' Championship.
Ferrari: F355
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A short promotional film created by automaker Ferrari in 1994 to advertise its new model, the F355.