biography
| name: |
Prost, Alain
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nickname the Professor
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pronunciation:
[prost]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1955– )
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| biography:
| Motor-racing driver and team owner, born in St Chamond, SW France. He was the first Frenchman to win the world title. He won in 1985–6 (both for McLaren–Porsche), was runner-up in 1983–4 and 1988, and won again in 1989 (for Maclaren–Honda) and 1993, when he announced his retirement. During his Formula 1 career he won 51races from 199 starts, and his 798·5 championship points is a world record. He returned to Formula 1 as a team owner with Team Prost (1997 to 2001) but was less successful. |
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