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| Full name | Alain Marie Pascal PROST |
| Honours | Legion d'Honneur (France, '85) Champion of Champions Trophy (Grand Prix Former Drivers Club, '88) OBE (Britain, '93) World Sports Awards of the Century (November, '99) |
| Nicknames | Professor of the Track The Calculator Fast Son of a Bitch (by Niki Lauda) The King of Rio (6 wins in Brazil, 5 in Rio de Janeiro) |
| Nationality | French |
| Date of birth | 24 Feb. 1955 |
| Place of birth | St. Chamond, France |
| Height | 5'4" |
| Characteristics | Charmingly crooked nose, broken in several occasions |
| Spouse name | Anne-Marie Prost |
| No. of children | 2 sons, 1 daughter: Nicolas, Sacha & Victoria |
| Place of living | Nyon, Switzerland |
| Career achievements |
Formula One World Champion: 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993 Runner-up: 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990 * 51 GP wins ** 798.5 championship points *** 106 podium finishes **** 41 fastest laps ***** 6 home GP wins * Record broken by Michael Schumacher in Belgium on 2-Sep-2001 ** Record broken by Michael Schumacher in Japan on 14-Oct-2001 *** Record broken by Michael Schumacher in Britain on 7-Jul-2002 **** Record broken by Michael Schumacher in Australia on 4-Mar-2001 ***** Record broken by Lewis Hamilton in Britain on 2-Aug-2020 Ran Prost Grand Prix F1 Team from 1997 to 2001 Andros Trophy Championship Champion: 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2011-2012 |
Q&A (taken from The Official Canon Williams European Grand Prix 1993 Edition)
| What is your least favourite food? | Mexican food and bad red wine |
| Who was your first sporting hero? | Jackie Stewart |
| What sporting event would you take as your "desert island" video? | A good golf tournament |
| Who do you most respect in your sport? | Motorsport marshals |
| Which moment in your career brought you the most pleasure in career? | Winning the Winfield School Racing Scholarship and the F1 World Championship in 1986 |
| Which are your favourite sport to watch/compete in? | Golf/cycling/football/skiing |
| Your least favourite? | Rugby League |
| Which is the most arduous? | Tour de France |
| How do you regard the media? | With suspicion and care |
| Which sport would you least like to referee/umpire | Rugby League |
| Who would you pay to see? | Cindy Crawford |
| What is your earliest sporting memory | Skiing in the French Alps |
| What is sporting perfection? | There is no such thing. (Alain is wrong. The answer is: "Prost".) |
| When might you cheat? | Never |
| What else could you have done for a living? | Working with my father making furniture or as a professional footballer |
| What was your biggest professional mistake? | Over confidence with some people |
| Who personifies the term "sportsmanlike"? | Carl Lewis |
| Are sport and politics mutually exclusive? | No |
| Which sporting moment made you laugh the most? | Every year in France we have a sporting "It'll be alright on the
night" - there is always something that makes me laugh - but nothing that sticks in my mind. |
| What is your favourite record? | Everything from Paul Simon/Elton John |
| Which city would you most like to live in? | Paris |