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Alain Marie Pascal Prost OBE (born February 24, 1955 in Saint-Chamond, France) is a retired French racing driver and four-time Formula One World Champion. In terms of World Drivers' Championship titles, only Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher have been more successful in the sport's history.
Prost discovered karting at the age of 14 during a family holiday. He won the French and European F3 championships before joining McLaren in 1980 at the age of 25. Prost took his first of 51 race victories at his home Grand Prix in France a year later, while he was driving for the Renault Factory team.
Prost employed a smooth, relaxed style behind the wheel, modelling himself on personal heroes like Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Prost formed a fierce rivalry with Ayrton Senna, the two had a series of controversial races, including a collision at the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix that gave Prost his third Drivers' championship win. A year later at the same venue they collided again and Senna won the title. After an unsucessful 1991 with Ferrari and a sabbatical in 1992, Prost joined Williams, where he dominated the season before finally retiring at the end of the season. In 1997 Prost took over the French Ligier team, running it as Prost Grand Prix until it went bankrupt in 2001.
A young FA article about one of the most, if not the most, successful Formula One drivers in the sport's history.
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- 1901 Marcel Balsa
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- 2nd - 1962 Gabriele Tarquini
- 4th - 1911 Carl Forberg; 1936 Jim Clark; 1972 Jos Verstappen
- 5th - 1975 Luciano Burti; 1977 Tom Pryce dies at the 1977 South African Grand Prix after colliding with volunteer marshal, Jansen Van Vuuren, who died as well.
- 6th - 1921 Piero Carini; 1940 William Ferguson
- 7th - 1969 Hideki Noda; 1999 Eddie Irvine wins his first Grand Prix in Australia
- 8th - 1968 Michael Bartels
- 9th - 1950 Danny Sullivan; 1955 Teo Fabi; 1966 Pablo Birger dies in a road accident at the age of 42.
- 10th - 1925 Giovanni de Riu; 1946 Hiroshi Fushida
- 11th - 1953 Derek Daly
- 13th - 1943 Mike Fisher
- 16th - 1935 Peter de Klerk
- 18th - 1937 Mark Donohue; 1964 Alex Caffi
- 19th - 1964 Nicola Larini; 1995 Trevor Blokdyk dies of a heart attack at the age of 59.
- 20th - 1972 Pedro Lamy
- 21st - 1913 George Abecassis; 1960 Ayrton Senna
- 23rd - 1976 Ricardo Zonta
- 25th - 1925 Don Freeland; 1938 Fritz d'Orey
- 26th - 1958 Elio de Angelis; 1964 Martin Donnelly
- 27th - 1965 Gregor Foitek; 1971 David Coulthard
- 29th - 1961 Gary Brabham; 1974 Marc Gené
- 28th - 1929 Paul England
- 31st - 1956 Kevin Cogan
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- 1st - 1971 Shinji Nakano
- 2nd - 1926 Jack Brabham; 1963 Fabrizio Barbazza
- 4th - 1924 Bob Christie; 1940 Richard Attwood; 1958 Christian Danner
- 5th - 1936 Ronnie Bucknum
- 8th - 1966 Mark Blundell
- 9th - 1971 Jacques Villeneuve
- 10th - 1913 Duke Dinsmore; 1958 Bob Bell; 1964 Carel Godin de Beaufort
- 12th - 1907 Eugène Chaboud; 1950 Flavio Briatore; 1961 Corrado Fabi
- 13th - 1940 Mike Beuttler
- 14th - 1912 Joie Chitwood
- 16th - 1942 Frank Williams; 1979 Christijan Albers
- 18th - 1979 Anthony Davidson
- 19th - 1912 Rudi Fischer; 1940 Kurt Ahrens Jr.
- 20th - 1961 Paolo Barilla
- 22nd - 1978 Esteban Tuero
- 23rd - 1961 Pierluigi Martini; 1963 Paul Belmondo
- 25th - 1981 Felipe Massa; 2001 Michele Alboreto dies while testing an Audi R8 Race Car at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz.
- 26th - 1944 José Dolhem; 1958 Johnny Dumfries
- 27th - 1933 Bob Bondurant
- 29th - 1900 Bill Aston; 1971 Sam Michael
- 30th - 1994 Roland Ratzenberger dies in a high speed crash during the qualifying session for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
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- 1st - 1994 Ayrton Senna dies at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix after crashing into the barriers at the Tamberrello corner.
- 5th - 1913 Duane Carter
- 6th - 1958 Tommy Byrne; 1964 Andrea Chiesa
- 8th - 1982 Gilles Villeneuve dies during the qualifying session for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix after colliding with Jochen Mass' March.
- 10th - 1967 Lorenzo Bandini is killed three days after crashing his Ferrari at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix; 1977 Nick Heidfeld
- 11th - 1921 Geoff Crossley
- 12th - 1957 Alfonso de Portago dies after crashing during the 1957 Mille Miglia, taking the lives of his co-driver, Edmund Nelson, and 10 spectators as well. The accident lead to the lenghly Enzo Ferrari trial and resulted in the banning of the race.
- 13th - 1934 Paddy Driver; 1950 Giuseppe Farina wins the first ever Official Formula One event at Silverstone.
- 15th - 1929 Peter Broeker; 1986 Elio de Angelis dies testing for Brabham at Paul Ricard Circuit.
- 18th - 1914 Toulo de Graffenried; 1967 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
- 19th - 1928 Colin Chapman; 1931 Bob Anderson
- 22nd - 1966 McLaren make their Formula debut at the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix; 1970 Pedro Diniz
- 23rd - 1972 Rubens Barrichello
- 24th - 1963 Ivan Capelli
- 27th - 1942 Piers Courage
- 29th - 1963 Ukyo Katayama
- 30th - 1926 Chuck Arnold; 1964 Andrea Montermini; 1975 Ralph Firman; 1981 Gianmaria Bruni
- 31st - 1959 Andrea de Cesaris
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- 1st - 1947 Ron Dennis; 1959 Martin Brundle
- 2nd - 1920 Don Branson
- 3rd - 1958 Erwin Bauer dies at the Nürburgring after crashing his Ferrari.
- 4th - 1924 Ettore Chimeri
- 5th - 1923 Jorge Daponte; 1945 Patrick Head
- 6th - 1923 Ivor Bueb; 1930 Ian Burgess
- 7th - 1927 Charles de Tornaco
- 9th - 1898 Luigi Fagioli; 1903 Felice Bonetto; 1968 McLaren win their first Grand Prix at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix.
- 11th - 1939 Jackie Stewart; 1947 Bob Evans; 1949 Tom Pryce; 1964 Jean Alesi; 1972 Joakim Bonnier dies during the 24 Hours of Le Mans after colliding his Lola-
- 12th - 1916 Phil Cade; 1927 Bill Cheesbourg; 1948 Hans Binder
- 13th - 1929 Harry Blanchard
- 14th - 1913 Henry Banks
- 15th - 1916 Gene Force; 1920 Keith Andrews
- 16th - 1923 Ron Flockhart
- 17th - 1912 Myron Fohr; 1960 Adrián Campos
- 21st - 1970 Piers Courage dies in an accident at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix
- 22nd - 1917 George Fonder
- 23rd - 1937 John Cannon
- 24th - 1911 Juan Manuel Fangio; 1934 Tom Bridger
- 25th - 1964 Johnny Herbert
- 26th - 1935 Carlo Facetti
- 27th - 1985 Nico Rosberg
- 29th - 1956 Nick Fry
- 30th - 1935 Vic Elford; 1975 Ralf Schumacher
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- 9th - 1982 Sakon Yamamoto
- 4th - 1948 René Arnoux; 1973 Jan Magnussen
- 5th - 1981 Alain Prost wins his first Grand Prix at the 1981 French Grand Prix
- 6th - 1958 Luigi Musso is fatally injured at the 1958 French Grand Prix
- 10th - 1928 Alejandro de Tomaso; 1932 Carlo Mario Abate
- 13th - 1957 Thierry Boutsen; 1974 Jarno Trulli
- 14th - 1979 Williams win their first Grand Prix at the 1979 British Grand Prix.
- 15th - 1914 Prince Bira
- 16th - 1955 Juan Manuel Fangio successfully defended his Drivers' title after winning the 1955 British Grand Prix.
- 17th - 1912 Erwin Bauer
- 18th - 1920 Eric Brandon
- 20th - 1943 Chris Amon; 1962 Giovanna Amati; 1976 Alex Yoong
- 21st - 2002 Michael Schumacher equals Juan Manuel Fangio's record for most Drivers' Championships after taking victory at the 2002 French Grand Prix and securing his fifth Drivers' title.
- 22nd - 1916 Gino Bianco; 1929 John Barber
- 23rd - 1935 John Cordts
- 24th - 1906 Franco Comotti; 1976 Tiago Monteiro
- 25th - 1911 Len Duncan; 1936 Gerry Ashmore
- 26th - 1928 Don Beauman; 1946 Emilio de Villota
- 27th - 1954 Philippe Alliot; 1968 Ricardo Rosset
- 28th - 1961 Yannick Dalmas
- 29th - 1932 Colin Davis; 1973 Roger Williamson dies in a privately entered March at the Dutch Grand Prix, despite David Purley's effort to rescue him; 1981 Fernando Alonso
- 31st - 1954 Onofre Marimón is killed during a practice session for the 1954 German Grand Prix
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- 1st - 1961 Allen Berg; 1972 Niki Lauda escapes death after a fiery accident at the 1976 German Grand Prix
- 3rd - 1899 Louis Chiron; 1952 Alberto Ascari secures the 1952 Drivers' Title after winning the German Grand Prix; 1958 Peter Collins is killed in an accident during the 1958 German Grand Prix
- 4th - 1917 John Fitch; 1957 Juan Manuel Fangio secured his fifth title after winning the 1957 German Grand Prix.
- 5th - 1962 Brabham make their Formula One debut in the 1962 German Grand Prix; 1970 Jochen Rindt dies during a pratice session for the 1970 Italian Grand Prix.
- 6th - 1970 Clay Regazzoni wins his first Grand Prix at the 1970 Italian Grand Prix; 1981 Vitantonio Liuzzi
- 8th - 1926 Piero Drogo; 1953 Nigel Mansell
- 9th - 1944 Patrick Depailler
- 11th - 1916 Johnny Claes
- 14th - 1960 Jack Brabham wins his second Drivers' title after winning the 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix.
- 16th - 1908 George Connor; 1992 Nigel Mansell wins the 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix, thus securing the 1992 Drivers' Championship
- 17th - 1952 Nelson Piquet & Alberto Ascari wins the first ever Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
- 18th - 1898 Clemente Biondetti; 1929 Jimmy Davies
- 19th - 1926 Johnny Boyd; 2001 Michael Schumacher wins the 2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, thus securing the 2001 title, his fourth title of his career.
- 21st - 1931 Fred Agabashian
- 22nd - 1954 Juan Manuel Fangio secures his second Drivers' title after winning the 1954 Swiss Grand Prix
- 23rd - 1953 Alberto Ascari successfully defends his Drivers' Championship title by winning the 1953 Swiss Grand Prix; 1967 Georges Berger dies at the 1967 Marathon de la Route at the Nürburgring in a Porsche 911.
- 24th - 1964 Éric Bernard
- 26th - 1925 Bobby Ball; 1937 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
- 27th - 1942 Tom Belsø; 1959 Gerhard Berger; 1967 Jack Brabham wins the first Candian Grand Prix at the Mosport International Raceway; 1976 Mark Webber
- 28th - 1924 Jimmy Daywalt
- 29th - 1947 James Hunt; 2004 Michael Schumacher wins the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix, thus winning the Drivers' Title for the seventh time in his career.
- 30th - 1992 Michael Schumacher wins his first Grand Prix in Belgium.
- 31st - 1948 Harald Ertl
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- 1st - 1985 Stefan Bellof dies at the 1985 Spa 1000km after colliding his Porsche 956 with Jacky Ickx.
- 2nd - 1956 Juan Manuel Fangio shared second place with Peter Collins at the 1956 Italian Grand Prix to secure the Argentine's fourth Drivers' title, his third in succession. Births: 1966 Olivier Panis
- 3rd - 1950 Giuseppe Farina secures his first Drivers' Championship win at the final round of the first year to become the sport's first official champion.
- 4th - 1920 Clemar Bucci
- 5th - 1939 Clay Regazzoni; 1963 Taki Inoue; 1965 David Brabham
- 8th - 1960 Aguri Suzuki; 1963 Jim Clark wins his first Drivers' title after winning the 1963 Italian Grand Prix.
- 10th - 1961 Phil Hill becomes the first American to win the Drivers' Championship after winning the 1961 Italian Grand Prix in his Ferrari.
- 11th - 1976 Tomáš Enge
- 12th - 1916 Tony Bettenhausen
- 14th - 1918 Georges Berger
- 15th - 1916 Toni Branca
- 17th - 1960 Damon Hill
- 19th - 1952 Bernard de Dryver; 1964 Enrico Bertaggia; 1973 Cristiano da Matta
- 20th - 1975 Juan Pablo Montoya
- 22nd - 1907 Philip Fotheringham-Parker; 1958 Franco Forini
- 23rd - 1930 Don Edmunds; 1981 Robert Doornbos
- 25th - 2005 Fernando Alonso wins his first Drivers' Championship after coming third in the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix.
- 26th - 1980 Patrick Friesacher; 1993 Alain Prost wins his third, and final, Drivers' title after coming second in the 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix
- 28th - 1963 Érik Comas; 1968 Mika Häkkinen
- 30th - 1919 Roberto Bonomi
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- 1st - 1963 Jean-Denis Deletraz
- 2nd - 1919 Jan Flinterman; 1949 Michael Bleekemolen
- 3rd - 1941 Andrea de Adamich; 1969 Max Papis
- 4th - 1906 Eitel Cantoni; 1927 Roberto Bussinello
- 5th - 1962 Michael Andretti
- 6th - 1918 Max de Terra; 1973 François Cevert dies in the qualifying session for the 1973 United States Grand Prix.
- 7th - 1930 Bernard Collomb; 1965 Marco Apicella
- 8th - 1920 Frank Dochnal; 2000 Michael Schumacher wins his third Drivers' title after winning the 2000 Japanese Grand Prix
- 9th - 1961 Julian Bailey; 1966 Vincenzo Sospiri
- 10th - 1930 Eugenio Castellotti
- 11th - 1928 Alfonso de Portago
- 12th - 1918 Frank Armi; 2003 Michael Schumacher wins the Drivers' Championship for 2003 after winning the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix
- 13th - 1899 Piero Dusio; 1996 Damon Hill wins the 1996 Japanese Grand Prix, thus securing the 1996 title and becoming the first son of a world championship winning father.
- 15th - 1899 Adolf Brudes
- 16th - 1934 Peter Ashdown
- 17th - 1979 Kimi Räikkönen
- 19th - 1958 Mike Hawthorn becomes the first ever British driver to win a Formula One Drivers' title after coming second behind Stirling Moss at the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix; 1978 Enrique Bernoldi; 1985 Alain Prost wins his first Drivers' title after coming third in the 1985 South African Grand Prix; 1981 Heikki Kovalainen
- 20th - 1921 Manny Ayulo; 1991 Ayrton Senna successfully defends his Drivers' title after coming second in the 1991 Japanese Grand Prix
- 21st - 1990 Ayrton Senna wins his second Drivers' Title after taking out Alain Prost in the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix
- 22nd - 1989 Alain Prost wins his second title after his main rival, Ayrton Senna, was diqualified after he cut the chicane and was unsucessful in his appeal
- 23rd - 1926 Larry Crockett; 1966 Alex Zanardi
- 24th - 1924 George Amick; 1976 Mario Andretti wins the first ever Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway, while James Hunt won the 1976 by coming third.
- 26th - 1915 Ray Crawford & Joe Fry; 1947 Ian Ashley; 1986 Alain Prost defends his title despite driving in an infierior car; 1997 Jacques Villeneuve won his first, and only, Drivers' Championship after coming third in the 1997 European Grand Prix & Michael Schumacher deliberately takes out Jacques Villeneuve in an attempt to win the 1997 title, but failed and was punish with all his points he earned in 1997 off him & Mika Häkkinen wins his first Grand Prix.
- 27th - 1936 Dave Charlton
- 28th - 1924 Antonio Creus; 1951 Juan Manuel Fangio secures his first Drivers' Championship win (1951) by winning at the final round in Spain.
- 29th - 1930 Bernie Ecclestone
- 30th - 1906 Giuseppe Farina; 1988 Ayrton Senna wins his first Drivers' title after winning the 1988 Japanese Grand Prix ahead of his teammate, Alain Prost
- 31st - 1941 Derek Bell; 1999 Mika Häkkinen successfully defends his title after winning the final round of the 1999 season in Japan.
November edit
- 1st - 1987 Nelson Piquet wins his final Drivers' title after his main rival, Nigel Mansell, was unable to compete after he was injured during a practice session; 1998 Mika Häkkinen wins his first Drivers' title after winning the 1998 Japanese Grand Prix
- 2nd - 1974 Stéphane Sarrazin
- 3rd - 1985 Keke Rosberg wins his last of five Formula One victories at the 1985 Australian Grand Prix, it was also the first time a Grand Prix has been held in Australia.
- 5th - 1921 Kurt Adolff
- 6th - 1931 Peter Collins
- 8th - 1933 Peter Arundell; 1947 Giorgio Francia
- 10th - 1926 Art Bisch; 1934 Lucien Bianchi; 1965 Eddie Irvine
- 11th - 1926 Maria Teresa de Filippis; 1937 Vittorio Brambilla; 1995 Mika Häkkinen is seriously injured after a collision during qualifying for the 1995 Australian Grand Prix.
- 12th - 1916 Paul Emery; 1945 George Eaton; 1995 David Coulthard ends his career at Williams by colliding with the pit wall at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix
- 13th - 1994 Michael Schumacher wins his first Drivers' title, in questionable circumstances, at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix
- 16th - 1936 Skip Barber; 1973 Christian Horner
- 17th - 1939 Chris Craft; 1967 Domenico Schiattarella
- 18th - 1932 Nasif Estéfano
- 19th - 1969 Philippe Adams
- 20th - 1919 Alan Brown
- 21st - 1953 Felice Bonetto dies in a car accident after crashing into a lamp post in his Lancia during the Carrera Panamericana.
- 22nd - 1995 Michael Schumacher successfully defends his title after winning the 1995 Pacific Grand Prix.
- 23rd - 1969 Olivier Beretta
- 25th - 1946 Slim Borgudd
- 27th - 1957 Kenny Acheson
- 29th - 1923 Chuck Daigh; 1975 Graham Hill and Tony Brise are killed in an plane crash near Arkley in Hertfordshire.
- 30th - 1935 Trevor Blokdyk; 1966 Mika Salo
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- 2nd - 1937 Chris Bristow
- 4th - 1957 Raul Boesel
- 5th - 1917 Ken Downing
- 7th - 1925 Hernando da Silva Ramos; 1984 Robert Kubica
- 9th - 1926 Ed Elisian
- 12th - 1959 Jack Brabham becomes the first Australian Driver to win the Drivers' Championship after coming fourth in the 1959 United States Grand Prix; 1946 Emerson Fittipaldi
- 14th - 1919 Bob Drake
- 15th - 1913 Walt Ader
- 17th - 1915 Ludwig Fischer
- 20th - 1957 Stefan Bellof; 1968 Karl Wendlinger
- 21st - 1921 Günther Bechem; 1935 Lorenzo Bandini
- 23rd - 1956 Michele Alboreto; 1962 Bertrand Gachot
- 24th - 1949 Warwick Brown
- 25th - 1934 Giancarlo Baghetti; 1943 Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior
- 26th - 1922 Azdrubal Fontes Bayardo; 1935 Bill Brack
- 27th - 1969 Jean-Christophe Boullion
- 28th - 1939 Conny Andersson
- 29th - 1896 Philippe Étancelin; 1925 Jay Chamberlain; 1962 Graham Hill wins his first Drivers' title after winning the final round in South Africa; 1988 Mike Beuttler dies of AIDS at the age of 48
- 30th - 1942 Guy Edwards