http://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Visual Overdose 2003-02-03T13:40:52Z http://everything2.com:80/user/Visual+Overdose/writeups/Alain+ProstVisual Overdosehttp://everything2.com:80/user/Visual Overdose2003-02-03T13:40:52Z2003-02-03T13:40:52Z <a href="/title/Formula+1">Formula 1</a> <a href="/title/French">French</a> racing driver of the 80's and early 90's.<br><br> Known as the '<a href="/title/Professor">Professor</a>' for his racing acumen, Alain Prost ranks as the second most sucessful <a href="/title/F1">F1</a> driver ever with a record 51 <a href="/title/GP">GP</a> wins, 106 podium finishes to his credit and won four Driver's Championships in 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1993. Only <a href="/title/Fangio">Fangio</a> and <a href="/title/Schumacher">Schumacher</a> better him on that front with five. <br><br> Prost made his debut in 1980 for the <a href="/title/McLaren">McLaren</a> team and in his first race in <a href="/title/Beunos+Aires">Beunos Aires</a> he finished in sixth in what turned out to be a solid first season with another three points finishes. <br><br> He then moved to the <a href="/title/Renault">Renault</a> team for the start of the <a href="/title/1981">1981</a> season and despite a difficult start where he only managed one finish in the first seven races, he won his first ever GP in front of his home fans at <a href="/title/Dijon">Dijon</a>. <br><br> Another two wins followed that season at <a href="/title/Monza">Monza</a> and <a href="/title/+Zandvoort"> Zandvoort</a> and <a href="/title/Prost">Prost</a> continued to impress the next season, opening with another two consecutive wins at <a href="/title/Kyalami+">Kyalami </a>and&hellip;