It was a real pity that Prost retired after 1993. He might well have continued for another couple of years and even won again in 1994 had it not been for Senna coming to Williams.

I agree 100%. Best era of F1 with some fantastic personalities. I personally love hearing from Prost.

Not really. Prost was already well accustomed to the Williams, just like Hill, therefore he would not have needed his steering column modified to make him more comfortable in the cockpit.

He would likely have survived with three second places to Senna's zero points. That's racing sometimes.

@@viborrr Hill didnt drive the car nowhere near as fast as senna did. Senna made a mistake in the first race, chasing Schumacher, after Schuhmacher cheated during the pit stop, you know, the whole thing about the removal of the particular filter, getting a faster pit stop. In the second race mika hakkinen drove into senna at the race start. In the third race Senna was leading, but everbody knows what happened then. They did a total shitjob though. Didnt have original replacement parts, instead used a different, smaller metal rod. Idk if the following is correect, but as far as i remember, i read that the cockpit, the position of the steering wheel and even the whole monocoque were from the car that nigel mansel drove.

@@elta6241 Please me give me your crystal glass 😄 Ever heard of the buttefly effect? 🦋

@@viborrr Yes Senna was not accustomed to developing a car from scratch. He couldn't be bothered with that sort of tedium. He simply wanted an oven ready championship car which would deliver him a world title without any rival driver to compete with.

It galls that the Sao Paulo Taxi Driver is more highly regarded than The Professor.

@@jameshogan6142 It of course is what it is. Senna was a magnificent politician and progenitor of his own myth. Ed: In addition to being a magnificent driver, of course.

Barrie Rodliffe Omfg you do realize in 1989 the year before prost had done that to Ayrton,technically cheating his way to the 1989 WC by taking Senna out...and before you call me a 'Senna fan boy' I actually appreciate the both of these drivers skills but clearly is wrong what Prost started Senna just finished...

I do realize that Prost was leading the title race by 21 points before Suzuka and Senna crashing into him did not affect the title. Senna had a bad habit of colliding with other drivers, Prost never cheated. The big difference is 1989 if you blame Prost or Senna for the crash it was a racing incident at fairly low speed. Nothing can excuse Senna deliberately crashing into Prost in 1990 at high speed on a dangerous corner, it was just luck that no one was hurt.. Senna should have raced on the track in 1990 but he obviously did not think he could beat Prost and since Prost was not at McLaren Honda could no longer give Senna more power than they did for Prost.

Leading by 21 points in low scoring system back in the day was huge.

@ideafix I would too bet for the one I don´t hope to win. So happens either way, I´d have a reason to be glad.

Yes, if you can actually find any world champion before or after him who will agree with you then I'll give it a thought. Also, how exactly can AP be considered the greatest driver of the modern era when even Renault preferred Ayrton over him? Did you not understand at all the video????

As a big fan of Senna I still think Schumacher is the best of modern era. Schumacher would give Senna bigger challenge than Prost if both were in the same cars.

I'm a Senna fan but I have to admit he could have won 7 championships. He beat Senna on points most of the time. Senna was quicker but Prost was more complete though I think Senna was getting there as he matured and if he had not died he would have probably won 7 titles himself.

Prost is a little cheating bitch.

What Renault wanted was another Senna / Prost battle which would have been very lucrative with sponsors. Prost took the right decision cause it could have killed both of them physically or just mentally... It was already way too dangerous at Mclaren.

The reason i prefer Prost than Senna is that he had scored more points and had made more fastest laps than Senna in 88 and 89 seasons while they were teamate.

I agree with most of what you say but take exception to your assertion that Prost lacked charisma. Niki Lauda was apprehensive of Prost when he first came to McLaren but in his autobiography he says that his suspicions eventually disappeared and he realised that Prost was simply warm friendly and straightforward. Senna was flamboyant but I liked the comment of the motorsport correspondent who commented on his win in the 1987 Brazilian GP. "Prost putting it over the best in the business with the minimum of fuss or effort." That sounds very much like a master craftsman.

Prost lost the title cause the rules wanted that a race had to do a minimum of rounds, and Prost was leading a race which has been stopped because Lauda asked it to stop (cause of harsh rain), the race was about a bit more than half done, and Prost only earnt 4,5 points for the victory, instead of the usual 9 points for it. Finally, Lauda won the title for half a point ! But lauda always recognised that in his mind, Prost would have deserved to win the championship this year. Prost didn't complain because he was admiring Lauda (he told it many times on french TV) and BTW they were both very true friends also.

Yeah image Schumacher trying to win that

Schumacher had both qualities of Senna and Prost.

@ideafix Prost beat both Senna and Schumacher in the wet at Spain 1991. At Brazil Senna managed with gearbox trouble but was saved by Mansell having worse gearbox trouble and Patrese also having gearbox trouble. Schumacher did not race until later in the year.

@@lake4ishikawa It would have taken all of Schumacher's talent to win against Senna and Prost had they continued driving in their respective teams. As it transpired Schumacher had the whole season to himself. Hill was not quite yet the accomplished driver of 1996.

@@jameshogan6142 And he had to cheat and win like a pig to beat Hill so imagine against the likes of Senna XD

I disagree. He knew the car in and out. He was also a master in the wet.

@@jimijames6449 I meant Prost knew how to play the politics. Senna just complained about them.

@@vivos71 Obviously not, you told "Ayrton Senna had speed... but thats it to me" And ever heard of "Satzzeichen"?

Jolgeable you are Full of BS Prost Had a contract with 2 years remaining with Williams. When Prost found out that frank Williams wanted Senna to drive for his team he told frank that His Contract stated that he would never have Senna as a team mate again. Frank Williams wanted Senna so bad that he Agreed to pay out the remaining two years of the Prost Contract , The agreement was, Prost couldn't drive for any body else for the Two years remaining on his Contract!

Mylan millar. No, Prost had already made his mind up to retire, Frank did not want Senna he was under pressure to take Senna and Williams did pay Prost not to drive for any other team but Prost could have got round that if he wanted to stay in F 1. Senna even tried to get Prost to stay in F1 and Prost did test the 1994 McLaren but he had made his mind up.

You are clueless, Aytron Senna wanted to switch to Williams way before Prost was even in the conversation, but McLaren wouldnt obviously let Senna go in 1992, and McLaren had the rights, because of the contract.

@@A-m-K The key word is "wanted" but couldn't or didn't. The end result was Prost moved to Williams first. Besides, contracts are worthless in F1. Just look at Sergio Perez as an example. He had a contract with Racing Point and was let go. Now with Red Bull, he is constantly threaten by being told if he does not perform well his contract will be ignored and let go. Obviously, you are "clueless" as to the validity of F1 contracts. They are not worth the paper they are written in.

@@KenSerpico5450 My answer was to this one particular, ridicilous comment from you: "even to the point of following Prost around from team to team". You take one incident for the whole F1 history? And they might let go Perez if he doesnt perform, but not without the salary for the rest of his contract. Also, how can you compare in this case Senna´s contract at McLaren with Sergio Perez his situation. In 1985 Senna moved to Lotus, yes, even though he still had 2 years in his contract. The only reason for that to happen was the fact that he (or to be more exactly, his father) bought him out. First of all the amount of his his salary at Toleman is nowhere near comparable to his salary that he got at McLaren, and secondly, Ron Dennis wouldve never let him go, even if Aytron Senna wouldve offered to buy himself out of his contract (plus especially not to Williams, of all teams). He even offered Frank Williams to drive for free for the 1992 season, but as i said, there was no way Ron Dennis wouldve let that happen. Also, if we are already at it, tell me one team which Alain Prost left in good terms, just one. (Right off the bat, if you can, without googling first, but im pretty sure thats not gonna happen). And in 13 seasons Prost was practically almost exlusively in top teams, almost only driving in either one of the most, or THE most competitive, championchip caliber car. Yet both of them have identical Race/Win ratios, and during the two years when both drove for the same team, if you look at every race in which both finished (without dnf`s), who do you think had the upper hand? Im gonna tell you: Ayrton Senna.

@@A-m-K Your assumption I was comparing Sergio to Senna is erroneous. I was simply referencing Perez as an example, not a comparison. Daniel and Albon too (as two more recent examples, not comparisons with Red Bull) were dismissed well short of their contracts. Point being, there are a slew of teams not honoring their contracts and drivers walking away from their contracts as well.

I hadn't heard about that. It was a pity he did not continue for another season or two.

Actually it should be prost 3x and senna 4x, considering the sport's dumbest ever disqualification in 1989. And hey, I liked the out of 11 rule.

Karl S. Prost was truely a legend, but Senna was the greatest.

Briatore wanted Piquet for 1992 with Schumacher. But Walkinshaw was insisting on Brundle

Had the exact same thought when i heard this interview for the first time over a decade ago (On the "Senna" DVD there is a extended version with interviews in between the documentary, and this interview is from that extended version)

That Senna collided with Prost who was in front on the racing line.

No.

He might have done if he were a few years younger and perhaps the legal consequences of Williams having to buy him out of his contract had soured relations between them.

Its easy to talk in hindsight.

Exactly. Prost choose to remain loyal to McLaren in 1986 and do battle with the awesome Honda Williams, eventually snatching the title from them with a dramatic win at Adelaide. Senna by contrast was always willing to dump his current team for one he felt had technical superiority.

Belgium 1987. Senna pulled a similar move on Mansell who responded by grabbing him by the throat. Senna's excuse was that Mansell had no business being there in the first place just as he had no business being there in Suzuki 1989!

Roger Vallve who was best then

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The immortal Jim Clark. I remember him just about as I was quite young when he died. He was truly unique.

Prost could more than touch Senna for a single lap as he showed a few times but Prost usually concentrated on race set up rather than just qualifying. if pole position is all that counts Senna would win and the drivers could all go home for Sunday.

Yes and Senna himself started complaining about equipment when he found himself being outpaced by Schumacher.

Prost retired because he refused to race on the same team as Senna because Senna and the Honda Mechanics Screwed Prost the last year he drove for McLaren, When he stated Williams had to live up to the contract He had signed they agreed to pay out the full Contract only if he Didn't sign with any other team for the two years left in his Contract! If Prost had driven for a different team he would have won more races and maybe even a 5th Championship!

Well in 1993 Senna was better. Prost was nearing 40 and over the hill and Senna was still at his prime. I think both at their prime were very even.

I think they're both shit.

Manosia. In 1993 Prost was 38, Senna 33. Prost won, as for over the hill he was 3 times Andros trophy winner in 2008, 2009 an 2012. so he was still a fast and capable driver at 53 to 57, he beat quite a lot of younger drivers..

Well Senna died at 34 so we'll never know how he would have been. But probably at least another couple of championships or more

Lake. Not judging from his performance at the start of 1994, Damon hill was doing better