He was indeed. Being Senna fans dont blind us.

And i as Prost fan adores Senna.

Both are giants in F1. In my opinion, Senna and Prost are each others' missing pieces of the puzzle. In terms of driving, both are (or should have been) complementary. Both approaches to driving are able to get the most out of the car.

Prost gave a fantastic 1-hour long interview on the F1 channel. He is an amazing person and driver and one of F1's greatest personalities together with Jackie Stewart.

Senna wouldn't be as good if not for Prost

Indeed, Jean Todt confirmed this on a RMC radio broadcast a couple of years ago. Prost was even proposed to be Schumacher's teammate to help them win the championchip again.

Senna was faster than Prost, but to me where Prost gains the edge over Senna is his ability to setup the car to gain the absolute most out of it

@@housesports000 Yes, Senna was faster... on one lap with qualifying tires! Where the driving style of Prost didn't allow him to have the 4 tires at the same temperature. But in races with a full tank and racing tires, Prost was often faster than Senna. The proof is that he often did the best laps in the race! The fact of being a better setuper also allows to have a finer piloting and to feel better his car...

@@maxlefou81 while team mates, it was 14 x 11 wins for Senna, and much more mechanical failures while leading races in the fragile mp4/5 (don't even talk that Senna could not nurse the car, since the mp4/4 had no failures at all)

@@eduardooliveira7558 Still, Prost scored more total points than Senna, only showing his consistency

By 1996, Porst was long retired. He was just called in for setups and testing....

Villeneauve has got to be the most forgettable F1 World Champion. He had some good drives and dives but is over rated imho

​@@disturbdplayer The only difference between Jacques and Hamilton is the canadian had the best car only 2 years. And Villeneuve won in fórmula indy too and Indy 500, so he was better in his prime than overrated british.

He also got the gig because Ron Dennis and Mercedes didn't want to rely on Coulthard or someone else for feedback. I think he drove the new car before anyone else did.

@@jonelson1983 Dc was hardly 20 by that time lol Prost was a 4 time champion

@@125israel he was nearly 25.

DC and his iconic chinline😂

I've read about it in F1 Racing magazine in 2007 and apparently Alain said that the long wheelbase has 'potential' so the team started to go down that route. DC was non too pleased about it when it became clear that instead of playing around with the long/short wheelbase, they should focus on improving the basic aspects of the car.

@@theempires5 Read about it there as well 😅

I would agree with you those were not the best conditions for car evaluation/setup but Prost actually said on several occasions that he very much enjoyed driving in the rain. It's just that he hated following other cars with water projection and poor visibiity following the Hockenheim 1982 Qual drama between him and Pironi that ended the F1 career of the latter.

@@rascassette yes, tottaly agree! Driving alone shoud be very different !

Mansell was probably Senna’s match from a pure speed point of view, but not as an overall package

@@jrp312 Mansell was just as courageous/fearless as Senna,but when it mattered Prost was the only one who gave Senna a headache

Piquet, Schumacher, Mansell etc all could.

Hakkinen could, we saw it in 93 (was only Mika's 3rd year in F1)

Let's pretend Prost has never driven for teams like McLaren or Williams before.

Actually, Prost said on several occasions that he very much enjoyed driving in the rain. It's just that he hated following other cars with water projection and poor visibiity following the Hockenheim 1982 Qual drama between him and Pironi that ended the F1 career of the latter.

Unfair on Coulthard, as he'd only just joined McLaren and was getting used to the set up there. Gave yeoman service to them for 9 years and was hugely respected

Fraser Thorburn because Coulthard had some class. but as a racing driver he was just average by F1 standards

@@juandhaltrich DC was on par with Hill in 1995... Would've won championship w/ Williams if he stayed for 1996

@@MacGovernor DC beat Mika in all the seasons it didnt matter. Where it mattered the most like in 98 and 99 he slumped since in 97 he was perfectly able to outrace Mika just like he was perfectly able to outrace Kimi in 02. DC is a mistery to me and will always be.

​@@MacGovernorNah, if it was Villeneuve and Coulthard at Williams in 96 Villeneuve would've won. He wasn't far behind Hill and had more reliability issues.

Hilarious and thanks for the laugh. 😁

Excellent and funnny !! Yes new promising young driver making his first F1 drive test ever !!😁

No different nose front for McLaren MP4/11

He would probably have been driving for Ferrari by then and not back at McLaren or still at Williams since towards the end of his career that he wanted to finish it there.

@@rascassette Imola 1994 the day when things changed a lot in F1, A black day in history men that was racing!

Agreed. The shark nose that was called and inspired from the Benetton car from 1993.

Not that bad when compared to 2009-current cars

What a stupid comment. Senna was arrogant, impatient and at times down right dirty. Prost a wuss, well I'm pretty sure Prost won more wdc than Senna. In their time as team mates Prost amassed 163 (186) points, 25 podiums and set 12 fastest laps whilst Senna amassed 150 (154) points, 18 podiums and set 6 fastest laps.