Alain was and is an asshole!

Couldn't agree more. Lots of people look at Senna's pole record, and say Senna was the faster driver. Maybe. But if you compare the fastest race laps, Prost leads that by a much bigger margin than Senna's pole stats. People miss that point.

I say something stupid as prost did in a F1 race and he riding himself dead he was a legend as Senna

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If Alain was British, media would be treated him like god. Same with Janaeses, Honda had 20 engineers for Senna but just 3 for Alain

Alain Prost, el mejor piloto que vi en la F 1 .

As far as conveying data to the engineers Senna takes the cake

Prost is up there at the top 5. I would like one day that drivers vote for that, not the casuals…

i always thought prost is a better driver than senna. possibly even faster. senna did and said things that made great catch lines. if you no longer go for a gap etc. yeah but you end up crashing the car. prost on the other hand...

Prost was the man who continued the Lauda's legacy...

Prost, as a racing driver, was a true genius. An absolute craftsman of getting a car to the best possible result. For just a handful of points more he would have been a 7 time world champion. I once had the opportunity to talk with him for 20 minutes or so. He was also a very decent human being. An all time great of motor sport.

There’s a bias here as they were teammates and became friends. Clearly. But of course, he makes some valid points. Prost was a great driver as an overall package, definitely one of the all time greats. Intelligent and patient, played the long game extremely well. Senna was obviously more purely talented and the quickest driver F1 has ever seen - the quali laps were something else. But I don’t think Prost was superior overall as Stefan indirectly says, Prost could bring his game up on Sundays and challenge Senna, ultimately though Senna was ahead more often and suffered from DNFs in 89’ and the “robbed” Suzuka win, which prevented him from likely winning that championship as well. The years he didn’t win (92 & 93) were simply due to the fact that the Williams were far superior machines. I have never seen Prost outperform a car like Senna did several times with the Lotus and the McLarens from 92’ and specially 93’ (some truly brilliant drives from Senna that year)

Top 5 is in no particular order; Jim Clark, Juan Manuel Fangio, Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost. 5-10; Is so difficult, but I would put names like Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet, Mika Häkkinen. But there's so many more that it's so difficult to name, but I stand with the top 5, F1 fan since 1998

So very true about Alain Prost!

Confusing...

Bernie Ecclestone himself - and he knows a thing or two about formula 1 - said repeatedly that Prost was probably the best driver of his era since he competed with tough team mates throughout his career. And he was successful.

Prost was incredibly talented and extremely fast (ask Keke Rosberg). But in Senna he met his match. Senna was clearly quicker and finished ahead of Senna in their second season in pretty much all of his victories (whereas Prost only won when Senna failed to finish).Senna got inside Prost's head....and the fact that Prost needed a "no Senna" clause at williams shows he was intimidated by him and did not want to have to prove his superior ability on the track (because Senna would have destroyed him).....and before people say "he just didn't want confrontation in the team" take a reality pill and look at all the teams with two near equal drivers. There is rarely ever a harmonious team. That's ego's for you, and a determination to win. We will never know how Senna compared to Schumaker, or Hamilton or Verstappen. But for me he was the best of his generation.

Yes, requesting clause to deny Ayrton join Williams in 1993 was truly an image af the most complete driver of its time.

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Prost was Senna's target - he may as well have painted a bullseye on his back! Senna knew Prost was the best and to beat Prost meant he beat the best. I think Prost is totally underrated - he was very fast, smooth and drove at the limit, but wasn't spectacular like Senna. When Prost was fast, he looked slow - that just shows how much bandwidth Prost had in the car both physically and mentally to stay at the limit. Had Senna not died, he might have surpassed Prost's 4 title total - but by 1994 all the greats were gone (Prost, Mansell, Piquet) only Schumacher, starting his 3rd year in F1 was Senna's competition. Prost had to beat Lauda, Mansell, Piquet, Senna, and more to get his 4 titles. Truly a great driver!

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sans les problemes de fiabilité de sa Ferrari 312 b il eut été plusieurs fois champion du monde( multiple abandon alors qu il était en tete ) Tyrrel lui avait proposé de piloter pour lui au coté de de Stewart mais il avait donné sa parole à Ferrari résultat! Stewart 3 titres mondiaux Ickx aucun!! il ne rendait rien en terme de qualité de pilotage la difference c est la chance!! van doorne n a pas pas son talent en plus d etre saboter par papy Alonso ds une écurie ( mc laren ) pitoyable à l époque.

The original F1 Smooth Operator.

Prost was an amazing driver and has a strong argument for being the best of his era. With all due respect though I don’t think the criticism of Senna here is fair. If not for Imola ‘94 in all likeliness Senna is retiring with 5-6 WDC’s and as the most successful driver.

J'ai cru que c'était Francis Cabrel

I am still a fan of The Little Leaf.

Always enjoyed his driving...should have won at Imola instead of running out of fuel!!!

will always be a prost fan, thanks stefan johansson for sharing your experience

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Prost had five world champion teammates. He beat 'em all. Senna (actually outscored him both 88 and 89), K.Rosberg, Mansell, Hill and Lauda. There is no other driver with such track record. Scumacher never had a decent teammate. Well he had 40-year old Piquet for 6 races who actually outscored him in those.

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Considering Senna won 1 championships by cheating over Prost ( striking ) and was favored by Honda , confirmed maybe by better speed by Prost in Ferrari team, it is clear Prost is far better than Senna who was maybe fast but dangerous

It's interesting to early from someone close he was a nice guy to be around. He is the "profressor", the one who calculate which does not sound fun to most. But one can take his job very seriously and be relaxed when it's done.

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There was another difference. Weight restrictions were not applicable on the 80s and early 90s. Prost was at least 10kg lighter than Senna what was an advantage for Prost that was the smaller driver on the track. If the driver weight was to be considered, Prost would have had harder time

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Something very interesting about Prost is that he wasn't a great qualifier, but instead used to setup his car for the race. And all drivers said that when he was the fastest during the sunday warmup, he would always win.

Stefan fully deserved to have been in Ferrari at least until 88.

There's only two drivers in history that whinged more than Prost. Step forward Nigel Mansell n Sir Lewis Hamilton 😅🤣😂

I think Stefan is probably right, Ayrton was definitely more emotional and that can affect your driving. However I take issue with him saying Prost knew how to plan his career by picking the Williams. It hardly took a professor to realise the Williams was the best car after the 90, 91 & 92 season progression. Alain was frothing at the mouth to get into it by all means by 1993

great interview ,not sure why you dont have more subs, keep it up. love from america

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funny how stefan mentions how prost scuppered senna out of a seat at williams in 93 but dosent mention ayrton knocking him out of his home team mclaren in 1989

Alain Prost wasn't underrated at all, the only difference with Prost is that he's still alive, the drama seeking fans love it when a driver has died, like as if they're more brave and enigmatic if they're dead. Prost was fantastic, he is probably the best ever considering the era he was in.

Prost only vetoed Senna because it was impossible to work with him; because of how dirty Senna played. He also remembered how McLaren and Honda favoured Senna against him. But he didn't vetoed anyone else and he didn't even ask to be the no1 on the team. As far as he knew he was racing with Nigel Mansell in Williams.

yeah stefan you can say all that about big nose prost ,everyone knows ayrton had more talent in his little toe than prost the windbag he knew he wouldnt beat senna in 1993 if senna was in the other williams that year so he put a veto in the contract he was a coward and a weasel and never put it on the line in qualifying or wet races ,the way senna & mansell did .great analysis stefan you fraggle .