Racers Biography

Professor Alain Marie Pascal is simple fr. Alain Marie Pascal Prost; genus. Member of the thirteen championships of the Formula four -time world champion. He excited in,, years. At the end of his career, the race carrier created his own team “Prost Grand Prix”, which lasted from for a year, and not having achieved significant results. Alain simple is considered one of the best Formula-1 pilots in its entire history.

At the same time, he could never boast of a huge army of fans. Although if any of them is simple and inferior to any of them, then only a little. It's all about the calculating and academic style of the piloting of this racer - not too spectacular, but at the same time, bringing excellent results. Alain himself is simple, who received a professor in Formula 1, he did not worry too much due to criticism of his driving-he simply did his job, achieving the maximum possible result in each specific situation, as he did throughout his career.

The biography was born on February 24 in French G. his younger brother Daniel died of cancer in September. Despite his low growth, Alain was simple an active and athletic child who was more enthusiastic about various sports, including wrestling, roller skates and football. Playing football, he even broke his nose several times. In the future, Alain thought to become an instructor in gymnastics or a professional football player, but at the age of 14 at a family holiday, he first discovered picture races for himself.

And “sick” by them, Alain has simple a way from the picture to the championship in the formula Alain is simple married, he has two sons and a daughter. The eldest son of a simple Nicolas also became a race carrier - in the year he performed in the Spanish championship of Formula 3 and took a third position in the season. Simple lived in his family house in San Shamon up to a year.

In April, due to constant attacks in the press and a hostile relationship from the French Formula 1 fans, Alain, with his family, moved to Switzerland, where he still lives. He began his sports career in the city of France champion in F-Super Renault in the GG. Alain's champion G. McLaren-Ford performed in the Formula Formula, Alain made his debut in Formula 1 for the McLaren team in the year and already in his first race at the Argentina Grand Prix earned the first career point, finishing the sixth.

Its best result was fifth in Brazil. At the end of the debut season, it is simple, despite the contract with McLaren for two years, he concluded an agreement with the Renault factory team. He himself was simple on this occasion, he said that he was leaving due to the large number of breakdowns of the car and because he feels that in some of these breakdowns the team accuses him.

Renault F1 The next three years simple played for the Renault team. French motor, chassis, Michelin tires, ELF oil and, of course, pilots. The young and promising French racer, which was simple, was for Renault as well as by the way. His partner became Rene Arna, who spent his third season in Formula 1. In addition, the “Renault” of the first of all the “stables” of Formula 1 began to use turbo engines, whose advantage in power was very significant.

However, the weak side of Renault in those years has always remained reliability, and the numerous gatherings of the pilots of this team due to problems with the technique of steel in the tongues for the entire formula paddock. In m, he managed to finish only six times, but at the same time on the catwalk. One third place, two second and three victories, including the debut at the home Grand Prix of France in Dijon.

According to the results of the season, he took 5th place in the championship, only seven points losing to the champion Nelson Pic. Then he finished the third in Brazil, but after the disqualification of Piquet and Rosberg, simple rose to the highest step of the pedestal. However, it was not possible to develop his success - for the entire remaining season, the Frenchman only managed to end up on the catwalk twice.

This was the first double of the Renault team, but at the same time it was this race that predetermined the departure of Arn from the team. On Paul Rikar, Arna took Paul, but the team asked him to give a cold if both Renault would go first or second, and he will be ahead. Rene agreed. And so it happened - two “Renaults” were the leader, and Arna was ahead. Simple did not press on him, believing that the partner would hold back the word.

But Rene ignored a reminder of boxes, and when simple, he realized that Arn was not going to fulfill the promised before the start, it was already too late. Rene won, simple came the second. During the last training session, in the rain, a collision between the simple and the leader of the championship Didier Pyroni on Ferrari occurred at the Grand Prix of Germany. As a result of the received accident, the compatriot was simple to receive severe injuries and was forced to finish the career of the rider.

They say that it was this episode that greatly influenced Alena, after which the Frenchman began to think more about the safety of riding and prudence, which in the end formed the Academic Driving style of Professor Prost. The season of the year, Alain, was completed by the 4th, again not so far from the champion.Kuke Rosberg the Frenchman lost only 10 points.

But already in M, I had every chance to win the championship. The tense test work, done by a simple for Renault in the offseason, had its fruits - the reliability of the car became much higher. And taken by the second pilot, the American Eddie Chiver was the first racer in Renault, the Frenchman did not at all encouraged Alena’s status as the first pilot. In M “Renault” with Aleng Simple, for the first time, all the years fought for the personal and command test, while considering as the main favorite of the season.

But here they were disappointed. Although after the Austrian Grand Prix, 4 victories in the season was simple 4 stages before the end of the championship, he had a very solid detention from Ferrari Arnu, another Ferrari pilot Patrick Tamba and Nelson Piquet behind the wheel of Brabem, but two gatherings were simple in the Netherlands and Italy allowed his rivals to close as much as possible to him.

Before the Grand Prix of South Africa, the last race of the season, it was still simple to head the general test, ahead of the peak and Arn for 2 and 8 points, respectively. But the Frenchman summed up a turbine, and a cautious peak was enough finish in the third position to win the second champion crown. It was simple in the championship for 2 points and took second place. The Cup of Designers went to Ferrari.

Alain was simple by his team as a goat. At once, they forgot the whole huge contribution, which made it easy to develop the team and, two days after the race, terminated the contract with it. Due to the beginning of the bullying, it was simple with his family even moved from France to Switzerland. And for the season of the year, he signed a contract with McLaren.

That victory has changed a lot for him - she stopped attacks on the racer in the press, but the most important thing: the French audience changed the attitude to the club after that race. In “McLaren”, it finally found a friendly, but extremely professional atmosphere, which he was so lacking in Renault. Nicky Lauda, ​​two -time world champion, became a partner.

Despite the fact that Alain was out of clean, beat his partner in qualifications, in the championship Nicky scored more points due to stability. OST won seven Grand Prix, Lauda - five. Nevertheless, in the overall standings, Lauda was ahead of simple. To become a champion Alena did not have enough half an eye. This gap between the first and second places in the championship until now remains a record minimum.

Everything was again decided in the last race of the season - to the Grand Prix of Portugal in Estoril. The second place in Lauda in the final protocol guaranteed the title to him. Nevertheless, after the qualification, the chances of simple looked more preferable. He shared the first row of the starting field with Nelson Pique, while Lauda qualified only the eleventh. In the race, simple soon went to the leaders, but Lauda was still far from the cherished second place.

The Austrian managed to break into the third position, showing the best circle in the course of the race, but the distance to the second Mansell on the Lotus was too big. Everything went to the fact that Alain simple would win his first championship, but 18 circles before the finish, Mansell was mistaken and flew out of the highway.

Nicky Lauda became the champion. In the year, it finally becomes the world champion. This time, he simply defeated his partner Laud, who suffered all season due to problems with technology. The main opponent of the Frenchman that year was Michele Alboreto on Ferrari. At one time, the Italian pilot even leader in the overall standings, but five in a row of gatherings in the last five races of the season did not leave him a chance.

The Grand Prix at San Marino was disqualified and deprived of victory due to the fact that his car, who arrived at the last drops of fuel, turned out to be a little easier than it was supposed to be regulated. In the year, Alain was simple by the first racer since Jack Brabem, who managed to defend his title. It was not easy to do this - the favorites of the season were Mansell and the peak at Williams with the best formula “Honda”.

Another opponent is simple in M ​​became Ayrton Senna at the Lotus. But despite the desperate struggle of the young Brazilian who squeezed everything possible from his car, in the last Grand Prix season, he could only claim the second place in the overall standings. And behind the championship crown, Mansell, Piquet and simple. Mansell, who was ahead of 6 points, and a peak of 7, had every chance to win the title.

It was enough for him to finish the third. And given that already in the first training in Adelaide, he showed the best time in his “Williams”, ahead of everyone except Piquet and Ayrton Senna, for more than one and a half seconds, it became clear that nothing but the distance from the distance would prevent him from winning the championship title. But Williams showed an amazing reliability that season-Mansell was just gone twice because of problems with technology, and the hope that these problems would again arise ghostly.

And then there is a half-legendary story of the Australian Grand Prix of the year, overgrown with such many rumors and gossip that it is already impossible to say what was actually there and what was just an intricate invention.