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Lauda's 0.5-point margin of victory is the closest title race in Formula One history. [24] Prost driving the McLaren MP4/2B at the 1985 German Grand Prix Cockpit of Prost's F1 McLaren TAG-Porsche turbo, from his first Championship year. In 1985 Prost became the first French Formula One World Champion. He won five of the sixteen Grands Prix ...
The Drivers' Championship was won by Alain Prost, [1] Prost was the first driver to win back-to-back Drivers' Championships since Jack Brabham in 1959 and 1960. Together with Prost, Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna dominated throughout the season and formed what was dubbed as the "Gang of Four". [2] [3]
Prost Grand Prix was a Formula One racing team owned and managed by four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost. The team participated in five seasons from 1997 to 2001. The team participated in five seasons from 1997 to 2001.
As of the 2024 season, out of the 777 drivers who have started a Formula One Grand Prix, [16] the 75 titles awarded have been won by a total of 34 different drivers. [8] [9] The first Formula One World Drivers' Champion was Giuseppe Farina in the 1950 championship and the current title holder is Max Verstappen in the 2024 season.
Alain Prost (pictured in 1989 with McLaren) won his fourth and final title with Williams in his last season of F1 racing. Three-time world champion Ayrton Senna (pictured celebrating his win in Brazil) finished runner-up in his final season at McLaren Prost's teammate Damon Hill (pictured in 1995) finished the season ranked third in his first year with Williams.
The three-time reigning F1 champion won his seventh consecutive pole, but first at Miami, where Verstappen failed to earn the top starting spot in the first two races around Hard Rock Stadium, yet still won them both. The pole-winning run tied Verstappen with Alain Prost in opening the season with six consecutive poles. Prost did it in 1993.
Max Verstappen has won 63 Grands Prix, and is the youngest winner in Formula One history. Sebastian Vettel took 53 victories across 16 seasons. Alain Prost held the record until 2001, with 51 victories. Oscar Piastri is the 115th and latest first-time Grand Prix winner, taking his maiden victory at the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix
Max Verstappen inched closer to a third consecutive win at the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday by continuing his long domination of Formula 1 qualifying. The three-time reigning F1 champion won his ...