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The Prost–Senna rivalry, or Senna–Prost rivalry, was a Formula One rivalry between French racing driver Alain Prost and Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna.Widely regarded as one of the fiercest rivalries in Formula One history, [a] Prost and Senna together won seven of nine Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles between 1985 and 1993, including two whilst teammates at McLaren ...
At the start, Prost took the lead but Senna attempted to take the inside line into the first corner. The two drivers made contact, sending both off the track and into instant retirement. The crash meant that Senna had clinched the Drivers' Championship for a second time, as with one race left in the season, Prost could not overtake his points ...
F1 driver Ayrton Senna died after a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy on May 1, 1994. Senna's crash was one of two fatal accidents that occurred that weekend on the track.
As in 1988, the McLaren team had been dominant throughout 1989.Going into this race, Prost had a 16-point lead in the Drivers' Championship over Senna, 76 to 60. The Brazilian had won six races to the Frenchman's four, including the previous race in Spain, but had only finished in the points on one other occasion, while Prost had only finished out of the points once all season.
Hill led Senna, Prost, Schumacher, Wendlinger and Andretti at the end of lap 1. Hill pulled away quickly while Senna held up Prost. Prost passed Senna on lap 8 and set off after Hill. It was time for the stops and Senna got ahead of Prost in these stops. On lap 17, Prost audaciously overtook both Hill and Senna at Tosa in the presence of ...
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.
Polesitter Alain Prost has stated that Ayrton Senna forced him off the track on the first lap, taking a lead he would not relinquish. Meanwhile, Prost had a run-in with Elio de Angelis , causing de Angelis to lose two laps in the pits repairing his car and relegating Prost to fifteenth by the end of the race.
Here's a crash course — a cheat sheet, really — for the 67th running of the Daytona 500. DAN GELSTON and MARK LONG. Updated February 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM. 1 / 11. NASCAR Daytona 500 Auto Racing.