Alain Prost's Last Race in Adelaide

Lore & Background

Prost won his maiden Formula One title in 1985, becoming the first French World Drivers' Champion. He successfully defended his title in 1986. After a fierce rivalry with Ayrton Senna, Prost won the 1989 championship and later returned to win his fourth title with Williams in 1993, retiring at the end of that season.

In Their Own Story

The rain-swept streets of Adelaide in late 1987 saw the Professor at his peak, navigating the tight corners with surgical precision. Yet, years later, as he prepared for his final bow in Japan, the memories of Australian victories served only as a backdrop to the impending silence of retirement. The engine note faded not under the lights of the Adelaide Street Circuit, but on the high-speed straights of Suzuka, marking the true end of an era.

Reader's Guide

Prost's final competitive race was the 1993 Le Mans, not the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix. He did not win Le Mans in 1975; his only Le Mans victory was in 1993. His sports car racing in the 1970s and 1980s was limited to a few outings, not a sustained program.

Did You Know?

• Prost won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles.
• He was nicknamed 'the Professor'.
• Prost was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1999.
• He won the Andros Trophy three times from 2003 to 2012.