🇫🇷 Alain Prost

Alain Prost is a retired French racing driver who competed in Formula 1 from 1980 to 1993 and finished his career with a Racer Rating of 7,942. This places him in the elite professional tier; he is a multiple world champion and race winner at the very top level who has beaten many strong drivers repeatedly across a 13-season career. His record consists of 202 Formula 1 starts, 51 wins, and 106 podium finishes, with an average classified finish of third place. He won five world championships across his career, the most recent in 1993, his final season, when he took seven wins from 16 rounds to secure the title. The vast majority of his racing was conducted for McLaren, which accounts for 109 of his 202 starts.[1]

Prost's competitive record demonstrates sustained excellence among the strongest fields in motorsport. He holds a commanding head-to-head advantage over Nelson Piquet, a three-time champion and Platinum-graded professional, beating him 56 times against 26 defeats across 82 shared races. Against Riccardo Patrese, a Bronze-graded professional, he finished ahead in 55 of 65 encounters. His record against Nigel Mansell, a world champion, stands at 34 wins to 27 losses. He finished ahead of Gerhard Berger in 43 of their 61 races. His only close rivalry came with Ayrton Senna, a fellow two-time world champion; Prost trailed him slightly with 36 victories against 41 defeats in 77 shared races. He also beat future multiple world champion Mika Häkkinen on five occasions. Prost's consistency across rivals of this calibre; his seven wins from 16 races in his final season; and his five world titles place him among the strongest drivers ever to race in Formula 1.[2]