A fresh-faced Alain Prost made his F1 debut at the Teddy Mayer-led McLaren team during the 1980 season. France’s latest hopeful, who would go on to become a four-time world champion (1985, 1986, 1989, 1993), is pictured above at Zolder surrounded by fellow countrymen Patrick Depailler and Jean-Pierre Jarier.

Martin Businaro

Recent Posts

A costly last lap fumble from Black Jack in Monaco

On this day in 1970, in the prestigious Principality of Monaco, Jack Brabham was setting…

33 mins ago

Ferrari: Red Bull still ahead but no longer in ‘comfort zone’

Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur says Red Bull still holds an edge over the Scuderia…

2 hours ago

Norris ready to challenge Verstappen, but friendship 'will change'

Lando Norris believes going toe-to-toe with Max Verstappen more regularly in the future will eventually…

3 hours ago

F1 ‘playing promoters off each other’ to boost race fees - Maffei

Liberty Media chief executive Greg Maffei has confessed that Formula 1 has been able to…

4 hours ago

Leclerc assigned new Ferrari race engineer from Imola

Ferrari has announced a shift in Charles Leclerc’s technical team from next week’s Emilia Romagna…

19 hours ago

Ferrari trials F1 spray guards at FIA test in Fiorano

Ferrari trialed in Fiorano on Thursday, under the supervision of the FIA, a new design…

20 hours ago