Prost's title number four

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On this day in 1993, Alain Prost became a four-time world champion with second place in the Portuguese Grand Prix. The Frenchman had enjoyed a largely dominant year with Williams and took full advantage to wrap up the championship with two races still remaining after Ayrton Senna retired from the race. Here, he celebrates on the podium with team-mate Damon Hill and race-winner Michael Schumacher, who would go on to eclipse Prost's achievements.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.