Universally regarded as one of Formula One’s greatest drivers, Alain Prost’s 12-year racing career saw him win 51 Grand Prix races whilst driving for McLaren, Renault, Ferrari and Williams. At the time of his retirement in 1993, Prost held the record for most wins in the sport – a record that stood for a total of 14 years. It was eventually surpassed by Michael Schumacher at the Belgium Grand Prix in 2001.TopReplicaWatchProst’s academic approach to racing earned him the nickname ‘The Professor’. He rarely overexerted his car in the early stages of a race, choosing instead to conserve his breaks and tyres, helping ensure (Cartier Santos Replica online)maximum performance towards the finish line and a late bid for the win. His driving style was one of cool-headed logic and solid tactics; asserting, “I hate to risk the car” and “I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.”

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Overview — however brief — of Prost’s racing career could not be considered complete without mention of his arch-rival, Aryton Senna. It’s an age-old story: two individuals of approximate skill and talent impelling one another to higher levels whilst directly competing for victory. Think Holmes and Moriarty, Ali and Frazier, the Red Sox and the Yankees, Federer and Nadal, Iceman and Maverick…
The Prost/Senna rivalry has become the stuff of F1 legend —Cartier Santos Replica Prost with his methodical, collected driving and Senna with his aggressive, flat-out driving going head to head. Notable incidents during the rivalry include their collision at Suzuka during 1989’s Japanese Grand Prix and Senna deliberately ramming Prost at 160mph the year after, again at the Suzuka race. After Senna’s untimely demise in 1994, Prost said, “When he died, I felt a part of me had died also, because our careers had been so bound together.”