Alain Prost
Chronology
| 1955 | Born February 24 in Lorette, France |
| 1973 | Wins Karting World Championship |
| 1976 | Begins racing professionally and wins Formula Renault Challenge series |
| 1977 | Wins Formula Renault Europe title and begins racing the Formula 3 series |
| 1979 | Wins French and European Formula 3 titles |
| 1979 | Signed to race the F1 series for McLaren team |
| 1980 | Places sixth and fifth, respectively, at first two Grand Prix races; breaks wrist before third |
| 1980 | Returns in May to score points at British and Dutch Grand Prix |
| 1980 | Frustrated by McLaren car failures, breaks contract to drive for Renault Sport; challenges McLaren to sue |
| 1981 | Finishes fifth in the 1981 F1 Championship |
| 1982 | Finishes fourth in the 1982 championship, but is plagued by car reliability problems |
| 1983 | Loses World Championship by two points; is fired by Renault |
| 1984 | Returns to drive for McLaren |
| 1984 | Loses World Championship by one-half of a point to teammate Niki Lauda |
| 1985 | Wins five Grands Prix and first World Championship |
| 1986 | Wins second World Championship, over Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet |
| 1987 | Finishes fourth in World Championship |
| 1988 | Loses World Championship to teammate Ayrton Senna |
| 1989 | Wins World Championship, but tension with Senna leads Prost to defect to Ferrari team |
| 1990 | Loses World Championship after controversial crash with Senna |
| 1991 | Fired from Ferrari for criticizing team |
| 1992 | Sits out 1992 season |
| 1993 | Returns to drive for Williams-Renault, wins fourth World Championship, breaks world record with fifty-one Grand Prix wins |
| 1993 | Announces retirement when Williams hires Senna |
| 1994 | Works for French television and as representative for Renault |
| 1994 | Works as consultant for McLaren team |
| 1997 | Buys Liegier team, renamed Prost Grand Prix |
| 1998 | Debut chassis proves unreliable, team has disappointing season |
| 1999 | Peugot engine proves too heavy too win |
| 2000 | Sells share of team after third losing season |
| 2002 | Begins liquidation of Prost Grand Prix team |
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