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- In 1991 Ferrari fell off the pace and for the first time in ten years Alain Prost failed to win a race. He blamed the Italian team for losing the plot, went public with his criticism and was fired before the end of the season.
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When Ferrari sacked Alain Prost before the 1991 season finale, his description of the car as a truck was ostensibly to blame. But, as he tells AUTOSPORT, the reality was far more complicated
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Jan 30, 2024 · Alain Prost was 38 when he retired from Formula 1 at the end of 1993. But much like Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton today, he really wasn’t ready to. That’s why he came close to a return following a rapprochement with Ron Dennis.
Jan 30, 2024 · My first McLaren” – the M29 in which Alain made his F1 debut (and scored a point) in Argentina, 1980 – “and a Ferrari 643 [from 1991].” Prost dominated his home French GP for Renault in 1983.
- Lack of Competitiveness
- Politics
- Engine Weakness
- Lack of Trust
- Strategic Disagreements
- Public Pronouncements
- ‘Project’ Team Opportunity
- The Big Difference
Victories and world championships can paper over a lot of cracks, but poor performance usually widens these and can lead to irreparable fractures. While not unheard of, it’s rare for drivers and teams to fall out when things are going well. In 2020, Ferrari finished sixth in the constructors’ championship – its worst position since 1980 – with just...
Ferrari has always been a highly-charged organisation in terms of the politics, doubly so when things are going badly. Vettel went through several changes of regime at Ferrari. Having originally been courted by Luca di Montezemolo and signed up to join a team led by Marco Mattiacci, Vettel was confronted with a very different landscape on his first...
Ferrari’s disadvantage showed in particular in qualifying, a result of the various technical directives issued thanks to the clandestine deal done between the FIA and Ferrari amid suspicions over how it was producing its prodigious qualifying-mode power last year. Supposedly, this cost Ferrari around 50bhp. While there was nothing so controversial ...
In the early stages of the 2020 season, Vettel made little effort to shroud his distaste not only at the fact Ferrari did not offer him a new contract for 2021 and beyond, but also the way this was done. He proved that at the first opportunity this season when he made a mockery of Ferrari’s party linethat stated the two sides couldn’t reach an agre...
Vettel voiced his concern about Ferrari’s strategy regularly during 2020, as well as often being compromised by slow pitstops that made his job in the race even harder. Famously, Ferrari overruled Alain Prost when he wanted to start on slicks at the 1991 Spanish Grand Prix, which started in damp conditions. It was a poor decision by the team manage...
Vettel wasn’t backward in coming forward with his criticism of Ferrari early in the 2020 season. Doubtless, Ferrari hoped he would keep quiet, accept the ‘official’ version of their parting and see out the season – something Vettel wasn’t interested in doing. And that’s to his credit, given he prized honesty – although it should be noted that Ferra...
Multiple world champions are a rare commodity, so it was no surprise when it was announced in September that Vettel had signed up for Racing Point/Aston Martin. The chance to join a team on an upward trajectory, but which is already at a good enough level to get results, clearly appealed. Prost was offered something very similar for 1992, having pa...
Where the stories of Prost and Vettel diverge dramatically is their on-track performance. Vettel’s final season with Ferrari was his worst in F1, with just one podium finish – third in Turkey – and consistent struggles. That followed seasons in which he was still producing tremendous speed, but far too many costly errors. Prost was a very different...
The documentary reveals how Prost bounced back from trailing in the championship to embark on a devastating winning streak before the Frenchman ultimately claimed the title, having already announced his decision to leave the sport at the end of the year.
Oct 9, 2012 · Their battle for supremacy, as McLaren team-mates in 1988-9 and after Prost moved to Ferrari in 1990, drove both men to new highs and new lows, and Formula 1 to an intensity it has never...
Nov 1, 1991 · Why Ferrari fired Alain Prost... BY JOE SAWARD. Claudio Lombardi is team director of Ferrari and, in theory at least, the man who makes decisions in the Ferrari racing team. We asked him why Alain Prost was not racing in Adelaide. This is what he had to say:
