It was a real pity that Prost retired after 1993. He might well have continued for another couple of years and even won again in 1994 had it not been for Senna coming to Williams.
Why is Alain so special?? because he is part of an era that means so much to so many people. Alain and Ayrton gave it their best shot to be the very best.. it was always going to be a tough one but amazing to experience and watch.
In the end, that decision to leave on top might have saved his life... considering how unstable that 1994 Williams car was to drive without active suspension. Prost, the thinking man's driver...
Not really. Prost was already well accustomed to the Williams, just like Hill, therefore he would not have needed his steering column modified to make him more comfortable in the cockpit.
@@viborrr Hill didnt drive the car nowhere near as fast as senna did. Senna made a mistake in the first race, chasing Schumacher, after Schuhmacher cheated during the pit stop, you know, the whole thing about the removal of the particular filter, getting a faster pit stop. In the second race mika hakkinen drove into senna at the race start. In the third race Senna was leading, but everbody knows what happened then. They did a total shitjob though. Didnt have original replacement parts, instead used a different, smaller metal rod. Idk if the following is correect, but as far as i remember, i read that the cockpit, the position of the steering wheel and even the whole monocoque were from the car that nigel mansel drove.
@@viborrr Yes Senna was not accustomed to developing a car from scratch. He couldn't be bothered with that sort of tedium. He simply wanted an oven ready championship car which would deliver him a world title without any rival driver to compete with.
History will show that Prost is the best F1 driver of the modern era. Senna was one of his big fans. He was the man he respected the most. Senna was fast and talented, has charisma. But Prost was a genius...
One of the reason I respect Prost is, he can deal with J.M.Balestre, Renault, and stood up to Senna and Ron Dennis, then got the result he wants. What a capacity.
The reason i prefer Prost than Senna is that he had scored more points and had made more fastest laps than Senna in 88 and 89 seasons while they were teamate.
Yes, if you can actually find any world champion before or after him who will agree with you then I'll give it a thought. Also, how exactly can AP be considered the greatest driver of the modern era when even Renault preferred Ayrton over him? Did you not understand at all the video????
As a big fan of Senna I still think Schumacher is the best of modern era. Schumacher would give Senna bigger challenge than Prost if both were in the same cars.
I'm a Senna fan but I have to admit he could have won 7 championships. He beat Senna on points most of the time. Senna was quicker but Prost was more complete though I think Senna was getting there as he matured and if he had not died he would have probably won 7 titles himself.
What Renault wanted was another Senna / Prost battle which would have been very lucrative with sponsors. Prost took the right decision cause it could have killed both of them physically or just mentally... It was already way too dangerous at Mclaren.
@@jameshogan6142 It of course is what it is. Senna was a magnificent politician and progenitor of his own myth. Ed: In addition to being a magnificent driver, of course.
I heard an interview of Adriane Galisteu, Senna's last girlfriend. It was something like this: - Who do you preferer? Prost or Piquet? - Prost. Prost forever! - Why? - Senna's relationship with his team was getting worse and he would not sign a new contract with them. Later, all the drivers were signing their contracts and Senna doesn't. He changed his mind and was desperate, because at this point he would have no team 4 the next year. He was calling for a lot of other teams (continue...)
Senna fanboys have so little idea. They call the very great Prost a coward, they say he left Williams because he was afraid of Senna. The truth is Prost decided to leave F 1 for several reasons, not the least because the press hated him. Prost had been badly treated by McLaren and Honda who gave all the attention to Senna, in fact in 1989 after Prost had said he was leaving McLaren Senna tried to get McLaren to fire Prost, because Prost was leading the title race. Maybe that was Senna being afraid he could not beat Prost even with McLaren, Honda and the bad points system that had given Senna the 1988 title. Then in 1990 Senna crashed into Prost rather than race on the track. No wonder Prost did not want to be in the same team as Senna.
Barrie Rodliffe Omfg you do realize in 1989 the year before prost had done that to Ayrton,technically cheating his way to the 1989 WC by taking Senna out...and before you call me a 'Senna fan boy' I actually appreciate the both of these drivers skills but clearly is wrong what Prost started Senna just finished...
I do realize that Prost was leading the title race by 21 points before Suzuka and Senna crashing into him did not affect the title. Senna had a bad habit of colliding with other drivers, Prost never cheated. The big difference is 1989 if you blame Prost or Senna for the crash it was a racing incident at fairly low speed. Nothing can excuse Senna deliberately crashing into Prost in 1990 at high speed on a dangerous corner, it was just luck that no one was hurt.. Senna should have raced on the track in 1990 but he obviously did not think he could beat Prost and since Prost was not at McLaren Honda could no longer give Senna more power than they did for Prost.
Piss off stop talking crap. Prost beat Senna on points in both their seasons together, it was just that the old scoring system saw only the best 11 results counted. Prost even went to Ferrari in 1990 and nearly won the WDC that year too. When Senna won races, invariably everyone cheered. When Prost won no one cared because as Prost himself says "I was boring (compared to Senna)" Prost lacked charisma and didn't like feeling under appreciated. Prost had multiple champs as his teammate & beat them
I agree with most of what you say but take exception to your assertion that Prost lacked charisma. Niki Lauda was apprehensive of Prost when he first came to McLaren but in his autobiography he says that his suspicions eventually disappeared and he realised that Prost was simply warm friendly and straightforward. Senna was flamboyant but I liked the comment of the motorsport correspondent who commented on his win in the 1987 Brazilian GP. "Prost putting it over the best in the business with the minimum of fuss or effort." That sounds very much like a master craftsman.
If the Renault turbo was more reliable he'd be 1982 and 1983 champion as well. Had the Monaco GP gone the full distance and Prost would finish 2nd (if Senna won in the Toleman) he'd win the 1984 title with 1 point, rather than losing it by half a point. He did win 2 more races than Lauda in 1984... Jim Clark was a champion and a gentleman too. It's hard to match his record, especially considering the times he raced in and the opposition.
Prost lost the title cause the rules wanted that a race had to do a minimum of rounds, and Prost was leading a race which has been stopped because Lauda asked it to stop (cause of harsh rain), the race was about a bit more than half done, and Prost only earnt 4,5 points for the victory, instead of the usual 9 points for it. Finally, Lauda won the title for half a point ! But lauda always recognised that in his mind, Prost would have deserved to win the championship this year. Prost didn't complain because he was admiring Lauda (he told it many times on french TV) and BTW they were both very true friends also.
(...continuation) he was even asking other teams to race for free. Prost calls Senna and asked "what are you doing? You're desperate to race, I'm already thinking about retirement..." and Prost arranged to Senna get his seat in Williams car. That's the story she told in an intervew, she was very thankful for Prost, talking about that time. Something like this. Forgive my terrible english.
Jolgeable you are Full of BS Prost Had a contract with 2 years remaining with Williams. When Prost found out that frank Williams wanted Senna to drive for his team he told frank that His Contract stated that he would never have Senna as a team mate again. Frank Williams wanted Senna so bad that he Agreed to pay out the remaining two years of the Prost Contract , The agreement was, Prost couldn't drive for any body else for the Two years remaining on his Contract!
Mylan millar. No, Prost had already made his mind up to retire, Frank did not want Senna he was under pressure to take Senna and Williams did pay Prost not to drive for any other team but Prost could have got round that if he wanted to stay in F 1. Senna even tried to get Prost to stay in F1 and Prost did test the 1994 McLaren but he had made his mind up.
@ideafix Prost beat both Senna and Schumacher in the wet at Spain 1991. At Brazil Senna managed with gearbox trouble but was saved by Mansell having worse gearbox trouble and Patrese also having gearbox trouble. Schumacher did not race until later in the year.
@@lake4ishikawa It would have taken all of Schumacher's talent to win against Senna and Prost had they continued driving in their respective teams. As it transpired Schumacher had the whole season to himself. Hill was not quite yet the accomplished driver of 1996.
How ironic is it that the pieces fell as they did, Prost wanted to continue in 94, but ended up retiring instead, Senna joined Williams in the very car that was to take one of their lives. Sickening to think about either way. Such great talent in both of them. After the 93 season and Prost's departure, I started losing interest in F1. I stopped going to races and since then, I've only watched a few on TV. Without iconic figures like Piquet, Prost, Mansell & Senna, why bother.
One of the best drivers ever! Who can blame him for not wanting to resume a hostile rivalry with Senna. It would have been the McLaren wars all over again. 🤔
This Interview is from the Ayrton Senna documentary named ''Beyond the Speed''. It's about Senna, and his rivalry betweein him and Prost. You must see it. Prost talks a lot about him and his career all long.
Senna wanted to surpass and beat Prost at any cost, even to the point of following Prost around from team to team. If Prost would have moved to a team of mules, Senna would have followed him there too, just to make sure he kept Prost in his sight.
You are clueless, Aytron Senna wanted to switch to Williams way before Prost was even in the conversation, but McLaren wouldnt obviously let Senna go in 1992, and McLaren had the rights, because of the contract.
@@A-m-K The key word is "wanted" but couldn't or didn't. The end result was Prost moved to Williams first. Besides, contracts are worthless in F1. Just look at Sergio Perez as an example. He had a contract with Racing Point and was let go. Now with Red Bull, he is constantly threaten by being told if he does not perform well his contract will be ignored and let go. Obviously, you are "clueless" as to the validity of F1 contracts. They are not worth the paper they are written in.
@@KenSerpico5450 My answer was to this one particular, ridicilous comment from you: "even to the point of following Prost around from team to team". You take one incident for the whole F1 history? And they might let go Perez if he doesnt perform, but not without the salary for the rest of his contract. Also, how can you compare in this case Senna´s contract at McLaren with Sergio Perez his situation. In 1985 Senna moved to Lotus, yes, even though he still had 2 years in his contract. The only reason for that to happen was the fact that he (or to be more exactly, his father) bought him out. First of all the amount of his his salary at Toleman is nowhere near comparable to his salary that he got at McLaren, and secondly, Ron Dennis wouldve never let him go, even if Aytron Senna wouldve offered to buy himself out of his contract (plus especially not to Williams, of all teams). He even offered Frank Williams to drive for free for the 1992 season, but as i said, there was no way Ron Dennis wouldve let that happen. Also, if we are already at it, tell me one team which Alain Prost left in good terms, just one. (Right off the bat, if you can, without googling first, but im pretty sure thats not gonna happen). And in 13 seasons Prost was practically almost exlusively in top teams, almost only driving in either one of the most, or THE most competitive, championchip caliber car. Yet both of them have identical Race/Win ratios, and during the two years when both drove for the same team, if you look at every race in which both finished (without dnf`s), who do you think had the upper hand? Im gonna tell you: Ayrton Senna.
@@A-m-K Your assumption I was comparing Sergio to Senna is erroneous. I was simply referencing Perez as an example, not a comparison. Daniel and Albon too (as two more recent examples, not comparisons with Red Bull) were dismissed well short of their contracts. Point being, there are a slew of teams not honoring their contracts and drivers walking away from their contracts as well.
What you wright is just the True. Most of those Senna-Psychos dont even watch one Race out of the Time, know everything from short UA-cam Videos and Talk Bullshit. It was already an Article in F1 Racing Magazin about that Case that from Today Point of View Prost is 5x Champion and Senna only 2x. Because of the Stupid ""Out of 11"" Rule. And 1988 was the last year with this Stupid Rule. Prost is Genius, watch hes Qualli Lap in 2005 DTM Norisring, He still could keep up today ; )
I was a Prost fan during 'those' days. But I did not agree with what he did to Mansell when they were in the same team. But I have no hesitation in admitting that Senna was more talented, but Prost was the most perfect. Its a personal choice as to which attribute you prefer.....
He says that he didn't want to continue with the perception that Ayrton is loosing because of the lesser car. But wouldn't Ayrton have had then the same car in Williams as him and that could show who was a better driver.
Had the exact same thought when i heard this interview for the first time over a decade ago (On the "Senna" DVD there is a extended version with interviews in between the documentary, and this interview is from that extended version)
Bullshit. 1.) Senna was too far back to make the pass on Prost 2.) Prost defended the inside line to the corner, which any driver with a brain would do. Senna was disqualified as you rightly point out and that was ridiculous, but it wouldn't have changed the outcome that season: Prost winning the WDC. Prost beat Senna in '88 too on points (I bet they don't tell you that in the Senna movie), but only the best 11 results counted in those days.
So if you think Senna was more Talentet you should watch on their both Life. Senna startet Kartdriving in an age about 4. Prost startet with Motorsport when he was 14 jears. Berger when he was 16. Senna looked only so Overperformed because he drive in an Time where the Racedrivers startet with 16-18 jears with Motorsport, and he was the only one who drive already with 4 jears Go Kart. But again guys like Schumacher who also start with 4 jears with Go Kart driving Senna looked very Old.
I think Benetton would have preferred Prost to Verstappen. Schumie never tried to run his teammates off the road..much. Patrese was dealt with fairly but was no match. Prost would have done even better than Brundle did in 1992.
then ayrton died..... end of an era. for people who claim to hate one of two out of love for the other, get a life or at least improve your reading skills. read all the publications, interviews, from people who were actually there and knew. no need for anyone to hate either of them as both are the greatest F1 drivers in the history and they actually had a lot of respect for each other despite of "politics". that is why ayrton's attitude toward alain completely changed after prost retired. ayrton's only mistake was to leave mcleran, a decision made worse by joining with someone who NEVER honored contract and is a tightwad (see adrian newey's experience with frank williams!) senna may still be alive today if he had gone to another team (say ferrari!) and THAT i blame on his lack of perspective - he saw the world in black and white.....
And you, you're proving that you're not able to make the difference between a wreck at 80 km/h and an other at 250. It was an idiot move in 1990. The two drivers could be injured and even worse. But I know, Prost = Evil, Senna = Angel. Make me laugh.
Belgium 1987. Senna pulled a similar move on Mansell who responded by grabbing him by the throat. Senna's excuse was that Mansell had no business being there in the first place just as he had no business being there in Suzuki 1989!
Prost could more than touch Senna for a single lap as he showed a few times but Prost usually concentrated on race set up rather than just qualifying. if pole position is all that counts Senna would win and the drivers could all go home for Sunday.
Senna was like a spoiled kid, he wanted what the others had, especially if it was better than what he had. Call it karma or something else; that's what killed him... No doubt Prost is the all time best when you look at numbers and facts.
Exactly. Prost choose to remain loyal to McLaren in 1986 and do battle with the awesome Honda Williams, eventually snatching the title from them with a dramatic win at Adelaide. Senna by contrast was always willing to dump his current team for one he felt had technical superiority.
He might have done if he were a few years younger and perhaps the legal consequences of Williams having to buy him out of his contract had soured relations between them.
Whats your point? I did not follow both their careers exhaustively and I said its a personal choice. Senna was better at overtaking and qualifying, Prost focuses on the overall race. That's my opinion. Again, what are you trying to say?
Prost retired because he refused to race on the same team as Senna because Senna and the Honda Mechanics Screwed Prost the last year he drove for McLaren, When he stated Williams had to live up to the contract He had signed they agreed to pay out the full Contract only if he Didn't sign with any other team for the two years left in his Contract! If Prost had driven for a different team he would have won more races and maybe even a 5th Championship!
Well .. You know what Ayrton said 92 about: Prost is a coward and want that everything is lay Down to him. 94 season would have been a great one with Senna, Prost and Schumacher.
Manosia. In 1993 Prost was 38, Senna 33. Prost won, as for over the hill he was 3 times Andros trophy winner in 2008, 2009 an 2012. so he was still a fast and capable driver at 53 to 57, he beat quite a lot of younger drivers..
you only say that because you are armenian and Prost's mum was armenian. So your opinion is biased. Anyway, if Alain's father is French and his mother Armenian descent then that makes him French first and foremost. Sorry for shattering your dreams xD
Ignore him! Prost is one of the most complete drivers in F1 ever. To me he is the best.
It was a real pity that Prost retired after 1993. He might well have continued for another couple of years and even won again in 1994 had it not been for Senna coming to Williams.
Why is Alain so special?? because he is part of an era that means so much to so many people. Alain and Ayrton gave it their best shot to be the very best.. it was always going to be a tough one but amazing to experience and watch.
In the end, that decision to leave on top might have saved his life... considering how unstable that 1994 Williams car was to drive without active suspension.
Prost, the thinking man's driver...
Not really. Prost was already well accustomed to the Williams, just like Hill, therefore he would not have needed his steering column modified to make him more comfortable in the cockpit.
He would likely have survived with three second places to Senna's zero points. That's racing sometimes.
@@viborrr Hill didnt drive the car nowhere near as fast as senna did. Senna made a mistake in the first race, chasing Schumacher, after Schuhmacher cheated during the pit stop, you know, the whole thing about the removal of the particular filter, getting a faster pit stop. In the second race mika hakkinen drove into senna at the race start. In the third race Senna was leading, but everbody knows what happened then. They did a total shitjob though. Didnt have original replacement parts, instead used a different, smaller metal rod. Idk if the following is correect, but as far as i remember, i read that the cockpit, the position of the steering wheel and even the whole monocoque were from the car that nigel mansel drove.
@@elta6241 Please me give me your crystal glass 😄 Ever heard of the buttefly effect? 🦋
@@viborrr Yes Senna was not accustomed to developing a car from scratch. He couldn't be bothered with that sort of tedium. He simply wanted an oven ready championship car which would deliver him a world title without any rival driver to compete with.
Wish somebody would do a 2 hour documentary about the racing career of Alain Prost and other world champions from that era.
I agree 100%. Best era of F1 with some fantastic personalities. I personally love hearing from Prost.
History will show that Prost is the best F1 driver of the modern era.
Senna was one of his big fans. He was the man he respected the most.
Senna was fast and talented, has charisma. But Prost was a genius...
One of the reason I respect Prost is, he can deal with J.M.Balestre, Renault, and stood up to Senna and Ron Dennis, then got the result he wants. What a capacity.
The reason i prefer Prost than Senna is that he had scored more points and had made more fastest laps than Senna in 88 and 89 seasons while they were teamate.
Its entirely possible to make the case that Prost is actually the greatest driver of the modern era.
Yes, if you can actually find any world champion before or after him who will agree with you then I'll give it a thought. Also, how exactly can AP be considered the greatest driver of the modern era when even Renault preferred Ayrton over him? Did you not understand at all the video????
As a big fan of Senna I still think Schumacher is the best of modern era. Schumacher would give Senna bigger challenge than Prost if both were in the same cars.
I'm a Senna fan but I have to admit he could have won 7 championships. He beat Senna on points most of the time. Senna was quicker but Prost was more complete though I think Senna was getting there as he matured and if he had not died he would have probably won 7 titles himself.
Prost is a little cheating bitch.
What Renault wanted was another Senna / Prost battle which would have been very lucrative with sponsors. Prost took the right decision cause it could have killed both of them physically or just mentally... It was already way too dangerous at Mclaren.
Interesting point of view, considering Prost outscored Senna in the two seasons they were team-mates at McLaren.
It galls that the Sao Paulo Taxi Driver is more highly regarded than The Professor.
@@jameshogan6142 It of course is what it is.
Senna was a magnificent politician and progenitor of his own myth.
Ed: In addition to being a magnificent driver, of course.
I heard an interview of Adriane Galisteu, Senna's last girlfriend. It was something like this:
- Who do you preferer? Prost or Piquet?
- Prost. Prost forever!
- Why?
- Senna's relationship with his team was getting worse and he would not sign a new contract with them. Later, all the drivers were signing their contracts and Senna doesn't. He changed his mind and was desperate, because at this point he would have no team 4 the next year. He was calling for a lot of other teams (continue...)
Senna fanboys have so little idea. They call the very great Prost a coward, they say he left Williams because he was afraid of Senna. The truth is Prost decided to leave F 1 for several reasons, not the least because the press hated him.
Prost had been badly treated by McLaren and Honda who gave all the attention to Senna, in fact in 1989 after Prost had said he was leaving McLaren Senna tried to get McLaren to fire Prost, because Prost was leading the title race. Maybe that was Senna being afraid he could not beat Prost even with McLaren, Honda and the bad points system that had given Senna the 1988 title.
Then in 1990 Senna crashed into Prost rather than race on the track. No wonder Prost did not want to be in the same team as Senna.
Barrie Rodliffe Omfg you do realize in 1989 the year before prost had done that to Ayrton,technically cheating his way to the 1989 WC by taking Senna out...and before you call me a 'Senna fan boy' I actually appreciate the both of these drivers skills but clearly is wrong what Prost started Senna just finished...
I do realize that Prost was leading the title race by 21 points before Suzuka and Senna crashing into him did not affect the title. Senna had a bad habit of colliding with other drivers, Prost never cheated.
The big difference is 1989 if you blame Prost or Senna for the crash it was a racing incident at fairly low speed.
Nothing can excuse Senna deliberately crashing into Prost in 1990 at high speed on a dangerous corner, it was just luck that no one was hurt..
Senna should have raced on the track in 1990 but he obviously did not think he could beat Prost and since Prost was not at McLaren Honda could no longer give Senna more power than they did for Prost.
Leading by 21 points in low scoring system back in the day was huge.
@ideafix I would too bet for the one I don´t hope to win. So happens either way, I´d have a reason to be glad.
Piss off stop talking crap. Prost beat Senna on points in both their seasons together, it was just that the old scoring system saw only the best 11 results counted. Prost even went to Ferrari in 1990 and nearly won the WDC that year too. When Senna won races, invariably everyone cheered. When Prost won no one cared because as Prost himself says "I was boring (compared to Senna)" Prost lacked charisma and didn't like feeling under appreciated. Prost had multiple champs as his teammate & beat them
I agree with most of what you say but take exception to your assertion that Prost lacked charisma. Niki Lauda was apprehensive of Prost when he first came to McLaren but in his autobiography he says that his suspicions eventually disappeared and he realised that Prost was simply warm friendly and straightforward. Senna was flamboyant but I liked the comment of the motorsport correspondent who commented on his win in the 1987 Brazilian GP. "Prost putting it over the best in the business with the minimum of fuss or effort." That sounds very much like a master craftsman.
Alain you are great, I saw the Senna Movie.. It was Ballestre the problem not you. Merci Monsieur Prost!!
If the Renault turbo was more reliable he'd be 1982 and 1983 champion as well.
Had the Monaco GP gone the full distance and Prost would finish 2nd (if Senna won in the Toleman) he'd win the 1984 title with 1 point, rather than losing it by half a point. He did win 2 more races than Lauda in 1984...
Jim Clark was a champion and a gentleman too. It's hard to match his record, especially considering the times he raced in and the opposition.
Prost lost the title cause the rules wanted that a race had to do a minimum of rounds, and Prost was leading a race which has been stopped because Lauda asked it to stop (cause of harsh rain), the race was about a bit more than half done, and Prost only earnt 4,5 points for the victory, instead of the usual 9 points for it. Finally, Lauda won the title for half a point ! But lauda always recognised that in his mind, Prost would have deserved to win the championship this year. Prost didn't complain because he was admiring Lauda (he told it many times on french TV) and BTW they were both very true friends also.
(...continuation) he was even asking other teams to race for free. Prost calls Senna and asked "what are you doing? You're desperate to race, I'm already thinking about retirement..." and Prost arranged to Senna get his seat in Williams car.
That's the story she told in an intervew, she was very thankful for Prost, talking about that time. Something like this. Forgive my terrible english.
Jolgeable you are Full of BS Prost Had a contract with 2 years remaining with Williams. When Prost found out that frank Williams wanted Senna to drive for his team he told frank that His Contract stated that he would never have Senna as a team mate again. Frank Williams wanted Senna so bad that he Agreed to pay out the remaining two years of the Prost Contract ,
The agreement was, Prost couldn't drive for any body else for the Two years remaining on his Contract!
Mylan millar.
No, Prost had already made his mind up to retire, Frank did not want Senna he was under pressure to take Senna and Williams did pay Prost not to drive for any other team but Prost could have got round that if he wanted to stay in F 1. Senna even tried to get Prost to stay in F1 and Prost did test the 1994 McLaren but he had made his mind up.
Sure senna had speed... but thats it to me Prost had speed, and a knowhow of the whole system
I disagree. He knew the car in and out. He was also a master in the wet.
@@jimijames6449 I meant Prost knew how to play the politics. Senna just complained about them.
@@vivos71 Obviously not, you told "Ayrton Senna had speed... but thats it to me" And ever heard of "Satzzeichen"?
But the imagination of a Prost/Senna/Schumacher competition i 1994. Just simply wow.
Yeah image Schumacher trying to win that
Schumacher had both qualities of Senna and Prost.
@ideafix
Prost beat both Senna and Schumacher in the wet at Spain 1991.
At Brazil Senna managed with gearbox trouble but was saved by Mansell having worse gearbox trouble and Patrese also having gearbox trouble.
Schumacher did not race until later in the year.
@@lake4ishikawa It would have taken all of Schumacher's talent to win against Senna and Prost had they continued driving in their respective teams. As it transpired Schumacher had the whole season to himself. Hill was not quite yet the accomplished driver of 1996.
@@jameshogan6142 And he had to cheat and win like a pig to beat Hill so imagine against the likes of Senna XD
How ironic is it that the pieces fell as they did, Prost wanted to continue in 94, but ended up retiring instead, Senna joined Williams in the very car that was to take one of their lives. Sickening to think about either way. Such great talent in both of them. After the 93 season and Prost's departure, I started losing interest in F1. I stopped going to races and since then, I've only watched a few on TV. Without iconic figures like Piquet, Prost, Mansell & Senna, why bother.
One of the best drivers ever! Who can blame him for not wanting to resume a hostile rivalry with Senna. It would have been the McLaren wars all over again. 🤔
This Interview is from the Ayrton Senna documentary named ''Beyond the Speed''. It's about Senna, and his rivalry betweein him and Prost. You must see it. Prost talks a lot about him and his career all long.
Prost was the proffesor and a super fast driver on his day the fastest
Senna vs Prost (Best battle ever)
Senna wanted to surpass and beat Prost at any cost, even to the point of following Prost around from team to team. If Prost would have moved to a team of mules, Senna would have followed him there too, just to make sure he kept Prost in his sight.
You are clueless, Aytron Senna wanted to switch to Williams way before Prost was even in the conversation, but McLaren wouldnt obviously let Senna go in 1992, and McLaren had the rights, because of the contract.
@@A-m-K The key word is "wanted" but couldn't or didn't. The end result was Prost moved to Williams first. Besides, contracts are worthless in F1. Just look at Sergio Perez as an example. He had a contract with Racing Point and was let go. Now with Red Bull, he is constantly threaten by being told if he does not perform well his contract will be ignored and let go. Obviously, you are "clueless" as to the validity of F1 contracts. They are not worth the paper they are written in.
@@KenSerpico5450 My answer was to this one particular, ridicilous comment from you: "even to the point of following Prost around from team to team".
You take one incident for the whole F1 history? And they might let go Perez if he doesnt perform, but not without the salary for the rest of his contract. Also, how can you compare in this case Senna´s contract at McLaren with Sergio Perez his situation.
In 1985 Senna moved to Lotus, yes, even though he still had 2 years in his contract. The only reason for that to happen was the fact that he (or to be more exactly, his father) bought him out. First of all the amount of his his salary at Toleman is nowhere near comparable to his salary that he got at McLaren, and secondly, Ron Dennis wouldve never let him go, even if Aytron Senna wouldve offered to buy himself out of his contract (plus especially not to Williams, of all teams). He even offered Frank Williams to drive for free for the 1992 season, but as i said, there was no way Ron Dennis wouldve let that happen.
Also, if we are already at it, tell me one team which Alain Prost left in good terms, just one. (Right off the bat, if you can, without googling first, but im pretty sure thats not gonna happen).
And in 13 seasons Prost was practically almost exlusively in top teams, almost only driving in either one of the most, or THE most competitive, championchip caliber car.
Yet both of them have identical Race/Win ratios, and during the two years when both drove for the same team, if you look at every race in which both finished (without dnf`s), who do you think had the upper hand? Im gonna tell you: Ayrton Senna.
@@A-m-K Your assumption I was comparing Sergio to Senna is erroneous. I was simply referencing Perez as an example, not a comparison. Daniel and Albon too (as two more recent examples, not comparisons with Red Bull) were dismissed well short of their contracts. Point being, there are a slew of teams not honoring their contracts and drivers walking away from their contracts as well.
Prost was the master
What you wright is just the True.
Most of those Senna-Psychos dont even watch one Race out of the Time, know everything from short UA-cam Videos and Talk Bullshit.
It was already an Article in F1 Racing Magazin about that Case that from Today Point of View Prost is 5x Champion and Senna only 2x.
Because of the Stupid ""Out of 11"" Rule. And 1988 was the last year with this Stupid Rule.
Prost is Genius, watch hes Qualli Lap in 2005 DTM Norisring, He still could keep up today ; )
Actually it should be prost 3x and senna 4x, considering the sport's dumbest ever disqualification in 1989. And hey, I liked the out of 11 rule.
Karl S. Prost was truely a legend, but Senna was the greatest.
Prost, greatest driver ever
Wasn't he close to signing with McLaren for 1994 and doing a complete u-turn on the retirement. That's what I heard on the 1994 season review.
I hadn't heard about that. It was a pity he did not continue for another season or two.
Interesting clip it confirms what most people thought at the time.
That Senna collided with Prost who was in front on the racing line.
No.
I was a Prost fan during 'those' days. But I did not agree with what he did to Mansell when they were in the same team. But I have no hesitation in admitting that Senna was more talented, but Prost was the most perfect. Its a personal choice as to which attribute you prefer.....
He says that he didn't want to continue with the perception that Ayrton is loosing because of the lesser car. But wouldn't Ayrton have had then the same car in Williams as him and that could show who was a better driver.
Had the exact same thought when i heard this interview for the first time over a decade ago (On the "Senna" DVD there is a extended version with interviews in between the documentary, and this interview is from that extended version)
Is the full interview available somewhere?
Christ - He should have gone to Benetton in '94.........
And some very lame comments below - wtf would any of you know about anything.
Bullshit. 1.) Senna was too far back to make the pass on Prost 2.) Prost defended the inside line to the corner, which any driver with a brain would do. Senna was disqualified as you rightly point out and that was ridiculous, but it wouldn't have changed the outcome that season: Prost winning the WDC. Prost beat Senna in '88 too on points (I bet they don't tell you that in the Senna movie), but only the best 11 results counted in those days.
So if you think Senna was more Talentet you should watch on their both Life.
Senna startet Kartdriving in an age about 4.
Prost startet with Motorsport when he was 14 jears.
Berger when he was 16.
Senna looked only so Overperformed because he drive in an Time where the Racedrivers startet with 16-18 jears with Motorsport, and he was the only one who drive already with 4 jears Go Kart.
But again guys like Schumacher who also start with 4 jears with Go Kart driving Senna looked very Old.
I think Benetton would have preferred Prost to Verstappen. Schumie never tried to run his teammates off the road..much. Patrese was dealt with fairly but was no match. Prost would have done even better than Brundle did in 1992.
Briatore wanted Piquet for 1992 with Schumacher. But Walkinshaw was insisting on Brundle
This is available on the Senna movie, dvd and bluray extras
then ayrton died..... end of an era. for people who claim to hate one of two out of love for the other, get a life or at least improve your reading skills. read all the publications, interviews, from people who were actually there and knew. no need for anyone to hate either of them as both are the greatest F1 drivers in the history and they actually had a lot of respect for each other despite of "politics". that is why ayrton's attitude toward alain completely changed after prost retired. ayrton's only mistake was to leave mcleran, a decision made worse by joining with someone who NEVER honored contract and is a tightwad (see adrian newey's experience with frank williams!) senna may still be alive today if he had gone to another team (say ferrari!) and THAT i blame on his lack of perspective - he saw the world in black and white.....
Its easy to talk in hindsight.
And you, you're proving that you're not able to make the difference between a wreck at 80 km/h and an other at 250. It was an idiot move in 1990. The two drivers could be injured and even worse. But I know, Prost = Evil, Senna = Angel.
Make me laugh.
Belgium 1987. Senna pulled a similar move on Mansell who responded by grabbing him by the throat. Senna's excuse was that Mansell had no business being there in the first place just as he had no business being there in Suzuki 1989!
As a overall driver, yes, he (Prost) is better but on a single lap, no one can touch Senna. I think Prost said that him self.
Prost could more than touch Senna for a single lap as he showed a few times but Prost usually concentrated on race set up rather than just qualifying. if pole position is all that counts Senna would win and the drivers could all go home for Sunday.
Senna was like a spoiled kid, he wanted what the others had, especially if it was better than what he had.
Call it karma or something else; that's what killed him...
No doubt Prost is the all time best when you look at numbers and facts.
Exactly. Prost choose to remain loyal to McLaren in 1986 and do battle with the awesome Honda Williams, eventually snatching the title from them with a dramatic win at Adelaide. Senna by contrast was always willing to dump his current team for one he felt had technical superiority.
I wonder if Prost thought about rejoining Williams after Senna died...? Anyone know?
He might have done if he were a few years younger and perhaps the legal consequences of Williams having to buy him out of his contract had soured relations between them.
Whats your point? I did not follow both their careers exhaustively and I said its a personal choice. Senna was better at overtaking and qualifying, Prost focuses on the overall race. That's my opinion. Again, what are you trying to say?
History will show Prost was the 2nd best driver in the history of f1. Senna a close 3rd.
Roger Vallve who was best then
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The immortal Jim Clark. I remember him just about as I was quite young when he died. He was truly unique.
Better than senna
what you just said is realy contradicting cause prost did that too in 1989
hmmm interesting
simple: Prost retired because he couldnt keep Senna out of Williams any longer lol
Prost retired because he refused to race on the same team as Senna because Senna and the Honda Mechanics Screwed Prost the last year he drove for McLaren,
When he stated Williams had to live up to the contract He had signed
they agreed to pay out the full Contract only if he Didn't sign with any other team for the two years left in his Contract! If Prost had driven for a different team he would have won more races and maybe even a 5th Championship!
I'm non the wiser
who the fuck are you talking about?
Well ..
You know what Ayrton said 92 about: Prost is a coward and want that everything is lay Down to him. 94 season would have been a great one with Senna, Prost and Schumacher.
Yes and Senna himself started complaining about equipment when he found himself being outpaced by Schumacher.
well yes and in the same meaning: he was french :)
Vetoed *Senna* because he wanted to become world champion? So *Prost* admits *Senna* was better? Lmao.
Well in 1993 Senna was better. Prost was nearing 40 and over the hill and Senna was still at his prime. I think both at their prime were very even.
I think they're both shit.
Manosia.
In 1993 Prost was 38, Senna 33. Prost won, as for over the hill he was 3 times Andros trophy winner in 2008, 2009 an 2012. so he was still a fast and capable driver at 53 to 57, he beat quite a lot of younger drivers..
Well Senna died at 34 so we'll never know how he would have been. But probably at least another couple of championships or more
Lake.
Not judging from his performance at the start of 1994, Damon hill was doing better
you only say that because you are armenian and Prost's mum was armenian. So your opinion is biased. Anyway, if Alain's father is French and his mother Armenian descent then that makes him French first and foremost. Sorry for shattering your dreams xD
Ayrton Senna film says it all....Prost is 0....