“At the slowest speed possible”

At the 2015 Austrian Formula One Grand Prix, held at the Red Bull Ring, I had the chance to meet one of the greatest drivers in history: Alain Prost (picture above).

In his Formula One career, from 1980 to 1993, the French legend took 51 Grand Prix victories and 4 World Drivers’ titles, and this against the very best: Senna, Lauda, Mansell, Piquet… to name just a few, with a legendary effortless and smooth driving style ‘without going to what I think is my limit’. Prost added: “I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.” 

And fast he went, the little Frenchman, who turned 67 yesterday, witness his 33 career pole positions, his 41 fastest laps, and his 106 podiums.

Picture below: Alain Prost celebrates his fourth world drivers’ title, obtained driving a Williams-Renault, at Adelaide in 1993.