Alain Prost

No, no, I think people understood that spectators getting absolutely mown down was probably a bit.

Yeah, I mean, I think there was a major move, you know, in Formula One, it was led by Alain Prost and others, and earlier than that, there was Niki Lauda, who was still behind the scenes at the, obviously, at the high point of motorsport.

There were places that resisted.

The TT races in the Isle of Man was still outrageously dangerous.

But I mean, I got excited when Marc Marquez had Jorge Lorenzo in the box.

I was like, wow, this is going to be Etten Senna and Alain Prost all over again.

Nope.

And then when

It was the quick young driver that everybody was, uh, trying to get ahold of.

Yeah, and of course, that Monaco second place that you referenced, it's often slightly misremembered as Senna sort of sweeps past Prost to take the lead just as it's red flagged, but actually the race had been red flagged early around-

Yeah.

Yeah

Mm-hmm.

'Cause they have a bit of a, an annoying annoyance in the morning on a, on a Monday of a Rio test, and Mansell's on a race run and didn't wanna spoil his numbers, so Senna gets irritated.

Then they have a collision late in the day, and then you've got, uh, Imola, Prost, uh, which is the third race.

Prost criticizes F3 driving tactics from Senna.

Formula One offers another kind of individual rivalry because competitors depend on machines and teams while ultimately fighting for personal championships.

Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost became symbols of contrasting approaches to racing.

Senna was celebrated for breathtaking speed and aggressive commitment, while Prost earned a reputation for calculation and strategic intelligence.

Their rivalry became especially intense when they were teammates at McLaren.

They should do it.

Yeah, I think the other, like, really interesting thing about the 97 season, which I don't think they have in the game, but Alain Prost was a team manager.

Mm-hmm.

I just read this, Ryan.

I was the one who thought that George Russell would nobble the 2026 Driver Championship.

I was the one that thought over the course of a season that George, like Cream, would rise to the top at the altar of mental fortitude, consistency, that he'd accumulate and pick points up just like Alain Prost, Le Plef, Rousseau used to.

That's all gone now.

Yeah, George Russell might be better in H2 than he was in H1, but ultimately it won't matter.

... to the South of France.

So my question to you both is, are there any cars you're genuinely disappointed to see a famous person drive? Like finding out Alain Prost dailies a Jaecoo 7.

C-M-T-N-B, James.

Oh, wow.

Lewis is saying is very, very separate in that regard.

But from a young driver development point of view, these two projects by Lando are a step above what we've seen from really anyone else shy of like Alain Prost actually owning a team how many years ago.

Yeah, for sure.

I know Lando had his carting as well and he could get the carts, the LN carts.

Hey, you got to keep the Italians happy with the local win.

Stefan Belov is remembered by F1 fans as the young driver who was catching both Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna in the rain-soaked 1984 Monaco Grand Prix.

when it was red flagged.

Today in 1985, the German driver was killed racing a Porsche 956 in a sports car race at Spa.