80
1980
McLaren
Debut with points on his first start in Argentina.
Alain ProstF1 career history
'The Professor'. Won four titles by managing races, tyres and politics better than anyone on the grid.
- Titles
- 4
- Wins
- 51
- Poles
- 33
- Podiums
- 106
- Starts
- 199
- Teams
- 5
Career Chronology
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5 of 5 team stints shown · 1980 — 1993
4 championship seasons in this range:1985 · 1986 · 1989 · 1993
Full career totals
1980 — 1993 · 13 seasons- Races
- 202
- Wins
- 51
- Podiums
- 106
- Poles
- 33
- Championships
- 4
Win rate 25.2%Podium rate 52.5%Points 798.5Best season 1988 (7 wins, 14 podiums)Titles 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993
Exports the 1980 — 1993 selection only
81
1981 — 1983
Renault
Nine wins; lost the 1983 title at the final race.
84
1984 — 1989
McLaren
Three world championships; the Senna years.
- 1985 title
- 1986 title
- 1989 title
90
1990 — 1991
Ferrari
Runner-up in 1990; sacked before the end of 1991.
93
1993
Williams
Fourth title in the active-suspension FW15C, then retirement.
- 1993 title
The Long Version
He debuted with McLaren in 1980, then won nine races with Renault without taking the title.
Returning to McLaren in 1984, he lost the championship by half a point, then won it in 1985 and 1986.
His partnership with Senna at McLaren produced 15 of 16 wins in 1988 and an irreparable feud.
After two Ferrari seasons and a year out, he won a fourth title with Williams in 1993 and retired.
Where Those Teams Went
McLaren Formula 1 Team3 identities
Founded by a driver, saved by a merger, and rebuilt three separate times into a championship machine.
Trace the McLaren rebrands from 1966 →Equipe Ligier2 identities
France's state-backed national team, blue and Gitanes-liveried, which later became Alain Prost's short-lived grand prix project.
Trace the Ligier rebrands from 1976 →