Alain Prost

Alain Marie Pascal Prost is a French former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1993. Nicknamed "The Professor", Prost won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the records for most wins, fastest laps, and podium finishes. Born in Lorette, Loire, Prost took up karting at the age of 14, winning the junior direct-drive Karting World Cup four years later, and progressing to junior formulae in 1976.