Alain Prost Reveals How Ben Sulayem Beat Him to the FIA President Following Todt Exit

Alain Prost has left his role as the Non-Executive Director of Alpine. This is the second high-profile exit from the French team in the last two weeks after Marcin Budkowski left as F1 head. The four-time world champion helped to guide the team to fight in the midfield since his arrival.

Prost was left disappointed in the manner that Alpine announced his departure. He stated he thought that the two parties would make the announcement together, but he claimed the team had no respect. Prost revealed he will not take any positions in F1 right now. Interestingly, he stated that he was close to taking the role of FIA President.

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I was very close to running as president of the FIA: Alain Prost

Mohammed Ben Sulayem replaced the departing Jean Todt as the FIA President in late December. As reported by Formula Passion, the Frenchman stated he was in contention for the FIA President post.

” I was very close to running as president of the FIA, but by now it was too late. I have been in F1 for almost 40 years covering all possible figures, from driver to team manager, passing through the boards of directors of McLaren and Renault,” said Alain.

“I also chaired the GPWC, which is the championship that the manufacturers wanted to create at the end of the 2000s to counter Bernie Ecclestone’s power in F1 and I would have liked to have been at the head of the FIA, but at the moment, I’m not looking for anything in particular. I just want to be happy and work with people I feel in tune with,” said Prost.

It would have been interesting if Alain Prost was the new FIA President after Jean Todt. He has the experience required for the job and is an advocate for increased safety measures in motorsports. Let’s see what lies ahead for the four-time world champion.

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