‘Joyeux Anniversaire!’ – Ferrari, McLaren Come Together to Wish Their Former F1 Driver Alain Prost on His Birthday

A wickedly fast, highly underrated ‘Professor’ turns 66 today. That man is none other than four-time F1 world champion, Alain Prost. He drove for some of the best teams on the grid during his career – Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, and Renault.

The Frenchman left quite an impression on those teams as well. So, naturally, on the occasion of his birthday, they took to social media platforms to send across their best wishes.

Alain Prost left for Ferrari at the end of his 1989 F1 campaign when his relationship with Ayrton Senna became too toxic at McLaren. Even though he could not help deliver the glory at the Italian outfit in the subsequent years, they have come forward to wish him on his big day.

McLaren were not going to be left behind. After all, Prost won three of his four F1 World Championships with them. He created a lasting legacy at the Woking-based outfit. They, too, took to Twitter and wished him a very happy birthday.

Prost had an influence on Senna at McLaren before his Ferrari stint

Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna shared a rivalry like no other in the history of the sport. But before everything turned sour between the pair at McLaren, they were actually on good terms.

It was Prost who recommended Senna to the team. And according to former F1 driver Stefan Johansson, Senna must have learned the techniques from Prost.

“I am therefore convinced that even Ayrton Senna once learned things from Alain. Prost was simply very rational. Ayrton himself was much more emotional and wanted to beat Prost as quickly as possible,” said Johansson.

“That made him loved by the fans, but I think Prost’s approach is better if you want to win a lot of titles. Prost worked in a much more structured way.”

It is true that Prost was the more methodical of the two. He was brilliant at setting up his car for the race weekend, much like Niki Lauda. He was a phenomenal driver, and it is no wonder they called him the Professor.

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