Alain Prost - McLaren

Author: Maurice Hamilton, Hardbound,320 Pages, ISBN: 9781905825981, 1st Edition, September, 2015

Four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion Alain Prost is one of the best racing drivers of all time. Having discovered karting at the age of 14 during a family holiday, Prost progressed through motorsport's junior ranks, winning the French and European Formula Three championships, before joining the McLaren Formula One team in 1980 at the age of 24. In his six seasons with McLaren, Alain Prost won 30 races and three driving titles and in 1985 he became the first French World Champion. In 1986 he became the first back-to-back champion since Jack Brabham 26 years earlier. In 1987, his 28th Grand Prix victory beat Jackie Stewart's 14-year-old record. However, in 1988 his brilliant new team mate Ayrton Senna won eight races and the driving title. Thus began the sensational rivalry that conspired to push two of the sport's greatest drivers to unprecedented heights of success and controversy, and the most bitter feud in Formula One history.

MAURICE HAMILTON has been a motor sport fan since the age of seven and has covered Formula as a freelance writer since 1977.Maurice has attended more than 500 Grands Prix and worked as motor sport correspondent for The Guardian, The Independent and The Observer and as a commentator and summariser for BBC radio's Grand Prix coverage between 1989 and 2010.

The author of more than 20 books, Hamilton writes for motor sport magazines and websites across the world, including regular blogs for ESPN

His in-depth interviews in F7 Racing magazine with motor sport's leading lights are keenly anticipated every month. He is also the Formula 1correspondent for TalkSport Radio.