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During 1989 Prost began to contemplate starting his own team, as his relationship with his McLaren teammate, Ayrton Senna, had turned sour.

Prost and John Barnard, formerly chief designer at McLaren, came close to founding a team in 1990 ; but a lack of sponsorship meant that this was not possible, so Prost moved to Ferrari.

After falling out with the Italian team at the end of 1991, Prost found himself without a drive for 1992 ; after the failure of extensive negotiations with Guy Ligier about buying his Ligier team, Prost decided to join Williams for 1993.

In 1995, when Prost was working for Renault, people began to assume that a Prost-Renault team would be formed in the near future.

Renault refused Prost's request to supply engines for his team, ending the speculation.