The combination of Prost and Senna was particularly dominant — together they won all but one race in 1988 — but later their rivalry soured and Prost left for Ferrari.

Alain Prost, pictured here at the 1985 German Grand Prix, won three drivers ' championships with McLaren.

A four-time Formula One Drivers ' Champion, Prost has won more titles than any driver except for Juan Manuel Fangio ( five championships ), and Michael Schumacher ( seven championships ).

With a competitive car, Prost won the 1993 championship and retired from driving at the end of the year.

For the team's first season, Prost kept one of Ligier's 1996 drivers, Olivier Panis, who had won the Monaco Grand Prix the previous year ; Japanese driver Shinji Nakano was signed to partner Panis.

Peugeot's final year as Prost's engine supplier in 2000 saw some optimism, Prost hiring his 1991 Ferrari team mate Jean Alesi to drive the lead car and German Nick Heidfeld, who had won the 1999 Formula 3000 championship, to partner him.

The drivers, with the exception of Teo Fabi, barricaded themselves into a banqueting suite at Sunnyside Park Hotel until they had won the day. Lauda won a third world championship in 1984 by half a point over teammate Alain Prost, due to only half points being awarded for the shortened 1984 Monaco Grand Prix.

The whole season continued to be dominated by Lauda and Prost, who won 12 of 16 races.

Lauda won five races, while Prost was able to win seven Grands Prix.

Both the 1989 Championship won by Prost and the 1990 Championship won by Senna were decided by collisions between them at those years ' Japanese Grands Prix.

Twelve British drivers have won the British Grand Prix, with Englishman Stirling Moss being the first and Scotsman Jim Clark winning 5 times, the most of any driver other than French driver Alain Prost, who also won the British Grand Prix 5 times ( all of them at Silverstone ).

Prost was beached and got out of his car promptly, knowing he had won the championship whilst Senna got a push from the marshals.

French driver Alain Prost won the race 6 times at 3 different circuits ; however German driver Michael Schumacher has won 8 times-the most anybody has ever won any Grand Prix.

In 21 October 1984, Portugal returned to the F1 calendar, ending the season, where Alain Prost won the race but failed to win the Championship by half a point.

Michael Schumacher won the race 7 times and Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost both won it 3 times.

The most ever is by the Frenchman Alain Prost, who has won it 6 times ( including 5 times at Jacarepaguá ).

Constructors ' and drivers ' world championships were won with Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Mika Häkkinen and Lewis Hamilton.

Senna joined Prost at McLaren in 1988 and the two had a series of controversial clashes, including a collision at the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix that gave Prost his third Drivers ' Championship.

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

Prost claimed the championship in 1989, and Senna his second and third championships in 1990 and 1991.

The McLaren team dominated all three years, with Alain Prost winning in 1989 and Ayrton Senna in 1990 and 1991.

During the 1989 Grand Prix, Senna tried to overtake Prost to keep his Championship hopes alive, only for Prost to shut the door as he had stated before the race, saying he would not be giving up the position simply for McLaren not to be embarrassed by a double retirement.

The departure of Alesi and Berger from Ferrari to Benetton also spelt the end of the number 27 and 28 era for Ferrari that stretched back to 1981 with Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi only interrupted by the signing of 1989 world champion Alain Prost for the 1990 season.

Due to the scoring system in 1989, Prost could only add three more points to his total even if he won in Australia, which would give him 87 points in total.

Thierry Boutsen, the 1989 winner, spun mid-race while trying to pass Prost while approaching a corner, and clouted into the Ligier of Nicola Larini as he spun.

This, and his public statements about his former team mate following the Japanese Grand Prix were he claimed Senna deliberately took him out at the first corner in the race to win the World Championship, lead to criticism of his mental state of mind by such as former World Champion turned BBC commentator James Hunt, who at the time believed the crash at Suzuka was just an accident and that Senna had not taken Prost out on purpose ( Senna revealed at Suzuka a year later that he did indeed deliberately take Prost out as payback for their crash at the track in 1989 that gave Prost the title over Senna ).

In 1989, their collision as teammates secured Prost's third World Championship ; in 1990, with Prost driving for Ferrari and still in title contention, it handed Senna his second crown.

Prost had won the French GP in 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989 and 1990.

In the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix he lay 3rd behind the two McLaren cars of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost when they collided, giving Nannini the lead.

At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Hill qualified and spent the early stages of the race running second behind Prost, and then took the lead when Prost crashed out, but was relegated back to second by another triple world champion, Ayrton Senna.

The Tyrrell began to match Arnoux's times, however, and then to close on him, as Prost took back the lead on lap 15.

Lauda and Prost both passed de Angelis with some difficulty and they then caught and fought with Rosberg for a long period of time.

Rosberg then went into the pits for new rubber and he stormed after Prost and Piquet.

The title was then between Piquet and Prost with the Frenchman needing to finish ahead of the Brazilian if he wanted to successfully defend his title.

Prost then went ahead again and led for the rest of the race, never looking threatened as he preserved his tyres to only require two stops, while his rivals Senna and Piquet had three.

Prost got the second place overtaking Senna on lap 6 ; the Brazilian was then engaged in a battle with the two Ferraris, and got back second when Prost retired with an alternator failure on lap 15.

The race then became a close fight between the two Williams drivers, as Senna and Prost were no match for them.

Senna faded to finish fifth, but the battle for second continued between Boutsen and Piquet-Boutsen went out avoiding Piquet who was rejoining the track after having gone off-and then between Piquet and Prost, which Prost won.

He then missed a gear coming out of the chicane thanks to a troublesome gearbox and was passed by the March but Capelli's lead only lasted for a few hundred metres, as the extra power of the Honda turbo engine allowed Prost to regain the lead going into the first turn.

By then Senna was catching Prost rapidly, and with traffic, Prost's malfunctioning gearbox, and a tricky wet and dry surface, conditions were favourable to the Brazilian.

On lap 34, with Prost only one second back, Senna waved his teammate past and then pitted.

The two-hour time limit was reached after 75 of the scheduled 81 laps, as Prost coasted to his only United States win and increased his then all-time record victory total to 36, his first in a naturally aspirated car.

Prost then made what seemed a precautionary pitstop for tyres but a problem with fitting the right rear meant it was 25 seconds before he was released off the jacks.

Prost also went by his new teammate on the left, and then sliced back to the right, between Alesi and Piquet, beating Piquet to the apex of Turn Five and regaining second place.

Senna proceeded to pass Schumacher going into Ascari, and then slipstreamed passed Berger into the first corner, and got back to second by passing arch-rival Prost going into the second chicane.

At the start, Hill beat Prost away, while the Benettons were slow and were passed by Berger and Senna ( who had already got ahead of Brundle and then Alesi ).

Fourth placed Brundle then spun as well at the second chicane forcing Prost to take evasive action and bypass part of the track.

Prost then went off at the first corner but was able to rejoin without losing time to Senna, who was delayed by traffic.

It was also jubilant scenes at Prost when Jean Alesi finished 5th then threw his helmet into the crowd after the race.

At the start, Hill beat off Prost while the Benettons were slow and were passed by Berger and the amazing Senna ( who had already got ahead of Brundle and then Alesi ).