Alain Prost's journey in motor sports began after graduating from school with a high school diploma, where he started his career in the French Junior Kart Championship in 1973 at the age of 18, and became French and European champion in his first year.
Prost's success continued as he took 1st place in the Senior Kart Championship in France in 1974, but was forced to sit out the 1975 European Kart Championship after a serious accident.
After recovering, he was signed to Lola and Martini for the "Formula Renault France" in 1977, where he won six races.
In 1978, Prost moved to Formula 3 with Martini, achieving nine victories in the 1979 season.
He then made the leap into the premier class of Formula 1 with McLaren in 1980.
For the 1981 season, Prost moved to Renault, where he won three Grand Prix in his first year, and achieved two victories in 1982.
In 1983, he won four F1 races alongside Eddie Cheever as a teammate, and became runner-up to Nelson Piquet.
Prost moved to McLaren-TAG-Porsche in 1984, where he became runner-up again and Niki Lauda became world champion for the third time.
After Niki Lauda retired in 1984, Prost became the first driver at McLaren-Porsche in 1985, winning five Grand Prix and the Formula 1 World Championship for the first time.
He defended his title in 1986 with just four Grand Prix victories.
In 1987, Piquet became world champion again and Prost only came fourth overall with three wins.
In 1988, Ayrton Senna moved to McLaren, starting a unique competition between the two teammates that was never decided.
Prost became world champion for the third time in 1989, and Senna became runner-up.
The two drivers had personal differences, and Prost moved to Ferrari in 1990, becoming runner-up again.
The 1991 season was marred by numerous technical failures, and Prost broke away from Ferrari and remained without a contract in 1992.
He returned to Formula 1 with Williams in 1993, becoming Formula 1 world champion for the fourth time, winning seven Grand Prix.
This result ended his active sports career.
Prost became an advisor to the French team Ligier F1, which he bought in 1997 and renamed "Prost Grand Prix Racing".
However, the hoped-for successes did not materialize, and the team was sold to Arrows in 2001.
In 2003, Prost returned to motor sport as a pilot in the "Race of Legends" and the French GT Championship.
From the end of 2003, Prost took part in the winter ice racing series Trophée Andros, winning for the first time in a Toyota Auris at the beginning of 2007.
He finished the championship with second place in 2003/2004 and 2005/2006, and third place overall in 2004/2005.
