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prost

 (prōst)
interj.
Variant of prosit.
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Prost

(French prɔst)
n
(Biography) Alain (alɛ̃). born 1955, French motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion 1985, 1986, 1989, and 1993
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Schumacher, Prost, Fernando Alonso, Jacques Villeneuve and David Coulthard as well as world rally champion Sebastien Loeb live in the canton of Vaud.
However, the most sought-after are likely to be the three cars that clinched world championships for Damon Hill, Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell with prices ranging from a minimum estimate of pounds 70,000 for Prost's 1993 Williams-Renault to an estimated maximum of pounds 120,000 for the 1992 Williams-Renault driven by Mansell and Patrese.
Prost finished ninth in the championship last season while Minardi were 11th and last.
The decision of a French court to put Prost into receivership yesterday with debts of pounds 20m has sent shockwaves along the grid.
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But British former karting world champion, Fullerton, 63 - who was Senna's teammate in karts during the late 1970s - said the cap spat had nothing on Senna and Prost, who would regularly run each other off the track in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In 1989 Prost was victorious but the duo returned a year later and Senna did as he threatened and bumped the Ferrari ace off the track at the first corner to claim the title.
"If you are not 100 per cent focused on the fight, it becomes difficult," said Prost. "It is so important to be concentrated on your job all the time.
However, Prost, who enjoyed a fractious but successful partnership with fellow F1 legend Ayrton Senna at McLaren during 1988/89 season, predicts the duo will form a good relationship and help Ferrari mount a title challenge.
Formula One legend Alain Prost went some way on Friday to calming the storm that threatens to rock the sport by rejecting the idea that an overhaul is needed.
Hamilton lost the title to Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen by one point last season but Prost believes the 23-year-old can follow his own example and come back stronger.