Prost was so smooth behind the wheel it disguised how fast he truly was. He knew how to look after his car and bring it home with the fewest mistakes possible. A true great, and this comes from a Senna fan
Man, I was ready to type the same thing! Prost onboard is kinda strange to watch compared to Senna. It seems like he's doing a bad lap due to this smoothness and discipline on the racing line, and suddenly BANG: a superb lap time.
Not to mention the better driver of the 2. Senna was somewhat consistently faster than Prost (and always so in the rain), but Prost was much more consistent in finishing races in comparison and was better than Senna in pretty much everything outside of raw speed. I don't know who was better at setting up the car though but yeah, Prost was far more well rounded. He didn't just have 1 speed (unlike Senna who threw away a clear win at '89 Monaco) and Prost knew when to attack, defend, changing racing lines and altering his driving technique to cool or heat up the tires and/or brakes. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but if I'm not mistaken, Senna would've had only 1 driver championship with the current points system we have. Senna got the other 2 because winning was so over-valued back then and it rewarded his semi-reckless behaviour.
@@ballaking1000 As a Brazilian, I tend to believe that Senna deserves the three titles, because the drivers' strategies are based on the rules of each season. Anyway, I agree that Prost was a consistent, skilled and intelligent driver. Senna was more daring, fearless and also skilled in his own way. He respected Prost, as the best to be beaten. This rivalry took away the best of the two and provided fans with one of the greatest shows in the sport. Unfortunately we could not see the best of senna, in his last years he has already started to demonstrate the maturity and experience that he lacked in some moments of the past.
@@ballaking1000 At first, i some how was capture by that Senna fact and believe he was the faster of the two. But then, watching a documentary of Senna, i heard Prost's saying something like "I personally did not learn much from him,you know, he was good at getting that ONE perfect lap,so, in that way i did not learn anything new from him". With that in mind i compared both record's and i turn out to be faster than both of them together finding the who indeed was faster. Prost. In QF for pole position you have a car with fuel and other thing's set up for a few lap's. Senna was a MASTER in that deparment. But in race day you have a car set up for a long, endurance(both car and driver) and constant activity. Senna got a lot of Pole's yes... But Prost have almost double the fastest lap's than Senna in racing condition's .
Not to disparage Senna or anything, but I think it's unfortunate that him being romanticized has resulted in Prost being demonized. Prost's driving style was absolutely beautiful to watch, and he was an incredibly fast and intelligent driver.
If I was a team boss, especially back then, I'd have Prost every single day over Senna. He was so delicate to his machinery. I think he broken about 3 monocoque in his whole career. Looking after tires, feedback, changing gears. He was absolutely perfect at looking after his machine.
@@donachille3351 senna was a lot of things, but no behind the back snake..heard from everybody from mech to owner, from sponsors to drivers..nice try.. piquet once said..that prost would play your friend till he got in bed with your wife..such things you dont hear from senna...✋🖐
I was 10 and it was the first full season I followed (couldn't see all the races as my parents took me places on Sunday's lol). I was lucky to be just on time to experience 1993.
@@venon1515 Prost won 3 of his titles driving non tc and non active supension cars. You trying to have a dig at him and saying the car is doing the most of the work is irrelevant since he already proved he is a great champion. m.czcams.com/video/MxdDIoiwPKQ/video.html this video is enough to tell you everything about Prost...
@@coldvoid _"Pilot"_ is a European expression that is sometimes used (as in this case) to mean _"driver."_ Though I suppose the airborne reference would be just as fitting as well since drivers are flying on the ground. Not to mention the mildly amusing _'Flugplatz'_ at the Nürburgring during its' heyday.
Because first, it was not well liked by anyone and second because it’s part of the town of Hockenheim. While not a public road for a long time, it occupied extensive tracts of valuable land, which didn’t justify its existence any longer.
@@thethirdman225 I beg to disagree. My feeling through countless comments over the years in social media is that the old Hockenheim has always been a very popular track among fans and F1 drivers. Secondly, you mention "valuable land", well, to this day nothing has been built in the area, it continues to be a forest, just like it was in the past. So, what is so valuable about the land that deemed the track unecessary?
@@coldvoid OMG - hero of modern f1) Very funny... Narcissistic rap boy, Justin Bieber fan and passenger of Mercedes self driving car =))) Stop trolling so hard, man)))
C’est la 1ère fois qu’on pouvait voir un pilote commenter un tour de piste en temps réel Je crois qu’il le faisait pendant le Warm up du dimanche matin pour TF1😎 En 1992 Prost avait été déjà un consultant de luxe de la chaîne avec une analyse toujours très fine et pertinente La meilleure époque de la F1 pour moi ces années 80-90 Dans le raidillon de Spa où la courbe des Signes du Ricard Prost et Senna passaient à fond;ça s’entendait du bord de piste 🎩👍
O Alain Prost era um bom piloto mas esse carro era de outro planeta nessa época, o carro balançava muito pouco e tinha um estabilidade incrível naquele ano de 1993.
It's a real shame that new circuits aren't like this anymore. I never though Hockenheim was a great circuit, but it was beautiful and very different to the Tilke stuff of the modern era
I'm finding it difficult to hear him in a quiet room with Over ear headphones on. I can't imagine trying to hear him during a race with all the other cars going past!
This is the good old Hockenheim I grew up seeing on countless early 1980s German GPs, not the modern-day pathetic Mickey Mouse track they have turned it into.
@@MichaelR82 yes you are correct about. But what i sad was just about the engine, F1 cars today are more fast because of the chassi and aerodinamic, but if you compare just the engine, the Renault V10 its strongest far far away from atually engine
Acho difícil mas que lhe daria trabalho ..la isso ia.... O Williams de 93 era um excelente carro para a época Agora acho que o piloto com o estilo de condução sóbrio que tinha nesta altura, tinha francas possibilidades de ser campeão, com os carros atuais....
@@MrMaccoy1973 não daria trabalho nenhum. O Williams de 1993 era uma maravilha da engenharia e tecnologia (e continua, hoje em dia, a ser o carro de F1 mais avançado da história em termos tecnológicos, com a suspensão activa, controlo de tracção, abs e tudo mais), mas não nos podemos esquecer que é um carro com 30 anos de idade. Em 30 anos tudo evoluiu: pneus, suspensões, motores, transmissões, aerodinâmica, electrónicas, etc, etc, etc, portanto os carros de hoje em dia são muito mais rápidos, naturalmente. Basta comparar os tempos por volta de hoje em dia com os daquela época, em circuitos que permaneceram praticamente inalterados. Suzuka, por exemplo. A última pole (2019)teve um tempo de 1m27s. A de 1993 foi de 1m37s. 10 segundos mais lento
prost was like a cadallac, he wanted to be too comfortable... boring to watch. you see him sit in the apex, letting th enose bobble, where he misses the acceleration point.
You realise that Prost managed to drive in the fine line of smooth and fast? It must burn you that Prost would always beat senna and drive faster than senna and be smooth at the same time. Senna was a great qualifier, but there’s no points for pole position. Look at how many times senna converted pole position into wins, and then compare Prost on how much better Prost was converting pole position to wins
Prost was so smooth behind the wheel it disguised how fast he truly was. He knew how to look after his car and bring it home with the fewest mistakes possible. A true great, and this comes from a Senna fan
Man, I was ready to type the same thing! Prost onboard is kinda strange to watch compared to Senna. It seems like he's doing a bad lap due to this smoothness and discipline on the racing line, and suddenly BANG: a superb lap time.
Closest we've had to Prost in recent times is Jenson Button
That 93 Williams is so damn smooth (plus Prost's incredibly smooth driving style) it looks like he's out for a Sunday drive. Le Professeur.
One of the greatest and quickest gentlemen of f1.
RooVeR not the quickest tho
The quickest doesn't exist
@@Leebo88 ask the team principals, mechanics and peer drivers. Prost was a gentleman on track and off it.
@@adithyamahesh6961 I agree
@@adithyamahesh6961 Yeah, a gentleman that wanted to punch people in the face xD Get a grip of yourself, moron.
The older Hockenheim layout was king
Agreed.
Prost is a legend. And stop pretending he hated Senna, they were just fierce rivals. They couldn't stand loosing
Not to mention the better driver of the 2. Senna was somewhat consistently faster than Prost (and always so in the rain), but Prost was much more consistent in finishing races in comparison and was better than Senna in pretty much everything outside of raw speed. I don't know who was better at setting up the car though but yeah, Prost was far more well rounded. He didn't just have 1 speed (unlike Senna who threw away a clear win at '89 Monaco) and Prost knew when to attack, defend, changing racing lines and altering his driving technique to cool or heat up the tires and/or brakes.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but if I'm not mistaken, Senna would've had only 1 driver championship with the current points system we have. Senna got the other 2 because winning was so over-valued back then and it rewarded his semi-reckless behaviour.
@@ballaking1000 As a Brazilian, I tend to believe that Senna deserves the three titles, because the drivers' strategies are based on the rules of each season. Anyway, I agree that Prost was a consistent, skilled and intelligent driver. Senna was more daring, fearless and also skilled in his own way. He respected Prost, as the best to be beaten. This rivalry took away the best of the two and provided fans with one of the greatest shows in the sport. Unfortunately we could not see the best of senna, in his last years he has already started to demonstrate the maturity and experience that he lacked in some moments of the past.
@@ballaking1000 At first, i some how was capture by that Senna fact and believe he was the faster of the two. But then, watching a documentary of Senna, i heard Prost's saying something like "I personally did not learn much from him,you know, he was good at getting that ONE perfect lap,so, in that way i did not learn anything new from him".
With that in mind i compared both record's and i turn out to be faster than both of them together finding the who indeed was faster.
Prost.
In QF for pole position you have a car with fuel and other thing's set up for a few lap's. Senna was a MASTER in that deparment. But in race day you have a car set up for a long, endurance(both car and driver) and constant activity.
Senna got a lot of Pole's yes...
But Prost have almost double the fastest lap's than Senna in racing condition's .
@@ballaking1000 It was 1988 Monaco that Senna threw away. Senna won at Monaco in 1989.
@@chayobonilla8974 They were both dicks, if we're being honest. Both great, but both dicks.
Not to disparage Senna or anything, but I think it's unfortunate that him being romanticized has resulted in Prost being demonized. Prost's driving style was absolutely beautiful to watch, and he was an incredibly fast and intelligent driver.
and a politician too
If I was a team boss, especially back then, I'd have Prost every single day over Senna. He was so delicate to his machinery. I think he broken about 3 monocoque in his whole career. Looking after tires, feedback, changing gears. He was absolutely perfect at looking after his machine.
@@donachille3351 senna was a lot of things, but no behind the back snake..heard from everybody from mech to owner, from sponsors to drivers..nice try..
piquet once said..that prost would play your friend till he got in bed with your wife..such things you dont hear from senna...✋🖐
@@donachille3351 never heard that..
@@StarFox85 Do a research.
The last win for Alain Prost.
The professor explains the Ring. Freaking awesome.
One of the greatest cars ever made.
In the 1993 i was eighteen... Miss those years and that formula 1. i was a great supporter and I never lost one Gp..
@@emelle1283 Yes... totally agree.
I was 10 and it was the first full season I followed (couldn't see all the races as my parents took me places on Sunday's lol). I was lucky to be just on time to experience 1993.
Leebo88 about the same for me although I'd say that '98-2004 is the year range
damn you are old
legend
So insanely smooth, what a pilot
Pilot xD
Active suspension
@@venon1515 Prost won 3 of his titles driving non tc and non active supension cars. You trying to have a dig at him and saying the car is doing the most of the work is irrelevant since he already proved he is a great champion. m.czcams.com/video/MxdDIoiwPKQ/video.html this video is enough to tell you everything about Prost...
@@coldvoid shut up kiddo
@@coldvoid
_"Pilot"_ is a European expression that is sometimes used (as in this case) to mean _"driver."_
Though I suppose the airborne reference would be just as fitting as well since drivers are flying on the ground. Not to mention the mildly amusing _'Flugplatz'_ at the Nürburgring during its' heyday.
grande piloto, conhece tudo de carros, e das pistas, sujeito inteligente, e muito técnico
prost is no. 1 in my book
Fantastic driver, deserves much more credit!
He has credit.hes not that popular lile senna or schumacher but has a lot of credit
Great driver on the mighty Hockenheim, Why the hell did they destroy this track? It`s so so sad.
Indeed, if it were up to me I'd cut down those trees and rebuild it haha
Doesn't suit the current car
Hockenheim was destroyed by restive imbeciles that were barking mad about not leaving things well enough alone.
Because first, it was not well liked by anyone and second because it’s part of the town of Hockenheim. While not a public road for a long time, it occupied extensive tracts of valuable land, which didn’t justify its existence any longer.
@@thethirdman225 I beg to disagree. My feeling through countless comments over the years in social media is that the old Hockenheim has always been a very popular track among fans and F1 drivers. Secondly, you mention "valuable land", well, to this day nothing has been built in the area, it continues to be a forest, just like it was in the past. So, what is so valuable about the land that deemed the track unecessary?
The best.simply the professor.
The best? xDD
@@coldvoid The best! Absolutely!
@@artofcool9971 Even after what Hamilton just did?
@@coldvoid OMG - hero of modern f1) Very funny... Narcissistic rap boy, Justin Bieber fan and passenger of Mercedes self driving car =))) Stop trolling so hard, man)))
@@coldvoid yes,for me to...
Der gute, alte Hockenheimring
That FW15C was a BEAST!
FW14C the best
@@jogadorcomum3265 there is no fw14c
That Old track was amazing
The master at Work..
I love that deep growling V10. Amazing!
this track use to be one of the fastest and longest race track in f1.
C’est la 1ère fois qu’on pouvait voir un pilote commenter un tour de piste en temps réel
Je crois qu’il le faisait pendant le Warm up du dimanche matin pour TF1😎
En 1992 Prost avait été déjà un consultant de luxe de la chaîne avec une analyse toujours très fine et pertinente
La meilleure époque de la F1 pour moi ces années 80-90
Dans le raidillon de Spa où la courbe des Signes du Ricard Prost et Senna passaient à fond;ça s’entendait du bord de piste
🎩👍
Oui 100% d'accord. Et vu ce qu'ils en ont fait on ne peut que regretter cette époque.
I miss this track :'(
O Alain Prost era um bom piloto mas esse carro era de outro planeta nessa época, o carro balançava muito pouco e tinha um estabilidade incrível naquele ano de 1993.
Le meilleur de tous les temps
Prost made it look easy.
It's a real shame that new circuits aren't like this anymore. I never though Hockenheim was a great circuit, but it was beautiful and very different to the Tilke stuff of the modern era
Yes.. after Imola 1994 every new circuits were very bad and boring
Monster driver
I miss the old Hockenheim 😐😐💔
There's 4 DRS zone if this track kept like this
Now that was very quick round the "old" Hockenheim gp course.......VERY quick......:-)....holy s**t......!!
Um dos melhores carros da f1
I love it ☺
The original smooth operator
Diferença monstra para o que o Senna pegou em1994. Esse aí chega andava macio.
No matter what they say the professor will always be the best
Il professore il rivale nemico àmiCo di Senna
He is saying 345 kmh. Didn't know they were that fast in '93.
I just wanted to hear the engine...
I'm finding it difficult to hear him in a quiet room with Over ear headphones on. I can't imagine trying to hear him during a race with all the other cars going past!
I miss the old days of formula One yeah I know there's been a lot improvement and safety but nothing like the 90s
345 km ou 320kmh freiner sur 100 mètre!!!imaginez la pression sur le corps et surtout les cervicales
正にお手本👍️😃
Prost said... without Senna...who knows I may have got 8-9 world championship.
O carro flutuava ….
This is the good old Hockenheim I grew up seeing on countless early 1980s German GPs, not the modern-day pathetic Mickey Mouse track they have turned it into.
How fast is this car compared with 2019 F1?
5 secondes/lap slower I think
@@MichaelR82 if you compar just the engineer, sure that Fw15 was much more fast..
@@Eversonjks If you look the laptime of Prost in 1993 at Suzuka it is 10 seconds slower than today...
@@MichaelR82 yes you are correct about.
But what i sad was just about the engine, F1 cars today are more fast because of the chassi and aerodinamic, but if you compare just the engine, the Renault V10 its strongest far far away from atually engine
@@Eversonjks Yes it's true
F1のコーナリング中によく喋れるなあ
Será que esse carro fantástico da wuilhians superaria hoje o carro da Mercedes ?
Acho difícil mas que lhe daria trabalho ..la isso ia....
O Williams de 93 era um excelente carro para a época
Agora acho que o piloto com o estilo de condução sóbrio que tinha nesta altura, tinha francas possibilidades de ser campeão, com os carros atuais....
@@MrMaccoy1973 não daria trabalho nenhum. O Williams de 1993 era uma maravilha da engenharia e tecnologia (e continua, hoje em dia, a ser o carro de F1 mais avançado da história em termos tecnológicos, com a suspensão activa, controlo de tracção, abs e tudo mais), mas não nos podemos esquecer que é um carro com 30 anos de idade. Em 30 anos tudo evoluiu: pneus, suspensões, motores, transmissões, aerodinâmica, electrónicas, etc, etc, etc, portanto os carros de hoje em dia são muito mais rápidos, naturalmente. Basta comparar os tempos por volta de hoje em dia com os daquela época, em circuitos que permaneceram praticamente inalterados. Suzuka, por exemplo. A última pole (2019)teve um tempo de 1m27s. A de 1993 foi de 1m37s. 10 segundos mais lento
Nem em sonho, o avanço em tecnologua aerodinâmica é gigante. Os carros modernos tem muito mais downforce e fazem curvas em velocidade bem mais alta.
Before this track was butchered
Is he ordering his dinner?
"345km/h"
Excuse me, what ????
前年のマンセルと比べると乗りにくそう
The second best driver of all time!
Is Senna the best?
@@MichaelR82 The best
No. He is a Third. Best driver of all time is Fangio. Second Schumacher. Prost-Senna third.
Senna isn't on the top five... FANGIO, STEWART, PROST, SCHUMACHER, HAMILTON, LAUDA, HILL Sr.
@@castilho8258 cause he died on track?
The best Senna. Magic.
prost was like a cadallac, he wanted to be too comfortable... boring to watch. you see him sit in the apex, letting th enose bobble, where he misses the acceleration point.
You clearly don't know what you are talking about! Or you are joking
First of all, Cadillacs are garbage. Second, if you think he's boring, you know nothing about racing.
Ever heard the saying smooth is fast, fast is smooth?
You realise that Prost managed to drive in the fine line of smooth and fast?
It must burn you that Prost would always beat senna and drive faster than senna and be smooth at the same time.
Senna was a great qualifier, but there’s no points for pole position.
Look at how many times senna converted pole position into wins, and then compare Prost on how much better Prost was converting pole position to wins
Gran Pilota ma noiosissimo