Alain Prost – Ayrton Senna
Between the late Eighties and early Nineties, Method 1 noticed Alain Prost topped world champion on 4 events with two totally different groups. It was a magical interval for him and particularly for McLaren, the place the historic battles between the Frenchman and his late teammate Ayrton Senna befell. These duels continued relentlessly even after the ‘Professor’ moved to Ferrari after which to Williams.
These thrilling rivalries solely got here to an finish in 1993 when Alain Prost retired as world champion, celebrating his title on the highest step of the rostrum alongside Senna, thus marking a memorable and symbolic sporting and private reconciliation between the 2. Nevertheless, from that second on, the Frenchman’s picture has at all times remained linked to that of the Brazilian, much more so since ‘Magic’ tragically misplaced his life at Imola in 1994. Ayrton Senna grew to become a legend, showing once more lately on the large display with the documentary *Senna* and extra lately in the Netflix TV series, which Prost didn’t admire in any respect.
The disgrace of social media
Senna-Prost, Prost-Senna. A pairing that nearly overshadows the Frenchman’s achievements, because the 70-year-old reiterated in an interview with *Motorsport Whole*, the place he additionally talked about his attainable departure from social media: “I can not take into consideration Ayrton, for higher or worse, if you’ll – he commented – for instance, I’m considering of shutting down my Instagram as a result of I obtain messages each day, with out exception. Every now and then, there may be one with insults, sure, it could occur. My largest fan base on social media comes from Brazil, so I’m pressured to consider him. Not directly, I’ve lived with this story for 30 years, and it’ll most likely be this fashion for the remainder of my life.”
A remark that nearly appears like resignation from the Frenchman concerning his picture in F1 being solely tied to his battles with Ayrton Senna: “Life is made up of many features: getting into the world of motorsport, my profession, and the current. I’ve achieved loads, however it’s hardly ever talked about, and it feels as if my life has been solely in regards to the Prost-Senna rivalry. I had 5 world champions as teammates, and there are extraordinarily vital individuals who have meant loads to me. The a part of my life that I’m most pleased with is the one earlier than Method 1. The interval that formed me mentally and morally, that allowed me to do what I did, to face challenges, regardless that in the beginning, I didn’t have the instruments to take action.”
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