S5 E8: Prost Grand Prix's first F1 season - 1997

Alain Prost’s on-off saga over possibly buying the Ligier Formula 1 team finally resulted in the four-time world champion taking over the French outfit and renaming it Prost Grand Prix just before the start of the 1997 season. Karun Chandhok and Matt Beer join Glenn Freeman to look back at the team’s first year under its new identity, where things started off so well. We explore what could have been possible had Olivier Panis not broken his legs at the Canadian Grand Prix, the fluctuating form of the team and stand-in driver Jarno Trulli, a falling out with Damon Hill, and how the signs were already showing that this was as good as it would get for Prost’s team.ASK US ANYTHING: Get your questions in about F1 from 1989-2005 using #BringBackV10s on Twitter or email [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.