Nicolas Prost

Nicolas Prost Prost during an A1 Grand Prix promotional event in London in April 2008. Nationality French Born August 18, 1981 (1981-08-18) (age 30) Saint-Chamond Related to Alain Prost (Father) 2011 Euroseries 3000 Debut season 2008 Current team ELK Motorsport / A1 Team France Starts 2 Wins 0 Poles 1 Fastest laps 1 Previous series 2003 2004 2004–2005 2005 2005 2006–2007 French Formula Campus German Formula Renault French Formula Renault Formula Renault Eurocup Renault World Series Spanish Formula Three 24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 2007, 2009 – Teams Team Oreca, Speedy Racing Team Sebah, Rebellion Racing Best finish 10th (2007) Class wins 0

Nicolas Jean Prost (born 18 August 1981, Saint-Chamond, Loire) is a French-Armenian racing driver currently racing for A1 Team France in the A1 Grand Prix series,^[1] and for ELK Motorsport in the Euroseries 3000, which he won in 2008.

Career

Despite being the oldest son of four-time Formula One World Drivers' champion Alain Prost,^[2] he started his career at the late age of 22 in Formula Campus. Nicolas was a golfer, winning tournaments when he was at Columbia University.

Formula 3

In 2006, he joined Racing Engineering to contest in the Spanish Formula Three Championship. He won one race and had six podiums, which earned him 4th place in the championship as well as the best rookie title.

In 2007, he finished third in the Spanish Formula Three Championship with 2 wins, 1 pole and 7 podiums.

Formula 3000

In 2008, he joined Bull racing and won the Euroseries 3000 championship in his first year with one win, two poles and seven podiums.^[2]

A1 GP

For A1 GP season 3 (2007–2008), Nicolas was the rookie driver for Team France.

For A1 GP season 4 (2008–2009), Nicolas was still the rookie driver and topped every single rookie sessions. He was promoted to racing driver for the end of the season and showed that he had the pace to fight on top. The team issued in a statement at the end of the seasons that he should be driving the entire 2009–2010 season.

24 hours of Le Mans

In 2007, he competed with Team Oreca in a Saleen S7-R with Laurent Groppi and Jean-Philippe Belloc and finished 5th in his category.

In 2009, he raced for the first time in the LMP1 category, with Speedy Racing Team Sebah. He drove a great race, especially on Sunday morning with a stunning quadruple stint which moved the car from 8th to 5th. Unfortunately, a gearbox problem later dropped the car to 14th.

Le Mans Series

In 2009, he participated in the European Le Mans Series for Speedy Racing Team Sebah alongside Marcel Fässler and Andrea Belicchi. The trio finished 5th in the championship. Since 2010 he is racing in the European Le Mans Series for Rebellion Racing alongside Swiss racing driver Neel Jani.

Andros Trophy

During the 2009–2010 winter, Nicolas patricipated to the famous Andros Trophy ice racing series in the electrical car category. Nicolas clinched the championship with 5 poles, 6 wins, and 18 podiums out of 21 races. He successfully defended his title during the 2010-2011 winter.

Statistics

Motor racing record

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2005	French Formula Renault	Graff Racing	16	0	0	43	9th
2006	Spanish Formula Three	Racing Engineering	16	0	1	83	4th
2007	Spanish Formula Three	Campos Racing	16	1	2	102	3rd
2008	Euroseries 3000	ELK Motorsport	10	2	1	60	1st
2008-2009	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team France	8	0	0	47	5th
2009	Le Mans Series	Speedy Racing	4	0	0	14	5th
2010	FIA GT1 World Championship	Matech Competition	4	0	0	0	49th
2010	Le Mans Series	Rebellion Racing	5	0	0	52	5th
2011	Le Mans Series	Rebellion Racing	3	0	0	25	2nd

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2008–09	France	NED SPR	NED FEA	CHN SPR 8	CHN FEA Ret	MYS SPR PO	MYS FEA PO	NZL SPR PO	NZL FEA PO	RSA SPR 10	RSA FEA Ret	POR SPR 13	POR FEA 6	GBR SPR 9	GBR FEA 10	5th	47

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Matech Competition	Ford	ABU QR	ABU CR	SIL QR	SIL CR	BRN QR	BRN CR	PRI QR	PRI CR	SPA QR	SPA CR	NÜR QR 8	NÜR CR 16	ALG QR 20	ALG CR 12	NAV QR	NAV CR	INT QR	INT CR	SAN QR	SAN CR	49th	0

Le Mans

Year	Team	Car	Team mate	Team mate	Position	Class Position
2007	Team Oreca	Saleen S7-R	Laurent Groppi	Jean-Philippe Belloc	10	5
2009	Speedy Racing Team	Lola B08/60	Neel Jani	Andrea Belicchi	14	12
2010	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10/60	Marco Andretti	Neel Jani	DNF	DNF
2011	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10/60	Neel Jani	Jeroen Bleekemolen	6	6

References

1. ^ "A1GP: 2009 Algrave". F1SA. 12 April 2009. https://www.f1sa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12200&Itemid=219. Retrieved 15 October 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Nicolas Prost eyes F1". SuperSport. 1 December 2008. http://www.supersport.com/motorsport/article.aspx?id=280169&headline=Like%20father,%20like%20son,%20Prost%20junior%20eyes%20F1%20. Retrieved 15 October 2010. 

External links

• Nicolas Prost – official website
• Nicolas Prost – fan page: interviews, photos, statistics, regularly updated
• Driver Database stats
• Motorsport.com - Articles and photo's

Sporting positions
Preceded by Davide Rigon	Euroseries 3000 champion 2008	Succeeded by Will Bratt

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Name	Prost, Nicolas
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Date of birth	18 August 1981
Place of birth	Saint-Chamond
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