Prost AP01
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
|
| Category | Formula One |
|---|---|
| Constructor | Prost |
| Team/s | Gauloises Prost Peugeot |
| Designer | Loïc Bigois |
| Drivers | 11. Olivier Panis 12. Jarno Trulli |
| Chassis | carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite structure |
| Suspension (front) | double wishbones, pushrod |
| Suspension (rear) | double wishbones, pushrod |
| Engine | Peugeot A16, 72-degree V10 |
| Gearbox | Prost six-speed longitudinal semi-automatic |
| Fuel | Total |
| Tyres | Bridgestone |
| Debut | 1998 Australian Grand Prix |
| Races competed | 16 |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
The Prost AP01 was the car with which the Prost Formula One team used to compete in the 1998 Formula One season. It was driven by Olivier Panis, who was in his fifth season with the team (including Ligier), and Jarno Trulli, who was in his first full season with the team after deputising for the injured Panis in 1997.
After the good results of the previous season, 1998 was a disaster for Prost. The car's main weakness was its gearbox: it was unreliable and heavy, which prevented the team from finishing races, upset the balance of the car and meant that the team could not optimise the position of its ballast, as many of its rivals could. The team also scraped into the season by a narrow margin after the chassis failed the mandatory FIA crash test three times.
With these problems allied with the relocation of the team's factory nearer Paris, the year turned into an exercise in damage limitation. Only one point was scored, at the chaotic 1998 Belgian Grand Prix, giving Prost 9th place in the Constructors' Championship.
[edit] Complete Formula One Results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Prost | Peugeot V10 | B | AUS | BRA | ARG | SMR | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | AUT | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | LUX | JPN | 1 | 9th | |
| Olivier Panis | 9 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 12 | DNS | Ret | 12 | 11 | ||||||
| Jarno Trulli | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 13 | Ret | 12 |
[edit] References
- AUTOCOURSE 1998-99, Henry, Alan (ed.), Hazleton Publishing Ltd. (1998) ISBN 1-874557-43-8
 Prost Grand Prix |
|
Notable Personnel: |
| Cars which competed in the 1998 Formula One season | |
|
McLaren MP4/13 | Ferrari F300 | Williams FW20 | Jordan 198 | Benetton B198 | Sauber C17 | Arrows A19 | Stewart SF02 | Prost AP01 | Minardi M198 | Tyrrell 026 |
 |
This Formula One-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
