Nicolas Prost

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Nicolas Prost
Prost during an during an A1 Grand Prix promotional event in London in April 2008.

Prost during an during an A1 Grand Prix promotional event in London in April 2008.

Nationality Flag of France French
Date of Birth August 18, 1981 (1981-08-18) (age 26)
Place of Birth Saint-Chamond
Related to Alain Prost (Father)
2008 Euroseries 3000
Debut season 2008
Current team ELK Motorsport
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
Nicolas Prost
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 2007-
Teams Team Oreca
Best finish 10th (2007)
Class wins n/a

Nicolas Jean Prost (born 18 August 1981, Saint-Chamond, France) is a racing driver currently racing in the Euroseries 3000 Championship for the ELK Motorsport team.

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[edit] Career

Despite being the son of four-time Formula One World Drivers' champion Alain Prost, he started his career at the late age of 22 in Formula Campus.

Prost is the oldest son of four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost. In 2007, he finished third in the Spanish Formula Three Championship. Besides racing, Nicolas Prost is working part-time for a Swiss bank as a Teller in Geneva. In early 2007, it was confirmed that Prost would be racing for Team Oreca in the GT1 class of the 2007 Le Mans 24 hour race, driving a Saleen S7R.[1]

On August 29, 2007 A1 Team France confirmed Prost as their rookie driver for the 2007/08 A1GP season.[2]

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[edit] Motor racing record

Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
2004 French Formula Renault Playstation Junior Team Oreca 14 0 0 22 18th
German Formula Renault Playstation Junior Team Oreca 2 0 0 5 40th
2005 French Formula Renault Graff Racing 16 0 0 43 10th
Formula Renault Eurocup Graff Racing 4 0 0 0 N/C
World Series by Renault DAMS 2 0 0 0 N/C
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 2 1 0 10 3rd*

* Season in progress.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Nicolas Prost to race at Le Mans", Autosport Official website, February 28, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-28. 
  2. ^ Prost confirmed at Team France autosport.com, retrieved on August 29, 2007.

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