Nicolas Prost

Nicolas Prost Nicolas Prost at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans Nationality French Born (1981-08-18) 18 August 1981 Saint-Chamond, Loire Related to Alain Prost (Father) 2014 FIA WEC Debut season 2012 Current team Rebellion Racing Car no. 12 Previous series French Formula Campus, French GT, French Formula Renault, Spanish Formula 3, Euroseries 3000, A1 GP, Le Mans Series, Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, WEC, Andros Trophy Championship titles 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 Rookie Spanish F3 Champion, Euroseries F3000 Champion, Electrical Andros Trophy Champion x2, Rookie Andros Trophy Champion 24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 – Teams Team Oreca, Speedy Racing Team Sebah, Rebellion Racing Best finish 4th (2012) Class wins 0

Nicolas Jean Prost (born 18 August 1981, Saint-Chamond, Loire) is a French racing driver, son of 4-time Formula 1 champion Alain Prost, currently racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Lotus Rebellion Racing. He also competes in the Andros Trophy and he is a reserve driver for Lotus F1.

Career

Despite being the oldest son of four-time Formula One World Drivers' champion Alain Prost,^[1] 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.^[1]

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.

After a difficult year in 2010, where he nonetheless drove the fastest lap of rebellion cars, he had a great race in 2011. Nicolas and his teammates Jani and Bleekemolen finished 6th and 1st in the unofficial petrol class.

In the 80th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012, Prost and the Rebellion Racing Team got the fourth place in the LM-P1 class along with his co-drivers Neel Jani and Nick Heidfeld, their Lola B12/60 Coupe Toyota covered a total of 367 laps (3,108.123 miles), in the Circuit de la Sarthe. Nicolas drove the last stage of the competition.^[2]

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 participated 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.

In 2011-2012, he joined his dad in the works Dacia team and claimed the rookie title in the main series.

FIA World Endurance Championship

In 2012 and 2013, Prost competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Rebellion Racing in a LMP1-class Lola B12/60 Toyota. He will race the new Rebellion R-One in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

Formula 1

In 2010, he drove a Renault F1 for the first time in Magny-Cours and impressed the team, beating his daily opponent by more than 2 seconds.

In 2011, he joined the gravity management structure and remained a driver for Lotus Renault F1. He drove some test sessions and straight line tests for the team, as well as some commercial roadshows.

In 2012, he remained a part of the Lotus Renault program and on 4 October 2012 it was announced that he would be testing with Lotus Renault Formula One during the young driver test at Abu Dhabi. ^[3]

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Spanish Formula 3 Championship results

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	Team Oreca	Laurent Groppi Jean-Philippe Belloc	Saleen S7-R	GT1	337	10th	5th
2009	Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive	Andrea Belicchi Neel Jani	Lola B08/60-Aston Martin	LMP1	342	14th	12th
2010	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani Marco Andretti	Lola B10/60-Rebellion	LMP1	175	DNF	DNF
2011	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani Jeroen Bleekemolen	Lola B10/60-Toyota	LMP1	338	6th	6th
2012	Rebellion Racing	Nick Heidfeld Neel Jani	Lola B12/60-Toyota	LMP1	367	4th	4th
2013	Rebellion Racing	Nick Heidfeld Neel Jani	Lola B12/60-Toyota	LMP1	275	39th	7th

Le Mans Series results

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

*Season in progress.

References

External links

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

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