Prost AP03

The Prost AP03 was the car with which the Prost Formula One team competed in the 2000 Formula One season. It was driven by the experienced Jean Alesi, team boss Alain Prost's ex-Ferrari team-mate, and reigning Formula 3000 champion Nick Heidfeld.

The year proved to be a disaster for the team. The cars were slow and unreliable, the team's relationship with Peugeot fell apart and the sponsors departed at the end of the season. The team ended up scoring no points, and were classified last in the Constructors' Championship behind Minardi, due to the Italian team's better finishing record.

Prost blamed the apparently weak engine as the root cause of the AP03's uncompetitive performance. However, Peugeot retaliated with an uncharacteristic public revelation of the engine's output of 792bhp, which was considered to be competitive at the time. Prost's criticism of Peugeot soured their relationship and combined with the lack of results, the latter withdrew from F1 as an engine supplier.

Alesi and Heidfeld were unable to make much of an impression, but the Frenchman managed to qualify eighth at Monaco and run fourth at Spa-Francorchamps before retiring. The team-mates also collided on more than one occasion, most notably in Austria.

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	17	Points	WCC
2000	Prost	Peugeot V10	B		AUS	BRA	SMR	GBR	ESP	EUR	MON	CAN	FRA	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	MAL	0	NC
				Jean Alesi	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	11
				Nick Heidfeld	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	DSQ	8	Ret	12	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret

References

Francis, Damian Nicholas (2001). "Reject Cars - Prost Peugeot AP03". F1 Rejects. Retrieved 2007-02-02.

v t e Prost Grand Prix

Founder Alain Prost Notable personnel Bernard Dudot Loïc Bigois John Barnard Notable drivers Olivier Panis Jarno Trulli Nick Heidfeld Formula One cars JS45 AP01 AP02 AP03 AP04

v t e Cars that competed in the 2000 Formula One season

Ferrari F1-2000 McLaren MP4/15 Williams FW22 Benetton B200 BAR 002 Jordan EJ10 EJ10B Arrows A21 Sauber C19 Jaguar R1 Minardi M02 Prost AP03

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