Stefan Johansson on Alain Prost (former McLaren F1 teammate)

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Interview with Mr. Stefan Johansson, Racing driver, manager, painting artist and watchmaker.
Stefan "Lill-Lövis" Johansson is a Swedish racing driver who spent 10 year in Formula 1, driving for teams such as Ferrari and McLaren. Since then he has won the prestigious Le Mans 24 hour race for Porsche in 1997 (and 3rd in 2003).
Track record in F1 : 101 Race Entries - 79 Race Starts - 0 Wins - 12 Podiums - 88 Points
Formula One career : Spirit (1983) - Toleman (1984) -
Tyrrell (1984-1985) - Ferrari (1985-1986) - McLaren (1987) - Ligier (1988) - Onyx (1989-1990) - AGS (1991) - Footwork (1991)
Notable teammates : Martin Brundle, Alain Prost, Bertrand Gachot & Ayrton Senna
Racing career summary : 435 Races entered - 22 Wins - 93 Podiums - 24 Pole positions - 13 Fastest laps
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@davissi 5 месяцев назад

Alain Prost wasn't underrated at all, the only difference with Prost is that he's still alive, the drama seeking fans love it when a driver has died, like as if they're more brave and enigmatic if they're dead. Prost was fantastic, he is probably the best ever considering the era he was in.

@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 4 месяца назад

100%. Senna was great, but drivers tend to get "over-lionized" in death. These myths that have sprung up about Gilles Villeneuve, for instance, over only a handful of spectacular video clips. Dude got destroyed by teammates Carlos Reutemann and Jody Scheckter--and Didier Pironi was giving him fits. I don't hear those guys listed among the "greatest ever" like Villeneuve frequently is...

@nielsbierman2958 4 месяца назад

Fully agree. People only seem to recognise greatness when it's 'in your face'. Prost was as skillful as they come. He just wasn't prepared to take crazy risks.

@HAL900032 4 месяца назад

Prost was frightingly brutally fast during a race. Like a freight train.

@tuneman7688 2 месяца назад

Look at the numbers in a shortened career and how revered Senna was by his peers alone tells you how shit of a take this is.

@danmetz5112 День назад

Ayrton was great, no question about it. But he also introduced the wheel-banging, win at any cost approach that was carried to extremes later by Schumacher, etc. @@tuneman7688

@rockytheberner 4 месяца назад

Something very interesting about Prost is that he wasn't a great qualifier, but instead used to setup his car for the race. And all drivers said that when he was the fastest during the sunday warmup, he would always win.

@adelaidecity76 4 месяца назад

I think his performance in qualifying vs Senna has kind of tainted the perception of how fast he was in quali. He beat or matched every other teammate so, other than Senna, he really was a great qualifier - just not the very best.

@nielsbierman2958 4 месяца назад

@@adelaidecity76 I think Prost recognised early on that he was at a very different stage in his career. As the more established driver, he didn't have anything to prove so there was no real point in trying to beat Ayrton at his own game. The McLaren was so superior it allowed him to comfortably qualify ahead of everyone else, which is all he needed to do really. Make no mistake, Prost could be very, very quick. He just didn't feel the need to show it all the time. Always one step ahead...

@adelaidecity76 4 месяца назад

@@nielsbierman2958 That's right but then he beat or matched everyone after Senna, including Mansell, Alesi and Hill - none of them exactly slow. Interestingly, Lauda basically made the same decision in 1984 that Prost made with Senna.

@nielsbierman2958 4 месяца назад

@@adelaidecity76 definitely not slow, but maybe not at the very very top level either (and this is coming from a Hill-fan). It seems to me that Lauda and Prost were just wily characters with a very methodical approach. Always looking to gain an edge beyond pure speed. Alonso is another in the same mould. I much prefer this type of driver to one who is 0.1 sec quicker in qualifying but flies off the road on lap 3. 😄

@SiouplaitMerci 3 месяца назад

@@adelaidecity76 Considering Senna won 1 championships by cheating over Prost ( striking ) and was favored by Honda , confirmed maybe by better speed by Prost in Ferrari team, it is clear Prost i far better than Senna who was maybe fast but dangerous

@Commander-McBragg 8 месяцев назад

I’ve talked to Stefan a few times. He is a businessman well-respected in the industry due to his diplomatic nature and ability to work with people. I agree with him on his Prost assessment. Prost knew the business better than Ayrton and was not as emotional. He also did not have religion to give him a sense of entitlement. As a young man, I enjoyed Senna’s bravado and outright speed, but as an old man today, I have more respect for Prost and his strategic nature.

@jameshogan6142 2 месяца назад

As far as I am aware Prost was a catholic like Senna but whereas Senna wanted the glory, Prost was prepared to accept the crosses of F1.

@tng2057 4 месяца назад

Stefan fully deserved to have been in Ferrari at least until 88.

@jstoli996c4s 4 месяца назад

Ferrari doing Ferrari things

@itsgoodontwowheels377 6 дней назад

Bernie Ecclestone himself - and he knows a thing or two about formula 1 - said repeatedly that Prost was probably the best driver of his era since he competed with tough team mates throughout his career. And he was successful.

@kwaleikafa9400 3 дня назад

So very true about Alain Prost!

@ridingdriving 2 месяца назад

will always be a prost fan, thanks stefan johansson for sharing your experience

@detonator2112 3 месяца назад

Prost had five world champion teammates. He beat 'em all. Senna (actually outscored him both 88 and 89), K.Rosberg, Mansell, Hill and Lauda. There is no other driver with such track record. Scumacher never had a decent teammate. Well he had 40-year old Piquet for 6 races who actually outscored him in those.

@mpgnz73 Месяц назад

Barrichello was one of the best in his era. Massa nearly won the championship in 2008. Schumacher was just too good for them.

@detonator2112 Месяц назад

@@mpgnz73 During Schumacher's reign there were only two super talents. Hakkinen and Alonso. Maybe Raikkonen 2003-2005 in super unreliable McLaren. Prost dominated in much more competitive era.

@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 Месяц назад

You're spitting straight facts. 100% agree. For me, Prost and Clark are the GOATs.

@Dashriprock4 12 дней назад

We won't even talk about how Schumacher had contractually crippled teammates and had bespoke tires. Bridgestone developed tires around the Ferrari powered teams so essentially they were developed around Michael. They were personalized for him and everyone else had to live with them or run Michelin. Schumacher's not even in the conversation for the greatest ever. That conversation is Fangio, Clark, Prost and Senna. Hamilton will be part of that conversation after he retires.

@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 12 дней назад

@@Dashriprock4 Preach, brother! Preach! Amen!

@patrikrafael 8 месяцев назад

From a Senna fan, Alain was fantastic driver. Cold until Senna step in and give him nightmares, for sure. Senna and Prost was taken in to the edge. Hard times for both.

@liamfriel8749 11 месяцев назад

You’ve said it all! Great champion and great human being!😁

@1greenMitsi 5 месяцев назад

funny how stefan mentions how prost scuppered senna out of a seat at williams in 93 but dosent mention ayrton knocking him out of his home team mclaren in 1989

@detonator2112 Месяц назад

Prost won the championship in 1989. Senna was 2nd. Actually Prost scored way more points in 1988 as well but the insane points system gave Senna the title.

@1greenMitsi Месяц назад

@@detonator2112 the 'insane' points system was in place since the beginning of F1 in 1950....and all drivers were aware of this points system which actually favored drivers who actually literally went for the win...Im not quite sure whats 'insane' about that. 11 best point finishes - so driver to best approach 11 wins, wins the championship. Same rules for all, race accordingly

@user-ub6nb9ri5s Месяц назад

Prost was Senna's target - he may as well have painted a bullseye on his back! Senna knew Prost was the best and to beat Prost meant he beat the best. I think Prost is totally underrated - he was very fast, smooth and drove at the limit, but wasn't spectacular like Senna. When Prost was fast, he looked slow - that just shows how much bandwidth Prost had in the car both physically and mentally to stay at the limit. Had Senna not died, he might have surpassed Prost's 4 title total - but by 1994 all the greats were gone (Prost, Mansell, Piquet) only Schumacher, starting his 3rd year in F1 was Senna's competition. Prost had to beat Lauda, Mansell, Piquet, Senna, and more to get his 4 titles. Truly a great driver!

@danmetz5112 День назад

Don't forget that the score could be Prost 5, Senna 2 had Senna not intentionally crashed Prost in Suzuka.

@robb00 День назад

@@danmetz51121 Without the absurd rule of 1988, Prost would have won also the 1988 championship because he scored more points than Senna.

@boardertrashtv8638 5 месяцев назад

I think Stefan is probably right, Ayrton was definitely more emotional and that can affect your driving. However I take issue with him saying Prost knew how to plan his career by picking the Williams. It hardly took a professor to realise the Williams was the best car after the 90, 91 & 92 season progression. Alain was frothing at the mouth to get into it by all means by 1993

@nehylen5738 4 месяца назад

In hindsight, it looks like a slam dunk. But F1 isn't always that straightforward: upsets happen, and the team with the most money back then was McLaren. Had the MP4/8 had a better engine, it might've been a proper challenger for the FW15c: in 1993 McLaren had somewhat caught up in terms of chassis and electronics. Not quite there, but close. And when Prost signed, I believe Honda had yet to announce their departure from the sport.

@jameshogan6142 2 месяца назад

Williams were reported as wanting to sign Prost because he was easier to deal with than Mansell who was inclined to blame any of his poor performances on his car and was less easy to work with than Prost who was very amiable.

@brunofgallo Час назад

Williams was the quickest car already from 1991 (where it suffered from reliability, otherwise would’ve won the championship), 1992 far ahead on a league of its own, as well as 93’

@gaycha6589 2 месяца назад

The original F1 Smooth Operator.

@simonkevnorris Год назад

Thanks for sharing this.

@tuneman7688 2 месяца назад

Prost was an amazing driver and has a strong argument for being the best of his era. With all due respect though I don’t think the criticism of Senna here is fair. If not for Imola ‘94 in all likeliness Senna is retiring with 5-6 WDC’s and as the most successful driver.

@the_razr Год назад

Alain was the Lewis of the 80s / 90s for me, while Ayrton is more the early Max. As a Senna Fan I can really relate to Stefans commentary here.

@A-m-K 10 месяцев назад

Prost drove the way better/much more competitive cars overall compared to ayrton, and also drove more seasons, but their win ratio is virtually identical.

@detonator2112 5 месяцев назад

Prost beat five world champion teammates. FIVE! Senna (actually twice if the 88 points system were reasonable), Lauda, Keke Rosberg (who was easily the fastest guy of previous year 1985 but with unreliable car), Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill. No other driver has such record, not even close. Schumacher only had puppets and lackeys as teammates. And the competition was much tougher during Prost era. 1985 had seven world champions on the grid. Schumacher only had to face three top drivers during his whole reign (Hakkinen, prime Raikkonen and Alonso). At least Hamilton had a proper teammate Nico. Schumi only had 40 year old Piquet for 6 races (who actually beat him in points during those 6 GP's).

@1greenMitsi 5 месяцев назад

@@detonator2112 the points system was reasonable in 88 - they were the rules since the 1950s, it rewarded going for the win and not sitting back and being all strategic. Same rules for everyone, race accordingly If you had changed the rules to all points go towards the championship then that wouldve changed the outcome of the races so your point is moot also beating keke rosberg and damon hill is barely saying anything tbh

@detonator2112 5 месяцев назад

@@1greenMitsi You don't know much about F1 if you don't appreciate what Rosberg did with ridiculously underpowered Williams 1982-1984. 83 he beat Laffite 13-1 and 1984 he beat Laffite 14-1. 1985 Williams was fast but unreliable. In 1985 he made Mansell look like an amateur and beat him easily. Just check the stats man.

@1greenMitsi 5 месяцев назад

@@detonator2112 really? dude, Rosberg won the most contested championship in history....and he won it with 1 win. The end And lets not even start on Hill's 96 championship which was handed to him on a silver platter

@kimiraikkonen949 Год назад

prost is the greatest imo

@BrewerUMich91 9 месяцев назад

That's sucks for you

@nevillegrimshaw7758 8 месяцев назад

I agree Prost is the supreme F1 driver.

@kimiraikkonen949 5 месяцев назад

Bernic Eccelstone and eddie jordan and jenson button and david coulthard agree with me so I don't think@@BrewerUMich91

@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 4 месяца назад

Clark, Fangio, and Prost are my top three.

@falseflag42 Год назад

Love ya man

@brunofgallo Час назад

There’s a bias here as they were teammates and became friends. Clearly. But of course, he makes some valid points. Prost was a great driver as an overall package, definitely one of the all time greats. Intelligent and patient, played the long game extremely well. Senna was obviously more purely talented and the quickest driver F1 has ever seen - the quali laps were something else. But I don’t think Prost was superior overall as Stefan indirectly says, Prost could bring his game up on Sundays and challenge Senna, ultimately though Senna was ahead more often and suffered from DNFs in 89’ and the “robbed” Suzuka win, which prevented him from likely winning that championship as well. The years he didn’t win (92 & 93) were simply due to the fact that the Williams were far superior machines. I have never seen Prost outperform a car like Senna did several times with the Lotus and the McLarens from 92’ and specially 93’ (some truly brilliant drives from Senna that year)

@elta6241 Год назад

Prost did this in an era where team management and strategy was either in its infancy or completely non-existent.

@TheAntoine191 4 месяца назад

It's interesting to early from someone close he was a nice guy to be around. He is the "profressor", the one who calculate which does not sound fun to most. But one can take his job very seriously and be relaxed when it's done.

@mecano572 3 месяца назад

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@TheTripol День назад

Top 5 is in no particular order; Jim Clark, Juan Manuel Fangio, Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost. 5-10; Is so difficult, but I would put names like Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet, Mika Häkkinen. But there's so many more that it's so difficult to name, but I stand with the top 5, F1 fan since 1998

@TheTripol День назад

Other elite names would be, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Räikkönen, Gragham Hill, Nigel Mansell, Robert Kubica (call me crazy), Jackie Stewart, Jack Brabham, John Surtees and so on.

@kakhak 15 дней назад

Yes, requesting clause to deny Ayrton join Williams in 1993 was truly an image af the most complete driver of its time.

@bartvaes4126 5 дней назад

One of the rare moments that Prost copied Senna - who demanded similar clauses all the time, since his Lotus' days. Can't blame Prost, seeing the bigger picture early on, something Senna never could.

@lxndr3299 2 месяца назад

I am still a fan of The Little Leaf.

@breatharian2009 9 месяцев назад

@V Union ULB (former Ferrari F1 teammate) = INCORRECT...McLaren team mate in 1987.

@archibaldocruz4561 5 месяцев назад

Prost only vetoed Senna because it was impossible to work with him; because of how dirty Senna played. He also remembered how McLaren and Honda favoured Senna against him. But he didn't vetoed anyone else and he didn't even ask to be the no1 on the team. As far as he knew he was racing with Nigel Mansell in Williams.

@John-mi2rt 5 месяцев назад

Prost vetoed Piquet from Mclaren

@archibaldocruz4561 5 месяцев назад

@@John-mi2rt Nope, Prost indicated Senna to Ron Dennis and others on the team. He picked the best which was the the best decision for the team, but a terrible decision for him. But Yes, Piquet, on the human level, could be even worse than Senna.

@John-mi2rt 5 месяцев назад

@@archibaldocruz4561 According to renown British F1 journalist Alan Henry in his book The Turbo Years Prost went as far as sidelining Ron Dennis and went directly to Marlboro to veto Piquet. Happily take Alan Henry's word on the topic. Thanks

@archibaldocruz4561 5 месяцев назад

@@John-mi2rt If I was you I wouldn't take the word of any English, per se, but that is me. I stick with Prost with saying the truth. Besides, everybody by then knew that Senna was the future and better than Piquet. Prost chose the best to "fight" with and help McLaren. And he was right. Together they did the best team that ever existed and the best choice for McLaren.

@John-mi2rt 5 месяцев назад

@@archibaldocruz4561 Gordon Murray replaced John Barnard as Mclaren technical director. Murray worked with Piquet at Brabham. Murray wanted Piquet at Mclaren. Piquet even visited Mclaren Headquarters. Prost did not want Piquet at Mclaren. Prost had Piquet vetoed. Don't tell me who to believe and get your head out of Prost's arse.

@matthewlevett968 4 месяца назад

There's only two drivers in history that whinged more than Prost. Step forward Nigel Mansell n Sir Lewis Hamilton 😅🤣😂

@jmartinez27671 2 месяца назад

Always enjoyed his driving...should have won at Imola instead of running out of fuel!!!

@johnbiggs9561 8 дней назад

Prost was incredibly talented and extremely fast (ask Keke Rosberg). But in Senna he met his match. Senna was clearly quicker and finished ahead of Senna in their second season in pretty much all of his victories (whereas Prost only won when Senna failed to finish).Senna got inside Prost's head....and the fact that Prost needed a "no Senna" clause at williams shows he was intimidated by him and did not want to have to prove his superior ability on the track (because Senna would have destroyed him).....and before people say "he just didn't want confrontation in the team" take a reality pill and look at all the teams with two near equal drivers. There is rarely ever a harmonious team. That's ego's for you, and a determination to win. We will never know how Senna compared to Schumaker, or Hamilton or Verstappen. But for me he was the best of his generation.

@bahhhoui1718 2 месяца назад

J'ai cru que c'était Francis Cabrel

@BrewerUMich91 9 месяцев назад

Yeah thats fine, I'll take Senna any day of the week and twice on Sunday

@gavinfinlayson485 5 месяцев назад

Are You Dead!

@Dashriprock4 12 дней назад

And your team will not win as many championships

@jonnifjader 5 дней назад

Confusing...

@ChrystianZiesemer-ev5uy 4 месяца назад

There was another difference. Weight restrictions were not applicable on the 80s and early 90s. Prost was at least 10kg lighter than Senna what was an advantage for Prost that was the smaller driver on the track. If the driver weight was to be considered, Prost would have had harder time

@ralphgregory7616 6 месяцев назад

Bitchin shed Stefan 😎

@SiouplaitMerci 3 месяца назад

Considering Senna won 1 championships by cheating over Prost ( striking ) and was favored by Honda , confirmed maybe by better speed by Prost in Ferrari team, it is clear Prost is far better than Senna who was maybe fast but dangerous

@nigelkelley3004 7 месяцев назад

I saw Alain as a manipulator to achieve his outcomes. The stopped race in Monaco when Senna overtook him for his first podium, the disqualification in Suzuka, veto rights of teammates. Senna didn’t play those games he just drove faster than everyone else.

@LD-oq9lx 5 месяцев назад

Senna vetoed Derek warwick's entry to Lotus in 1986

@nigelkelley3004 5 месяцев назад

@@LD-oq9lx you’re right, I had forgotten about that. Was a different context as the team couldn’t support two primary drivers but you are correct.

@brendanbrown3100 5 месяцев назад

Prost didn’t stop the Monaco 84 race. Senna wanted Japan 88 stopped. Senna vetoed teammates and wanted Mansell suspended after Portugal 89. Prost wasn’t political at all. He spoke his mind - often to his own cost.

@detonator2112 5 месяцев назад

Mansell welcomed Prost to Ferrari with open arms. But then he realized he gets his ass kicked he started to give statements to BBC how Prost does "politics". Prost spoke Italian so Mansell convinced Murray Walker that the team was behind Prost. Nope. Prost just kicked his ass. Just like Elio de Angelis kicked Mansell's ass in Lotus, Keke Rosberg made him look like an amateur in Williams 1985 and then he was beaten by Piquet in 1987. Mansell claimed that Honda put self destructive chips into his car because they didn't want him to win the WDC. Sounds absolutely ridiculous but check the 1987 season review, don't take my word for it. Mansell was a fast guy but very reckless driver who made many crucial mistakes. And a whiner to boot. Even when he won a race he always had some physical issues or the car was bad... and it was only his heroic skills that brought the podium. And he drove absolute top cars throughout his whole career. He's not the God that UK media always said he was. Sure, Adelaide 1986 was bad luck I'll give him that. I guess that's where the "Prost and politics" stuff came to the UK media. From Mansell. It was BS. Another argument is that FIA was favoring Prost because Jean-Maria Balestre happened to be French. There is no evidence that he ever favored Prost. Senna should have been stripped from the Japan 1990 race results because he deliberately knocked Prost out and secured the WDC.

@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 4 месяца назад

Senna didn't play games? That's hilarious. Educate yourself.

@user-ys9tw2xo5w 9 месяцев назад

I guess you didn't know who really Senna was

@conorcumminsfan524 8 месяцев назад

What about you? lol Prost was far better than Ayrton on a championship.

@detonator2112 5 месяцев назад

Prost beat him in points both 1988 and 1989 when they were teammates. Senna won the 1988 title because of the weird points system they used back then. Senna was faster in one lap but Prost was more complete driver. I guess that's what the Hollywood movie didn't tell you.

@johnharte6181 5 месяцев назад

yeah stefan you can say all that about big nose prost ,everyone knows ayrton had more talent in his little toe than prost the windbag he knew he wouldnt beat senna in 1993 if senna was in the other williams that year so he put a veto in the contract he was a coward and a weasel and never put it on the line in qualifying or wet races ,the way senna & mansell did .great analysis stefan you fraggle .

@lastmanstanding9389 5 месяцев назад

Senna was a nutcase with ADD.disorder.

@brendanbrown3100 5 месяцев назад

Great drivers don’t overdrive!

@gavinfinlayson485 5 месяцев назад

Very sad comment

@nicjackson5741 3 месяца назад

In regards to Senna Bull ****

@brendanbrown3100 3 месяца назад

@@nicjackson5741If Senna didn’t overdrive he would have been WC in 89 easy. He would have also won in 88 by a large margin - remember Monaco and Italy that year? 18 points lost through recklessness. In 91 he was a better driver and beat the superior Williams. Mind you - a Prost in that 91 Williams would have given him a tough time of it. Mansell was another who over did it often and he lost 3 WC as a result.