prost

[prohst]

interjection

1. prosit.

Prost

/ prɔst /

noun

1. Alain (alɛ̃). born 1955, French motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion 1985, 1986, 1989, and 1993

Word History and Origins

Origin of prost¹

By contraction

Example Sentences

Not just, most infamously, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost at McLaren in 1989.

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The rubble cleared and a stage built over the ruins, the 200-member Nature Friends club fired up its biergarten grill with shouts of prost! and raised beer steins.

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It is also not as early in percentage terms as McLaren's 1988 title with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost and the great McLaren-Honda MP4/4.

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Alain Prost was 39 when he won his last world title in 1993.

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Mansell, Prost and Alonso all had breaks before their final blast in F1 - Mansell went to IndyCar for a couple of years, Prost had an enforced sabbatical, and Alonso took two years off to explore other categories.

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