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Jo Ramirez: “Alain Prost, the best team player”

An emblematic figure of the English team that he joined at the same time as Prost in 1984, the Mexican manager who served as sports coordinator, then logistics manager at Woking, accompanied the Frenchman for six unforgettable seasons. Between his two friends Alain and Ayrton Senna, Jo Ramirez has never chosen.

Published on 05/02/2023 à 09:00

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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Jo Ramirez: “Alain Prost, the best team player”

Jo Ramirez shared 6 seasons with Alain Prost © Bernard Asset

This exclusive interview can be found in our Collector Alain Prost. 102 pages which retrace the career of the four-time World Champion Formula 1 ! It is available on newsstands and in our online store in version paper et PRESENCE.

Do you remember the circumstances of your first meeting with Alain Prost?

It was the offseason of 1979, when I worked at Shadow. We had a problem with Elio de Angelis' DN9 and I went to the truck McLaren to borrow a lathe (machine tool), because we needed to make a modification to a part. At that time, the stables were much smaller than today and helped each other a lot. I ran into John Watson who was flying for McLaren and seemed a little upset. “ Whatever I do, this

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