Prost supports Bourdais

Si Alain Prost was more successful than Sébastien Bourdais en Formula 1, the former pilot Ferrari et McLaren remains in solidarity with his compatriot. On the antenna of Europe 1, he expressed his feelings following the ousting of Manceau from the team Toro Rosso. " He may not have been unanimous in his team. In terms of performance, it was dominated by Hag last year and a bit by the beginner Buemi this year but to be ousted like that in the middle of the season is difficult to accept. »

For Alain Prost, Sébastien Bourdais pays for his (bad) results at Toro Rosso, firstly in comparison to the two teammates he had within the Scuderia. “ The first competition is that between teammates. This is how the big teams watch the progress of the young drivers who arrive in F1. On this side, the results are negative for Sébastien. From there to dismissing him and ruining his career in Formula 1, it's difficult and I understand his reaction. He didn't perform well but he didn't do completely crazy things. »

The Formula 1 world champion expressed his regret at seeing the drivers sidelined during the season. For Alain Prost, this type of dismissal will occur more often due to the elimination of private trials. Indeed, young drivers can no longer be tested like in previous years. “ This is likely to happen twice this year (with the possible ousting of Nelson Piquet after the Hungarian GP, ​​editor's note). These are new developments in F1. We changed the regulations. No private tests, it involves a lot. We prefer to go to legal conflict and put a young pilot. When we consider that the season is over for the second car, we prefer to gain experience for the future because we know that we cannot run them. »