Formula 1 legend Alain Prost has many great memories of racing at Le Castellet, the French race track that returns to the calendar this weekend for the first time in 28 years, but the wins are only part of the story. The retired four-times world champion, his country’s most successful racer by far, triumphed at the track near Marseille four times in total, including three in a row and Ferrari’s 100th grand prix victory in 1990. ‘Le Professeur’ also gave Renault a commanding home victory from pole position in 1983. With other wins at Dijon-Prenois in 1981 and Magny-Cours in 1993, no driver has won more home grands prix than Prost, although Britain’s Lewis Hamilton could equal that...
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