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Prost legend is reborn on Dunlop
Nicolas Prost (right), son of four-time Formula One champion Alain,
celebrates his first win in the Spanish Formula Three series with Alfonso
de Orleans Bourbon (center), Racing Engineering team principal, and
Jean Felix Bazelin (left), general manager, Dunlop Motorsport Europe.
Between 1985 and 1993, legendary French driver Alain Prost won four Formula One World Championships. Thirteen years later, the Prost name topped an international podium once again when Alain's son, Nicolas, won the Formula Three event held at Montmelo, Spain.
Nicolas used Birmingham-built Dunlop tires to carry him to his landmark first win in the next to last race of the Spanish F3 Championship. His win, coupled with teammate Miguel Molina’s victory in the final race of the year, secured the championship for the Racing Engineering team.
The 24-year-old driver’s first international win has put the Prost name back on the map. After the race, Nicolas celebrated with Alfonso de Orleans Bourbon, Racing Engineering team principal, and Jean Felix Bazelin, general manager, Dunlop Motorsport Europe.
Dunlop has been manufacturing winning tires in Birmingham, England since 1902. The Birmingham plant now produces around 300,000 specialist competition tires a year for U.K. and export markets all over the globe and employs a 300-strong group comprising research, development, manufacturing, engineering and commercial teams. In addition to this Formula Three success, Birmingham, England -made Dunlop tires have achieved international success in 2006 in global touring car racing such as the German DTM and U.K. BTCC, Endurance racing and the majority of national superbike championships around the world.
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