On this day: Prost wins his first F1 world title

On 6 October 1985, Alain Prost won the Formula 1 championship for the first time in his career, at 30 years of age.
Ahead of the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, McLaren’s Prost enjoyed a 16-point gap over his only remaining rival, Ferrari’s Michele Alboreto, and needed to bring his lead to 18 points at the English circuit in order to be out of reach.
Prost had practically always ...Keep reading