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Conference oass::racers

Title:	Racers and Racing
Notice:	As long as it's not NASCAR or F1 or Drags...
Moderator:	RHETT::BURDEN_D

Created:	Tue Aug 08 1995
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	391
Total number of notes:	4486

75.0. "Prost vs the Italian press" by SOLVIT::PLATT () Tue Jul 30 1991 19:30

    I posted this note in the CARS-UK file for more info, but have had no
    responses as yet, so here goes.  During the ESPN telecast of the German
    GP, they made mention several times of the press conference-turned
    shouting match between Alain Prost and the Italian press.  Does anyone
    have further details/insight as to what was said and by who?

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
75.1		ULYSSE::COLLINS	`Wed Jul 31 1991 15:56`	12
	There's some information in the UK_CARS notes about this (note 1241). Apparently one of the Ferrari team leaders suggested publicly that Senna could bring the car in as a winner, which didn't please the Prof very much. Since he's pretty outspoken anyway, he suggested some counter possibilities, and so on. Prost is also saying he's not too happy with the way the Italian press are treating him, and perhaps they would prefer Senna. His little passing trick on Sunday won't make him more popular with the Italians, either. russ
75.2	Resume of French aarticle	NSDC::SIMPSON	`Wed Jul 31 1991 20:21`	17
	I've got some information on this - taken from the French weekly Auto Hebdo. (This is also posted in UK_CARS). More on Prost's "difference" with the Italian press. Apparently, in a television interview last Thursday, he described them as "a load of s**t" - or words to that effect. The press have latched onto this and turned the heat right on him. The sins that he has committed, and which have been reported in the press, include the following: - Failing to get the world championship last year - The departure of Mansell - who is now back at the top of his form (was Prost responsible for this as well!) - Eviction of Fiorio - Uncompetive equipement - The supression of the competitive streak in Alesi - A display of driving which is not that of a World Champion - Everything that has gone wrong at the Scuderia since his arrival!