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When 'The 'Professor' put win #1 on the books
Phillip van Osten
05/07/2026 at 13:3005/07/2026 at 11:54 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. On this day in 1981, Alain Prost took his first victory in Formula 1, and he did it excitingly on home soil, winning the French Grand Prix at Dijon with Renault. The race was a two-part affair, the first of which was dominated by Nelson Piquet's Brabham, until rain showers drenched the track and halted proceedings after 58 laps. On the restart, Prost hounded Piquet and eventually wrestled his way into the lead where he remained for the remaining 21 laps.
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