Alain Prost

by Christopher Hilton, Keith Sutton (Photographer)

282 pages, 2 photo sections, 5 By 8"

Genres: Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Christopher (Chris) Hilton was a former sportswriter with the Daily Express.

Hilton had begun his career in journalism at The Journal in Newcastle, and then worked at the Express‘s offices in Manchester before moving to London in the mid-1970s when recruited by then sports editor Ken Lawrence to cover Formula 1.

Hilton was a key member of the sports desk editing staff, as well as covering ice skating for the paper during the period when Torvill and Dean were winning world and Olympic ice dance titles.

For the past two decades after leaving the Express, Hilton has freelanced, especially in F1 and writing his books, including biographies of Ayrton Senna, James Hunt and Michael Schumacher, as well as a novel. As recently as last month, his latest book, about F1 team leader Ross Brawn, was published.

Chris Hilton leaves a wife, Jean, and daughter.

Reviews

[kangeiko · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some interesting parts but ultimately only a partial view. Published in ‘92/3, it is also coy about elements which are now public knowledge.

[Elliot · Rating 5 out of 5]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh christopher hilton you crazy man ur so sexy ur so wonderful thank u for writing prost well despite being a senna fan

[Bradley · Rating 2 out of 5]

This biography provides some insight into the career of Formula 1 driver Alain Prost up to the beginning of the 1993 season which proved to be his last. I didn’t enjoy this one as much as other F1 books on the market. There seemed to be a hesitation about the whole thing as Christopher Hilton alludes to in some sections, for example, he mentions Prost’s affairs with different women yet stops short of saying anything more. Just that he does. Rather pointless to mention it at all if that’s the case. Some interesting things to say about Prost’s rivalry with Senna and the relationship strain at McLaren. Also that Prost was looking to buy a share in Ligier as early as 1991 (who he did eventually buy at the beginning of 1997). Unfortunately it is somewhat dated as Prost has done quite a bit since 1992 so I wouldn’t call this the book to get if you are looking for a great Prost biography. And I found it boring in parts. Meh.

[Ady Stimpson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Was really looking forward to reading this, but was bored rigid from cover to cover. Dull.......zzzzzzzz