Alain Prost qualified third on the road while Jean Alesi had set the fastest first and second sectors only to come across traffic at the end of the lap, he had to settle for sixth on the road.
Nigel Mansell and Williams were on a roll as Formula One arrived in Hungary, while Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost were ordered by FISA to work out their differences following their confrontation in the German Grand Prix.
The top ten was rounded out by Alain Prost, Jean Alesi, Maurício Gugelmin, Pierluigi Martini, Ivan Capelli, and Michael Schumacher, the Benetton team a little off their usual pace.
Young Brazilian driver Roberto Moreno dominated the AGP from 1981-1984, winning the race in 1981, 1983 and 1984, while finishing third behind F1 aces Alain Prost and Jacques Laffite in 1982.
Paul Ricard also had a driving school, the École de Pilotage Winfield, run by the Knight brothers and Simon Delatour, that honed the talents of people such as Alain Prost, Didier Pironi and Jacques Laffite.
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French driver Alain Prost won the race 6 times at 3 different circuits; however German driver Michael Schumacher has won 8 times- the most anybody has ever won any Grand Prix.
The 1981 event saw a tremendous battle between Jones and rising star Alain Prost in a Renault, with Jones passing Prost in the stadium due to interference by Prost's backmarker teammate Rene Arnoux; but the race was won by Brazilian Nelson Piquet after Jones went into the pits with problems with his Williams.
In 2001, Michael Schumacher equalled Alain Prost's then record 51 Grand Prix wins at the Hungaroring, in the drive which also secured his 4th World Title which also matched Prost's career tally.
Alain Delon | Alain Bashung | Alain Resnais | Alain Prost | Alain Whyte | Alain Touraine | Alain Connes | Alain Badiou | Alain Souchon | Alain Chamfort | Alain Juppé | Jehan Alain | Alain Rohr | Alain Ducasse | Alain Veinstein | Alain Tanner | Alain Robert | Alain-Fournier | Alain Bosquet | Jacques-Alain Miller | Alain Lombard | Alain de Mijolla | Alain de Botton | Alain de Benoist | Alain Daniélou | Alain Clark | Alain Barrière | Alain Afflelou | Alain Sailhac | Alain-René Lesage |
Renault held on to team leader Alain Prost but lost René Arnoux to Ferrari, and poached Cheever from Ligier to replace him (the rumor mill was that Renault wanted to sell more cars in North America and signing Phoenix native Cheever to the factory team was a good promotional tool).
Hugues de Chaunac has revealed many drivers with Oreca, most of them French, such as Jacques Laffite, Patrick Tambay, René Arnoux, Alain Prost or also Yannick Dalmas, Jean Alesi and Yvan Muller.
Alain Prost born 24 February 1955 at the clinique Les Berceaux - 4-time Formula One champion