Jean Alesi in car lap Imola 2001

[frankietiddles]

Alesi - Geat driver and great guy. It's a shame he had to drive the underperfoming PROST at the end of his career.

[kut52]

If Alesi would've driven a good car, he'd be a world champion

[Oldsellerros]

nice painting sensei alesi! :)

[quatrupeto]

It's Ferrari engine... listen the Ferrari sound.

[DominarTyranT1]

Prost-Acer, 2001 and it was the last race of his team mate Gaston Mazzacane.

[moye41]

amazing even after the wheels got squared he still kept that same hand position

[dickyp1]

alesi....turns in crazy early...approaches the apex faster that way...he knew what he was doing....

[TheOriginalGayman]

@dickyp1 maybe that's why he wasnt fast enough. fast exit is more important than fast entry. and turning in early means that you cant go on the accelerator as early.

But don't get me wrong...Alesi was a good driver!

[dickyp1]

@TheOriginalGayman sorry man, it takes EVERY aspect to be fast, no one aspect is more important than the other....alesi was the fastest on the apex...early turning requires less breaking on apex approach....faster apex speed equals faster exit speed...it's the minimal steering inputs that help maintain speed...think about it... when mcLaren thought thier engine was crap, they turned to alesi to test...he was one of the fastest ever, on;y behind ayrton senna and schumi.. his problem was crap cars

[gturner38]

@dickyp1 Faster apex speed doesn't necessarily equal faster exit speed. Normally, "slow in, fast out" is better because you can get most of the turning done pre-apex and get the power down earlier rather than waiting and scrubbing speed on the exit. Granted, if you can carry more speed to the apex and still get the car turned, then great.

[TheDANGERADRIAN]

why he brake sooooo early???? i think that is for his age, he´s an old fart :P

[Jamirofan89]

Alesi would whip today F1 drivers ass by far!!!! Look at him driving that 900 hp car! Amazing! Perfect! driving!

[nakedfrog]

900 hp is a lie, they got the v10s to 900 right at the end of 2006, back then its closer to 750 - 800

[craigsimons1993]

@Jamirofan89 I agree with ya. Alesi is my favourite driver ever. Maybe the reason he didn't manage to win races was not just the bad cars...maybe he didn't fully understand how to setup a car. But thats fine. Because he had raw driving talent and it always showed!

[chrisjones1980]

Dude, he won in Canada in 1995!

[craigsimons1993]

@chrisjones1980 I know he won in Canada 1995. And it was a superb win, although maybe a little lucky due to the other front runners dropping out. I'm not trying to take anything away from Alesi because he is my favourite driver. Besides, a few front runners crashed off the circuit, so the fact that not only was Alesi the most consistent driver that day, but also had very good pace, even early on. I'm just saying I get the impression he never fully understood how to set up a car...

[craigsimons1993]

...however what made him so quick was his raw driving talent. It was almost like Senna. He's talent seemed so natural. (I'm not saying Alesi was better than Senna, I dont think he was. I still preffer Alesi however)

[ezenico3000]

i miss imola

[Winston2003]

Man, he was wheelin' that car!

[jraybay]

Is that a prost car he's d riving? also I think that he drove the yellow car jordan? in 2001 That's what I was thinking I neber knew that he drove prost :P . And this car looks very hard to handle (:|

[AlejjSi]

He drove Prost in 2000 and 01,but when Frentzen was forced off by Eddie Jorda,Alesi suceeded him,while Frentzen moved to Prost

[jraybay]

o ok

[Rascasseman]

To be fair the car had a good amount of power as it was a Ferrari engine but the car was missing something on the handling front. The backmarkers looked bitches to drive just a few years back as the amount of times the driver would have to correct the steering was unreal. Today it's not so noticable, understandable though because there are no truly dreadful backmarkers on the grid at the moment.

[DnylF1]

That car looks to be really difficult to handle. It seems he has to brake very early to not lose control of the car.

[silphyd]

Alesi and its old one and known way to drive. Placing the hands in position of 2h50min

[Monthagny]

Should have retired at the end of 1997, I kinda felt sorry for a guy of his talent having to haul uncompetitive Saubers & Prosts around for another 3 years.

[LXROL]

alesi deserved better cars in his f1 career!

[thestaggie]

@LXROL He had a choice of Williams-Renault or Ferrari. He chose Ferrari. He admitted making that choice with his heart and not with his head. But he said he would not change it. Great man that would be a multiple champion if points were awarded for passion & effort.

[McLarenMercedes]

@LXROL

Yes, sadly he was driving for Ferrari in their bad early 90's years. In 5 seasons (1991-1995) Ferrari only won twice. Williams wanted to sign him in 1991, which means he would be driving the dominant Williams in 1992 and 1993. His career could have looked very different indeed today.

[lordlingcp]

@McLarenMercedes

i would go back in time and force him to sign with williams

he would become multiple world champion

????

PROFIT!

[rchekroun]

but the prost was not a car, it was a kind of truck, so you have to fight it !

Alesi was a pretty good driver, but, i think, he was not made for modern f1.

[mickeynismocat]

no TC there either, nice vid, gotta love his tradmark 10 oclock 2 oclock steeringwheel holding!!

[steviegbcool]

alesi doesnt drive cars he wrestles them

[rapperzondernaam]

hehehe thats funny