Four-time champ Alain Prost says his son Nico proved the need to “live with your time” after struggling with his “sh*t” 1983 Renault.

Nico followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming a racing driver, finding most of his success in sports car racing and Formula E, while he also served as a test and development driver for the Lotus Formula 1 team.

One would expect Nico’s Paul Ricard test in Alain’s 1983 Renault, which took his father to P2 in the standings that year, to also rank among his highlights.

But it did not, with the test proving brief as Nico struggled terribly with the old manual gearbox, branding the car “sh*t”.

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