The Professor’s Greatest Mistake: The Tragic Rise and Fall of Prost GP 🏎️🇫🇷

Welcome to APEX MEDIA! We decode the biggest stories, secrets, and scandals in Formula 1 and motorsport history. In 1997, Alain Prost purchased the legendary Ligier team to create a powerhouse French national team. With the backing of major French corporations like Gauloises, Total, and Peugeot, the dream of a French driver winning in a French car was closer than ever. In their debut year, lead driver Olivier Panis was 3rd in the World Championship before a horrific leg-breaking crash in Canada halted their momentum. What followed was a spiral of political infighting, unreliable Peugeot engines, and a crushing $30 million debt. This video tracks the 5-year journey from the team’s promising first podiums to its final liquidation in early 2002, an event Prost himself described as "a disaster for France". Key Chapters: The 1997 High: How close Panis came to a title fight. The Peugeot Nightmare: Why the "French Engine" became the team’s biggest weakness. Boardroom Wars: The fallout between Prost and major sponsors like Gauloises and Yahoo! The Final Gasp: Using customer Ferrari engines in 2001 and the failed Diniz family takeover. Liquidation: The January 2002 court ruling that ended the team forever. ___ 🔑 MORE MOTORSPORT, DECODED Subscribe:    / @apexmediahq   Website: TBC TikTok: @apex.decoded X: @Apexdecoded1 Instagram: @apex.decoded Facebook: @apexdecoded ___ #f1 #formula1 #lewishamilton ___ Copyright Disclaimer This video contains limited use of copyrighted material under the principles of fair use as defined in Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, for purposes including criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Portions of Formula 1 race footage and related imagery are used for contextual and analytical purposes. All rights to Formula 1 footage are owned by Formula One Management (FOM). Additional archival images, news clips, and visual references are included solely to support commentary and provide historical and educational context. This content is presented as original, transformative work intended to inform, analyse, and tell a broader motorsport story.