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Prost says being a team manager his 'biggest mistake'

Four-time Formula 1 World Champion Alain Prost says the 'biggest mistake' he made during his career was becoming the owner of his own team, revealing he wanted to scrap the deal days before he signed a contract. Prost purchased the existing Ligier team ahead of the 1997 Formula 1 season to form Prost Grand Prix and enjoyed a positive start to life as the eponymous team manager, overseeing a pair of podium results with Olivier Panis in the first six races driving the Bridgestone-shod, Mugen-Honda-powered JS45, which had been designed before Prost came on board. However, with its own car to design and a switch to Peugeot power as part of an exclusive deal for 1998, Prost Grand Prix began its...
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