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Prost AP02

{{Short description|Formula One racing car}}

{{Infobox racing car

| Car_name = Prost AP02

| Image = Jarno Trulli 1999 Canada.jpg

|Caption=Jarno Trulli driving the AP02 at the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix

|Image_size=250px

| Category = Formula One

| Constructor = Prost

| Designer = Bernard Dudot {{smaller|(Technical Director)}}
Loïc Bigois {{smaller|(Chief Engineer)}}
Ben Wood {{smaller|(Head of Aerodynamics)}}
John Barnard {{smaller|(Technical Consultant)}}|

| Predecessor = AP01

| Successor = AP03

| Team = Gauloises Prost Peugeot

| Drivers = 18. {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Panis
19. {{flagicon|ITA}} Jarno Trulli

| Chassis = Moulded carbon fibre composite structure

| Front suspension = Double wishbones, pushrod

| Rear suspension = Double wishbones, pushrod

| Engine name = Peugeot A18, 3.0-litre 72-degree V10

| Power = 785 hp @ 15,700 rpm{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/moteur-peugeot.aspx|title=Engine Peugeot|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=18 November 2020}}

| Gearbox name = Prost six-speed longitudinal sequential semi-automatic

| Fuel = Total

| Tyres = Bridgestone

| Debut = 1999 Australian Grand Prix

|Last_event=1999 Japanese Grand Prix

| Races = 16

| Wins = 0

| Cons_champ = 0

| Drivers_champ = 0

| Poles = 0

| Fastest_laps = 0

| Podiums = 1

}}

The Prost AP02 was the car with which the Prost Formula One team competed in the 1999 Formula One season. It was driven by Olivier Panis, in his sixth season with the team (including Ligier), and Jarno Trulli, in his second full season with the team.

After the team's dramatic slump in 1998, the 1999 season marked a small improvement in form. John Barnard, who had designed Prost's championship winning McLarens of the mid 1980s was brought in to help develop the car. The car showed flashes of promise, especially when Trulli scored his first podium finish at the wet 1999 European Grand Prix.{{Cite web|url=http://gpextreme.com/our-cars/details/1999-prost-ap02|title=1999 Prost AP02|website=GPEXTREME|access-date=26 January 2020}} The Italian moved to Jordan to replace the retiring Damon Hill in 2000, whilst Panis endured another frustrating year, often let down by reliability and left the team at the end of the season to join McLaren as a test driver.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/439/Prost-AP02-Peugeot.html|title=1999 Prost AP02 Peugeot - Images, Specifications and Information|website=Ultimatecarpage.com|access-date=26 January 2020}}

The team finished 7th in the Constructors' Championship, with nine points.

The AP02 later became notable for being the first F1 car driven by future World Champion Jenson Button in an official test session, in December 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.crash.net/f1/news/34933/1/button-tests-for-prost|title=Button Tests For Prost.|date=20 December 1999|website=crash.net|accessdate=18 November 2017}}

Sponsorship and livery

Prost used 'Gauloises' logos, except at the French, British and Belgian Grands Prix. Other sponsors including Canal+, Agfa-Gevaert, Total S.A., Bic, Alcatel Mobile, PlayStation and Sodexho.

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Complete Formula One results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"

! Year

! Team

! Engine

! Tyres

! Drivers

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! Points

! WCC

rowspan="3"| 1999

| rowspan="3"| Prost

| rowspan="3"| Peugeot V10

| rowspan="3"| {{Bridgestone}}

AUSBRASMRMONESPCANFRAGBRAUTGERHUNBELITAEURMALJPN

| rowspan="3"|9

| rowspan="3"|7th

Olivier Panis

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

Jarno Trulli

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

References

{{commons category|Prost AP02}}

{{Reflist}}

  • AUTOCOURSE 1999-2000, Henry, Alan (ed.), Hazleton Publishing Ltd. (1999) {{ISBN|1-874557-34-9}}

{{Prost Grand Prix}}

{{F1 cars 1999}}

Category:Prost Formula One cars

Category:1999 Formula One season cars

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