Win #31       

1988 Mexican GP; Hermanos Rodriguez

Rating:

Grid Position:	2
Fastest Lap:	1
Laps Led:	67
Weather:	dry
Team:	McLaren/Honda

Senna's qualifying superiority came to nought as Prost's superior start decided the race. Prost led from the lights, with Senna stuck behind Piquet's Lotus in third. Senna quickly reclaimed second but Prost already had the advantage he needed, and led narrowly but comfortably to the finish.

1998 British Grand Prix; Silverstone

Rating:

Grid Position:	2
Fastest Lap:	1
Laps Led:	10
Weather:	dry/wet
Team:	Ferrari

Schumacher's regenmeister reputation took a dip as Mika Hakkinen outpaced him in the wet at Silverstone. Then Hakkinen spun spectacularly, slightly damaging the car, affecting the handling. Helped by a safety car period, Schumacher was able to close the gap and pass Hakkinen once racing resumed. However, before the safety car came out Schumacher passed under yellow flags, but it took until just a few laps from the end before the penalty was announced. He took it on the very last lap, securing victory in pit lane! Controversy ensued, with the stewards being held responsible for the mix-up, allowing Schumacher to retain a win which he might not have deserved.

       Win #32       

1988 French Grand Prix; Paul Ricard

Rating:

Grid Position:	1
Fastest Lap:	1
Laps Led:	56
Weather:	dry
Team:	McLaren/Honda

Prost had been harbouring suspicions that Honda were not treating him fairly. When he finally got the engine modifications he'd been asking for in France, he added weight to some McLaren team-members' opinion that, in equal and perfect cars, Prost was the faster of the two. For once upstaging Senna during qualifying, Prost went on to comprehensively outrace the Brazilian and win by more than thirty seconds. In two troubled years with Senna at McLaren, this was Prost's greatest moment.

1998 Hungarian Grand Prix; Hungaroring

Rating:

Grid Position:	3
Fastest Lap:	1
Laps Led:	31
Weather:	dry
Team:	Ferrari

One of the German's greatest wins ever. Stuck behind the McLarens, Schumacher and Ross Brawn had to manufacture a strategy to gain track position. They did it by running three stops to McLaren's two. Schumacher received some help as mechanical problems affected Mika Hakkinen's car. Nevertheless, his jaw-dropping display of turning in the hot laps when they were really needed made this a truly great victory.

       Win #33       

1988 Portuguese Grand Prix; Estoril

Rating:

Grid Position:	1
Fastest Lap:	3
Laps Led:	69
Weather:	dry
Team:	McLaren/Honda

This race marked the escalation of the Prost-Senna feud. At the start, pole-sitter Prost moved over onto Senna's line but the Brazilian refused to give way, taking the lead. At the end of the first lap, Prost pulled out of Senna's slipstream on the pit straight, threatening to take the lead. Senna retaliated by moving over aggressively, almost forcing Prost into the pitwall. Ultimately, it was all for nothing, as fuel consumption problems dropped Senna to sixth. The victory left Prost with a bitter after-taste, and sparked the enmity that would see the two clash at Suzuka in both 1989 and 1990.

1998 Italian Grand Prix; Monza

Rating:

Grid Position:	1
Fastest Lap:	2
Laps Led:	34
Weather:	dry
Team:	Ferrari

After the disappointment at Spa, where Schumacher collided with David Coulthard while leading, the German's championship hopes seemed doomed. A win in front of the delighted tifosi was well deserved. When leader David Coulthard's engine blew, Mika Hakkinen was momentarily unsighted by the smoke, allowing Schumacher to pull off an audacious overtaking move for the lead. Brake problems later dropped Hakkinen down the field as Schumacher headed for glory.

       Win #34       

1988 Spanish Grand Prix; Jerez

Rating:

Grid Position:	2
Fastest Lap:	1
Laps Led:	72
Weather:	dry
Team:	McLaren/Honda

Spain was always a happy hunting ground for Prost, and especially so in 1988. After being outqualified by Senna yet again, Prost got the drop on the Brazilian at the start, scampering away to a 27-second victory. Senna wasted fuel and destroyed his tyres in a frustrated effort to get past Mansell's Ferrari in second, and eventually finished fourth.

1999 San Marino Grand Prix; Imola

Rating:

Grid Position:	3
Fastest Lap:	1
Laps Led:	27
Weather:	dry
Team:	Ferrari

For the second year in succession, Ferrari appeared to have no answer to McLaren's blistering early-season pace. Mika Hakkinen led easily from pole until a rare driving error on lap 17 crashed him out of contention. David Coulthard was unable to match teammate Hakkinen's pace, and Schumacher held on for a narrow victory, reviving Ferrari's hopes of championship glory.

       Win #35       

1988 Australian Grand Prix; Adelaide

Rating:

Grid Position:	2
Fastest Lap:	1
Laps Led:	70
Weather:	dry
Team:	McLaren/Honda

After one of their closest battles for pole position, Prost again had to settle for second on the grid. Senna merely had to finish in the points to clinch the WDC, and seemed content to let Prost lead the race from the start. After losing the lead to Berger, Prost regained it when the Austrian collided with Rene Arnoux's lapped Ligier. Prost eventually won by 37 seconds, although the margin was misleading - Senna was never going to risk mechanical failure in challenging him.

1999 Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo

Rating:

Grid Position:	2
Fastest Lap:	2
Laps Led:	78
Weather:	dry
Team:	Ferrari

Schumacher showed peerless form around the streets of Monte Carlo. Despite the handicap of starting second, Schumacher's start was perfect, leading both McLarens to into Ste Devote. From there, Schumacher sauntered away to his fourth Monaco victory, the last victory before his season-ending crash at Silverstone.

       Win #36       

1989 US Grand Prix; Phoenix

Rating:

Grid Position:	2
Fastest Lap:	2
Laps Led:	42
Weather:	dry
Team:	McLaren/Honda

No doubt intimidated by teammate Senna's searing pace around the Phoenix street circuit, Prost crashed during Saturday practice. It was the first monocoque he had broken since joining McLaren six years earlier, testament to his cautious and car-preserving style. During the race, both McLarens suffered problems, Prost with overheating and Senna with a misfire. Prost backed off and the problem resolved itself, Senna's misfire became terminal. In a race of high attrition, and which had to be stopped prematurely because it had reached the two-hour time limit, Prost's victory promoted him past Senna into a two-point WDC lead.

2000 Australian GP; Melbourne

Rating:

Grid Position:	3
Fastest Lap:	2
Laps Led:	33
Weather:	dry
Team:	Ferrari

Schumacher inherited victory when the pair of the leading McLarens, which he was closely chasing, retired. Both McLaren and Ferrari claimed that they had the race under control but superior reliability won the day. Rubens Barrichello caused a stir by passing his team leader, but he still had a pit-stop to make, restoring the order for a Ferrari 1-2.

       Win #37       

1989 French Grand Prix; Paul Ricard

Rating:

Grid Position:	1
Fastest Lap:	3
Laps Led:	80
Weather:	dry
Team:	McLaren/Honda

An enormous start-line shunt resulted in Mauricio Gugelmin's Leyton-House March cart-wheeling over the cars in front of him. At the restart, Senna was an early casualty, his McLaren suffering from differential problems. A young Jean Alesi was sensational, manhandling his Tyrrell from sixteenth on the grid right up to second, before finishing in eventual fourth place. In the only surviving McLaren, Prost did no more than was necessary to win his home Grand Prix in his unspectacular style.

2000 Brazilian Grand Prix; Interlagos

Rating:

Grid Position:	3
Fastest Lap:	1
Laps Led:	61
Weather:	dry
Team:	Ferrari

With an all-McLaren front row for the second race of the season, Schumacher chose an unconventional two-stop strategy to try to gain track position. Initially it looked like a stroke of genius, as Schumacher blasted past leader Hakkinen on lap 2 and set about building up a lead. After Schumacher's first stop, Hakkinen had regained the lead and the initiative, his lighter McLaren edging away from the German lap by lap. The duel was cut short when Hakkinen's engine expired. Schumacher had a late-race scare when oil temperature problems forced him to slow drastically, but he held on for a second consecutive victory.

       Win #38       

1989 British Grand Prix; Silverstone

Rating:

Grid Position:	2
Fastest Lap:	2
Laps Led:	53
Weather:	dry
Team:	McLaren/Honda

Silverstone marked the end of a golden mid-season period that saw Prost take three wins to Senna's four successive DNF's, effectively handing the Frenchman an unassailable championship lead. Senna set pole as usual, but gearbox problems ended his race on lap 12, leaving Prost to win easily from a gallant but outgunned Nigel Mansell in the Ferrari.

2000 San Marino GP; Imola

Rating:

Grid Position:	2
Fastest Lap:	2
Laps Led:	18
Weather:	dry
Team:	Ferrari

With the lack of overtaking opportunities in modern Formula One, Schumacher has become a master of passing during the tactical pitstop phases. Schumacher was content to tail pole-sitter Mika Hakkinen for the first two stints of the race, before making his decisive move at the second pit-stop. Despite having a car capable of setting the fastest lap late in the race, Hakkinen complained of poor late-race handling, and could not regain the lead from the cool German.

       Win #39       

1989 Italian Grand Prix; Monza

Rating:

Grid Position:	4
Fastest Lap:	1
Laps Led:	9
Weather:	dry
Team:	McLaren/Honda

Ferrari fans hoped that Berger and Mansell would be able to repeat the fairytale 1-2 of 1988 against the McLaren pair of Senna and Prost. However, the two masters dealt with the Ferrari challenge in their own trademark way - Senna by taking pole and leading aggressively from the start, Prost by relentless race-long pressure from fourth. It took Prost 21 laps to pass Mansell, and another twenty to deal with Berger. By that stage, Senna had more than twenty seconds lead, and Prost set about closing the gap. Fans were robbed of a potentially epic duel when Senna's engine expired, handing Prost his final victory for McLaren.

2000 European Grand Prix; Nurburgring

Rating:

Grid Position:	2
Fastest Lap:	1
Laps Led:	46
Weather:	dry/wet
Team:	Ferrari

After losing out to Mika Hakkinen at the start, it took Schumacher just eleven laps to force his way into the lead as light rain fell. When the rain became heavier soon afterwards, the result seemed a foregone conclusion - Hakkinen would surely fall back in the slippery conditions. However, Schumacher had problems at his pit-stop and Hakkinen was able to stay in touch. The two lapped the entire field, although Schumacher always had enough in hand to dictate terms and take the win.

       Win #40       

1990 Brazilian Grand Prix; Interlagos

Rating:

Grid Position:	6
Fastest Lap:	2
Laps Led:	31
Weather:	dry
Team:	Ferrari

With a significant power advantage, Ayrton Senna should have won easily in front of his home crowd at the revamped and shortened Interlagos. But the Brazilian's aggressive style cost him dearly, and a collision with Satoru Nakajima's Tyrrell demoted him to third. As ever, the patient and cautious Prost was on hand to benefit, romping to an unexpected victory over the McLaren pair of Berger and Senna while teammate Mansell languished in fourth, 47 seconds adrift.

2000 Canadian Grand Prix; Montreal

Rating:

Grid Position:	1
Fastest Lap:	3
Laps Led:	61
Weather:	dry/wet
Team:	Ferrari

The previous year, Schumacher uncharacteristically crashed out of the lead of the Canadian race, and so made amends with a dominant performance in a dry/wet race. The Ferraris were unstoppable in the wet second half of the race, lapping significantly faster than their rivals. Rubens Barrichello was perhaps the moral victor, being quicker than Schumacher towards the end. But the Brazilian played the team game and tucked in behind Schumacher for a close 1-2 finish.