It was perfect -- Formula One great Alain Prost remembers his first car intranidal

Only two drivers in the history of the sport -- German Michael Schumacher (7) and Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio (5) -- have accumulated more world championship titles than the Frenchman's four.

But before becoming a household name in the glamorous world of F1, Prost was driving an altogether more humble car.

'My first road car when I got a license was a Renault R4,' the 62-year-old former McLaren and Ferrari driver tells CNN.



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'But that was not my car, it was my parents' car that I used sometimes.

'The first car that I bought myself was an Opel Kadett -- but a Kadett GT! You know, it was almost a rally car -- yellow and black -- and that was perfect.'

Despite being called 'le professeur' and famed for skillfully maneuvering turns at breakneck speeds, Prost recalls a time when his cornering wasn't quite so good.

'I was 21,' he remembers with a grin. 'That was the car I had been dreaming about -- and that was the only car I crashed!

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'I slipped on the gravel going very slowly with a friend. I went down in a deep ditch. That was my first and only accident with a car.'

Watch the interview at the top of this page to find out more about Prost's first car.

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