Prost in contention
NZPA-Reuter Estoril, Portugal Alain Prost reopened the world drivers’ championship battle by emphatically winning an in-cident-packed Portuguese Grand Prix with McLaren team-mate Ayrton Senna back in sixth place. The Frenchman’s win gave him the inside lap in the drivers’ race with 81 points to 76 for his Brazilian rival and there are just three races left. The remaining contests are next week’s Spanish Grand Prix, the Japanese one on October 30 and the Australian Grand Prix on November 13. “I said I had lost the title in Belgium at Spa, but we shall just have to see what happens in the next three races,” Prost said. “The chassis and the engine were perfect today and if they are, the same in'the next three races — who knows?” ; • - Starting from pole position for only the second time this season, Prost led for all but the opening lap to take his fifth win of the season and au record thirty-third of his career on a track he clearly relishes. ’’ It was his third victory in five years on the twisting- 4.35 km circuit where a year ago he passed Briton Jackie Stewart’s record total of 27 wins.
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