From F1 to racing on ice

Submitted by Kirk Pedersen on Wed, 2009-11-18 14:19

 

This is a cool little story I found earlier today and I thought I'd share it with the motorsport fans who make up the great Need for Speed community.

 

Alain Prost, one of the most decorated Formula One racers of all-time, has done some racing in recent years in the Trophée Andros series, an ice race in France.

 

Prost won the series in 2006 and 2007 driving a Toyota Auris, but for 2010, he moves to a new vehicle put out by Dacia, the budget brand of Renault, the Duster.

 

While the production Duster will feature a 105-hp 1.5-liter engine, Prost's racing rig has a 3-liter Nissan powerplant that kicks out 350 ponies from a sequential six-speed manual. In the snow. If that's not cool, I don't know what is.

 

For more on this story, check out Autoblog.