Prost JS45
The JS45 on display at the Musée National de l’Automobile | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Ligier/Prost | ||||||||||
| Designers | Loïc Bigois (Technical Director) Claude Delbet (Chief Designer) George Ryton (Head of R&D) Damien Py (Chief Engineer) | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Ligier JS43 | ||||||||||
| Successor | AP01 | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||||
| Chassis | carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite structure | ||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | double wishbones, pushrod, twin or triple damper | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | double wishbones, pushrod, twin damper | ||||||||||
| Engine | Mugen-Honda MF301HA & Mugen-Honda MF301HB 3.0-litre 72-degree V10 | ||||||||||
| Transmission | Prost six-speed transverse sequential semi-automatic | ||||||||||
| Power | 710 hp @ 13,900 rpm | ||||||||||
| Fuel | Elf | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Bridgestone | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | Prost Gauloises Blondes | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 14. Olivier Panis 14. Jarno Trulli 15. Shinji Nakano | ||||||||||
| Debut | 1997 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 1997 European Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
The Prost JS45 also known as the Ligier JS45 (prior to Alain Prost buying the team) was the Formula One racing car constructed by Ligier with which the Prost team competed in the 1997 Formula One World Championship, and the first Prost-badged car following Alain Prost's acquisition of Ligier in February 1997.