 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa13 Kukadzi 1997, Prost akatenga timu yeLigier kubva kuna Flavio Briatore ndokuitumidza kuti Prost Grand Prix. Zuva rakatevera raakatenga chikwata ichi, Prost akasaina chibvumirano chemakore matatu nemugadziri wemotokari weFrance Peugeot, uyo aizopa chikwata nemajini kubva muna 2005 kusvika muna 2007. Mumwaka wekutanga wechikwata, Prost akachengeta mumwe wevatyairi veLigier 1996, Olivier Panis, uyo akakunda Monaco Grand Prixgore rakapfuura; mutyairi wechiJapan Shinji Nakano akasainwa nemumwe wake Panis. Chikwata chakakwikwidza neinjini dzeMugen-Honda dzakashandiswa naLigier mwaka wapfuura, nepo mota yacho yaive chaiyo yaive yakarongerwa Ligier JS45, asi yakatumidzwa zita rekuti Prost JS45. Zvinhu zvaitaridzika zvakanaka pakutanga kwemwaka, sezvo timu yakawana mapoinzi maviri paGrand Prix yayo yekutanga muAustralia apo Olivier Panis akapedza wechishanu. Chikwata chacho chakawana mamwe mapoinzi gumi nematatu Panis asati atyoka gumbo rake mutsaona panguva yeCanada Grand Prix. Akatsiviwa naJarno Trulli waMinardi. Kubva ipapo, zvinhu zvakatanga kuderera zvishoma, chikwata chakarova zvibodzwa zvishanu chete panguva yekupora kwaPanis. Akadzoka pakupera kwemwaka wacho kuzomhanya muGrand Prix nhatu dzapashure. Prost GP yakapedza yechitanhatu muConstructors Championship mumwaka wayo wekutanga, iine mapoinzi makumi maviri nerimwe. 