 The JS45 on display at the Musée National de l’Automobile | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Prost | ||||||||||
| Designer(s) | Loïc Bigois (Engineering Director) Claude Delbet (Chief Designer) 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 & MF301HB 3.0-litre 72-degree V10 | ||||||||||
| Transmission | Prost six-speed transverse sequential semi-automatic | ||||||||||
| Power | 710 hp @ 13,900 rpm[1] | ||||||||||
| Fuel | Elf | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Bridgestone | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | Prost Gauloises Blondes | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 14.  Olivier Panis14.  Jarno Trulli15.  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 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.
- ^ "Engine Mugen Honda". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.