Former Formula 1 champion Alain Prost was reportedly injured during a police robbery investigation at his family home in Switzerland.
Published May 23, 2026
Swiss police are investigating a possible robbery in which four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost was injured during a home invasion.
Swiss tabloid Blick reported late Friday that the 71-year-old Prost suffered head injuries from an intruder who forced his son to open the safe in an incident on Tuesday morning.
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“The perpetrators entered the residence while the residents were present, threatened a family member, forced a family member to open the safe, and fled with the stolen items,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
“Despite a large-scale search operation being launched, the culprits have not yet been arrested at this stage.”
Without naming the victims, police said that “several” intruders wearing balaclavas “entered the house. Upon entering, they threatened the residents and, in circumstances that are not yet clear, caused minor injuries to one of the family members. The perpetrators then forced another family member to open the safe and fled with the stolen items. An exact inventory is currently being compiled.”
Blick reported that Prost, who won the world championship four times between 1985 and 1993, was “visibly shaken by this brutal intrusion” and left his home in Nyon on the shores of Lake Geneva in the Swiss canton of Vaud.
