Ku sii wad qodobkan - 13 Febraayo 1997, Prost wuxuu ka iibsaday kooxda Ligier Flavio Briatore wuxuuna u beddelay "Prost Grand Prix". Maalin ka dib markii uu iibsaday kooxda, Prost wuxuu heshiis saddex sano ah la saxiixday shirkadda Faransiiska ee soo saarta gawaarida ee Peugeot, oo kooxda siin doonta matoorro laga soo bilaabo ilaa. Xilli ciyaareedkii ugu horreeyay ee kooxda, Prost wuxuu haystay mid ka mid ah darawalada Ligier ee 1996, Olivier Panis, oo ku guuleystay Monaco Grand Prix sanadkii hore; Darawalka reer Japan ee Shinji Nakano ayaa la saxiixday lammaane Panis. Kooxdu waxay ku tartantay matoorrada Mugen-Honda ee ay adeegsadeen Ligier xilli ciyaareedkii hore, halka gaariga uu ahaa asal ahaan loogu talagalay Ligier JS45, laakiin waxaa loo beddelay Prost JS45. Waxyaabaha ayaa u muuqday kuwo rajo leh bilowgii xilli ciyaareedkan, maadaama kooxdu ay heshay laba dhibcood kulankeedii ugu horreeyay ee Grand Prix ee Australia
Olivier Panis oo kaalinta shanaad galay. Kooxda ayaa heshay 13 dhibcood oo dheeraad ah ka hor inta uusan Panis lugta ka jabin shil ka dhacay Grand Prix-ka Kanada. Waxaa badalay Jarno Trulli oo ka tirsan Minardi. Wixii intaas ka dambeeyay, waxyaabo yar ayaa bilaabay inay hoos u dhacaan, kooxdu waxay heshay kaliya shan dhibcood inta lagu gudajiray soo kabashada Panis. Wuxuu soo laabtay dhamaadkii xilli ciyaareedkii si uu ugu tartamo seddexdii tartan ee ugu danbeysay. Prost GP wuxuu dhammeeyay kaalinta lixaad ee Horyaalka Dhismayaasha xilli ciyaareedkiisii ugu horreeyay, isagoo helay 21 dhibcood.