“What happened at Silverstone is not necessarily what you want to see, but it’s almost inevitable,” the 66-year-old said.
“I hope it doesn’t happen too often.”
However, Prost – who has a high-level role at Alpine F1 – is thoroughly enjoying the mouth-watering clash between the young bull in Verstappen against the established, veteran champion Hamilton.
“Max is a fighter who can put Lewis under pressure and that’s good for the sport,” Prost added.