Olivier Panis

Olivier Panis
Driver Information
Born	2 September 1966 (1966-09-02) Oullins, Lyon, France
Nationality	FRA
Formula One World ChampionshipCareer Statistics
Status	Retired
Seasons Active	1994–1999, 2001–2004
Teams	Ligier (1994–1996) Prost (1997–1999) BAR (2001–2002) Toyota (2003–2004)
World Titles	0
Races	158 (157 starts)
Poles	0
Win	1
Podiums	5
Fastest Laps	0
Points	76
First Race	1994 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last Race	2004 Japanese Grand Prix
Only Win	1996 Monaco Grand Prix

Olivier Panis (PAH-nis; born 2 September 1966 in Oullins, Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France) is a French racing driver who is a retired Formula One driver.

He drove in F1 from 1994 to 2004, for Ligier, Prost, BAR and Toyota, also spending a year as the test driver of McLaren.

He won one race, the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix, scoring Ligier's final victory. For twenty-four years since then, no other French driver had won a race, until Pierre Gasly at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix.

He had a horrible crash at the 1997 Canadian Grand Prix, where he broke both his legs and missed seven races, getting replaced by Italian Jarno Trulli.

Formula One Career

1994-1995: Start of Something Special

After winning the Formula 3000 championship in 1993, Panis took the step to Formula One with Guy Ligier's Ligier Grand Prix. At his debut race at the 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix, he finished 11th. He scored his first podium at the 1994 German Grand Prix, finishing 2nd behind race winner Gerhard Berger.

Formula One Statistical Overview

Formula One Record

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Points	WDC Pos.	Report
1994	Ligier Gitanes Blondes	Ligier-Renault	9	11th	Report
1995	Ligier Gitanes Blondes	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	16	8th	Report
1996	Ligier Gauloises Blondes	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	13	9th	Report
1997	Prost Gauloises Blondes	Prost-Mugen-Honda	16	9th	Report
1998	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost-Peugeot	0	NC	Report
1999	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost-Peugeot	2	15th	Report
	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	Test Driver
2000	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	Test Driver
2001	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR-Honda	5	14th	Report
2002	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR-Honda	3	14th	Report
2003	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	6	15th	Report
2004	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	6	14th	Report
2005	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	Test Driver
2006	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	Test Driver

Career Statistics

Entries	158
Starts	157
Pole Positions	0
Race Wins	1
Podiums	5
Fastest Laps	0
Points	76
Laps Raced	7716
Distance Raced	36,350 km (22,590 mi)
Races Led	1
Laps Led	16
Distance Led	53 km (33 mi)

Race Wins

Win Number	Grand Prix
1	1996 Monaco Grand Prix

Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pts	Pos
1994																				9	11th
	11th	9th	11th	9th	7th	12th	Ret	12th	2nd	6th	7th	10th	DSQ	9th	11th	6th
1995																				16	8th
	Ret	7th	9th	6th	Ret	4th	8th	4th	Ret	6th	9th	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	5th	2nd
1996																				13	9th
	7th	6th	8th	Ret	Ret	1st	Ret	Ret	7th	Ret	7th	5th	Ret	Ret	10th	7th
1997																				16	9th
	5th	3rd	Ret	8th	4th	2nd	11th	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	6th	Ret	7th
1998																				0	NC
	9th	Ret	15th	11th	16th	Ret	Ret	11th	Ret	Ret	15th	12th	DNS	Ret	12th	11th
1999																				2	15th
	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	8th	13th	10th	6th	10th	13th	11th	9th	Ret	Ret
2000	Test driver
2001																				5	14th
	7th	Ret	4th	8th	7th	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	7th	Ret	11th	9th	11th	13th
2002																				3	14th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	9th	5th	Ret	Ret	12th	12th	6th	12th	Ret
2003																				6	15th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	Ret	13th	8th	Ret	8th	11th	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	10th
2004																				6	14th
	13th	12th	9th	11th	Ret	8th	11th	DSQ	5th	15th	Ret	14th	11th	8th	Ret	14th	14th
2005																				—	—
										TD

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

Notes

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V T E	Teams and Drivers
1994 Teams and Drivers Teams Williams • Tyrrell • Benetton • McLaren • Footwork • Lotus • Jordan • Larrousse • Minardi • Ligier • Ferrari • Sauber • Simtek • Pacific Engines Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Hart • Ilmor • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Peugeot • Renault • Yamaha Drivers 0 Hill • 2 Senna • 2 Coulthard • 2 Mansell • 3 Katayama • 4 Blundell • 5 Schumacher • 5/6 Lehto • 6 Verstappen • 6 Herbert • 7 Häkkinen • 7 Alliot • 8 Brundle • 9 Fittipaldi • 10 Morbidelli • 11 Lamy • 11/12 Zanardi • 11 Adams • 11 Bernard • 12 Salo • 12 Herbert • 14 Barrichello • 15 Irvine • 15 Suzuki • 15 de Cesaris • 19 Beretta • 19 Alliot • 19 Dalmas • 19 Noda • 20 Comas • 20 Délétraz • 23 Martini • 24 Morbidelli • 25 Bernard • 25 Herbert • 25 Lagorce • 26 Panis • 27 Alesi • 27 Larini • 28 Berger • 29 Wendlinger • 29 de Cesaris • 29 Lehto • 30 Frentzen • 31 Brabham • 32 Ratzenberger • 32 Montermini • 32 Gounon • 32 Schiattarella • 32 Inoue • 33 Belmondo • 34 Gachot
1995 Teams and Drivers Teams Benetton • Tyrrell • Williams • McLaren • Footwork • Simtek • Jordan • Pacific • Larrousse • Forti • Minardi • Ligier • Ferrari • Sauber Engines Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Hart • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Peugeot • Renault • Yamaha Drivers 1 Schumacher • 2 Herbert • 3 Katayama/Tarquini • 4 Salo • 5 Hill • 6 Coulthard • 7 Blundell/Mansell • 8 Häkkinen/Magnussen • 9 Morbidelli/Papis • 10 Inoue • 11 Schiattarella • 12 Verstappen • 14 Barrichello • 15 Irvine • 16 Gachot/Lavaggi/Délétraz • 17 Montermini • 19 Bouchut • 20 Comas • 21 Diniz • 22 Moreno • 23 Martini/Lamy • 24 Badoer • 25 Suzuki/Brundle • 26 Panis • 27 Alesi • 28 Berger • 29 Wendlinger/Boullion • 30 Frentzen
1996 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • Benetton • Williams • McLaren • Ligier • Jordan • Sauber • Footwork • Tyrrell • Minardi • Forti Engines Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Hart • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Peugeot • Renault • Yamaha Drivers 1 Schumacher • 2 Irvine • 3 Alesi • 4 Berger • 5 Hill • 6 Villeneuve • 7 Häkkinen • 8 Coulthard • 9 Panis • 10 Diniz • 11 Barrichello • 12 Brundle • 14 Herbert • 15 Frentzen • 16 Rosset • 17 Verstappen • 18 Katayama • 19 Salo • 20 Lamy • 21 Fisichella/Marques/Lavaggi • 22 Badoer • 23 Montermini
1997 Teams and Drivers Teams Arrows • Williams • Ferrari • Benetton • McLaren • Jordan • Prost • Sauber • Tyrrell • Minardi • Stewart • Lola Engines Ferrari • Ford • Hart • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Renault • Yamaha Drivers 1 Hill • 2 Diniz • 3 Villeneuve • 4 Frentzen • 5 M. Schumacher • 6 Irvine • 7 Alesi • 8 Berger • 8 Wurz • 9 Häkkinen • 10 Coulthard • 11 R. Schumacher • 12 Fisichella • 14 Panis • 14 Trulli • 15 Nakano • 16 Herbert • 17 Larini • 17 Morbidelli • 17 Fontana • 18 Verstappen • 19 Salo • 20 Katayama • 21 Trulli • 21 Marques • 22 Barrichello • 23 Magnussen • 24 Sospiri • 25 Rosset Other Drivers Badoer • Brundle • Montermini • Montoya • Takagi • Tuero
1998 Teams and Drivers Teams Williams • Ferrari • Benetton • McLaren • Jordan • Prost • Sauber • Arrows • Stewart • Tyrrell • Minardi Engines Arrows • Ferrari • Ford • Mecachrome • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife Drivers 1 Villeneuve • 2 Frentzen • 3 M. Schumacher • 4 Irvine • 5 Fisichella • 6 Wurz • 7 Coulthard • 8 Häkkinen • 9 Hill • 10 R. Schumacher • 11 Panis • 12 Trulli • 14 Alesi • 15 Herbert • 16 Diniz • 17 Salo • 18 Barrichello • 19 Magnussen • 19 Verstappen • 20 Rosset • 21 Takagi • 22 Nakano • 23 Tuero Other Drivers Badoer • De la Rosa • Heidfeld • Kristensen • Montoya • Zonta
1999 Teams and Drivers Teams McLaren • Ferrari • Williams • Jordan • Benetton • Sauber • Arrows • Stewart • Prost • Minardi • BAR Engines Arrows • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife • Supertec Drivers 1 Häkkinen • 2 Coulthard • 3 M. Schumacher/Salo • 4 Irvine • 5 Zanardi • 6 R. Schumacher • 7 Hill • 8 Frentzen • 9 Fisichella • 10 Wurz • 11 Alesi • 12 Diniz • 14 De la Rosa • 15 Takagi • 16 Barrichello • 17 Herbert • 18 Panis • 19 Trulli • 20 Badoer/Sarrazin • 21 Gené • 22 Villeneuve • 23 Zonta/Salo
2000 Teams and Drivers Teams McLaren • Ferrari • Jordan • Jaguar • Williams • Benetton • Prost • Sauber • Arrows • Minardi • BAR Engines BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Fondmetal • Honda • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife • Supertec Drivers 1 Häkkinen • 2 Coulthard • 3 M. Schumacher • 4 Barrichello • 5 Frentzen • 6 Trulli • 7 Irvine • 7 Burti • 8 Herbert • 9 R. Schumacher • 10 Button • 11 Fisichella • 12 Wurz • 14 Alesi • 15 Heidfeld • 16 Diniz • 17 Salo • 18 De la Rosa • 19 Verstappen • 20 Gené • 21 Mazzacane • 22 Villeneuve • 23 Zonta Other Drivers Badoer • Montoya • Panis • Webber
2001 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • McLaren • Williams • Benetton • BAR • Jordan • Arrows • Sauber • Jaguar • Minardi • Prost Engines Acer • Asiatech • BMW • Cosworth • European • Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Petronas • Renault Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Häkkinen • 4 Coulthard • 5 R. Schumacher • 6 Montoya • 7 Fisichella • 8 Button • 9 Panis • 10 Villeneuve • 11 Frentzen • 11 Zonta • 11/12 Trulli • 12 Alesi • 14 Verstappen • 15 Bernoldi • 16 Heidfeld • 17 Räikkönen • 18 Irvine • 19 Burti • 19 de la Rosa • 20 Marques • 20 Yoong • 21 Alonso • 22 Alesi • 22 Frentzen • 23 Mazzacane • 23 Burti • 23 Enge
2002 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • McLaren • Williams • Sauber • Jordan • BAR • Renault • Jaguar • Arrows • Minardi • Toyota Engines Ferrari • Mercedes • BMW • Petronas • Honda • Renault • Cosworth • Asiatech • Toyota Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Coulthard • 4 Räikkönen • 5 R. Schumacher • 6 Montoya • 7 Heidfeld • 8 Massa • 8 Frentzen • 9 Fisichella • 10 Sato • 11 Villeneuve • 12 Panis • 14 Trulli • 15 Button • 16 Irvine • 17 de la Rosa • 20 Frentzen • 21 Bernoldi • 22 Yoong • 22 Davidson • 23 Webber • 24 Salo • 25 McNish
2003 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • Williams • McLaren • Renault • Sauber • Jordan • Jaguar • BAR • Minardi • Toyota Engines BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Ford • Honda • Mercedes • Petronas • Renault • Toyota Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Montoya • 4 R. Schumacher • 4 Gené • 5 Coulthard • 6 Räikkönen • 7 Trulli • 8 Alonso • 9 Heidfeld • 10 Frentzen • 11 Fisichella • 12 Firman • 12 Baumgartner • 14 Webber • 15 Pizzonia • 15 Wilson • 16 Villeneuve • 16 Sato • 17 Button • 18 Wilson • 18 Kiesa • 19 Verstappen • 20 Panis • 21 Da Matta Other Drivers Badoer • Beretta • Bruni • Davidson • De la Rosa • Lotterer • Massa • McNish • Montagny • Paffett • Wurz • Zonta
2004 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • Williams • McLaren • Renault • BAR • Sauber • Jaguar • Toyota • Jordan • Minardi Engines BMW • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Honda • Mercedes • Petronas • Toyota Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Montoya • 4 R. Schumacher • 4 Gené • 4 Pizzonia • 5 Coulthard • 6 Räikkönen • 7/16 Trulli • 7 Villeneuve • 8 Alonso • 9 Button • 10 Sato • 11 Fisichella • 12 Massa • 14 Webber • 15 Klien • 16 da Matta • 16/17 Zonta • 17 Panis • 18 Heidfeld • 19 Pantano • 19 Glock • 20 Bruni • 21 Baumgartner Other Drivers Albers • Badoer • Bell • Beretta • Bernoldi • Bertolini • Briscoe • Burti • Carroll • Congfu • Davidson • Davison • Del Monte • Dixon • Doornbos • Firman • Green • Hamilton
2005 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • BAR • Renault • Williams • McLaren • Sauber • Red Bull • Toyota • Jordan • Minardi Engines BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Petronas • Renault • Toyota Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Button • 4 Sato • 4 Davidson • 5 Alonso • 6 Fisichella • 7 Webber • 8 Heidfeld • 8 Pizzonia • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Montoya • 10 De la Rosa • 10 Wurz • 11 Villeneuve • 12 Massa • 14 Coulthard • 15 Klien • 15 Liuzzi • 16 Trulli • 17 R. Schumacher • 17 Zonta • 18 Monteiro • 19 Karthikeyan • 20 Friesacher • 20 Doornbos • 21 Albers Other Drivers Badoer • Bernoldi • Gené • Kiesa • Kovalainen • Montagny • Panis • Rosberg • Speed • Yamamoto
2006 Teams and Drivers Teams Renault • McLaren • Ferrari • Toyota • Williams • Honda • Red Bull • BMW Sauber • Midland • Toro Rosso • Super Aguri Engines BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • Toyota Drivers 1 Alonso • 2 Fisichella • 3 Räikkönen • 4 Montoya • 4 De la Rosa • 5 M. Schumacher • 6 Massa • 7 R. Schumacher • 8 Trulli • 9 Webber • 10 Rosberg • 11 Barrichello • 12 Button • 14 Coulthard • 15 Klien • 15 Doornbos • 16 Heidfeld • 17 Villeneuve • 17 Kubica • 18 Monteiro • 19 Albers • 20 Liuzzi • 21 Speed • 22 Sato • 23 Ide • 23 Montagny • 23 Yamamoto Other Drivers Badoer • Davidson • Hamilton • Kovalainen • Piquet • Sutil • Vettel • Wurz

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