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

Career Statistics[]

Entries 158
Starts 157
Pole Positions 0
Sprint Poles 0
Front Row Starts 0
Race Wins 1
Sprint Wins 0
Podiums 5
Sprint Podiums 0
Fastest Laps 0
Sprint 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 Flag of Brazil Flag of the Pacific Community Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Spain Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Europe Flag of Japan Flag of Australia 9 11th
11th 9th 11th 9th 7th 12th Ret 12th 2nd 6th 7th 10th DSQ 9th 11th 6th
1995 Flag of Brazil Flag of Argentina Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Europe Flag of the Pacific Community Flag of Japan (1870–1999) Flag of Australia 16 8th
Ret 7th 9th 6th Ret 4th 8th 4th Ret 6th 9th Ret Ret Ret 8th 5th 2nd
1996 Flag of Australia Flag of Brazil Flag of Argentina Flag of Europe Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Spain Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Japan (1870–1999) 13 9th
7th 6th 8th Ret Ret 1st Ret Ret 7th Ret 7th 5th Ret Ret 10th 7th
1997 Flag of Australia Flag of Brazil Flag of Argentina Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Spain Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Austria Flag of Luxembourg Flag of Japan (1870–1999) Flag of Europe 16 9th
5th 3rd Ret 8th 4th 2nd 11th[1] INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 6th Ret 7th
1998 Flag of Australia Flag of Brazil Flag of Argentina Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Austria Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Luxembourg Flag of Japan (1870–1999) 0 NC
9th Ret 15th 11th 16th Ret Ret 11th Ret Ret 15th 12th DNS Ret 12th 11th
1999 Flag of Australia Flag of Brazil Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Spain Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Austria Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Europe Flag of Malaysia Flag of Japan 2 15th
Ret 6th Ret Ret Ret 9th 8th 13th 10th 6th 10th 13th 11th 9th Ret Ret
2000 Test driver
2001 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Brazil Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Austria Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of the United States Flag of Japan 5 14th
7th Ret 4th 8th 7th 5th Ret Ret Ret 9th Ret 7th Ret 11th 9th 11th 13th
2002 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Brazil Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Austria Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of Great Britain Flag of France Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of the United States Flag of Japan 3 14th
Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8th 9th 5th Ret Ret 12th 12th 6th 12th Ret
2003 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Brazil Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Austria Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Italy Flag of the United States Flag of Japan 6 15th
Ret Ret Ret 9th Ret Ret 13th 8th Ret 8th 11th 5th Ret Ret Ret 10th
2004 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Europe Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of China Flag of Japan Flag of Brazil 6 14th
13th 12th 9th 11th Ret 8th 11th DSQ 5th 15th Ret 14th 11th 8th Ret 14th 14th
2005 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Europe Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary link =2005 Turkish Grand Prix Flag of Italy Flag of Belgium Flag of Brazil Flag of Japan Flag of China
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 Scored point(s) for 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[]

  1. Did not finish, but was classified as having completed over 90% of the race winner's distance. Panis broke both his legs in an accident.

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V T E France Equipe Ligier
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V T E Prost logo Prost Grand Prix
Founder
Alain Prost
Personnel
John Barnard · Loïc Bigois · Bernard Dudot
Drivers
France Olivier Panis · Italy Jarno Trulli · Japan Shinji Nakano · Germany Nick Heidfeld · France Jean Alesi · Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Argentina Gastón Mazzacane · Brazil Luciano Burti · Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Cars
JS45 · AP01 · AP02 · AP03 · AP04
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Founder
Craig Pollock
Former Drivers
Jacques Villeneuve · Jenson Button · Takuma Sato · Olivier Panis · Ricardo Zonta · Mika Salo · Anthony Davidson
Former Personnel
Jock Clear · Mark Ellis · Nick Fry · Andrew Green · Ron Meadows · Malcolm Oastler · Adrian Reynard · David Richards · Andrew Shovlin · Willem Toet · Graham Watson · Geoff Willis · Jörg Zander
Cars
01 · 002 · 003 · 004 · 005 · 006 · 007
V T E Toyota F1 Toyota
Notable personnel
Ove Andersson · Tsutomu Tomita · Tadashi Yamashina · John Howett · Richard Cregan · Gustav Brunner · Luca Marmorini · Mike Gascoyne · Ossi Oikarinen
Drivers
Finland Mika Salo · United Kingdom Allan McNish · France Olivier Panis · Brazil Cristiano da Matta · Brazil Ricardo Zonta · Italy Jarno Trulli · Germany Ralf Schumacher · Germany Timo Glock · Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Cars
TF101 · TF102 · TF103 · TF104 · TF104B · TF105 · TF105B · TF106 · TF106B · TF107 · TF108 · TF109 · TF110
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 BenettonTyrrellWilliamsMcLarenFootworkSimtekJordanPacificLarrousseFortiMinardiLigierFerrariSauber
Engines FerrariFord CosworthHartMercedesMugen-HondaPeugeotRenaultYamaha
Drivers 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 FerrariBenettonWilliamsMcLarenLigierJordanSauberFootworkTyrrellMinardiForti
Engines FerrariFord CosworthHartMercedesMugen-HondaPeugeotRenaultYamaha
Drivers 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 ArrowsWilliamsFerrariBenettonMcLarenJordanProstSauberTyrrellMinardiStewartLola
Engines FerrariFordHartMercedesMugen-HondaPetronasPeugeotRenaultYamaha
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 BadoerBrundleMonterminiMontoyaTakagiTuero
1998 Teams and Drivers
Teams WilliamsFerrariBenettonMcLarenJordanProstSauberArrowsStewartTyrrellMinardi
Engines ArrowsFerrariFordMecachromeMercedesMugen-HondaPetronasPeugeotPlaylife
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 BadoerDe la RosaHeidfeldKristensenMontoyaZonta
1999 Teams and Drivers
Teams McLarenFerrariWilliamsJordanBenettonSauberArrowsStewartProstMinardiBAR
Engines ArrowsFerrariFord CosworthMercedesMugen-HondaPetronasPeugeotPlaylifeSupertec
Drivers 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 McLarenFerrariJordanJaguarWilliamsBenettonProstSauberArrowsMinardiBAR
Engines BMWCosworthFerrariFondmetalHondaMercedesMugen-HondaPetronasPeugeotPlaylifeSupertec
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 BadoerMontoyaPanisWebber
2001 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariMcLarenWilliamsBenettonBARJordanArrowsSauberJaguarMinardiProst
Engines AcerAsiatechBMWCosworthEuropeanFerrariHondaMercedesPetronasRenault
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 FerrariMcLarenWilliamsSauberJordanBARRenaultJaguarArrowsMinardiToyota
Engines FerrariMercedesBMWPetronasHondaRenaultCosworthAsiatechToyota
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 FerrariWilliamsMcLarenRenaultSauberJordanJaguarBARMinardiToyota
Engines BMWCosworthFerrariFordHondaMercedesPetronasRenaultToyota
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 BadoerBerettaBruniDavidsonDe la RosaLottererMassaMcNishMontagnyPaffettWurzZonta
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 FerrariBARRenaultWilliamsMcLarenSauberRed BullToyotaJordanMinardi
Engines BMWCosworthFerrariHondaMercedesPetronasRenaultToyota
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 BadoerBernoldiGenéKiesaKovalainenMontagnyPanisRosbergSpeedYamamoto
2006 Teams and Drivers
Teams RenaultMcLarenFerrariToyotaWilliamsHondaRed BullBMW SauberMidlandToro RossoSuper Aguri
Engines BMWCosworthFerrariHondaMercedesRenaultToyota
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 BadoerDavidsonHamiltonKovalainenPiquetSutilVettelWurz
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