Olivier Panis

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[edit | edit source]

1994-1995: Start of Something Special[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Formula One Record[edit | edit source]

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
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[edit | edit source]

Entries	158
Starts	157
Pole Positions	0
Front Row Starts	0
Race Wins	1
Podiums	5
Fastest laps	0
Points	76
Laps Raced	7716
Distance Raced	36347.616 km (22585 mi)
Races Led	1
Laps Led	16
Distance Led	53.248 km (33 mi)

Race Wins[edit | edit source]

Win Number	Grand Prix
1	1996 Monaco Grand Prix

Career Results[edit | edit source]

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
1994	11th	9th	11th	9th	7th	12th	Ret	12th	2nd	6th	7th	10th	DSQ	9th	11th	6th				9	11th
1995																				16	8th
1995	Ret	7th	9th	6th	Ret	4th	8th	4th	Ret	6th	9th	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	5th	2nd			16	8th
1996																				13	9th
1996	7th	6th	8th	Ret	Ret	1st	Ret	Ret	7th	Ret	7th	5th	Ret	Ret	10th	7th				13	9th
1997																				16	9th
1997	5th	3rd	Ret	8th	4th	2nd	11th^[1]	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	6th	Ret	7th			16	9th
1998																				0	NC
1998	9th	Ret	15th	11th	16th	Ret	Ret	11th	Ret	Ret	15th	12th	DNS	Ret	12th	11th				0	NC
1999																				2	15th
1999	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	8th	13th	10th	6th	10th	13th	11th	9th	Ret	Ret				2	15th
2000	Test driver
2001																				5	14th
2001	7th	Ret	4th	8th	7th	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	7th	Ret	11th	9th	11th	13th			5	14th
2002																				3	14th
2002	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	9th	5th	Ret	Ret	12th	12th	6th	12th	Ret			3	14th
2003																				6	15th
2003	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	Ret	13th	8th	Ret	8th	11th	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	10th				6	15th
2004																				6	14th
2004	13th	12th	9th	11th	Ret	8th	11th	DSQ	5th	15th	Ret	14th	11th	8th	Ret	14th	14th			6	14th
2005																				—	—
2005										TD										—	—

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)	DNS	Did not start
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap	[+] More Symbols

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ 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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