Olivier Panis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Olivier Panis
Occupation	Racing Automobile Driver
Date Of Birth	Sep 2, 1966(1966-09-02)
Age	58
Birthplace	Moulins
Country	France
Birth City	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Horoscope	Virgo

Olivier Panis Biography

Olivier Panis is one of the most popular and richest Racing Automobile Driver who was born on September 2, 1966 in Moulins, Auvergne-Rhône- Alpes, France. Olivier Panis (born 2 September 1966) is a French professional race driver. Panis competed for Formula One for ten seasons and won one race in the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix for the Ligier team. In May 2020, Panis is the final French driver to be the winner of an Formula One Grand Prix.

Panis won a surprise victory at his 1996 Monaco Grand Prix. Beginning 14th on a wet track Panis was able to pass other competitors in the narrow track that included Martin Brundle, Mika Hakkinen and Johnny Herbert, and timed his transition onto the slick tyres flawlessly. Panis overtook Eddie Irvine at the Lowes Hairpin and was in third prior to his rivals, the Williams-Renault from Damon Hill and Benetton-Renault of Jean Alesi both hit terminal technical problems. The only three cars that finished the race (Brits David Coulthard and Johnny Herbert as the other two) Panis held off a late challenge by Coulthard to take the win. The race was completed in 75 of the 78 planned laps due to the 2-hour time limit having been reached. Panis won the race, which is his Ligier team’s first win over the course of 15 seasons (and their final) it was the first French victory for the French automobile at Monaco in more than 66 years. It was, however, the sole highlight of the 1996 season for Panis, as Panis’ other achievements were not more than 5th position in Hungary.

1998 would prove to be a difficult season for Panis. He failed to score a single point for the Prost team, primarily due to a poor quality car. However, his full potential was restricted by the pins which remained in his legs, a legacy of the surgery following his crash in 1997. The highlight of the season was a ninth-place finish in Australia, although he also ran strongly at the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix until car failure intervened. An indicator of the team’s problems in 1998 was the solitary point scored by Panis’ team-mate Jarno Trulli at Spa-Francorchamps.

The following year saw an improvement for the partnership. A stronger car, and unusual circumstances, saw an irregular return to form for the Frenchman. After a troubled race he still claimed 6th in Brazil, a feat he repeated at Hockenheim. He began to qualify much more strongly, with a third place in France, fifth at the Nurburgring, and sixth at Suzuka, where he spent the first stages of the race in third. Despite the signs of a return to form in 1999, strategical errors and misfortune restricted his points tally. Irrespective of the improvements, Panis ended his relationship with the Prost team.

He clinched a surprise second spot at 1995’s Australian Grand Prix, in spite of having to be two laps behind leading driver Damon Hill, and he added a couple of fourths to his record which gave him an 8th place podium finish at the top of the podium.

Olivier Panis Net Worth

Olivier Panis is one of the richest Racing Automobile Driver from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Olivier Panis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

born in Oullins, Lyon, Panis like the majority of Formula 1 racing drivers, started racing karts in the beginning of his career. After his retirement from karts Olivier was a driver for several years in various “junior” series before racing in French Formula 3. He was crowned champion for Formula Renault in 1989 and placed 2nd on the podium in French Formula 3 in 1991. He then re- entered Formula 3000, and he was the winner of the championship there in 1993.

The 27-year-old Panis was granted an F1 driver’s license in 1994 for french- based Ligier team. Panis made his debut in Brazil where he finished 11th. He snagged a surprising second-place finish that year in Hockenheim ahead of fellow teammate Eric Bernard, and finished 11th on the standings for the race. He won every race, with the exception of France. He was , however, disqualified in Portugal because of his illegal wearing of skid blocks.

Panis had the potential for a big season in 1997 while driving for Alain Prost, who had purchased Ligier. On Bridgestone tyres, he took the tyre company’s first podium at Brazil. He was running second in Argentina before retirement. After 6 races, he stood third in the championship thanks to another podium finish with second place in Spain. A win could have been possible in that race had he not been held up lapping backmarkers for seven laps, losing him a total of 6 seconds to leader Jacques Villeneuve. At the 1997 Canadian Grand Prix, he broke both legs in a high-speed accident, causing him to miss the next seven races of the season. His place in the team was taken by Jarno Trulli, until he returned for the final three races of the season. He achieved sixth place at Luxembourg and appeared to show that he had fully recovered from his accident, as he drove as well as he had done before the crash. Despite missing half of the year, he still managed 9th in the championship with 16 points.

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He returned to racing in 2008 with the Oreca Courage team in the Le Mans Series. He has also worked as a consultant for the French A1 Grand Prix team and participated in the Andros Trophy ice race. He had an appearance in an episode of Top Gear, facing the team in an ice race, where he was jokingly referred to in the intro as ‘France’s second-best racing driver’, presumably to Alain Prost.

Facts & Trivia

Olivier Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Automobile Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Olivier Panis celebrates birthday on September 2 of every year.