Olivier Panis

born 2 Sept 1966 · raced 1994–2004

157Races

1Wins

5Podiums

65Top 10s

8.73Avg Position

12.18Avg Grid Pos

Olivier Panis, a French Formula 1 driver, is best known for his improbable victory at the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix, starting 14th in a chaotic, rain-affected race. Despite a career spanning 157 starts, this remained his sole win, highlighting a tenacious yet often unheralded talent in the midfield. He drove for Ligier, Prost, BAR, and Toyota, consistently demonstrating his racecraft and an ability to seize rare opportunities. Panis was a dependable, experienced figure in the paddock, respected for his pragmatic approach and enduring presence.

Top Teams

Team	Wins	Podiums	Points (as awarded)	Races
Ligier	1	3	38	49
Prost	0	2	18	41
Toyota	0	0	12	33
BAR	0	0	8	34

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Top Circuits

Circuit	Wins	Avg Points (as awarded)	Races
Circuit de Monaco	1	1.4	10
Hockenheimring	0	1.22	9
Indianapolis Motor Speedway	0	1	4
Autódromo José Carlos Pace	0	1	9
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	0	0.7	10
Silverstone Circuit	0	0.56	9
Hungaroring	0	0.44	9
Red Bull Ring	0	0.4	5
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	0	0.4	10
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	0	0.25	8

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Points are Grand Prix points as awarded at the time (sprints excluded); average points are per race started.

Most-shared teammates. Each link opens their head-to-head.

Jacques Villeneuve34 shared races · Compare with Jacques Villeneuve (2002)
Jarno Trulli30 shared races · Compare with Jarno Trulli (1999)
Cristiano da Matta28 shared races · Compare with Cristiano da Matta (2003)
Pedro Diniz16 shared races · Compare with Pedro Diniz (1996)
Éric Bernard13 shared races · Compare with Éric Bernard (1994)
Martin Brundle11 shared races · Compare with Martin Brundle (1995)

Season by season

Olivier Panis season-by-season championship record
Season	Championship position	Wins	Points
2004	14	0	6
2003	15	0	6
2002	14	0	3
2001	14	0	5
1999	16	0	2
1998	—	0	0
1997	9	0	16
1996	9	1	13
1995	8	0	16
1994	11	0	9

Teammate head-to-heads

Every season Olivier Panis was compared against a teammate
Season	Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
2004	Toyota	Cristiano da Matta vs Olivier Panis	6–6	6–5	3–5
2004	Toyota	Olivier Panis vs Ricardo Zonta	3–1	3–1	1–0
2003	Toyota	Cristiano da Matta vs Olivier Panis	3–13	10–6	10–6
2002	BAR	Olivier Panis vs Jacques Villeneuve	7–10	6–11	3–4
2001	BAR	Olivier Panis vs Jacques Villeneuve	6–11	7–10	5–12
1999	Prost	Olivier Panis vs Jarno Trulli	6–9	6–9	2–7
1998	Prost	Olivier Panis vs Jarno Trulli	7–8	9–6	0–0
1997	Prost	Shinji Nakano vs Olivier Panis	0–10	2–8	1–16
1996	Ligier	Pedro Diniz vs Olivier Panis	1–15	5–11	2–13
1995	Ligier	Martin Brundle vs Olivier Panis	8–3	4–7	7–14
1995	Ligier	Olivier Panis vs Aguri Suzuki	5–0	3–2	0–1
1994	Ligier	Éric Bernard vs Olivier Panis	3–10	3–10	4–7

Race results

200417 races▾

Olivier Panis race results in 2004
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Japanese Grand Prix	Toyota	10	P14	0
Chinese Grand Prix	Toyota	8	P14	0
Italian Grand Prix	Toyota	13	Collision	0
Belgian Grand Prix	Toyota	9	P8	1
Hungarian Grand Prix	Toyota	13	P11	0
German Grand Prix	Toyota	9	P14	0
British Grand Prix	Toyota	17	Accident	0
French Grand Prix	Toyota	14	P15	0
United States Grand Prix	Toyota	8	P5	4
Canadian Grand Prix	Toyota	13	Disqualified	0
European Grand Prix	Toyota	10	P11	0
Monaco Grand Prix	Toyota	13	P8	1
Spanish Grand Prix	Toyota	7	Hydraulics	0
San Marino Grand Prix	Toyota	13	P11	0
Bahrain Grand Prix	Toyota	8	P9	0
Malaysian Grand Prix	Toyota	14	P12	0
Australian Grand Prix	Toyota	18	P13	0

Earlier seasons1994–2003 (9 seasons)▾

200316 races▾

Olivier Panis race results in 2003
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Japanese Grand Prix	Toyota	4	P10	0
United States Grand Prix	Toyota	3	Accident	0
Italian Grand Prix	Toyota	9	Brakes	0
Hungarian Grand Prix	Toyota	10	Gearbox	0
German Grand Prix	Toyota	7	P5	4
British Grand Prix	Toyota	13	P11	0
French Grand Prix	Toyota	10	P8	1
European Grand Prix	Toyota	7	Spun off	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Toyota	7	P8	1
Monaco Grand Prix	Toyota	17	P13	0
Austrian Grand Prix	Toyota	11	Suspension	0
Spanish Grand Prix	Toyota	6	Gearbox	0
San Marino Grand Prix	Toyota	10	P9	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Toyota	15	Collision	0
Malaysian Grand Prix	Toyota	10	Fuel pressure	0
Australian Grand Prix	Toyota	5	Fuel pressure	0

200217 races▾

Olivier Panis race results in 2002
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Japanese Grand Prix	BAR	16	Mechanical	0
United States Grand Prix	BAR	12	P12	0
Italian Grand Prix	BAR	16	P6	1
Belgian Grand Prix	BAR	15	P12	0
Hungarian Grand Prix	BAR	12	P12	0
German Grand Prix	BAR	7	Engine	0
French Grand Prix	BAR	11	Accident	0
British Grand Prix	BAR	13	P5	2
European Grand Prix	BAR	12	P9	0
Canadian Grand Prix	BAR	11	P8	0
Monaco Grand Prix	BAR	18	Collision	0
Austrian Grand Prix	BAR	9	Engine	0
Spanish Grand Prix	BAR	13	Exhaust	0
San Marino Grand Prix	BAR	12	Throttle	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	BAR	17	Gearbox	0
Malaysian Grand Prix	BAR	18	Clutch	0
Australian Grand Prix	BAR	12	Collision	0

200117 races▾

Olivier Panis race results in 2001
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Japanese Grand Prix	BAR	17	P13	0
United States Grand Prix	BAR	13	P11	0
Italian Grand Prix	BAR	17	P9	0
Belgian Grand Prix	BAR	11	P11	0
Hungarian Grand Prix	BAR	11	Electrical	0
German Grand Prix	BAR	13	P7	0
British Grand Prix	BAR	11	Collision	0
French Grand Prix	BAR	11	P9	0
European Grand Prix	BAR	13	Electrical	0
Canadian Grand Prix	BAR	6	Brakes	0
Monaco Grand Prix	BAR	12	Steering	0
Austrian Grand Prix	BAR	10	P5	2
Spanish Grand Prix	BAR	11	P7	0
San Marino Grand Prix	BAR	8	P8	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	BAR	11	P4	3
Malaysian Grand Prix	BAR	10	Oil leak	0
Australian Grand Prix	BAR	9	P7	0

199916 races▾

Olivier Panis race results in 1999
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Japanese Grand Prix	Prost	6	Alternator	0
Malaysian Grand Prix	Prost	12	Engine	0
European Grand Prix	Prost	5	P9	0
Italian Grand Prix	Prost	10	P11	0
Belgian Grand Prix	Prost	17	P13	0
Hungarian Grand Prix	Prost	14	P10	0
German Grand Prix	Prost	7	P6	1
Austrian Grand Prix	Prost	18	P10	0
British Grand Prix	Prost	15	P13	0
French Grand Prix	Prost	3	P8	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Prost	15	P9	0
Spanish Grand Prix	Prost	15	Gearbox	0
Monaco Grand Prix	Prost	18	Engine	0
San Marino Grand Prix	Prost	11	Throttle	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Prost	12	P6	1
Australian Grand Prix	Prost	20	Wheel	0

199816 races▾

Olivier Panis race results in 1998
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result
Japanese Grand Prix	Prost	13	P11
Luxembourg Grand Prix	Prost	15	P12
Italian Grand Prix	Prost	9	Vibrations
Belgian Grand Prix	Prost	14	Collision
Hungarian Grand Prix	Prost	20	P12
German Grand Prix	Prost	16	P15
Austrian Grand Prix	Prost	10	Clutch
British Grand Prix	Prost	22	Spun off
French Grand Prix	Prost	16	P11
Canadian Grand Prix	Prost	15	Spun off
Monaco Grand Prix	Prost	18	Wheel
Spanish Grand Prix	Prost	12	P16
San Marino Grand Prix	Prost	13	P11
Argentine Grand Prix	Prost	15	P15
Brazilian Grand Prix	Prost	9	Engine
Australian Grand Prix	Prost	21	P9

199710 races▾

Olivier Panis race results in 1997
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
European Grand Prix	Prost	9	P7	0
Japanese Grand Prix	Prost	10	Engine	0
Luxembourg Grand Prix	Prost	11	P6	1
Canadian Grand Prix	Prost	10	P11	0
Spanish Grand Prix	Prost	12	P2	6
Monaco Grand Prix	Prost	12	P4	3
San Marino Grand Prix	Prost	4	P8	0
Argentine Grand Prix	Prost	3	Electrical	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Prost	5	P3	4
Australian Grand Prix	Prost	9	P5	2

199616 races, 1 win▾

Olivier Panis race results in 1996
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Japanese Grand Prix	Ligier	12	P7	0
Portuguese Grand Prix	Ligier	15	P10	0
Italian Grand Prix	Ligier	11	Spun off	0
Belgian Grand Prix	Ligier	14	Collision	0
Hungarian Grand Prix	Ligier	11	P5	2
German Grand Prix	Ligier	12	P7	0
British Grand Prix	Ligier	16	Handling	0
French Grand Prix	Ligier	9	P7	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Ligier	11	Engine	0
Spanish Grand Prix	Ligier	8	Collision	0
Monaco Grand Prix	Ligier	14	P1	10
San Marino Grand Prix	Ligier	13	Engine	0
European Grand Prix	Ligier	15	Collision	0
Argentine Grand Prix	Ligier	12	P8	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Ligier	15	P6	1
Australian Grand Prix	Ligier	11	P7	0

199517 races▾

Olivier Panis race results in 1995
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Australian Grand Prix	Ligier	12	P2	6
Japanese Grand Prix	Ligier	11	P5	2
Pacific Grand Prix	Ligier	9	P8	0
European Grand Prix	Ligier	14	Spun off	0
Portuguese Grand Prix	Ligier	11	Spun off	0
Italian Grand Prix	Ligier	13	Spun off	0
Belgian Grand Prix	Ligier	9	P9	0
Hungarian Grand Prix	Ligier	10	P6	1
German Grand Prix	Ligier	12	Water leak	0
British Grand Prix	Ligier	13	P4	3
French Grand Prix	Ligier	6	P8	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Ligier	11	P4	3
Monaco Grand Prix	Ligier	12	Spun off	0
Spanish Grand Prix	Ligier	15	P6	1
San Marino Grand Prix	Ligier	12	P9	0
Argentine Grand Prix	Ligier	18	P7	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Ligier	10	Collision	0

199416 races▾

Olivier Panis race results in 1994
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Australian Grand Prix	Ligier	12	P5	2
Japanese Grand Prix	Ligier	19	P11	0
European Grand Prix	Ligier	11	P9	0
Portuguese Grand Prix	Ligier	15	Disqualified	0
Italian Grand Prix	Ligier	6	P10	0
Belgian Grand Prix	Ligier	17	P7	0
Hungarian Grand Prix	Ligier	9	P6	1
German Grand Prix	Ligier	12	P2	6
British Grand Prix	Ligier	15	P12	0
French Grand Prix	Ligier	13	Collision	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Ligier	19	P12	0
Spanish Grand Prix	Ligier	19	P7	0
Monaco Grand Prix	Ligier	20	P9	0
San Marino Grand Prix	Ligier	19	P11	0
Pacific Grand Prix	Ligier	22	P9	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Ligier	19	P11	0