Alpine's decision to pair Pierre Gasly with Esteban Ocon has created the first all-French F1 line-up for almost 30 years 🇫🇷 In the latest in our Friday favourite series, we look back on the friendship between that last French duo in 1994:
When Franck Lagorce was chosen to replace Johnny Herbert at Ligier for the final two rounds of the 1994 Formula 1 season, his debut couldn’t have come under more challenging circumstances., and that’s when drivers can see where they’re going. The Japanese Grand Prix that year was held in utterly appalling conditions that would almost certainly not have been started today.
While Lagorce cites his Panoz sportscar team-mates David Brabham and Jan Magnussen as “fantastic guys” and enjoyed his brief stint with Mark Webber and Pedro Lamy on the ill-starred 1999 Mercedes CLR Le Mans programme, Panis is his clear choice when it comes to choosing a favourite team-mate and remains a good friend today.
Aside from a strong drive to fourth at Silverstone, results took a while to flow for Lagorce in 1993 – the DAMS pair making contact on a fraught afternoon at Pau – but, by mid-season, Panis found himself on a winning run that thrust him into the thick of the title fight.
Panis clinched the 1993 crown at Nogaro despite a crash with Sospiri as Lagorce claimed a second win on the bouncePanis was signed by Ligier for 1994, initially on a race-by-race deal, as Lagorce continued in F3000 with Apomatox.
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