Olivier Panis on his ‘crazy’ Monaco win, 25 years on

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Olivier Panis was a very fine Formula 1 driver, but if there’s one thing he’ll be remembered for, it’s his remarkable victory in an utterly crazy Monaco Grand Prix in 1996. On this week’s show, the Frenchman talks us through what it was like to win on that day, for a French team, and how his life changed afterwards. He also discusses the other big moments in his career, including the leg-breaking shunt in Canada from which he was lucky to recover, his departure from Prost, driving for McLaren, BAR and Toyota – but turning down Williams…

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0:31.0	I'm lucky to win this for 12 years, but I want to win.
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0:47.0	The Monaco Grand Prix, the dual in Formula 1's crown.
0:51.0	A lap through the principality streets is one of the most intense experiences
0:56.0	in racing.
0:58.0	And exactly 25 years ago, on the day that this episode is released,
1:03.0	Monaco was won by a French driver racing for a French team.
1:08.0	That man was a Lvivi Panis, and he is my guest this week.
1:13.0	Welcome everybody to Beyond the Grids with me, Tom Clarkson.
1:17.0	Particularly for those people who were there, that 1996 Monaco Grand Prix is etched in the memory.
1:23.0	The conditions on race date were horrible.
1:26.0	There was not only rain, but a grey murk that wouldn't lift
1:29.0	and gave the principality a slightly haunted look.
1:32.0	There were other strange details as well.
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