 Olivier Panis driving for the Prost Grand Prix team in Montreal in 1998 Prost Grand Prix was a Formula 1 racing team managed by former world champion Alain Prost. The team participated in five seasons from 1997 to 2001. Olivier Panis, Montreal, 1998, by Rick Dikeman File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...
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Alain Prost completed the purchase of the Ligier team in early 1997, and immediately changed the name to Prost. An exclusive contract for Peugeot engines was announced for 1998, but the team continued with Ligier's planned Mugen-Hondas for 1997. Podium finishes in Brazil and Spain for Olivier Panis promised much, but the Frenchman crashed heavily at Canada, breaking both his legs. With its lead driver forced to miss much of the season, Prost struggled with novices Jarno Trulli and Shinji Nakano until Panis's return at the Luxembourg Grand Prix. A commanding drive by Trulli in Austria, where he led for much of the race, and a dogged points finish for Panis on his return meant that Prost wasted no time in signing the pair for a further season. 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve later remarked that in the year of his title triumph, he had regarded Panis as something of a threat. Had Panis completed the full year, Prost may well have won a race. After such a promising 1997, things took a turn for the worse in the following seasons. Ligier is a French automobile maker created by former racing driver Guy Ligier. ...
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Olivier Panis, born in Oullins, Lyon, September 2, 1966, is a retired French Formula One racing driver. ...
Jarno Trulli (born 13 July 1974 in Pescara, Italy) is an Italian Formula One auto racing driver currently in the employ of the Toyota team. ...
Shinji Nakano was a Formula One driver from Japan. ...
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After serious gearbox problems in testing, the team almost didn't start the 1998 season-opener as their car still had to pass a crash-test. They made it to the Australian Grand Prix, but the season was a failure. Only Trulli's sixth at Spa kept the team from last in the standings. 1999 saw an improvement, several points finishes achieved and an improbable second place coming by way of Trulli's strong drive at the Nurburgring. At times the car looked genuinely competitive with strong qualifying displays. Yet the results often failed to materialise. At Magny-Cours Panis had started third, but was unable to capitalise and finished outside the points. Trulli was under contract for 2000, but the team's relative lack of success enabled him to leave for Jordan. Panis was dropped and went on to become McLaren's tester. The Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park as part of the annual Formula One championship season. ...
In 2000 the team begun its sharp decline into oblivion. Veteran racer Jean Alesi, Prost's former Ferrari number two, was signed to the team alongside rookie F3000 championNick Heidfeld, but the team finished joint last with Minardi, both teams having failed to score a single point all season. The most embarrassing result came at that year's Austrian Grand Prix when their two drivers crashed into each other, putting them both out of the race. The relationship between Prost and Peugeot collapsed. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ...
Jean Alesi at the 2001 US Grand Prix at Indianapolis Jean Alesi, born Giovanni Alesi on June 11, 1964 in Avignon, Vaucluse, France is a French racing driver of Both French and Sicilian origins. ...
Nicklaus Heidfeld (born May 10, 1977) is a German Formula One auto racing driver who is driving for the Williams team in 2005. ...
Minardi is a automobile racing team, founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. ...
The Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race. ...
In 2001, things looked to be on the up. The cars now ran with Acer-badged Ferrari engines. The season began with Alesi and ex-Minardi driver Gaston Mazzacane, but after four races, the latter was dropped from the team and replaced by Jaguar's Luciano Burti, who himself was replaced at Jaguar by Pedro de la Rosa. Alesi was very consistent, finishing every race, occasionally in points scoring positions, most notably in Canada, a race he had previously won with Ferrari, when he did a few donuts afterwards and after getting out of the car, threw his helmet into the crowd. It was his best finish with the team. A fallout after the British Grand Prix, however saw him walk out after the German Grand Prix, which saw him score another point in a race of attrition. Indeed the first start was red-flagged when Burti was launched into the air after crashing at high speed into the back of Michael Schumacher's ailing Ferrari just seconds off the line. Alesi moved to Jordan Grand Prix for the rest of the year, and was replaced at Prost by Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who himself had been sacked from Jordan after Silverstone. In Belgium, Frentzen qualified a shock fourth on the grid, but threw it away when he stalled on the formation lap, the first of three abandoned races. The third red flag saw a long delay after a huge crash at the fastest part of the circuit involving Burti and Eddie Irvine's Jaguar. Burti was transported away from the circuit by helicopter and taken away for medical observation. At Monza, F3000 driver Tomas Enge became the fifth driver to drive for the team in 2001. There would be no more points that year. Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
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Gaston Mazzacane was a Formula One driver from Argentina. ...
Binomial name Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large member of the cat family native to warm regions of the Americas. ...
Luciano Burti was a Formula One driver from Brazil. ...
Pedro de la Rosa is a Formula One driver from Spain. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The German Grand Prix (Großer Preis von Deutschland) is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship. ...
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Jordan Grand Prix is a Formula One constructor that debuted in 1991. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Heinz-Harald Frentzen, born May 18, 1967, is a German racing driver most famous for his career in Formula One. ...
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In 1985, the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA) created the Formula 3000 championship to become the final career step for drivers willing to enter the Formula One championship. ...
Tomáš Enge (born September 11, 1976 in Liberec) was a Formula One driver from the Czech Republic. ...
At the end of the season, speculation began surrounding the fate of the team in the light of its increasing debts. Finally, in early 2002 the team went bankrupt, just before the start of the season. Prost had been unable to raise enough sponsorship to keep the team afloot. Deeply hurt by the episode, Prost described it as a disaster for France. Had Prost raced in 2002, Frenchman Jonathan Cochet may have driven one of the cars. Frentzen had hoped to stay, but ended up at Arrows, who also went bankrupt. The team never managed to replace the money that Gauloises stopped supplying when they withdrew their title sponsorship at the end of 2000. Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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