Aurélien Panis

Aurélien Panis
Aurélien Panis
Nationality	French
Born	29 October 1994 (age 27); Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Related to	Olivier Panis (father)
WTCC career
Debut season	2017
Current team	Zengő Motorsport
Car number	8
Starts	9
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	18th in 2017
Previous series
2015–16; 2012–14; 2013–14; 2012; 2011	Formula V8 3.5 Series; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps; French F4 Championship
Championship titles
; 2017-18	Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Class; Andros Électrique Trophy

Aurélien Panis (born 29 October 1994 in Saint-Martin-d'Hères) is a professional French racing driver. He is best known for being the son of the former Formula 1 driver, Olivier Panis. From 2017 he is one of the two drivers of Zengő Motorsport - the first non-Hungarian the team has fielded in the WTCC.^[1]

Career[]

Aurélien Panis began his career in 2011 in the national French F4 Championship. He finished tenth. In 2012, he joined Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, but scored no points in Eurocup, and only 26 in Alps. He became a member of the Caterham Racing Academy, from Caterham F1 Team in 2013, and scored his first points in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. In 2014, he left Caterham but won two victories: one in Eurocup and another one in Northern European Cup.

He joined Formula Renault 3.5 Series for 2015, with Tech 1 Racing.^[2] Next year, in the series - which was renamed as Formula V8 3.5 Series - he scored two wins and finished the championship in 5th position.

In 2017, he decided to switch for touring cars as he started the year in WTCC with a Honda Civic TC1 car at Zengő Motorsport.^[3] But after five round, he split with the Hungarian team ^[4] and went towards TCR International Series where he participated with the Boutsen Ginion Racing squad.^[5] In the later championship he took one win with the Belgian team's Honda Civic TCR.

In 2019 he would race in World Touring Car Cup (FIA WTCR) with an Audi RS3 LMS at Comtoyou Racing.^[6]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	French F4 Championship	Auto Sport Academy	14	0	0	1	2	46	10th
2012	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	RC Formula	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2012	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	RC Formula	12	0	0	0	0	26	16th
2013	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Prema Powerteam	14	0	0	0	0	14	18th
2013	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	RC Formula	5	0	0	0	0	45	27th
2014	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	ART Junior Team	14	1	1	0	2	82	9th
2014	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	ART Junior Team	7	1	1	0	2	77	19th
2015	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Tech 1 Racing	17	0	0	0	0	42	12th
2015-16	Andros Trophy - Électrique Class	Allianz	13	3	4	4	6	337	2nd
2016	Formula V8 3.5 Series	Arden Motorsport	18	2	1	0	3	183	5th
2016-17	Andros Trophy - Électrique Class	Plastic'Up	13	2	2	2	9	355	2nd
2017	World Touring Car Championship	Zengő Motorsport	9	0	0	0	0	2	18th
	TCR International Series	Boutsen Ginion Racing	7	1	0	2	1	27	20th
	TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship	Boutsen Ginion Racing	3	0	0	0	0	30	28th
2017–18	Andros Trophy – Électrique Class	Plastic'Up	13	5	5	4	10	370	1st
2018	World Touring Car Cup	Comtoyou Racing	30	0	0	0	0	55	17th
2018	European Le Mans Series	IDEC Sport	1	0	0	0	0	0.25	35th
2018–19	Andros Trophy – Elite Pro Class	Saintéloc Racing	11	1	1	1	5	620	3rd
2019	World Touring Car Cup	Comtoyou Team DHL CUPRA Racing	30	0	0	1	1	127	17th
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe	Tech 1 Racing	6	0	0	0	0	6	20th
	GT4 European Series	Selleslagh Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	7	24th
2019–20		Saintéloc Racing	10	3	2	2	7	543	1st
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Tech 1 Racing	10	0	2	1	0	14.5	16th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver Cup		10	1	2	4	2	60	7th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup		4	0	1	0	1	44	8th
	French GT4 Cup	CMR	12	1	1	0	4	159	5th
2020–21		Saintéloc Racing	11	1	1	1	6	522	2nd
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Saintéloc Racing	10	0	0	0	0	20.5	14th
2021–22		Saintéloc Racing	4	1	1	1	2	234	2nd*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Points
2015	Tech 1 Racing	ALC 1 12	ALC 2 13	MON 1 7	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 7	HUN 1 7	HUN 2 13	RBR 1 8	RBR 2 Ret	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 9	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 Ret	BUG 1 5	BUG 2 6	JER 1 Ret	JER 2 13		12th	42
2016	Arden Motorsport	ALC 1 5	ALC 2 1	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 3	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 5	LEC 1 8	LEC 2 4	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 5	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 1	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 Ret	JER 1 4	JER 2 Ret	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 12	5th	183

Complete World Touring Car Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2017	Zengő Motorsport	Honda Civic WTCC	10	Ret	DNS	12	10	14	13	12	11	16†											18th	2

^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete TCR International Series results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2017	Boutsen Ginion Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR	RIM 1	RIM 2	BHR 1	BHR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	OSC 1 15†	OSC 2 DNS	CHA 1 19	CHA 2 1	ZHE 1 10	ZHE 2 13	DUB 1 14	DUB 2 13	20th	27

^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2018	Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	MAR 1 Ret	MAR 2 14	MAR 3 16	HUN 1 15	HUN 2 20	HUN 3 Ret	GER 1 11	GER 2 12	GER 3 11	NED 1 10	NED 2 Ret	NED 3 13	POR 1 16†	POR 2 8	POR 3 9	SVK 1 9	SVK 2 Ret	SVK 3 10	CHN 1 10	CHN 2 10	CHN 3 9	WUH 1 9	WUH 2 7	WUH 3 11	JPN 1 13	JPN 2 4	JPN 3 5	MAC 1 16	MAC 2 9	MAC 3 Ret	17th	55
2019	Comtoyou Team DHL CUPRA Racing	CUPRA León TCR	MAR 1 Ret	MAR 2 21	MAR 3 19	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 13	HUN 3 11	SVK 1 Ret	SVK 2 Ret	SVK 3 8	NED 1 13	NED 2 14	NED 3 12	GER 1 17	GER 2 8	GER 3 7	POR 1 6	POR 2 16	POR 3 11	CHN 1 6	CHN 2 Ret	CHN 3 6	JPN 1 14	JPN 2 19	JPN 3 17	MAC 1 12	MAC 2 Ret	MAC 3 23	MAL 1 2	MAL 2 11	MAL 3 Ret	17th	127

^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete European Le Mans Series results[]

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2018	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC	MNZ	RBR	SIL	SPA 14‡	ALG	35th	0.25

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	Tech 1 Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Pro	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	ZAN 1 15	ZAN 2 Ret	NÜR 1 19	NÜR 2 5	HUN 1 26	HUN 2 22	20th	6
2020	Tech 1 Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Silver	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 15	MIS 3 19	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 18	ZAN 1 7	ZAN 2 4	CAT 1 12	CAT 2 19	CAT 3 8	7th	60
2021	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Pro	MAG 1 26	MAG 2 6	ZAN 1 9	ZAN 2 15	MIS 1 4	MIS 2 10	BRH 1 5	BRH 2 11	VAL 1 13	VAL 2 9	14th	20.5

References[]

^ Gellérfi-Csizmadia, Gergő (31 January 2017). "HIVATALOS: Ex F1-es pilóta fia a Zengőnél!" (in Hungarian). formula.hu. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "@Tech1Racing signs @AurelienPanis to race in Formula Renault 3.5 Series next season". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180225210144/https://www.fiawtcc.com/panis-switches-to-wtcc-with-zengo-motorsport/. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Aurelien Panis splits with Zengo Honda World Touring Car team".
^ "Aurélien Panis confirmed in TCR International with Boutsen Ginion Racing". 5 July 2017.
^ "Aurélien Panis joins Comtoyou for the FIA WTCR - TCR HUB". 18 January 2018.

External links[]

Aurélien Panis on Facebook
Aurélien Panis career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Christophe Ferrier	Andros Trophy Électrique Champion 2017-18	Succeeded by Christophe Ferrier
Preceded by Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Andros Trophy Elite Pro Champion	Succeeded by Jean-Baptiste Dubourg

[Zengő_Panis-1] Gellérfi-Csizmadia, Gergő (31 January 2017). "HIVATALOS: Ex F1-es pilóta fia a Zengőnél!" (in Hungarian). formula.hu. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[2] "@Tech1Racing signs @AurelienPanis to race in Formula Renault 3.5 Series next season". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20180225210144/https://www.fiawtcc.com/panis-switches-to-wtcc-with-zengo-motorsport/. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] "Aurelien Panis splits with Zengo Honda World Touring Car team".

[5] "Aurélien Panis confirmed in TCR International with Boutsen Ginion Racing". 5 July 2017.

[6] "Aurélien Panis joins Comtoyou for the FIA WTCR - TCR HUB". 18 January 2018.

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