Olivier Panis Owns Monaco’s 1996 Chaos
Panis took the only Formula 1 win of his career in a brutal Monaco Grand Prix settled by a three-car fight.
Olivier Panis won the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix, claiming the only Formula 1 victory of his career in one of the sport’s most memorable survival tests. Monaco did what Monaco does: punished hesitation, magnified pressure, and turned a grand prix into a knife-edge contest where simply reaching the flag carried weight. The race became a dramatic battle between three cars, with Panis emerging from the mess as the driver who made the moment count.
