Aurélien Panis

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]

Aurélien Panis
Nationality French
Born (1994-10-29) 29 October 1994
Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Related toOlivier Panis (father)
WTCC career
Debut season2017
Current teamZengő Motorsport
Car number8
Starts9
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish18th 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
2019–20
2017-18		Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Class
Andros Électrique Trophy

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 Autosport Academy 14 0 0 1 2 46 10th
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 RC Formula 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 12 0 0 0 0 26 16th
2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Prema Powerteam 14 0 0 0 0 14 18th
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
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 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
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 Andros Trophy – Elite Pro Class 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
2021 Andros Trophy – Elite Pro Class Saintéloc Racing 8 0 1 1 4 442 3rd*

* 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 MAR
1
10		 MAR
2
Ret		 ITA
1
DNS		 ITA
2
12		 HUN
1
10		 HUN
2
14		 GER
1
13		 GER
2
12		 POR
1
11		 POR
2
16†		 ARG
1		 ARG
2		 CHN
1		 CHN
2		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 QAT
1		 QAT
2		 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

References
  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. 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)
  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".
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
2019-20		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

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