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Offline Bob U

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Panis @ LM ?
« on: September 18, 2006, 03:47:10 pm »
It looks like Henri's vision of an all French team to drive the Peugeots is begining to take shape.

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=37383



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Re: Panis @ LM ?
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2006, 04:32:49 pm »
yup.. saw that... wonder if old derico warwico is still sniffing for a drive :-\ will have to ask him what his thoughts are on the subject next time i see him

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Re: Panis @ LM ?
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2006, 04:50:49 pm »
It looks like Henri's vision of an all French team to drive the Peugeot's is beginning to take shape.

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=37383

Bob, THINK of the shame, moving from gods own campsite, HA ;) to MB, AND admitting you read ITV-F1, the home of the Cock, the shame.

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« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2006, 04:56:17 pm »
DING DING, seconds out...... round two ;)

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Re: Panis @ LM ?
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2006, 05:39:13 pm »
As I said before this year's 24 Hours, why does the Pescarolo insist on having a totally French team? The way that Peugeot operates in a global or at least a pan-european market, you'd think one of their Executives would tell him to take his bearded head out of his parochial small-town arse. Personally I was quite pleased that Audi put one over him, and all done with an international line up of star drivers unlike the very average all French Pescarolo team drivers he employed.

Even in the Group C Jag/Merc/Porsche wars there was a good array of international talent proving you could run a patriotic based team without having to be so desperately closed-minded. God, how terribly French it all is. And how terribly "wrong". The curse of the Commer be upon them until such time as they see the light.
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Re: Panis @ LM ?
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2006, 06:12:39 pm »
I don't think Pecsa will be running the Peugeots. They have recruited the team manager from Swiss Team Sprit to run the works effort.

I understand the Peugeots will have an international flavor to the driver line up. However Pesa seems to think it suits his and his sponsors better to restrict his rosta to only French.
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Re: Panis @ LM ?
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2006, 09:43:54 pm »
From the link Bob posted -->
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Toyota has made much progress and I am happy to have been a part of this,” said the former Ligier, Prost, McLaren and BAR-Honda driver.
I can't recall Panis driving for McLaren... ???
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« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2006, 08:48:27 am »
From the link Bob posted -->
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Toyota has made much progress and I am happy to have been a part of this,” said the former Ligier, Prost, McLaren and BAR-Honda driver.
I can't recall Panis driving for McLaren... ???

According to his site he was the Third driver in 2000.

http://www.olivier-panis.com/uk/biographie.shtml