Franck Lagorce Explained

Franck Lagorce
Nationality: French
Birth Date:1 September 1968
Birth Place:L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France
Team(S):Ligier
Races:2
Championships:0
Wins:0
Podiums:0
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:0
Points:0
First Race:1994 Japanese Grand Prix
Last Race:1994 Australian Grand Prix

Franck Lagorce (born 1 September 1968) is a racing driver from France. He participated in two Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 6 November 1994. He scored no championship points.

Career

Lagorce competed in French Formula Ford between 1987 and 1989, and was runner up in the French Formula Renault Championship in 1990. He stepped up to the French Formula Three Championship in 1991 and won the title the following year. He competed in Formula 3000 for the next two years, winning four races and finishing the 1994 season in second place. He was Ligier's test driver in 1994 and 1995 and drove in the last two races of the 1994 Formula One season when Johnny Herbert moved to Benetton to replace JJ Lehto who had been loaned to Sauber. He then became test driver for Forti Corse in 1996.[1]

He won the Renault Spider trophy in 1996, and has since competed in production car and sportscar racing.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789DCPoints
1993DAMSReynard/93DFord CosworthDON
SIL
PAU
PER
HOC
NÜR
SPA
MAG
NOG
4th21
1994ApomatoxReynard/94DFord CosworthSIL
PAU
CAT
PER
HOC
SPA
EST
MAG
2nd34

Complete Formula One results

(key)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
Courage Compétition Henri Pescarolo
Alain Ferté
Courage C32LM-PorscheLMP1
C90
142DNFDNF
Courage Compétition Henri Pescarolo
Éric Bernard
Courage C41-ChevroletWSC26DNFDNF
La Filière Elf Henri Pescarolo
Emmanuel Collard
Courage C36-PorscheLMP13277th2nd
DAMS Éric Bernard
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Panoz Esperante GTR-1GT1149DNFDNF
Nissan Motorsports
TWR
John Nielsen
Michael Krumm
Nissan R390 GT1GT13425th5th
AMG-Mercedes Bernd Schneider
Pedro Lamy
Mercedes-Benz CLRLMGTP76DNFDNF
Team Cadillac Butch Leitzinger
Andy Wallace
Cadillac Northstar LMPLMP90029121st11th
Panoz Motorsports David Brabham
Jan Magnussen
Panoz LMP07-ÉlanLMP90085DNFDNF
Pescarolo Sport Sébastien Bourdais
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Courage C60-PeugeotLMP90034310th9th
Pescarolo Sport Stéphane Sarrazin
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Courage C60-PeugeotLMP9003568th6th

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Franck Lagorce. GrandPrix.com. 7 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20091230120444/http://grandprix.com/gpe/drv-lagfra.html. 30 December 2009. dead.