Gilles Panizzi
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Gilles Panizzi (born 19 September 1965) is a French former
Panizzi was born in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes. Like many of his fellow rally racing countrymen, Panizzi spent a great deal of his developmental driving years participating in asphalt rally events throughout his native land.
In 1996 and 1997, Panizzi won the French Championship title in a Peugeot-backed (funded) 306 kit car. It was at that point that he was nominated to drive for Peugeot as their resident asphalt (tarmac/sealed-surface) expert.
Between 1999 and 2003 Panizzi had great success in his role as Peugeot's tarmac expert. He won a total of seven World Rally Championship rounds in this period - all on tarmac. However, Panizzi's inability to match his rivals pace on gravel, mud, and snow precluded him from challenging for the world title while at Peugeot. Panizzi had an embarrassing moment during the 2000 Safari Rally, where he and his brother and co-driver Herve were behind the slower car of Argentine driver Roberto Sanchez, who had not moved over despite being ordered to do so was kicking up dust and blinding the irate Panizzi, who picked up two punctures thanks to the stones thrown up by Sanchez's car. The Panizzi brothers were so furious that after the end of the stage they both ran up to Sanchez's car, opened the door and started physically assaulting the Argentine driver, both trying to pull Sanchez out of his car. The Panizzi brothers actions landed them both a $50,000 fine.[1][2] He is the only WRC driver to do a (famous) 360 spin at the Viladrau hairpin, which he did at the 2002 Rally Catalunya.[3][4]
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The 2021 Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine saw Panizzi's one-off rallying return. He used a Hyundai i20 R5, finishing 15th overall.
WRC victories
# Event Season Co-driver Car 1 
44ème V-Rally Tour de Corse - Rallye de France
2000Hervé Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 2 
42º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia
2000Hervé Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 3 43º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia
2001Hervé Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 4 46ème Rallye de France - Tour de Corse
2002Hervé Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 5 38º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)2002Hervé Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 6 44º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia
2002Hervé Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 7 39º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)2003Hervé Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC
Complete WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990
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Gilles Panizzi | Lancia Delta Integrale
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MON 16 |
POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | GBR | NC | 0 | ||||
1993
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Gilles Panizzi | Peugeot 106 XSi
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MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA Ret |
GRE | ARG | NZL
|
FIN | AUS | ITA | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | |||
1995
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Peugeot Sport | Peugeot 306 S16
|
MON | SWE | POR | FRA 12 |
NZL | AUS | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | ||||||||
1997
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Peugeot Sport | Peugeot 306 Maxi
|
MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP 3 |
FRA 3 |
ARG | GRE | NZL
|
FIN | IDN | ITA | AUS | GBR | 10th | 8 | ||
1998
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Peugeot Sport | Peugeot 306 Maxi
|
MON 9 |
SWE | KEN | POR | ESP 6 |
FRA 4 |
ARG | GRE | NZL
|
ITA 5 |
AUS | 12th | 6 | |||||
| Gilles Panizzi | Peugeot 106 Rallye
|
FIN 35 |
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Subaru Impreza WRX
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GBR Ret |
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1999
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Gilles Panizzi | Subaru Impreza WRC 98 | MON Ret |
SWE | KEN | POR | ESP
|
10th | 6 | |||||||||||
Peugeot Esso
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Peugeot 206 WRC | FRA Ret |
ARG | GRE | NZL
|
FIN 33 |
CHN | ITA 2 |
AUS | GBR 7 |
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2000
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Peugeot Esso
|
Peugeot 206 WRC | MON Ret |
SWE | KEN Ret |
POR
|
ESP 6 |
ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CYP | FRA 1 |
ITA 1 |
AUS Ret |
GBR 8 |
7th | 21 | ||
2001
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Peugeot Total
|
Peugeot 206 WRC | MON Ret |
SWE | ESP 2 |
ARG | ITA 1 |
FRA 2 |
AUS 9 |
8th | 22 | |||||||||
| H.F. Grifone SRL | POR 12 |
CYP Ret |
GRE Ret |
KEN | FIN 14 |
NZL | GBR Ret |
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2002
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Peugeot Total
|
Peugeot 206 WRC | MON 7 |
FRA 1 |
ESP 1 |
CYP 10 |
ARG Ret |
KEN 6 |
FIN | GER | ITA 1 |
NZL 7 |
AUS | 6th | 31 | |||||
| Bozian Racing | SWE 16 |
GRE Ret |
GBR 11 |
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2003
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Marlboro Peugeot Total
|
Peugeot 206 WRC | MON Ret |
SWE | GER 10 |
FIN | AUS | ITA 2 |
FRA 6 |
ESP 1 |
10th | 27 | ||||||||
| Bozian Racing | TUR 5 |
NZL | ARG | GRE 7 |
CYP Ret |
GBR Ret |
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2004
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Mitsubishi Motors | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 | MON 6 |
SWE Ret |
MEX 8 |
NZL Ret |
CYP Ret |
GRE 10 |
TUR Ret |
ARG 7 |
FIN 11 |
GER Ret |
JPN | GBR
|
ITA | FRA | ESP 12 |
AUS | 13th | 6 |
2005
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Mitsubishi Motors | Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 | MON 3 |
SWE | MEX 8 |
NZL | ITA | CYP 11 |
TUR | GRE | ARG | FIN | GER | GBR
|
JPN 11 |
FRA Ret |
ESP | AUS | 15th | 7 |
2006
|
Red Bull Škoda | Škoda Fabia WRC | MON 10 |
SWE | MEX
|
ESP 10 |
FRA | ARG | ITA | GRE | GER | FIN | JPN | CYP | TUR | AUS | NZL | GBR
|
NC | 0 |
References
- ^ "Gilles Panizzi retires - Safari Rally Kenya 2000". YouTube.
- ^ "WRC Craziest Moments II - Gilles Panizzi vs. Roberto Sanchez". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Rally video - WRC: Gilles Panizzi's 360 at Catalunya 2002". YouTube.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "WRC: Gilles Panizzi's 360° donut drift at Viladrau stage 15 of Rally Catalunya 2002". YouTube.
Sources
- WRC.com - the official World Rally Championship website.
- Official Website - note: inactive as of April 2006
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