Aurélien Panis


Aurélien Panis 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.

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. 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. But after five round, he split with the Hungarian team and went towards TCR International Series where he participated with the Boutsen Ginion Racing squad. In the later championship he took one win with the Belgian team's Honda Civic TCR.
This year, he will race in World Touring Car Cup with an Audi RS3 LMS at Comtoyou Racing.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718Points
2015Tech 1 RacingALC
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		12th42
2016Arden MotorsportALC
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		5th183

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2017Zengő MotorsportHonda Civic WTCCMAR
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		18th2

† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete TCR International Series results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2017Boutsen Ginion RacingHonda Civic Type R TCRRIM
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		20th27

† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2018Comtoyou RacingAudi RS 3 LMS TCRMAR
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		17th55
2019Comtoyou Team DHL CUPRA RacingCUPRA León TCRMAR
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		17th127

† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.Points
2019Tech 1 RacingLexus RC F GT3ProBRH
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		20th6