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.

Franck Lagorce
Lagorce in 2016
Born (1968-09-01) 1 September 1968 (age 56)
L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityFrance French
Active years1994
TeamsLigier
Entries2
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1994 Japanese Grand Prix
Last entry1994 Australian Grand Prix

Career

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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

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Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
1993 DAMS Reynard/93D Ford Cosworth DON
8
SIL
4
PAU
7
PER
11
HOC
DNS
NÜR
11
SPA
10
MAG
1
NOG
1
4th 21
1994 Apomatox Reynard/94D Ford Cosworth SIL
1
PAU
5
CAT
5
PER
2
HOC
1
SPA
13
EST
8
MAG
2
2nd 34
Sources:[2][3]

Complete Formula One results

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1994 Ligier Gitanes Blondes Ligier JS39B Renault V10 BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR JPN
Ret
AUS
11
NC 0
Source:[2][4]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1994   Courage Compétition   Henri Pescarolo
  Alain Ferté
Courage C32LM-Porsche LMP1
C90
142 DNF DNF
1995   Courage Compétition   Henri Pescarolo
  Éric Bernard
Courage C41-Chevrolet WSC 26 DNF DNF
1996   La Filière Elf   Henri Pescarolo
  Emmanuel Collard
Courage C36-Porsche LMP1 327 7th 2nd
1997   DAMS   Éric Bernard
  Jean-Christophe Boullion
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 GT1 149 DNF DNF
1998   Nissan Motorsports
  TWR
  John Nielsen
  Michael Krumm
Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 342 5th 5th
1999   AMG-Mercedes   Bernd Schneider
  Pedro Lamy
Mercedes-Benz CLR LMGTP 76 DNF DNF
2000   Team Cadillac   Butch Leitzinger
  Andy Wallace
Cadillac Northstar LMP LMP900 291 21st 11th
2001   Panoz Motorsports   David Brabham
  Jan Magnussen
Panoz LMP07-Élan LMP900 85 DNF DNF
2002   Pescarolo Sport   Sébastien Bourdais
  Jean-Christophe Boullion
Courage C60-Peugeot LMP900 343 10th 9th
2003   Pescarolo Sport   Stéphane Sarrazin
  Jean-Christophe Boullion
Courage C60-Peugeot LMP900 356 8th 6th
Sources:[2][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Franck Lagorce". GrandPrix.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Franck Lagorce Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Franck Lagorce". Motor Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. ^ Small, Steve (2000). "Lagorce, Franck". Grand Prix Who's Who (Third ed.). Reading, Berkshire: Travel Publishing. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-902007-46-5. Retrieved 7 August 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "Franck Lagorce". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by French Formula Three Champion
1992
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Marcel Kläy
Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy Champion
1996
Succeeded by