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A 20-year wait...

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F1i has been looking at France's win drought in F1, with Olivier Panis the last Frenchman to win a grand prix back in 1996. It was an incredible win for Ligier around the streets of Monaco, with Panis one of only seven cars to be classified and one of only three to still be circulating at the end of the race. The Frenchman won from 14th place on the grid in a wet/dry race, leading home David Coulthard and Johnny Herbert to give Ligier its final grand prix victory.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.