Franck Lagorce

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

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) (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

(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

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

References

  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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by French Formula Three Champion
1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Marcel Kläy
 Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy Champion
1996 		Succeeded by