Franck Lagorce

Franck Lagorce
	Lagorce in 2016
Born	1 September 1968 (age 56); L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	French
Active years	1994
Teams	Ligier
Entries	2
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1994 Japanese Grand Prix
Last entry	1994 Australian Grand Prix

Last updated January 17, 2025

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	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]

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References

↑ "Franck Lagorce". GrandPrix.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
1 2 3 "Franck Lagorce Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
↑ "Franck Lagorce". Motor Sport . Retrieved 7 August 2023.
↑ 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.
↑ "Franck Lagorce". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 7 August 2023.

External links

Franck Lagorce Consulting Archived 2011-08-02 at the Wayback Machine

Sporting positions
Preceded by Christophe Bouchut	French Formula Three Champion 1992	Succeeded by Didier Cottaz
Preceded by Marcel Kläy	Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy Champion 1996	Succeeded by Tommy Rustad

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[1] "Franck Lagorce". GrandPrix.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[MSportStats-2] 1 2 3 "Franck Lagorce Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[MSportMagResults-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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Formula One World Championship career
Lagorce in 2016
Born	(1968-09-01) 1 September 1968 (age 56) L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France
Nationality	French
Active years	1994
Teams	Ligier
Entries	2
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1994 Japanese Grand Prix
Last entry	1994 Australian Grand Prix