Gilles Panizzi

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Gilles Panizzi
Gilles Panizzi 2005
Nation: FranceFrance France
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally: Monte Carlo Rally 1990
Last rally: Rally Catalonia 2006
Co-driver: FranceFrance Hervé Panizzi
Team: Red Bull Škoda
Vehicle: Škoda Fabia WRC
Rallies Victories Podiums WP
71 7th 14th 94
Points: 134
Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC)
First rally: Rali Vinho da Madeira 2006
Last rally: Rally San Remo 2010
Co-driver: MonacoMonaco Freddy Delorme
Team: Proton R3 Malaysia
Vehicle: Proton Satria Neo S2000
Rallies: Victories: Podiums: WP
3 - - -
Championship title: -
Points: 5

Gilles Panizzi (born September 19, 1965 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin ) is a French rally driver .

Career

Panizzi drove for Peugeot from 1999 to 2003 and for Mitsubishi from 2004 to 2005 . In 2006 he drove as a private driver for Red Bull Škoda . His copilot was his brother Hervé. Panizzi was considered an absolute asphalt specialist and was mostly used accordingly by the teams. In the team competition of the ROC Nations' Cup , which was organized as an invitation- only tournament , he and his teammates Régis Laconi and Yvan Muller took first place in 2000 . In 2003, with Cristiano da Matta and Fonsi Nieto , Panizzi, this time starting in the All-Star Team , won the team competition atRace of Champions a second time.

successes

  • French rally champion 1996 and 1997,
  • 1st Corsica Rally 2000
  • 1st rally San Remo 2000
  • 1st San Remo Rally 2001
  • 1st Corsica Rally 2002
  • 1st Rally Catalonia 2002
  • 1st San Remo Rally 2002
  • 1st Rally Catalonia 2003

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