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Originally posted by NiceGuyEddie
I don´t like Panis at all. He is a dangerous driver. At the Nurburgring he almost delibratly ran Leinders off the road, just to make a point about not getting in his way. At Indy he looked prepared to accept the risk of putting Taku off track at a very high speed. His general behaviour is one of complaining or being downright rude.
And he isn´t that quick to begin with. So, I´ll be happy seeing him replaced by whoever. Well, except Jos of course.
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This really does smack of bias. Plenty of drivers have done aggressive blocking swerves in the past, not least a certain German (let's not go there....), and it has caused accidents.
To say that he was never quick is ridiculous though. Especially before the Canada accident he was frequently right up there in a Ligier. His pace at McLaren was equal to DC's, and at BAR he did enough to rattle Villeneuve.
On both occasions his contribution to the car's development was immense, which is one of the mainr easons Toyota went for him. Notice how mcuh Prost fell away in 1997 after he was injured (other than Austria, a track which suited Bridgestone immensely) and again when he was fired for 2000.