Franck Lagorce (born 1 September 1968 in

L'Haÿ-les-Roses L'Haÿ-les-Roses () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. L'Haÿ-les-Roses is a ''sous-préfecture'' of the Val-de-Marne ''département'', being the seat of the Arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les ...

) is a

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from France. He participated in two

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Grands Prix, debuting on 6 November 1994. He scored no championship points.

Career

Lagorce competed in French

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between 1987 and 1989, and was runner up in the

French Formula Renault Championship The Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup (WEC) was a Formula Renault 2.0 championship that replaced the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 as of 2008,French Formula Three Championship The French Formula Three Championship was a motor racing series for Formula Three cars held in France between 1964 and 2002. The series was merged with the German Formula Three Championship in 2003 to form the Formula 3 Euro Series The Formula ...

in 1991 and won the title the following year. He competed in

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for the next two years, winning four races and finishing the 1994 season in second place. He was

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's test driver in 1994 and 1995 and drove in the last two races of the

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when

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moved to Benetton to replace

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who had been loaned to

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. He then became test driver for

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in 1996. He won the

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trophy in 1996, and has since competed in production car and

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Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula One results

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

Profile at grandprix.com

External links

Franck Lagorce Consulting

Lagorce's Twitter feed
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