 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Panis akanga ane mukana wekuti ave nemwaka mukuru muna muna apo akanga achityaira Alain Prost, uyo akanga atenga Ligier. Achishandisa matai eBridgestone, akawana nzvimbo yokutanga pachigaro chokutanga chepamusoro chemakambani aya muBrazil. Akanga ari wechipiri muArgentinapamberi pokurega basa. Pashure pemakwikwi matanhatu, akamira panzvimbo yechitatu mumakwikwi nemhaka yeimwe nzvimbo yechipiri muSpain. Kukunda kungadai kwakava kunobvira munhangemutange iyoyo kudai akanga asina kubatwa achitenderera kumashure kwemavhiri manomwe, achirasikirwa nemasekonzi 6 kumutungamiri Jacques Villeneuve. Pa1997 Canadian Grand Prix, akatyoka makumbo ose ari maviri mutsaona yekumhanyisa, zvichimuita kuti apotse makwikwi manomwe akatevera emwaka. Nzvimbo yake muchikwata yakatorwa naJarno Trulli, kusvikira adzoka kumakwikwi matatu ekupedzisira emwaka. Akawana nzvimbo yechitanhatu muLuxembourg uye akaratidzika kuratidza kuti akanga apora zvizere mutsaona yake, sezvo akatasva zvakanaka sezvaakanga aita asati awira mutsaona. Pasinei nokurasikirwa nehafu yegore, akakwanisa kugara pachinzvimbo chechipfumbamwe mumakwikwi aine mapoinzi gumi nematanhatu. 