NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Cup Series
French hopes raised of a long-awaited F1 podium
Published
Mar. 14, 2012 12:52 p.m. ET
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Jean-Eric Vergne was probably too young to care the last time a French driver won a Formula One race.
That was back in May 1996, when Olivier Panis won in Monaco. Vergne was only 6 years old, two months younger than Charles Pic.
But Pic, Vergne and 25-year-old Romain Grosjean are the three French drivers hoping to end that dry spell this season, or at least get a podium place.
With no home Grand Prix since Magny Cours in 2008, and three years without a Frenchman in an F1 car, French fans have had little to cheer. The days of four-time champion Alain Prost, Jean Alesi and Panis seem a long time ago.
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The 21-year-old Vergne says ''it's really good for France'' that the three of them have a chance.
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