For the final regular episode of Season 11 of Bring Back V10s we let our members on Patreon choose a race from 1996, and they voted for the chaotic Monaco Grand Prix that was won by Olivier Panis's Ligier.
Ahead of the third season of our sister podcast And Colossally That's History, Glenn Freeman and Edd Straw are joined by Colossally co-host Matt Bishop to look back on a bonkers afternoon in Monte Carlo, and to discuss everything else that was going on in F1 around that weekend.
We look at how Panis came through the madness from 14th on the grid to claim Ligier's final F1 victory, and discuss the precarious state the team was in at the time. And there's also discussion of the heartbreaking retirements from the lead of the race for championship leader Damon Hill and Benetton's under-fire lead driver Jean Alesi.
Speaking of Hill, this was the weekend when the first rumours about his seat being vulnerable for 1997 emerged, and it was also in Monaco that Ferrari first spoke to Ross Brawn about following Michael Schumacher over from Benetton.
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If you're not yet part of The Race Members' Club on Patreon, now is the perfect time to join as we're giving you 90% off your first month. And if you're already in it, here's a reminder of some of the extras you get.
Members can already get early access to the next episode of Bring Back V10s - an 'ask us anything' where Glenn, Edd and Ben Anderson tackle a mountain of members' questions including what the V10 era would've looked like if Michael Schumacher had never been given an F1 chance. Members get every episode of Bring Back V10s either days or weeks early, and all ad-free too, and our Champions tier includes early access to video snippets from each upcoming episode as well.
And you can ask Glenn questions for the next Bring Back V10s debrief video, exclusive to Patreon and now getting up to an hour in length in each edition!
Keep an eye out for details soon of our next F1 Revisited series - exclusive to the Members' Club - where Glenn, Edd, Ben and Matt Beer relive a great V10s era F1 season round by round (and season one - F1 1997 Revisited - is available here in the meantime).
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