In 1996, Olivier Panis won the Monaco Grand Prix, however, at the very next race in Spain that year the Frenchman crashed out on the opening lap of the race. Fast-forward 24-years and the first Frenchman to win a race since then – Pierre Gasly – fresh from winning the Italian Grand Prix last time out, binned his AlphaTauri on the opening laps of the race. Now, how is that for history repeating itself? Inevitably hero-to-zero pops into mind, but the incident on the opening lap, as they barreled up the hill to Luco (Turn 2) was a racing incident pure and simple: three into one does not go. The AlphaTauri was squeezed, got airborne and slithered into the gravel trap, coming to a...
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