Olivier Panis was the trendsetter who originally took a sabbatical from GP racing in order to further advance his career, and after completing a year of testing with McLaren his stock rose dramatically after the impressive words of praise from Ron Dennis. Prior to Olivier's departure from the sport in the 2000 season, he was a mainstay at the Ligier/Prost outfit since 1994.  The highlight of Olivier's career so far was his memorable win at Monaco in 1996, as well as three second place finishes, which in recognition of the poor quality of the Liger/Prost cars is a great testament to his unquestionable driving talent.  Since being back in F1, Olivier drove two seasons in a very poor BAR, yet managing to score a few point finishes.  In 2003 Olivier heads up the Toyota F1 program's sophomore year.