When Franck Lagorce was chosen to replace Johnny Herbert at Ligier for the final two rounds of the 1994 Formula 1 season, his debut couldn’t have come under more challenging circumstances.
Suzuka is about as difficult a circuit as they come, and that’s when drivers can see where they’re going. The Japanese Grand Prix that year was held in utterly appalling conditions that would almost certainly not have been started today. To then follow that up with the tricky Adelaide street track, another circuit new to the 1992 French Formula 3 champion, meant Lagorce was on something of a hiding to nothing.
