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Grosjean desperate to win race and end barren run

Romain Grosjean is desperate to win a Formula 1 race -- if only to keep the talk about 1996 quiet. Olivier Panis is the last French driver to win a race, back in 1996 at the Monaco GP. This weekend, Grosjean will look to end that drought on the same track. Grosjean has a best result of third this season, at the Bahrain GP last month, and his best last year was second in Canada. After toning down his aggressive driving, the 27-year-old Frenchman feels he is getting closer to taking the chequered flag -- and to finally answering a personal plea from Panis. 'I remember once, last year, when he told me, 'Win the race, so I don't hear about 1996 anymore,'' Grosjean said. 'That was a funny one....
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