Kammala wannan jumla: 1998 zai zama mawuyacin lokaci ga Panis. Ya kasa zira kwallaye guda ɗaya don ƙungiyar Prost, da farko saboda rashin ingancin mota. Duk da haka, an iyakance cikakkiyar damarsa ta hanyar fil da ya kasance a ƙafafunsa, gadon aikin tiyata bayan hadarinsa a 1997. Babban abin da ya faru a kakar wasa ta bana shi ne na tara a Ostiraliya, ko da yake ya kuma gudu sosai a
1998 Canadian Grand Prix har sai da lalacewar mota ta shiga. Alamar matsalolin ƙungiyar a cikin 1998 ita ce maki ɗaya da abokin aikin Panis Jarno Trulli ya zira a Spa-Francorchamps.