[#Ligier50years - #19] 1973 Le Mans 24 Hours. Three Ligier JS2s took the start: 2 the #62 #19 and #18. The #18 with its red livery started last (in 59th position!) and finished 19th with Delalande/Laurent/Marche at the wheel. It was the first Ligier in the history to have crossed the finishing line of the 24 Hours of Le Mans! The #19 was forced to retire following an engine failure. The #62 with the BP livery, driven by Jacques Laffite and Guy Ligier, was disqualified after 3h: a mechanics had taken the initiative to top up the oil. We knew the sanction, but no one dared to tell the driver or the boss. We let the #62 race until the Race Director intervened. Shame as it was the fastest in its category…
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#ligierautomotive #ligier #whenracingwasracing #jacqueslaffite #ligierjs2 #lemans #lemans24 #lemansclassic #classiccar #vintagecar 📷 @dppiimages
[#Ligier50years – Story #18] 😔😤”Never have I come this close to the Title”. Despite a last podium in Holland, 1979 ended on a less upbeat note than it had begun for the “Bleus” who had to settle for a 3rd place in the World Championship. Laffite, 4th in the Drivers classification, concluded: 🎙“The 1979 season is a great story. But a sad one. Never have I come this close to the Title. Never has the Ligier team produced a car this successful, balanced, competitive as the Ligier JS11. Yet we have been defeated: the crux, an insufficient budget, caused our fatigue at mid-season and we lost track on the aerodynamics…”
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#ligierautomotive #ligier #classicF1 #f1 #ligierF1 #ligierjs11 #retrogp #F1Heroes #F1photography #whenracingwasracing #jacqueslaffite 📷 @dppiimages
Soirée de lancement de la grande collecte de notre partenaire l’Association @mecenatcardiaque. Rejoignez-nous pour sauver 24 enfants atteints de malformations cardiaques pendant les 24 Heures du Mans. 200 miniatures Ligier JS P217 livrée anniversaire seront en vente aux 24 Heures du Mans au profit de l’Association.
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#ligierautomotive #ligier #ligier50years #ligierjsp217 #mecenatchirurgiecardiaque #lemans #24h @panisbarthez @sarthe.fr @julien_canal_1 @tim_buret @24heuresdumans @carrefourfrance @carrefourmarketmulsanne
🏆 Great #4HMonza @elms_official race with a podium in LM P2 & LM P3 ! The #32 @unitedautosports Ligier JS P217 finished P3️⃣ and its sister car #22 P4️⃣ 👏 In LM P3, podium 💯% Ligier
🥇 @eurointernational #11 Ligier JS P3
🥈 @intereuropolcompetition #13 Ligier JS P3
🥉 @unitedautosports #2 Ligier JS P3
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#ligierautomotive #ligier #justraceit #lmp2 #ligierjsp217 #lmp3 #ligierjsp3 #elms #motorsport #endurance #racing #monza
👊🏎🤩 Pole position for the Ligier JS P3 of @keo_racingteam in @lemanscup at @autodromonazionale_monza ! The team took its first ever @lemanscup pole position in the final lap ! Congratulations to the team and drivers @joofrid @mmarkusssen 👏
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#ligierautomotive #ligier #justraceit #lmp3 #ligierjsp3 #LMC #monzaround #motorsport #endurance #racing 📷 @keo_racingteam
📽 L’essai de la Ligier JS2 R dans @turbo_m6 avec Jacques Lafitte en invité spécial est en ligne ! Si vous avez manqué @etiennebruet au volant de la Ligier JS2 R sur le @circuitmagnycours et le lancement de la #ligierjscup France au Mans, c’est le moment ! Retrouvez le lien vers l’émission sur notre page Facebook @ligierautomotive .
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#ligierautomotive #ligier #justraceit #ligierjs2r #endurance #motorsport #lemans #magnycours @benoitabdelatif 📷 @dppiimages
[#ligier50years - Story #17] 🎤 “I managed to take Scheckter by surprise, said Laffite. Afterwards he congratulated me sportively but he added: you took a big risk”. 1979 Zeltweg GP in Austria, the duel Scheckter/Laffite was unparalleled. Laffite finished 3rd with the Ligier JS11 in front of Scheckter. “Outside I could see Guy [Ligier] pumping his fist defiantly to encourage me to beat the South-African [Jody Scheckter] against whom I was fighting since the beginning of the race, added Laffite. Seeing Guy frantic, I knew that I had to try the impossible to satisfy him”
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#ligierautomotive #ligier #classicF1 #f1 #ligierF1 #ligierjs11 #retrogp #F1Heroes #F1photography #whenracingwasracing #jacqueslaffite #scheckter #ferrari #lemans #lemans24 📷 @dppiimages
🏆🥈The Ligier JS2 finished 2nd at the Tour Auto @peterauto 2019 in the H-I category with the French drivers @johnofb69 & Sibel. They won 4 rounds on track at Dijon, @circuitmagnycours, @circuitdecharade & Le Mans. A great present 🎁 for the 50th anniversary of the Ligier brand #ligier50years
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#justraceit #ligierautomotive #ligier #tourauto #optic2000 #peterauto #ligierjs2 #lemans24 #motorsport #classiccar #enduranceracing 📷 @lbrx_photography
🏆 Podium 💯 % Ligier JS P3 at @officialmidohio @imsa_racing 👊⚡️
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🥇 @mltmotorsports - @dickersonracing & @dylankmurry 🥈 @ansamotorsports - @leolamelas25 & @neilalberico 🥉 Wulver Racing - Tonis Kasemets & Bruce Hamilton
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8️⃣ Ligier JS P3s in the top 1️⃣0️⃣
Congrats to all the teams and drivers 👏
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#justraceit #ligierautomotive #ligier #ligierjsp3 #lmp3 #imsa #imsapc #imsaatmo #winners #podium #racing
📺 Which race will you watch this weekend? ➡️ SWIPE to see the 3 types of Ligier sports car racing this weekend on 2 continents
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☑️ IMSA WTSCC at @officialmidohio with the @coreautosport Ligier Nissan DPI that was in Long Beach 3 weeks ago ☑️ IMSA Protoype Challenge also at @officialmidohio with 1️⃣7️⃣ Ligier JS P3s
☑️ @fiawec_official at @circuitdespafrancorchamps with @larbrecompetition Ligier JS P217
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Correct answer: All three of course!
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#ligierautomotive #ligier #justraceit #imsa #imsaatmo #nissan #ligierjsp3 #lmp3 #wec #6hspa #spa #ligierjsp217 #lmp2 📷 @richard_dole / @ansamotorsports / @dppiimages
[#Ligier50years – Story #16] After the Belgium GP in 1979, Jacques Laffite was on the run for the World Championship ex aequo with Jody Scheckter. The rest of the season was disappointing: two retirements for the #26 and a 8th place. Scheckter & Ferrari were leading the championship before the Germany GP. Laffite was 3rd. During the race he had no choice but to put on a bold strategy: he kept his tires that were vibrating and managed to finish 3rd, in front of Scheckter. He was up second in the race for the title, 7 points behind Scheckter 🏁🏎
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#ligierautomotive #ligier #classicF1 #f1 #ligierF1 #ligierjs11 #retrogp #F1heroes #F1photography #whenracingwasracing #jacqueslaffite #scheckter #ferrari #hockenheim #hockenheimring #ford #cosworth 📷 @dppiimages
The Ligier JS2, the ancestor of the Ligier JS2 R, Ligier’s latest GT unveiled in 2018, ready to take part in the @tourauto .
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#ligierautomotive #ligier #ligier50years #ligierjs2 #ligierjs2r #ligierjscup #tourauto #vintagecars #gts #whenracingwasracing #gitanes #grandpalais #paris @peterauto