Ultimate Cup Series : 100% Ligier JS P320 podium at Magny-Cours

The fifth round of the Ultimate Cup Series 2024 season was held on October 11 and 12 on Ligier soil, at the Magny-Cours circuit in France. On this occasion, the Ligier JS P320s were at the forefront all weekend. Inter Europol Competition's #34, driven by Pedro Perino, Arendsen Dane and Romain Favre, took pole position and victory at the end of the 4-hour race. It was followed by the two Team Virage Ligier JS P320s, #88 (Jacek Zielona/ Raphaël Narac/…
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Ligier JS Cup France, Portimão: a 2024 finale under dreadful weather conditions

Thirty Ligier JS2 R cars started the final 6-hour race of the 2024 Ligier JS Cup France season in torrential rain at the Portimão circuit in the Algarve on October 12. As the sun finally came out, ZOSH - J4R returned to winning ways in the Elite classification. They finished second in the championship behind the ORHES - MATIMMO - FEU VERT BEAUNE team which had already clinched the title during the previous round at Nogaro. In the Gentleman's classification,…

Ligier European Series: Drivers rise to the challenge of the highly technical Mugello.

For the first two races of the championship on the Mugello circuit in Italy on September 28, the drivers once again put on a quality show. After two hotly contested one-hour races, four different teams came out on top. In Race 1, Mexican Ian Aguilera and RLR MSport clinched their second victory of the season with the #77 Ligier JS P4. In JS2 R, Iron Lynx by LRMotorsport's Italians Matteo Pianezzola and Gregorio Bertocco took their first win of the…

LMP3 success at Ligier: 41 titles since 2015

The Ligier JS P320, the second-generation LMP3 Ligier, is set to bow out of the ACO championships at the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) and Michelin Le Mans Cup (MLMC) finale in Portimao on October 19, 2024. It will be replaced in 2025 by the Ligier JS P325, the French manufacturer's third LMP3 model. This is an opportune moment to reflect on Ligier's track record in LMP3 since its debut in the category in 2015. The Ligier JS P3: a…

Gillian Henrion: from Ligier European Series to WEC Rookie Test, a remarkable journey up the endurance pyramid

Gillian Henrion is a fine example of success in the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's endurance pyramid, which starts with the Ligier European Series and leads all the way to the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Champion in 2022 at the wheel of Team Virage's #16 Ligier JS P4, he has since climbed the ranks and confirmed his talent at every stage of his career. The best proof of this is that he has now been selected for the WEC Rookie…