2024 Ligier European Series

The 2024 Ligier European Series was the fifth season of the Ligier European Series. The six–event season began at Circuit de Barcelona–Catalunya on 12 April, and ended at Algarve International Circuit on 19 October.

Calendar

Round Race Circuit Date Map of circuit locations
1 Barcelona Heat Circuit de Barcelona–Catalunya 12–13 April
2 Le Castellet Heat Circuit Paul Ricard 3–4 May
3 Le Mans Heat Circuit de la Sarthe 9 June
4 Spa–Francorchamps Heat Circuit de Spa–Francorchamps 23–24 August
5 Mugello Heat Mugello Circuit 27–28 September
6 Portimao Heat Algarve International Circuit 17–19 October
Source:[1][2]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Rounds
JS P4
Team Virage[3][4] 1 Haydn Chance[3] All
Theo Micouris[3]
32 Lucas Medina 1
Alim Geshev 1
Paschalis Paris Stavrakidis 2
Umberto D'Amato 2–5
Jacopo D'Amato 3–5
Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen 6
Brandon McCaughan
66 Jerónimo Berrío[4] All
Pedro Juan Moreno[4]
Smart Driving 3 Alin Fulga 1–2, 5
Dylan Young 1–2
Giacomo Pollini 3
Simone Riccitelli
Nielsen Racing 4 Ben Caisley All
Logan Hannah 1–2
ANS Motorsport[5] 6 Iko Segret[5] All
Inter Europol Competition 7 Romain Favre 1–5
Jolt Racing[6] 26 Thomas Jack Lee[7] 2
Pegasus Racing[8] 16 Yuki Tanaka[8] 1–4, 6
Ryuichiro Ohtsuka 4
Jordan Meyer 5
Tadao Uematsu 6
P4 Racing 27 Andrew Ferguson 3
Jeremy Ferguson 4
ASM Motorsport[9] 44 André Vieira[9] 1, 3–6
Les Deux Arbres 58 Jacques Nicolet 3–4
M Racing 5–6
Monza Garage 71 Chou Chun Ting All
James Winslow
RLR MSport[10] 77 Ian Aguilera[10] All
LR Motorsport 81 Michael Doppelmayr 3
Pierre Kaffer
Jacopo Mazza 5
Manuel Quondamcarlo 5–6
Jody Simone Vullo 6
JS2 R
Loire Valley Racing 9 Edouard Hery 3
Pegasus Racing[8] 18 Louis Stern[8] All
Paul Lanchere 2
Gwenaël Delomier 5
29 Julien Schell[8] All
David Caussanel
ANS Motorsport[5] 31 Clément Moreno[5] 1–5
Paul Trojani 6
37 Jérôme France 3
73 Didier Balcaen 3
No Limit Racing 46 Sébastien Margot 3
LADC Motorsport 49 Hervé Tremblaye 3
61 Steven Palette 3
Léo Payen 3
90 Clément Loeul 3
Les Deux Arbres 50 Noé Da Cuhna 1–5
Antoine Lepesqueux
86 Sacha Bottemanne 4
Jacques Nicolet 1–2
Ryan Shehan 5
August Therbo 6
Sita Vanmeert 1, 3–6
87 2
Pierre-Olivier Calendini 3
Gil Maillet 3
M Racing[11] 53 Cindy Gudet[11] 1–3, 5–6
Tomás Granzella 4
69 Gianfranco Barbara 2
Tomás Granzella 2
Natan Bihel 3
Iron Dames by M Racing 85 Marta García 4, 6
Natalia Granada 5
Iron Lynx by LR Motorsport[12] 60 Gregorio Bertocco[12] 1–5
Matteo Pianezzola[12]
ZOSH Competition 72 Anthony Perrin 3
Léo Pinquier 3
AGS Events 89 Clément Mateu 3
Entry lists:[13][14][15][16][17][18]

Results

Round Circuit JS P4 Winners JS2 R Winning Team Report
1 R1 Circuit de Barcelona–Catalunya No. 1 Team Virage[a] No. 50 Les Deux Arbres [19]
Haydn Chance
Theo Micouris
Noé Da Cuhna
Antoine Lepesqueux
R2 No. 1 Team Virage No. 18 Pegasus Racing
Haydn Chance
Theo Micouris
Louis Stern
2 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard No. 7 Inter Europol Competition No. 31 ANS Motorsport [20][21]
Romain Favre Clément Moreno
R2 No. 1 Team Virage No. 31 ANS Motorsport
Haydn Chance
Theo Micouris
Clément Moreno
3 R Circuit de la Sarthe No. 66 Team Virage No. 69 M Racing [22][23]
Jerónimo Berrío
Pedro Juan Moreno
Natan Bihel
4 R1 Circuit de Spa–Francorchamps No. 77 RLR MSport No. 31 ANS Motorsport [24][25]
Ian Aguilera Clément Moreno
R2 No. 6 ANS Motorsport No. 85 Iron Dames by M Racing
Iko Segret Marta García[26]
5 R1 Mugello Circuit No. 77 RLR MSport No. 60 Iron Lynx by LR Motorsport [27]
Ian Aguilera Gregorio Bertocco
Matteo Pianezzola
R2 No. 66 Team Virage No. 29 Pegasus Racing
Jerónimo Berrío
Pedro Juan Moreno
Julien Schell
David Caussanel
6 R1 Algarve International Circuit No. 77 RLR MSport No. 50 Les Deux Arbres [28]
Ian Aguilera Noé Da Cuhna
Antoine Lepesqueux
R2 No. 66 Team Virage No. 85 Iron Dames by M Racing
Jerónimo Berrío
Pedro Juan Moreno
Marta García

Championship standings

JS P4 Class

Pos. Driver Team CAT
LEC
LMS
SPA
MUG
POR
Points
1 Haydn Chance
Theo Micouris
Team Virage 1 1 3 1 4 6 2 2 2 2 2 200
2 Ian Aguilera RLR MSport 4 3 5 4 5 1 3 1 3 1 3 179
3 Iko Segret ANS Motorsport 5 4 2 2 2 4 1 3 7 3 4 163
4 Jerónimo Berrío
Pedro Juan Moreno
Team Virage 2 Ret 6 Ret 1 2 8 4 1 5 1 147
5 Ben Caisley Nielsen Racing 7 7 4 5 7 11 4 6 4 6 6 90
6 Romain Favre Inter Europol Competition 9 5 1 Ret 3 3 5 WD WD 77
7 Chou Chun Ting
James Winslow
Monza Garage 3 Ret 8 3 Ret 5 Ret 5 Ret 7 8 66
8 Logan Hannah Nielsen Racing 7 7 4 5 34
9 Umberto D'Amato Team Virage 10 8 8 Ret 6 8 6 33
10 Alin Fulga Smart Driving 6 Ret 7 6 9 9 30
11 André Vieira ASM Motorsport 8 6 12 9 Ret 12 10 9 9 30
12 Jacopo D'Amato Team Virage 8 Ret 6 8 6 28
13 Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen
Brandon McCaughan
Team Virage 4 5 22
14 Dylan Young Smart Driving 6 Ret 7 6 22
15 Yuki Tanaka Pegasus Racing DNS DNS 9 7 11 10 9 Ret 11 20
16 Alim Geshev
Lucas Medina
Team Virage 10 2 19
17 Giacomo Pollini
Simone Riccitelli
Smart Driving 6 8
18 Jordan Meyer Pegasus Racing 11 8 8
19 Ryuichiro Ohtsuka Pegasus Racing 10 9 8
20 Paschalis Paris Stavrakidis Team Virage 10 8 5
21 Tadao Uematsu Pegasus Racing Ret 11 2
Thomas Jack Lee Jolt Racing DNS DNS
Drivers ineligible to score points
Manuel Quondamcarlo LR Motorsport 7 5 8 7
Jacopo Mazza LR Motorsport 7 5
Jeremy Ferguson P4 Racing 7 7
Jody Simone Vullo LR Motorsport 8 7
Jacques Nicolet Les Deux Arbres 9 8 10 10 11 10 10
Andrew Ferguson P4 Racing 10
Michael Doppelmayr
Pierre Kaffer
LR Motorsport 13
Pos. Driver Team CAT
LEC
LMS
SPA
MUG
POR
Points
Source:[29]

JS2 R Class

Pos. Driver Team CAT
LEC
LMS
SPA
MUG
POR
Points
1 Julien Schell
David Caussanel
Pegasus Racing 2 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 6 7 182
2 Noé Da Cuhna
Antoine Lepesqueux
Les Deux Arbres 1 3 7 6 8 7 6 3 2 1 2 167
3 Clément Moreno ANS Motorsport Ret 2 1 1 5 1 4 6 6 139
4 Louis Stern Pegasus Racing 3 1 2 2 4 8 7 5 4 Ret Ret 130
5 Cindy Gudet M Racing 4 4 4 5 7 4 5 2 6 108
6 Gregorio Bertocco
Matteo Pianezzola
Iron Lynx by LR Motorsport Ret 7 6 4 Ret 6 Ret 1 3 4 5 102
7 Sita Vanmeert Les Deux Arbres 5 6 Ret Ret 9 4 5 Ret 7 3 4 86
8 Tomás Granzella M Racing Ret 7 2 3 36
9 August Therbo Les Deux Arbres 3 4 30
10 Paul Trojani ANS Motorsport 5 3 28
11 Sacha Bottemanne Les Deux Arbres 4 5 24
12 Gwenaël Delomier Pegasus Racing 5 4 22
13 Jacques Nicolet Les Deux Arbres 5 6 5 8 18
14 Ryan Shehan Les Deux Arbres Ret 7 6
Drivers ineligible to score points
Marta García Iron Dames by M Racing 5 1 7 1
Natan Bihel M Racing 1
Paul Lanchere Pegasus Racing 2 2
Steven Palette
Léo Payen
LADC Motorsport 2
Hervé Tremblaye LADC Motorsport 6
Gianfranco Barbara M Racing Ret 7
Natalia Granada Iron Dames by M Racing 7 Ret
Edouard Hery Loire Valley Racing 10
Jérôme France ANS Motorsport 11
Anthony Perrin
Léo Pinquier
ZOSH Competition 12
Didier Balcaen ANS Motorsport 13
Sébastien Margot No Limit Racing 14
Pierre-Olivier Calendini
Gil Maillet
Les Deux Arbres 15
Clément Loeul LADC Motorsport DNS
Clément Mateu AGS Events Ret
Pos. Driver Team CAT
LEC
LMS
SPA
MUG
POR
Points
Source:[30]

Notes

  1. ^ The No. 7 Inter Europol Competition car of Romain Favre won the race on track, but was handed a 36-second time penalty for not complying with the minimum pit-stop time. The No. 1 Team Virage car of Chance and Micouris inherited the win.[19]

References

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