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 |
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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
- ^ 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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- ^ a b c d "ANS Motorsport is back to defend its Ligier European Series title with two cars". Ligier European Series. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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- ^ https://www.joltracing.co.uk/news/2024-03-28/16-year-old-team-uk-star-joins-jolt-racing-in-lmp4/34
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