The Ligier JS P2 is a racing car designed and built by French manufacturer Onroak Automotive and named in partnership with French former racing driver Guy Ligier. [6] Designed for the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) regulations, it is intended as a second option to Onroak's Morgan LMP2 that has been competing since 2012. As well as being the first closed-cockpit car offered by Onroak, it is also the first car they designed entirely in-house. [7] The JS P2 debuted at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, and has been campaigned in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Onroak initially planned to develop a car for the Le Mans Prototype 1 category but cancelled these plans to concentrate on the LMP2 category. [7] The design was seen by Onroak as marketable in North America where closed-cockpit designs, which were required for all LMP1 cars, were also prominent choices for LMP2s and Daytona Prototypes in the new United SportsCar Championship. [6] The LMP1 design was therefore evolved into an LMP2 design with measures taken to assure the car met the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) cost limitations in LMP2. The car was designed to be able to utilize available LMP2 engines:
A flat-plane crankshaft version of a Nissan V8 aluminum DOHC 4-valve engine (VK45). [2] Judd's naturally aspirated HK V8 (BMW S65 Variant), [8] and Honda's HPD V6 double turbo engine; [2] (HR28TT). [9] [10] A high downforce sprint design and a low downforce Le Mans setup are offered for the car. [1]
Naming of the JS P2 came about through an alliance between Onroak and Guy Ligier's partnership of Équipe Ligier and Automobiles Martini. The JS P2 follows Ligier's naming scheme of his cars being named after French racing driver Jo Schlesser (JS). The partnership included Onroak taking over development of Ligier-Martini's Group CN car. [6]
The JS P2 began initial testing in March 2014. [11] The debut of the first JS P2s was set for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, where the Ligier name would race for the first time since a Ligier JS2 had finished second overall in 1975. [6] OAK would enter two cars, one backed by Nissan's drivers and engine while the other car featured three Chinese drivers and a Honda powerplant. The third car was purchased by privateers Thiriet by TDS Racing and also used a Nissan engine. [12] The two Nissan JS P2 qualified well, with TDS's car on pole position and the first OAK car in third. [13] All three cars finished the 24 hour endurance with TDS in second and OAK in fifth and seventh places in class.
Following Le Mans TDS Racing campaigned their Ligier in the remainder of the European Le Mans Series, but were unable to finish the three races in which they participated. OAK Racing meanwhile brought their Ligier to the United States for the two remaining rounds of the United SportsCar Championship, where Alex Brundle put the Honda-powered JS P2 on pole position on debut at Circuit of the Americas [14] en route to a second-place finish. The Nissan-powered OAK car moved to the FIA World Endurance Championship where it earned five consecutive pole positions in the five remaining races as well as class victories at Fuji Speedway and Shanghai International Circuit.
In 2015 the American Krohn Racing team purchased a JS P2 for a partial season in the United SportsCar Championship and a full season in the European Le Mans Series, and will be the first team to utilize Judd power in the Ligier. [15] Michael Shank Racing purchased a Honda-powered JS P2 for a full United SportsCar Championship campaign, and won pole position at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. [16] In 2016, Extreme Speed Motorsports entered a JS P2 in the United Sportscar Championship, winning both the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2016 12 Hours of Sebring, with the JS P2 becoming the first car to defeat a Daytona Prototype at the 24 hours, as well as the team becoming the first to win the so-called "36 Hours of Florida" since 1998. [17]
(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. Green background indicates second team entry; eligible only for Drivers' championship points.
Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
2014 | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Roman Rusinov Olivier Pla Julien Canal | 26 | 4-8 4-8 4-8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | COA 4 | FUJ 1 | SHA 1 | BHR 4 | SÃO Ret | 137* | 2nd* | |
OAK Racing-Team Asia | David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Adderly Fong | 33 | 3 3 3 | SIL | SPA | LMS 7 | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | SÃO | 0 | NC | |||
OAK Racing | Alex Brundle Jann Mardenborough Mark Shulzhitskiy | 35 | 3 3 3 | SIL | SPA | LMS 5 | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | SÃO | 0 | NC | |||
Thiriet by TDS Racing | Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey Tristan Gommendy | 46 | 3 3 3 | SIL | SPA | LMS 2 | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | SÃO | 0 | NC | |||
2015 | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Roman Rusinov Julien Canal Sam Bird | 26 | All All All | SIL 1 | SPA 10 | LMS 3 | NÜR 2 | COA 1 | FUJ 1 | SHA 2 | BHR 1 | 178 | 1st | |
Gustavo Yacamán Ricardo González Pipo Derani | 28 | All All All | SIL 2 | SPA 2 | LMS 4 | NÜR 3 | COA 3 | FUJ 3 | SHA Ret | BHR 3 | 134 | 3rd | ||||
Extreme Speed Motorsports | Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel David Heinemeier Hansson | 30 | 2-8 2-8 2-8 | SIL | SPA 9 | LMS 10 | NÜR 6 | COA 4 | FUJ 4 | SHA Ret | BHR 7 | 62 | 7th | |||
Ed Brown Jon Fogarty | 31 | 2-8 2-8 2-8 | SIL | SPA 8 | LMS 7 | NÜR 8 | COA Ret | FUJ 7 | SHA 5 | BHR 8 | 62* | 8th* | ||||
OAK Racing | Chris Cumming Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor | 34 | 3 3 3 | SIL | SPA | LMS Ret | NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 0 | NC | |||
Jacques Nicolet Jean-Marc Merlin Erik Maris | 35 | 1-3 1-3 1-3 | SIL 5 | SPA 7 | LMS 11 | NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 34 | 9th | ||||
Krohn Racing | Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson João Barbosa | 40 | 3 3 3 | SIL | SPA | LMS 12 | NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 0 | NC | |||
2016 | SO24! by Lombard Racing | LMP2 | Vincent Capillaire Erik Maris Jonathan Coleman | 22 | 3 3 3 | SIL | SPA | LMS 14 | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 0 | NC |
Panis-Barthez Compétition | Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret Paul-Loup Chatin | 23 | 3 3 3 | SIL | SPA | LMS 8 | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 0 | NC | ||
Algarve Pro Racing | Michael Munemann Chris Hoy Andrea Pizzitola | 25 | 3 3 3 | SIL | SPA | LMS 12 | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 0 | NC | ||
Extreme Speed Motorsports | Scott Sharp Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Sean Gelael Antonio Giovinazzi Giedo van der Garde | 30 | 1-6 1-6 1-6 7-9 7-9 7, 9 8 9 | SIL 9 | SPA 7 | LMS 11 | NÜR 8 | MEX 9 | COA 7 | FUJ 4 | SHA 2 | BHR 5 | 78 | 5th | ||
Pipo Derani Ryan Dalziel Chris Cumming | 31 | All All All | SIL 2 | SPA 2 | LMS 15 | NÜR 3 | MEX 3 | COA 5 | FUJ 5 | SHA 5 | BHR 4 | 116 | 4th | |||
Krohn Racing | Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson João Barbosa | 40 | 3 3 3 | SIL | SPA | LMS 13 | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 0 | NC | ||
Greaves Motorsport | Memo Rojas Julien Canal Nathanaël Berthon | 41 | 3 3 3 | SIL | SPA | LMS 6 | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 0 | NC | ||
RGR Sport by Morand | Filipe Albuquerque Bruno Senna Ricardo González | 43 | All All All | SIL 1 | SPA 4 | LMS 10 | NÜR 2 | MEX 1 | COA 2 | FUJ 2 | SHA 3 | BHR 2 | 169 | 2nd | ||
Michael Shank Racing | John Pew Oswaldo Negri Jr. Laurens Vanthoor | 49 | 3 3 3 | SIL | SPA | LMS 9 | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 0 | NC | ||
Sources: [18] [19] [20] [21] |
* Points were scored with the Morgan LMP2
* Points were scored with the HPD ARX-03b
(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
2014 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | LMP2 | Ludovic Badey Tristan Gommendy Pierre Thiriet | 46 | All All All | SIL | IMO | RBR Ret | LEC Ret | EST Ret | 35* | 7th* | |
2015 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 | Michael Munemann Andrea Roda James Winslow | 25 | 3-5 3-5 3-5 | SIL | IMO | RBR 10 | LEC 8 | EST 7 | 11 | 12th | |
Krohn Racing | Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn Oswaldo Negri Jr. Julien Canal Olivier Pla | 40 | All All 1-2 3 4-5 | SIL 4 | IMO 5 | RBR 5 | LEC 5 | EST 8 | 46 | 4th | |||
2016 | SO24! By Lombard Racing | LMP2 | Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Coleman Olivier Lombard | 22 | 1-2 1-2 1-2 | SIL 3 | IMO 11 | RBR | LEC | SPA | EST | 15.5 | 12th |
Panis Barthez Competition | Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret Paul-Loup Chatin | 23 | All All All | SIL 9 | IMO 7 | RBR 7 | LEC 11 | SPA 7 | EST 7 | 27.5 | 8th | ||
Algarve Pro Racing | Michael Munemann Parth Ghorpade Chris Hoy Jonathan Hirschi Andrea Pizzitola Andrea Roda | 25 | 1-3, 5 1-2 1-2 3-5 3-5 4 | SIL 10 | IMO Ret | RBR 5 | LEC 7 | SPA 9 | EST | 19 | 9th | ||
IDEC Sport Racing | Dimitri Enjalbert Patrice Lafargue Paul Lafargue | 28 | 1-2, 4-6 1-2, 4-6 1-2, 4-6 | SIL 7 | IMO Ret | RBR | LEC 10 | SPA 8 | EST 6 | 19 | 10th | ||
Krohn Racing | Niclas Jönsson Björn Wirdheim Tracy Krohn Olivier Pla | 40 | All 1-2 1, 3-5 2-6 | SIL 4 | IMO 6 | RBR 9 | LEC 8 | SPA 10 | EST 4 | 39 | 6th | ||
Greaves Motorsport | Julien Canal Memo Rojas Kuba Giermaziak Nathanaël Berthon | 41 | All All 1-2 3-6 | SIL 8 | IMO 8 | RBR 6 | LEC 6 | SPA 4 | EST Ret | 36 | 7th | ||
Team WRT | Will Stevens Dries Vanthoor Laurens Vanthoor | 47 | 5 5 5 | SIL | IMO | RBR | LEC | SPA 2 | EST | 18 | 11th | ||
Sources: [22] [23] [24] [21] |
* Points were scored with the Morgan LMP2
(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||
2014 | OAK Racing | P | Gustavo Yacamán Alex Brundle Ho-Pin Tung | 42 | All 10-11 11 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | IMS | ELK | COA 2 | PET 9 | 309* | 5th* |
2015 | Krohn Racing | P | Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Olivier Pla Alex Brundle | 57 | 1-2 1-2 1-2 1 | DAY 13 | SEB 6 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | COA | PET | 45 | 11th | |
Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian | Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Matt McMurry A. J. Allmendinger Justin Wilson | 60 | All All 1, 10 1 2 | DAY 5 | SEB 13 | LBH 6 | LGA 3 | DET 2 | WGL 7 | MOS 3 | ELK 4 | COA 4 | PET 9 | 273 | 6th | |||
2016 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | Pipo Derani Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek Ed Brown | 2 | 1-2, 6, 10 1-2, 6, 10 1-2, 6, 10 1-2 | DAY 1 | SEB 1 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL 9 | MOS | ELK | COA | PET 2 | 128 | 9th | |
Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Olivier Pla A. J. Allmendinger Katherine Legge | 60 | All 1-4, 6-10 1-2, 6, 10 1 5 | DAY 11 | SEB 7 | LBH 7 | LGA 1 | DET 5 | WGL 3 | MOS 6 | ELK 4 | COA 6 | PET 1 | 282 | 4th | |||
Sources: [25] [26] [27] [21] |
* Points were scored with the Morgan LMP2
(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.
Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rds. | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
2015-16 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 | Dean Koutsoumidis Michael Munemann James Winslow | 25 | 2-4 2-4 2-4 | FUJ | SEP I 2 | BUR 2 | SEP II 3 | 53 | 2nd |
2016-17 | Algarve Pro Racing | LMP2 | Tacksung Kim Matt McMurry Andrea Roda Mark Patterson Jonathan Hirschi Michael Munemann | 24 | All 1 1 2-4 2 3-4 | ZHU 2 | FUJ 4 | BUR 3 | SEP 3 | 60 | 3rd |
Andrea Pizzitola Michael Munemann Nicky Catsburg Andrea Roda Matt McMurry | 25 | All 1-2 1 2-4 3 4 | ZHU 3 | FUJ 3 | BUR 2 | SEP 1 | 76 | 1st | |||
2017-18 | ARC Bratislava | LMP2 | Konstantīns Calko Miroslav Konôpka Rik Breukers Gustavo Yacamán | 4 | All All 1-2 3 | ZHU 3 | FUJ 4 | BUR 4 | SEP 4 | 51 | 3rd |
Algarve Pro Racing | Ate de Jong Dean Koutsoumidis John Graham | 25 | All All 1, 3-4 | ZHU 4 | FUJ 4 | BUR Ret | SEP Ret | 20 | 6th | ||
Eurasia Motorsport | Alex Au Keiko Ihara Scott Andrews Marko Asmer Yoshiharu Mori Nabil Jeffri Jake Parsons | 33 | 1 1 2 2,4 2 4 4 | ZHU 4 | FUJ Ret | BUR | SEP 3 | 28 | 5th | ||
BBT | Pipo Derani Anthony Liu Davide Rizzo | 37 | All All All | ZHU 2 | FUJ 2 | BUR 3 | SEP 2 | 70 | 2nd | ||
2018-19 | Spirit of Race | LMP2 | Pipo Derani Côme Ledogar Alexander West | 8 | 1-2, 4 1-2, 4 1-2, 4 | SHA 1 | FUJ 6 | CHA | SEP 5 | ||
United Autosports | Phil Hanson Paul di Resta | 22 | All All | SHA 2 | FUJ 2 | CHA 1 | SEP 2 | 80 | 1st | ||
Algarve Pro Racing | Ate de Jong Harrison Newey Andrea Pizzitola | 24 | All All All | SHA Ret | FUJ 1 | CHA 2 | SEP 1 | 69 | 2nd | ||
Panis Barthez Competition | François Heriau Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste Lahaye | 35 | All All 1, 3-4 | SHA 6 | FUJ 4 | CHA 3 | SEP 3 | 50 | 4th | ||
ARC Bratislava | LMP2 Am | Darren Burke Miroslav Konôpka Kang Ling | 4 | All All All | SHA 2 | FUJ 1 | CHA 1 | SEP 1 | 94 | 1st | |
United Autosports | Patrick Byrne Guy Cosmo Salih Yoluç | 23 | All All All | SHA 1 | FUJ 2 | CHA 3 | SEP Ret | 60 | 2nd | ||
Algarve Pro Racing | Anders Fjordbach Chris McMurry Mark Patterson | 25 | All All All | SHA 3 | FUJ 3 | CHA 2 | SEP Ret | 49 | 3rd | ||
2019-20 | ARC Bratislava | LMP2 Am | Miro Konopka Andreas Laskaratos Kang Ling Garnet Patterson | 4 | 1-2 1-2 1 2 | SHA Ret | BEN 3 | SEP | CHA | 16 | 4th |
Rick Ware Racing | Philippe Mulacek Guy Cosmo Anthony Lazzaro | 25 | 2-4 2-4 2-4 | SHA DNS | BEN 2 | SEP Ret | CHA 1 | 45 | 2nd | ||
Mark Kvamme Cody Ware Gustas Grinbergas | 52 | 1 All 2-4 | SHA 2 | BEN 1 | SEP 1 | CHA 2 | 86 | 1st | |||
Source: [21] |
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