2020 Ligier European Series

2020 Ligier European Series

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European Le Mans Series
Michelin Le Mans Cup

The 2020 Ligier European Series was the first season of the Ligier European Series. ^[1] The five-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 18 July and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 31 October. ^[2]

Calendar

The original calendar was revealed on September 20, 2019, featuring a five round calendar with Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as its opening venue on 3–4 April. ^[3] However, with the Covid-19 pandemic, the calendar was modified according to that year's European Le Mans Series calendar, therefore removing the Barcelona Heat and replacing it with another Paul Ricard Heat. ^[2]

Round	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Le Castellet Heat	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	18 July
2	Spa Heat	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa, Belgium	8 August
3	Le Castellet Heat 2	Circuit Paul Ricard	Le Castellet, France	29 August
4	Monza Heat	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Monza, Italy	10 October
5	Portimao Heat	Algarve International Circuit	Portimão, Portugal	31 October

Entry list

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
JS P4
MV2S Racing	Ligier JS P4	14	Alex Marchois	4
			Franck Marchois
M Racing	Ligier JS P4	16	Sacha Lehmann	1–2
Raw Motorsport	Ligier JS P4	27	Andrew Ferguson	4
			Jeremy Ferguson
Les Deux Arbres	Ligier JS P4	33	Thomas Duchene	1
			Julien Schell
		34	Valentin Simonet	1
			Alexandre Yvon
HP Racing Team	Ligier JS P4	50	Andrea Dromedari	All
Milo Racing	Ligier JS P4	81	Kevin Balthazar	1–2, 4–5
			Christophe Nivarlet	1
Monza Garage	Ligier JS P4	88	John Corbett	4
			Federico Leo
JS2 R
TM Evolution	Ligier JS2 R	11	Alain Grand	1–3, 5
		25	Bruno Chaudet	1–3, 5
Arctic Energy	Ligier JS2 R	17	Nerses Isaakyan	All
			Sergey Egorov	1, 4–5
CD Sport	Ligier JS2 R	30	Baptiste Berthelot	All
			Claude Dégremont
Sub5Zero Motorsports	Ligier JS2 R	32	Riccardo Di Persia	4
			Andreas Ritzi
HRC	Ligier JS2 R	38	Marc Guillot	1
			Jean Marc Thevenot
			Fabien Michal	2–4
			Clément Seyler	2–3
			Herve Roger	4
			Julien Rodrigues	5
MV2S Racing	Ligier JS2 R	45	Mikhaïl Makarovskii	All
			Viktor Shaytar	1–3
		46	Antoine Chapus	1–5
			Alex Marchois	1
			Laurent Richard	2
			Gaëtan Essart	4–5
M Racing	Ligier JS2 R	66	Natan Bihel	All
			Erwan Bihel	1–4
		69	Laurent Millara	1–4
			Erwan Bihel	5
		86	Mathieu Martins	All
			Ewen Hachez	1, 3
Cool Racing	Ligier JS2 R	74	Sébastien Baud	All
Entrylists: [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Rnd.		Circuit	JS P4 Winning Team	JS2 R Winning Team	Report
			JS P4 Winning Drivers	JS2 R Winning Drivers
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	No. 50 HP Racing Team	No. 74 Cool Racing	[9] [10]
			Andrea Dromedari	Sébastien Baud
	R2		No. 33 Valentin Simonet	No. 74 Cool Racing
			Valentin Simonet Alexandre Yvon	Sébastien Baud
2	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	No. 81 Milo Racing	No. 17 Arctic Energy	[11] [12]
			Kevin Balthazar	Nerses Isaakyan
	R2		No. 81 Milo Racing	No. 86 M Racing
			Kevin Balthazar	Mathieu Martins
3	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	No. 50 HP Racing Team	No. 74 Cool Racing	[13] [14]
			Andrea Dromedari	Sébastien Baud
	R2		No. 50 HP Racing Team	No. 74 Cool Racing
			Andrea Dromedari	Sébastien Baud
4	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	No. 81 Milo Racing	No. 86 M Racing	[15] [16]
			Kevin Balthazar	Mathieu Martins
	R2		No. 81 Milo Racing	No. 66 M Racing
			Kevin Balthazar	Natan Bihel
5	R1	Algarve International Circuit	No. 81 Milo Racing	No. 66 M Racing	[17] [18]
			Kevin Balthazar	Natan Bihel
	R2		No. 81 Milo Racing	No. 86 M Racing
			Kevin Balthazar	Mathieu Martins
Results: [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

Championship standings

Drivers

JS P4 Class

Pos.	Driver	Team	RIC		SPA		LEC		MNZ		POR		Points
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Andrea Dromedari	HP Racing Team	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	195
2	Kevin Balthazar	Milo Racing	2	3	1	1			1	1	1	1	183
3	Valentin Simonet Alexandre Yvon	Les Deux Arbres	3	1									40
4	Sacha Lehmann	M Racing			2	2							36
5	Christophe Nivarlet	Milo Racing	2	3									33
6	Federico Leo John Corbett	Monza Garage							3	3			30
7	Thomas Duchene Julien Schell	Les Deux Arbres	4	4									24
8	Andrew Ferguson Jeremy Ferguson	Raw Motorsport							4	4			24
9	Franck Marchois Alex Marchois	MV2S Racing							5	5			20
Standings: [29]

JS2 R Class

Pos.	Driver	Team	RIC		SPA		LEC		MNZ		POR		Points
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Sébastien Baud	Cool Racing	1	1	3	2	1	1	7	Ret	3	3	169
2	Natan Bihel	M Racing	2	2	4	4	5	5	Ret	1	1	2	148
3	Mathieu Martins	M Racing	Ret	9	2	1	4	Ret	1	6	2	1	131
4	Erwan Bihel	M Racing	2	2	4	4	5	5			Ret	7	86
5	Claude Dégremont Baptiste Berthelot	CD Sport	Ret	11	6	Ret	Ret	2	3	2	4	6	79.5
6	Fabien Michal	HRC			8	3	3	4	2	3			79
7	Antoine Chapus	MV2S Racing	4	5	Ret	6	7	6	5	6	6	Ret	70
8	Nerses Isaakyan	Arctic Energy	Ret	8	1	Ret	2	3	Ret	DNS	Ret	8	66
9	Laurent Millara	M Racing	5	3	5	5	Ret	Ret	6	5			63
10	Mikhaïl Makarovskii	MV2S Racing	8	4	Ret	DNS	6	7	4	8	9	9	50
11	Clément Seyler	HRC			8	3	3	4					46
12	Bruno Chaudet	TM Evolution	6	7	7	Ret	8	Ret			7	10	40
13	Herve Roger	HRC							2	3			33
14	Victor Shaytar	MV2S Racing	8	4	Ret	DNS	6	7					30
15	Gaëtan Essart	MV2S Racing							5	5	6	Ret	26
16	Marc Guillot Jean Marc Thevenot	HRC	3	6									23
17	Alain Grand	TM Evolution	7	10	9	7	Ret	4			4	Ret	23
18	Julien Rodrigues	HRC									5	4	22
19	Alex Marchois	MV2S Racing	4	5									22
20	Andreas Ritzi Riccardo Di Persia	Sub5Zero Motorsports							8	4			16
21	Ewen Hachez	M Racing	Ret	9			4	Ret					14
22	Laurent Richard	MV2S Racing			Ret	6							8
23	Sergey Egorov	Arctic Energy	Ret	8					Ret	DNS			4
Standings: [30]

Teams

JS P4 Class

Pos.	Team	RIC		SPA		LEC		MNZ		POR		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	#50 HP Racing Team	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	195
2	#81 Milo Racing	2	3	1	1			1	1	1	1	183
3	#33 Les Deux Arbres	3	1									40
4	#16 M Racing			2	2							36
5	#88 Monza Garage							3	3			30
6	#34 Les Deux Arbres	4	4									24
7	#27 Raw Motorsport							4	4			24
8	#24 MV2S Racing							5	5			20
Standings: [31]

JS2 R Class

Pos.	Team	RIC		SPA		LEC		MNZ		POR		Points
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	#74 Cool Racing	1	1	3	2	1	1	7	Ret	3	3	169
2	#66 M Racing	2	2	4	4	5	5	Ret	1	1	2	148
3	#86 M Racing	Ret	9	2	1	4	Ret	1	6	2	1	131
4	#38 HRC	3	6	8	3	3	4	2	3	5	4	124
5	#30 CD Sport	Ret	11	6	Ret	Ret	2	3	2	4	6	79,5
6	#46 MV2S Racing	4	5	Ret	6	7	6	5	6	6	Ret	70
7	#69 M Racing	5	3	5	5	Ret	Ret	6	5	Ret	7	69
8	#17 Arctic Energy	Ret	8	1	Ret	2	3	Ret	DNS	Ret	8	66
9	#45 MV2S Racing	8	4	Ret	DNS	6	7	4	8	9	9	50
10	#25 TM Evolution	6	7	7	Ret	8	Ret			7	10	40
11	#11 TM Evolution	7	10	9	7	Ret	4			4	Ret	23
12	#32 Sub5Zero Motorsports							8	4			16
Standings: [32]

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