Ligier JS P2

Ligier JS P2

The No. 49 JS P2 (Michael Shank Racing) at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans
Category	Le Mans Prototype 2
Constructor	Onroak Automotive
Designer(s)	Nicolas Clémençon
Predecessor	Morgan LMP2
Successor	Ligier JS P217
Technical specifications [1] [2]
Chassis	Carbon fibre monocoque
Suspension (front)	Double wishbones with pushrod-activated dampers
Suspension (rear)	Same as front
Length	4,610 mm (181 in)
Width	2,000 mm (79 in)
Wheelbase	2,865 mm (112.8 in)
Engine	Nissan VK45DE V8, [3] Judd HK V8, [4] Honda HPD HR28TT V6, [5] longitudinal mid-mounted configuration
Transmission	Xtrac 626 6-speed hydraulically-activated sequential manual transmission
Power	500 hp (373 kW)
Weight	Appr. 900 kg (2,000 lb)
Fuel	Various
Lubricants	Various
Tyres	Michelin, Dunlop, or Continental
Competition history
Notable entrants	OAK Racing Thiriet by TDS Racing G-Drive Racing Krohn Racing Michael Shank Racing Tequila Patrón ESM Greaves Motorsport SO24! by Lombard Racing Panis-Barthez Compétition Algarve Pro Racing RGR Sport by Morand IDEC Sport Racing Team WRT ARC Bratislava Eurasia Motorsport BBT Spirit of Race United Autosports Rick Ware Racing
Debut	2014 24 Hours of Le Mans
First win	2014 6 Hours of Fuji
Last win	2020 4 Hours of Buriram
Last event	2020 4 Hours of Buriram
Races Wins Podiums Poles F/Laps 78 24 81 33 8
Teams' Championships	5 (2015 FIA WEC, 2016-17 Asian LMS, 2018-19 Asian LMS, 2018-19 Asian LMS (P2 Am), 2019-20 Asian LMS (P2 Am)))
Drivers' Championships	5 (2015 FIA WEC, 2016-17 Asian LMS, 2018-19 Asian LMS, 2018-19 Asian LMS (P2 Am), 2019-20 Asian LMS (P2 Am))

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.

Development

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]

Racing history

The Ligier JS P2 (VK45DE) of Greaves Motorsport at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans: Finished Position 10 @ 348 Laps

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]

Results summary

Complete World Endurance Championship results

(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.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds									Pts.	Pos.
						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 Johannes van Overbeek	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 Tom Blomqvist Tom Dillmann	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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds						Pts.	Pos.
						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

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds											Pts.	Pos.
						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

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds				Pts.	Pos.
						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 Aidan Read	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]

Gallery

• 
  The No. 42 car of OAK Racing at the 2014 Lone Star Le Mans
• 
  The No. 57 and No. 60 cars of Krohn Racing and Michael Shank Racing, respectively, at the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona
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  The No. 28 car of G-Drive Racing at the 2015 4 Hours of Silverstone
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  The No. 30 car of Extreme Speed Motorsports at the 2016 6 Hours of Silverstone
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  The No. 22 car of Lombard Racing at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans
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  The No. 23 car of Panis Barthez Competition at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans
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  The No. 25 car of Algarve Pro Racing at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans
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  The No. 22 car of United Autosports at the 2019 4 Hours of Sepang

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External links

• Onroak Automotive