2022 Ligier European Series
The 2022 Ligier European Series was the third season of the Ligier European Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 15 April, and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 15 October.
Calendar
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Castellet Heat | Circuit Paul Ricard | 15–16 April |
| 2 | Imola Heat | Imola Circuit | 13–14 May |
| 3 | Le Mans Heat | Circuit de la Sarthe | 8–11 June |
| 4 | Monza Heat | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1–2 July |
| 5 | Spa-Francorchamps Heat | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 23–24 September |
| 6 | Portimao Heat | Algarve International Circuit | 14–15 October |
Entries
Teams and drivers
| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JS P4 | ||||
| LR Motorsport | Ligier JS P4 | 3 | Nicola Neri | All |
| Simone Riccitelli | ||||
| DKR Engineering by HRC | Ligier JS P4 | 9 | Tom van Rompuy | 3 |
| Kris Cools | ||||
| HP Racing by EuroInternational | Ligier JS P4 | 12 | Jacopo Faccioni | 1–4 |
| Andrea Dromedari | 1–2 | |||
| Masaki Tanaka | 3 | |||
| Team Virage | Ligier JS P4 | 16 | Gillian Henrion | All |
| 21 | Vyacheslav Gutak[1][a] | 3 | ||
| Alessandro Bracalente | ||||
| 43 | Bernardo Pinheiro | 6 | ||
| José Maria Marreiros | ||||
| Pegasus Racing | Ligier JS P4 | 17 | Dimitri Enjalbert | All |
| Anthony Nahra | ||||
| Monza Garage | Ligier JS P4 | 23 | George King | All |
| Ronnie Valori | 1–5 | |||
| 99 | Wang Ray Yu | 4 | ||
| Les Deux Arbres | Ligier JS P4 | 33 | Jacques Nicolet | 1, 3–6 |
| Steve Zacchia | 1 | |||
| Thomas Duchene | 3 | |||
| Erwin Creed | 5 | |||
| Louis Rossi | 6 | |||
| 50 | Philippe Haezebrouck | 1 | ||
| Kevin Madsen | 3 | |||
| Lance Fenton | ||||
| Raymond Narac | 6 | |||
| Raphaël Narac | ||||
| Smart Driving | Ligier JS P4 | 44 | Alexandru Mirea | 1–5 |
| Philip Andriescu | 1–3 | |||
| Mihnea Ștefan | 6 | |||
| 85 | Andrei Vajda | 2–6 | ||
| Emil Nestor | 2 | |||
| M Racing | Ligier JS P4 | 53 | Natan Bihel | All |
| JS2 R | ||||
| M3 | Ligier JS2 R | 2 | Stéphane Adler | 3 |
| Mickaël Mota | ||||
| 27 | Vincent Congnet | 3 | ||
| Jean Christophe David | ||||
| 63 | Sylvain Caroff | 3 | ||
| Vincent Roches | ||||
| Cool Racing | Ligier JS2 R | 4 | Cédric Oltramare | All |
| Smart Driving | Ligier JS2 R | 5 | Bogdan Dobranici | 1 |
| Ovidiu Zaberca | ||||
| 22 | Radu Dumitrescu | 1–5 | ||
| Marian Oancea | ||||
| Bogdan Dobranici | 6 | |||
| Mihai Zamfir | ||||
| ANS Motorsport | Ligier JS2 R | 6 | Mathys Jaubert | 3 |
| Grégory Segers | ||||
| SK Racing | Ligier JS2 R | 7 | Franco Lemma | 3 |
| Jérome Dacosta | ||||
| Pôle Position 81 | Ligier JS2 R | 8 | Gregor Raymondis | 3 |
| Franck Coibion | ||||
| Zosh - Di Environnement Zosh - Formula Concept Zosh - Groupe Dirob |
Ligier JS2 R | 10 | Hugo Rosati | 3 |
| Jean-René de Fournoux | ||||
| 46 | Pascal Roux | 3 | ||
| Frederic Fauchere | ||||
| 93 | Didier Robin | 3 | ||
| Nicolas Beloou | ||||
| TM Evolution | Ligier JS2 R | 11 | Alain Grand | All |
| Laurent Prunet | 1–2 | |||
| Olivier Biotteau | 3 | |||
| Paul Jouffreau | 4 | |||
| Mathieu Detry | 5 | |||
| Simon Escallier | 6 | |||
| 25 | Bruno Chaudet | All | ||
| Freddy Menanteau | ||||
| 66 | Philippe Lefaure | 3 | ||
| Laurent Prunet | ||||
| Extrême Limite | Ligier JS2 R | 19 | Benjamin Redais | 3 |
| Eric Jacquet | ||||
| Orhès Racing | Ligier JS2 R | 24 | Mathieu Martins | 3 |
| Tanguy Ide | ||||
| 42 | François Pigeat | 3 | ||
| Adrian Watt | ||||
| Pegasus Racing | Ligier JS2 R | 29 | David Caussanel | 1–4 |
| Christophe Weber | 1–2, 4–5 | |||
| Christophe Rousseau | 3 | |||
| Julien Schell | 5 | |||
| LADC Motorsport Massé Motorsport by LADC |
Ligier JS2 R | 35 | Jason McCarthy | 3 |
| 48 | Martin Massé | 3 | ||
| Antoine Massé | ||||
| 72 | Paul Cocaign | 3 | ||
| Xavier Follenfant | ||||
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS2 R | 40 | Horst Felix Felbermayr | All |
| 75 | Haytham Qarajouli | All | ||
| Martin Rich | 6 | |||
| M Racing | Ligier JS2 R | 69 | Laurent Millara | All |
| No Limit Racing | Ligier JS2 R | 78 | Sébastien Margot | 3 |
| Granducato | Ligier JS2 R | 81 | Paolo Frullini | 2 |
| CTF Performance | Ligier JS2 R | 95 | Nicolas Beraud | 1, 3 |
| Alban Varutti | 3 | |||
| Gilles Poret | 6 | |||
| 96 | Fabien Delaplace | All | ||
| Laurent Piguet | ||||
| EntryLists:[2] | ||||
Results
Bold indicates overall winner.
| Rnd. | Circuit | JS P4 Winning Team | JS2 R Winning Team | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JS P4 Winning Drivers | JS2 R Winning Drivers | ||||
| 1 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 75 RLR MSport | Race results |
| Gillian Henrion | Haytham Qarajouli | ||||
| R2 | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 95 CTF Performance | Race results | ||
| Gillian Henrion | Nicolas Beraud | ||||
| 2 | R1 | Imola | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 75 RLR MSport | Race results |
| Gillian Henrion | Haytham Qarajouli | ||||
| R2 | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 75 RLR MSport | Race results | ||
| Gillian Henrion | Haytham Qarajouli | ||||
| 3 | R1 | Le Mans | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 10 Zosh - Di Environnement | Race results |
| Gillian Henrion | Hugo Rosati Jean-René de Fournoux | ||||
| R2 | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 10 Zosh - Di Environnement | Race results | ||
| Gillian Henrion | Hugo Rosati Jean-René de Fournoux | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 4 Cool Racing | Race results |
| Gillian Henrion | Cédric Oltramare | ||||
| R2 | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 75 RLR MSport | Race results | ||
| Gillian Henrion | Haytham Qarajouli | ||||
| 5 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | No. 53 M Racing | No. 96 CTF Performance | Race results |
| Natan Bihel | Fabien Delaplace Laurent Piguet | ||||
| R2 | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 75 RLR MSport | Race results | ||
| Gillian Henrion | Haytham Qarajouli | ||||
| 6 | R1 | Algarve International Circuit | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 96 CTF Performance | Race results |
| Gillian Henrion | Fabien Delaplace Laurent Piguet | ||||
| R2 | No. 16 Team Virage | No. 40 RLR MSport | Race results | ||
| Gillian Henrion | Horst Felix Felbermayr | ||||
Championships
JS P4 Drivers
| Pos. | Driver | Team | LEC |
IMO |
LMS |
MNZ |
SPA |
POR |
Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 1 | Gillian Henrion | Team Virage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 293 |
| 2 | Natan Bihel | M Racing | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 200 |
| 3 | George King | Monza Garage | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | DNS | 5 | 5 | 137 |
| 4 | Ronnie Valori | Monza Garage | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | DNS | 117 | ||
| 5 | Nicola Neri Simone Riccitelli |
LR Motorsport | 2 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 102 |
| 6 | Dimitri Enjalbert Anthony Nahra |
Pegasus Racing | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 3 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 100 |
| 7 | Alexandru Mirea | Smart Driving | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 88 | ||
| 8 | Andrei Vajda | Smart Driving | 8 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 7 | 7 | 78 | ||
| 9 | Jacques Nicolet | Les Deux Arbres | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 9 | 53 | ||
| 10 | Philip Andriescu | Smart Driving | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 44 | ||||||
| 11 | Mihnea Ștefan | Smart Driving | 3 | 6 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Tom van Rompuy Kris Cools |
DKR Engineering by HRC | 6 | 5 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Steve Zacchia | Les Deux Arbres | 6 | 6 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Jacopo Faccioni | HP Racing by Eurointernational | Ret | DNS | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 16 | ||||
| 15 | Erwin Creed | Les Deux Arbres | Ret | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Raymond Narac Raphaël Narac |
Les Deux Arbres | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Emil Nestor | Smart Driving | 8 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Kevin Madsen Lance Fenton |
Les Deux Arbres | 7 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Vyacheslav Gutak Alessandro Bracalente |
Team Virage | 10 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Andrea Dromedari | HP Racing by Eurointernational | Ret | DNS | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||||||
| 21 | Philippe Haezebrouck | Les Deux Arbres | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Wang Ray-Yu | Monza Garage | 7 | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Bernardo Pinheiro José Maria Marreiros |
Team Virage | 10 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Louis Rossi | Les Deux Arbres | 9 | 9 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Thomas Duchene | Les Deux Arbres | 11 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Masaki Tanaka | HP Racing by EuroInternational | Ret | WD | 0 | ||||||||||
| – | Hervé Roger | HRC | WD | WD | - | ||||||||||
| Standings: | |||||||||||||||
JS2 R Drivers
| Pos. | Driver | Team | LEC |
IMO |
LMS |
MNZ |
SPA |
POR |
Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 1 | Haytham Qarajouli | RLR MSport | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 2 | 185 |
| 2 | Fabien Delaplace Laurent Piguet |
CTF Performance | 2 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 146 |
| 3 | Laurent Millara | M Racing | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 135 |
| 4 | Horst Felix Felbermayr | RLR MSport | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 22 | 5 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 111 |
| 5 | Bruno Chaudet Freddy Menanteau |
TM Evolution | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 93 |
| 6 | Cédric Oltramare | Cool Racing | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 4 | Ret | 73 |
| 7 | Alain Grand | TM Evolution | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 5 | Ret | 56 |
| 8 | Hugo Rosati Jean-René de Fournoux |
Zosh - Di Environnement | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Nicolas Beraud | CTF Performance | Ret | 1 | 3 | 6 | 48 | ||||||||
| 10 | David Caussanel | Pegasus Racing | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 47 | ||||
| 11 | Christophe Weber | Pegasus Racing | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 47 | ||||||
| 12 | Mathys Jaubert Grégory Segers |
ANS Motorsport | 2 | 2 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Laurent Prunet | TM Evolution | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 36 | ||||||||
| 14 | Radu Dumitrescu Marian Oancea |
Smart Driving | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 32 | ||||
| 15 | Paul Cocaign Xavier Follenfant |
LADC Motorsport | 5 | 3 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Alban Varutti | CTF Performance | 3 | 6 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Gilles Poret | CTF Performance | 6 | 3 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Bogdan Dobranici | Smart Driving | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 20 | ||||||||
| 19 | Martin Rich | RLR MSport | Ret | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Sylvain Caroff Vincent Roches |
M3 | 13 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Stéphane Adler Mickaël Mota |
M3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Pascal Roux Frederic Fauchere |
Zosh - Formula Concept | 16 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Mathieu Detry | TM Evolution | Ret | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Simon Escallier | TM Evolution | 5 | Ret | 10 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Ovidiu Zaberca | Smart Driving | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Mihai Zamfir | Smart Driving | 8 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Vincent Congnet Jean Christophe David |
M3 | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Martin Massé Antoine Massé |
Massé Motorsport by LADC | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Jason McCarthy | LADC Motorsport | Ret | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Franco Lemma Jérome Dacosta |
SK Racing | 18 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Olivier Biotteau | TM Evolution | 12 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Didier Robin Nicolas Beloou |
Zosh - Groupe Dirob | 20 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Sébastien Margot | No Limit Racing | 15 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Christophe Rousseau | Pegasus Racing | 17 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Philippe Lefaure Laurent Prunet |
TM Evolution | 19 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Benjamin Redais Eric Jacquet |
Extrême Limite | 22 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | François Pigeat Adrian Watt |
Orhès Racing | 23 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Gregor Raymondis Franck Coibion |
Pôle Position 81 | 11 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Mathieu Martins Tanguy Ide |
Orhès Racing | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Paul Jouffreau | TM Evolution | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Paolo Frullini | Granducato | Ret | WD | 0 | ||||||||||
| Standings: | |||||||||||||||
JS P4 Teams
| Pos. | Team | LEC |
IMO |
LMS |
MNZ |
SPA |
POR |
Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
| 1 | #16 Team Virage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 293 |
| 2 | #53 M Racing | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 200 |
| 3 | #23 Monza Garage | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | DNS | 5 | 5 | 137 |
| 4 | #44 Smart Driving | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 111 |
| 5 | #3 LR Motorsport | 2 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 102 |
| 6 | #17 Pegasus Racing | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 3 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 100 |
| 7 | #85 Smart Driving | 7 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 7 | 7 | 78 | ||
| 8 | #33 Les Deux Arbres | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 9 | 53 | ||
| 9 | #50 Les Deux Arbres | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 33 | ||||||
| 10 | #9 DKR Engineering by HRC | 6 | 5 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 11 | #12 HP Racing | Ret | DNS | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 16 | ||||
| 12 | #21 Team Virage | 10 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 13 | #99 Monza Garage | 7 | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||
| 14 | #43 Team Virage | 10 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Standings: | ||||||||||||||
JS2 R Teams
| Pos. | Team | LEC |
IMO |
LMS |
MNZ |
SPA |
POR |
Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
| 1 | #75 RLR MSport | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 2 | 185 |
| 2 | #96 CTF Performance | 2 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 146 |
| 3 | #69 M Racing | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 135 |
| 4 | #40 RLR MSport | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 22 | 5 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 111 |
| 5 | #25 TM Evolution | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 93 |
| 6 | #4 Cool Racing | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 4 | Ret | 73 |
| 7 | #95 CTF Performance | Ret | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 71 | ||||||
| 8 | #11 TM Evolution | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 5 | Ret | 56 |
| 9 | #10 Zosh - Di Environnement | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||
| 10 | #29 Pegasus Racing | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 47 | ||||
| 11 | #22 Smart Driving | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 42 | ||
| 12 | #6 ANS Motorsport | 2 | 2 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 13 | #72 LADC Motorsport | 5 | 3 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 14 | #63 M3 | 13 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 15 | #2 M3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 16 | #46 Zosh - Formula Concept | 16 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 17 | #5 Smart Driving | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 18 | #27 M3 | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||||||||
| 19 | #48 Massé Motorsport by LADC | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 20 | #35 LADC Motorsport | Ret | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 21 | #7 SK Racing | 18 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | #93 Zosh - Groupe Dirob | 20 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | #78 No Limit Racing | 15 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | #66 TM Evolution | 19 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | #19 Extrême Limite | 22 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | #42 Orhès Racing | 23 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 22 | #8 Pôle Position 81 | 11 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 23 | #24 Orhès Racing | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 24 | #81 Granducato | Ret | WD | 0 | ||||||||||
| Standings: | ||||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ Vyacheslav Gutak is Russian, but competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (15 March 2022). "2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup Attracts Record Entry". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "2022 Le Castellet Heat – Provisional Entry List" (PDF). Retrieved 15 April 2022.