2024 Ligier European Series

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2024 Ligier European Series

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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

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Round  | Race  | Circuit  | Date  | Map of circuit locations

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1  | Barcelona Heat  |  Circuit de Barcelona–Catalunya | 12–13 April  |

Barcelona

Le Mans

Le Castellet

Mugello

Portimao

Spa-Francorchamps

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

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Team  | No. | Drivers  | Rounds

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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

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Round  | Circuit  | JS P4 Winners  | JS2 R Winning Team  | Report

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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

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### JS P4 Class

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Pos. | Driver  | Team  | CAT
| LEC
| LMS
| SPA
| MUG
| POR
| Points

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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

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Pos. | Driver  | Team  | CAT
| LEC
| LMS
| SPA
| MUG
| POR
| Points

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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

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1. ^ 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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