Category | Le Mans Prototype 2 | ||||||||||
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Constructor | Onroak Automotive | ||||||||||
Designer(s) | Nicolas Clémençon[1] | ||||||||||
Predecessor | Ligier JS P2 | ||||||||||
Technical specifications[2][3] | |||||||||||
Chassis | Carbon fibre monocoque | ||||||||||
Suspension (front) | Double wishbones with pushrod and torque rod-activated dampers | ||||||||||
Suspension (rear) | Double wishbones with spring-activated dampers | ||||||||||
Length | 4,745 mm (186.8 in) | ||||||||||
Width | 1,900 mm (75 in) | ||||||||||
Height | 1,050 mm (41 in) | ||||||||||
Wheelbase | 3,010 mm (119 in) | ||||||||||
Engine | Gibson GK-428 4.2 litre V8 longitudinal mid-mounted configuration | ||||||||||
Transmission | Hewland TLS-200 6-speed sequential gearbox magnesium casing sequential manual transmission | ||||||||||
Power | 603 hp (450 kW) | ||||||||||
Weight | Appr. 930 kg (2,050 lb) | ||||||||||
Fuel | Various | ||||||||||
Lubricants | Various | ||||||||||
Tyres | Michelin, Dunlop, or Continental | ||||||||||
Competition history | |||||||||||
Notable entrants | Algarve Pro Racing EuroInternational IDEC Sport Racing Inter Europol Competition Larbre Compétition Panis Barthez Competition CEFC Manor TRS Racing PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Visit Florida Racing Tockwith Motorsports United Autosports ARC Bratislava RWR Eurasia CD Sport Sean Creech Motorsport | ||||||||||
Notable drivers | Tom Kimber-Smith José Gutiérrez Mike Guasch R. C. Enerson Will Owen Marco Bonanomi Kenton Koch Ryan Lewis Olivier Pla Nicholas Boulle David Ostella Julien Canal Marc Goossens Renger van der Zande René Rast Jonathan Bomarito Fernando Alonso Philip Hanson Lando Norris Paul di Resta Bruno Senna Hugo de Sadeleer Alex Brundle Sebastián Saavedra Gustavo Yacamán Roberto González Austin Dillon Sven Müller Cody Ware Salih Yoluç Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret Nathanaël Berthon Matt McMurry Andrea Pizzitola Andrea Roda Patrice Lafargue Paul Lafargue David Zollinger Paul-Loup Chatin Filipe Albuquerque Nigel Moore Wayne Boyd Will Stevens Tacksung Kim Mark Patterson Ate De Jong Erik Maris William Cavailhes Nicolas Minassian Aurélien Panis Paul di Resta Ryan Cullen René Binder Konstantin Tereshchenko Léonard Hoogenboom Stéphane Adler Dani Clos Léo Roussel Jakub Śmiechowski Adrien Tambay Lukas Dunner Sam Dejonghe Matevos Isaakyan Karun Chandhok Erwin Creed Romano Ricci Thomas Dagoneau Yoshiharu Mori Keiko Ihara Enzo Guibbert Gunnar Jeannette Nick Foster Roberto Merhi Nobuya Yamanaka Christophe d'Ansembourg Miro Konôpka Tom Jackson Darren Burke Oliver Webb Daniel Gaunt Masataka Yanagida Nick Cassidy Shane van Gisbergen Aidan Read John Corbett Nathan Kumar Mitchell Neilson Danial Frost James Winslow Neale Muston | ||||||||||
Debut | 2017 24 Hours of Daytona | ||||||||||
First win | 2017 4 Hours of Silverstone | ||||||||||
Last win | 2022 ESET Cup GT Sprint Race 2 | ||||||||||
Last event | 2024 12 Hours of Sebring | ||||||||||
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Teams' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
The Ligier JS P217 is a Le Mans Prototype built by Onroak Automotive and named in a partnership with French racing driver Guy Ligier. The Ligier JS P217 was built to meet the 2017 FIA and ACO regulations for 2017 for the LMP2 category in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The car also meets the regulations for the International Motor Sports Association’s (IMSA) WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the Prototype class. It was active in both of these championship series as well as the European Le Mans Series[2] and Asian Le Mans Series. The prototype made its racing debut at the 2017 24 Hours of Daytona and its FIA World Endurance Championship debut at the 2017 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.