Onroak Automotive Tag

On 5th February the Automobile Club de l’Ouest unveiled the official lists of entries for the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours, the FIA World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series. This announcement, eagerly-awaited every year by all those involved in international motor sport, confirmed that Onroak Automotive will have an important presence in all the ACO Series. The Ligier JS P2 pursues its prestigious career marked in particular by the 2015 WEC LM P2 title and the recent victory in the Daytona 24 Hours. It is the onlyRead More

Onroak Automotive was selected by the ACO – Automobile Club de l’Ouest -, the FIA – Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile – and the IMSA – International MotorSports Association – as one of the four constructors of 2017 LM P2 chassis. The French company is pursuing the design process of its latest model, which is called the Ligier JS P217: “JS” is the continuity of the cars built by Guy Ligier whose name always included the initials of his late friend, Jo Schlesser. “P217” as a reference to the LM P2Read More

July 12th, 1930 – August 23rd, 2015 Founder of Ligier car company, sports car and F1 teams Formula One driver 1966 – 1967 Guy Camille Ligier enjoyed one of the most unique careers of all the movers and shakers of the motorsports world in his time. A French national team rugby player, a motorcycle racer and a construction magnate, the often wild Ligier transitioned to racing cars in the early 1960’s. He began his career in a Formula Junior Elva, then racing sports cars for Porsche, before working up theRead More

Onroak Automotive’s successful relaunch of the historic Ligier name into top flight sports car racing continues evolving. After the LM P2 stalwart, JSP2 charmed the P2 ranks, the team set out to build a junior model for the ACO’s new LM P3 category. Dubbed the JSP3 the new car is powered by Nissan and is experiencing strong sales ahead of its competition debut. French teams Graff and Extreme Limite were the first to buy the French car, followed by Italian outfit Eurointernational. Latest to join the growing que is BritishRead More

The #26 G-Drive Racing Ligier JS P2-Nissan went quickest in qualifying at Spa Francorchamps, with Sam Bird and Julien Canal setting a best average of 2:07.761, giving them pole position, just in front of the #47 KCMG Oreca 05-Nissan. . As per the regulations, the grid for the main race is set by taking the average from the best lap times of both designated drivers, and which must include one silver or bronze driver in LM P2. This pole adds to the impressive score the Ligier JS P2 has already set sinceRead More

Tequila Patrón ESM returns to the tried and true Honda Performance Development (HPD) ARX-03b prototypes for the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship race at Sebring International Raceway next weekend. The two-car team returns to its race-winning open cockpit prototypes for the second round of the TUDOR Championship and second race of the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup. Tequila Patrón ESM first raced the HPD ARX-03b Honda prototypes in the 2013 season of the then American Le Mans Series (ALMS), and in preparation for the inaugural 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship,Read More