2022 Ligier European Series Explained

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		Drivers	Rounds
JS P4
LR Motorsport	Ligier JS P4	3	Nicola Neri	All
LR Motorsport	Ligier JS P4	Simone Riccitelli		All
DKR Engineering by HRC	Ligier JS P4	9	Tom van Rompuy	3
DKR Engineering by HRC	Ligier JS P4	Kris Cools		3
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]	3
		Alessandro Bracalente		3
		43	Bernardo Pinheiro	6
		José Maria Marreiros		6
Pegasus Racing	Ligier JS P4	17	Dimitri Enjalbert	All
Pegasus Racing	Ligier JS P4	Anthony Nahra		All
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	3
		Raymond Narac	6
		Raphaël Narac	6
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		3
		27	Vincent Congnet	3
		Jean Christophe David		3
		63	Sylvain Caroff	3
		Vincent Roches		3
Cool Racing	Ligier JS2 R	4	Cedric Oltramare	All
Smart Driving	Ligier JS2 R	5	Bogdan Dobranici	1
		Ovidiu Zaberca		1
		22	Radu Dumitrescu	1–5
		Marian Oancea		1–5
		Bogdan Dobranici	6
		Mihai Zamfir	6
ANS Motorsport	Ligier JS2 R	6	Mathys Jaubert	3
ANS Motorsport	Ligier JS2 R	Grégory Segers		3
SK Racing	Ligier JS2 R	7	Franco Lemma	3
SK Racing	Ligier JS2 R	Jérome Dacosta		3
Pôle Position 81	Ligier JS2 R	8	Gregor Raymondis	3
Pôle Position 81	Ligier JS2 R	Franck Coibion		3
Zosh - Di Environnement Zosh - Formula Concept Zosh - Groupe Dirob	Ligier JS2 R	10	Hugo Rosati	3
		Jean-René de Fournoux		3
		46	Pascal Roux	3
		Frederic Fauchere		3
		93	Didier Robin	3
		Nicolas Beloou		3
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		All
		66	Philippe Lefaure	3
		Laurent Prunet		3
Extrême Limite	Ligier JS2 R	19	Benjamin Redais	3
Extrême Limite	Ligier JS2 R	Eric Jacquet		3
Orhès Racing	Ligier JS2 R	24	Mathieu Martins	3
		Tanguy Ide		3
		42	François Pigeat	3
		Adrian Watt		3
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		3
		72	Paul Cocaign	3
		Xavier Follenfant		3
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		All
EntryLists:^[2]

Results

Bold indicates overall winner.

	Circuit	JS P4 Winning Team	JS2 R Winning Team	Results
JS P4 Winning Drivers	Circuit	JS2 R Winning Drivers		Results
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard	No. 16 Team Virage	No. 75 RLR MSport	Race results
	R1		Gillian Henrion	Haytham Qarajouli	Race results
	R2		No. 16 Team Virage	No. 95 CTF Performance	Race results
	R2		Gillian Henrion	Nicolas Beraud	Race results
2	R1	Imola	No. 16 Team Virage	No. 75 RLR MSport	Race results
	R1		Gillian Henrion	Haytham Qarajouli	Race results
	R2		No. 16 Team Virage	No. 75 RLR MSport	Race results
	R2		Gillian Henrion	Haytham Qarajouli	Race results
3	R1	Le Mans	No. 16 Team Virage	No. 10 Zosh - Di Environnement	Race results
	R1		Gillian Henrion	Hugo Rosati Jean-René de Fournoux	Race results
	R2		No. 16 Team Virage	No. 10 Zosh - Di Environnement	Race results
	R2		Gillian Henrion	Hugo Rosati Jean-René de Fournoux	Race results
4	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	No. 16 Team Virage	No. 4 Cool Racing	Race results
	R1		Gillian Henrion	Cedric Oltramare	Race results
	R2		No. 16 Team Virage	No. 75 RLR MSport	Race results
	R2		Gillian Henrion	Haytham Qarajouli	Race results
5	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	No. 53 M Racing	No. 96 CTF Performance	Race results
	R1		Natan Bihel	Fabien Delaplace Laurent Piguet	Race results
	R2		No. 16 Team Virage	No. 75 RLR MSport	Race results
	R2		Gillian Henrion	Haytham Qarajouli	Race results
6	R1	Algarve International Circuit	No. 16 Team Virage	No. 96 CTF Performance	Race results
	R1		Gillian Henrion	Fabien Delaplace Laurent Piguet	Race results
	R2		No. 16 Team Virage	No. 40 RLR MSport	Race results
	R2		Gillian Henrion	Horst Felix Felbermayr	Race results

Championships

JS P4 Drivers

	Driver	Team	LEC		IMO		LMS		MNZ		SPA		POR		Points
	Driver	Team	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
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

	Driver	Team	LEC		IMO		LMS		MNZ		SPA		POR		Points
	Driver	Team	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
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	Cedric 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

	Team	LEC		IMO		LMS		MNZ		SPA		POR		Points
	Team	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
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

	Team	LEC		IMO		LMS		MNZ		SPA		POR		Points
	Team	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
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 and References

Web site: 2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup Attracts Record Entry. Goodwin. Graham. 15 March 2022. Dailysportscar. 15 March 2022.
News: 2022 Le Castellet Heat – Provisional Entry List. 15 April 2022.