Ligier JS P2

Onroak Automotive
Company type	Private
Industry	Automotive, Motorsport
Predecessor	Morgan LMP2
Successor	Ligier JS P217
Headquarters	France, France
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Nicolas Clémençon (Designer)
Products	Ligier JS P2 race car

{{Racing car |Car_name = Ligier JS P2 |Image = Michael Shank Racing - Ligier JS P2-Honda -49 (27802320135).jpg |Image_size=300px |Caption = The No. 49 JS P2 (Michael Shank Racing) during the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans |Category = Le Mans Prototype 2 |Constructor = Onroak Automotive |Predecessor = Morgan LMP2 |Successor = Ligier JS P217 |Designer = Nicolas Clémençon |Team = OAK Racing
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Rick Ware Racing |Chassis=Carbon fibre monocoque |Front suspension=Double wishbones with pushrod-activated dampers |Rear suspension=Same as front |Width = |Wheelbase = |Length = |Weight = Appr. |Engine name=Nissan VK45DE V8,
Judd HK V8,
Honda HPD HR28TT V6 |Power = |Engine position=longitudinal mid-mounted |Gearbox name= Xtrac 626 |Gears= 6-speed |Type=hydraulically-activated sequential manual transmission |Tyres=Michelin, Dunlop, or Continental |Debut= 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans |First_win=2014 6 Hours of Fuji |Last_win=2020 4 Hours of Buriram |Last_event=2020 4 Hours of Buriram |Races= 78 |Podiums= 81 |Wins= 24 |Drivers_champ= 5 (2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, 2016-17 Asian Le Mans Series, 2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series, P2 Am (2018-19, 2019-20 Asian LMS)) |} The Ligier JS P2 is a race car crafted by French firm Onroak Automotive in collaboration with former racer Guy Ligier. Engineered specifically for the LMP2 class, it was developed as an alternative to Onroak’s earlier Morgan LMP2, which has been active since 2012. Marking Onroak's inaugural fully in-house designed closed-cockpit prototype, the JS P2 made its competitive debut at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans and has since participated in prominent championships such as the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series, and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Development

Originally, Onroak intended to produce a vehicle for the Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) category but redirected efforts toward the LMP2 segment. The initial LMP1 design was modified into an LMP2 model to comply with cost restrictions set by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), aiming at markets like North America where closed-cockpit cars are favored within LMP2 and Daytona Prototype divisions. The JS P2 was designed to be compatible with multiple LMP2 engines, including Nissan’s flat-plane crankshaft VK45 V8, Judd’s naturally aspirated HK V8 derived from the BMW S65 engine, and Honda’s twin-turbocharged HPD V6 unit. It features adaptable aerodynamic configurations offering both high downforce for sprint events and low downforce setups suitable for Le Mans.

The designation "JS P2" reflects a partnership between Onroak and Guy Ligier, continuing the tradition of naming vehicles after French driver Jo Schlesser (JS). This collaboration also saw Onroak assume responsibility for developing Ligier-Martini’s Group CN racing car.

Racing history

The JS P2 commenced its testing phase in March 2014, making its competitive debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, marking Ligier’s return after several decades. OAK Racing entered two vehicles: one equipped with a Nissan engine operated by drivers supported by Nissan, and another powered by Honda with Chinese drivers behind the wheel. Additionally, privateer Thiriet by TDS Racing fielded a Nissan-powered JS P2. The Nissan-powered cars demonstrated strong qualifying performances, with TDS clinching pole position and OAK securing third on the grid. All three cars completed the race, with TDS finishing second and OAK placing fifth and seventh within their class.

Following Le Mans, TDS campaigned the JS P2 in the European Le Mans Series but was unable to finish any of their races. OAK Racing participated in the closing rounds of the United SportsCar Championship; driver Alex Brundle earned pole position on his debut with the Honda-powered JS P2 at Circuit of the Americas and finished in second place. Concurrently, OAK's Nissan-powered entry competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, achieving five straight poles and class victories at both Fuji and Shanghai.

In 2015, American team Krohn Racing acquired a JS P2 for part-time competition in the United SportsCar Championship alongside a full season in the European Le Mans Series, becoming the first squad to run Judd engines in a Ligier chassis. Michael Shank Racing purchased a Honda-powered JS P2 for an entire United SportsCar Championship campaign, securing pole at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The following year, Extreme Speed Motorsports entered a JS P2 in the United SportsCar Championship, triumphing at both the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring. This marked the first occasion a car defeated a Daytona Prototype at Daytona and secured the first combined "36 Hours of Florida" victory since 1998.

Complete World Endurance Championship results

(key) Entries shown in bold denote pole position achievements. Italicized races indicate fastest laps recorded. A green background highlights second team entries eligible solely for Drivers' championship points.

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds									Pts.	Pos.
Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Pos.
2014	Template:Country data RUS Template:Namespace detect showall G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Template:Country data RUS Template:Namespace detect showall Roman Rusinov Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Olivier Pla Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Julien Canal	26	4-8 4-8 4-8	SIL	SPA	LMS	COA 4	FUJ 1	SHA 1	BHR 4	SÃO Ret		137*	2nd*
	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall OAK Racing-Team Asia		United States David Cheng Template:Country data NLD Template:Namespace detect showall Ho-Pin Tung Template:Country data HKG Template:Namespace detect showall Adderly Fong	33	3 3 3			LMS 7						0	NC
	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall OAK Racing		Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Alex Brundle Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Jann Mardenborough Template:Country data RUS Template:Namespace detect showall Mark Shulzhitskiy	35	3 3 3			LMS 5						0	NC
	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Thiriet by TDS Racing		Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Pierre Thiriet Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Ludovic Badey Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Tristan Gommendy	46	3 3 3			LMS 2						0	NC
2015	Template:Country data RUS Template:Namespace detect showall G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Template:Country data RUS Template:Namespace detect showall Roman Rusinov Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Julien Canal Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Sam Bird	26	All All All	SIL 1	SPA 10	LMS 3	NÜR 2	COA 1	FUJ 1	SHA 2	BHR 1		178	1st

^* Points were accumulated using the Morgan LMP2

^* Points were earned with the HPD ARX-03b

Full European Le Mans Series Results

(key) Entries shown in bold denote pole position achievements. Entries in italics signify the fastest lap recorded.

Full European Le Mans Series Results
Season	Team	Category	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Event Rounds						Pts.	Pos.
Season	Team	Category	Drivers	No.	Rds.	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.	Pos.
2014	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Thiriet by TDS Racing	LMP2	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Ludovic Badey Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Tristan Gommendy Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Pierre Thiriet	46	All All All	SIL	IMO	RBR Retired	LEC Retired	EST Retired		35*	7th*
2015	Template:Country data PRT Template:Namespace detect showall Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Michael Munemann Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Andrea Roda Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall James Winslow	25	3-5 3-5 3-5	SIL	IMO	RBR 10th	LEC 8th	EST 7th		11	12th
2015	United States Krohn Racing	LMP2	Template:Country data SWE Template:Namespace detect showall Niclas Jönsson United States Tracy Krohn Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Oswaldo Negri Jr. Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Julien Canal Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Olivier Pla	40	All All 1-2 3 4-5	SIL 4th	IMO 5th	RBR 5th	LEC 5th	EST 8th		46	4th
2016	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall SO24! By Lombard Racing	LMP2	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Vincent Capillaire Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Jonathan Coleman Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Olivier Lombard	22	1-2 1-2 1-2	SIL 3rd	IMO 11th					15.5	12th
	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall (Panis Barthez Competition)		Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Fabien Barthez Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Timothé Buret {{flagicon{FRA}} Paul-Loup Chatin	23	All All All	''SIL 9th	''IMO 7th	''RBR' 7th	''LEC' 11th	''SPA' 7th	''EST' 7th	27.5	8th
	{{flagicon{PRT}}} Algarve Pro Racing		{{flagicon{GBR}}} Michael Munemann {{flagicon{IND}}} Parth Ghorpade {{flagicon{GBR}}} Chris Hoy {{flagicon{CHE}}} Jonathan Hirschi {{flagicon{FRA}}} Andrea Pizzitola {{flagicon{ITA}}} Andrea Roda	25	1-3, 5 1-2 1-2 3-5 3-5 4	''SIL' 10th	''IMO' Retired	''RBR' 5th	''LEC' 7th	''SPA' 9th		19	9th
	{{flagicon{FRA}}} IDEC Sport Racing		{{flagicon{FRA}}} Dimitri Enjalbert {{flagicon{FRA}}} Patrice Lafargue {{flagicon{FRA}}} Paul Lafargue	28	1-2, 4–6 1-2, 4–6 1-2, 4–6	''SIL' 7th	''IMO' Retired		''LEC' 10th	''SPA' 8th	''EST' 6th	19	10th
	{{flagicon{USA}}} Krohn Racing		{{flagicon{SWE}}} Niclas Jönsson {{flagicon{SWE}}} Björn Wirdheim {{flagicon{USA}}} Tracy Krohn {{flagicon{FRA}}} Olivier Pla	40	All 1-2 1, 3–5 2-6	''SIL' 4th	''IMO' 6th	''RBR' 9th	''LEC' 8th	''SPA' 10th	''EST' ' 4th	39	6th
	File:Flag placeholder.svg Team WRT		File:Flag placeholder.svg Template:GBR Will Stevens < br > File:Flag placeholder.svg Template:BEL Dries Vanthoor < br > File:Flag placeholder.svg Template:BEL Laurens Vanthoor	47	5 < br > 5 < br > 5	SIL < br > IMO < br > RBR < br > LEC	style = " background : # DF DF DF ; " SPA < br > 2	EST	18	11th

Points earned using the Morgan LMP2 chassis

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) Events highlighted in bold denote pole position, while those in italics signify the fastest lap.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
Year	Team	Category	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds											Pts.	Pos.
Year	Team	Category	Drivers	No.	Rds.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Pos.
2014	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall OAK Racing	P	Template:Country data COL Template:Namespace detect showall Gustavo Yacamán Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Alex Brundle Template:Country data CHN Template:Namespace detect showall Ho-Pin Tung	42	All 10-11 11	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	COA 2	PET 9	309	5th
2015	United States Krohn Racing	P	United States Tracy Krohn Template:Country data SWE Template:Namespace detect showall Niclas Jönsson Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Olivier Pla Template:Country data UK Template:Namespace detect showall Alex Brundle	57	1-2 1-2 1-2 1	DAY 13	SEB 6										45	11th
2015	United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Performance Group	P	Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Oswaldo Negri Jr. United States John Pew United States Matt McMurry United States A. J. Allmendinger Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Justin Wilson	60	All All 1, 10 1 2	DAY 5	style="background:#DFFFDF;"\|LBH 6	style="background:#FFDF9F;”\|'LGA 3'	style="background:#DFDFDF;”\|'DET 2'	style="background:#EFCFFF;"\|'WGL 7'	style="background:#FFDF9F;”\|'MOS 3'	style="background:#DFFFDF;"\|'ELK 4'	style="background:#DFFFDF;"\|'COA 4'	style="background:#EFCFFF;"\|'PET 9'	273	6th
2016	United States Extreme Speed Motorsports	P	Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Pipo Derani United States Scott Sharp United States Johannes van Overbeek United States Ed Brown	2	1-2, 6, 10 1-2, 6, 10 1-2, 6, 10 1-2	style="background:#FFFFBF;”\|'DAY 1'	style="background:#FFFFBF;”\|'SEB 1'				style="background:#EFCFFF;"\|'WGL 9'				style="background:#DFDFDF;”\|'PET 2'	128	9th
2016	United States Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	60	Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Oswaldo Negri Jr. United States John Pew Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Olivier Pla United States A. J. Allmendinger Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Katherine Legge	All 1-4, 6–10 1-2, 6, 10 1 5	style="background:#EFCFFF;"\|'[[2016 24 Hours of Daytona]\|DAY']' 11'	style="background:#EFCFFF;"\|'[[2016 12 Hours of Sebring]\|SEB']' 7'	style="background:#DFFFDF;"\|'[[2016 Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase]\|LBH']' 7'	style="background:#FFFFBF;”\|'[[2016 Monterey Grand Prix]\|LGA']' 1'	style="background:#DFFFDF;"\|'[[2016 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic]\|DET']' 5'	style="background:#FFDF9F;”\|'[[2016 6 Hours of The Glen]\|WGL']' 3'	style="background:#DFFFDF;"\|'[[2016 SportsCar Grand Prix]\|MOS']' 6'	style="background:#DFFFDF;"\|'[[2016 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase]\|ELK']' 4'	style="background:#DFFFDF;"\|'[[2016 Lone Star Le Mans]\|COA']' 6'	style="background:#FFFFBF;”\|'[[2016 Petit Le Mans]\|PET']' 1'	282	4th

^* Points were accumulated using the Morgan LMP2 model

Asian Le Mans Series Full Results

(key) Entries highlighted in bold denote pole position achievements. Italicized results signify fastest laps.

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External links

Onroak Automotive official site

Season	Team	Category	Competitors	Car Number	Rounds Entered	Race Results				Total Points	Overall Ranking
Season	Team	Category	Competitors	Car Number	Rounds Entered	1	2	3	4	Total Points	Overall Ranking
2015-16	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Dean Koutsoumidis Michael Munemann James Winslow	25	2-4 2-4 2-4	FUJ	SEP I 2	BUR 2	SEP II 3	53	2nd
2016-17	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Tacksung Kim Matt McMurry Andrea Roda Mark Patterson Jonathan Hirschi Michael Munemann	24	All 1 1 2-4 2 3-4	ZHU 2	FUJ 4	BUR 3	SEP 3	60	3rd
2016-17	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Andrea Pizzitola Michael Munemann Nicky Catsburg Andrea Roda Matt McMurry Aidan Read	25	All 1-2 1 2-4 3 4	ZHU 3	FUJ 3	BUR 2	SEP 1	76	1st
2017-18	ARC Bratislava	LMP2	Konstantīns Calko Miroslav Konôpka Rik Breukers Gustavo Yacamán	4	All All 1-2 3	ZHU 3	FUJ 4	BUR 4	SEP < br > 4	51	3rd
	Algarve Pro Racing		Ate de Jong < br > Dean Koutsoumidis < br > John Graham	25	All < br > All < br > 1, 3–4	ZHU < br > 4	FUJ < br > 4	BUR < br > Ret	SEP < br > Ret	20	6th
	Eurasia Motorsport		Alex Au < br > Keiko Ihara < br > Scott Andrews < br > Marko Asmer < br > Yoshiharu Mori < br > Nabil Jeffri < br > Jake Parsons	33	1 < br > 1 < br > 2 < br > 2,4 < br > 2 < br > 4 < br > 4	ZHU < br > 4	FUJ < br > Ret	BUR < br >	SEP < br > 3	28	5th