Source (in french) : https://www.endurance-info.com/auto/article/99684-pierre-nicolet-un-bilan-2021-tres-positif
In this interview, Ligier says that they have "very good news to announce on those 2 playgrounds (lmp2 and lmdh), we hope, very soon".
If i remember well, Ligier is the only one of the 4 chassis manufacturer for LMDh that doesn't have yet any cars/partnership. So it seems like we will see another (!) manufacturer announcement soon (?)
Question is who... since lambo (if confirmed) will be using same engine than porsche and audi (same group) they will very prolly go for same chassis manufacturer.
Would it be mc laren ? Or maybe ligier will build their own LMDh 100% ?
LMP2 is even weirder announcement considering the reglementation is coming to an end, and we don't know what's gonna be the new specs.
I was looking up Jody Sheckter’s results to learn more about his championship, especially against Gilles in 1979, and what struck me more looking at the results was a possibility of a Ligier champion (Lafitte in particular), based on his consistency when his car didn’t fail and Ligier’s results from the outset.
Looking at 1979’s results, though not to discount Scheckter in any way, he’s a great often underrated driver, luck played a huge role in his campaign, with his Ferrari having the least retirements out of the front runners.
Even by the end of the season, Williams seemed to have the upper hand with Alan Jones going on a tear to close the season out, but it wasn’t enough to offset his retirements from earlier in the year.
So I was just wondering, how much of the 1979 season came down to luck? Was the Ligier and/or Williams really that good? If the JS11 had better reliability, could Jacques Lafitte have nabbed the title?
Session Times
- Practice 1: Friday 13:00 Local, 11:00 UTC, 07:00 ET, 21:00 AEST (90 minutes)
- Bronze Test: Friday 16:30 Local, 14:30 UTC, 10:30 ET, Saturday 00:30 AEST (30 minutes)
- Practice 2: Saturday 09:00 Local, 07:00 UTC, 03:00 ET, 17:00 AEST (90 minutes)
- Qualifying: Saturday 13:40 Local, 11:40 UTC, 07:40 ET, 21:40 AEST (10 min per class)
- RACE: Sunday 11:00 Local, 09:00 UTC, 05:00 ET, 19:00 AEST (4 hours)
Track Information: 4.655km circuit located in Montmelo, Catalunya, Spain
##Michelin Le Mans Cup
Session Times
- Practice 1: Friday 11:10 Local, 09:10 UTC, 05:10 ET, 19:10 AEST (60 minutes)
- Bronze Test: Friday 14:40 Local, 12:40 UTC, 08:40 ET, 22:40 AEST (30 minutes)
- Practice 2: Friday 17:10 Local, 15:10 UTC, 11:10 ET, Saturday 01:10 AEST (60 minutes)
- Qualifying: Saturday 12:10 Local, 10:10 UTC, 06:10 ET, 20:10 AEST (15 min per class)
- RACE: Saturday 16:30 Local, 14:30 UTC, 12:30 ET, Sunday 00:30 AEST (2 hours)
###Ligier European Series
Streamed online for the first time!
Session Times
- Practice: Friday 09:30 Local, 07:30 UTC, 05:30 ET, 17:30 AEST (90 minutes)
- Qualifying: Friday 15:20 Local, 13:20 UTC, 09:20 ET, 23:20 AEST (15 min per class)
- Race 1: Saturday 10:50 Local, 08:50 UTC, 04:50 ET, 18:50 AEST (60 min)
- Race 2: Saturday 14:50 Local, 12:50 UTC, 08:50 ET, 22:50 AEST (60 min)
Live Timing & Scoring: ELMS website
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... keep reading on reddit ➡So I've been reading about the time Michael Schumacher tested a Ligier in Winter 1994. It was all because Benetton's Flavio Briatore and Tom Walkinshaw had purchased Ligier in 1994, as their previous team boss had been jailed for fraud. It was widely accepted that Briatore did this so he could take Ligier’s stock of Renault engines and put them in Benetton in order to compete with Williams.
My question is how could he do this?
Surely Renault had a contract to supply Ligier specifically? Briatore being the owner of both teams surely doesn't allow him to switch the engine supply simply because he owns both teams? Wouldn't Renault have to sign a contract with Benetton?
All of the wording I've seen makes it sound like Briatore bought the team, then simply switched the engines to Benetton.
Or is it that, as Ligier owner, Briatore put himself in a better position to negotiate with Renault to get the engines for Benetton for 1995, whereas before he was kept out of the conversation by Williams and Ligier?
Does anybody know anything about how it happened?
