TheLigier JS P217 is aLe Mans Prototype built byOnroak Automotive and named in a partnership with French racing driverGuy Ligier. The Ligier JS P217 was built to meet the 2017FIA andACO regulations for 2017 for the LMP2 category in theFIA World Endurance Championship. The car also meets the regulations for theInternational Motor Sports Association’s (IMSA)WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the Prototype class. It was active in both of these championship series as well as theEuropean Le Mans Series[2] andAsian Le Mans Series. The prototype made its racing debut at the2017 24 Hours of Daytona and itsFIA World Endurance Championship debut at the2017 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
The Liger JS P217 was conceived in 2016 in preparation for theFIA andACO's new regulation changes in 2017.Onroak Automotive built a brand new chassis from scratch and focused on improving the mechanics of the car from theLigier JS P2. Onroak and technical partners focused on the air cooling of the engine radiators and brakes and cockpit air conditioning. The mechanical features of the car that were concentrated on was the implementation of a new axle, nut, and rim to lessen the time of tire changes, the efficiency of the axles, weight distribution, accessibility of mechanics at the front of the cockpit, aerodynamic efficiency, LMP1 style power steering, and a limited number of chassis pieces. The driver's comfort, space, controls accessibility, and visibility also was paid attention to as well.[2]
The car was unveiled atSpa-Francorchamps publicly in September 2016. It also performed tests at Magny-Cours in September 2016 andDaytona International Speedway in November 2016 for preparation for the 24 Hours of Daytona.[4]
A variation of the prototype, the Nissan Onroak DPi, also known as the Ligier Nissan DPi, was created for theIMSA'sWeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype class under theDPi regulations. The car was developed in partnership withNissan andNismo. The powerplant of the vehicle is a 3.8 litre V6 twin-turbo engine from theNissan GT-R GT3. Other alterations from the P217 include a large front panel and revised side panels.[5] Onroak Automotive suppliedTequila Patrón ESM with two prototypes for theWeatherTech SportsCar Championship.[3] ESM ran the DPi until closing due to a lack of sponsorship in late 2018.[6]CORE Autosport would purchase the ESM DPis and run them for the 2019 season. The program would not continue due to the retirement of team ownerJon Bennett.[7]
Revealed in 2021, the Ligier JS PX is an unrestricted track-day special based on the JS P217.[8] Seemingly an evolution of the Onroak DPi, the JS PX utilizes a 3.8 liter V6 twin-turbo engine, yet developed to 825 hp. The chassis, suspension, and transmission are identical to the P217, though Ligier optimized ABS, TC, and ECU systems using input fromOlivier Pla.[9] A similarly large front panel to that of the Nissan DPi is utilized, with an extended nose and a copycat element directly under it. The PX retains single canards on each side like the P217, in place of the DPi's dual-canard setup on each side. While the enlarged cooling duct from the DPi used to cool the NISMOVR38DETT is present, the side panels see simplification in the form of removal of a turning vane.
The car would be featured as the main protagonist's Le Mans entry in the 2023 filmGran Turismo, complete with a racing livery withPlayStation andNISMO sponsorship, further proving relevance to the DPi racecar.[10]
Results inbold indicate pole position. Results initalics indicate fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SIL |  SPA |  24H |  NUR |  MEX |  COTA |  FUJ |  SHA |  BHR | |||||||
| 2017 | Tockwith Motorsports | LMP2 | Nigel Moore | 34 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 0 | NC | ||||||
| Philip Hanson | Ret | 9 | Ret | ||||||||||||
 Karun Chandhok | Ret | 9 | |||||||||||||
| No. | SPA | 24H | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB | SPA | 24H | Points | Pos | |||||
| 2018 - 2019 | Larbre Compétition | LMP2 | Erwin Creed | 50 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 85 | 5th | |
| Romano Ricci | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| Julien Canal | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Dagoneau | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Yoshiharu Mori | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Keiko Ihara | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Enzo Guibbert | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Gunnar Jeannette | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Boulle | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| No. | SIL | FUJ | SHA | BHR | COTA | SPA | 24H | BHR | Points | Pos | |||||
| 2019 - 2020 |  Eurasia Motorsport | LMP2 |  Nick Foster | 35 | 8 | 14 | 0 | NC | |||||||
 Roberto Merhi | 8 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Nobuya Yamanaka | 8 | 14 | |||||||||||||
 Inter Europol Competition |  René Binder | 34 | 17 | 0 | NC | ||||||||||
 Matevos Isaakyan | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Jakub Śmiechowski | 17 | ||||||||||||||
 EuroInternational | Christophe d'Ansembourg | 11 | Ret | 0 | NC | ||||||||||
| Erik Maris | Ret | ||||||||||||||
| Adrien Tambay | Ret | ||||||||||||||
| No. | SPA |  POR | MON | 24H | BHR | BHR | Points | Pos | |||||||
| 2021 |  ARC Bratislava | LMP2 | Miro Konôpka | 44 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 2 | 11th | ||||||
| Tom Jackson | Ret | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Darren Burke | Ret | ||||||||||||||
| Oliver Webb | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||
Results inbold indicate pole position. Results initalics indicate fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SIL | MON | RBR | LEC | SPA | POR | |||||||
| 2017 | Panis Barthez Competition | LMP2 | Fabien Barthez | 23 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 7th |
| Timothé Buret | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | ||||||
| Nathanaël Berthon | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | |||||||
| Algarve Pro Racing | Matt McMurry | 25 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 11 | 4.5 | 13th | ||
| Andrea Pizzitola | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 11 | ||||||
| Andrea Roda | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | |||||||
| IDEC Sport Racing | Patrice Lafargue | 28 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8.5 | 12th | ||
| Paul Lafargue | 8 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| David Zollinger | 8 | |||||||||||
| Olivier Pla | 9 | Ret | 11 | |||||||||
| Paul-Loup Chatin | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| United Autosports | Filipe Albuquerque | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 98 | 2nd | ||
| William Owen | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
 Hugo de Sadeleer | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Tockwith Motorsports | Philip Hanson | 34 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 12.5 | 10th | |||||
| Nigel Moore | 5 | 11 | 9 | |||||||||
LEC | MON | RBR | SIL | SPA | POR | Points | Pos | |||||
| 2018 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Philip Hanson | 22 | 12 | 10 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 54 | 4th |
 Bruno Senna | 12 | |||||||||||
| Filipe Albuquerque | 10 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Wayne Boyd | 32 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 10th | |||
| William Owen | 9 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Hugo de Sadeleer | 9 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Panis Barthez Competition | Timothé Buret | 23 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 45.5 | 6th | ||
| Julien Canal | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Will Stevens | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Algarve Pro Racing |  Tacksung Kim | 25 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3.25 | 18th | ||
| Mark Patterson | 16 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 10 | ||||||
 Ate De Jong | 16 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 10 | |||||||
| Matt McMurry | 13 | |||||||||||
| IDEC Sport Racing | Patrice Lafargue | 27 | Ret | 12 | 16 | 1.25 | 19th | |||||
| Erik Maris | Ret | 12 | 16 | 14 | ||||||||
| William Cavailhes | Ret | 12 | ||||||||||
| Nicolas Minassian | 16 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Aurélien Panis | 14 | |||||||||||
LEC | MON | CAT | SIL | SPA | POR | Points | Pos | |||||
| 2019 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Philip Hanson | 22 | 6 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 71 | 4th | ||
| Paul di Resta | 6 | |||||||||||
| Filipe Albuquerque | 4 | 7 | Ret | |||||||||
| Alex Brundle | 32 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 37.5 | 8th | |||||
 Ryan Cullen | 12 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
| William Owen | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Panis Barthez Competition | René Binder | 23 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 19.5 | 11th | ||||
| Julien Canal | 10 | 9 | 15 | 7 | ||||||||
| Will Stevens | 10 | 9 | 15 | 7 | ||||||||
| Timothé Buret | 24 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 8 | 20 | 10th | |||
| Konstantin Tereshchenko | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 8 | ||||||
| Léonard Hoogenboom | Ret | 7 | Ret | |||||||||
| IDEC Sport Racing | Stéphane Adler | 27 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 2 | 18th | ||
| Erik Maris | Ret | 16 | Ret | |||||||||
| Patrice Lafargue | Ret | 16 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
| William Cavailhes | 14 | 13 | Ret | 13 | ||||||||
| Inter Europol Competition | Dani Clos | 34 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 2 | 17th | |||||
| Léo Roussel | 15 | |||||||||||
| Jakub Śmiechowski | 15 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | ||||||
| Adrien Tambay | Ret | 12 | ||||||||||
| Lukas Dunner | 12 | |||||||||||
| Sam Dejonghe | 12 | Ret | ||||||||||
| Mathias Beche | 12 | Ret | ||||||||||
LEC | SPA | LEC | MON | POR | Points | Pos | ||||||
| 2020 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP2 | René Binder | 34 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 15.5 | 12th | |
| Matevos Isaakyan | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | Ret | |||||||
| Jakub Śmiechowski | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | Ret | |||||||
Results inbold indicate pole position. Results initalics indicate fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SHA | BEN |  SEP |  CHA | |||||||
| 2019 - 2020 | Eurasia Motorsport | LMP2 |  Daniel Gaunt | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 13 | 7th |
| Nobuya Yamanaka | Ret | 4 | ||||||||
| Masataka Yanagida | Ret | Ret | ||||||||
| Nick Cassidy | Ret | Ret | 4 | |||||||
| Shane van Gisbergen | Ret | |||||||||
| Nick Foster | 36 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 65 | 3rd | |||
| Roberto Merhi | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Aidan Read | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Inter Europol Competition | John Corbett | 33 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 4th | ||
| Nathan Kumar | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Mitchell Neilson | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
 Danial Frost | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| Mathias Beche | 34 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 28 | 5th | |||
| Jakub Śmiechowski | 4 | Ret | 5 | 7 | ||||||
| James Winslow | 4 | Ret | 5 | 7 | ||||||
 DUB 1 | DUB 2 | YMC 1 | YMC 2 | Points | Pos | |||||
| 2021 | EuroInternational - Ojets | LMP2 - Am | John Corbett | 11 | 2 | Ret | 18 | 2nd | ||
| Neale Muston | 2 | Ret | ||||||||
DUB 1 | DUB 2 | YMC 1 | YMC 2 | Points | Pos | |||||
| 2022 | ARC Bratislava | LMP2 LMP2 Am | Miro Konôpka | 44 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 4th |
| Neale Muston | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| John Corbett | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 3rd | ||||
Results inbold indicate pole position. Results initalics indicate fastest lap.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DAY | SEB | LBH | AUS | BEL | WGL |  MOS | ELK | LGA | ATL | ||||||||
| 2017 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | P | Tom Kimber-Smith | 52 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 237 | 7th | ||||||||
| José Gutiérrez | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Mike Guasch | 9 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| R. C. Enerson | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Will Owen | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marco Bonanomi | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenton Koch | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Lewis | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Olivier Pla | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Nicholas Boulle | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| David Ostella | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Julien Canal | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| VisitFlorida Racing | Marc Goossens | 90 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 233 | 8th | ||||||||||
| Renger van der Zande | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| René Rast | |||||||||||||||||
| Jonathan Bomarito | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
DAY | SEB | LBH | MOH | BEL | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | ATL | Points | Pos | ||||||
| 2018 | United Autosports | P | Fernando Alonso | 23 | 13 | 18 | 19th | ||||||||||
| Philip Hanson | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lando Norris | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul di Resta | 32 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 82 | 15th | |||||||||||
| Bruno Senna | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Will Owen | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hugo de Sadeleer | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philip Hanson | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Alex Brundle | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports |  Sebastián Saavedra | 52 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 211 | 12th | |||||
| Gustavo Yacamán | 12 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||
| Roberto González | 12 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Boulle | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| José Gutiérrez | |||||||||||||||||
| Will Owen | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
DAY 1 | DAY 2 | SEB | MOH | BEL | WGL 1 | WGL 2 | ELK | LGA | LBH | ATL | Points | Pos | |||||
| 2021 | RWREurasia | LMP2 | Austin Dillon | 51 | 4 | 0 | NC | ||||||||||
| Sven Müller | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cody Ware | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
 Salih Yoluç | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
DAY | SEB | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | ATL | Points | Pos | |||||||||
| 2024 | Sean Creech Motorsport | LMP2 | João Barbosa | 33 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1240 | 11th | ||||||
| Lance Willse | 9 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Jonny Edgar | 9 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Nolan Siegel | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
 Tõnis Kasemets | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | Series | Race | Circuit | Team | Specification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ELMS | 4 Hours of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit | United Autosports | LMP2 |
| ELMS | 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring | Red Bull Ring | United Autosports | LMP2 | |
| IMSA | Continental Tire Road Race Showcase | Road America | Tequila Patron ESM | Nissan DPi | |
| IMSA | America's Tire 250 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | VisitFlorida Racing | LMP2 | |
| IMSA | Motul Petit Le Mans | Road Atlanta | Tequila Patron ESM | Nissan DPi | |
| 2018 | IMSA | Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring | Sebring International Raceway | Tequila Patron ESM | Nissan DPi |
| IMSA | Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Tequila Patron ESM | Nissan DPi | |
| ELMS | 4 Hours of Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | United Autosports | LMP2 | |
| ELMS | 4 Hours of Portimao | Algarve International Circuit | United Autosports | LMP2 | |
| 2022 | ESET Cup | GT Sprint Race 1 | Slovakia Ring | ARC Bratislava | LMP2 |
| ESET Cup | GT Sprint Race 2 | Slovakia Ring | ARC Bratislava | LMP2 |
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