Ligier

Information about Ligier

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Ligier is a French automobile maker created by former racing driver and rugby player Guy Ligier.

The firm entered the automobile business with the Ligier JS2,^[1] a central-engined sports car for the road powered by the same Maserati V6 engine as the Citroën SM. The Maserati V6 engine had a modern design and the JS2 was considered by many as a well designed car with a very good power-to-weight ratio. The final SMs were also produced in the Ligier factory in Vichy. The 1973 energy crisis caused such a decline in the market for the JS2 that production ceased soon after, and the firm changed its focus to microcars, for example, 1984 moped-powered Ligier JS6. Ligier is now owned by Piaggio.

Ligier F1

Ligier JS5, Ligier's first F1 car.
Designed by Gerard Ducarouge.

Ligier is best known for its Formula One team that operated from 1976 to 1996. Ligier entered Formula One in 1976 with a Matra V12-powered car, and won a Grand Prix with Jacques Laffite in 1977. This is generally considered to have been the first all-French victory in the Formula One World Championship.^[2]

The deal with Matra ceased in 1979 and Ligier built a Cosworth-powered wing-car the Ligier JS11. The JS11 begin the season winning the first 2 races in the hands of Laffite. However, the JS11 faced serious competition when Williams and Ferrari introduced aerodynamically modified cars. The rest of the season was less successful for the French Marque.

The JS11 and its successors made Ligier one of the top teams through the early 1980s. Despite substantial sponsorship from Talbot and public French companies - mainly SEITA and Française des Jeux (deals which François Mitterrand helped to put in place) - the competitiveness of the team began to decline around 1982; but the team survived until 1996. In the mid 1980s, the team benefitted from a "free" Renault turbo engine deal. This made them more competitive, though not a frontrunner, despite significant budgets from companies such as Gitanes, Loto and elf. When Renault left the sport in 1986, Ligier was left without a bona fide engine supplier. An abortive collaboration with Alfa Romeo was followed by a customer engine arrangement with first BMW and then Mugen-Honda.

Ligier's last F1 car, the JS43, on display. Driven by Olivier Panis and Pedro Diniz, it provided Panis' only F1 victory and Ligier's last, at the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix.

In the last years Ligier had little public support and lacked funds. Surprisingly the team was somewhat more competitive during this period, perhaps due to the talents of aerodynamicist Frank Dernie, whose skills had developed the Williams of Alan Jones that so regularly beat the Ligiers in the late 1970s. The talent of the young engineer Loïc Bigois may have played some role as well. But this also brings some to think that, in previous years, Guy Ligier was more worried about making money than restoring the team competitiveness. Famous for his histrionics and boisterous pitlane explosions, the recalcitrant Guy Ligier added greatly to the character of Formula One events from the mid 1970s onward, if not through the competitiveness of his teams. As one F1 commentator famously said, "You always had the feeling that even when they were winning they didn't know why..."

In 1996 the Mugen Honda-powered JS43 car turned out to be a well balanced car, if not on par with the Williams entries. It became a surprise winner as well, with the team taking the chequered flag with Olivier Panis at the Monaco Grand Prix, albeit in a race of heavy attrition. While the victory was a famous moment for French Motorsport (the first "all-French" victory at Monaco since René Dreyfus in Bugatti in 1930), it must be said it came very much against the run of play in a race in which only four cars finished the full distance.

The team was sold to Alain Prost soon after and became Prost Grand Prix in 1997. Prost GP, despite substantial financial backing by large private French companies failed to make the team competitive and went bankrupt in 2002.

The team traditionally wore numbers 25 and 26.

Complete World Championship Formula One Results

() (results in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Chassis	Engine(s)	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WCC
1976	Ligier JS5	Matra V12	G		BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN		20	5th
1976	Ligier JS5	Matra V12	G	Jacques Laffite	Ret	Ret	4	12	3	12	4	14	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	7		20	5th
1977	Ligier JS7	Matra V12	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	18	8th
				Jacques Laffite	NC	Ret	Ret	9	7	7	Ret	1	8	6	Ret	Ret	2	8	7	Ret	5
				Jean-Pierre Jarier																	Ret
1978	Ligier JS7 Ligier JS9	Matra V12	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	MON	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN		19	6th
1978	Ligier JS7 Ligier JS9	Matra V12	G	Jacques Laffite	16	9	5	5	Ret	5	3	7	7	10	3	5	8	4	11	Ret		19	6th
1979	Ligier JS11	Ford V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA			61	3rd
				Patrick Depailler	4	2	Ret	5	1	Ret	5	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj
				Jacky Ickx								Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret
				Jacques Laffite	1	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	8	Ret	3	3	3	Ret	Ret	Ret
1980	Ligier JS11/15	Ford V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA				66	2nd
				Didier Pironi	Ret	4	3	6	1	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	3	3
				Jacques Laffite	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	11	2	3	Ret	1	4	3	9	8	5
1981	Ligier JS17	Matra V12	M		USW	BRA	ARG	SMR	BEL	MON	ESP	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	LVS			44	4th
				Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	7
				Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Inj	Inj	DNQ	NC	Ret	DNQ	Ret
				Patrick Tambay								Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
				Jacques Laffite	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	2	3	2	Ret	3	3	1	Ret	Ret	1	6
1982	Ligier JS17 Ligier JS17B Ligier JS19	Matra V12	M		RSA	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL	MON	USE	CAN	NED	GBR	FRA	GER	AUT	SUI	ITA	LVS		20	8th
				Eddie Cheever	Ret	Ret	Ret	WD	3	Ret	2	10	DNQ	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	3
				Jacques Laffite	Ret	Ret	Ret	WD	9	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret
1983	Ligier JS21	Ford V8	M		BRA	USW	FRA	SMR	MON	BEL	USE	CAN	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	RSA			0	NC
				Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	8	7	Ret	9	Ret	10
				Raul Boesel	Ret	7	Ret	9	Ret	13	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	10	DNQ	15	NC
1984	Ligier JS23	Renault V6 (t/c)	M		BRA	RSA	BEL	SMR	FRA	MON	CAN	USE	USA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	POR		3	10th
				François Hesnault	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	7	Ret	10	Ret
				Andrea de Cesaris	Ret	5	Ret	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	12
1985	Ligier JS25	Renault V6 (t/c)	P		BRA	POR	SMR	MON	CAN	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	BEL	EUR	RSA	AUS		23	6th
				Andrea de Cesaris	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	14	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
				Philippe Streiff												10	9	8	WD	3
				Jacques Laffite	6	Ret	Ret	6	8	12	Ret	3	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	WD	2
1986	Ligier JS27	Renault V6 (t/c)	P		BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS		29	5th
				René Arnoux	4	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	6	Ret	5	4	4	Ret	10	Ret	7	15	7
				Jacques Laffite	3	Ret	Ret	6	5	7	2	6	Ret	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj
				Philippe Alliot										Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8
1987	Ligier JS29B Ligier JS29C	Megatron 4 in-line (t/c)	G		BRA	SMR	BEL	MON	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS		1	11th
				René Arnoux		DNS	6	11	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
				Piercarlo Ghinzani		Ret	7	12	Ret	Ret	EX	Ret	12	8	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret
1988	Ligier JS31	Judd V8	G		BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	CAN	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		0	NC
				René Arnoux	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	18	17	Ret	Ret	13	10	Ret	17	Ret
				Stefan Johansson	9	DNQ	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	11	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	9
1989	Ligier JS33	Ford V8	G		BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		3	13th
				René Arnoux	DNQ	DNQ	12	14	DNQ	5	Ret	DNQ	11	DNQ	Ret	9	13	DNQ	DNQ	Ret
				Olivier Grouillard	9	DSQ	Ret	8	DNQ	DNQ	6	7	Ret	DNQ	13	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret
1990	Ligier JS33B	Ford V8	G		USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		0	NC
				Nicola Larini	Ret	11	10	Ret	Ret	16	14	10	10	11	14	11	10	7	7	10
				Philippe Alliot	EX	12	9	Ret	Ret	18	9	13	DSQ	14	DNQ	13	Ret	Ret	10	11
1991	Ligier JS35 Ligier JS35B	Lamborghini V12	G		USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS		0	NC
				Thierry Boutsen	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	8	12	Ret	9	17	11	Ret	16	Ret	9	Ret
				Érik Comas	DNQ	Ret	10	10	8	DNQ	11	DNQ	Ret	10	Ret	11	11	Ret	Ret	18
1992	Ligier JS37	Renault V10	G		RSA	MEX	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	AUS		6	7th
				Thierry Boutsen	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	10	Ret	10	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	5
				Érik Comas	7	9	Ret	Ret	9	10	6	5	8	6	Ret	Inj	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
1993	Ligier JS39	Renault V10	G		RSA	BRA	EUR	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	AUS		23	5th
				Martin Brundle	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	6	5	5	14	8	5	7	Ret	6	9	6
				Mark Blundell	3	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	3	7	11	Ret	Ret	7	9
1994	Ligier JS39B	Renault V10	G		BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS		13	6th
				Éric Bernard	Ret	10	12	Ret	8	13	Ret	13	3	10	10	7	10
				Johnny Herbert														8
				Franck Lagorce															Ret	11
				Olivier Panis	11	9	11	9	7	12	Ret	12	2	6	7	10	DSQ	9	11	5
1995	Ligier JS41	Mugen Honda V10	G		BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	PAC	JPN	AUS	24	5th
				Martin Brundle				9	Ret	10	4	Ret		Ret	3	Ret	8	7			Ret
				Aguri Suzuki	8	Ret	11						6						Ret	DNS
				Olivier Panis	Ret	7	9	6	Ret	4	8	4	Ret	6	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	5	2
1996	Ligier JS43	Mugen Honda V10	G		AUS	BRA	ARG	EUR	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN		15	6th
				Olivier Panis	7	6	8	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	10	7
				Pedro Diniz	10	8	Ret	10	7	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret

Notes

1. ^ The Ligier motorcars were all designated with the prefix "JS" in honour of Ligier's great friend and cohort, Jo Schlesser, who was killed in the 1968 French Grand Prix while driving for Honda.
2. ^ Chassis, engine and driver were French. The gearbox was British (Hewland) and the tyres American (Goodyear). Alain Prost and Renault had later victories with an all-Renault car and Michelin tyres.

Ligier Nova

Ligier JS49 (2005)

In 2005, Ligier returned to sports cars with a "gentlemen driver" car, the JS49, a sport prototype [1].

External links

http://www.ligier-automobiles.com/
http://bunnik.club.fr/0lig0001.htm (Pictures of Microcars made by Ligier. French)

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