Ligier Returns To Sportscar Manufacturing
Claude Foubert recently hinted that this would be fact before long – and now he confirms that the famous French name will be back on the track this weekend, at Magny-Cours, for the last round of the VdeV Championship (October 29-30).

Ligier’s new car is the CN Class JS49, which has been constructed in the Automobiles Martini workshop. The car will make its debut this Saturday, in the VdeV Modern Sprint race, driven by none other than Jonathan Cochet.

In 1975, Guy Chasseuil and the late Jean-Louis Lafosse drove this Ligier JS2-Ford (below) at Le Mans, finishing in second place, less than two laps behind the Gulf-Ford of Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell.

The JS49 Specifications
Chassis aluminium monocoque
Weight 535 kgs
Length 4,265m
Width 1,80m
Suspension (front and rear) : double wishbones and pushrods
Gearbox SADEV - sequential, six-speed
Brakes Ventilated disc 4 piston calipers