The third round of the 2026 Ligier European Series season is shaping nicely, with 39 cars across the Ligier JS P4 and Ligier JS2 R classes set to take on the Circuit de la Sarthe as part of the Le Mans 24 Hours Test Day on June 7th.
Since 2022, the Ligier European Series has been part of the support race programme for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, allowing teams and drivers to compete on the 13.626-kilometre track. With 39 cars entered, the 2026 edition is set to be one of the largest grids in the history of the series.
The JS P4 category will feature sixteen cars for the Le Mans Heat, including one additional entry: the #48 Allay Racing Ligier JS P4, entrusted to Emil Hellberg. The team will become the first Swedish outfit to compete in the Ligier European Series.
With 11 new contenders, the JS2 R category will feature 23 cars on the grid for the Le Mans Heat.
Pegasus Racing increases its chances of victory with three cars entered: the #28 Pegasus Racing Ligier JS2 R of Christophe Weber will join the #29 of Jordan Meyer and Kasparas Vingilis and the #94 of Alain Meyer.
Competing for the rest of the year exclusively in JS P4, ANS Motorsport will also field a Ligier JS2 R at Le Mans. The #4 will be entrusted to Jean-Philippe Jouvent and Louis Iglesias. The latter is already well acquainted with the ACO environment, as he races for the team in the Michelin Le Mans Cup at the wheel of a Ligier JS P325. After claiming pole position at the Le Castellet round, he will also use this track time at Le Mans to prepare for Road To Le Mans.
M Racing will also strengthen its line-up with the addition of the #53 Ligier JS2 R, entrusted to Natan Bihel, a two-time winner of the Le Mans Heat in 2023 and 2024. It will join the #68 of Lawrence Herbots and the #75 driven by Nathan Huet and Cindy Gudet.
LADC Motorsport and Zosh Competition, both familiar names in the Ligier JS Cup France, will join the series with four Ligier JS2 R cars each and a clear objective: to fight for victory.
Zosh Competition will travel to Le Mans with four all-French crews: the #22 for Guillaume Brichard and Michel Renavand, the #23 for Gilles Bouvart, the #51 for Paul Alberto, who already raced on the full circuit in 2025, and Maxence Chatellier, as well as the #72 for Anthony Perrin and Léo Pinquier, who already teamed up at Le Mans in 2024 and 2025.
At LADC Motorsport, Christian Gisy will drive the #10, Erwan Bihel the #61, while Danish driver Oscar Kristensen will be entered in the #62 LADC by RSL Ligier JS2 R. Clément Loeul will return in the #90, having previously entered in 2024.
The Ligier European Series competitors will have a condensed schedule for this exceptional Heat, with all track action taking place on Sunday 7 June, during Test Day, headlined by an hour race at 14:00 local time.
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