Ligier European Series – Gillian Henrion wins solo

The first Round in the history of the Ligier European Series contested on the great circuit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans crowns Gillian Henrion and Team Virage.

Published on 10/06/2022 à 12:10

Gautier Calmels

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Ligier European Series – Gillian Henrion wins solo

Gillian Henrion uncompromising at the wheel of her JS P4 © Paulo Maria / DPPI

While Simone Riccitelli achieved the All Shot in JS P4, Jean-René de Fournoux took control of the JS2 R category but the race was quickly neutralized by the deployment of the Safety Car following the exit of Cédric Oltamare at the wheel of JS2 R.

The race settled down according to the Slow Zone caused by minor exits and halfway through the race, Dimitri Enjalbert took control of the race. Mathys Jaubert, with a good lead of 10 seconds, controlled the JS2 R peloton and opened the start of the regulatory burst of pit stops. Once all the stops had been made, the race settled down with a great fight at the top of the ranking sheet between Gillian Henrion who carried out the great operation by taking the lead ahead of Anthnony Nahra who had taken over from Enjalbert.

NAHRA Anthony (fra), ENJALBERT Dimitri (fra), Pegasus Racing, Ligier JS P4 © Paulo Maria / DPPI

ANS MOTORSPORT continued the race in the lead in JS2 R thanks to Grégory Segers who strives to contain the return of Hugo Rosati thanks to the gap created by Jaubert. The latter threw all his strength into the battle and took first place 10 minutes from the finish.

The final Sprint was launched on a virgin Slow Zone track to the greatest pleasure of the drivers. If the podium seemed well established in JS2 R, with Rosati, Segers and Varutti in order, it was quite different in JS P4 with 4 drivers in less than 4 seconds fighting for the last place on the podium. Natan Bihel, then fifth, initially passed Andrei Vajda before stealing third place from Ronnie Valori 4 minutes from the finish.

DE FOURNOUX Jean-René (fra), ROSATI Hugo (fra), ZOSH – Di Environnement, Ligier JS2 R,© Joao Filipe / DPPI

The last lap no longer changed this classification and Gillian Henrion, alone at the wheel for this gala race, was able to pass victoriously under the checkered flag and offer victory to Team Virage. Dimitri Enjalbert and Nathan Nahra can rejoice in this magnificent second place, the result of a great attack from the two Pegasus Racing drivers.

Hugo Rosati and Jean-René de Fournoux win the JSP2 R category

 

 

 

Gautier Calmels

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