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Soviet JS-2 heavy tanks make their advance towards Berlin - Germany, March 1945

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1972 Ligier JS2

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The ACO's global endurance racing ladder

I was asked by @historygeek12 on a short explainer for ELMS' support series, this has gotten slightly longer than expected (oops). But hope this helps!

Similarly to the FIA Global Pathway (from Karting to Formula One) the ACO has their own Endurance Racing ladder designed to help aspiring drivers to one day compete at the 24H of Le Mans. Part of this ladder, are ELMS and its support series.

Ligier European Series

The Ligier European Series, launched in 2020, is as quoted by the series itself ‘The first step towards Le Mans.’ This is both for young drivers and amateurs as both will be able to progress through the ranks.

Every car has a maximum of two drivers, but drivers are allowed to compete in the races alone. Most line-ups will consist of either Bronze, Bronze-Bronze, Bronze-Silver, Silver, Silver-Silver. A Bronze-Gold line-up is allowed but a Gold driver has yet to take to the grid this season. Depending on the rating of the drivers they can be categorised in the AM class (Bronze or Bronze-Bronze) or the Pro-AM class (Bronze-Silver).

The series races at the same venues as ELMS this season (except for the Imola round). And is also a support race at the 24H of Le Mans,

Categories:

Ligier JS P4, an entry level prototype that sits just below LMP3’s performance window. (But above Group CN which is used in championships like Radical one make series and the Indian Racing League.)

Ligier JS2 R, an entry level GT car acting as the second category in several Ligier one-make series; of which the biggest the Ligier European Series. It’s relatively low cost and easy in maintenance.

The champions of the JS P4 category will receive €150,000 to be used exclusively in 2024 to enter the Michelin Le Mans Cup. This will have to be with a LMP3 with a team selected by Ligier Automotive.

The champions of the JS2 R category will receive €100,000 to compete exclusively in the Ligier European Series the following year in a Ligier JS P4 with a team selected by the constructor.

Several drivers currently in the ACO ladder started their Sportscar career in this series such as Sébastien Baud (who now competes in WEC) and Gillian Henrion (who now competes in ELMS).

Weekend Format:

Free practice : 2 x 40 minutes

Qualifying : 2 x 15 minutes (Friday)

Race : 2 x 1 hour (Saturday)

Women competing this season:

#88 Team Virage Amna & Hamda Al Qubaisi (JS P4)

#1 Team Virage Laura Villars w/Dario Cabanelas (JS P4)

#68 M Racing Cindy Gudet (JS2 R)

Le Mans Cup

The Le Mans Cup, launched in 2016 when the GTC (GT3) category was dropped from ELMS. The series was primarily designed to increase the number of amateur drivers. Despite starting as a GT3 series the series now primarily has LMP3's entered with only 8 GT3 cars and 36 LMP3's taking the start.

The series is as quoted by the series itself 'the first step into the world endurance racing for the young stars of tomorrow.' The grid features 42 cars this season across three classes. LMP3, LMP3 Pro/Am and GT3.

All line-ups have to consist of two drivers. In the LMP3 Pro/Am & GT3 Class a Bronze driver is mandated with the second driver either Silver or Gold. In the LMP3 class line ups will be Silver-Silver or Silver-Gold.

All LMP3 cars are built according to the ACO's LMP3 Technical regulations, teams can choose between four chassis; Ligier JS P325, Duqueine D09, ADESS AD25, and Ginetta G61-LT-P325 Evo. In the GT3 class all FIA GT3 approved chassis are eligible.

The series races at the same venues as ELMS this season (except for the Imola round). And is also a support race at the 24H of Le Mans. As a support series to the 24H of Le Mans the series strays from its usual format. Instead of a single race they will have two race on the full La Sarthe circuit both an hour long. This weekend is called the 'Road to Le Mans' round.

Previously the GT3 champion received a Le Mans invite but unfortunately that is not the case anymore. Now the champions receive priority to apply to join the ELMS grid.

Laurens Hörr is an example of a driver climbing the ladder from the Le Mans Cup. He won the LMP3 championship twice and then moved on to race in several other sportscar series such as ELMS, also winning the championship there in LMP3 and now competing in LMP2.

Weekend Format:

Free Practice : 2 x 60 minutes

Bronze Test : 1 x 30 minutes

Qualifying : 15 minutes per category. (only Bronze drivers can qualify the car for the LMP3 Pro/Am and the GT3 category)

Race – 1 x 2 hours with the exception of the Road To Le Mans (2 x 1 hour) and Silverstone (1h50m) races.

Women competing this season:

#50 23Events Racing Lena Buhler w/Mattéo Quintarelli (LMP3)

#83 Iron Dames Vanina Ickx, Marta Garcia Lopez (GT3)

European Le Mans Series

ELMS has a long history (I won't get into it all right now), being founded in 2004 years before the World Endurance Championship. The ACO president launched the series following the success of the American Le Mans Series.

The series has seen many formats, several names and many class changes over the years, LMP2 is the only class that has been there since its inception.

Currently the series is divided into four classes LMP2, LMP2 Pro/Am, LMP3, and LMGT3. While officially teams can choose between four chassis in LMP2, the formula has been Oreca dominated for years now. Which means the grid only features Oreca-07s both in P2 and P2 Pro/Am

In LMP3 teams also have the choice between four chassis (just like in Le Mans Cup.) The series however only features three different ones and is dominated by Ligier. In GT3, cars eligible must be built by a partner manufacturer recognised by the ACO/FIA.

In LMP2 a driver line-up must have at least one Silver driver and cannot have two Platinum drivers. In LMP2 Pro/Am the car must have at least one Bronze driver and cannot have two Platinum drivers. In LMP3 the car must have a at least a single Bronze, the other driver(s) can be Bronze or Silver. In LMGT3 the car must have a bronze driver and no more than one Gold or Platinum driver.

Since LMP2 left WEC, ELMS has been the biggest supplier for the LMP2 grid at Le Mans. With a total of 13 cars making up the 17 car car LMP2 field at this year's 24H of Le Mans. Winning the championship in ELMS gets you an automatic invite to the following year's 24H of Le Mans as described below.

Automatic Le Mans Invitations:

LMP2: 1st and 2nd placed competitors in the overall classifications will receive LMP2 invitations. LMP2 Pro/Am: 1st placed competitor in the overall classifications will receive a LMP2 invitation. LMP3: 1st placed competitor in the overall classifications will receive a LMP2 invitation. LMGT3: 1st placed competitor in the overall classifications will receive a LMGT3 invitation.

Weekend Format:

Free Practice : 2 x 90 minutes

Bronze Test : 1 x 30 minutes

Qualifying : 15 minutes per category. (only Bronze drivers can qualify the car for the LMP2 Pro/Am and the LMGT3 category)

Race – 1 x 4 hours

Women competing this season:

#18 IDEC Sport Jamie Chadwick (LMP2)

#85 Iron Dames Celia Martin, Sarah Bovy & Michelle Gatting (LMGT3)

#50 AF Corse Lilou Wadoux (LMGT3)

Does it really work?

Always with set pathways like these, there a pros and cons but I think it works rather well.

Malthe Jakobsen is a great example of how this works by looking at his career’s progression. He started his single seater career in 2018, doing two years of Formula 4 and winning the Danish Championship in 2019 but he ultimately switched to sportscar racing in 2020.

In 2020 he started competing LMP3, and continued to compete in the category across various series. He won the ELMS LMP3 Championship in 2022 and was invited by Peugeot to test the Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar during the FIA World Endurance Championship rookie test in November 2022. The following year he moved on to LMP2, finding quite a bit of success in it, (finishing on the podium at Le Mans winning the ALMS championship twice.) That same year he was signed by Peugeot as a junior driver.

Fast forward to 2024, Nico Müller left Peugeot for Porsche which left a seat open in one of their cars. This means Jakobsen was promoted and since the start of this year he has been competing in WEC as a factory Hypercar driver.

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Jean Ragnotti 🇫🇷Jacques Jaubert 🇫🇷#9.Ligier JS2.Ab ( suspension).Tour de Corse 🇫🇷1972

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Henri Pescarolo (Automobiles Ligier - Ligier JS2) 24 heures du Mans 1975. © Rainer Schlegelmilch - Motorsport. - source Carros e Pilotos.

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Ligier JS2

1972 France

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rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have wips

tagged by @redbirdandbluebird23, thanks for thinking of me!

i'll tag @disniq and uh, i'm having a hard time remembering who i can tag, so consider yourself tagged if you want to do this!

also, excluded from this list is the secret santa fic that i finally finished the first draft for 🥳

my wip list

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okay..that's the nice list, but if you want to know how truly unhinged my wip folder actually is, the uncensored version is beneath the cut

ranging from "i have an outline and a decent start on some scenes" to "a concept exists" enjoy my truly unholy list of wips

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angry!Dick

amnesia

another layer of paint

werewolf & witch

pots!jason

fake pining

fake dating dj

fake dating jt

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graceling!au

good place au

snow white au

set-up

anger management

dickcass

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5+1 omega!jason

js2

self-torture

alternate universe

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transition

DC/White Collar crossovers

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neal & batgirl

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yearning (White Collar)

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hell planet (Star Trek: Voyager)

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and i'm done, i just needed to get that off my chest 😂 you're welcome to choose any of these to ask about too but it's more of a roulette on what kind of answer you'll get

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Ligier JS2

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JISOO ϟ EARTHQUAKE

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24 HS. Le Mans 1975 Pescarolo / Migault Ligier JS2

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Ligier JS2, 1972