Ligier European Series Free Practice: Team Virage and COOL Racing on top to start the 2022 season, results

Ligier European Series Free Practice: Team Virage and COOL Racing on top to start the 2022 season, results

15.04.2022: Ligier European Series Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet Friday, April 15th 2022 Starting this year, competitors have two 40-minute free practice sessions compared to one 90-minute session in 2021 to fine-tune their car's settings before qualif

Ligier European Series
Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet
Friday, April 15th 2022




Starting this year, competitors have two 40-minute free practice sessions compared to one 90-minute session in 2021 to fine-tune their car's settings before qualifying and the races
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Among the nine sport-prototypes entered, the #16 Team Virage Ligier JS P4 driven by Gillian Henrion distinguished itself in both sessions (2:00.098s then 2:00.613s). The battle for the top spot was hard fought with the #17 Pegasus Racing car driven by Dimitri Enjalbert and Anthony Nahra and the #3 RLR Motorsport car driven by Simone Riccitelli and Nicola Neri.


In the Ligier JS2 R category, the #4 COOL Racing entry with Cédric Oltramare at the commands set the pace in free practice (2:06.848s and 2:07.595s), ahead of the #95 CTF Performance car of Nicolas Beraud and the #26 Pegasus Racing car driven by Christophe Weber and David Caussanel.




For the results from Free Practice 1, CLICK HERE.




For the results from Free Practice 2, CLICK HERE.


 





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