Following the schedule set up by the ACO, the FIA and IMSA for the four official manufacturers in the LM P2 2017 program, Onroak Automotive’s Design Office handed the CAD files of its new sport-prototype in to the officials at the end of March to validate the bodywork and the mechanical components.

After the success of the Ligier JS P2 and Ligier JS P3, there is always the desire to optimise in all areas of the performance, the reliability and the security. Onroak Automotive has a few weeks left to finalise the project and build a first chassis which will be intended for the FIA homologation tests planned at the end of May.

21 static tests and 2 crash tests are planned for the homologation of this new monocoque, designed by Onroak Automotive, compared to 10 static tests and 1 crash test that the Ligier JS P2 had to face. This follows the desire of the FIA and the ACO to continue to improve the security rules of the LMP cars. Those rules are bringing new ideas to the conception of sport-prototypes in order to guarantee a high level of security without penalising pure performance.

The first run will take place at the end of the summer, after receiving the engine supplied by Gibson Technology, the unique engine manufacturer for the 2017 LM P2 cars running in the ACO series.
The technical partners and subcontractors chosen by Onroak Automotive for the creation of the components of the Ligier JS P217 are working hard to produce the parts designed and defined by the design office, especially the monocoque and all the security elements that are in production. The first mechanical parts are starting to arrive.