26 March 2024 – The blue, white and red team continues for a third consecutive season in the Ligier European Series. Pegasus Racing has strengthened its line-up compared to 2023, with four cars entered for year five of the championship: three Ligier JS2 Rs and one Ligier JS P4.
The team has been a fixture in the European series since 2022 and has gone from strength to strength each year. From one Ligier JS2 R and one Ligier JS P4 in its maiden campaign, the Julien Schell-led French team expanded to three cars last season (two Ligier JS P4s and one Ligier JS2 R). The team’s highlight of the season was its fine third-place finish in the 24 Hours of Le Mans centenary race.
In 2024, the team continues to build on its success. It will enter four cars: three Ligier JS2 Rs and a Ligier JS P4.
On the GT side, series newcomer Louis Stern will be in the #18 car. It will be his first complete season in competition.
Behind the wheel of the #29 Ligier JS2 R, a very special driver: Julien Schell. It won’t be a first for the Team Owner and Team Manager of Pegasus Racing. After discovering the series in 2020 in a Ligier JS P4, he has since had the opportunity to race several times in a Ligier JS2 R and Ligier JS P4. In 2024, he will now run the full 2024 schedule.
A third Ligier JS2 R will join Pegasus’s ranks from round two of the championship, which will be held at the Le Castellet circuit in early May.
On the sports-prototype front, Japan’s Yuki Tanaka returns for his second entire campaign. The gentleman driver will be in the #16 Ligier JS P4.
Julien Schell, Team Owner & Team Manager of Pegasus Racing, driver of the #29 Ligier JS2 R: “We’re delighted to be back for our third year in the Ligier European Series, a series that suits us well in terms of its calendar and schedule, in addition to the friendly atmosphere that reigns between all the participants. We will enter three cars for the season, with a fourth joining us at Le Castellet. Yuki Tanaka has put his faith in us again and will be back in the #16 Ligier JS P4. Louis Stern, a newcomer to the JS2 R category in the #18 car, is very much looking forward to his first full campaign. The fourth car will be disclosed soon, enabling the team to grow further. We’ve got a great season ahead of us, and our team is in the starting blocks! I’m also thrilled, on a personal note, as a driver because I’ll also be among those participating this season with the #29 JS2 R.”
Season five kicks off at the Barcelona circuit in Spain on 12 and 13 April.
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