Inter Europol Competition has purchased a Ligier JS P217 which it plans to run in the 2019 European Le Man’s Series LMP2 class.

Inter Europol, which started racing in LMP3 three years ago, and since has been a VdeV LMP3 champion, this year expanded its ELMS effort to run a pair of JS P3s. Going forward, the team will go one step further, moving up into the top class, though the Polish team has also confirmed that it will continue to race in LMP3 alongside its forthcoming LMP2 programme in 2019 too. The team will race with a separate team of people running its LMP2 effort.

“We have been successfully racing with the LMP3 over the last three years and are now ready to move up in the LMP world and will join the big league,” said Michael Keese, Inter Europol’s team director. We know it will be a steep learning curve and it will be tough. With running both the LMP3 and the LMP2 we can offer drivers the opportunity to grow to the next level in the sport within the team.”

Jacques Nicolet, CEO of Onroak Automotive added: “Inter Europol Competition has been with Ligier in the LMP3 category since 2016, both in European Le Mans Series and VdeV Endurance Series. The team placed Ligier on top of the LMP3 charts by winning the LMP3 title in VdeV Endurance Series in 2016 and 2017.

“We are excited that Inter Europol Competition has chosen the Ligier JS P217 to start a new adventure in the LMP2 category”.