Defunct entry · Debut 1976

Equipe LigierF1 team history & lineage

France's state-backed national team, blue and Gitanes-liveried, which later became Alain Prost's short-lived grand prix project.

Base
Magny-Cours, France
Founded
1968 by Guy Ligier
Constructors' titles
0
Drivers' titles
0
Race wins
9
Identities
2

Lineage

76
1976 — 1996

Equipe Ligier

Nine wins, including Panis at Monaco in 1996.

97
1997 — 2001

Prost Grand Prix

Alain Prost's ownership; second place at the Nürburgring in 1997.

The Long Version

Ligier arrived in 1976 with Matra V12 power and Jacques Laffite, winning in Sweden in 1977.

The 1979 JS11 was briefly the fastest car in Formula One, winning the first two races.

Olivier Panis's 1996 Monaco win was the team's last, in its final season under the Ligier name.

Alain Prost bought the entry for 1997 and Prost Grand Prix collapsed into bankruptcy after 2001.

Drivers of Note