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Founded by a car racing driver and rugby player, Ligier is a car manufacturer of French origins. Guy Ligier founded the company out from his love of cars and racing. However, presently, the company is parented by the Italian company Piaggio, but the Ligier name still exists for a range of micro cars, micro trucks, and quads.
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Ligier is very well known for its Formula 1 autos. The first F1 Ligier car was called the Ligier JS 5, and was a design of Gerard Ducarouge. The prize winning Matra V 12 was also a great name back in the 70s, along with Jacques Laffite. The 80s meant a new model for Ligier and the Ligier JS 11 came along. This model also won multiple prizes, even if Williams and Ferrari were two strong opponent teams. The JS 23 was also next; The JS 43 is also a model worth mentioning, especially because it was driven by a strong driver such as the French Olivier Panis, who also won his first victory with Ligier, but this was actually Ligier's last F 1 victory, and this happened in 1996 at the Monaco Grand Prix. The JS 43 was a great racing car, balanced and ready for any hardships of a strong competition.
However, unfortunately the Ligier Formula one team does not race anymore, stopping its racing career in 1997. The team was sold to Cyril de Rouvre, who started using the Williams engines. The team started to act up, getting some top spots in some of the competitions throughout the years.
In 1997, the team became the possession of Alain Prost, and he named the team Prost Grand Prix. Unfortunately for Alain Prost, the team did not do too well and became broke only 5 years after the great acquisition.
Other Formula 1 pilots that drove the Ligier cars included Jean Pierre Jarier, Patrick Depailler , Eddie Cheever and Andreas de Cesaris in the 80s, as well as Mark Brundle and Martin Blundell in the 90s.
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