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LIGIER JS 11 - PILEN

MOD. 853.

Ligier JS11 "Gitanes" #26 F1 (1979).

Escala 1/64 aprox.

Serie 800 / Serie "Fórmulas".

Pilen.

Made in Spain.

Año 1980.

 

La serie "Fórmulas" de modelos de Fórmula 1 a escala 1/64 es publicada por 1ª vez en el catálogo del año 1980.

 

Listado de las referencias de esta serie:

 

851, Lotus 80.

852, Brabham BT48.

853, Ligier JS11.

854, McLaren M28.

855, Wolf WR7.

856, Ferrari 312 T4.

 

857, Lotus 80.

858, Brabham BT48.

859, Ligier JS11.

860, McLaren M28.

861, Wolf WR7.

862, Ferrari 312 T4.

 

Fuentes:

pilen.jimdo.com/coches-1-64/

pilen.jimdo.com/cat%C3%A1logos/

uno64.mforos.com/2092588/11201866-historia-pilen-1968-1991/

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Ligier JS11

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

"The Ligier JS11 was a ground effect Formula One car designed by Gérard Ducarouge.

It was powered by the Ford Cosworth DFV married to a Ligier in-house built gearbox.

It competed in the 1979 and 1980 World Championships and proved to be very competitive.

 

Driven by Jacques Laffite, the car won the first two races of the 1979 season and scored consistently.

The Ligiers stayed in contention throughout the season, with Patrick Depailler winning a further race in Spain.

 

The team eventually finished third behind Ferrari and Williams in the constructors' championship.

Depailler was injured halfway through the season in a hang-gliding accident and was replaced by Jacky Ickx, but he struggled to keep pace with the car and his team mate and left at the end of the season, having scored only a handful of points."

 

JS11/15

 

"For 1980, the JS11 was updated with improved aerodynamics and better ground effects.

The team took on Didier Pironi in place of Depailler.

Again the car was fast and competitive, but the Brabham BT49 and the Williams FW07 proved to be the cars to beat, with Alan Jones taking the world championship. Even so, the team still scored two wins, and would surely have taken more but for several suspension and tyre failures in the mid season. The car was producing so much downforce that the suspension and wheelhubs were coming under direct loading and therefore stress fractures developed. This was due to the immense pressure exerted on the suspension arms and the wheels by the ground effect, causing them to fail under hard braking.

This effectively cost Ligier the chance to fight with Williams and Brabham for both titles.

 

The team finished second in the constructors' championship in 1980 ahead of Brabham, and the JS11 evolved into the JS17 for 1981.

The JS11 was used as a primary test car for Michelin to experiment with their tyres.

 

In all the JS11 took five wins, seven pole positions and scored 127 points in its career."

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Ligier JS11

Ligier JS11/15

 

Category

Formula One

 

Constructor

Ligier

 

Designer(s)

Gérard Ducarouge

Michel Beaujon

Robert Choulet

 

Predecessor

JS9

Successor

JS17

 

Technical specifications

 

Chassis

Aluminium monocoque

 

Axle track

Front: 1,738 mm (68.4 in)

Rear: 1,600 mm (63 in)

 

Wheelbase

2,794 mm (110.0 in)

 

Engine

Ford Cosworth DFV, 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in), 60° V8, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted

 

Transmission

Hewland FGA 400, 6-speed manual

 

Weight

580 kg (1,280 lb)

 

Fuel

Shell

 

Tyres

Goodyear

 

Competition history

 

Notable entrants

Ligier Gitanes

 

Notable drivers

France Jacques Laffite (1979–80)

France Patrick Depailler (1979)

Belgium Jacky Ickx (1979)

France Didier Pironi (1980)

 

Debut

1979 Argentine Grand Prix

 

Races.....Wins.....Poles.....F.Laps

..29............5.............6.............6.....

 

Constructors' Championships

0

 

Drivers' Championships

0

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligier_JS11

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