[Le Mans] ORECA-Peugeot surprise !!!!

[EavesFan09]

Next week ORECA should announce 2011 endurance program, prototype(s) that will be used(and 3rd drive for Le Mans ??)

Looking forward to it. They already have said somewhere that they will be supplying teams with chasis. Three teams will be running with ORECA built chasis. But whether it is a second hand chasis previously built by ORECA and used or newly built by ORECA I don't know.

[Tom206wrc]

DONE !!!!! ORECA in full ILMC 2011(starting with Sebring)with the Peugeot 908 HDI

[EavesFan09]

DONE !!!!! ORECA in full ILMC 2011(starting with Sebring)with the Peugeot 908 HDI

Dunno about the ILMC roster but the LMS roster has Oreca in a very prominent role in LMP2 with four of the 11 teams runnning (new/old) engines built by both Oreca and another engine manufacturer. Boutsen Energy Racing and Top Drive Services will have an engine built by both ORECA and Nissan inside. The Oreca-Nissan engine will be a 03 spec since it's name is Oreca 03. The Oreca engine in Pegasus Racing's cars are also build by Courage with help I assume from Honda (Honda Performance Development). And Race Performance will also have an Oreca 03 engine in but the engine will also have been put together by Judd.

And of course all the cars in the FLM Series are 09' spec Oreca engines.

[Tom206wrc]

What a fantastic result for the "association" Peugeot and ORECA to win such a race like the 12 hours of Sebring this week-end

[Tom206wrc]

Official this evening...Team ORECA chose Marc Gené and Nicolas Minassian(ex-Peugeot-Sport ??)to part with Nicolas Lapierre on their 908 HDI FAP at PLM/Road Atlanta next month

Reason is obvious: Hughes de Chaunac won't have time in three weeks to test new drivers in the proto and crew must perfectly know it on a 10 hours long race
Also it's sign that ORECA want a really good result on that event(if not same as Sebring, why not a podium)