Oreca 01
naturally aspirated mid-engined, longitudinally mounted | |||||||||
| Transmission | X-Trac 6-speed sequential manual | ||||||||
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| Weight | 900kg | ||||||||
| Tyres | Michelin | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants |  Team Oreca Matmut-AIM | ||||||||
| Notable drivers |  Stéphane Ortelli  Bruno Senna  Tiago Monteiro Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre Soheil Ayari Didier André | ||||||||
| Debut | 2009 1000 km of Spa | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
The Oreca 01 is a Le Mans Prototype built by
kW at 8000 rpm
.
Racing
2009
Team
2009 Le Mans Series season. It started off well with the #10 car qualifying fourth place. Unfortunately, Bruno Senna, driving the #10 car had a huge crash after completing 129 of the race winners 143 laps. The accident damage looked identical to the other #10 driver Stéphane Ortelli's crash at the 2008 1000 km of Monza which put him out of the running for the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans
. Luckily, the #11 car did finish, in fourth place getting five points.
At the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, the #11 car finished 5th. The #10 did not finish, dropping out after 219 laps.
2010
A single Oreca 01 was entered in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside a Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, qualifying with a time of 3:29.506, putting it in 10th place. Despite the Lola-Aston Martins being favoured to win the "petrol" P1 class all 3 of them as well as all 4 Peugeots suffered reliability issues, the Oreca 01 was able to take an impressive 4th place overall, highest petrol-fuel finisher and behind only the 3 factory Audis.
2011
2011 saw the Oreca 01 raced by Swiss team
KERS system featured in Formula One and powered by a Volkswagen-based 2 litre engine. The engine is significantly smaller than the AIM (Judd
) V10 engine used before in the 01 as there were changes made to the regulations for the 2011 season. The Oreca 01 did not finish, retiring after 115 laps.
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