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Oreca 01

{{Short description|LMP1 racing car}}

{{Racing car

| Car_name = Oreca 01

| Image = ORECA 01 1000km Spa 2009.JPG

| Image_size = 270px

| caption = The No. 11 01 driven by Olivier Panis at the 2009 1000 km of Spa

| Category = Le Mans Prototype
(LMP1)

| Constructor = Oreca

| Designer = David Floury

| Team = {{flagicon|FRA}} Team Oreca Matmut-AIM

| Drivers = {{flagicon|MON}} Stéphane Ortelli
{{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Senna
{{flagicon|POR}} Tiago Monteiro
{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Panis
{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Lapierre
{{flagicon|FRA}} Soheil Ayari
{{flagicon|FRA}} Didier André

| Technical ref =

| Chassis = Carbon fibre monocoque

| Front suspension = Double wishbone, push rod operated over damper

| Rear suspension = Double wishbone, push rod operated over damper

| Wheelbase =

| Track =

| Engine name = AIM (Judd) YS5.5

| Capacity = 5.5 L

| Configuration = V10

| Turbo/NA = naturally aspirated

| Engine position = mid-engined, longitudinally mounted

| Gearbox name = X-Trac

| Gears = 6-speed

| Type = sequential manual

| Differential =

| Weight = 900kg

| Fuel =

| Tyres = Michelin

| Debut = 2009 1000 km of Spa

| Races = 10

| First_win = 2009 1000 km of Silverstone

| Last_win = 2009 1000 km of Silverstone

| Last_event = 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans

| Wins = 1

| Cons_champ = 0

| Drivers_champ = 0

| Poles = 2

| Fastest_laps = 0

|}}

The Oreca 01 is a Le Mans Prototype built by Oreca Racing in 2009. It replaced the Courage-Oreca LC70 raced previously by Oreca. It is powered by an engine from Japanese engine company AIM Power. It is a tuned Judd engine that develops 650 bhp/485 kW at 8000 rpm.

Racing

=2009=

Team Oreca Matmut-AIM debuted two Oreca 01's at the 2009 1000 km of Spa, the second round of the 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 Hope Racing as a hybrid-powered vehicle at Le Mans, using the 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.

Competition history

= Complete Le Mans Series results =

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

class="wikitable"

|+Complete Le Mans Series results

! rowspan="2" |Year

! rowspan="2" |Entrant

! rowspan="2" |Class

! rowspan="2" |Drivers

! rowspan="2" |{{abbr|No.|Car number}}

! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|Rds.|Rounds Driven}}

! colspan="5" |Rounds

! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|Pts.|Total points collected by team entries during the season}}

! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|Pos.|Final position of the team in the championship standings}}

1

!2

!3

!4

!5

rowspan="2" |2009

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Team Oreca Matmut AIM

| rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|LMP1}}

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Senna
{{flagicon|MCO}} Stéphane Ortelli
{{flagicon|PRT}} Tiago Monteiro
{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Lapierre
{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Panis

|10

|2-3
2
3
5
5

|CAT

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SPA
Ret

|style="background:#FFDF9F;”|POR
3

|NÜR

|style="background:#FFFFBF;”|SIL
1

!style="background:#FFDF9F;”|3rd*

!style="background:#FFDF9F;”|23*

{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Lapierre
{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Panis

|11

|2-3
2-3

|CAT

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SPA
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|POR
4

|NÜR

|SIL

!11*

!8th*

2010

|{{flagicon|FRA}} AIM Team Oreca Matmut

|{{nowrap|LMP1}}

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Soheil Ayari
{{flagicon|FRA}} Loïc Duval
{{flagicon|FRA}} Didier André

|6

|1
1
1

| style="background:#DFFFDF;" |LEC
5

|SPA

|POR

|HUN

|SIL

!17

!11th

colspan="13" |Sources:{{Cite web |title=Complete Archive of Oreca 01 |url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/archive/Oreca/01.html |access-date=11 March 2025 |publisher=Racing Sports Cars |page=[https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/archive/Oreca/01.html 1]}}{{cite web |title=LeMans Series (LMS) – Season 2009 |url=https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/lemans-series-lmes-elms/2009.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416041837/https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/lemans-series-lmes-elms/2009.html |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=8 January 2025 |publisher=Speedsport Magazine |pages=[https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/lemans-series-lmes-elms/2009-entrylist.html 1], [https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/lemans-series-lmes-elms/2009-points.html 2], [https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/lemans-series-lmes-elms/2009-results.html 3]}}{{cite web |title=LeMans Series (LMS) – Season 2010 |url=https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/lemans-series-lmes-elms/2010.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415131624/https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/lemans-series-lmes-elms/2010.html |archive-date=15 April 2023 |access-date=8 January 2025 |publisher=Speedsport Magazine |pages=[https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/lemans-series-lmes-elms/2010-entrylist.html 1], [https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/lemans-series-lmes-elms/2010-points.html 2], [https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/lemans-series-lmes-elms/2010-results.html 3]}}

* Points were scored with the Courage-Oreca LC70E

= Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results =

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

!Year

!Team

!Class

!{{abbr|No.|Car number}}

!Drivers

!Position

rowspan="2" |2009

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Team Oreca Matmut AIM

| rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|LMP1}}

|10

|{{flagicon|MCO}} Stéphane Ortelli
{{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Senna
{{flagicon|PRT}} Tiago Monteiro

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|{{Tooltip|Ret|Retired}}

11

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Panis
{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Lapierre
{{flagicon|FRA}} Soheil Ayari

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|5th

2010

|{{flagicon|FRA}} AIM Team Oreca Matmut

|{{nowrap|LMP1}}

|6

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Soheil Ayari
{{flagicon|FRA}} Didier André
{{flagicon|GBR}} Andy Meyrick

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|4th

2011

|{{flagicon|CHE}} Hope Racing

|{{nowrap|LMP1}}

|5

|{{flagicon|CHE}} Steve Zacchia
{{flagicon|NLD}} Jan Lammers
{{flagicon|DNK}} Casper Elgaard

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|{{Tooltip|Ret|Fire}}

colspan="6" |Source:

= Complete American Le Mans Series results =

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Year

! rowspan="2" |Entrant

! rowspan="2" |Class

! rowspan="2" |Drivers

! rowspan="2" |{{abbr|No.|Car number}}

! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|Rds.|Rounds Driven}}

! colspan="10" |Rounds

! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|Pts.|Total points collected by team entries during the season}}

! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|Pos.|Final position of the team in the championship standings}}

1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

2009

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Team Oreca Matmut AIM

|{{nowrap|LMP1}}

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Lapierre
{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Panis
{{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Dumas

|7

|9
9
9

|SEB

|STP

|LBH

|UTA

|LIM

|MOH

|ELK

|MOS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|ATL
5

|LGA

!0

!NC

colspan="18" |Source:

References

External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [http://ultimatecarpage.com/car/4130/Oreca-01-AIM.html Technical Specs]

Category:Le Mans Prototypes

Category:24 Hours of Le Mans race cars

Category:Sports prototypes