Oreca 07#Alpine A470

{{Short description|Le Mans Prototype by French manufacturer Oreca}}

{{Racing car

| Car_name = Oreca 07

| Image = 2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Team WRT Oreca 07 - Gibson No.31 (DSC09887).jpg

| Image_size = 300px

| Caption = Sean Gelael driving the No. 31 Oreca 07 of W Racing Team at the 2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

| Category = Le Mans Prototype 2

| Constructor = Oreca

| Designer = Christophe Guibbal (Head of Design, Oreca){{cite web|url=https://www.oreca.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ORECA07_MediaKit_EN.pdf|title=ORECA 07 Media Kit|work=Oreca|language=en|access-date=April 28, 2025}}
David Floury (Technical Director)
Jean-Philippe Pélaprat (Technology Engineer){{cite web|title=IMSA 2017 Prototype Tech Profile: ORECA 07|url=https://racer.com/2017/01/23/imsa-2017-prototype-tech-profiles-oreca-07/|work=Racer|first=Marshall|last=Pruett|date= January 23, 2017|access-date=April 28, 2025}}

| Team = Oreca 07:
{{flagicon|ITA}} AF Corse
{{flagicon|PRT}} Algarve Pro Racing
{{flagicon|FRA}} Alpine Elf Team
{{flagicon|SVK}} ARC Bratislava
{{flagicon|CHE}} Cool Racing
{{flagicon|LUX}} DKR Engineering
{{flagicon|USA}} DragonSpeed
{{flagicon|FRA}} Duqueine Engineering
{{flagicon|USA}} Era Motorsport
{{flagicon|FRA}} Graff
{{flagicon|FRA}} IDEC Sport
{{flagicon|POL}} Inter Europol Competition
{{flagicon|GBR}} Jota
{{flagicon|GBR}} Nielsen Racing
{{flagicon|ITA}} Prema Racing
{{flagicon|DEU}} Proton Competition
{{flagicon|USA}} PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
{{flagicon|USA}} Starworks Motorsport
{{flagicon|FRA}} TDS Racing
{{flagicon|CAN}} Tower Motorsports
{{flagicon|GBR}} United Autosports
{{flagicon|GBR}} Vector Sport
{{flagicon|POL}} Team Virage
{{flagicon|BEL}} Team WRT
{{flagicon|GBR}} BHK Motorsport
{{flagicon|CHN}} CEFC Manor TRS Racing
{{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing
{{flagicon|DNK}} High Class Racing
{{flagicon|CHN}} Jackie Chan DC Racing
{{flagicon|JPN}} K2 Uchino Racing
{{flagicon|BEL}} Mühlner Motorsport
{{flagicon|FRA}} Panis Barthez Competition
{{flagicon|DEU}} Phoenix Racing
{{flagicon|NLD}} Racing Team Nederland
{{flagicon|IND}} Racing Team India
{{flagicon|GBR}} RLR Msport
{{flagicon|USA}} Team Penske
{{flagicon|FRA}} Ultimate
{{flagicon|CHE}} Vaillante Rebellion
{{flagicon|GBR}} 99 Racing

Alpine A470:
{{flagicon|FRA}} Signatech Alpine Elf

Aurus 01:
{{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing

| Debut = 2017 24 Hours of Daytona

| First_win = 2017 4 Hours of Monza

| Last_win = 2025 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi

| Last_event = 2025 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi

| Predecessor = Oreca 05

| Technical ref = {{cite web | url = http://www.oreca.fr/wp-content/uploads/ORECA07_MediaKit.pdf | title = "ORECA 07 Media Kit" | publisher = Oreca | access-date = 2016-12-22}}

| Chassis = Carbon fibre monocoque

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

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

| Length = {{convert|4745|mm|1|abbr=on}}

| Width = {{convert|1895|mm|1|abbr=on}}

| Height = {{convert|1045|mm|1|abbr=on}}

| Wheelbase = {{convert|3005|mm|1|abbr=on}}

| Track = front {{convert|1570|mm|1|abbr=on}}
rear {{convert|1550|mm|1|abbr=on}}

| Engine name = Oreca 07 / Alpine A470 / Aurus 01
Gibson GK-428 4.2 litre V8 naturally aspirated

| Capacity =

| Power = 603 HP (2017–2020)
536 HP (2021–present)

| Configuration =

| Turbo/NA =

| Engine position = mid-engined, longitudinally mounted

| Gearbox name = Xtrac P1159C

| Gears = 6-speed

| Type = sequential manual{{cite web|url=https://assets.lemans.org/explorer/pdf/courses/2023/24-heures-du-mans/infos-course/liste-engages-24h-infos-course.pdf|title=Entry List 2023|work=24 Hours of Le Mans|language=fr|access-date=July 3, 2023}}

| Differential =

| Weight = {{convert|930|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| Fuel = Total
VP Racing Fuels

| Lubricants = Motul
Pennzoil

| Tyres = Michelin
Dunlop/Goodyear
Continental

| Races = 183

| Wins = 161

| Podiums = 487

| Poles = 158

| Fastest_laps =

| Cons_champ =

| Teams_champ = 34 (2017 ELMS, 2017 FIA WEC, 2018 ELMS, 2018–19 FIA WEC, 2019 ELMS, 2019 IMSA SCC, 2019–20 Asian LMS, 2019–20 FIA WEC, 2020 ELMS, 2020 IMSA SCC, 2021 Asian LMS, 2021 Asian LMS (P2 Am), 2021 ELMS, 2021 ELMS (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2021 FIA WEC, 2021 FIA WEC (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2021 IMSA SCC, 2022 Asian LMS, 2022 Asian LMS (P2 Am), 2022 ELMS, 2022 ELMS (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2022 FIA WEC, 2022 FIA WEC (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2022 IMSA SCC, 2023 Asian LMS, 2023 ELMS, 2023 ELMS (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2023 FIA WEC, 2023 IMSA SCC, 2023-24 Asian LMS, 2024 ELMS, 2024 ELMS (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2024 IMSA SCC, 2024-25 Asian LMS

| Drivers_champ = 34 (2017 ELMS, 2017 FIA WEC, 2018 ELMS, 2018–19 FIA WEC, 2019 ELMS, 2019 IMSA SCC, 2019–20 Asian LMS, 2019–20 FIA WEC, 2020 ELMS, 2020 IMSA SCC, 2021 Asian LMS, 2021 Asian LMS (P2 Am), 2021 ELMS, 2021 ELMS (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2021 FIA WEC, 2021 FIA WEC (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2021 IMSA SCC, 2022 Asian LMS, 2022 Asian LMS (P2 Am), 2022 ELMS, 2022 ELMS (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2022 FIA WEC, 2022 FIA WEC (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2022 IMSA SCC, 2023 Asian LMS, 2023 ELMS, 2023 ELMS (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2023 FIA WEC, 2023 IMSA SCC, 2023-24 Asian LMS, 2024 ELMS, 2024 ELMS (LMP2 Pro-Am), 2024 IMSA SCC, 2024-25 Asian LMS

}}

The Oreca 07 is a Le Mans Prototype built by French manufacturer Oreca to meet the 2017 FIA and ACO LMP2 regulations.{{cite web | url = http://www.oreca.fr/wp-content/uploads/ORECA07_MediaKit.pdf | title = "ORECA 07 Media Kit" | publisher = Oreca | access-date = 2016-12-22}} It made its official race debut in the opening round of the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the 24 Hours of Daytona,{{cite web | url = http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/oreca-07-completes-shakedown/ |title = "Oreca 07 Turns First Laps at Paul Ricard" |date = 26 October 2016 | publisher = Sportscar365 | access-date = 2016-10-26}} and its FIA World Endurance Championship debut at the 2017 6 Hours of Silverstone. The car is the successor to the Oreca 05.

Oreca 07 turned out to be the car of choice for LMP2 teams, finding more buyers every year, who switched to the chassis from the previously purchased ones of other brands.{{cite web |url = https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/team-nederland-oreca-chassis-2019/4388543/|title = Team Nederland switches to Oreca for 2019/20 WEC |work = Filip Cleeren |publisher = motorsport.com |date = 2019-05-14 |access-date = 2021-10-23}}{{cite web |url = https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/inter-europol-competition-lmp2-entry/4896031/|title = Inter Europol Competition steps up to WEC in 2021 |work = Jamie Klein |publisher = motorsport.com |date = 2020-10-23 |access-date = 2021-10-23}}{{cite web |url = http://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/07/02/arc-bratislava-request-switch-to-oreca-chassis.html|title = ARC Bratislava Request Switch To ORECA Chassis |work = Graham Goodwin |publisher = dailysportscar.com |date = 2021-07-02 |access-date = 2021-10-23}} All 24 LMP2 cars in the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans were the Oreca 07. Since the 2019 IMSA season, only three LMP2 entries have not been an Oreca 07.

Development

File:Rebellion Oreca 07, GIMS 2018, Le Grand-Saconnex (1X7A1712).jpg

The preparation of the prototype traces back to the development of the Oreca 05. The Oreca 05 was developed with the consideration of what the factory knew about the new technical rules for the LMP2 class in the FIA World Endurance Championship for 2017. Taking knowledge from the Oreca 05's performance, the French team decided to develop a new car, and based it around the predecessor. Oreca's goal was to maximize the performance by focusing on the energy and resource usage. The team opted to use this strategy not only to build a car based on a proven predecessor, but also to allow teams update their Oreca 05's within reason to costs. The chassis of the Oreca 07 is mainly based on the 05, with the monocoque being not focused on much with the car. The Oreca 07 internals come equipped with a Gibson GK-428 V8 engine.{{cite web | url = http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/10/26/oreca-07-lmp2-on-track-at-paul-ricard.html | title = "Oreca 07 LMP2 On Track At Paul Ricard" | publisher = dailysportscar.com | access-date = 2016-10-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180619163116/http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/10/26/oreca-07-lmp2-on-track-at-paul-ricard.html | archive-date = 2018-06-19 | url-status = dead }}

The car performed its first factory shakedown test in late October 2016 at Circuit Paul Ricard.

Current orders see confirmed production until the end of April 2022, at which point well over 90 chassis will have been produced, including 8 chassis for the Acura ARX-05 DPi programme and 9 updates for the Oreca 05, but not including the Rebellion R-One (based on the 05) or Rebellion R13 (based on the 07) – (or indeed the grandfathered Alpine A480). The total does include the renamed but identical Alpine LMP2s and Aurus 01s.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/10/27/healthy-demand-with-two-seasons-remaining-of-current-lmp2-regs.html|title=Healthy Demand With Two Seasons Remaining Of Current LMP2 Regs|date=27 October 2021 }} The following month, chassis #100 (though technically the 99th due to skipping #13) was delivered to Cool Racing for the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans, and will eventually be displayed at the company's factory showroom.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2022/05/23/cool-racing-set-to-race-100th-oreca-07-chassis-at-le-mans.html|title=Cool Racing Set To Race ORECA 07 Chassis #100 At Le Mans| publisher = dailysportscar.com |date=2022-05-23| access-date=2023-01-31}}

Variations

=Alpine A470=

French car manufacturer Alpine raced the Alpine A470 in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Team Signatech Alpine Matmut. This car is technically identical to the Oreca 07, using the same chassis and internals, with Alpine branding. This is the successor to the Alpine A460, which Alpine raced and won the LMP2 category for the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season.{{cite web | url =http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/6820/Alpine-A470.html | title = "2017 Alpine A470" | publisher = Ultimatecarpage.com | access-date = 2016-10-26}}

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=Acura ARX-05=

{{Main|Acura ARX-05}}

A variation of the prototype, the Acura ARX-05, was created for IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype class under the DPi regulations. The car was developed through a partnership between Honda Performance Development and Oreca.{{cite web | url=http://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/acura-dpi-set-to-begin-testing-this-month/ | title = "Acura DPi Set to Begin Testing This Month" | date = 11 July 2017 | publisher = sportscar365.com | access-date = 2017-07-12}} The powerplant of the vehicle is a production-based 3.5 litre V6 twin-turbo Acura AR35TT. Other alterations from the 07 include Acura-specific bodywork.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imsa.com/news/2020/09/23/acura-selects-championship-winning-teams-for-2021-dpi-effort/|title=Acura Selects Championship-Winning Teams for 2021 DPi Effort|date=23 September 2020|access-date=7 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105154644/https://www.imsa.com/news/2020/09/23/acura-selects-championship-winning-teams-for-2021-dpi-effort/|archive-date=5 November 2020|url-status=live|work=IMSA}}

From 2018 to 2020, Team Penske entered a pair of ARX-05s, winning the title in the latter two seasons. For 2021 and 2022, Wayne Taylor Racing and Meyer Shank Racing each campaigned one of the ARX-05s previously run by Penske.{{Cite web |title=Acura Confirm 2021 DPi Programmes With Wayne Taylor Racing & Meyer Shank Racing |url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2020/09/23/acura-confirm-2021-dpi-programmes-with-wayne-taylor-racing-and-michael-shank-racing.html |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.dailysportscar.com|date=23 September 2020 }}

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=Aurus 01=

G-Drive Racing competed with Oreca 07 in 2017 and 2018. Russian car manufacturer Aurus Motors partnered with them in 2019 to rebrand it as Aurus 01 and to race it in the European Le Mans Series. This car is technically identical to the Oreca 07, using the same chassis and internals, with Aurus branding.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/04/02/g-drive-racing-confirm-aurus-01-gibson-effort-in-2019-elms-and-le-mans-24-hours.html |title=G-Drive Racing Confirm Aurus 01 Gibson Effort In 2019 ELMS & Le Mans 24 Hours – dailysportscar.com |last=Goodwin |first=Graham |date=2019-04-02 |website=www.dailysportscar.com |url-status=dead |access-date=2019-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908142656/http://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/04/02/g-drive-racing-confirm-aurus-01-gibson-effort-in-2019-elms-and-le-mans-24-hours.html |archive-date=2019-09-08 }}

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=Rebellion R13=

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The Rebellion R13 is a sports prototype racing car built by French constructor Oreca on behalf of Swiss-based team Rebellion Racing.{{Cite web|title=ORECA Confirm Rebellion R13 Moniker For New LMP1 Contender – dailysportscar.com|url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/02/05/oreca-confirm-rebellion-r13-moniker-for-new-lmp1-contender%e2%80%a8%e2%80%a8.html|access-date=2020-08-26|website=www.dailysportscar.com}} It is a variation of the Oreca 07, created to compete in the LMP1 class. It would later be renamed by Alpine to Alpine A480 when it was rebadged to run in grandfathered condition in the Hypercar class in 2021 and 2022.{{Cite news|url=https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/alpine-resigned-to-another-compromise-season-in-wec/7030948/|title=Alpine resigned to another "compromise" season in WEC|date=30 December 2021|access-date=7 February 2025|work=Autosport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201060714/https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/alpine-resigned-to-another-compromise-season-in-wec/7030948/|archive-date=1 December 2022|url-status=live|last=Thukral|first=Rachit}}

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Results in bold indicate pole position. Results in italics indicate fastest lap.

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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Gallery

File:Alpine A470-Gibson - Team Signatech Alpine Matmut.jpg|The Alpine A470 is a variation of 07, pictured here is the No. 36 car of Signatech Alpine Matmut at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans

File:Acura Penske Number 6 (cropped).jpg|The Acura ARX-05 is a variation of the 07, pictured here is the No. 6 car of Team Penske at the 2018 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio

File:Aurus 01 - Gibson - G-Drive Racing - 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone.jpg|The No. 26 Aurus 01 car at the 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone

File:Oreca 07 - Miroslav Konopka, Bent Viscaal & Tristan Vautier in Dunlop Chicane at the 2022 Le Mans (53500669049).jpg|The No. 44 car entered by Autoracing Club Bratislava at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans

File:Oreca 07 - Steven Thomas, James Allen & Rene Binder in the Esses at the 2022 Le Mans (53515038559).jpg|The No. 45 car entered by Algarve Pro Racing took the victory of the LMP2 Pro-Am class of the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans

File:IMSA Sebring 12H 2024 -i---i- (53910492999).jpg|The No. 04 car entered by CrowdStrike Racing at the 2024 12 Hours of Sebring

File:2024 4 Hours of Le Castellet 34.jpg|The No. 83 AF Corse car driven by Matthieu Vaxivière at the 2024 4 Hours of Le Castellet

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