2011 Oreca 03

Following construction of the Formula Le Mans prototypes and the purchase of Crouage, Oreca developed the 03 for LMP2 in 2011. The chassis was used with little sucess by Signatech Nissan using a NISMO VK45DE 90º V8 and Race Performance with a Judd/BMW HK 90º V8.

Oreca purchased Courage in 2007 and much of the 03 came from the LC70/75 including the twin fins for rollover protection from the original car.

On top of the carbon fibre/honeycomb chassis is a completely new body Oreca’s chief-engineer David Floury.

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ORECA has been a constructor since the end of 2007, and it has already made a name for itself with the ORECA 01 racing in LM P1, and the Formula Le Mans prototypes. The Signes-based Group has used the experience gained with these two cars to build the ORECA 03. This new prototype will be on sale for teams wanting to race in 2011 in the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the different Le Mans Series in the LM P2 category.

“ORECA wants to expand its activities as a constructor and we liked the 2011 LM P2 regulations,” begins Hugues de Chaunac. “This is why we’re unveiling the ORECA 03 today, which has got Le Mans in its genes! It will also take advantage of the know-how we’ve acquired with the ORECA 01, a prototype that’s both quick and reliable, as we’ve proved on several occasions, in particular in the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours in which it finished fourth overall and in 2009 when it came home fifth.”

As required by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest regulations, the 2011 LM P2s must respect certain cost limits. This will be the case for the ORECA 03, which will go on sale at a price of 345 000 euros. The car will be adapted to whatever engine the team chooses. The ORECA design office has designed the car in such a way that it can be adapted to different types of engine. Besides this, the competition client service has always been at the core of the ORECA Group. The teams can take advantage of a spare parts/backup service at each meeting in the Le Mans Series and the American Le Mans Series.

“Our car will follow the ACO specification but our project is an ambitious one,” points out de Chaunac. “In fact, it’s more than just a car: what we’re offering is a winning package. We’re both a constructor and a team that also runs cars. We know what the demands are at the highest level thanks to our involvement in LM P1, as well as cost restrictions through Formula Le Mans. ORECA has already showed its know-how in these two areas.”

The ORECA 03 will be rolled out early in January 2011. The cars will be delivered to buyers in the first three months of the year depending on the choice of engine.

2011 Oreca 03 Gallery

Nissan. World Endurance Championship. Round Two, Spa, Belgium. 3rd – 4th May 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson

FIA World Endurance Championship. Round One, Silverstone, UK. 11th – 14th April 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson / Nissan

Nissan – 24 Hour of Le Mans June 2012 Drew Gibson / Nissan

First hour of the race – FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone at Silverstone Circuit – UK

MOTORSPORT – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 – 6 HOURS OF SAN PAULO / 6 HEURES DE SAO PAULO – BRASIL – 14 TO 16/09/2012 – PHOTO : FREDERIC LE FLOC’H / DPPI –

Nissan, Le Mans 24 Hours 2013. World Endurance Championship. Round Three, Le Mans, France. 16th – 23rd June 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson

MOTORSPORT – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 – 6 HOURS OF SAN PAULO / 6 HEURES DE SAO PAULO – BRASIL – 14 TO 16/09/2012 – PHOTO : CLEMENT MARIN / DPPI –

MOTORSPORT – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 – 6 HOURS OF SAN PAULO / 6 HEURES DE SAO PAULO – BRASIL – 14 TO 16/09/2012 – PHOTO : FLORENT GOODEN / DPPI –

FIA World Endurance Championship. Round One, Silverstone, UK. 11th – 14th April 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson / Nissan

FIA World Endurance Championship. Round One, Silverstone, UK. 11th – 14th April 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson / Nissan

Nissan. World Endurance Championship. Round Two, Spa, Belgium. 3rd – 4th May 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson

MOTORSPORT – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 – 6 HOURS OF SAN PAULO / 6 HEURES DE SAO PAULO – BRASIL – 14 TO 16/09/2012 – PHOTO : CLEMENT MARIN / DPPI –

FIA World Endurance Championship. Round One, Silverstone, UK. 11th – 14th April 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson / Nissan

Nissan, Le Mans 24 Hours 2013. World Endurance Championship. Round Three, Le Mans, France. 16th – 23rd June 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson

MOTORSPORT – WEC 2013 – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 – 24H DU MANS – CIRCUIT DES 24H DU MANS (FRA) – 16 TO 21/06/2013 – PHOTO : JEAN-MICHEL LE MEUR / DPPI – 49 COMPANC LUIS PEREZ (ARG) – MINASSIAN NICOLAS (FRA) – KAFFER PIERRE (DEU) / WEC LMP2 / ORECA 03 NISSAN TEAM PECOM RACING / ACTION

Nissan. World Endurance Championship. Round Two, Spa, Belgium. 3rd – 4th May 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson

#48 WARREN HUGHES (GBR) JODY FIRTH (GBR) BRENDON HARTLEY (NZL) MURPHY PROTOTYPES (IRL) ORECA 03 – NISSAN – LMP2

Nissan – 24 Hour of Le Mans June 2012 Photo: Drew Gibson / Nissan

Nissan – 24 Hour of Le Mans June 2012 Photo: Drew Gibson / Nissan

Olivier Pla (FRA) / David Heinemeier Hansson (DEN) / Alex Brundle (GBR) Oak Racing, Morgan – Nissan. FIA World Endurance Championship, Round 1, Friday 12 April 2013. Silverstone, England.

CAR #48 LMP2 (WEC) MURPHY PROTOTYPE DURING THE FREE PRACTICE – 24 HEURES DU MANS 2014

CAR #48 LMP2 (WEC) MURPHY PROTOTYPE DURING THE FREE PRACTICE – 24 HEURES DU MANS 2014

MOTORSPORT – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 – 6 HOURS OF AUSTIN / 6 HEURES D’AUSTIN – TEXAS (USA) – 19 TO 22/09/2013 – PHOTO DPPI – 49 COMPANC LUIS PEREZ (ARG) – MINASSIAN NICOLAS (FRA) – KAFFER PIERRE (DEU) / WEC LMP2 / ORECA 03 NISSAN TEAM PECOM RACING / ACTION

#40 MICHEL FREY (CHE) JONATHAN HIRSCHI (CHE) RALPH MEICHTRY (CHE)RACE PERFORMANCE (CHE) ORECA 03 – JUDD – LMP2

Nissan – 24 Hour of Le Mans June 2012 Photo: Drew Gibson / Nissan

FIA World Endurance Championship. Round One, Silverstone, UK. 11th – 14th April 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson / Nissan

Nathanael Berthon (FRA) / Rodolfo Gonzalez (ESP) / Karun Chandhok (IND) driving the #48 LMP2 (ELMS) Murphy Prototypes (IRL) Oreca 03-Nissan Free Practice – 24 Heures du Mans at Circuit De La Sarthe – Le Mans – FranceFree Practice / 24 Heures du Mans / Circuit De La Sarthe / France

Nissan, Le Mans 24 Hours 2013. World Endurance Championship. Round Three, Le Mans, France. 16th – 23rd June 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson

MOTORSPORT – WEC 2013 – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 – 24H DU MANS – CIRCUIT DES 24H DU MANS (FRA) – 16 TO 21/06/2013 – PHOTO : JEAN-MICHEL LE MEUR / DPPI – 49 COMPANC LUIS PEREZ (ARG) – MINASSIAN NICOLAS (FRA) – KAFFER PIERRE (DEU) / WEC LMP2 / ORECA 03 NISSAN TEAM PECOM RACING / ACTION

MOTORSPORT – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 – 6 HOURS OF SAN PAULO / 6 HEURES DE SAO PAULO – BRASIL – 14 TO 16/09/2012 – PHOTO : FLORENT GOODEN / DPPI –

Nissan, Le Mans 24 Hours 2013. World Endurance Championship. Round Three, Le Mans, France. 16th – 23rd June 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson

MOTORSPORT – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 – 6 HOURS OF AUSTIN / 6 HEURES D’AUSTIN – TEXAS (USA) – 19 TO 22/09/2013 – PHOTO DPPI – 49 COMPANC LUIS PEREZ (ARG) – MINASSIAN NICOLAS (FRA) – KAFFER PIERRE (DEU) / WEC LMP2 / ORECA 03 NISSAN TEAM PECOM RACING / ACTION

Qualifying / 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps / Circuit Spa-Francorchamp / Belgium

MOTORSPORT – WEC 2013 – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 – 6 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE / 6 HEURES DE SILVERSTONE – SILVERSTONE (GBR) – 11 TO 15/04/2013 – PHOTO JEAN MICHEL LE MEUR / DPPI – 49 COMPANC LUIS PEREZ (ARG) – MINASSIAN NICOLAS (FRA) – KAFFER PIERRE (DEU) / WEC LMP2 / ORECA 03 NISSAN TEAM PECOM RACING / ACTION

MOTORSPORT – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 – 6 HOURS OF SAN PAULO / 6 HEURES DE SAO PAULO – BRASIL – 14 TO 16/09/2012 – PHOTO : CLEMENT MARIN / DPPI –

Nissan-24hrs of Le Mans June 2012 – PatrickGosling/Nissan

Nissan. World Endurance Championship. Round Two, Spa, Belgium. 3rd – 4th May 2013. Photo: Drew Gibson

MOTORSPORT – WEC 2013 – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 – 24H DU MANS – CIRCUIT DES 24H DU MANS (FRA) – 16 TO 21/06/2013 – PHOTO : JEAN-MICHEL LE MEUR / DPPI – 46 THIRIET PIERRE (FRA) – BADEY LUDOVIC (FRA) – MARTIN MAXIME (BEL) / ORECA 03 NISSAN TEAM THIRIET BY TDS RACING / ACTION

Nissan-24hrs of Le Mans June 2012 – PatrickGosling/Nissan

Nathanael Berthon (FRA) / Rodolfo Gonzalez (ESP) / Karun Chandhok (IND) driving the #48 LMP2 (ELMS) Murphy Prototypes (IRL) Oreca 03-Nissan Free Practice – 24 Heures du Mans at Circuit De La Sarthe – Le Mans – FranceFree Practice / 24 Heures du Mans / Circuit De La Sarthe / France

MOTORSPORT – WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 – 6 HOURS OF SAN PAULO / 6 HEURES DE SAO PAULO – BRASIL – 14 TO 16/09/2012 – PHOTO : CLEMENT MARIN / DPPI –

Nissan-24hrs of Le Mans June 2012 – PatrickGosling/Nissan

Third Hour of the race – FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone at Silverstone Circuit – UK

Nissan – 24 Hour of Le Mans June 2012 Photo: Drew Gibson / Nissan

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