Oreca 01

Oreca 01

The No. 11 01 driven by Olivier Panis at the 2009 1000 km of Spa
Category	Le Mans Prototype (LMP1)
Constructor	Oreca
Designer(s)	David Floury
Technical specifications
Chassis	Carbon fibre monocoque
Suspension (front)	Double wishbone, push rod operated over damper
Suspension (rear)	Double wishbone, push rod operated over damper
Engine	AIM (Judd) YS5.5 5.5 L V10 naturally aspirated mid-engined, longitudinally mounted
Transmission	X-Trac 6-speed sequential manual
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
First win	2009 1000 km of Silverstone
Last win	2009 1000 km of Silverstone
Last event	2011 24 Hours of Le Mans
Races Wins Poles F/Laps 10 1 2 0
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	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.

Complete Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds					Pts.	Pos.
						1	2	3	4	5
2009	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	LMP1	Bruno Senna Stéphane Ortelli Tiago Monteiro Nicolas Lapierre Olivier Panis	10	2-3 2 3 5 5	CAT	SPA Ret	POR 3	NÜR	SIL 1	3rd*	23*
			Nicolas Lapierre Olivier Panis	11	2-3 2-3	CAT	SPA 4	POR 4	NÜR	SIL	11*	8th*
2010	AIM Team Oreca Matmut	LMP1	Soheil Ayari Loïc Duval Didier André	6	1 1 1	LEC 5	SPA	POR	HUN	SIL	17	11th
Sources: [1] [2] [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.

Year	Team	Class	No.	Drivers	Position
2009	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	LMP1	10	Stéphane Ortelli Bruno Senna Tiago Monteiro	Ret
			11	Olivier Panis Nicolas Lapierre Soheil Ayari	5th
2010	AIM Team Oreca Matmut	LMP1	6	Soheil Ayari Didier André Andy Meyrick	4th
2011	Hope Racing	LMP1	5	Steve Zacchia Jan Lammers Casper Elgaard	Ret
Source: [1]

Complete American Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds										Pts.	Pos.
						1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
2009	Team Oreca Matmut AIM	LMP1	Nicolas Lapierre Olivier Panis Romain Dumas	7	9 9 9	SEB	STP	LBH	UTA	LIM	MOH	ELK	MOS	ATL 5	LGA	0	NC
Source: [1]

References

1. "Complete Archive of Oreca 01". Racing Sports Cars. p.  1 . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
2. "LeMans Series (LMS) – Season 2009". Speedsport Magazine. pp.  1, 2, 3. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
3. "LeMans Series (LMS) – Season 2010". Speedsport Magazine. pp.  1, 2, 3. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

External links

• Technical Specs