Team ORECA Matmut
For the fifth consecutive year, the Team ORECA-Matmut will participate to the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours race. After its title in Le Mans Series, the team will again run the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, with Nicolas Lapierre, Loïc Lapierre and Olivier Panis at the wheel. After the ORECA 01, 4th of the last Le Mans 24 Hours, the ORECA 03 will be entered in addition, in the LMP2 class. One of the driver will be Soheil Ayari.
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Victorious at the 12 Hours of Sebring at the beginning of the season, Hugues de Chaunac’s team has been selected by TMG to partner its Le Mans programme.
Quotes of Hugues de Chaunac, Nicolas Lapierre, Nicolas Minassian, Marc Gené and David Floury after Petit Le Mans.
As winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring in March, Team ORECA-Matmut was making its return to the United States for the Petit Le Mans. Alongside two Peugeot 908 and in front of two Audi R18, the objective of reaching the podium put forth by Hugues de Chaunac was a challenging one. In front of a crowd that always gives them a warm welcome, the team wanted to shine on the Road Atlanta track.
Leaders at the third way mark, the team has been running in third since the fourth hour. The drivers of the No. 10 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP are attacking to widen the gap to their closest competitors.
