French LMP2 constructor ORECA has been busy preparing its new 2017 model for introduction in IMSA and the FIA World Endurance Championship, and with a short break in the action last weekend at Circuit of The Americas, its technical director gave RACER an update on its upcoming 07 chassis."We have...

Subtitle:Prototype Challenge Class Features Upgraded Race Cars Action Express Racing will take on a variety of challengers when it defends its victory in Saturday’s 64th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida, Round Two of both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season and Tequila Patrón North...

Former Manor Formula 1 driver Roberto Merhi tested for the Greaves LMP2 team this week. The 24-year-old drove Greaves Motorsport's Nissan-engined Gibson 015S and ORECA 05 chassis over the course of a Dunlop tire test at the Motorland Aragon circuit.Merhi's manager, Mark Blundell, said that the Spaniard had taken up...

Toyota young driver Ryo Hirakawa will join the French TDS Racing line-up for this year's European Le Mans Series and the Le Mans 24 Hours.The 21-year-old has been placed with TDS, which finished a close second in last year's ELMS, by the Japanese manufacturer in his capacity as a member...

Former Manor Formula 1 driver Will Stevens will follow John Booth and Graeme Lowdon into the World Endurance Championship this year.Stevens missed out on an F1 seat with Manor Racing in 2016, as the team elected to enlist Pascal Wehrlein and Rio Haryanto. The British driver will switch to sportscars...

Former Champ Car driver Tristan Gommendy will race for the Eurasia Motorsport LMP2 squad in next year's European Le Mans Series.Eurasia has opted for a continued campaign in the ELMS over a graduation to the World Endurance Championship and will field its new ORECA-Nissan 05 coupe for Gommendy and team...

Eurasia Motorsport is aiming to contest next year's Le Mans 24 Hours with a new ORECA 05 coupe purchased for its 2016 LMP2 campaign.Eurasia, which finished sixth in this year's European Le Mans Series with an open-top ORECA-Nissan 03R, is still evaluating its plans for next year and is considering...

The KCMG ORECA squad has dropped behind its rival for the LMP2 title on the grid for Saturday's World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain.Nick Tandy, who qualified the Chinese entrant's Nissan-powered ORECA 05 second in class together with Matt Howson, has had his best laptime deleted for a track limits...

The Le Mans-winning ORECA 05 P2 chassis will not make its American debut at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. ORECA founder Hugues de Chaunac previously expressed his intentions to field at least one 05 at IMSA's season opener, but ongoing work on the 05's replacement will prevent the chassis from...

The Greaves Motorsport LMP2 squad is moving towards a full-time return to the World Endurance Championship next year for the first time since 2013.The British squad, which has focused on the European Le Mans Series over the past two seasons in addition to contesting the Le Mans 24 Hours WEC...