ORECA 07

Overview

The Oreca 07 is a Le Mans Prototype, built by French manufacturer Oreca, to meet the 2017 FIA and ACO LMP2 regulations.

It made its official race debut in the opening round of the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the 24 Hours of Daytona and its FIA World Endurance Championship debut at the 2017 6 Hours of Silverstone. 

The car is the successor to the Oreca 05. The preparation of the Oreca 05 traces back to the development of the Oreca 05, which was developed with the consideration of the factory’s knowledge 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 maximise 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 a reasonable budget. 

The Oreca 07 internals come equipped with a Gibson GK-428 V8 engine.