Morand Racing

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Morand Racing is an auto racing team founded by former racing driver Benoît Morand and based in the Swiss town of Marly, Fribourg. The team traces its origins to 2000 when Morand founded PoleVision Racing which competed in numerous open-wheel series before switching to sports cars until 2011. The team was reformed as Morand Racing in 2012, and has competed in the European Le Mans Series since 2013 with a Morgan Le Mans Prototype.[1]

Morand Racing
Founded2000 (as PoleVision Racing)
2012 (as Morand Racing)
Team principal(s)Benoît Morand
Current seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
Former seriesFormula Lista
Formula BMW USA
V8Star Series
Radical European Masters
Formula Le Mans
European Le Mans Series
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Current driversMexico Ricardo González
Brazil Bruno Senna
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque

For 2015 Morand has formed a partnership with the Japanese SARD organization to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship, expanding the team to two Morgan prototypes.[2]

For 2016 season Morand changed its partnership to Mexican driver Ricardo González to form "RGR Sport by Morand" with a new Ligier JS P2. They won the opening round of the championship at Silverstone[3] as well as their home race, the 6 Hours of Mexico with the pole position and fastest lap too.[4]

Racing record

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2015   Team SARD Morand LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Evo SARD (Judd) 3.6 L V8 SIL SPA
3
LMS
Ret
NÜR
4
COA
5
FUJ
5
SHA
4
BHR
2
5th 70
2016   RGR Sport by Morand LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
1
SPA
4
LMS
6
NÜR
2
MEX
1
COA
2
FUJ
2
SHA
3
BHR
2
2nd 169

* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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RGR Sport by Morand at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2011   Hope Racing 5 Oreca 01-Swiss HyTech   Casper Elgaard
  Jan Lammers
  Steve Zacchia
LMP1 115 DNF DNF
2013   Morand Racing 43 Morgan LMP2-Judd   Natacha Gachnang
  Olivier Lombard
  Franck Mailleux
LMP2 320 11th 5th
2014   Newblood by Morand Racing 43 Morgan LMP2-Judd   Romain Brandela
  Gary Hirsch
  Christian Klien
LMP2 352 10th 6th
2015   Team SARD Morand 43 Morgan LMP2 Evo-SARD   Zoël Amberg
  Pierre Ragues
  Oliver Webb
LMP2 162 DNF DNF
2016   RGR Sport by Morand 43 Ligier JS P2-Nissan   Filipe Albuquerque
  Ricardo González
  Bruno Senna
LMP2 344 15th 10th

References

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  1. ^ "A Morgan 2012 LMP2 for Morand Racing in ELMS". Endurance-Info. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  2. ^ Dagys, John (31 January 2015). "Team SARD-Morand Confirms Two-Car LMP2 Entry". Sportscar365. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.