Morand Racing | |
Founded: | 2000 (as PoleVision Racing) 2012 (as Morand Racing) |
Principal: | Benoît Morand |
Current Series: | FIA World Endurance Championship |
Former Series: | Formula Lista Formula BMW USA V8Star Series Radical European Masters Formula Le Mans European Le Mans Series Intercontinental Le Mans Cup |
Current Drivers: | Ricardo González Bruno Senna Filipe Albuquerque |
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]
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]
Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points | |
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2015 | Team SARD Morand | LMP2 | Morgan LMP2 Evo | SARD (Judd) 3.6 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 5th | 70 | ||
2016 | RGR Sport by Morand | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 2nd | 169 |
Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | |||
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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 |