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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

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]

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 Switzerland 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 Mexico 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 Switzerland Hope Racing 5 Oreca 01-Swiss HyTech Denmark Casper Elgaard
Netherlands Jan Lammers
Switzerland Steve Zacchia
LMP1 115 DNF DNF
2013 Switzerland Morand Racing 43 Morgan LMP2-Judd Switzerland Natacha Gachnang
France Olivier Lombard
France Franck Mailleux
LMP2 320 11th 5th
2014 Switzerland Newblood by Morand Racing 43 Morgan LMP2-Judd France Romain Brandela
Switzerland Gary Hirsch
Austria Christian Klien
LMP2 352 10th 6th
2015 Switzerland Team SARD Morand 43 Morgan LMP2 Evo-SARD Switzerland Zoël Amberg
France Pierre Ragues
United Kingdom Oliver Webb
LMP2 162 DNF DNF
2016 Mexico RGR Sport by Morand 43 Ligier JS P2-Nissan Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Mexico Ricardo González
Brazil 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.