Morand Racing

{{Short description|Auto racing team}} {{Infobox motor racing team | name = Morand Racing | founded = 2000 (as PoleVision Racing) 2012 (as Morand Racing) | principal = Benoît Morand | current series = [[FIA World Endurance Championship]] | former series = [[Formula LO|Formula Lista]] [[Formula BMW USA]] [[V8Star Series]] [[Radical European Masters]] [[Formula Le Mans]] [[European Le Mans Series]] [[Intercontinental Le Mans Cup]] |current drivers = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Ricardo González (racing driver)|Ricardo González]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Senna]] {{flagicon|POR}} [[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 racing|open-wheel]] series before switching to [[sports car racing|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 Motor Company|Morgan]] [[Le Mans Prototype]].<ref name="Polevision">{{cite web | url = http://www.endurance-info.com/en/news-focus-14810/ | title = A Morgan 2012 LMP2 for Morand Racing in ELMS. | publisher = Endurance-Info | date = 12 December 2012 | accessdate = 5 March 2015 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113154/http://www.endurance-info.com/en/news-focus-14810/ | archivedate = 2 April 2015 }}</ref>

In 2015, Morand formed a partnership with the Japanese [[SARD]] organization to compete in the [[FIA World Endurance Championship]], expanding the team to two Morgan prototypes.<ref name="SARD">{{cite web | url = http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/team-sard-morand-confirms-two-car-lmp2-entry/ | title = Team SARD-Morand Confirms Two-Car LMP2 Entry | publisher = Sportscar365 | last = Dagys | first = John | date = 31 January 2015 | accessdate = 5 March 2015}}</ref>

For the [[2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season|2016 season]], Morand partnered with [[Mexico|Mexican]] driver [[Ricardo González (racing driver)|Ricardo González]] to form "RGR Sport by Morand", driving the new [[Ligier JS P2]]. The team won the opening round of the championship at [[2016 6 Hours of Silverstone|Silverstone]].<ref name="Race result">{{cite web | url = http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/06_2016/01_SILVERSTONE/112_FIA%20WEC/201604171200_Race/Hour%206/05_Classification_Race_Hour%206.PDF | title = FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone Race Final Classification | publisher = [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] | format = PDF | date = 17 April 2016 | accessdate = 7 May 2016}}</ref> At their home race, the [[2016 6 Hours of Mexico|6 Hours of Mexico]], they obtained victory, the [[pole position]], and the [[fastest lap]].<ref name="Race results">{{cite web | url = http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/06_2016/05_AUTODROMO%20HERMANOS%20RODRIGUEZ/138_FIA%20WEC/201609031330_Race/Hour%206/05_Classification_Race_Hour%206.PDF | title = FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico Race Final Classification | publisher = [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] | format = PDF | date = 3 September 2016 | accessdate = 17 September 2016}}</ref>

==Racing record==

===Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Team ! Class ! Car ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! Rank ! Points |- | [[2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season|2015]] ! {{flagicon|CHE}} [[SARD|Team SARD]] Morand ! LMP2 ! [[Morgan LMP2|Morgan LMP2 Evo]] ! [[SARD]] ([[Judd (engine)|Judd]]) 3.6 L V8 |[[2015 6 Hours of Silverstone|SIL]] |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|[[2015 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps|SPA]] {{small|3}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[2015 24 Hours of Le Mans|LMS]] {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[2015 6 Hours of Nürburgring|NÜR]] {{small|4}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[2015 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas|COA]] {{small|5}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[2015 6 Hours of Fuji|FUJ]] {{small|5}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[2015 6 Hours of Shanghai|SHA]] {{small|4}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|[[2015 6 Hours of Bahrain|BHR]] {{small|2}} | ! 5th ! 70 |- | [[2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season|2016]] ! {{flagicon|MEX}} RGR Sport by Morand ! LMP2 ! [[Ligier JS P2]] ! [[Nissan]] [[Nissan VK engine|VK45DE]] 4.5 L V8 |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| '''[[2016 6 Hours of Silverstone|SIL]] {{small|1}}''' |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2016 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps|SPA]] {{small|4}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2016 24 Hours of Le Mans|LMS]] {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[2016 6 Hours of Nürburgring|NÜR]] {{small|2}} |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| '''[[2016 6 Hours of Mexico|MEX]] {{small|1}}''' |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[2016 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas|COA]] {{small|2}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[2016 6 Hours of Fuji|FUJ]] {{small|2}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[2016 6 Hours of Shanghai|SHA]] {{small|3}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[2016 6 Hours of Bahrain|BHR]] {{small|2}} ! 2nd ! 169 |} <nowiki>*</nowiki> Season still in progress.

===24 Hours of Le Mans results=== [[File:RGR Sport by Morand's Ligier JS P2 Nissan Driven by Ricardo Gonzalez, Filipe Albuquerque and Bruno Senna (30648948691).jpg|thumb|300px|RGR Sport by Morand at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans.]] {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Entrant ! No. ! Car ! Drivers ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class Pos.|Class Position}} |- align="center" ! [[2011 24 Hours of Le Mans|2011]] |align=left| {{flagicon|CHE}} Hope Racing | 5 |align=left| [[Oreca 01]]-[[Volkswagen|Swiss HyTech]] |align=left| {{flagicon|DNK}} [[Casper Elgaard]] {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Jan Lammers]] {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Steve Zacchia]] | LMP1 | 115 | DNF | DNF |- align="center" ! [[2013 24 Hours of Le Mans|2013]] |align=left| {{flagicon|CHE}} Morand Racing | 43 |align=left| [[Pescarolo 01|Morgan LMP2]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]] |align=left| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Natacha Gachnang]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olivier Lombard]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Franck Mailleux]] | LMP2 | 320 | 11th | 5th |- align="center" ! [[2014 24 Hours of Le Mans|2014]] |align=left| {{flagicon|CHE}} Newblood by Morand Racing | 43 |align=left| [[Pescarolo 01|Morgan LMP2]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]] |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Brandela {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Gary Hirsch]] {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Christian Klien]] | LMP2 | 352 | 10th | 6th |- align="center" ! [[2015 24 Hours of Le Mans|2015]] |align=left| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[SARD|Team SARD]] Morand | 43 |align=left| [[Pescarolo 01|Morgan LMP2 Evo]]-[[Judd (engine)|SARD]] |align=left| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Zoël Amberg]] {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre Ragues]] {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Oliver Webb]] | LMP2 | 162 | DNF | DNF |- align="center" ! [[2016 24 Hours of Le Mans|2016]] |align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} RGR Sport by Morand | 43 |align=left| [[Ligier JS P2]]-[[Nissan]] |align=left| {{flagicon|PRT}} [[Filipe Albuquerque]] {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Ricardo González (racing driver)|Ricardo González]] {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Senna]] | LMP2 | 344 | 15th | 10th |}

==References== {{reflist}}

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