Oreca 05

The Oreca 05 is a Le Mans Prototype built by Oreca in 2015. The car was designed to compete in the LMP2 class. The car's first win came at the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans by Hong Kong–based team KCMG. A closed-top design, it incorporates several new mechanical and safety features not used in the Oreca 03 car. Zylon anti-intrusion panels are built into the frame that prevent any mechanical components from coming into the chassis in the event of an accident. Since Oreca 05 shares the same monocoque with Rebellion R-One in LMP1 class which allowed only 1,900 mm (74.8 in) width after 2014, so the car also 1,900 mm (74.8 in) width while most other LMP2 in 2010-2016 are built to reach maximum 2,000 mm (78.7 in) width as LMP2 regulation allowed. The 05 has an electrical power steering system and an improved gearbox.^[1]

Oreca 05

The #47 Oreca 05 at the 2015 6 Hours of Silverstone
Category	Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)
Constructor	Oreca
Designer(s)	David Floury
Predecessor	Oreca 03
Successor	Oreca 07
Technical specifications
Chassis	Carbon fibre monocoque
Suspension (front)	Double Wishbone Push Rod
Suspension (rear)	Double Wishbone Push Rod
Length	4,640 mm (182.7 in)
Width	1,900 mm (74.8 in)
Height	1,045 mm (41.1 in)
Axle track	front 1,570 mm (61.8 in) rear 1,550 mm (61.0 in)
Engine	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 naturally aspirated mid-engined, longitudinally mounted
Transmission	Xtrac 6-speed sequential manual
Power	490hp
Weight	900 kg (2,000 lb)
Fuel	Various
Lubricants	Various
Tyres	Dunlop Continental
Competition history
Notable entrants	Oreca 05 KCMG Thiriet by TDS Racing Eurasia motorsport G-Drive Racing Manor DragonSpeed RLR MSport Alpine A460 Baxi DC Racing Alpine Signatech Alpine
Notable drivers	Oreca 05 Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey Tristan Gommendy Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Nick Tandy Nicolas Lapierre Roman Rusinov René Rast Nathanaël Berthon Will Stevens Alex Brundle Pu Jun Jin Tristan Gommendy Nick de Bruijn Tor Graves James Jakes Will Stevens Matt Rao Roberto Merhi Antônio Pizzonia Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Alfonso Toledano Jr. Alex Lynn Shinji Nakano Roberto González Mathias Beche Julien Canal Ryō Hirakawa Tsugio Matsuda Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Michael Lyons Frédéric Vervisch Mike Conway Nicolas Minassian David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Afiq Yazid Thomas Laurent Harrison Newey Stéphane Richelmi Nabil Jeffri John Farano Andrew Higgins Arjun Maini Alpine A460 David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Nelson Panciatici Paul-Loup Chatin Gustavo Menezes Nicolas Lapierre Stéphane Richelmi
Debut	2015 6 Hours of Silverstone
First win	2015 24 Hours of Le Mans
Last win	2018 4 Hours of Sepang
Last event	2020 4 Hours of The Bend
Races Wins Podiums Poles F/Laps 36 19 36 16 3
Teams' Championships	2 (2016 FIA WEC, 2017-18 Asian LMS)
Drivers' Championships	2 (2016 FIA WEC, 2017-18 Asian LMS)

As a majority of existing cars being rebuilt into the 07, only three 05s, including the Alpine, are known to currently exist in its original form.^[2]

Alpine A460

The A460 at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans

French car manufacturer Alpine raced the Alpine A460 in the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. This car is technically identical to the Oreca 05, using the same chassis and internals, with Alpine branding. This is the successor to the Alpine A450, which Alpine raced in the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

Competition History

Complete World Endurance Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. Green background indicates second team entry; eligible only for Drivers' championship points.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds									Pts.	Pos.
						1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	NC
2015	Thiriet by TDS Racing	LMP2	Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey Tristan Gommendy	46	3 3 3	SIL	SPA	LMN Ret	NUR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR
	KCMG		Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Nick Tandy Nicolas Lapierre	47	All All 1, 4, 6-8 2-3, 5	SIL 4	SPA 4	LMN 1	NUR 1	COA 2	FUJ Ret	SHA 3	BHR 2		155	2nd
2016	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Roman Rusinov René Rast Nathanaël Berthon Will Stevens Alex Brundle	26	All 1-6, 9 1-2 3, 7-8 4-9	SIL 3	SPA 5	LMS 2	NÜR Ret	MEX 7	COA 3	FUJ 1	SHA 1	BHR 1	164	3rd
	Eurasia Motorsport		Pu Jun Jin Tristan Gommendy Nick de Bruijn	33	3 3 3	SIL	SPA	LMS 5	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	0	NC
	Baxi DC Racing Alpine		David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Nelson Panciatici Paul-Loup Chatin	35	All All 1-6 7-9	SIL 6	SPA Ret	LMS Ret	NÜR 7	MEX 5	COA 8	FUJ 9	SHA 8	BHR 6	42	9th
	Signatech Alpine		Gustavo Menezes Nicolas Lapierre Stéphane Richelmi	36	All All All	SIL 4	SPA 1	LMS 1	NÜR 1	MEX 2	COA 1	FUJ 3	SHA 4	BHR 3	199	1st
	Manor		Tor Graves James Jakes Will Stevens Matt Rao Roberto Merhi Antônio Pizzonia Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Alfonso Toledano Jr. Alex Lynn	44	1-4 1-2 3, 5-9 3, 6-7 4 4 5-9 5 8-9	SIL Ret	SPA 8	LMS Ret	NÜR 5	MEX Ret	COA Ret	FUJ 7	SHA 9	BHR 9	42	10th
			Matt Rao Richard Bradley Roberto Merhi Tor Graves Alex Lynn Shinji Nakano Roberto González Mathias Beche Julien Canal	45	1-2, 4 1-2, 4 1-2, 4, 9 7-8 7 7 8-9 8 9	SIL 6	SPA 3	LMS	NÜR Ret	MEX	COA	FUJ 11	SHA Ret	BHR 7	0	NC
	Thiriet by TDS Racing		Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche Ryō Hirakawa	46	3 3 3	SIL	SPA	LMS Ret	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	0	NC
	KCMG		Tsugio Matsuda Richard Bradley Matthew Howson	47	3 3 3	SIL	SPA	LMS Ret	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	0	NC
Sources:[3][4][5][6]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds						Pts.	Pos.
						1	2	3	4	5	6
2015	Thiriet by TDS Racing	LMP2	Ludovic Badey Pierre Thiriet Tristan Gommendy Nicolas Lapierre	46	All All 1-4 5	SIL 3	IMO 1	RBR 2	LEC 6	EST 1		91	2nd
2016	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre	21	All All All	SIL Ret	IMO 3	RBR Ret	LEC 3	SPA 1	EST 2	76	4th
	Eurasia Motorsport		Tristan Gommendy Nick de Bruijn Pu Jun Jin Michael Lyons Frédéric Vervisch	33	All 1-5 1-5 6 6	SIL Ret	IMO 5	RBR 2	LEC 4	SPA Ret	EST 5	50	5th
	Thiriet by TDS Racing		Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet Ryō Hirakawa Mike Conway	46	All All 1-3, 5-6 4	SIL Ret	IMO 1	RBR 1	LEC 1	SPA 3	EST 8	96	2nd
Sources:[7][8][5]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds										Pts.	Pos.
						1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
2016	DragonSpeed	P	Henrik Hedman Nicolas Lapierre Nicolas Minassian	81	2 2 2	DAY	SEB 4	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	COA	PET	29	11th
Sources:[9][5]

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds				Pts.	Pos.
						1	2	3	4
2017-18	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota	LMP2	David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Afiq Yazid	7	1-2 1 2-4 3-4 3-4	ZHU Ret	FUJ 3	BUR 1	SEP 5	50	4th
			Thomas Laurent Harrison Newey Stéphane Richelmi	8	All All All	ZHU 1	FUJ 1	BUR 2	SEP 1	95	1st
2018-19	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport	LMP2	Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan	1	1 1 1	SHA Ret	FUJ	CHA	SEP	0	8th
2019-20	RLR MSport	LMP2 Am	John Farano Andrew Higgins Arjun Maini	59	1-2 1-2 1-2	SHA 1	BEN Ret	SEP	CHA	26	3rd
Source:[5]

Gallery

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  The No. 21 car in the garage of DragonSpeed at the 2016 4 Hours of Estoril
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  The No. 33 car of Eurasia Motorsport the 2016 4 Hours of Estoril
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  The No. 44 car entered by Manor at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans
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  The No. 46 car entered by TDS Racing at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans
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  The No. 47 car entered by KCMG at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans
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  The No. 26 car entered by G-Drive Racing at the 2016 6 Hours of Fuji