Most of the LMP2 teams in action
are making the leap from older open or closed top machinery to the
new generation of closed top machines that are suited to be updated
to the new-for-2017 LMP2 regulations. Eurasia Motorsport is
one of them, finally acquiring a new car for the campaign, the ORECA
05.
The Filipino squad is a loyal client
from the Hughes Du Chaunac-led corporation since its inception
into Le Mans Prototype racing in the 2014 Asian Le Mans Series
season, and remained with the realiable ORECA 03 model, which
is being used in efforts in the Asian Le Mans Series and in the
European Le Mans Series.
The leap for the newest ORECA machine
is with the goal of being competitive in the next ELMS season, after
finishing sixth in the LMP2 Teams Championship. The Mark
Goddard-led team also wants to apply na entry request to
participate in the next 24 Hours of Le Mans, expanding the
numbers of Asian teams in the French endurance classic. Goddard’s
first wish was to enter in the FIA World Endurance Championship,
but he reconsidered his plans to stay in the ELMS.
The Idea is to remain with the pair of
drivers that competed in Europe in 2015, as Goddard praised the
efforts of Pu Jun Jin and Nick de Bruijn. In case of getting a place
at Le Mans, Eurasia Motorsport may have to look into their driver
pool as Richard Bradley would likely compete with another ORECA 05
user, the FIA WEC LMP2 runner-up team KCMG. Immediate
possibilities to fill the third driver role stay in their current
AsLMS drivers, William Lok and Tacksung Kim.
With two rounds left in the 2015/2016
AsLMS season, Eurasia Motorsport will reinforce their chances for
better results as the second ORECA 03 car, used this year in ELMS,
will also take part in the competition.
PHOTO: Eurasia Motorsport, ORECA
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