Le Mans Series
OAK Racing takes over as Pescarolo constructor
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OAK Racing has reached an agreement with Pescarolo Sport (Sora Group) to take over the manufacturing side of its business. Consequently, the development and construction of the chassis, bodywork and spare parts of the Pescarolo LMP1 and LMP2 prototypes is assumed by OAK Racing, as well as all commercial activities.
The technical development of the prototypes will come in collaboration with the engineering office of Pescarolo Sport. Work has already started and a programme of wind tunnel testing is planned for January to ensure that the prototypes are configured for the 2010 regulations and to continue the aerodynamic development undertaken in 2009.
Jacques Nicolet, President of OAK Racing:
“This agreement allows us to proceed with the development of all the existing chassis and, in particular, to continue the search for more performance. We have strong ties with the brand and the spirit behind the creation of these cars and we absolutely want to continue that. This is a new challenge for OAK Racing. We take on this task with the same dedication and efficiency that we have showed so far, and with the technical support of the men of the Pescarolo Sport design department. Pescarolos are very good cars which demonstrate their qualities every season and I am sure they have a big future ahead of them.”
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Is Henri retiring? Perhaps he wants to lunch a full on assault on LeMans with Peugeots or another production manufacturer.
He must have been paid a pretty good mint for that deal. Wonder if Oak racing is going to P1 then.
Then again with Oak racing’s Mazda affiliation, is this Mazda trying to reach into the P1 class?
Mazda obviously doesn’t want anything to do with stepping up (as quoted from the latest murphythebear blog) in which Dyson racing lost its main sponsor BP and were waiting for Mazda to support the team, only to be dissappointed again when Mazda said no.
Henri probably is getting to that stage in his career like Roger Penske where he’s just got too many eggs to nurture them all himself. Outsourcing some of the production allows him to focus more of his efforts where he sees fit, possibly more of the business end and crew cheif side of things- i think he’s still got a sour taste in his mouth from that pit lane crash last year at LM and wants some redemption, he’s by no means done!