Morand Racing

Morand Racing
Founded	2000 (as PoleVision Racing); 2012 (as Morand Racing); 2016 (as RGR Sport by Morand)
Team principal(s)	Benoît Morand
Current series	FIA World Endurance Championship
Former series	Formula Lista; Formula BMW USA; V8Star Series; Radical European Masters; Formula Le Mans; European Le Mans Series; Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Current drivers	Ricardo González; Bruno Senna; 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]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2015	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	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.

References

"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.
Dagys, John (31 January 2015). "Team SARD-Morand Confirms Two-Car LMP2 Entry". Sportscar365. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
"FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
"FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

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[Polevision-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.

[SARD-2] Dagys, John (31 January 2015). "Team SARD-Morand Confirms Two-Car LMP2 Entry". Sportscar365. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

[Race_result-3] "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

[Race_results-4] "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Mexico Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.