A tricolor livery for Graff Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Graff Racing will drive an Oreca in French colors for the Centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Published on 16/05/2023 à 17:10

Valentin GLO

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A tricolor livery for Graff Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

The Graff Racing livery at the 24 2023 Hours of Le Mans - Photo: Graff Racing

Graff Racing will display a tricolor livery 24 Hours of Le Mans 2023. For this Centenary edition, the French team will be entered in the LM P2 Pro-Am category with an Oreca 07 entrusted to François Hériau, Patrick Pilet and Giedo van der Garde. Alexandre Cougnaud will participate in the test day and will be the reserve driver for the Le Mans classic.

« We are delighted to be present at the Centenary event of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in these three categories, declares Pascal Rauturier, Team Principal. Graff's ambition is to train and support our young drivers as well as our gentleman drivers along the endurance pyramid and being present from JSP4 to LMP2 is the best proof of this. There is no better circuit than the 24 Hours of Le Mans to illustrate this ambition: between meeting Patrick Pilet 15 years after his debut in our team and seeing the young hopeful Jacopo d'Amato evolve on the Le Mans circuit after his debut in the Ultimate Cup in category car and prototype, pilot training is in the very DNA of Graff. »

The team has also confirmed its commitment to the Road to Le Mans races which are an integral part of the Michelin Le Mans Cup championship. We find the two usual crews on LM P3 Ligier JS P320s: James Sweetnam and Lucca Allen on the No. 39 and Fraser Ross and George Nakas on the No. 8. On the occasion of Road to Le Mans, Graff includes a 3rd LM P3 in the program with the Swiss Sébastien Page, who returns to Le Mans after his participation in the 24 Hours last year, and the Chinese Haowen Luo who will take his first steps on the Le Mans circuit.

The Centenary Guide to the 24 Hours of Le Mans on the front page of AUTOhebdo n°2413

Valentin GLO

Journalist. Endurance reporter (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS) and sometimes F1 or IndyCar.

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