A prototype developed for Formula Le Mans, then eligible for endurance championships in Europe and the United States

The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) had the idea of launching Formula Le Mans in 2009 to help new teams join the endurance racing family and provide a solid base for the pyramid leading to the Le Mans 24 Hours. The project was unveiled at Le Mans in June 2008. Initially, the idea was to create a one-make championship using cars with proven technology and reasonable running costs. However, in a difficult economic climate, Formula Le Mans was not to remain a separate championship but would be integrated into the Le Mans Series, the European Le Mans Series and, in the United States, the American Le Mans Series and then the SportsCar Championship Series. Formula Le Mans cars will be entered in numerous races around the world from 2009 until the end of 2017. This is the case with chassis number 10, which we are pleased to offer for sale.

The Oreca FLM09 was designed by Ben Wood and Paolo Catone

Oreca, a benchmark in endurance racing, has been entrusted with the development and promotion of these Formula Le Mans cars for the start of the 2009 season. Ben Wood and Paolo Catone were in charge of the project. All the cars were technically identical: a carbon fibre tub based on a Courage LC75, a weight of around 900 kilos, a 6,200 cc V8 engine based on a GM LS3 engine. Enough to allow young drivers to test their talents alongside their elders, and to provide both gentleman and experienced drivers with a car that is reliable and fun to drive.
As the cars moved on to other championships, the very limited power of 430bhp was increased, mainly by increasing the diameter of the engine's air intake. As a result, the FLMs entered in the USA became more and more powerful, eventually reaching 575 bhp, thanks to a tuning by the highly respected American motorist Katech.

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Ascott Collection is pleased to present the FLM chassis #10 which is one of the cars that received a significant upgrade in LMPC

This FLM09 was entered in Formula Le Mans in 2009 by the Belgian team Boutsen Energy Racing.
In 2010, a new category was created in the Le Mans Series to allow FLM09 owners to compete in a championship. The FLM09s were thrown into the deep end alongside the LMP1s and LMP2s. This new category was logically named 'FLM'. The cars had more power than in previous years, but had to run harder tyres than the LMP2 cars. They also use an 'endurance kit' which, among other things, allows them to adapt their performance so that the FLMs are slower than the LMP2s but ahead of the GT2s.

Our FLMP09 will be entered by the Swiss team Hope Polevision Racing. For the occasion. The car now bears the number 5 on its pontoons. Steve Zacchia, Luca Moro and Wolfgang Kaufman won the class at the hotly contested 1000km of Spa.
Chassis #10 was then entered in the 2013 European Le Mans Series by Team Endurance Challenge in the LMPC class, which became the LMP3 class in 2015 with new regulations and cars that were significantly less powerful than the LMP2 cars.
In 2016, chassis #10 will be racing in the USA. The Starworks Motorsport team entered it in the 12 Hours of Sebring as well as several rounds of the IMSA championship and finally the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2017. This marked the end of its modern career, to be followed the following year by a career in historic racing...
In 2018 it was entered in the Daytona Classic by Tommy Dreelan and Aaron Scott. Acquired by its current owner, it was imported to the UK and entrusted to Scott Sport. It took part in several Masters Endurance Legends races at the Red Bull Ring and Zandvoort.
Recently it was decided to have it fully restored. The engine was sent to Katech in the USA. The XTRAC sequential gearbox was also overhauled. It has not been driven since, giving its future owner many hours of driving time before the next overhaul.