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Revision as of 09:56, 23 August 2018
Full Name | Footwork Team Oreca (Formula One) |
Base | Magny-Cours, France |
Founder(s) | Hugues de Chaunac |
Team Principal(s) | Hugues de Chaunac |
Technical Director | |
Noted Former Drivers | |
Érik Comas | F3000, Formula One |
Oreca (Organisation Exploitation Compétition Automobiles) is a French racing team, founded in 1973 and run by Hugues de Chaunac, former team manager of F1 team AGS.
A very competent team in the International F3000 series (winning both the drivers' and teams' championships in 1989), Oreca bought the Benetton team and joined Formula One in 1990 in a collaboration with Footwork Express Co., Ltd., a Japanese logistics company which was involved in motorsport at that time. The team was therefore known as Footwork Team Oreca.
After leaving Formula One in the mid-1990's, the team has concentrated on running sports cars and GT cars.