Oreca 07 LMP2 w/ 600hp Gibson V8 Engine: Day/Night Testing at Monza Circuit!

Here’s a compilation about the LMP2-class prototype built by the French manufacturer Oreca for the 2017 FIA/ACO rules. Like all its rivals, it is powered by a Gibson GK-428 V8 engine that is able to produce 600hp. In this video you can also see both the Alpine A470 and the Aurus 01 (Aurus is a Russian car manufacturer that partnered with G-Drive Racing since 2019) but they’re simply rebranded Oreca 07s. Enjoy some day and night footage I recorded in the last 3 years at Monza Circuit during the 2017 European Le Mans Series collective tests (day and night), the 2017 WEC Prologue (day rainy night) and something from a private test day for WEC teams last May 2019. If you’re curious to understand in which year a particular clip was taken I give you a little hint: when you hear them backfiring at every upshift, that scene is from 2017. In fact starting from 2018 that feature has disappeared on all LMP2 prototypes probably following some updates on the ECU of the common electronic pac