OAK Racing is actively preparing for the 6 Hours of Imola. The team will run an LM P1 and two LM P2, one of which will be entrusted to the former Audi driver Alexandre Prémat.

    Photo : François NAVARRO - ACO/Nikon

OAK Racing will run a second LM P2, #49, that did very well at Le Mans. The prototype will again have technical support from the DAMS team. Jacques Nicolet, will share the wheel with Alexandre Prémat. At 29, the Frenchman already showing an impressive record including three wins in GP2 (2005-2006) and a title in 2008 Le Mans Series with Audi. Recruited by Team Oreca for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he was near to victory in LM P2 before his teammate David Hallyday left the the track on Sunday morning.

Alexandre Prémat: “I’m delighted to join OAK Racing for the Imola 6 Hours in the #49 LMP2 car alongside Jacques Nicolet. It will be an interesting challenge because we don’t have much time or test days, so I will have to adapt to the car quickly. Nevertheless, I hope to use my experience to help develop the car at the Italian circuit, which is somewhere I have raced before. For sure the objective is to challenge the other LMP2 cars and achieve a podium finish.”

Jacques Nicolet: “Alexandre Prémat is part of a young generation of drivers I had the opportunity to meet when I first started racing in sports-prototypes. I am very pleased to be sharing the #49 car with him because, aside from his qualities as a driver, his profile and attitude are well suited to the team and he will have no problems fitting in. As a team owner, I am proud to welcome a driver with such talent.”

Photo: 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, scrutineering, June 6, 2011. In La Sarthe, Alexandre Prémat teamed up with David Hallyday and Dominik Kraihamer in the works Oreca "03".