Formed in 2010, the trio Marcel Fässler-André Lotterer-Benoît Tréluyer has since won at the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times (2011-2012-2014), a world champion title (2012), as well as the first two rounds of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Intractable on the track, but always laid back otherwise, these three personalities don't take themselves too seriously.

Benoît: "Since he is Swiss and is a father with four daughters at home, Marcel is more respectful, he has perhaps more boundaries than André and I. For example, he and I put an inflatable Santa Claus in a hotel room."
André: "I think taking his toothbrush would be the worst joke you could play on Marcel, because he brushes his teeth at least five or six times a day (laughs)!"
Benoît: "At Sebring, when André was on the track, Marcel and I grabbed his hotel room key and covered his toilet in cellophane..."
André: "... and it splashed all over the place when I went!"
Marcel: "Benoît and I would have liked to be there to see that!"
André: "Last year at Spa-Francorchamps, I got Benoît's rental car keys and went and asked Audi's cook for some flour, then put the two air conditioning fans on full blast. When Benoît started the car, the flour sprayed everywhere in the car, it took him awhile to clean that up!"
Benoît: "I think that for André, to pull a prank with his car collection would not make him laugh at all! That said, it has been some time since we did a really big prank. Sometimes, we try to be a little more serious since we have to be, and sometimes, when things aren't going well, one can think our pranks have a hidden meaning (laughs). But when we don't have a good prank coming up, we miss it..."
Marcel: "I can't say what the next one is, it has to stay a surprise..."

Jean-Philippe Doret / ACO - Translation by Nikki Ehrhardt / ACO

Photo: LE MANS (SARTHE, FRANCE), 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, FRIDAY JUNE 13, 2014, DRIVERS' PARADE IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY. A good prank is always welcome but once on the race track, Benoit Treluyer, Andre Lotterer and Marcel Fassler (left to right) really mean business!