24h Le Mans
After Rexy, Roxy and Spike, AO Racing has conjured up a new character for the 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans (10-14 June 2026). Rockie the Pegasus, a flamboyant winged horse, is set to defend the team’s LMP2 Pro/Am title in this year’s French endurance classic.
Some cars are built simply to win. Others also tell a story. For several years now, AO Racing has transformed each of its appearances into a genuine visual and emotional adventure. The American team will be back for the 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans with a new heroine: Rockie, a Pegasus with a look of steely determination, will adorn the #99 Oreca 07-Gibson entered in the LMP2 Pro/Am class. PJ Hyett, Dane Cameron and James Allen will share driving duties.
Some projects leave an indelible mark on the race paddocks and grandstands because they dare to be different. Rexy brought out the inner child within every endurance fan. Spike wrote the next chapter of the story and brought a smile to every face. But, as Le Mans always demands a little bit more, AO Racing has now opted to take flight.
Rockie didn’t just happen by chance. Her wings carry the heritage of a success that is still fresh in every onlooker’s memory: AO by TF’s LMP2 Pro/Am win at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans. A race managed with the precision of a clockmaker and the raw energy of a group that refused to ease its grip in the dark of night.
The outfit’s return to the Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans one year later is something of a homecoming. A home where nothing is ever taken for granted, however. At Le Mans, all the dials are reset to zero every year. Past achievements cannot be taken away but the track remembers no-one.
Rockie, the outcome of a collaborative effort between AO Racing and Mobil 1, was born with this fact in mind. With her great wings outstretched, her flamboyant red mane floating in the wind and a gaze that flirts with the untamed, Rockie the Pegasus is ready to spring out of the pits and fly down the Mulsanne Straight. An outline that is as much an invitation to travel as it is a symbol of speed.
What makes the world of AO Racing so special is not only its graphic identity. It’s the way in which it creates a bond. In a discipline where technology plays a key role, the American outfit brings the human element to the fore. The characters become travelling companions. Fans follow their adventures as they would their favourite TV series.
And at Le Mans, this connection takes on another dimension as the public doesn’t just come to watch a race. They come for an ethereal experience lasting several days. To sleep by the racetrack. To hear engines roaring into the night. To make friends with strangers from an adjacent campsite pitch during a stint beneath the stars. Rockie fits in seamlessly with this culture: a cocktail of full-blooded racing and a festival spirit.
AO by TF will take on the toughest LMP2 grid in international endurance with seasoned crews, finely tuned strategies and twenty-four hours capable of swallowing everything up in a matter of minutes. But the team also knows that at Le Mans, the energy transmitted by the crowds amassed around the circuit can sometimes act as a second engine.
Fans will once again be able to follow the event as it happens through the AO Racing YouTube channel, featuring an onboard stream, live team chat and exciting giveaways throughout the race.
Rockie has yet to fly her first mile. And yet she has already begun to do what the greatest Le Mans stories have always achieved: create expectation, stimulate the imagination and make a date with an entire trackside community.
