The team finished second in the GT2 class, four laps behind fellow Porsche competitors BMS Scuderia Italia.Īlong with FFSA and Le Mans success, the team won the Teams' Championship in the Porsche Carrera Cup France. The trio also raced at that year's Spa 24 Hours, a month after Le Mans. Finishing fifteenth overall despite a heavy downpour towards the end of the race, the car finished six laps ahead of the nearest GT2 competitor, the Ferrari of Risi Competizione/ Krohn Racing. The battle between Ferrari and Porsche was intense within the GT2 class but it was inevitably won by the IMSA Performance team. Narac and Lietz were joined by Patrick Long for Le Mans and qualified second behind the Ferrari F430 of Scuderia Ecosse. Narac raced alongside Richard Lietz for the season. The team didn't do particularly well in LMS, finishing seventh in both drivers' and teams' championships.
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Narac raced with the team in the 2007 Le Mans Series season and at Le Mans. Despite Narac racing for Oreca in the GT1 class in FFSA GT, the team still dominated the GT2 class thanks to the duo of Michel Lecourt and Richard Balandras using the new 997 GT3-RSR. ( June 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ģ007 is arguably the team's most successful year. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
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The trio of drivers were Narac, Dumas and Luca Riccitelli. Unfortunately, an engine failure after 211 laps put an end to the teams hope of Le Mans victory.
The team were looking forward to a GT2 victory at the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans taking pole in the class, more than a second faster than second place starter Scuderia Ecosse. Narac and IMSA continued to dominate in the GT2 class in FFSA GT alongside Michel Lecourt taking a second consecutive championship. Narac entered a 996 along with veteran Christophe Bouchut in the 2006 season finishing fifth in the standings. The team expanded once again in 2006 by entering into the Le Mans Series. The car finished in a respectable fourth place in the GT2 class and fifteenth overall.
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The FFSA duo of Narac and Dumez were joined by Porsche factory driver Romain Dumas for the 2005 edition using the same Porsche used in FFSA. 2005 also saw the teams début at the infamous 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team were also successful in the French Porsche Carrera Cup finishing fifth overall in the standings and winning in the B class with Raymond Narac. The duo won twelve of the sixteen races and won the first of four drivers and teams championships. The team purchased a GT2-spec Porsche 996 GT3-RSR with Narac being joined by Sébastien Dumez for the season. IMSA Performance Porsche 996 GT3-RSR being displayed at the 2006 Paris Motor Show.Īfter an impressive début in the FFSA GT Championship, IMSA Performance decided to enter one car into the GT2 class while the other two cars remain in Cup1.
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