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ELMS Barcelona: Thursday Paddock Notes

News and notes from the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya on the eve of practice day...

ORECA to reward its best customers

French LMP2 chassis constructor ORECA has announced that it will be rewarding the most successful teams in the ELMS’ LMP2 and LMP2 Pro/Am classes, and at the Le Mans 24 Hours this year.

It will recognise the achievements of its best teams with bonuses by way of credit notes against parts totalling 150,000 Euros across the 2025 season.

This initiative begins this weekend in Barcelona, for Round 1 of the ELMS.

A breakdown (in Euros) of the prizes in the ELMS, per race, is as follows:

LMP2

  • 1st – 3,500
  • 2nd – 2,500
  • 3rd – 2,000
  • 4th to 6th – 1,500

LMP2 Pro/Am

  • 1st – 3,000
  • 2nd – 2,500
  • 3rd – 2,000

For the Le Mans 24 Hours:

LMP2

  • 1st – 6,500
  • 2nd – 5,000
  • 3rd – 4,000
  • 4th to 6th – 2,000

LMP2 Pro/Am

  • 1st – 4,000
  • 2nd – 3,500
  • 3rd – 2,000

Spike in town

AO by TF’s ‘Spike the LMP2 Dragon’ liveried ORECA attracted plenty of attention from the locals during its visit to the Plaça de la Corona (featured).

The car was on hand along with drivers Louis Deletraz, Fran Rueda and Daniel Nogales, and fans flocked to take a look at the car and get autographs.

Le Mans Cup collective shot

The Le Mans Cup’s class of 2025 gathered at Turn 1-2 last night for the annual collective shot ahead of the season opener on Saturday.

New LMP3 cars on track

See and hear the 2025 ELMS field on track during the test over on the series YouTube channel with the videos below:

Hispano Suiza display

An eye-catching and clever marketing display by BCN, a Barcelona-based pit garage design and equipment manufacturer and supplier, has been installed in one of the circuit’s service vehicle garages.

Featuring branding from locally-based Hispano Suiza, the garage set-up is available for teams from the paddock to take a look at BCN’s latest designs and equipment.

An example of Hispano Suiza’s limited production all-electric Carmen Sagrada road car is installed in the display.