Oreca Events - Agence évènementielle de sport auto - séminaire Team Building

Nissan GT Academy is a competition organized by both Playstation and Nissan, aiming to draw attention on a driver coming from a virtual world and about to jump in motorsport at the deep end. At the end, this year, Dubai 24 Hours at the wheel of a Nissan 370Z.

For this French final, the best participants met on May 14^th and 15^th 2011 at the Paul Ricard circuit in order to test their performances at the wheel of sport vehicles and in real sport driving conditions. Supported by ORECA’s team, the on-track program consisted in 3 different driving workshops : a timed course on the circuit’s skidpan track, an exercise measuring the speed out of bends, and some timed laps. In order to improve their driving control, the ‘trainee drivers’ were taught and judged by professional instructors throughout the entire event.

In order to set up the tempo for those two days, we organized taxi drives with Nissan GTR so that VIP and participants could discover the unique sensations produced by automobile racing.

At the end of both virtual and real tests, the best two drivers were chosen to represent France at the last world lap in Silverstone.

Oreca organized two events for Michelin at Le Castellet circuit in May and April. The first one concerned the 175 winners of Michelin commercial challenge, the second one was destined to 160 guests from European subsidiaries.

During those events, the guests had the opportunity to be at the wheel of prestige cars such as Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Gallardo and Audi R8 V10. Alongside the driving activities, some dynamic tests put forward Michelin tyres’ quality and furthermore increased participants’ awareness of driving on wet surface.

Also, a great 2-participants’ relay race, taking place on the go-karting track, required the use of team and competition spirit in order to cross the finish line ahead !

The guests had the opportunity to test their talents as gastronomes since they had lunch at a gourmet restaurant in Bandol, by the sea.

The next edition will take place in June and will allow a new group of guests to take part in this exclusive program !

The CEGID group, management solutions French leader, organized on Monday March 28th 2011 the annual meeting of its users club. For this new gathering, the 85 guests met at the legendary Paul Ricard HTTT circuit. Between exchange meetings and entertaining activities, all participants made the most of a day full of feelings.

ORECA organized a scale operation since everybody benefited from an exclusive program : shuttle to Le Castellet circuit, lunch at the restaurant with panoramic view, discovery of sport driving at the wheel of an Audi R8 V10, as well as two sport challenges : a timed slalom and a go-karting teamed challenge. To bring this beautiful day to an end, a visit to the Team Oreca-Matmut’s competition workshops was planned.

The second round of the World Series by Renault took place on Saturday April 30th and Sunday May 1st 2011 at the Spa Francorchamps circuit.

For the fifth consecutive year, the team Oreca organized an exclusive event program for the general public including a receptive structure of more than 300m².

Several thousand spectators were delighted to be at the wheel of different driving simulators or to take part in the ‘Pit Stop Challenge’… Oreca also had the chance to receive Bruno Senna, test driver for the F1 Lotus Renault team. Even though it was the first time he had ever used the demi-F1 simulator, his knowledge of the circuit as well as his expertise of F1 driving enabled him to achieve an excellent time !

ORECA’s entire team looks forward to seeing you again at the next edition on June 18th and 19th 2011 at the Nürburgring circuit in Germany.

Tnt, express transport world leader, challenges its 10 000 drivers every year across the world by increasing their awareness of sensible driving.

Objectives : improving their behaviour for a more secure as well as more ecological driving by consuming the least fuel possible. On the 31^st of August, the French drivers competed at la Ferté Gaucher circuit in Seine et Marne.

With this both entertaining and educational competition, the participants were assessed on their fuel consumption, respect of timing, road safety and customer relations’ quality. The most efficient of them won the possibility to go to Netherlands for the international final.

Alongside the competition, discovery workshops were set-up : between shock simulators and driving of new generation vehicles such as the spectacular Tesla, the participants and journalists, invited for the occasion, enhanced their knowledge related to responsible driving.

ORECA’s events department launches a partnership with Pirelli : the P Zero Experience. It consists in three upscale events, booked for GT and sport cars owners, located on two of the most exclusive circuits in Europe – Paul Ricard HTTT and Magny-Cours F1 – which will be booked for the occasion.

Participants will be able to make use of their GT which will be equipped with Pirelli tyres for a driving day throughout which they’ll be able to make the most of their vehicle, on a circuit, in safety, within a High-Performance world.

P Zero Experience is :

- 3 hours of free driving per vehicle

- Advice from qualified instructors who can be at your side

- Unique and exclusive activities organized by Pirelli and its partners

- Breakfast, lunch, cocktail, open bar with soft drinks all day

P Zero Experience will take place :

On Saturday May 22nd 2010 at Le Castellet circuit

Friday September 17th 2010 at Magny-Cours circuit

Sunday October 24th 2010 at Le Castellet circuit

From April 15th to May 15th 2010, get 120€ off the registration fees if you buy 4 Pirelli Pzero tyres. Terms and conditions at www.pirelli.fr

More info : 04 94 88 57 31 ou www.pzeroexperience.fr

The GT Academy French and Swiss final took place on Sunday February 7^th 2010.

On this occasion, the best virtual drivers met at the prestigious Le Castellet circuit to compete on a special version of Gran Turismo 5 at the wheel of both a Nissan 370Z and a Nissan GTR with the presence of mainstream sports media.

During the event, the participants also had the opportunity to test their abilities in real conditions of on-track driving, at the wheel of true Nissan 370Z cars.

Organized and supervised by ORECA’s events team, the program on track consisted in three different driving workshops : a timed course with a Nissan 370Z (manual gearbox) on the circuit’s skidpan track, an exercise measuring the speed out of bends and several laps for training in braking and trajectories with a Nissan GTR pace-car.

With each workshop, the participants made the most of personalised advice from renowned professional drivers present on the occasion.

At the end of the day, the best two French and Swiss drivers were chosen to take part in the big final which will take place in Silverstone between February 25^th and March 2nd 2010.

Just like its competition department, ORECA’s events department managed to take up Le Mans 24 Hours challenge…

During 6 days, the Manceau site received around 1150 VIPs. Partners and customers had the opportunity to discover the race from a new angle and to make the most of many installations implemented by the team ORECA.

At the heart of the circuit, the Oreca Community Centre, 450 m² receptive space offering two terraces as well as a 200 seats private stand a couple of metres away from the track, allowed VIPs to discover prototypes and GTs in exceptional conditions.

In terms of activities, customers had the opportunity to virtually drive on Le Mans 24 Hours route thanks to two race simulators. On the top of that, a team of masseurs was there to make that moment even more pleasant. 300 massages were given throughout the whole week.

Of course, food and an open-bar were included, almost 2150 meals were served during the week.

On the paddock, the motorhome received the entire ORECA team as well as its partners.

Finally, the boxes located right above the pits offered an impressive and exclusive view on the Pit lane. It was a successful challenge since all our guests left Le Mans 24 Hours delighted.

See you in 2010…

ORECA’s events department announces the creation of exclusive professional trainings dedicated to the learning of eco-driving techniques.

Those trainings first objective is to help drivers to adopt an ecocitizen behaviour, to encourage road safety and to contribute to the respect of the environment.

The second objective is to allow companies which own a large park of vehicle to reduce their fuel consumption without increasing journey times.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, saving money and limiting work accidents are the three purposes of this new type of training. To discover those new courses, have a look at the Professional training section on Oreca-Events website.

Oreca’s events department created, in partnership with the Paul Ricard HTTT circuit, the ‘Paul Ricard Events’ branch which offers to corporations a wide range of packaged solutions elaborated around four axes : conventions & seminars, incentive & driving experience, public relations, interactive activities & entertainment.

As both a privileged test centre for F1 world championship teams and a legendary French site for motorsport, the circuit is also a receptive site, unique in the world, which needed to be used at its full potential.

It seemed then natural for a company like Oreca, with a 35 years’ experience in high-level motorsport competition and an exclusive expertise in event communication, to go into partnership with the Paul Ricard circuit in order to turn it into the most important meeting point in the world, for both motorsport and corporations.

For more info about ‘Paul Ricard Events’, please contact one of our salesmen by filling in this form.

In partnership with the Paul Ricard HTTT circuit, the ORECA’s events department organized its first day of multi GT courses for the general public on Saturday July 18^th.

This first day gathered more than 200 people : a hundred of them had a go with one of the GTs supplied for the occasion (Ferrari F430, Lamborghini Gallardo, Porsche 997 GT3 and Audi R8), for 6 to 12 laps on the ‘circuit école’; while the accompanying guests enjoyed the show. Taxi drives next to professional drivers were also offered and attracted thrill-seekers. Throughout the day, 1 200kms were covered by the participants on the 2km-long ‘circuit école’.

This first edition was thus very successful and the participants were delighted to experience the sensations generated by driving supercars under optimum conditions.

During the next courses, ORECA and the Paul Ricard HTTT circuit will also organize a first in France : on-track driving of a Tesla roadster, 100% electric sport car !

Discover all our driving courses at our online shop Oreca-Store.