The road to Le Mans: Pegasus Racing Team Total

At the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours, Michelin will have 20 partner teams which we will be introducing one by one up to race week. After one refused Le Mans entry and twice being brought in as a late substitute, Pegasus Racing received a formal invitation for this year’s race...

Based near Strasbourg, France, Pegasus Racing was founded in the 1990 when Julien Schell started his career in Formula Ford. The small operation soon expanded to run several cars in single-make championships and the VdeV series.

It turned its attention to the Le Mans Series in 2009 with an LM P2 Courage LC75-AER, but its application to race at Le Mans was turned down by the ACO.

In 2010, it applied again, this time with a Norma-Judd (LM P2). It was named first reserve and got a slot in the 24-hour classic when Dome withdrew. The adventure ended in gearbox failure after just 40 laps.

Pegasus Racing turned to a Formula Le Mans programme in 2011 in the hope that it might lead to an entry for Le Mans. However, despite a score of four wins from five, its budget was too tight to contemplate racing at La Sarthe.

It returned in 2014 with a Morgan-Nissan after benefiting from a number of late withdrawals at the end of April. This time, its LM P2 prototype reached the finish, 10^th in class.

This year, Pegasus Racing was on the ACO’s original list of invited teams for the 83^rd Le Mans 24 Hours, again with an LM P2 Morgan-Nissan equipped with Michelin tyres. For the great French race, as well as for a one-off FIA WEC outing in Shanghai, it has been renamed Pegasus Racing Team Total. Young Léo Roussel will team up with former OAK Racing Team Asia drivers Ho-Pin Tung and David Cheng.

Cars entered for the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours

N°29 Morgan-Nissan (LM P2): Léo Roussel / Ho-Pin Tung / David Cheng

Le Mans record

2010: retired, Norma-Judd LM P2 (Schell/Da Rocha/Zollinger)

2014: 10^th LM P2, Morgan-Nissan (Schell/Raffin/Leutviler)