ORECA selects Siemens Xcelerator to advance high-performance motorsport design

• ORECA Motorsport adopts Siemens’ Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and Simcenter Optistruct to enhance computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and composite optimization workflows
• Collaboration will support ORECA’s high-performance motorsport vehicle development programs, including its Le Mans 24 Hours hypercar program with Ford Motor Company

Siemens announced that ORECA Motorsport, a major motorsport engineering organization, has selected Siemens’ Simcenter software, part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, to support advanced CFD and composite structural optimization for its high-performance racing vehicle development programs, including Le Mans 24 Hours with Ford Motor Company.

To fulfill the ORECA Motorsport ambition to expand the use of advanced simulation technologies across highly competitive racing programs, it has replaced its legacy CFD environment with Siemens’ technologies to improve simulation efficiency, enable more advanced multiphysics simulation and strengthen workflow integration across its motorsport engineering teams.

“ORECA Motorsport was looking for a simulation environment that could support accelerated and more streamlined workflows from design through simulation while enabling new types of multiphysics analysis,” said Jean-Philippe Pelaprat, head of aerodynamics, ORECA Group. “Siemens’ simulation software gives our engineering teams the flexibility to run more advanced simulations and optimize composite structures in a highly demanding motorsport environment.”

“Our collaboration with ORECA shows how Siemens Xcelerator empowers engineering organizations to push the limits of performance through simulation-driven engineering," said Sam Mahalingam, executive vice-president of Simulation, HPC and AI, Siemens Digital Industries Software. "By bringing advanced CFD and composite optimization together within a digital twin environment, we're giving customers the tools to explore bold new design approaches and drive innovation in some of the most demanding, competitive engineering programs in the world.”

ORECA Motorsport is using Siemens’ Simcenter™ STAR-CCM+™ software to support more efficient CFD workflows and to conduct complex multi-physics simulations that combine aerodynamic, thermal and brake-related effects. Siemens’ Simcenter™ Optistruct® software is being applied to optimize carbon fiber composite layups, helping engineers balance stiffness and weight in performance-critical components. Together, these capabilities support ORECA’s efforts to deploy more sophisticated simulation technologies and enable innovation across its motorsport development programs.

The collaboration aligns with Siemens’ focus on digital twin technologies and software-driven engineering widely used in motorsport to enable virtual-first development, reduce reliance on physical testing and support continuous performance optimization. These same approaches are increasingly applied beyond motorsport, including automotive and advanced manufacturing, where engineering teams face similarly complex performance and time-to-market challenges.

To learn more about Siemens’ decades spanning history in motorsport engineering and how it is helping to revolutionize motorsports with cutting-edge digital engineering and playing a pivotal role across a variety of global championships, including Formula One®, MotoGP, NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA, and beyond, visit https://www.siemens.com/en-us/campaigns/siemens-motorsports/

About Siemens Digital Industries Software 

Siemens Digital Industries Software helps organizations of all sizes digitally transform using software, hardware and services from the Siemens Xcelerator business platform. Siemens' software and the comprehensive digital twin enable companies to optimize their design, engineering and manufacturing processes to turn today's ideas into the sustainable products of the future. From chips to entire systems, from product to process, across all industries. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Accelerating transformation.

About ORECA Motorsport

Founded in 1973 by Hugues de Chaunac, ORECA is fully dedicated to performance and a major player in the world of motorsport today.

ORECA Motorsport designs, assembles, develops and fine-tunes chassis, engines and system architectures. Its tried-and-true experience in running vehicles on the track allows the department to facilitate reliable, high-performance solutions adapted to the various circuits and championships around the world.

With nearly 250 victories in LMP2 and 11 consecutive wins at the Le Mans 24 Hours, and thanks to its presence in Hypercar through four major manufacturers, ORECA is an established benchmark motorsport partner on the world stage (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS), capable of providing all services with the global and customised customer support necessary to each client from its headquarters located in Signes, Magny-Cours and Indianapolis.

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