Ferrari partner with Oreca for GT program

Acceptable for who?
I expect that Ferrari makes business decisions based on economic evaluations, not emotional reasons. Many brands subcontract their racing efforts.
ORECA may be an option for them, they have a long history of bringing success to their clients (Chrysler, Peugeot, Toyota, Alpine, etc .) That's not something to dismiss..

 

The current Acura dpi is Oreca based I believe.

I don't think any of the 4 P2 builders are going to be able to have exclusivity agreements for LMDh given the number of interested manufacturers.

 

Oreca isn't exactly lacking in racing expertise...

 

emotion plays big part in ferrari's business. one of the many reasons which makes ferrari unique is its "italianness" and customers, collectors, fans around the world value it. the reason ferrari didn't do Lmdh but LMH because it doesn't permit to build own unique chassis. looks like that's a kind of decision emotionally taken-

 

The "italianness" is still present at Ferrari, even if the company is registered in ... the Netherlands. But Ferrari has to move with the time and incorporates foreign parts or use contractors outside Italy if they are better. For example Mahle forged pistons have been fitted on Ferrari cars for decades; they come from Germany. The fitst Ferrari F1 monocoque was made by Thompson in England. The first Ferrari 550 GT1 was built by Prodrive, UK, Etc, etc...
As long as Ferrari holds the intellectual properties, their next LMH will be a true Ferrari, even if it's engineered at ORECA. After all, the 333s built by Michelotto were considered true Ferraris.

The choice of LMH category may give more design freedom, but we don't know the true reaons, do we?

 

https://sportscar365.com/industry/ferrari-partners-with-oreca-to-develop-new-gt3-car/

 

Oh, well, French Ferraris, OK.

At least I hope they keep Michelotto doing other things.

 

And let us not forget...... REAL Ferraris ceased to be as soon as Enzo Ferrari had to go to FIAT.......

 

Ferrari spokesman stressed that the deal with Oreca did not mean the end of its long-standing relationship with Michelotto Automobili, which is based in Padua.

"This is not the end of our technical collaboration with Michelotto," he said.

"We will keep working with them on the 488 [the existing Ferrari GT3], which is not going to disappear from the race tracks, and there will be projects that we will announce in the future."

So the car will developed by ferrari and assembled by oreca in france. It looks more complicated to me. It would be far easier if cars will built in italy or whole project entrusted to oreca. What about next gen modificata cars?

 

Assambling the Cars could be to some extend that Oreca is receiving the parts from the suppliers and ferrari direct and just bolt them together. Michelotto has done lots of development so maybe having everything under one roof its even less complicate for Ferrari. Ferrari wants to have the development in house, Ferrari has invested alot including new Facilities and a huge number of staff and they want to be in the driver seat. it makes alot of sense from Ferrari's point of view. will it be benefical for the Customers? We will see...time will tell.

Regarding next gen Modificata, honestly its just an unrestricted GT3 so its not that complicate

there were several "Track only" 458 GTE's with 2 seats, ABS and unrestricted engines in the past, so the "true" first Modificata versions...

 

So why the move away from Michelotto?? I was under the impression they were enlarging their facilities-for what if they’re not continuing to build the GT cars for Ferrari?