The Automobile Club de l’Ouest and Total have recently signed a partnership agreement, a founding act of long term and sustained collaboration signalling a commitment between the two organizations for five years.
Total’s involvement will include the following events, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 24 Heures Motos and the 24 Heures Camions, as well as the continental European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series.
Thus, Total has become the official fuel supplier to endurance racing. It’s the guarantee of a collaboration that’s is not only as innovative as it is technological, but also that pledges continued advancement in motor sport.
“The Automobile Club de l’Ouest is delighted to announce today an unprecedented partnership with Total.,” explained Pierre Fillon, president of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest. “This five-year agreement covers endurance as a whole as Total will be the supplier to the Le Mans 24 Hours, the FIA WEC (FIA World Endurance Championship), and our iconic events like the 24 Heures Motos and the 24 Heures Camions as well as our championships, the European Le Mans Series and the Asian Le Mans Series. This represents a particularly promising field of work and research for our races in addition to the motor sports promoted by the ACO. With Total the ACO shares certain benchmark references like competition, progress, respect of the environment, technology transfers between motor racing and road users while showing ecological and economic awareness. Our common values and our respective experience are all major assets for the future that the ACO and Total will share.”
“We are delighted with the partnership signed today with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), through which Total will become Official Fuel Supplier of the FIA World Endurance Championship – including the Le Mans 24 Hours – from 2018 to 2022,” added Momar Nguer, general manager of the marketing and services department and member of the Total executive committee. “For more than 30 years, our research teams have been working closely with manufacturers in order to better anticipate technological evolutions in engines, as well as changes in competition rules. This allows us to provide our customers with a truly differentiating product offering focused on energy efficiency and performance.”
“We are delighted to welcome Total to the FIA World Endurance Championship as the new official fuel supplier,” concluded Gérard Neveu, Le Mans Endurance Management CEO (FIA WEC and ELMS). “As a partner globally recognised for its high quality and technical performance, the Total Group will bring to the WEC its extensive expertise in motorsport, and will without doubt bring strong added value to our championship as well as making a major contribution to our ever-evolving discipline. We offer the many world-class brands represented in the WEC an ideal platform to develop and prove technologies which can be transferred back to the production line. These potentially benefit all car owners in the future, and we are confident that Total’s increased involvement in endurance racing will be of similar value to everyone who appreciates not only the environment, but also quality, reliability and performance.”
