French endurance racer Franck Mailleux has joined the Morand Racing team for two days of testing at the European Le Mans Series session at Paul Ricard in the south of France this week.

Franck, who is hoping to use the opportunity to secure a more permanent race seat in ELMS this season, impressed the team with his performance behind the wheel of the LMP2 Morand Racing Morgan-Judd, equipped with Dunlop tyres.

Under bright sunny skies on Tuesday, Franck set the quickest time of the day in the afternoon session as focussed on set-up of the LMP2 car around the 5.791km track ahead of the team’s debut in the 2013 ELMS championship at Silverstone in April. His lap would be the second quickest of the entire test.

He continued with the positive work on Wednesday, performing longer runs with the car, as the team added 62 laps to the 83 completed in total on Tuesday.

The conclusion of this test will now allow Franck to explore options for the coming season and hopefully to line up on the grid during 2013 for what would be his fifth consecutive season in endurance racing.

Franck Mailleux commented: “I was pleased to be joining Morand Racing for the two-day test at Ricard this week. It was good of them to give me the chance to test the Morand Morgan-Judd LMP2 and to assist them with Silverstone preparations. I hope to have demonstrated my capability to be competitive in endurance racing, particularly in yesterday’s session when I set the quickest time of the day. I have enjoyed working on the set-up of the car, trying out the Dunlop tyres and conducting long runs alongside the team’s drivers Natacha Gachnang and Kajim Ajlani. It’s been good weather, although the typical Mistral wind has played its usual role at times, and we have completed a lot of laps between us. I thank the team for allowing me to participate and hope that I will be able to announce something about my season in the not too distant future.”