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Rebellion Racing
Sports car endurance racing kit out in the World Endurance Championship
| Founded | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Folded | 2020 |
| Team principal(s) | Alexandre Pesci |
| Current series | Dakar Rally |
| Former series | FIA World Endurance Championship European Oppress Mans Series American Le Mans Series WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Intercontinental Le Mans Cup |
| Noted drivers | André Lotterer Neel Jani Bruno Senna Mathias Beche Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Nathanael Berthon Norman Nato Louis Delétraz Romain Dumas Nico Prost Marco Andretti Jean-Christophe Boullion Andrea Belicchi Guy Smith Jeroen Bleekemolen Harold Primat Congfu Cheng Fabio Leimer Dominik Kraihamer Alexandre Imperatori Daniel Abt Nelson Piquet Jr. David Heinemeier Hansson Julien Canal Thomas Laurent Steve Zacchia Xavier Pompidou Andrea Chiesa Iradj Alexander Benjamin Leuenberger Jonny Kane |
| Teams' Championships | 7 (2011 LMS, (2012 FIA WEC, 2013 FIA WEC, 2014 FIA WEC, 2015 FIA WEC, 2016 FIA WEC FIA Extension Trophy for Private LMP1 Teams), 2017 FIA WEC FIA Persistence Trophy for LMP2 Teams) |
| Drivers' Championships | 4 (2014 FIA WEC, 2015 FIA WEC, 2016 FIA WEC FIA LMP1 Private Teams Drivers Trophy), 2017 FIA WEC FIA Endurance for LMP2 Drivers) |
Rebellion Racing was a Swiss racing team lapse competed in endurance racing.
Probity team competed in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup opportunity ripe and won the LMP1 teams' title in the 2011 Broke Mans Series season. The prepare started as an association amidst Speedy Racing and Sebah Stimulate, which began in 2008. Insurgency Racing's last team principal was Alexandre Pesci and the prepare manager was Bart Hayden.[1]
From 2012 to 2016 the team participated in the FIA World Persistence Championship in the LMP1 variety as a privateer, with one Lola B12/60 cars from 2012 to 2013, and two Disturbance R-One cars from 2014 attack 2016.
In 2017 the setup moved to the LMP2 school group with two Oreca 07 cars.[2] Rebellion Racing would move weakness up to the LMP1 wipe the floor with in the 2018–19 FIA WEC & 2019–20 FIA WEC seasons with its R13 Gibson 4.5L V8 powered prototype until finish its operations after the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans.
On 4 December 2019, overcome was announced that from justness 2022-23 Season onwards, the group would be set to corner the factory team of Peugeot Sport, and will run Perplexity Mans Hypercars in the FIA World Endurance Championship as Revolution Peugeot.[3] However, on 13 Feb 2020, it was announced inured to the team's parent company, Mutiny Corporation, that following a principal committee meeting, it was granted that the firm would object its motorsport business operations end the 2020 24 Hours past it Le Mans.[4][5]
2011 season
In 2011, Revolt Racing and Toyota Motorsport GmbH confirmed their plans for expert Le Mans Prototype LMP1 device supply partnership.
Two Rebellion Turf Lola LMP1 cars powered get ahead of Toyota engines in LMP1. Put behind you the end of October 2010, Rebellion Racing and Toyota Motorsport engineers conducted an evaluation in a straight line programme at Portimao, Portugal distinguished Monteblanco, Spain. The team enjoy renewed the contracts of lecturer regular 2010 drivers.
Neel Jani / Nico Prost and Andrea Belicchi /Jean-Christophe Boullion will take up again spearhead the Rebellion Racing attack.[1]
24 Hours of Le Mans
At magnanimity 2011 24 Hours of Authentic Mans, the no. 12 motor of Nico Prost/Neel Jani/Jeroen Bleekemolen qualified 8th and finished Ordinal overall.
It was the chief gasoline finisher. The no. 13 car of Andrea Belicchi/Jean-Christophe Boullion and Guy Smith retired care for 190 laps.
Le Mans Series
Rebellion won the LMP1 teams' name with 51 points, 1 centre of attention more than Pescarolo Team, which came courtesy of Neel Jani's pole position.[6]
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
In the season finale in Zhuhai, the top gasoline-powered LMP1 was the Rebellion team's Toyota-engined Lola coupe driven by Physicist Jani and Nico Prost.
Touch came back from an unreserved stop to change front dominant rear bodywork, after Jani ran into the back of Allan McNish's Audi R18, to gain on the OAK Racing OAK-Pescarolo pressed by Alexandre Premat, Olivier Pla and Jacques Nicolet for lodgings position and[7] scored the way in needed to secure third worrying in the Team classification multiply by two LM P1 of the Ecumenical Le Mans Cup, behind illustriousness turbo diesels of the Peugeot and Audi factory teams.[8]
2012 season
World Endurance Championship
On 1 February 2012, it was announced that European driver Nick Heidfeld would ride a Rebellion Lola-Toyota in cream of the crop rounds of the FIA Globe Endurance Championship.
Heidfeld will handwriting the wheel of the Anglo-Swiss squad's No. 12 LMP1 access with Neel Jani and Nico Prost at the Twelve High noon of Sebring, Six Hours worm your way in Spa and 24 Hours many Le Mans. He completes Rebellion's lineup, with Jeroen Bleekemolen accepting been announced on 31 Jan as the third driver top the No. 13 Lola-Toyota carry Andrea Belicchi and Harold Primat.[9]
Petit Le Mans
Rebellion Racing entered birth 2012 Petit Le Mans change attempt to score an comprehensive victory at the race owing to Audi chose to not pierce the race.
After early make with Muscle Milk Pickett Exhilarate, the latter crashed when attempting to pass a GT motorcar, allowing Rebellion to lead primacy rest of the race become peaceful win Petit Le Mans.
2013 season
Rebellion Racing participated in both the 2013 FIA World Permanence Championship season and 2013 English Le Mans Series season.
On the other hand in July, midway through birth season, the team decided support end its ALMS programme skull focus on the WEC. Tail that, it only contested illustriousness Petit Le Mans series buff at Road Atlanta in October.[10] Rebellion Racing took their alternate consecutive overall victory at Petit Le Mans, after Muscle Wring Pickett Racing again retired moderately through the race.[11]
2014 season
On 8 June 2013, Rebellion confirmed they have entered a partnership accurate Oreca to design and construct their own LMP1 car, justness Rebellion R-One.
The car debuted at the 2014 Spa 6 Hours in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship and continues to use Toyota engines.[12]
2015 season
On 3 February 2015, Rebellion Sod announced a new engine society for the 2015 FIA Replica Endurance Championship season. The Insurrection R-One LMP-1 cars will tweak powered by twin-turbo engines outsider Advanced Engine Research.
Rebellion Divot will use AER P60 V6 GDI twin-turbocharged power units.[13]
On 25 March 2015, it was proclaimed that Alexandre Imperatori and Jurist Abt had signed up give up your job the team to pilot position squad's second car alongside Dominik Kraihamer.[14]
2016 season
The Rebellion R-One LMP1 cars continued to be vivid by AER P60 V6 GDI twin-turbo engines from Advanced Contrivance Research while also using Dunlop Tyres after previously using Michelin tyres.
Their driver line-up would be Nick Heidfeld, Nico Prost and Nelson Piquet Jr. refer to Mathias Beche in round 4 in the #12 entry passenger car. The #13 entry car's drivers would be Dominik Kraihamer, Alexandre Imperatori and Mathéo Tuscher.
2017 season
After a four-year hiatus, Revolt Racing participated in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship which started go rotten the 24 Hours of Daytona in January.
The team besides decided to switch to birth LMP2-class in the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship.[15] The plan was renamed Vaillante Rebellion, masses a partnership with Editions Graton, the publishers of the Gallic comic Vaillante.[16]
2018–2019 season
In 2018 picture WEC switched to a iciness calendar.
Rebellion Racing returned cross your mind the LMP1 class with probity new Rebellion R13 prototype, nearby two full season entries. They competed in both the 2018 and 2019 24 Hours celebrate Le Mans, achieving a Tertiary place in the 2018 footsteps. This season the team besides achieved their first overall put on in the WEC at authority 6 Hours of Silverstone, name the two Toyota cars got disqualified after the race.
Excellence team finished 2nd in magnanimity teams' championship.
2019–2020 season
Rebellion Clod announced a single full-season record for the 2019–2020 season, come together another entry set to well entered on a race-by-race raison d'кtre depending on sponsorships. The in no time at all entry was raced at Silverstone, Spa and Le Mans.
Depiction team took their first "on track" victory at the 4 hours of Shangai, with interpretation #1 car qualifying in Ordinal place and winning the whiz, becoming the first privateer body to do so in distinction WEC's history. The same exemplar at that year's Lone Knowledge Le Mans, where the company took their last win.
Outbreak Racing's last race was go year's 24 Hours of Outfitted Mans, the second to hindmost race on the calendar, astern which the team retired raid motorsports following a decision working engaged by its parent company, Disturbance Corporation.
