Rebellion Racing
| Teams' Championships | 7 (2011 LMS, (2012 FIA WEC, 2013 FIA WEC, 2014 FIA WEC, 2015 FIA WEC, 2016 FIA WEC FIA Endurance Trophy for Private LMP1 Teams), 2017 FIA WEC FIA Endurance 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 Trophy for LMP2 Drivers) |
Rebellion Racing was a Swiss racing team that competed in endurance racing. The team competed in the
From 2012 to 2016 the team participated in the
On 4 December 2019, it was announced that from the 2022-23 Season onwards, the team would be set to become the factory team of Peugeot Sport, and will run Le Mans Hypercars in the FIA World Endurance Championship as Rebellion Peugeot.[3] However, on 13 February 2020, it was announced by the team's parent company, Rebellion Corporation, that following a strategic committee meeting, it was decided that the firm would cease its motorsport business operations after the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans.[4][5]
2011 season
In 2011, Rebellion Racing and Toyota Motorsport GmbH confirmed their plans for a Le Mans Prototype LMP1 engine supply partnership. Two Rebellion Racing Lola LMP1 cars powered by Toyota engines in LMP1. At the end of October 2010, Rebellion Racing and Toyota Motorsport engineers conducted an evaluation test programme at Portimao, Portugal and Monteblanco, Spain. The team have renewed the contracts of its regular 2010 drivers. Neel Jani / Nico Prost and Andrea Belicchi /Jean-Christophe Boullion will again spearhead the Rebellion Racing attack.[1]
24 Hours of Le Mans
At the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, the no. 12 car of Nico Prost/Neel Jani/Jeroen Bleekemolen qualified 8th and finished 6th overall. It was the first gasoline finisher. The no. 13 car of Andrea Belicchi/Jean-Christophe Boullion and Guy Smith retired after 190 laps.
Le Mans Series
Rebellion won the LMP1 teams' title with 51 points, 1 point more than
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
In the season finale in
2012 season
World Endurance Championship
On 1 February 2012, it was announced that German driver Nick Heidfeld would drive a Rebellion Lola-Toyota in select rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Heidfeld will share the wheel of the Anglo-Swiss squad's No. 12 LMP1 entry with Neel Jani and Nico Prost at the Twelve Hours of Sebring, Six Hours of Spa and 24 Hours of Le Mans. He completes Rebellion's lineup, with Jeroen Bleekemolen having been announced on 31 January as the third driver in the No. 13 Lola-Toyota with Andrea Belicchi and Harold Primat.[9]
Petit Le Mans
Rebellion Racing entered the 2012 Petit Le Mans to attempt to score an overall victory at the race since Audi chose to not enter the race. After early battling with Muscle Milk Pickett Racing, the latter crashed when attempting to pass a GT car, allowing Rebellion to lead the rest of the race and win Petit Le Mans.
2013 season
Rebellion Racing participated in both the
2014 season
On 8 June 2013, Rebellion confirmed they have entered a partnership with Oreca to design and build their own LMP1 car, the 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 Racing announced a new engine partnership for the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season. The Rebellion R-One LMP-1 cars will be powered by twin-turbo engines from Advanced Engine Research. Rebellion Racing will use AER P60 V6 GDI twin-turbocharged power units.[13]
On 25 March 2015, it was announced that Alexandre Imperatori and Daniel Abt had signed up with the team to pilot the squad's second car alongside Dominik Kraihamer.[14]
2016 season
The Rebellion R-One LMP1 cars continued to be powered by AER P60 V6 GDI twin-turbo engines from Advanced Engine 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. with Mathias Beche in round 4 in the #12 entry car. The #13 entry car's drivers would be Dominik Kraihamer, Alexandre Imperatori and Mathéo Tuscher.
2017 season
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After a four-year hiatus, Rebellion Racing participated in the
2018–2019 season
In 2018 the WEC switched to a winter calendar. Rebellion Racing returned to the LMP1 class with the new Rebellion R13 prototype, and two full season entries. They competed in both the 2018 and 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, achieving a 3rd place in the 2018 edition. This season the team also achieved their first overall win in the WEC at the 6 Hours of Silverstone, after the two Toyota cars got disqualified after the race. The team finished 2nd in the teams' championship.
2019–2020 season
Rebellion Racing announced a single full-season entry for the 2019–2020 season, with another entry set to be entered on a race-by-race basis depending on sponsorships. The second entry was raced at Silverstone, Spa and Le Mans. The team took their first "on track" victory at the 4 hours of Shangai, with the #1 car qualifying in 1st place and winning the race, becoming the first privateer team to do so in the WEC's history. The same happened at that year's Lone Star Le Mans, where the team took their last win. Rebellion Racing's last race was that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, the second to last race on the calendar, after which the team retired from motorsports following a decision taken by its parent company, Rebellion Corporation.
Racing record
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Le Mans Series results
| Le Mans Series results[17] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Class | Car | No. | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. |
| 2007 | GT2 | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R | 94 |  Jonny Kane Andrea Chiesa Andrea Belicchi
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6th |
| 2008 | LMP2 | Lola B08/80-Judd | 33 | Andrea Belicchi Xavier Pompidou Steve Zacchia
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7th |
| GT2 | Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R | 94 | Andrea Chiesa Benjamin Leuenberger Iradj Alexander
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7th | |
| 2009 | LMP1 | Lola B08/60-Aston Martin | 13 | Marcel Fässler Andrea Belicchi Nico Prost
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5th |
| LMP2 | Lola B08/80-Judd | 33 | Xavier Pompidou Jonny Kane Benjamin Leuenberger
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2nd | |
| 2010 | LMP1 | Lola B10/60-Rebellion | 12 | Neel Jani Nico Prost
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3rd |
| 13 | Andrea Belicchi Jean-Christophe Boullion Guy Smith
|
5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 5th | |||
| 2011 | LMP1 | Lola B10/60-Toyota | 12 13 |
Neel Jani Nico Prost Andrea Belicchi Jean-Christophe Boullion
|
5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 1st |
References
- ^ Lola Group. 3 December 2010. Archived from the originalon 21 May 2012.
- ^ "Rebellion Racing History". Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Rebellion Teams Up With Peugeot For Its WEC Hypercar Programme – dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel. "Rebellion to Withdraw from Motorsport After Le Mans – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Rebellion Racing To Stop Racing Activities After Le Mans – dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Le Mans Series: Pescarolo team claims LMP1 drivers' title in Portugal Autoweek. 26 September 2011.
- ^ Peugeot wins ILMC finale in China Autoweek. 13 November 2011.
- ^ Zhuhai 6 hours: Rebellion in top 3 of ILMC 2011 www.lemans.org. 14 November 2011.
- ^ LE MANS: Heidfeld Confirmed At Rebellion Speedtv.com. 1 February 2012.
- ^ Gary Watkins (23 July 2013). "Rebellion to shelve ALMS challenge". Racer.com.
- ^ Smith, Steven Cole (11 November 2013). "Now It's Over". Autoweek: 76–77.
- ^ R-ONE: Rebellion Racing to build an LMP1 car in partnership with Oreca News & Media - Rebellion News. 8 June 2013.
- ^ "WEC: Rebellion Racing switches to AER turbo engine". Racer.com. 3 February 2015.
- ^ "Rebellion LMP1 WEC squad signs Daniel Abt and Alexandre Imperatori". Autosport.com. 25 March 2015.
- ^ "Rebellion confirms two-car LMP2 effort for 2017 WEC". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "MICHEL VAILLANT MAKES A GRAND COMEBACK AT LE MANS 24 HOURS WITH MOTUL AND REBELLION RACING". www.rebellion-timepieces.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ LMS complete results Archived 19 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine wsrp.ic.cz
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