Swiss outfit Rebeliion Racing has confirmed that its 2016 racing programme will centre around running a pair of upgraded Rebellion R-One LMP1 cars in the FIA World Endurance Championship once again. The WEC stalwarts have submitted application forms for two cars to the FIA WEC and ACO.
In 2016 the team looks to win another privateer titles. Last season the team extended its domination in the category by winning a fourth straight FIA WEC Endurance Trophy for LMP1 Privateer Teams.
The pair of R-Ones will continue to be powered by AER in 2016, after debuting the use of its powertrains last season following a switch from Toyota. Both AER and the team have gained experience and knowledge to improve reliability and efficiency of the P60 V6 twin turbo engines.
In terms of drivers, Rebellion’s lineup squad will remain the same. Nick Heidfeld, Nicolas Prost, Mathias Beche, Dominik Kraihamer, Alexandre Imperatori and Mathéo Tuscher will share driving duties.
“We have submitted entries for two cars for the full FIA WEC and 24 Hours of Le Mans. We will continue to use the AER P60 engine; last season it was a new installation in the Rebellion R-One chassis and whilst we achieved our target of taking the titles, there was still a lot of room for improvement on the reliability of the package, states team manager Bart Hayden.
“Together with AER we have been working hard on addressing the issues that came up in 2015 and we will make the necessary steps forward. We have a testing programme scheduled already and, unlike last year where we missed the opening rounds of the season, this year we will be ready from the beginning and we will be at the WEC Prologue at Paul Ricard HTTT in March.”
