Start of a new era for Rebellion at Spa

We are used to seeing the Rebellion colours embellishing the skin of a Lola B12/60 but it is all change at Spa when the Swiss flag flies on the new R-One developed in partnership with Oreca. The R-One LM P1 has been in an intensive test programme at Paul Ricard HTTT since early April, and makes its racing debut after just over a year of development.

Group ORECA, president Hugues de Chaunac, is proud of his new baby; "It’s a mix of emotion and stress because it’s a colossal project, very important, and realised in a very short time span. There is a lot of pressure because under normal conditions, we would have needed three or four more months. But this timing was also part of the challenge and I’m proud to say that our teams designed the Rebellion R-One and built two complete examples in 12 months."

Bart Hayden, REBELLION Team Manager ; "Just getting to Spa with two new cars is already a massive achievement for the team.  Everyone has given everything that they have to get these cars ready and I'm very proud of the work ethic and professionalism of everyone that has been involved.  Our expectations for the race are quite modest, we anticipate new car teething problems, but we considered it to be crucial to be at Spa to give ourselves the very best preparation for Le Mans.  We start a new chapter for the team this weekend and we hope that it will be a great continuation of what has already been a fantastic story for REBELLION Racing.?

Image: Rebellion Racing

Image: Oreca Technology

Source: Oreca press information and REBELLION Racing press release