Rise up Racing’s bid to repeat its FIA World Endurance Championship success of a 12 months in the past has taken an early hit with the information that the staff will skip the primary two rounds of the 2015 season.
For his or her eighth consecutive 12 months in Le Mans Prototypes, and fourth within the WEC, the Swiss staff has switched its two Rise up R-One LMP-1 vehicles from Toyota to AER twin-turbo engines however, as the choice to alter was solely made deep into the low season, the staff has admitted that it’s going to not be prepared in time for both the FIA WEC Prologue at Circuit Paul Ricard or the opening rounds at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps.
“We’re a little bit late out of the beginning blocks this 12 months, however we firmly consider that our 2015 LMP1 vehicles will likely be much more aggressive, so we’re wanting ahead to getting the vehicles onto the tracks quickly,” staff supervisor Bart Hayden conceded.