Rebel Racing’s bid to repeat its FIA World Endurance Championship success of a yr in the past has taken an early hit with the information that the group will skip the primary two rounds of the 2015 season.
For his or her eighth consecutive yr in Le Mans Prototypes, and fourth within the WEC, the Swiss group has switched its two Rebel 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 group 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 yr, however we firmly consider that our 2015 LMP1 vehicles can be much more aggressive, so we’re trying ahead to getting the vehicles onto the tracks quickly,” group supervisor Bart Hayden conceded.