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I suspect Rebellion will take stock after Le Mans, or potentially post Austin, and think about where they want to focus and what they want to do.
They've got three chassis, and so long as one of them hasn't been totalled and they haven't been running down their spare parts stock I can see them looking at either continuing to run two cars in WEC or shifting to two cars in ALMS - Petit is a problem given the schedule conflict, but I suspect they could manage to find some additional driver talent, and some contract engineers to do it if they really wanted. |
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Did anyone figure out yet what Lotus brings to the table in this deal? I was surprised to still see the Lotus stickers on the car this year.
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So rebellion are going with a bespoke build chassis by oreca! Great to hear we will see another lmp1 manufacturer! It's name is going to be the Rebellion R-one. Engine is to remain a Toyota still unknown what type of engine it's going to be. http://rebellion-racing.com/130608.html Last edited by NelisB; 8 Jun 2013 at 05:54. |
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That's great news!not what everyone expected, but still great to see support of Lmp's going into the future.
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The car looks good but worried that the engine is a little out of date, still wish the team all the best and fingers crossed it will start to challenge the factory teams
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I hope it looks just like the rendering, but the rear wing seems the size of this year's cars and not 1800mm. Maybe the RV8 engine will be increased in displacement with a lower rev limit. Im glad theyre staying with Toyota power and using Oreca for their car. They said the specification of the engine will be finalized, so obviously its a new engine but the same RV8 family.
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Has the coupe-Oreca design morphed into that?
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About hybrid, engine spec
LE MANS: Q&A With Rebellion’s Bart Hayden http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...-bart-hayden1/ |
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"Were sort of toward larger displacement N/A at the moment". Thats what I figured Toyota would do for a customer engine. Well, no decision yet but thats my bet.
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Speed has a good story about it. Goes a little more into detail.
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Early announcement from Rebellion (in the AM) but good news certainly.
Still can't help thinking that once everything shakes out they'll still be in a different fight to the manufacturers but they are a GREAT team and it's good to see them re-commit to P1. So I take it this was the announcement which was mooted for test weekend? Or is there something else coming? |
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I think the news expected was an additional manufacturer to announce plans. Is this that announcement though? Im hoping theres more.
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So for 2014 Le Mans it is looking at a minimum for P1
3 Audis 2 Toyotas 2 Porsches 2 Rebellions |
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Why is everybody forgetting Lotus?
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