Rebellion Racing

Switzerland Rebellion Racing
Founded2010
Folded2020
Team principal(s)Alexandre Pesci
Current seriesDakar Rally
Former seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
European Le Mans Series
American Le Mans Series
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Noted driversGermany André Lotterer
Switzerland Neel Jani
Brazil Bruno Senna
Switzerland Mathias Beche
France Thomas Laurent
United States Gustavo Menezes
France Nathanael Berthon
France Norman Nato
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
France Romain Dumas
France Nico Prost
United States Marco Andretti
France Jean-Christophe Boullion
Italy Andrea Belicchi
United Kingdom Guy Smith
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Switzerland Harold Primat
China Congfu Cheng
Switzerland Fabio Leimer
Austria Dominik Kraihamer
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Germany Daniel Abt
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
France Julien Canal
France Thomas Laurent
Switzerland Steve Zacchia
France Xavier Pompidou
Switzerland Andrea Chiesa
Switzerland Iradj Alexander
Switzerland Benjamin Leuenberger
United Kingdom Jonny Kane
Teams'
Championships		7 (2011 LMS, (2012 FIA WEC, 2013 FIA WEC, 2014 FIA WEC, 2015 FIA WEC, 2016 FIA WEC FIA Endurance Trophy for Private LMP1 Teams), 2017 FIA WEC FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams)
Drivers'
Championships		4 (2014 FIA WEC, 2015 FIA WEC, 2016 FIA WEC FIA LMP1 Private Teams Drivers Trophy), 2017 FIA WEC FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers)
Rebellion Racing's two cars at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Rebellion Racing's Lola B10/60 Toyota engined race car.
Rebellion Racing's driver Andrea Belicchi.

Rebellion Racing was a Swiss racing team that competed in endurance racing. The team competed in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup season and won the LMP1 teams' title in the 2011 Le Mans Series season. The team started as an association between Speedy Racing and Sebah Racing, which began in 2008. Rebellion Racing's last team principal was Alexandre Pesci and the team manager was Bart Hayden.[1]

From 2012 to 2016 the team participated in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP1 category as a privateer, with two Lola B12/60 cars from 2012 to 2013, and two Rebellion R-One cars from 2014 to 2016. In 2017 the team moved to the LMP2 category with two Oreca 07 cars.[2] Rebellion Racing would move back up to the LMP1 class in the 2018–19 FIA WEC & 2019–20 FIA WEC seasons with its R13 Gibson 4.5L V8 powered prototype until ending its operations after the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans.

On 4 December 2019, it was announced that from the 2022-23 Season onwards, the team would be set to become the factory team of Peugeot Sport, and will run Le Mans Hypercars in the FIA World Endurance Championship as Rebellion Peugeot.[3] However, on 13 February 2020, it was announced by the team's parent company, Rebellion Corporation, that following a strategic committee meeting, it was decided that the firm would cease its motorsport business operations after the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Lola-Toyota for Rebellion Racing in 2011". Lola Group. 3 December 2010. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Rebellion Racing History". Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Rebellion Teams Up With Peugeot For Its WEC Hypercar Programme – dailysportscar.com". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Daniel. "Rebellion to Withdraw from Motorsport After Le Mans – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Rebellion Racing To Stop Racing Activities After Le Mans – dailysportscar.com". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.