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Rebellion ready to roll

Lola are set to conclude work on Rebellion Racing’s second B10/60 LMP1 car today (Friday), to join its already completed sister 2010 spec Lola.

The newly named Swiss team are preparing for a full season of the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. An initial shakedown test is scheduled in early February, before the team embarks on a four day test in Europe with all four of the team’s drivers, Andrea Belicchi, Jean-Christophe Boullion, Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost set to get valuable cockpit time. The team will then participate in the official Le Mans Series test days at Paul Ricard on (7-8 March).

"Having our two new cars ready to roll out of Lola’s factory by the end of this week is a very positive achievement and a key milestone in our plan,” said team manager Bart Hayden.

"We started working early on with our major partners, Lola on the new aerodynamics and Engine Developments on the new Rebellion engine, to develop our package for 2010. This has given us the time to complete our development programme as scheduled. Moreover, it has allowed us to focus resources on some of the finer details that, when put together, will play a significant part in the performance of our cars. In fact, we now just need to make the drivers’ seats in order to run the cars out on the track!"
 

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