24 Hours of Le Mans

Marco Andretti joins REBELLION Racing for LM24

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It was a busy week for Le Mans Series team REBELLION Racing this week. On Monday it announced that Guy Smith would join the team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June and the team went to the Iberian peninsula to test at the Portimao circuit on Wednesday and Thursday as well as the Monteblanco circuit on Saturday and Sunday. And then on Sunday the sixth driver for Le Mans was confirmed as Marco Andretti.

After having announced that the team had signed Guy Smith on Monday it was time for the first private test session for the team’s two Lola B10/60 Rebellions in its new livery on the Portuguese track. Unfortunately for REBELLION Racing the track conditions were far from good on Wednesday as there was some light rain in the morning and the team could only do a few laps. During the afternoon, on a dry track, the team was finally able to do what they had come for and started to work on the cars, the team ended its test at night time. Despite heavy rain on Thursday the team was able to work on wet-weather setups and traction control.

Team Manager Bart Hayden: “These tests were very positive despite the weather, we made good progress in the understanding of our new Lola B10/60s and we experienced no problems with new Rebellion engines. Of course, we would have liked to have had more dry running but we are satisfied with the work done on the cars and the data we have collected.”

The weather Hayden was hoping for was found at the Monteblanco Circuit near Sevilla, Spain. On Saturday and Sunday the Swiss team tested at the track that advertises wit the fact that it’s offering good weather conditions all year round.

And today Alexandre Pesci confirmed that Marco Andretti will join REBELLION Racing at the Le Mans 24 Hours as well as the official test days at Paul Ricard. Pesci announced signing the American driver during the ‘Motors’ radio show of French broadcaster RMC. After his father and grandfather took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans years ago, Marco Andretti will make his debut in France in June, just over two years after making his sportscar debut with the Andretti Green Racing Acura in the 2008 American Le Mans Series.