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The team has conducted successful test runs at Snetterton, Portimao and Monteblanco and all parties involved are thrilled with the new partnership.
Rebellion has announced the drivers for its 2011 campaign will be Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost in one car and Andrea Belicchi and Jean-Christophe Boullion piloting the sister car.
Alexandre Pesci, Rebellion Racing Team Principal: "This agreement is the cornerstone of REBELLION's challenge for the forthcoming season. Toyota is an impressive and remarkable industrial giant, we are proud to have been selected by Toyota Motorsport as their partner in this project. It means a lot for our team to have secured their support in our efforts to target the victory."
Bart Hayden, Rebellion Racing Team Manager: "We are delighted to become a partner of Toyota Motorsport and are excited about working alongside a company with a Formula One background and a rich history at Le Mans. We look forward to establishing a strong and long term relationship with them."
Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Toyota Motorsport President: "Toyota Motorsport has recent experience of engine supply partnerships from our Formula One days so we are drawing on that to deliver a reliable and competitive engine. We are looking forward to working with REBELLION Racing on this exciting project and it was very pleasing to see this engine running in a car for the first time, particularly because the performance, as well as the reliability, was very encouraging."
Martin Birrane, Executive Chairman of Lola Group: "Lola is delighted to be the 2011 LMP constructor of choice for Toyota Motorsport and REBELLION Racing. Supporting our customers at the very highest level has always been and will continue to be very important to Lola. We once again look forward to taking the challenge to the factory works teams next year."
Quotes courtesy of Rebellion Racing's Press release
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