Mouser-sponsored Rebellion Racing Team wins FIA Cup
Posted to News on 26th Nov 2015, 17:21

Mouser-sponsored Rebellion Racing Team wins FIA Cup

Mouser Electronics congratulates Rebellion Racing on its spectacular victory at the weekend in this season's FIA World Endurance Racing Championship. The Rebellion Racing teams had a great ending to the 2015 season's racing at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, when its R-One #13 car powered by AER P60 V6 GDI twin-turbocharged engines came through as overall winner of the Six Hours of Bahrain LMP1 Privateer class after a fiercely-contested race. The win on Saturday also means that Rebellion Racing achieved both first and second places in the FIA World Endurance Racing LMP1 Privateer World Cup.

Mouser-sponsored Rebellion Racing Team wins FIA Cup

Overall first place for Rebellion Racing's victory in the FIA World Endurance Championship was won by the team in the #12 car, Nick Prost of France, Mathias Beche of Switzerland and Nick Heidfeld with a total of 134 points at the end of an 8-month long season involving eight races in eight countries (UK, Belgium, France, USA, Brazil, Japan, China and Bahrain). Teammates Alexandre Imperatori of Switzerland, Dominik Kraihamer of Austria and Daniel Abt of Germany in the Rebellion Racing #13 car came in second overall with 108 points, ahead of Team Bykolles of Austria on 104 points.

The results are not only stunning endorsements of the skill of the drivers, but also demonstrate the strength of Rebellion Racing's expertise in one of the most technologically advanced and challenging team sports in the world, designed to test the technology, efficiency and reliability of the cars and the strategy and efficiency of their support team to their limits.

Todd McAtee, Vice President of Americas, Business Development at Mouser Electronics comments: "We are thrilled to win first and second place in the Privateer LMP1 Class World Cup. What a tribute to the team's amazing drive and talent to endure these long races. This high-tech sport aligns with our performance-driven business model and provides the perfect platform to raise awareness for Mouser and our industry-leading partners. Congratulations to the team on an extraordinary season."

Mouser is sponsoring the Rebellion Racing team in collaboration with its manufacturer partner LEMO, a global leader in the design and production of precision custom connection products. Mouser distributes LEMO's products, including a wide range of push-pull circular connectors and module connectors.

Known for quality and reliability, LEMO connectors are suitable for harsh environment, medical equipment, test and measurement instrumentation, telecommunications, audio-video and other applications. For more information on the Rebellion team, visit www.mouser.com/rebellion-racing.


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