TVR Is Finally Back In Motorsport, And With An LMP1 Racer
TVR is coming back to motorsports! #TVRRebellion will make its @RebellionRacing track debut this weekend for the 2018-19 Super Season.#REBELLIONRacing pic.twitter.com/Ncc1pNGkTm
— TVR Cars Official (@TVR) April 5, 2018
British sports car maker TVR has announced a return to motorsport, partnering with the Rebellion Racing team to take on the premier class of the World Endurance Championship.
Rebellion had moved down to the LMP2 class for the 2017 season, but with a switch to a one-off 14-month ‘Super Season’ calendar spanning 2018 and 2019 this time around, the firm has rejoined the top table with lead sponsor TVR.
The car has been unveiled by tweet, cheekily wearing the number one. An Oreca R-13 chassis with engine details yet to be revealed, its main target will be to challenge the one remaining LMP1 works outfit – Toyota – for outright race wins.
TVR last raced in the Le Mans series between 2003 and 2005 with a T400R racer in the GT2 category. The new move may not require a lot of technical input from TVR yet, but it signals an exciting intent.
The company unveiled its long-awaited new Griffith last year, powered by a Cosworth-tweaked Ford Mustang V8 engine.
Comments
what is with the fidget spinners on the front
How about they focus on finally starting producing this bad boi instead? Been ages since the new Griffith was released and not a single production car yet
Nooooo, I was hoping a lack of lmp1 teams might cause fia to re-introduce gt1
If they brought their colours back it would be awesome… 😣
And eventually tvr will be back to the same things they did years ago
Terrible
Vehicle
Reliability
Team Trevor is here!
When Toyota waits ages for another LMP1 team to come along, and then one which will undoubtedly be the crowd favourite does.
I don’t really car companies join motorsports, the thing is that it always makes me happy because I know the sport is gonna last a lot longer.
Livery looks pretty nice ngl