Rebellion reveals WEC 2018/19 LMP1 line-ups, Lotterer/Jani paired

New signings Lotterer and Jani, who both remain contracted to Porsche, will share the #1 Gibson-engined R-13 with existing driver Bruno Senna on the Anglo-Swiss team's return to the LMP1 ranks in the 2018/19 WEC superseason.

The second of the ORECA-developed cars, which will run as #3, will be driven by Mathias Beche, Thomas Laurent and Gustavo Menezes.

A statement from the team said that the decision followed "weeks of interviews" and that the "two teams appeared the most complementary".

The Anglo-Swiss squad announced its drivers in December without revealing how they would team up across the two cars.

The announcement of the driver line-ups in each car follows on from the confirmation earlier in the week that Rebellion would be continuing its long-standing partnership with French constructor ORECA.

ORECA is developing the new LMP1 for Rebellion around the monocoque of its successful 07 LMP2 tub.

The R-13 is scheduled to be unveiled at the Geneva motor show in early March and is due to be given a shakedown immediately prior to the official WEC pre-season test at Paul Ricard at the beginning of April.

Rebellion has also explained the nomenclature of its new LMP1, which follows on from the R-One of 2014-16 also developed by ORECA.

Team owner Alexandre Pesci's favourite number is '13' and the name also reflects the fact that the team's two entries will race as #1 and #3 in 2018/19.

Rebellion has competed with the number #13 since the rebirth of the WEC in 2012: its two cars ran as #12 and #13 in LMP1 in 2012-16 before it switched to #13 and #31 in LMP2 last year.