Why does Switzerland produce such great racing drivers?

Why does Switzerland produce such great racing drivers?  Sixty-one years is a long time from anyone’s viewpoint, but in Switzerland it must feel like an eternity. Motorsport has been banned there since 84 people lost their lives at Le Mans in 1955, but that hasn’t stopped this small country producing some of the world’s most talented sportscar drivers.  In 2016, Porsche’s Neel Jani became the third Swiss driver to win the FIA World Endurance Drivers Championship, following in the footsteps of Marcel Fässler for Audi in 2012 and Toyota driver Sébastien Buemi in 2014. They were joined on the grid this year by Simon Trummer (27), Mathéo Tuscher (20), Alexandre Imperatori (29), Mathias Beche (30) and Joel Camathias (35), with only the UK, France and Germany producing more drivers who participated in at least two rounds of the WEC. So what is their secret?    To read the whole story CLICK HERE Rebellion Racing announce plans for 2-car LMP2 entry* Rebellion Racing has announced that the team will enter two ORECA 07 Gibson LMP2 cars in the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship (*subject to admission by the Selection Committee), and also confirmed four of their six drivers for the campaign.  Nicolas Prost, Mathias Beche and Nelson Piquet Jr will be returning to the Swiss team in 2017 and Bruno Senna will join them for the team’s new challenge in the revised LMP2 category of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The driver line-up combinations and the silver drivers selected by Rebellion will be confirmed in the near future.  For more on this story CLICK HERE Retrouvez ICI tous les articles de notre site en version française

Interview with WEC Race Director Eduardo Freitas The FIA World Endurance Championship is run by a dedicated team of officials and one of the key people at each event is the FIA Race Director.  Portugal’s Eduardo Freitas has been with the FIA WEC since the first race in March 2012. He has built a strong relationship with the various parts of the organisation and describes himself as the conductor of the orchestra.  The following interview with Eduardo Freitas (in English only) - asking him about his role in running each of the nine races that make up a season in the FIA World Endurance Championship - first appeared on www.fia.com.

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