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meant I could stay out and learn,” Leimer says. “We’ll be in the new car from Spa and for sure we’ll have some problems because we won’t have had as many kilometres as all the other guys, but up till now in the single-seaters where the car stayed from the beginning to the end I wasn’t changing much, so I’m open to learning, to have a new challenge.”
Unlike his team-mate, Kraihamer is familiar with developmental work after toiling with the Lotus T128 all the way through 2013. The Austrian is a few months younger than Leimer, but has more experience of endurance racing, having raced prototypes – and competed at Le Mans – since 2011, although Kraihamer too is new to the Rebellion setup, his fourth team in as many seasons after previous stints at Boutsen-Ginion and Oak Racing.
“It’s a new team, it’s a new car, it’s really strange to be honest!” says Kraihamer. “I’m very happy to be driving with Fabio and Andrea as well; he has a lot of experience in the team and he knows everybody, so if you hang onto him, he’ll help you a lot.