Lola Ford 97 - Higher Quality Version

[@ajayrious]

There is a great podcast Bring Back V10's which did an episode about the Lola story, and what went wrong. Would highly recommend anyone interested enough to search out this video listens to that podcast.

[@lonchi95]

i think the fault was of MasterCard (principal sponsor) because they knew the car is not ready to run until the next year.

[@N1Gaming]

This is true, Mastercard rushed Lola to enter the 1997 season when they planned to enter in 1998. This gave them alot less preparation time and when they needed Mastercard most they abandoned them leaving them totally fucked up. They had alot more potential than this, shame.

[@wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522]

These things happen when you just focus on the money!

[@kimnice]

Rush to the max: 1) No wind tunnel test (or CFD) 2) They had to find cheap engines fast and they didn't have any other choice than use Ford Zetec-V8 engines. These engines were poor in 1995..let alone 1997. Lola was designing their own V10 engine, but.. It's amazing that they got their car moving. I mean another new team, Stewart, had already presented their car when Lola started to design theirs.

[@Chr.Monika6469]

Damned be MasterCard!

[@hugolafhugolaf]

When you're 7 seconds off the guy two places ahead of you, you have a problem.

[@kailahmann1823]

And it's even worse, as Diniz bad time was caused by technical issues and because having already a practice time of 1:33.6 he was allowed to race anyway. He also did a similar time in the warmup. For Lola however this was the only time at least one of their cars stayed under 1:41…

[@Smertyin092]

I was offended by the fail of the Lola team. They were so succesful in other categories, that I thought they could the Williams, Ferrari, McLaren level in 2-3 years. This tragic result is obviously Mastercard's fault. But at least a great F1 joke was created: MASTERCARD LOLA '97: Salary of the drivers: 1,2 M dollars Cost of the motor: 6 M dollars Travel to Australia: 200 K dollars Qualifying the cars to the race: PRICELESS

[@carsismeZ06]

I wonder if Lola would still be involved in F1 if MasterCard didn't rush them into entering a year early.

[@azapro911]

Seeing MasterCard suffer for their complete lack of knowing the reasons why you shouldn't rush the team you sponsor into building a car in two months flat instead of waiting a year and testing like you'd agreed: PRICELESS. Some F1 teams are run like well oiled machines. For all of the others, there's MasterCard.

[@maciekwysocki2009]

It's horrible how MasterCard ruined that project

[@asd36f]

0:01 - "Making up the numbers" - indeed!

[@powersurge001]

hotel room ...$200 tickets ...$400 ricardo rosset in a formula 1 one car ...priceless :)

[@AlejjSi]

@f1baker Reminds me of Jean Todt, when he joined Ferrari: "We´ve got everything that we need to have a racewin. Except for chassis, engine and gearbox"

[@ShadowsBehindU]

"We have the experience, the commitment and the desire to succeed in F1. We have knowledge from our composites shop, our engineers cross over from both programs and the wind tunnel work we have done at Cranfield with the Indycar is directly applicable to F1. We have basically worked at lightening components down to F1 needs. We have taken the best ideas from specialists in the wind tunnel, aerodynamics, vehicle dynamics and the like to produce the final machine." Mastercard said. :>

[@mundotaku_org]

At least the HRT was tested in a air tunnel. It is slow but at that time F1 wasn't as competitive as is today.

[@luuduonghy659]

Great start for Jacque as he qualify pole on that day

[@calumsensible]

@f1baker i get your point, but what im saying is the car was probably only 7 or 8 seconds off, those two added the other 4 by being rubbish.

[@nickyjames1985]

That acid trance on opening Whooooaaaaahh

[@KieranF1Kimi]

because they got rushed by mastercard to put the car in a year early.

[@Aqualyx]

I was like: LOOK A LOLA! YOU KNOW? LOLA? ..no..? D:

[@grotestudder]

RIP Murray Walker

[@Gaiajohan]

@swca92 No, it had very (extremely) bad aerodynamics... Very high drag that didn't offer downforce.

[@mundotaku_org]

@PJ2436 I agree with you. They have proven to be slow, yet reliable. I still think that it would take one or two seasons to get in the same pace as Sauber.

[@ald7248]

The only good thing about the Lola F1 team was that somehow Roberto Moreno was spared from having to drive for them!

[@kailahmann1823]

I guess he was finally fed up with driving for hopeless teams (just had left Dale Coyne a weak earlier, a team a team where he'd at least get to start the races but rarely finish them…).

[@bourlivak88]

exactly, the same situation...into the season without money and without any testing..at least there´s gonna be some fun on the track :D

[@driller007]

i know i remember it well. was just highlighting f1bakers comment

[@Jimnik088]

Same engine as Tyrrell but worse chassis, worse tyres, worse drivers, no experience and no testing. Those times were pretty good.

[@AidanMillward]

Tyrrell and Minardi had an engine that was up to snuff. Lola had the engine that Forti had used in 95 and 96.

[@AidanMillward]

It probably was. Lola wanted to develop their own V10 but because MasterCard told them they had to go in a year early they had to get what they could at the lowest price. On my channel is the full story of the team.

[@fueldragster]

Could be worse...The Life F1 car from 1990 was 30 (30!!!) seconds slower than the next qualifier (And 38 seconds slower than poll!!)

[@weofnjieofing]

Lola was a great race car manufacturer. Did fantastic in indycar and sports car racing. A shame they wasted their money in F1 should just stick to customer chassis manufacturer.

[@driller007]

yeah dead right there. it didnt even get put through a wind tunnel

[@Suprahampton]

@Smertyin092 They could've been quite successful if they entered in 98 as planned... such a waste

[@tommykl]

the car didn't even do testing who knows what could have happened if they came in 1998 as they sould have done?

[@Jejking]

@KieranF1Kimi A year later and that car would be even more off the pace. But to be fair, in this video you can actually SEE the progression Lola made that weekend and its ability to challenge the frontrunners, in the pitlane!

[@PJ2436]

@mundotaku So, there's been 3 races and what I can say is, the HRT is the slowest, but barely, they're only a tenth off of lotus and virgin, but the HRT is reliable, unlike the Virgins. Maybe at Barcelona, when all teams come with major upgrades(new aero kits, new hydraulics, new everything) they will catch up and pass, or get left behind.

[@hugolafhugolaf]

They're all gone.

[@dmc1200]

@f1fantic1 Hispania hands down - Lola had virtually no time to prepare whereas Hispania have had months on end, there really is no excuse.

[@nate567987]

and 2 DNPs as well

[@MrSniperfox29]

DNQ

[@nate567987]

@@MrSniperfox29 right pre qul was got rid of in 94'

[@2POWERFUL]

@f1baker Blame it on Mastercard, their main sponsor. They've been pressured to get it on track early, despite it isn't tested and perfected yet. They could have just wait for the 98' Championship instead. Those cars looked great to look at, like an eye candy with a harmony of colors that stands out among other teams. Sadly it didn't go further than after Brazilian GP 97'.

[@MrSniperfox29]

Tested? When Mastercard told them to enter they hadn't even designed the car

[@mundotaku_org]

No, they aren't. At least not faster than the Lotus. We should wait and see if in a couple of races they get to be at least at the same level of the new teams after the practices.

[@hanjarake_taro]

Lola cars somehow look like the cars from 1998 They must have been too advanced

[@leandrociarrapico9256]

Well, they planned to enter in the 1998 season but Mastercard told them to enter in 1997, thats the reason why the car was so off the pace.

[@blainy-o93]

@govedar4o Minardi and Tyrrell didn't get V10s until 1998

[@edoslacker]

that f1 car was slower than a farm machinery

[@f1fantic1]

lola or hispania which is worse?

[@calumsensible]

@f1baker i reckon they also lacked drivers.. Diniz PAID Arrows for his seat that year and is far more capable than either of those two.. its a pretty well knowen fact that if you put Schumacher (or Hakkinen or even Hill) in a lower class car they can still drag it close to the front..

[@PJ2436]

they can't be that bad, they've got enough money, and the car is designed by dallara, who make the chassis for indycar, formula 3, and they were in f1 before. they may not be as fast as the more experienced guys, but i'll bet my ass that they're faster than virgin and lotus.

[@MrSniperfox29]

Who were you on about?

[@PJ2436]

@@MrSniperfox29 wow this one is old, think i was talking about HRT

[@MrSniperfox29]

@@PJ2436 LOL, thank god for that I was worried you were talking about Lola

[@MrSniperfox29]

@@PJ2436 And you were half right, they did indeed beat the Virgin team (2-1) but were much slower that the Lotus's.

[@onewildcarl82]

Lola Epic Fail

[@quench100]

They'd have been better off running a tractor.

[@Germinator-23-]

LOLah ah ah

[@Skellingtor97]

@carsismeZ06 Probably would have been a little better.

[@hisatennis]

diniz lol

[@azidahaka2]

ahahah i remeber lolas being so bad and sospiri disappointed in wasting so much money to drive them :)

[@flipsidedogchop]

a 3 wheel van would be quicker!

[@SupercarsGT]

a disaster

[@govedar4o]

well The lola was with v8 engine vs v10 of all of the grid and..the car has incredibly ..how can i say.. SQUARE aerodynamics..

[@josef733]

uhh, several cars were still running V8s