Why Lola Should've Made It Onto The 2010 F1 Grid 

its hilariously ironic that one of the things the FIA looked at in new entrants was self-sufficiency and then proceeds to let in entrants that would all be gone within 4 yrs or so never even sniffing the midfield

He singlehandedly is trying to keep this channel alive.

Lola should've been bigger in F1

The 1985-1986 Beatrice Haas team has nothing to do with Lola Cars. Carl Haas (no relation) simply used the Lola name because he was their American importer. The company that actually built the cars was known as FORCE.

Lola would have been more qualified than any of the other 2010 teams to enter F1 surely.

It was a real surprise when we didn't make the grid...technically and personnel-wise I think we were ready..a real shame.

Would have loved to see Carroll in F1. He was mega in F3 and GP2

Max Mosley is mainly to blame for the failures of the 2010-entrants. He promised them something impossible. He was too confindent in his abilities and thought he could convince/blackmail the big players (Ferrari, McLaren, Renault) to acccept a ridiculously low budget cap (in Ferrari's case 10x lower than they previously spent per season). After the budget cap was history, anyone of those 2010-projects was doomed, as they didn't have nearly enough money to be competitive in F1.

It’s so painful that Lola did not get to have a go in F1 in 2010. Would have been so good to see them avenge 97! And why have the teams closed the door to new entrants now with $200 million payments...when there actually is a budget cap???

£50m in 2010 is about £65.6m in 2020 money. Caterham F1 had a £65m budget in 2013 (according to your _The True Cost of F1_ piece) and, er, suffice to say they're not around anymore...

Lola deserves someone like Lawrence Stroll to buy their facilities and bring their name to the pinnacle of motorsport. I hope it won't be Dmitry Mazepin!

Great video, I guess the next one will be about Stefan GP?

Stefan gp when

When I lived just down the road in St Ives I went to the see the factory on the industrial estate outside Huntingdon, around 2012. The place looked huge but really sadly unused. Seemed such a waste of a great name.

The Haas-Lola entrant from 1985-86 had nothing to do with Lola. Carl Haas called his chassis Lola due to his connection with the team in sportscars. Lola didn't design the car at all.

I wonder if they have plans to do USF1.

2:45 Did anyone else hear "Matt Gallagher

lol just like 1997

The point was that lola was promised money that never came and started with old HB Cosworth engines, at the time we were building the F1 engine for them financed by UBANHURST, ZUES, and my company MCD. Lola was supposed to pay for design rights etc. The engines were to be completed by June of that year and that is why in the interim they used the HBs. By May Lola had not paid any moneys for design and The partners were worried, when we couldnt get an answer from EB, therefore, i got Summary Judgement against Lola, and the receivers, after the partners and myself refused to place an offer for the company ,the reciever then sold the company to Barrain. The F1 engine destined for Lola was sold to another F1 company and had resonable success, the sale did cut our losses .

Do a video on dallara

I heard a rumour that the marketing guy who needed to pitch the project to the FIA turned up late to that meeting, which counted against the team? True?

I would love to see more Irish in F1

Lola would of made it in, but probably would be a gridsitter like the rest we've got, so yeah

This is another area in which F-1 management sucks. Screw the $100 million deposit and the restrained grid. Let any competitor show up and let the fastest shoot it out for the grid in qualifying. Yeah, have per-qualifying for new entries to make sure they are up to qualifying speed, but restricting the gird to 10-12 teams for a season sucks.

I hope it will be easier to join f1

Lola closed the doors?

You’re missing the main reason why they didn’t manage to make it to the grid...they went bankrupt lol. I drive past the old Lola factory everyday. Since closing its doors, all of the specialist equipment (including wind tunnel) has been removed and sold on. It has been home to a door manufacturer for the past few years.

Honestly, it won’t be good for those languages (idk how many languages) where “lola” means grandma. Idk man, it doesn’t have a good ring to it.

Lola had a opportunity and ka boosh

The MacBook ruins the intro please remove it

Idk about the whole videos being black and white

Lol

Sort your tie out. FFS.

FYI if Mark Gallagher is Irish then it should be pronounced Gall-a-her cause its an irish name. Should be that way wherever they are from but most English have adopted there own pronunciation. We say your bullshit place names right Berkshire, Worcester etc

It's boring