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112-522: Since forming in 2008 as a partnership between Speedy Racing Team and Sebah Automotive, Rebellion Racing have been using chassis from Lola Cars in the LMP2 class before switching to LMP1 in 2009. In 2011, Rebellion announced a partnership with Toyota Motorsport GmbH confirming an engine supply partnership. Since Lola became defunct at the end of 2012, parts for Rebellion's existing B12/80's became increasingly difficult to obtain. Rebellion managed to negotiate

224-517: A Porsche Taycan has been used. Bruno Correia is the official safety car driver. The calendar consisted of 11 races held in 10 different host cities: Beijing , Putrajaya , Punta del Este , Buenos Aires , Long Beach , Miami , Monte Carlo , Berlin , Moscow and finally London , where last two rounds of the championship took place. The first Formula E race at the Beijing Olympic Green Circuit on 13 September 2014

336-429: A back-to-back championship title. Techeetah won their first constructor's championship. For the sixth season of Formula E, two more manufacturers joined the series: Mercedes-Benz and Porsche . A number of rule changes were introduced to the championship, most notably the deduction of usable energy under safety car and Full Course Yellow conditions, with drivers having energy subtracted at 1kW⋅h per minute. Due to

448-583: A by-product of bio-diesel production. In the first season, all teams used an electric motor developed by McLaren (the same as that used in its P1 supercar ). But since the second season, powertrain manufacturers could build their own electric motor, inverter, gearbox and cooling system although the chassis and battery stayed the same. There were nine manufacturers creating powertrains for the 2016–17 season: ABT Schaeffler, Andretti Technologies, DS-Virgin, Jaguar, Mahindra , NextEV TCR, Penske, Renault, and Venturi. The second-generation ("Gen2") Formula E car

560-649: A car to compete in the FIA Formula One World Championship". Lola was one of several teams to lodge an entry with the FIA for the 2010 Formula One World Championship . On 17 June, however, the company abandoned its plans to return to F1 after failing to secure a place on the initial 2010 entry list. The owner of the Force India team, Vijay Mallya , had intended to rename his team since mid-2017, however, this plan did not go ahead until

672-468: A certain lap distance set. Also, for every four laps that are spent under full course yellow or the safety car, an additional lap of racing is added to the race length. A feature called 'Attack Charge' is expected to be introduced no earlier than Season 11, where the drivers will come into the pits to service a mandatory 30 second pit stop that will charge the batteries, and add 4kWh of energy to them, which will also unlock two enhanced Attack Mode boosts. In

784-684: A cyclops or a locomotive was more notable for its looks than its performance. While Lola has had limited success in the top class of the sport versus factory cars like the BMW V12 LMR and Audi R8 , Lola has enjoyed periods of dominance in the second class (formerly LMP675, now LMP2), including championship class victories in the American Le Mans Series , although this has been threatened in the ALMS LMP2 by works-supported entries from Acura and Porsche . A dedicated LMP675 car

896-603: A deal with French constructor Oreca towards the end of 2013 for a LMP1-spec car for the 2014 season. The car was designed "in record time" according to Oreca Technical Director David Floury. The car only began testing in April 2014 and was not ready for the first race of the FIA WEC season, the 6 Hours of Silverstone , therefore Rebellion had to race with the two existing Lola B12/80s for the Silverstone race before switching to

1008-718: A dedicated racetrack was held at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico in the 2016–17 season, albeit in a heavily shortened track setup compared to the one used in Formula 1 's Mexican Grand Prix . In the 2020–21 season, the Puebla ePrix and Valencia ePrix were held on configurations comparable to their full-length configurations, being 381 m (by skipping the International Road Course' leftmost corners) and 629 m (by skipping turns 9 through 12 of

1120-405: A designated area of the circuit off the racing line . The duration of the boost mode and the number of boosts available are decided only shortly before each race by the FIA to reduce the time the teams have to find the optimal strategy. All attack modes must be activated at the end of the race, but do not need to be used up (i.e. if a final attack mode is activated in the penultimate lap, the driver

1232-467: A first-year F1 team often finds hard to achieve. A custom-built V10 engine from Al Melling was going to be fitted to the cars, which initially started racing fitted with underpowered Ford Cosworth ED V8s. The cars had a lot of problems, the worst being aerodynamics – they had never even been tested in a wind-tunnel when they arrived in Australia, which by that point in time was unthinkable. The car

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1344-534: A lot like the T90/50, but according to Lola, it was 80% new. This year, radial tires were introduced at International F3000 and the suspension geometry was reviewed. Allan McNish, who had a hard time in International Formula 3000 and participated in the previous year's champion team DAMS, suffered two qualifying losses in the three races since the opening. The All Japan F3000 also had a hard time, and at

1456-560: A new specification, marking the end of Mazda's use of the Lola chassis. Lola resisted making a 'works' (i.e. a factory) Formula One entry for many years, being content to construct cars on behalf of other entrants. Lola's first works entry in 1997 led directly to the financial ruin of the company. Lola made its first foray into Formula One in 1962 , supplying Lola Mk4 cars to Reg Parnell 's Bowmaker-Yeoman Racing Team , with John Surtees and Roy Salvadori as drivers. A measure of success

1568-546: A newly introduced 'added time' format was used, where every full minute under a safety car or full course yellow within the first 40 minutes, 45 seconds was added to the race time up to a maximum of 10 minutes, before the 'added lap' format that is currently used replaced the 'added time' format in Season 9. Formula E started out in 2014–15 as holding races solely on street circuits, many of them built as temporary circuits (e.g. Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit ). The first race on

1680-465: A one-make series, and Lola was awarded the contract by the FIA to build the Lola T96/50 chassis for all teams competing in the championship. The contract which was renewed in 1999 (Lola B99/50) and 2002 (Lola B02/50) before International F3000 was replaced by GP2 and Lola lost the bid to build the new chassis. Formula Nippon ran mixed grids of cars (with Reynard dominating) until 2003, when Lola

1792-487: A small number on purpose-built circuits such as Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. A points system is used at each e-Prix to determine two annual World Championships: one for the drivers, and one for the constructors (the teams). Each driver must hold a valid e-Licence issued by the FIA to compete. Formula E cars are the fastest regulated electric road-course racing cars in the world. Major changes made for

1904-507: A subsequent owner of Lola assets, supplied two Lola B12/80 LMP2 chassis' to Mazda for IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition. The cars were powered by turbocharged inline-four Mazda diesel powerplants in 2014 and 2015, and a gasoline-powered turbo inline-four in 2016. All of the WeatherTech Sports Car Championship's Prototype-class chassis were retired at the end of the 2016 season in favour of

2016-593: A technical partnership with Yamaha . Lola Cars was a brand of the Lola Group, which combined former rowing boat manufacturer Lola Aylings and Lola Composites, that specialized in carbon fibre production. Lola was acquired by Martin Birrane in 1997 after the unsuccessful MasterCard Lola attempt at Formula One . After a period in bankruptcy administration, Lola Cars International ceased trading on 5 October 2012. The administrator, CCW Recovery Solutions,

2128-450: Is already underway, with the extensive GenEVO programme, the championship’s development car. The intention is to introduce the new Gen4 car into the championship from Season 13 (2026–27) for the Gen4 era. Teams and manufacturers are already expressing interest in the Gen4 era, with the idea that many of the current championship teams will sign for all four years. Jaguar Racing is advancing in

2240-445: Is currently contested by 22 drivers, and 11 teams as of the 2024 season . The sport features electric-powered race cars similar in style to the hybrid-drive cars of Formula One . Racing generally takes place on temporary city-centre street circuits , that are around 1.9 to 3.4 km (1.2 to 2.1 mi) long, although the series is slowly moving towards racing on more traditional circuits, such as Portland International Raceway , and

2352-540: Is highly reliable. After the end of the International F3000 season, a T93/50 demonstration was held at a European circuit. The T93/50, driven by Vincenzo Sospiri, set a new time for Reynard, and Lola was confident in receiving orders from the international F3000 team for the coming season. The car body became thinner overall, and the side pods became smaller and shorter. It was thought that this change would make it aerodynamically stable and less susceptible to

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2464-418: Is in the first race of the season, where each team can nominate one driver into each group. Each group gets a 10-minute session to set a fastest lap at 300 kW, of which the top 4 of each group will advance to the "duels" stage, where drivers face off head-to-head at 350 W over a quarter-final, semi-final and final. The winner of the final then lines up in position 1, the loser of the final in position 2,

2576-426: Is not penalized for having it still activated at the end of the race). If there is a full course yellow period or a safety car , attack mode is not allowed to be activated. The Attack Mode format was changed up for Season 9, as instead of a constantly changing number of times the drivers had to drive through the activation zone during the race, and also the changing amount of time that each Attack Mode period lasted,

2688-599: The 1978 Indianapolis 500 race in a modified Lola chassis. However, the marque did not make a fully fledged attack on the American open wheel market until the mid-1980s. Formula E Formula E , officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship , is an open-wheel single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars . The racing series is the highest class of competition for electrically powered single-seater racing cars. The inaugural championship race

2800-537: The 1993 San Marino Grand Prix , a race of high attrition, to score the best Lola result of the season. The team withdrew from F1 before the final two races of the season. It partly merged with Minardi for 1994. Lola built a number of Cosworth V8 powered test cars in 1994–95, with rumours of a Havoline-funded quasi-works Ford team. The rumour was that Cosworth V12s badged Jaguar would go to Benetton , in fact no Ford/Jaguar V12 ran in F1 or elsewhere, and Lola would inherit

2912-428: The 2014 6 Hours of Silverstone The car underwent an engine change for the 2015 season, changing to an Advanced Engine Research 2.4L twin-turbo V6 . This necessitated extensive revisions to the chassis and as a result the team missed the first two races of the season in order to modify and test the cars. Due to the new AER P60 engine, the car featured a new cooling layout with dual heat exchangers on both sides of

3024-460: The B11/40 to comply with the new 2011 LMP2 regulations. The car was to be a carbon fibre open-top monocoque race car featuring an all-carbon bodykit, quick-release removable rear bodywork including a stabilization fin on the engine cover which is a safety requirement of the new regulations. However, on 16 May 2012, it was reported that Lola Cars was entering financial administration. Multimatic,

3136-815: The COVID-19 pandemic the championship was suspended in March 2020 and all scheduled races were eventually cancelled. The season was completed in August with six races at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit in Berlin on three different layouts (a race on the reverse layout, a race on the normal layout, and a race with a new extended layout) with two races each. The season's champion was António Félix da Costa who clinched his first title with two races left. DS Techeetah became team champions for

3248-429: The COVID-19 pandemic . In late 2020, Audi and BMW announced their withdrawal from Formula E after the 2020–21 season, although BMW and Audi allowed Andretti Autosport and Envision Racing respectively to continue using their powertrains during the 2021–22 season. The season ended in August 2021 with 15 races. Nyck de Vries claimed his first world champion title after winning two races, while Mercedes-EQ won

3360-535: The Chris Murphy -designed car was on stream, scored some good results with Éric Bernard and Aguri Suzuki . The team experienced some problems after Didier Calmels 's arrest for the murder of his wife, but continued at a slightly lower key with Cosworth power again. Unfortunately, due to irregularities with the team's F1 entry in 1990, (the cars were entered as Larrousses but were really Lolas) they lost all their Constructors' Championship points – which promoted

3472-779: The Embassy cigarette brand . After an unsuccessful 1973 with a customer Shadow , the team commissioned its own cars from Lola. The T370 was largely based on the Formula 5000 cars of the time, and looked similar to Lola's F5000 cars, although it sported a larger airbox. The car was developed by Andy Smallman into the Hill GH1 in 1975, but the team's first in-house design, the Hill GH2 , remained unraced when Hill, Tony Brise , Smallman and several other team personnel were killed in an air crash in November 1975. The Haas Lola F1 programme

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3584-539: The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), and presented to politicians Alejandro Agag and Antonio Tajani at a dinner at a small Italian restaurant in the French capital Paris on 3 March 2011. Tajani was concentrated on the electrification of the automobile industry, reducing carbon-dioxide emissions and introducing hybrid and electric systems. Agag supported Todt's proposal after

3696-458: The Le Mans 24 Hours . The Rebellion teams cars retained using Advanced Engine Research 2.4L twin-turbo V6 engines while also switching from Michelin to Dunlop Tyres . Their drivers would be Nick Heidfeld , Nicolas Prost and Nelson Piquet Jr. with Mathias Beche appearing only in round 4 in the #12 entry car. Dominik Kraihamer , Alexandre Imperatori and Mathéo Tuscher would be

3808-588: The Lola T70 and its successors (T16x, T22x) which were used successfully all over the world from the World Championship for Makes to the CanAm series, until 1973. In 2005, Lola announced that a new batch of T70 coupés, to the original specifications, would be released. These were to be homologated for historic racing and there was talk of a one-make series for the cars. The Slough built cars incorporated

3920-657: The Misano Circuit . All practice sessions in Formula E are 30 minutes long, with the first practice session generally taking place on Friday afternoon, while the second takes place on Saturday morning (both sessions are held on Saturday morning in Monaco). During these sessions, the drivers are free to use the full qualifying power output (currently 350  kW (475  bhp )). An additional practice session takes place on Sunday morning in "doubleheader" weekends, where

4032-419: The 1958 Tulip Rally ). Points are awarded to the top ten drivers using the standard FIA system (25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1). The driver securing the pole position is also awarded 3 points, while the driver setting the fastest lap (if they finish in the top ten) additionally receives 1 point (2 points during the first two seasons). In addition, for season six and seven (2019–21) the driver achieving

4144-471: The 2022–23 season in the development of the Gen3 car were delivered as software updates directly to the advanced operating system built into the car. The estimated top speed is 322 km/h (200 mph). The battery is also designed to be able to handle "flash-charging" at rates of up to 600 kW, allowing pitstop recharging into the championship for the first time. The wheelbase has been reduced from 3100 mm to 2970 mm and

4256-661: The 24 Hours of Le Mans with Charouz Racing and the Swiss Spirit team (using the same engine as the Audi R8). Lola (in association with Tracy Krohn ) took over the Multimatic franchise in Grand-Am's Daytona Prototype category in 2007. Krohn used his Riley cars at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2008 but switched to the new cars later in the season. Lola also introduced a pair of closed-cockpit Le Mans prototypes in 2008,

4368-529: The F3000 in 1987, as the season progressed, more teams switched from March to Lola, and Kazuyoshi Hoshino switched to Lola. Hoshino became the champion. Developed for the 1988 season. In the All Japan F3000, Aguri Suzuki became the champion by making full use of both Reynard and March, and Kazuyoshi Hoshino was second in the series ranking in the Lola group. In the All Japan F3000, Hitoshi Ogawa became

4480-759: The Grand Prix Circuit) shorter respectively. The first-ever Formula E race held on a full-length racetrack configuration of a circuit designed for other racing leagues, or in fact a longer one than the main configuration, was the 2023 Portland ePrix at the Portland International Raceway . In the 2019–20 season, Tempelhof hosted the first race held on a reverse configuration of a track's main layout in Formula E (previous examples in other racing leagues included IndyCar 's Museum Park in Miami in 1995, and Circuit Zandvoort in

4592-538: The International F3000, but the top of the season was Nordic Jordi Gené 's fourth place on the Catalan circuit. The body design has changed significantly from T94/50. The machine has won the international F3000 since 1992, with Mark Goosen taking third place in the series. In the All Japan F3000, it was used by the Nova The 1995 champion was won by Toshio Suzuki of Lola, but due to the older T94/50. In order to prevent

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4704-579: The Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans by UK-based Chamberlain-Synergy Racing. Chamberlain continued to run the machine in 2007 and 2008, while the former Dyson cars have been run off and on in the ALMS by Cytosport Racing and Intersport Racing. As with its LMP2 program, the 2007 calendar year saw Lola introduce further upgrades with the debut of the B07/10, which saw action in the Le Mans Series and

4816-622: The R-Ones for round 2 at Spa-Francorchamps. The 2014 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was the public début of the Rebellion R-One. Both cars were struggling with teething issues that usually accompany brand new cars. The two cars were the only entrants in the privateer LMP1-L class so they were guaranteed to win the class, regardless if it was the No. 12 or 13 car. It was car number 12 that looked most likely after qualifying, where it started 12th on

4928-478: The T850. When Formula Two was replaced by Formula 3000 in 1985, Lola made a "false start" with a car based on their significantly larger Indycar chassis; from 1986 they returned with a bespoke F3000 design. Lola enjoyed significant success for the next few years, competing with Ralt and Reynard , although Reynard effectively wiped the others out of the market. In 1996 the International Formula 3000 Championship became

5040-597: The US and Australasia. The cars continued when the CanAm series was revived using Formula 5000 cars as the base. Lola made a seamless switch into this kind of "sports car racing", and won five consecutive Can-Am championships. Lola had built chassis for the Indianapolis 500 as early as the 1960s – Graham Hill had won the 1966 Indianapolis 500 in a Lola, and Jackie Stewart raced a four-wheel drive Lola there. Al Unser won

5152-485: The Zetec V8. Allan McNish did much of the test driving, but as this was a period of instability in the F1 rules little was achieved. Lola had originally intended to enter Formula One in their own right in 1998, but pressure from main sponsor MasterCard caused Lola to debut its new car one year early, in 1997. The sponsorship model was curious, linked both to MasterCard membership of a 'club', and to results – something

5264-505: The arrival of Lawrence Stroll , a Canadian billionaire, who bought Force India in 2018 and renamed as Racing Point . However, Stroll's intention was to get the rights to the name Lola (among others) to compete in the 2019 season. Stroll failed in this attempt, and Racing Point remained with that name, until rebranding to Aston Martin in 2021. After its limited success in the 1960s with Formula One, Lola turned its attention primarily to sports cars but also to Formula Two , where Lola became

5376-545: The attention of more professional drivers and teams. It was intended to be a cheap, high-powered open-wheeled racing series using relatively cheap tuned stock-block V8 engines. Lola entered this market as well, and after some interesting struggles with McLaren , Team Surtees and Chevron , came to dominate the later years of the series, producing the bulk of Formula 5000 cars throughout the 1970s – these competed in F5000 in Europe,

5488-491: The beginning of the season, many teams used the old T90/50, but as the season progressed, more teams introduced the T91/50. A new underbody and front wing have been adopted to correct the aerodynamic shortcomings of the T91/50 and increase stability. The Benetton-type air intake has been abolished, and intake air to the engine has been taken in from the opening behind the roll bar. The international F3000 continued to struggle, and

5600-638: The brand and trademarks, intellectual property, and the Lola Technical Centre (with wind tunnel). Bechtolsheimer subsequently made it clear he has the intention of reviving the company within two years. He expressed an ambition to have a car on the track in the 2024–25 time frame. Bechtolsheimer drove a Lola for the first time in November 2022—a 1958 Mk1 at Harris Hill Raceway . In October 2024, Lola acquired Paceteq, an automotive industry data technology and software company in its bid to accelerate its development after entering Formula E . Lola

5712-442: The car are 350 kW in qualifying and 300 kW in the race, while regeneration is allowed on both front (250 kW) and rear (350 kW) axles for a maximum of 600 kW recovery under braking. Regenerative braking could provide 40% of the total energy used within a race. The estimated top speed is 322 km/h (200 mph). The battery is also designed to be able to handle "ultra-fast charging" at rates of up to 600 kW, allowing pitstop recharging into

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5824-544: The car, a revised transmission, and most noticeably, a distinctive split airbox, located further back on the engine cover compared to that used on the Rebellion-Toyota. The split necessary, due to the airbox being located so far back on the car, that the mandatory fin had to pass through its centre The revised car was tested for the first time at Paul Ricard in France at the end of May and was expected to take part in

5936-490: The cars did not turn a wheel and that was the end of the MasterCard Lola story. Shortly afterwards, the entire Lola Car Company went into receivership. The company was saved through the purchase and cash rescue package from Martin Birrane . On 22 April 2009, Lola announced on its website that "Lola Group has commenced a major project comprising a full technical, operational and financial evaluation aimed at developing

6048-401: The championship for the first time. The wheelbase has been reduced from 3100 mm to 2970 mm and the weight reduced to 760 kg. Spark Racing Technology builds the chassis and supplies the front axle MGU, Williams Advanced Engineering supplies the battery, and Hankook supplies all-weather tyres incorporating bio-material and sustainable rubber. The development of the Gen4 era of Formula E

6160-910: The championship with only 2 points more than Lucas di Grassi by claiming the fastest lap in the final race in London . The 2016–17 FIA Formula E season was the third season of the FIA Formula E championship. It started in October 2016 in Hong Kong and ended in July 2017 in Montreal. Lucas di Grassi won the championship in the last race of the season, 24 points ahead of Sébastien Buemi and 54 points ahead of third-placed rookie driver Felix Rosenqvist . The Renault e.Dams team successfully defended their team championship title. The 2017–18 FIA Formula E season

6272-615: The chassis, to accommodate the all-new Acura powerplant run by Fernandez Racing . In addition, an essentially brand new LMP2 prototype, the B07/40, was built to house the new AER-based Mazda engine. This new version is being run exclusively in the U.S. by B-K Motorsports. Lola also updated its LMP1 challenger in 2006 with the introduction of the B06/10. The car was run in the American Le Mans Series by Dyson Racing and in

6384-557: The cost of entering the international F3000 from rising, the machine was Lola and the engine was Gibson Judd's one-make series, eliminating competition in terms of hardware. The International F3000 ended in 2004, but at the Euroseries 3000 Championship, which uses the old chassis, the Lola chassis was used consistently until the end of the 2009 series. In the late 1960s, the SCCA 's Formula A series evolved into Formula 5000 and attracted

6496-497: The driver line-up in the #13 car. From the 2016 6 Hours of Mexico round and onwards for the rest of the season the team would only run one car (The #13 Entry). Lola Cars Lola Cars Limited is a British automobile manufacturer founded in 1958 by Eric Broadley in Bromley , England . The company is now owned by Till Bechtolsheimer, which he purchased in 2022. Lola Cars endured for more than fifty years to become one of

6608-415: The drivers would now get a combined 4 minutes of Attack Mode to use, that would be used in 2 activation periods throughout the race. During the first activation period, drivers would have to choose their Attack Mode activation time 'strategy', where they could either pick from having 2 2-minute attack mode periods, a 1-minute to start and then a 3-minute period, or vice versa. From the 2023 Jakarta E-Prix , it

6720-465: The event and closed after the opening 15 minutes of the race. The five drivers that got the most votes each received an extra power burst that could be used in a 5-second window during the second half of the race. Since the 2023 season, Fanboost was discontinued. With the fifth season, a feature called Attack Mode was introduced, in which drivers received an additional 25 kW in season 5 (35 kW in season 6 and 7) of power after driving through

6832-578: The factory) being sold to Bernie Ecclestone . At one point during the season, Ecclestone informed the Haas Lola team that "his driver" (Patrese) would be in the car at the next meeting; Ecclestone was primarily interested in acquiring the Ford engines as a replacement for the BMW units in his Brabhams but the manufacturer vetoed this, offering the engines to Benetton instead. He used the team's factory to build

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6944-554: The fastest lap during group qualifying was awarded 1 point. The championship consists of both a drivers' and teams' championship. A driver's end of season total is made up of a driver's best results. A team's total is made up by counting both drivers' scores throughout the season. For Formula E's first eight seasons (2014–22), fans could vote for their favorite driver via the official website or app to potentially provide teams with an extra power boost which can be activated by pushing an overtake button. Voting started three days before

7056-560: The field of Gen4 cars with by setting up a specialised Mechatronics unit under the supervision of Muin Ahmad, who recently lead the development of twin battery system of Formula E Cars. During the first seven seasons, a BMW i8 plug-in hybrid was employed as the Formula E safety car . During the 2020–21 season , a Mini Electric (called the Electric Pacesetter by JCW ) was used as safety car for selected races. From 2022,

7168-643: The first Formula E champion, only a single point ahead of Sébastien Buemi . Piquet, Buemi, and Di Grassi all had a theoretical chance at winning the title in the final round. The team championship was decided on the second to last race, with e.dams Renault (232 points) winning ahead of Dragon Racing (171 points) who surpassed ABT in the final round of the championship. The second season of Formula E started in October 2015 and ended in early July 2016. The calendar consisted of 10 races in 9 different cities. For this season eight manufacturers were introduced, who were allowed to develop new powertrains. Sébastien Buemi won

7280-648: The first of which is the B08/60 running in the P1 category. The first B08/60 was raced by the Charouz team (with assistance from Prodrive ) and featured an Aston Martin V12 engine to GT1 specification. The B08/80 built to P2 regulations was first raced by Sebah Racing (and Speedy Racing in the 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours) and continued racing in the 2009 and 2010 seasons. It was announced on 21 July 2010, that Lola would be building

7392-426: The grid while car 13 failed to set a time and started at the back of the grid. Car number 12 driven by Nicolas Prost, Nick Heidfeld and Mathias Beche climbed five positions and finished seventh overall, ten laps down on the overall winning Toyota hybrid. The No. 13 car was the only retirement of the race, bowing out due to electrical problems after completing 47 laps. Note* Rebellion Racing used Lola B12/60 's during

7504-435: The ill-fated Alfa Romeo "ProCar" (a series for " silhouette " touring cars with F1-style mechanicals and engines). The Larrousse & Calmels programme was initially much lower-key than the previous effort. Starting from a simple Cosworth-powered car based on Lola's F3000 technologies, the French team built up a steady reputation in normally aspirated F1 from 1987 on. They attracted Lamborghini V12 power for 1989 and once

7616-440: The introduction of the halo driver protection system. The car was unveiled in January 2018. BMW , Nissan and DS Automobiles would join Formula E as official manufacturers for the 2018–19 season, with Nissan replacing Renault, which had exited the championship to focus its resources on its Formula 1 team . The format of the races also changed from a set number of laps to 45 minutes plus one lap. The 2019 Hong Kong ePrix

7728-415: The introduction of the Lola B05/40 (also known as the MG-Lola EX264 /265). It quickly became a contender in LMP2 by taking class honours in 2005 and 2006 at Le Mans with Ray Mallock Limited . It also earned several class wins in the American Le Mans Series in 2005 and 2006 with Intersport Racing, including a second-place overall finish in the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring . In 2007, extensive updates were made to

7840-461: The later Nissan Group C entries and the Chevrolet Corvette GTP program. Lola also built a car for the 3.5 L Group C formula, the T92/10 , but the championship collapsed before this could be fully developed. More recently, Lola produced a range of sports cars for Le Mans -style racing starting with the B98/10 , which was successful in the European market but less so in the USA. The B2K/10 , with its additional central headlight reminiscent of

7952-443: The latter discussed the FIA opening up a tender to organise the series. Agag told Todt that he would take on the task because of his prior experience in negotiating contracts with television stations, sponsorship and marketing. Since the 2020–21 season , Formula E is an FIA World Championship , making it the first single-seater racing series outside of Formula One to be given world championship status. The Formula E championship

8064-484: The letters 'SL' in their chassis numbers, just as the cars built at Bromley had incorporated 'BR'. Various Group 5 and Group 6 sports cars including the T210 and T212, and T28x/29x/38x/39x series were also built, competing with Chevron , March and others. Alain de Cadenet 's Le Mans 'specials' tended to be based on Lola technology. Lola (with rebodied Formula 5000 cars) dominated the CanAm sports car series when it

8176-421: The losers of the semi-final in positions 3 and 4, and the losers of the quarter-final in positions 5 through 8, in order of time set in their respective sessions. The rest of the drivers from the group stage are placed alternately from position 9, with the polesitter's group in the odd places, and the other group in the even places. Formula E, like most other major motorsport series, currently has races that have

8288-406: The oldest and largest manufacturers of racing cars in the world. Lola started by building small front-engine sports cars, and branched out into Formula Junior cars before diversifying into a wider range of sporting vehicles. In 2012, Lola Cars stopped operations. Lola is set to make a return to motorsport in 2024 by joining the Formula E World Championship as an entrant and a powertrain supplier in

8400-467: The only victory was Jean-Marc Gounon 's victory in the final race. At the start of the season, there was no entry for the T92/50 in the All Japan F3000, but soon more than 10 cars entered the race. Mauro Martini on Lola won the title, and Toshio Suzuki of Lola also won second place in the series ranking. It was an evolution of the previous year's model, but a new horizontal sequential gearbox made by Hewland

8512-428: The pitching of the car body. Changes have also been made to the horizontal gearbox, which was pointed out to be overweight in the previous model. A new lightweight case with a total width of about 1 inch has been created, and the airflow behind the vehicle has also been improved. The weight of the car was 530 kg, and 20 kg of ballast was needed to meet the regulations. Two teams, Nordic and Omegaland, used Lola in

8624-559: The politically well-connected Ligier outfit into a position in the Constructors' Championship that gave them significant FIA benefits. The Scuderia Italia programme was something of a disaster from the start. The team had done reasonably well with Dallara chassis before, but turned to Lola for 1993. Powered by customer Ferrari engines, both engine and car seemed to be well off the pace, Michele Alboreto and Luca Badoer struggled to even qualify for races. Badoer finished 7th in

8736-591: The race was set to 45 minutes plus one lap, as the introduction of the Gen2 car that year meant that pit stops were no longer necessary, as the battery now lasted for the full race, before the introduction of the Gen3 Car in Season 9, where Formula E reverted to the lap format. For season 6 and 7, for each minute spent under safety car or FCY, 1 kW⋅h of energy was removed from the total usable energy, giving drivers and teams more energy management tactics. In Season 8,

8848-437: The race, the maximum power output of the cars is currently restricted to 300 kW (402 bhp). Since the all-weather tyres are designed to last for a whole race, pit stops are only needed to change a punctured tyre or perform repairs on the car. From Season 1–4, Formula E had a lap distance set, with pit-stops to swap cars halfway through as the batteries lacked the capacity to last the whole race. However, from Season 5,

8960-473: The rest of the race. For the first four seasons, an electric racing car built by Spark Racing Technology , called the Spark-Renault SRT 01E , was used. The chassis was designed by Dallara , a battery system was created by Williams Advanced Engineering and a Hewland five-speed gearbox was used. Michelin was the official tyre supplier. For the first season, 42 electric cars were ordered by

9072-404: The roll bar until the previous year, but introduced a design that is guided from the air duct next to the cockpit, similar to the previous year's Benetton F1. Kazuyoshi Hoshino, who controlled this T90/50 in All Japan F3000, and Eric Comas, who entered from DAMS and drove the T90/50 in International F3000, became the champion, and Reynard users changed to Lola in the middle of the season. It looked

9184-401: The second half and passed Techeetah at the final race to claim the teams' championship by two points. The Gen2 race car was introduced for season five with significantly improved power and range, thus eliminating the need to change cars and pit stops altogether except for damage. However, cars are still vulnerable to power exhaustions if red flags and safety cars lengthen races. Gen2 also saw

9296-543: The second time in a row. Starting with its seventh season, the Formula E Championship was granted FIA World Championship status, due to it having met the criteria of having four manufacturer competitors and races on three continents since the 2015–16 season. The facelift of the Spark Gen2 car called the Gen2 EVO, was originally scheduled to debut in this season, but was later delayed and eventually cancelled due to

9408-402: The series champion (the 1988 machine was used in the early stages and the 1989 machine was used after the middle stage), and Lola's strength began to stand out. Reynard was the champion machine in International F3000. Until T89/50, the engine part was exposed, but for the first time in this model, a cowl covering the engine was installed behind the roll bar. The intake to the engine is not behind

9520-410: The series runs two races on the same track on back to back days. The qualifying session typically takes place later in the day and lasts approximately one hour. Under the current format (introduced in season 8), the drivers are split into two groups based on their position in the championship; those in odd-numbered places go into group A, while those in even-numbered places go into group B. The exception

9632-404: The series. 4 cars were made available to each of the 10 teams and 2 cars were kept for testing purposes. This first Formula E car had a power of at least 190 kilowatts (250 hp). The car was able to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) in 3 seconds, with a maximum speed of 225 km/h (140 mph). The generators used to re-charge the batteries are powered by glycerine ,

9744-404: The sole supplier. The cars were also equipped with the halo , a T-shaped safety cage designed to protect the driver's head in crashes and by deflecting flying objects. Michelin remained as tyre manufacturer, supplying all-weather treaded tyres. The Gen3 Formula E car was unveiled to the public at the 2022 Monaco ePrix , for use in the ninth Formula E season (2022–23) onwards. Power levels for

9856-414: The teams about shifting to a new race format midway through the season, the debut of Attack Charge was pushed back, and was not ready as of the end of Season 10. In Attack Charge races, the teams will be required to do a mandatory 30-second stop to recharge the car's batteries, and the stop will unlock two enhanced attack mode boosts, while also giving the drivers an extra 4 kWh of power to use throughout

9968-486: The teams' spare cars were recalled part-way through the 2005 season to be used for spare parts); development work on these was strictly prohibited. The cars were approximately at the F3000 level of technology. Lola has been supplying the car body since 1985, the first year of F3000. The body, named T950, was developed based on the IndyCar T800 . The T86/50, designed by Ralph Bellamy, who had transferred from March,

10080-405: The time being. In 1967, Lola assisted Honda Racing and John Surtees with the design of their F1 car. The overweight chassis design by the engine-specialists from Honda was abandoned, and a 1966 Lola Indianapolis monocoque ( Lola T90 ) used as the basis for a Honda-engined car. The resultant Honda RA300 was called the "Lola T130" by Lola Cars, unofficially called the "Hondola" by the press, and

10192-506: The weight of the rear of the machine and installing a T92/50 gearbox. There was no entry in International F3000 and it was used only in Japan. He won pole positions in Rounds 7 and 8 when the finals were canceled due to heavy fog, but he never recorded a victory. Kazuyoshi Hoshino, who drives Lola, became the third champion, but Hoshino used the previous year's machine, which has abundant data and

10304-510: The weight reduced to 760 kg. Formula E shareholders include Liberty Global and Warner Bros. Discovery . As of 2024, Formula E’s founder and Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag is the company’s Chairman, and the Chief Executive Officer is Jeff Dodds. The proposal for a city-based, single-seater electric car motor racing championship was conceived by Jean Todt , the president of the world governing body of motorsport,

10416-647: The works team for BMW . As the years went on, Lola had somewhat more success in Formula Two than it ever had in Formula One, although as March and later Ralt established themselves, Lola's involvement in the category became intermittent and less successful. The final Lola F2 was derived from a Ralt design – the Ralt RT2 became the Toleman TG280, which Toleman licensed to Lola who productionised it as

10528-482: Was adopted. The T93/50 weighed between 20 kg and 25 kg, exceeding the specified weight. Journalist Manabu Kumano pointed out that the very heavy weight of the new gearbox may be the main cause of the overweight, comparing the weight balance with the previous year's model T92/50. At the All-Japan F3000, some teams took measures such as introducing lightweight under panels and transmission cases to reduce

10640-521: Was awarded that contract as well. The Euroseries 3000 used the B02/50 from 2007 to 2009, while the ex-A1GP B05/52 chassis was introduced in 2009. Lola succeeded in winning the largest-ever contract for single-seater racing cars in 2005, the contract for the A1 Grand Prix series. Lola built 50 identical Zytek V8-powered A1 Grand Prix cars which were leased to the national franchisees (although

10752-602: Was built for MG in 2001, powered by a two-litre four-cylinder AER turbocharged engine. This was entered at Le Mans by the works team as the MG-Lola EX257 , and was also run as the Lola B01/60 by private entrants. Later developments of this car have been fitted with assorted small V8s and the chassis was developed into recent customer LMP1 and LMP2 chassis. An updated version of the Lola LMP2 came in 2005 with

10864-602: Was done at the Lola works at Bromley before moving to a factory on the Slough Trading Estate . Broadley managed to release himself from this contract after a year and started developing his own cars again, retaining the Slough factory, which was in Lola's name (leaving John Wyer to find new premises for Ford Advanced Vehicles , which were also on the Slough Estate). Broadley started off in sports cars with

10976-412: Was extremely promising, funded by a large American industrial conglomerate Beatrice Foods and run by the highly experienced Teddy Mayer , with the promise of works Ford power, but it flattered to deceive. The handsome car, designed mostly by Neil Oatley , was barely a Lola; the name was used largely because Haas was Lola's US concessionaire although Broadley had some involvement with the car. Alan Jones

11088-464: Was fundamentally flawed, and the lack of wind-tunnel time had made it even less competitive. Despite the car's problems, the team was confident that it could finish ahead of some of the other teams. The results were disastrous, the cars were well off the pace and were no faster than Lola's Formula 3000 cars. After only one race, the sponsors pulled out; the team turned up for the second race in Brazil but

11200-514: Was held in Beijing in September 2014. Since 2020, the series has had FIA world championship status. The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship season consists of a series of races, each known as an e-Prix. These take place in multiple countries and continents around the world, mostly on street circuits created specifically for Formula E on closed public roads in the centre of major cities, with

11312-596: Was immediate, with Surtees's car claiming pole position in its first World Championship race, but although points were often scored, wins in Championship Grands Prix eluded the team. After Bowmaker's withdrawal, Parnell continued to run the cars privately. Privateer Bob Anderson gave the Mk4 its last victory, in the non-Championship 1963 Rome Grand Prix . Consistency, however, was not to be found, and after only two seasons, Lola abandoned Formula One cars for

11424-442: Was introduced in the 2018–19 season and featured significant technological advances over the previous Spark-Renault SRT 01E car – its 54 kWh battery and power output rising from 200 kW to 250 kW and top speed rising to around 280 km/h (174 mph). The arrival of the Gen2 car also saw an end to the series’ mid-race car-swaps. They were equipped with Brembo braking systems, chosen by Spark Racing Technology as

11536-410: Was lengthened to a combined 8 minutes that could be deployed in 2 minutes and then 6 minutes or vice versa or 2 4-minute periods. In Season 9, a new feature known as Attack Charge was set to be introduced in a few races later in the season, however, due to the need to solve issues with the Gen3 car's new batteries, the production of the fast chargers were delayed, and as a result, after criticisms from

11648-539: Was one of the top chassis suppliers in the 1960s. After its small front-engined sports cars came various single-seaters including Formula Junior, Formula 3, Formula 2 and Formula 1 cars. Broadley designed the Ford V8 powered Lola Mk.6 coupe. Ford took a keen interest in this and paid Broadley to put the company on hold for two years and merge his ideas with Roy Lunn 's work, giving rise to the Ford GT40 . Initial work

11760-745: Was revived in the late 1970s, but many motorsport fans do not consider the single-seater Formula 5000-based cars from this era to be true sports cars, despite their full bodywork and enclosed wheel-wells. Lola introduced the T600 /T610 range for IMSA GTP racing in the early 1980s – these were fitted with a range of engines including Cosworth , Mazda and Chevrolet , as well as the novel Polimotor engine built using composite materials. Derivatives of this car were successful for some time in IMSA and Group C racing. Later Lola Group C and GTP cars tended to be built specifically for manufacturer programmes, specifically

11872-517: Was sufficiently light and powerful to win the 1967 Italian Grand Prix . A number of Lola-built BMW F2 cars were subsequently entered in the F2 class of the German Grand Prix at about this time. Towards the end of his long career, Graham Hill found it difficult to attract works drives; with a view to both finding a drive and a future as a team owner he established his own team backed by

11984-550: Was supplied to International F3000. Some of the vehicles used in the International F3000 were sold to Japanese teams and used in the All Japan F3000 Championship the following year. It is a model that improved the T86/50 and made the monocoque made of carbon. In the International Formula 3000, Stefano Modena , who rides the March, won the championship, but in the All Japan F3000, which was the first year of

12096-423: Was tempted out of retirement to drive it in F1 races towards the end of the 1985 season, with Patrick Tambay joining in a second car for 1986. A works Ford - Cosworth turbocharged engine was promised, but this did not materialise until 1986 and old Hart four-cylinder units were used. Car, engine, drivers and sponsors were all troublesome and the team folded after the 1986 season with most of its assets (including

12208-512: Was the 50th race of Formula E since its inception in 2014. Formula E raced in 20 cities, across five continents, seen 13 global manufactures commit to the series. Four drivers have started all 50 Formula E races: Lucas di Grassi , Sam Bird , Daniel Abt and Jérôme d'Ambrosio . After the first race in New York City, Jean-Eric Vergne won his second Formula E championship, becoming the first driver to win more than 1 championship title, and

12320-530: Was the fourth season of the FIA Formula E championship. It started in December 2017 in Hong Kong and ended in July 2018. Jean-Éric Vergne clinched the title with a race to spare in New York by finishing fifth while title rival Sam Bird failed to score enough points to keep the fight going into the final race of the season. After a difficult first half of the season, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler improved in

12432-637: Was unable to find a suitable buyer and the firm ceased trading on 5 October 2012, laying off the last employees. On 16 October 2012, it was announced in the competition press that some assets of Lola Cars were acquired by Multimatic Inc. and The Carl A. Haas Automotive company. In addition to the asset purchase, Multimatic and Haas obtained a licence agreement to use the Lola Cars name and intellectual property. In late 2021, Till Bechtolsheimer bid and subsequently bought Lola in June 2022. The assets bought include

12544-433: Was won by Lucas Di Grassi , after Nick Heidfeld and Nicolas Prost crashed out on the final corner. In the course of the season, there were 7 different race winners: Sébastien Buemi (three times), Sam Bird (twice), Nelson Piquet Jr. (twice), António Félix da Costa , Nicolas Prost , Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Lucas Di Grassi . The championship was decided with the last race in London , where Nelson Piquet Jr. became

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