Tag: Lola

• Why Ickx feels lucky

  January 4th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 9 Comments
  

  A few days after Christmas I had the pleasure of talking to Jacky Ickx for a book I’m writing about the history of Carl Haas and Newman/Haas Racing. Thirty years ago Ickx won the Can-Am championship driving a Lola for Haas’s team, and I wanted to talk to him about… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Formula 1, Historic Racing, Sportscars

  Tags: Brabham, Carl Haas, Carlos Reutemann, Ferrari, Ford, Jackie Stewart, Jacky Ickx, Jochen Rindt, Le Mans, Lola, Mario Andretti, Mirage, Newman/Haas, Paris-Dakar, Porsche

• Lola unveils F1 bid for 2010

  April 22nd, 2009 | Ed Foster | 4 Comments
  

  Lola has announced that it is starting a Formula 1 project following the recent cost-cutting measures introduced by the FIA World Motor Sport Council.

  It is understandable that more parties are now considering Formula 1 in 2010, after the governing body outlined a £30 million budget cap option for the… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Formula 1

  Tags: Lola

• The two sides of Mansell

  March 17th, 2009 | Nigel Roebuck | 10 Comments Exclusive

  

  Dear Nigel,
  I wanted to ask you for your recollections of Nigel Mansell. Having witnessed much of the ‘Nigel-mania’ in the ’80s, I wondered why he has been mentioned so rarely in the past few years.

  Do you think he was only interesting in those few years of spectacle and not worthy of being remembered as an important personality in Formula 1? Silly behaviour and all, but he was a very strong and spectacular racer for several years, and his fight with Piquet was quite spicy on and off the track.
  Bojan Prosnec

  Sections: Ask Nigel, Exclusive content

  Tags: Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, David Coulthard, Ferrari, Lola, McLaren, Nelson Piquet Sr., Newman/Haas, Nigel Mansell, Patrick Head, Williams, Williams-Renault

• Indy qualifying starts amid sadness

  May 9th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 3 Comments
  

  The opening weekend of qualifying for this year’s 92nd Indianapolis 500 takes place this weekend. Favourites for the pole must be Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon who have been the men to beat on oval tracks so far this year in Chip Ganassi’s pair of Dallara-Hondas. Other pole contenders include… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, IRL, Other reports, Personalities

  Tags: Andretti-Green Racing, Can-Am, Carl Haas, CART, Chip Ganassi, Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Dario Franchitti, Davey Evans, Engineer, Formula 5000, Haas, Helio Castroneves, HWM, Indianapolis 500, Indy 500, Jay Howard, Justin Wilson, Lola, Maranello, Maranello Concessionaires, Marco Andretti, Mario Andretti, Newman/Haas, Newman/Haas/Lannigan, Sam Hornish, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Track