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26-08-06
"At LeMans Classic 2006 I have had with my Lola T290 HU2 the 5th position in practice. I did both practice, but we had in the night-practice so many red-flag-situations, that I did not feel secure for the night-race and I left my drive to my son Oliver.The first race started at nighttime. Oliver Mathai drove his Porsche 906 in plateau 5 and than my Lola in plateau 6.
He had a great race with my Lola, ended second 50 second behind the leader a Porsche 935 from 1979 (#24) (nearly 700 hp!). 30 second in front of the Gulf Mirage 1972 (#6) of Chis MacAllister, 68 second in front of the INALTERA 1976 (#45) from Henri Pescarolo and 77 second in front of the Lola T292 (#32) of Patrick Guillot. Mr. Pescarolo told me that he was very impressed of Oliver 's driving , as Oliver passed him on the brake the BMW-engine send a fireflame on his windscreen!"
Wolfgang's T290 waits on the grid next to a Porsche 935.
Remembering a great Lola driver.
The T294 of Dominique Lacaud.
The cockpit of Dominique Lacaud's T294.
Having it's first race after a complete rebuild, the 1971 T212 of Ian Giles and Mathew Watts.
Some great names have driven this T212 over its lifetime.
The T212 looks stunning aftrer its rebuild.
A real two-seater!
The T212 of Malcolm Sanders and Greg Caton.
The familar Jo Bonnier livery on the T212.
Another car to wear the Bonnier yellow, the Michael Hinderer/Martin Stretton T70 Mk3.
The T70 of Richard Mille/Dominique Guenat/Georges Meylan.
The naked rear of a T70, this is the Claude Nahum/Bernard Thuner car.
The Stefano Rosina T70 out on the track.
Benoit and Jacques Bourgoin drove this T296.
The T292 of Patrick Guillot.
The Jeffrey Lewis T290 waits its turn.
The T290's cockpit.
The T290 sits next to a Matra MS670.
Alain Miran, Laurent Baudoin and Jean-Marc Merlin drove this T280.
The Dorset Racing T290 of Tony Birchenhough and David Alborough.
The great CART Champion Bobby Rahal drove this T286 with Bert Skidmore.
Gerd Wunsch racing his T294.
LOLA HERITAGE SCRAPBOOK
26-08-06
A story and some Lola pictures from the recent Le Mans Classic event.
Wolfgang Mathai was at the Le Mans Classic with his T290 and he tells us something of his experience:
"At LeMans Classic 2006 I have had with my Lola T290 HU2 the 5th position in practice. I did both practice, but we had in the night-practice so many red-flag-situations, that I did not feel secure for the night-race and I left my drive to my son Oliver.The first race started at nighttime. Oliver Mathai drove his Porsche 906 in plateau 5 and than my Lola in plateau 6.
He had a great race with my Lola, ended second 50 second behind the leader a Porsche 935 from 1979 (#24) (nearly 700 hp!). 30 second in front of the Gulf Mirage 1972 (#6) of Chis MacAllister, 68 second in front of the INALTERA 1976 (#45) from Henri Pescarolo and 77 second in front of the Lola T292 (#32) of Patrick Guillot. Mr. Pescarolo told me that he was very impressed of Oliver 's driving , as Oliver passed him on the brake the BMW-engine send a fireflame on his windscreen!"
Wolfgang's T290 waits on the grid next to a Porsche 935.
Remembering a great Lola driver.
Below are a marvellous selection of pictures courtesy of Alain Hache featuring the Lolas that were competing at Le Mans.
The T294 of Dominique Lacaud.
The cockpit of Dominique Lacaud's T294.
Having it's first race after a complete rebuild, the 1971 T212 of Ian Giles and Mathew Watts.
Some great names have driven this T212 over its lifetime.
The T212 looks stunning aftrer its rebuild.
A real two-seater!
The T212 of Malcolm Sanders and Greg Caton.
The familar Jo Bonnier livery on the T212.
Another car to wear the Bonnier yellow, the Michael Hinderer/Martin Stretton T70 Mk3.
The T70 of Richard Mille/Dominique Guenat/Georges Meylan.
The naked rear of a T70, this is the Claude Nahum/Bernard Thuner car.
The Stefano Rosina T70 out on the track.
Benoit and Jacques Bourgoin drove this T296.
The T292 of Patrick Guillot.
The Jeffrey Lewis T290 waits its turn.
The T290's cockpit.
The T290 sits next to a Matra MS670.
Alain Miran, Laurent Baudoin and Jean-Marc Merlin drove this T280.
The Dorset Racing T290 of Tony Birchenhough and David Alborough.
The great CART Champion Bobby Rahal drove this T286 with Bert Skidmore.
Gerd Wunsch racing his T294.