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The Lola T97/30 was the car with which the MasterCard LolaFormula One team attempted to compete in the 1997 Formula One season. It was driven by Vincenzo Sospiri, the 1995 Formula 3000 champion, and Ricardo Rosset, who moved from Footwork. However, the team's tenure in F1 was brief. The first Lola chassis to compete in the sport since 1993 was originally planned for the 1998 season. However, due to pressure from main sponsor MasterCard, the car was rushed into service a year before the initial plan. The T97/30 proved to be an slow and underdeveloped car in comparison to those being used by other teams, failing to qualify with either Sospiri or Rosset at its only attempt(s) which was the opening round of the 1997 season in Australia before the team and cars were withdrawn from the next race in Brazil. Neither the T97/30 or the team would been seen again competing at a Grand Prix thereafter as Lola withdrew from the 1997 championship due to financial and technical difficulties having only competed (and performed very poorly) in one race weekend. As of January 2024, the T97/30 is last Lola chassis to compete at a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix weekend.
Lola was the second new team for the 1997 season, the other being Stewart Grand Prix, whom team founder and the T97/30's designer Eric Broadley claimed in pre-season before his cars' launch in early-1997 was the team he felt his outfit should be beating. Broadley also cited fellow Bridgestone tyre using outfit Arrows -that had had signed then-defending World Champion Damon Hill for 1997 as another team that would be a benchmark for Lola's 1997 performance.[2] Because of sponsor MasterCard's eagerness to get the team running a year earlier than planned, the team hastily built the T97/30 just weeks before the season began. Whilst Stewart (who had announced their entry even before the start of the 1996 season) had completed weeks of testing, Lola had barely covered any mileage before the season opener. The T97/30 was launched at the Hilton Hotel in London on 20 February 1997.[3]
Australia weekend and Silverstone testedit
Broadley's pre-season ambitions of competing with and beating the Ford-backed Stewart team proved to be very far wide of the mark at first round of the season in Melbourne, where first brief tests showed that both cars were slow in a straight line and also in the corners; the aerodynamics producing too much drag and not enough downforce. This also meant the cars could not get the tyres up to the right temperature. Neither driver could get near a good enough time to qualify, as they struggled in the difficult-handling cars. In the end both Sospiri and Rosset failed to qualify, 11.6 and 12.7 seconds respectively off the pace, whilst both Stewart Grand Prix cars comfortably qualified for the same race. The cars were tested at Silverstone shortly after the Australian Grand Prix but both were again slowest with times in excess of 9 seconds off the front runners.[4]
End of the road for car and teamedit
The cars were transported to Brazil for the race at Interlagos, but title sponsor MasterCard withdrew their support (with all other sponsors later following MasterCard's suit at the last minute) and they remained in the garage for the rest of the weekend, subsequently withdrawing from the championship. [5][6]
The team were unclassified in the Constructors' Championship, with no race starts or finishes, nor points.
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French October 2021 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the French article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr Lola T97 30 see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated fr Lola T97 30 to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation The Lola T97 30 was the car with which the MasterCard Lola Formula One team attempted to compete in the 1997 Formula One season It was driven by Vincenzo Sospiri the 1995 Formula 3000 champion and Ricardo Rosset who moved from Footwork However the team s tenure in F1 was brief The first Lola chassis to compete in the sport since 1993 was originally planned for the 1998 season However due to pressure from main sponsor MasterCard the car was rushed into service a year before the initial plan The T97 30 proved to be an slow and underdeveloped car in comparison to those being used by other teams failing to qualify with either Sospiri or Rosset at its only attempt s which was the opening round of the 1997 season in Australia before the team and cars were withdrawn from the next race in Brazil Neither the T97 30 or the team would been seen again competing at a Grand Prix thereafter as Lola withdrew from the 1997 championship due to financial and technical difficulties having only competed and performed very poorly in one race weekend As of January 2024 the T97 30 is last Lola chassis to compete at a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix weekend Lola T97 30CategoryFormula OneConstructorLolaDesigner s Eric Broadley Chassis Chris Saunders Aerodynamics PredecessorLola T93 30 Lola T95 30SuccessorLola B10 30 never raced Technical specifications 1 ChassisCarbon fibre aluminium honeycomb monocoqueSuspension front Inboard pushrod bellcrank actuated double wishbonesSuspension rear As frontLengthUnknownWidthUnknownHeightUnknownAxle trackUnknownWheelbaseUnknownEngineFord ECA Zetec R 75 degree V8TransmissionLola 6 speed sequentialWeight520 kilograms 1 150 lb FuelShellTyresBridgestoneCompetition historyNotable entrantsMasterCard Lola F1 TeamNotable drivers24 Vincenzo Sospiri25 Ricardo Rosset TD Andrea MonterminiDebut1997 Australian Grand Prix Did not qualify RacesWinsPolesF Laps1 0 starts 000Teams Championships0Constructors Championships0Drivers Championships0 Contents 1 Competition history 1 1 Pre season and launch 1 2 Australia weekend and Silverstone test 1 3 End of the road for car and team 2 Complete Formula One results 3 Locations 4 References 5 External linksCompetition history editPre season and launch edit Lola was the second new team for the 1997 season the other being Stewart Grand Prix whom team founder and the T97 30 s designer Eric Broadley claimed in pre season before his cars launch in early 1997 was the team he felt his outfit should be beating Broadley also cited fellow Bridgestone tyre using outfit Arrows that had had signed then defending World Champion Damon Hill for 1997 as another team that would be a benchmark for Lola s 1997 performance 2 Because of sponsor MasterCard s eagerness to get the team running a year earlier than planned the team hastily built the T97 30 just weeks before the season began Whilst Stewart who had announced their entry even before the start of the 1996 season had completed weeks of testing Lola had barely covered any mileage before the season opener The T97 30 was launched at the Hilton Hotel in London on 20 February 1997 3 Australia weekend and Silverstone test edit Broadley s pre season ambitions of competing with and beating the Ford backed Stewart team proved to be very far wide of the mark at first round of the season in Melbourne where first brief tests showed that both cars were slow in a straight line and also in the corners the aerodynamics producing too much drag and not enough downforce This also meant the cars could not get the tyres up to the right temperature Neither driver could get near a good enough time to qualify as they struggled in the difficult handling cars In the end both Sospiri and Rosset failed to qualify 11 6 and 12 7 seconds respectively off the pace whilst both Stewart Grand Prix cars comfortably qualified for the same race The cars were tested at Silverstone shortly after the Australian Grand Prix but both were again slowest with times in excess of 9 seconds off the front runners 4 End of the road for car and team edit The cars were transported to Brazil for the race at Interlagos but title sponsor MasterCard withdrew their support with all other sponsors later following MasterCard s suit at the last minute and they remained in the garage for the rest of the weekend subsequently withdrawing from the championship 5 6 The team were unclassified in the Constructors Championship with no race starts or finishes nor points Complete Formula One results edit key results in bold indicate pole position Year Entrant Engine Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Points WCC1997 MasterCard Lola Ford Zetec R ECA 3 0 V8 B AUS BRA ARG SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA AUT LUX JPN EUR 0 NC nbsp Vincenzo Sospiri DNQ nbsp Ricardo Rosset DNQSource 7 Locations editThe locations of the four T97 30 chassis as of 2007 are as follows 8 T97 30 1 Sospiri Canadian racing school T97 30 2 Rosset Canadian racing school T97 30 3 spare car owned by Martin Birrane the current owner of Lola On display at the Mondello Park circuit museum 9 T97 30 4 unfinished Lola factory Huntingdon References editAUTOCOURSE 1997 98 Henry Alan ed Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1997 ISBN 1 874557 47 0 Collins Sam 2007 Lola Unraced Formula One s lost cars Veloce Publishing p 41 ISBN 978 1 84584 084 6 Lola We can beat Stewart www atlasf1 com Atlas F1 Retrieved 8 September 2023 Lola s last minute launch www grandprix com GrandPrix com Retrieved 8 September 2023 while Ralf is fastest www grandprix com 24 March 1997 Retrieved 22 February 2020 Bring Back V10s Podcast Lola s disastrous 1997 F1 team The Race The Race Media 11 February 2021 Retrieved 11 February 2021 Lola out of Brazilian GP and out of season Autosport com 26 March 1997 Retrieved 25 October 2007 All championship race entries in a Lola T97 30 ChicaneF1 Retrieved 6 December 2021 Collins Sam 2007 Chassis list Unraced Formula One s lost cars Veloce Publishing p 122 ISBN 978 1 84584 084 6 Collins Sam 2007 Lola Unraced Formula One s lost cars Veloce Publishing p 38 ISBN 978 1 84584 084 6 External links editMasterCard Lola team profile on F1 Rejects nbsp Formula One portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lola T97 30 amp oldid 1205109781, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
