T20012021204 - 1970172 - FF was the European - 120 built agent and his car was really a works TheT200 series of FormulaFord racing effort, although it was race prepared in cars was announced in November I 969 Switzerland. JoBo's 210 spent some and was mainly lntended for the USA, considerable time being modified in but L,ola had hopes for European sales Slough, the developments including too. The T200 was built using a magnesium uprights, ne'i,i dampers and .|970.1971 spaceframe with a Mark 8 aerodynamic tweaks. gearbox. This was Lola's first try at For- Racing in 1970 mula Ford. Peter Hull and Tony Trim- The prototype T210 was sorted out at mer showed well in Europe; Mike Hiss Silverstone by Dickie Attwood in April and Ron Dykes did well in the USA in I 970 for Bonnier, who was immediately the inaugural year. Early in 197I, by the pace ofthe field agains{the Chewon finishing third to a pair of foreigners, B l6 coupe. Lola had aweight advantage Jody Scheckter won the RSA Driver to due to its Spyder form - the Bolton firm Europe Award in his Lola T200. were caught on the hop and only really Autosport stated that'he is undoubt- caught up when they introduced their edly d-driver with a great deal of talent open Bl9 Spyder version. and could go a long way.' Nevertheless, the threat of the Wheelbase ...,. BBin Bl6s en masse - together with a mys- Fronltrack.o,...... i....,. .54in tery brake fault seemingly inherent in Rear track ..... 54in his car - were enough almost to negate the sole effort of Bonnier, who just T2101212- 197On1- Gp 6 2-litre missed the title, having won four out of Sports - 38 built nine rounds (/Anderstorp/ The T2 l0 series of sportscars was Lola's Hockenheim/Enna) and placing sec- contribution to an era ofgreat racing in ond in two more. One of these was the Europe. lnla, Chewon and, later on,, nail-biting Spa-Francorchamps race Toj all competed in a series of races where - enjoying an which saw some very close racing. The equally fantastic seasonwith his Chev- T210 used an aluminium-skinned ron 816 - just pipped JoBo at the last monocoque with a separate engine corner (l.a Source). Chewon thus beat subframe, and the whole carwas built Lola in the EuropeanTrophy for Makes to be as simple and uncomplicated as by one point! possible so that owner/drivers could Autosport tested Terry Croker's maintain them easily. To achieve this T2l2 atSilverstone in their issue of 19 the front suspensionwas the standard November 1970, and declared the suc- double-wishbone type and the rearthe cess of the new FIATWo Litre Champi- usual top link, reversed-bottom onship. Simon Taylor, then Editor, wishbone and forward locating radius wrote: 'The Lola 210 is one of those anns. racing cars which seem to epitomise

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the attflnable i peak. It looks right, and certain it is right; in handling, task as effectively as possible., pressive Uruf.i"e];r", Tayfor then than the car I yd_llperb construction;t sketched thi n"Jtgr"r"A had. driven aeal ;imtt to the T2t0 on the same circuit the is nght When before giving his irivins week driving it, you .*o.ri"_ lmpressions: ,Much before, for the fVC ...., to ence that rare of the car,s ,p..f i"u and indefinable feelins comes like.an FS unit. The gearcharg., of being in command from that fabulous tittfe eniine, uo with its the box follow one u"6ilr.i,o ;-uoiJi efficient, complex piece "a;;;;".;i; instantaneous pickup'tG that of ma;ffi;j, moment it's best to steer with th;i.ft-il;; is doing the throtile is touched: b"foi )/nrcl exacfly what is asked of and leave the right hand on the ge; is about in second g.", Iever._ Ir_a]rd as good as it can be, a upP:..T:,,r rnrough fdpil WoodcotJ demand; oence produced the box to fifth, tLe accel_"r,a gearchange- by a man to do a eration from fifth to third,""d;;;; and actually felt much more im_ rnen up to fburth past the pits; fourth 90

1;!#*i i$* r Guu Edwards in aT212 durng 1971' (Ciurte sg D au id H o dg e s)

if I went from fifth to fourth' and then irom fourth strai$ht to second; Getting i*"a Becketts i"s simply a matter of howneat and quickyou canbe' almost now regardless of throttle opening or .uilv i.t the corner the power is tumeo ot on, iot the Lola seems to be capabte i"fiite full power in second round this ttuitpi" without drama; it just stays ano slue^d down, handling neutrally' iockets vou off down the straignt' aI- it o"stt ieal hamfistedness will even- i"uili *^f.. the car understeer and wide.' run^ --- i"vtot 'l'm sm'itten' My uu"il[Liu".e"oncluded: dictates that I ban only fo* f,ofu from afar, that U1,inf.at1a. ii;; f* her will never be fulfilled' But smitten I remain.' Mostfast 2lOs used the cars lBOOcc FVC engine, and complete .JJ uto"t g6"000. Phil Scragg' the hairy ruictimUer with a Penchant for tootot."t., having raced an E-typ,e i;;;;"4 a mlalrzo with bodYwork O"*t so that it resembled a large ""?lii* z, now ordered a Lola 210 to be ' iitt.a-itit---'- a Ford 289cu in brn..ron Fittipaldiwon the Brazil Cup sportscar series in a I-nla T2l0 rv6 ri'ot.lorge de Bagration's 908 by 30 points to 26, and Alex soler- third with a 907 on 2 l' Wilson and only the G-forces on noiS*u. gear until copse, so that at the tifullv steady. fourth on 15 points with is held brought home that one was i.ilfrourai point there one is almost at o.t.'jbody "nus38 couP€' Bt"f,""g corner at over 120mph' *a T70- Mark short. sharp stab on the s;it e to,-,tta a Bonnierannouncedthat o.uf.tEui. A car was travelling at a n'ot IgTl simultaneous fs a'resutt the to do the preparation brakes and a rate into Becketts' his companywas (when I managed the heel piettv astonishing l'olas for io,utt.ftu"g. dois it resPond to the *ott o" alliour'semi-works' fourth to third' and ;;l;" rapidly Karl vonWendt's team and toe rig[tt) from pealitrat there is barely time the vear: two lor powered through copse' .iOAt. plus rent-a-driver) and then the &r is gearchanges to get to iir.i*"i vr"rko 'Back into fourth and fifth at the to make three Filipinetti (Elford and gear by the time the braking is i*;f;; Scuderii of Maggotts' which even I ..*"4 The cars were almost un- beginning uia I tended to manage it better Bonnier). ,.va's able"to take flat: the car felt beau- ao"., o1 The same 7212, twentg gears Later, at ilrc "Trophee des Ard"ennes,, at spa- Francorchamps. The drtuer is Mauro BoreLIa.

g7O changed from 1 - new rear uprights hind the Porsche 9l7Ks. and relocated oil coolers being the maior Just one week after sharing modifications vic_ although Bonnier aiso tory at the 24-hour made race with some minor body and chassis Grjs, Marko won the non-champion- changes. ship Auvergne Trophy at Clermont pierre and Jean Ferrand, beating JoBo, with more Jabouille won the first round of the T2I0/2I2s coming in 4th, European paul 5th and Championship at the 6th. Their win was aided bv Ricard circuit a new in a T2li in April. fol_ Firestone compound - but ohly after lowed byElford, asVic had slowedwith 's Matra 660 had suitained electrical problems on the last lap. All a puncture to finish third. Marko then this was achieved despite a spin ly swept Hockenheim in round four on 4 Marko. Nicki Lauda won for Chewon July, with Elford 2nd, to give Lola the at the Salzburgring round two with lead in the championship - Bonnier second for Lola at only taking fourth - while Silverstone in round three. debuted Bonnier's T222 into third For in the on 16 Mav Jo the Interserie eventthere. GuyEdwards Bonnier and pliced won the -non-championship Nogaro third to the T3373s of round in his T2I2 Vaccarella in Augusl. and Hezemens and de In a dramatic end to tne Adamich season and van Lennep. Mixed in ,Vic;Elford won at the Nurburgring.r among parkes a trio of 9llSs, Mike round for the second consecutive year. and Peter Westbury came fifth, and But he was disqualified from seventh was ihird the Antonio Nicodemi/ place in the next - penultimate - round Jonathan Williams car. All these driv- atVallelunga, having left the pits when ers were in T2 I 2s with Cosworth FVCs. the red light was on. Marko, who came The only other FLA points ^ earned in second, was thus the champion, as for Lola that year were scbred by Teddv were.[,ola, d_espite winning Pileite and Taf Gosselin who iame in lor Abarth. Jo Bonnier won the sixth at the Spa lasl Francorchamps round, atJarama in November, to make l000km the previous weekend in a it Lola /AS points and Chewon 46l T70 Mark 38 coupe (SL76/ta6) 9Z be- 49 in the best eight scoring. Lola won I

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I five. Chewon three. Abarth one. Marko beaten him into second in the first heat totalled 36 points and Elford 24. in a brand-newT290, but JoBo droppe{ Antonio Zadra took third place at to seventh overall with a pitstop for a Jarama in a T210 behind Jose loose cam cover in the second heat.

Juncadella in a Chewon B19. Jean-Jacques Cochet was third an{ r i Marko was absent from this round Edwards sixth, both in T290s. "I2LO/ - as were many - and only thirteen cars 2 I 25 Were still very popular with pi{vHli i l' took part, Instead, that same week- teers. later said, in an end, Marko was fifth (with John Love) interview in Autosport, that the T210 in a T2I2 at the Rand t hours at series became the basis of the T290 u , where Terry Croker shunted series. Edwards'T212, making it the eighth chassis the team had destroyed that T2201222. 1970171 . Gp 7 year! Autosport asked if the team was Gan-Am - 9 built Lola's favourite customer! Marko and Eric Broadley returned to the Can-Am lnve won round two at the Cape Town series with theT220 in 1970, designing 3 hourswith Edwards and Crokerthird a simple and practical car for Peter in the new car behind Hailwood and Revson to drive under the Carl Haas Redman in a Bi9 with a Chewolet banner. L and M cigarettes provided Vega engine. the sponsorship, and an aluminium Helmuth Marko escaped unhurt big-blocked fuel-injected 8-litre from a crash at the next race. in Chaparral-Chewolet provided the urge lnurenco Marques, towards the end of through the usual Hewland LG600 the race, when he was in line to take gearboxwith fuel capacity of 68 gallons. the lead. He was classified fourth. and The monocoque chassis followed the Chewon won. At the sixth and final typical tried and trusted riveted and round at Pietmaritzburg, John Love bonded aluminium format, and the and Bill Gunston'sT2I2wonfrom Guy suspension used a lot of components Edwards and Jackie Pretorious (also from the F5000 T190. The curvaceous T2l2-mounted) on 27 December. Jody body had been designed with as much Scheckter was third in a B19, thereby downforce as possible; despite thipSt' winning the Springbok title. extra nosetabs still had to be added The Lola T2L2 and Chewon B19 after the first shakedown runs. The were then made eligible for Group 5 brakes were by Girling. : when it amalgamated with Group 6 for In i970 Peter Revson qualified 1972.The European Two Litre Sports fourth at the first race, Mosport, but he Car Championship was to be for Group was still 1.8 seconds off 's 7, the RAC Championship for both pole in a Mclaren M8D. In the race types. Surprising all, Gerard Larrousse proper Revson retired with an oiling won the first round of the European problem, but he had some good runs in Trvo Litre Championship in an up- the T22O (once second, twice third) dated two-year-old T210. Bonnier had and came in eighth in the final pointb

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