One And Done: The Story of MasterCard Lola

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Published 2024-04-21
Racing is built upon the names that it itself built. Sometimes those names seem too big to fail. This is the story of a name that eventually did fail. Unlike Onyx before them, Lola's title sponsor didn't do anything illegal, but they sure were mean to the team they attached their name to. This is the story of MasterCard Lola, and how it fell apart.

This video should have a lot fewer mistakes than the last one. I apologize profusely for everything that went wrong with the Onyx video, and I hope this is an improvement.

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All Comments (11)
  • @MatthewLewisAtlanta
    And the reason MasterCard was so insistent to enter a year earlier was because Stewart was sponsored by HSBC and they were both planning to launch a big South American program in 1997 (hence why Rosset was signed; being from Brazil and all). The asymmetrical design was because of an error in the numbers they were seeing from their wind tunnel.
  • @joblominardi1
    3m06 - The reason for no airbox on the T95/30 was the FIA technical rule, which mandate a hole in the airbox visible from the front for less airflow to the engine. A rule that was eleminated from the 95 San Marino GP. Some team like, Forti didn't have airbox on top of the engine for the first 2 GP, with the airbox entry located at the back of the sidepods (thus not visible from the front of the car, so no need to have hole) and some project like the Lola and Dome 1st wind tunnel model who didn't have airbox. 3:50 - You said Mastercard money came a bit too late for 1995 or there was not enough for 1996. The deal with Mastercard was only announced on November 05, 1996 6:29 - Actually, the car was tested before going to Melbourne. Two-cars shakedown run on the Santa Pod dragstip over the weekend of February 22 & 23 and then at Silverstone on February 26 (it was schuduled for a 2 days test, but I only have confirmation for the 26). (Autosport February 27 & March 06)
  • @michaeldelaney7271
    The "Hondola" was produced using the successful Lola Indy car chassis and the powerful Honda V-12. Surtees got tired of Honda's not very successful attempts to build their own F1 chassis and reckoned that the Lola would make a good platform for running at Monza in the Italian GP. Lola quickly assembled the chassis for Surtees and installed the Honda engine. After the win, Honda claimed they had come up with the car on their own with "some consultation" with Eric Broadley. I believe they still stick to the fantasy that the Lola T130-Honda is the "Honda RA300."
  • @GWFires
    that big no no (no airbox) was a suggested rule change for 95. which never happend in f1.
  • @KimiFan2002
    This is where the fia and Bernie should have intervened to put Mastercard firmly in their place
  • @MatthewLewisAtlanta
    Great vid! But MasterCard didn't pull out because they sucked. Broadley pulled the plug on the project because he ran out of money. It surprised the drivers, the team AND the sponsor! They had no clue. That's how Eddie Jordan got the deal. MasterCard had people down in Brazil and were caught off guard by Broadley pulling the plug. EJ saw them hanging around looking lost and invited the reps over to his hospitality suite and arranged a meeting with them the following day and landed MasterCard as a major associate sponsor for the rest of the year.
  • @jonihamalainen2228
    Now there is RB HONDA RBPT sponsored by VISA so not the end of the world for credit cars in F1.
  • @321-Gone
    the rewind thing is a bit...off. I assume it's fun for you. I get it. The video is good besides IMO.
  • @beagleuk3233
    Wait was that last line about the "mixed up, messed up, shook up world" a reference to English band The Lathums?