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  • Charouz Racing Systems
  • Charouz's second Lola Aston Martin coupe @ Nurburgring - AMR (it's 3rd on the grid!)
  • Has the B07/10 actually passed to Cytosport? No sign of it since LM
  • Pioneering combination of LMP1 Lola B08/60 coupe and Aston Martin V12 GT1 engine has lead consistenly in 2008 LMS & LM where Charouz & Mücke were joined by Tomáš Enge.
  • Car sold to Cytosport in 2008 & run by Jota under the Charouz banner
  • Ran an impressive LMP1 Lola B07/10 Judd for Jan Charouz & Stefan Mücke in 2007 LMS & LM

 

  • Chamberlain - Synergy Motorsport 
  • Testing @ Estoril July 16 pics EI
  • Heading to ALMS for last 2 races of 2008. Mansells (all 3) to drive - Autosport
  • Moved to LPM1 with a Lola B06/10 AER  for 2007 LMS & 2008. Peter Owen not active in 2008 but Amanda Stretton joining the lineup for LM
  • C Thierry Lesparre
  • Ran an LMP2 Lola B05/40 AER for owner Bob Berridge, Gareth Evans & Peter Owen in 2008 LMS, an all-amateur driver lineup with a hugely experience, professional racing team. Synergy is Gareth Evans' healthcare company
  • Car sold to ASM for 2007, initially still run by Camberlain

 

  • Quifel - ASM Team
  • To run new LMP2 in 2009 - Zytek or Lola coupe (not RS Spyder) - planetlemans
  • lm 2008
  • Amaral joined by Olivier Pla for 2008 LMS & Guy Smith for LM
  • Ran ex Berridge LMP2 Lola B05/40 AER in 2007 LMS for owner Miguel Pais do Amaral, Miguel Angel de Castro & Angel Burgeno

 

  • Intersport Racing
  • #30 car destroyed - looking for replacement for PLM
  • Running a second ex-Dyson LMP1 Lola B06/10 AER in 2008 (the ex Cytosort car) for Ryan Lewis - ryanlewisracing.co.uk and John Faulkner (he who tested the same car when it was briefly leased by Velocityin 2007 )
  • C 2008 John Thawley
  • Ran ex-Dyson LMP1 Lola B06/10 AER in 2007 for owners Clint Field, Jon Field & sponsor Richard Berry - lineup continues in 2008

 

  • Cytosport
  • Still no sign of this car in the USA...
  • Lola B06/10 AER replaced by the ex-Charouz LMP1 Lola B07/10 Judd for 2008 run by Jota in LMS test & LM. Heading for ALMS for remainder of 2008 season from Mid-Ohio
  • Ran the ex-Dyson LMP1 Lola B06/10 AER during 2007 ALMS for owner Greg Pickett & Klaus Graf. Joined by Memo Gidley for PLM, Sponsorship from Pickett's Cytosport health supplements business

 

  • Speedy Racing
  • New LMP2 Lola B08/80 Judd run by Sebah Racing for Andrea Belicchi, Steve Zacchia & Xavier Pompidou in 2008 LMS & Le Mans

 

  • Ray Mallock Ltd & MG-Lola.com
  • "Upgraded" to MG-Lola Coupe EX265C - 75% existing components reused Lola
  • mgcoupe
  • Rebadged as "MG EX265" for 2008 powered by "MG XP21" (AER).
  • Lola B05/40 AER run for owner Mike Newton & Thomas Erdos in 2006 & 2007 LMS joined by Andy Wallace for LM. Badged as MG Lola EX 264 & sponsored by Newton's AD Group

 

  • B-K Motorsport
  • Mazda confirm Lola B08/80 coupe for B-K by PLM - autosport print ed. pic courtesy of Andy Blackmore - More @ trackbytes
  • Lola Coupe
  • Mazda have been talking to Lola around 2008 LM time - expect an LMP2 Coupe in ALMS before long ("a hand-full of months" - John Doonan)
  • BP sponsorship in 2008 ALMS
  • Effectively a works Mazda entryin ALMS, B-K ran an LMP2 Lola B07/40 Mazda (AER based) for Jamie Bach, Ben Devlin in 2007
  • Previous livery

 

  • Kruse Schiller Motorsport
  • lm2008
  • Bought the ex-Fernandez Racing LMP2 Lola B05/40 re-engined with the Mazda AER for 2008 LMS & LM driven by Jean De Pourtalès, Alex Müller & Hideki Noda

 

  • Horag Racing
  • Ran LMP2 Lola B05/40 Judd in 2007 LMS & some ALMS for owner Fredy Lienhard, Didier Theys & Eric van de Poele. Sponsorship from Lienhard's Lista industial furnishing company. Car now retired to Lienard's collection. Replaced by 2 Porsche RS Spyders for 2008

 

  • Binnie Motorsport
  • Out testing late July (Kumho tyres & Allen Timpany driving) - could be aiming for late season ALMS
  • Withdrawn in 2008 due to Binnie family health issues
  • Spa
  • Ran an LMP2 Lola B05/40 Zytek with considerable success in 2007 LMS & LM for owner Bill Binnie, Allen Timpany & Chris Buncombe

 

  • Swiss Spirit
  • Project now defunct - Audi engines reclaimed - car with Pheonix Racing?
  • Audi R8 powered Lola B07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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