{"id":6317,"date":"2019-07-12T09:05:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T11:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=6317"},"modified":"2019-12-10T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T16:00:38","slug":"lola-b08-60-13-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/lola-b08-60-13-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Lola B08\/60 #13 – Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"B08\/60\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
2008 Lola B08\/60<\/strong>\nPilots: A. Belicchi, N. Jaani, N. Prost\nTeam: Speedy Racing Team Sebah<\/em>\nRace: 14th GC (12th LMP1 class) at Le Mans in 2009\nSpark - S1440 (resin) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 07\/12\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traditionally, Lola Cars International <\/em>always built open-cockpit racers. Their first closed-cockpit prototype only came by in 1992, the T92\/10<\/a>. Even so, they continued with open-cockpit cars. But in 2006, their designs changed. Following Peugeot\u2019s 908 and ACO\u2019s announcement of a rule change for 2010, they started developing the B08\/60<\/strong>. These new rules would allow closed-cockpit cars in the LMP1 class from 2010 onward. Therefor, the B08\/60 would be the first of Lola\u2019s future closed-cockpit projects. And to maximize their return, concurrently with the B08\/60, Lola also developed the B08\/80<\/a>, for LMP2. Both cars had a carbon fiber monocoque chassis, but engines varied for the LMP1 car. Privateers could choose engines from Aston Martin, Judd, Toyota or Mazda, but always with an X-Trac 6-speed gearbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"B08\/60\"\/
I absolutely love the LMP1 cars from this era.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Beginning in 2008, Switzerland\u2019s Speedy Racing Team Sebah was a partnership between Speedy Racing and Sebah Automotive. In 2008 they ran one Lola coupe<\/a> in the LMP2 category through the whole Le Mans Series and at the 24 Heures du Mans<\/em>. With the good results in the season, for 2009 they were back with two cars<\/a>, one in each LMP2 and LMP1 classes. For LMP1 they bought a B08\/60 (chassis #HU01) powered by an Aston Martin engine. The engine, from the DBR9, was a V12 at 60\u00b0 with 48 valves and displacing 5993 cm\u00b3. Though a solid car in a solid team, car #13<\/a> only managed a 14th place overall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"B08\/60\"\/
Three generations of Rebellion cars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
By 2010, Speedy Racing Team Sebah became Rebellion Racing<\/em>, and officially adopted the red, white and gold colors. With that, this one is kind of a prequel to my Rebellion Lolas. In scale, it\u2019s your normal Spark, with a terrific detail level, so definitively a nice buy. Kind of by accident I amassed a few of the modern Lolas, and this is my third. Consequently, I still need the B11 and B12 models. And, of course, all the old <\/em>ones… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2008 Lola B08\/60 Pilots: A. Belicchi, N. Jaani, N. Prost Team: Speedy Racing Team Sebah Race: 14th GC (12th LMP1 class) at Le Mans in 2009 Spark – S1440 (resin) Published 07\/12\/19 Traditionally, Lola Cars International always built open-cockpit racers. Their first closed-cockpit prototype only came by in 1992, the T92\/10. Even so, they continued … Continue reading “Lola B08\/60 #13 – Spark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6317"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8314,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6317\/revisions\/8314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}