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Lola THL1
 Alan Jones driving the THL1 at the 1985 European Grand Prix | |||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constructor | Team Haas (USA) Ltd. | ||||||||
| Designer(s) | Neil Oatley (Technical Director) John Baldwin (Chief Designer) Ross Brawn (Head of Aerodynamics) | ||||||||
| Successor | THL2 | ||||||||
| Technical specifications[1][2] | |||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon fibre with aluminium honeycomb monocoque | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Double wishbones, push-rod and rocker actuated coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Double wishbones, push-rod and rocker actuated coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar | ||||||||
| Axle track | Front: 1,778 mm (70.0 in) Rear: 1,662 mm (65.4 in) | ||||||||
| Wheelbase | 2,720 mm (107 in) | ||||||||
| Engine | Hart 415T, 1,459 cc (89.0 cu in), Straight 4, turbo, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted | ||||||||
| Transmission | Hewland / FORCE 6-speed manual | ||||||||
| Weight | 557 kg (1,228 lb) | ||||||||
| Fuel | Shell / BP | ||||||||
| Tyres | Goodyear | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants | Team Haas (USA) Ltd. | ||||||||
| Notable drivers | 33./15.  Alan Jones16.  Patrick Tambay | ||||||||
| Debut | 1985 Italian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
The Lola THL1 was a Formula One racing car designed by Neil Oatley for Team Haas (USA) Ltd. during four of the last five races of the 1985 Formula One season. The Haas Lola team only had one car for 1985 and it was driven by 1980 World Champion, Australia's Alan Jones who after having retired at the end of 1981, plus his aborted comeback in early 1983, was making a full-time comeback to Formula One at the age of 39.
The THL1 used the 750 bhp (559 kW; 760 PS), turbocharged Hart 415T Straight 4 engine. The car was supposed to have the brand new, 900 bhp (671 kW; 912 PS) Ford TEC V6 turbo designed by Keith Duckworth and John Baldwin. However, Cosworth lost some 4 months design and development time unsuccessfully trying to turbocharge an old 4-cylinder engine, thus delivery of the new V6 turbo was delayed until 1986 forcing the team into using Brian Hart's underpowered engines in the interim. This also caused a re-design of the cars rear end to accommodate the Straight 4 engine rather than the 120° V6.
- ^ "1985 Beatrice-Lola THL1 Hart - Images, Specifications and Information". Ultimatecarpage.com. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "STATS F1 • Lola THL1". Statsf1.com. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
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