Published: 25 Jul 2024
Duration: 00:49:36
Presented by: Gareth Jones & Zog, with Mark Preston of Lola Cars
#497 The Hungarian GP & Lola. Oscar Piastri gets his first Grand Prix win, McLaren are happy, but is Lando? Did Max Verstappen behave like a child? Gareth talks to Mark Preston the Sporting Director of Lola as the brand returns to front-line motorsport.
The Right-Left Kinks – Lola
There’s a racing marque that’s
steeped in history
Started by a guy called Eric Broadley
Won in Le Mans with that Ford GT
Then he built his own cars as smart as can be
Called them Lola
L.O.L.A Lola
F1 they came second, but never came first
Went off track, took a turn for the worst
MasterCard didn’t pay up the bill
Eric had to swallow the bitterest pill
Ran out of moolah
A formula too far
Along came a bloke from the Middle East
Who isn’t out of place at a Bedouin feast
Commissioned some cars, 25 at least
Like a F3000, a bit of a beast
He thought they would go far
I think he saved Lola
The looked pretty good with a carbon fibre
tub
A new kind of racing in worldwide club
F1 was established, but it wasn’t too late
They even sounded great with a massive V8
Not so hi-tech,
The engines were Zytek
They raced them round the world for a
hundred thousand miles
Running out of money and raising lots of smiles
But the Sheik went broke, a financial error
Bailed out by the wallet of Tony Texeira
Texeira,
Tony Texeira
Three years on and a little off the pace
The cars were getting old but they didn’t loose
face
Taking stock he asked “Just where are we?”
I’ve got an idea let’s go to Ferrari
Clever fellow
Went to Maranello
So A1 isn’t bankrupt now it’s
wealthy instead
Their books are in the black coz their cars are pained
red
Fortunes turned round improved overnight
A1’s doing fine but Lola’s in the shite
Goodbye Lola
Poor old Lola
With Champ Car dead and A1 gone away
Let’s hope Lola lives to race another day
Don’t fret race fans Lola isn’t gone
I would take the Lola back to racing in F1
Oh Lola make F1 your goal-a
Don’t go away Lola.
Written, performed and produced by Gareth
Jones
With apologies to Ray Davies
(This song first appeard in episode 056 May 2008)
