MasterCard Lola were a British Formula One that competed at the start of the 1997 Formula One Season. While the team intended to begin racing in F1 in 1998, pressure from main sponsor MasterCard lead to a début in 1997. This lead to a seriously under-prepared car and the forced use of an old Ford engine rather than the Lola engine being designed.
At the Australian Grand Prix, Vincenzo Sospiri was eleven seconds off pole and five seconds off the 107% time, and Ricardo Rosset was a further two seconds behind him. While the team arrived at the Brazilian Grand Prix, they did not run and were never heard from again.
Background[]
Prior to Formula One World Championship[]
Formula One World Championship[]
F1 Summary[]
| Year | Car | Engine | Tyre | No. | Drivers | Rounds | WCC Pts | WCC Pos | Test drivers | Report |
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| 1997 | T97/30 | Ford | B | 24 25 |
 Vincenzo Sospiri  Ricardo Rosset |
1–2 1–2 |
0 | NC | Andrea Montermini |
Report |
Statistics[]
| Entries | 2 |
| Starts | 0 |
| Pole Positions | 0 |
| Sprint Poles | 0 |
| Front Row Starts | 0 |
| Race Wins | 0 |
| Sprint Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Sprint Podiums | 0 |
| Fastest Laps | 0 |
| Sprint Fastest Laps | 0 |
| Points | 0 |
| Laps Raced | 0 |
| Distance Raced | 0 |
Complete Formula One Results[]
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| Sospiri | T97/30 | DNQ | DNP | 0 | NC | |||||||||||||||||
| Rosset | DNQ | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | ||
| 1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | ||
| 2nd | Podium finish | DSQ | Disqualified | ||
| 3rd | DNQ | Did not qualify | |||
| 5th | Points finish | DNPQ | Did not pre-qualify | ||
| 14th | Non-points finish | TD | Test driver | ||
| Italics | Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap | DNS | Did not start | ||
| 18th† | Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) | NC | Non-classified finish (<90% race distance) | ||
| 4thP | Qualified for pole position | [+] More Symbols | |||
Notes[]
| V T E |  MasterCard Lola
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| Drivers Vincenzo Sospiri · Ricardo Rosset · Andrea Montermini
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| Cars F1 · T97/30 | |||
| V T E |  Lola Cars
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| Personnel Eric Broadley | |||
Cars Lola (1962–1963, 1967–1968): Mk4/Mk4A · T100 · T102 Honda (1967–1968): RA300 · RA301 Embassy Hill (1973–1975): T370 · T371 Haas Lola (1985–1986): THL1 · THL2 Larrousse (1987–1991): LC87 · LC88/LC88C · LC89/LC89B · LC90 · LC91 BMS Scuderia Italia (1993): T93/30 MasterCard Lola (1997): T97/30
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