Hill GH1

Lola Cars

MarqueLola Cars
Power485 bhp @ 10,600 rpm / 363 N.m @ 7,000 rpm
Race record0 wins from 12 races

The Hill GH1 is one of the Lola Cars entries the open record knows by name, and by little else. That is not nothing: a name in the catalogue is where a car's story starts to be recoverable. The shape is credited to Andy Smallman.

The background

The Hill GH1 was a Formula One car used by Embassy Hill during the 1975 Formula One season. It was designed by Andy Smallman. The car was initially designated as the Lola T371, but when Smallman left Lola to work full-time for Embassy Hill it was renamed as the Hill GH1. GH1 cars participated in 12 World Championship Grands Prix in 1975, with 21 entries in total using six different drivers. Two points finishes yielded 11th place in the World Constructors' Championship, with three points.

The engineering

the output is 485 bhp @ 10,600 rpm. On the scales it comes to 603 kg. That is roughly 804 horsepower per tonne: hypercar territory, where the limiting factor is the tyre, not the engine. The wheelbase is 2573 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Where it sits

In the Lola Cars line-up the Hill GH1 has a clear place: it replaced the Lola T370; it handed the line to the Hill GH2. Its Lola Cars stablemates include the Lola B02/50 and the Lola B03/00.

Specifications

Kerb weight603 kg
Wheelbase2573 mm
DesignerAndy Smallman
PredecessorLola T370
SuccessorHill GH2
Catalogue IDQ173942
SourceWikipedia