Lola B06/51

Lola Cars

MarqueLola Cars
Power500-550 hp

Some cars leave a paper trail; the Lola B06/51 left a name and a place in Lola Cars's list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it.

The story

The Lola B06/51, also known as the Lola FN06, is an open-wheel formula racing car, designed, developed and built by Lola for the Japanese Formula Nippon championship series, in 2006.

What is underneath

500-550 hp is the published figure. It weighs 666 kg. Work it out per tonne and you get about 751 horsepower — hypercar territory, where the limiting factor is the tyre, not the engine. The wheelbase is 3000 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Its place in the line

Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Lola B03/51; its successor was the Swift FN09. Nearby in the Lola Cars catalogue sit the Hill GH1 and the Lola B02/50.

Specifications

Kerb weight666 kg
Wheelbase3000 mm
PredecessorLola B03/51
SuccessorSwift FN09
Catalogue IDQ3258765
SourceWikipedia