The Lola B10/60 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. Julian Sole drew it.
How it came about
Lola B10/60 is a sports prototype race car, designed, developed, and produced by British manufacturer Lola, and built to LMP1 rules and regulations, in 2010. It was Lola's attempt to compete in the European Le Mans Series, American Le Mans Series, and Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. It was entered by the Rebellion Racing team for the 2010 Le Mans Series season, and Drayson Racing for the 2010 American Le Mans Series season.
The hardware
525 hp is the published figure. It weighs 900 kg. Work it out per tonne and you get about 583 horsepower — hypercar territory, where the limiting factor is the tyre, not the engine. The wheelbase is 2890 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Lola B09/60; its successor was the Lola B11/60. Its Lola Cars stablemates include the Hill GH1 and the Lola B02/50.