DRIVEN | Breathtaking 2012 Lola Mazda LMP1.

Test driving the ex Dyson Racing Lola Mazda AER B12/60 LMP1 car, I absolutely understand what multiple sports car champion, Johnny Mowlem, meant when he said it was "like a fighter plane with wheels". Immense performance, hugely aerodynamic, and astonishingly quick. Yet surprisingly not a difficult car to drive. Join me onboard this extraordinary racing car to find out why.
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As sportscar racing heralds a new era of Hypercars and LMDh prototypes, we wave goodbye to LMP1 - a category responsible for some of the most exciting and other-worldly racing cars ever conceived.
But thanks to a thriving post historic racing series, these cars needn't be consigned to museums just yet. Masters Endurance Legends caters for Le Mans style prototypes & GTs from 1995 to 2016 and, with full championships in both Europe and the US, amateur racers have an extraordinary opportunity to enjoy machinery that so recently represented the absolute pinnacle of sports car racing.
To contend for outright honours however, you'll need to be in the top class. And while there are some former factory team thoroughbreds on the Masters grid that should by rights be hard to beat, there are a select few alternatives used by crafty privateer teams in period to keep the big boys honest - just as they continue to do in vintage racing today.
And this is one of those cars: the 2012 Dyson Racing Lola Mazda B12/60, fitted with an AER designed, Mazda two litre turbo engine outputting around 530bhp. Campaigned in period by the Dyson Racing Team in the IMSA American Le Mans Series, the car achieved five podiums in the hands of Bentley Le Mans winner, Guy Smith, alongside multiple Sportscar champions Chris Dyson and Johnny Mowlem.
Since then it is enjoying a whole new lease of life in vintage racing (historic racing to us Europeans) having taken a whopping five outright wins thus far in the Masters Endurance Legends series.

[@chipattack912]

Great video. I really enjoy how these older P1 cars with the wider track look proportionally compared with the new cars that look too narrow. I don’t understand why the ACO would want to promote less mechanical grip.

[@hancock_sam]

Thanks! 👍

[@actyankeefan]

I saw this car race at the 2012 Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. It finished 2nd overall.

[@alexandcheetahs]

What an enjoyable video! Thank you for such great content!

[@hancock_sam]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nasser.alkenani]

Great content, thanks Sam for making it 👍.

[@hancock_sam]

Thanks for watching;)

[@mattcarlyon3334]

Wonderful content Sam, this sort of stuff is why Chris Harris’ old TH-cam films were so fantastic to watch and I’m enjoying these just as much! Can really feel the genuine passion for the cars. Watch this space, think you’re going places doing this kind of thing! Looking forward to the next one, great stuff mate 👍

[@hancock_sam]

Hi Matt, that’s really kind, thank you. Appreciate that a lot, if people like this kind of content I’m definitely keen to make more. There’s a couple more in the can to come shortly so please subscribe and stay tuned 👍🏼

[@jackwilson8651]

Spot on. I couldn’t agree more

[@jackwilson8651]

Fantastic. Do me a favour Sam; get your mitts on a XJR-9, Bentley Speed 8, Toyota GT1 or a Peugeot 905 and do a video.

[@hancock_sam]

Oh man, no you're talking Jack! I'd really love to... not unthinkable actually!

[@eliotstevens1339]

Awesome video mate!

[@hancock_sam]

Thanks a lot!

[@RedPetrol76]

Saw this car ar Mosport back in 2013. Some other great cars the too like Muscle Milk HPD and GTE 458

[@sebaspi]

Awesome haha it must be scary to put that beast to full speed.

[@hancock_sam]

Ha, luckily I have some experience of these kind of cars, otherwise yeah - prob would be a bit!!

[@Stubs66]

Your vids highlight of the week 👌

[@hancock_sam]

Thanks v much, glad you enjoyed it.

[@davidfairbairn8]

Amazing. Could you not get a shot of those DP’s behind you? Lol

[@gracehudson-evans5318]

Excellent!! Great content!

[@hancock_sam]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@AurelioZen67]

I’m sure Steve T appreciated hearing how easy it was to drive 😂

[@orlandolindsay1555]

Awesome stuff!

[@hancock_sam]

Thanks Orlando!

[@tangowilliams1244]

Brilliant 👏👏👏

[@hancock_sam]

Cheers dude.

[@csavage63]

What's the camera you're wearing on your helmet?
Been looking for a quality helmet cam to use on Radicals & Ginettas that we run.

[@88laserbeam]

Wow, that's a tiny steering wheel!

[@TheNecromancer6666]

I hate Hypercars. Underpowered. Overweight. From 800kw AWD Beasts to GT1 cars with 500kw...