{"id":277,"date":"2009-11-03T21:27:47","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T20:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/?p=277"},"modified":"2009-11-03T21:27:47","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T20:27:47","slug":"lola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/lola\/","title":{"rendered":"Lola"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_283\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-283\" title=\"Me in a Lola\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/100_0251-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Me in a Lola\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/100_0251-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/100_0251-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me in a Lola<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the 28th of October we had a tour of the <strong><a title=\"Lola Cars\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lolacars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lola<\/a> <\/strong>factory in Huntingdon. It was surprising\u00a0 how much stuff they made.<\/p>\n<p>I learnt about the monocoque, which is where the driver sits, it is made out of\u00a0 carbon fibre and is about the size of a dinner table and the weight is about 80kg.<\/p>\n<p>I also saw the wind tunnel which was from the war. It was only a 50%\u00a0 size, but it was still massive.<\/p>\n<p>I also saw what would have been a 2010 F1 car, but\u00a0LOLA were rejected by the FIA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 28th of October we had a tour of the Lola factory in Huntingdon. It was surprising\u00a0 how much stuff they made. 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