Haas Lola
| Full name | Team Haas (USA) Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Base |
 Colnbrook, England, United Kingdom
|
| Founder(s) |
Carl Haas Teddy Mayer |
| Noted drivers |
 Alan Jones Patrick Tambay Eddie Cheever
|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1985 Italian Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 19 |
| Constructors |
Lola-Hart Lola-Ford |
| Constructors' Championships |
0 (best finish: 8th, 1986) |
| Drivers' Championships |
0 |
| Race victories | 0 (best finish: 4th, 1986 Austrian Grand Prix) |
| Pole positions | 0 (best grid position: 6th, 1986 Hungarian Grand Prix) |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Final entry | 1986 Australian Grand Prix |
Team Haas (USA) Ltd. was an American Formula One team founded by Carl Haas and Teddy Mayer in 1984, which competed in the World Championship from 1985 to 1986. The project was funded by Beatrice Foods and helped the team enter an agreement to use Ford engines for three seasons. 1980 World Champion Alan Jones was coaxed out of retirement to drive the team's first car at the end of the 1985 season and on into 1986. After a change of management at Beatrice led to the company withdrawing their funding of the project, the team was unable to continue in Formula One after the 1986 season.
The team was commonly known as Haas Lola due to Haas's association with Lola Cars International, although Lola was not involved in the project. Their cars were actually designed by Haas-owned design and construction company known as FORCE. Lola however earned the team's points towards the Constructors' Championships as the team's designated constructor.
In autumn 1984, Carl Haas had successfully negotiated a sponsorship deal with Beatrice Foods for Haas's Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) IndyCar team. As part of the agreement, Beatrice agreed to help fund an expansion of the team into Formula One with primary sponsorship of the effort. With the aid of Beatrice, later that year Haas announced an engine supplier for the program. Ford was in the process of developing a turbocharged V6 engine (known as the TEC) as a replacement for their aged naturally aspirated Cosworth DFV V8 which was no longer able to successfully compete with its turbocharged competitors. The deal was announced to last for three seasons, with Haas being the exclusive receiver of the new engines. As part of the announcement, former World Champion Alan Jones announced his return from retirement to drive the team's first car in 1985, his first time in the sport since Long Beach in 1983. The development of the GBA engine at Cosworth was documented for Channel 4's Equinox series and broadcast on TV in 1986.
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