From humble beginnings – the prototype Mk1 sports racer emerged in 1958 from a garage behind the Broadley family's tailoring shop in Bromley, Kent – Lola Cars quickly established a winning reputation and grew to become a major force in world motorsport.

Eric Broadley, his cousin Graham and Rob Rushbrook, at whose garage premises the first customer production versions were made, were the architects of the early successes, which continued with a front-engined single-seater, the Formula Junior Mk2.

By 1962, Lola was in Formula 1 running the mid-engined Mk4 chassis powered by Coventry-Climax engines: the four-cylinder FPF at first and then the FWMV V8.

Multiple World Champion-winning motorcyclist John Surtees led the Bowmaker Yeoman Credit-backed équipe, and a domestic win in the 2000 Guineas race at Mallory Park - beating Messrs Clark, Hill and Brabham - was followed by two 2nd places in the British and German GPs.

It was enough to secure a works drive with Ferrari for 1963 and the Su...