The team to use the new 'Ford Cosworth - GBA B6 TEC-Turbo' engine was the newly formed 'Haas Racing Team' (sometimes referred to as 'Beatrice Haas' because of the sponsorship from American 'Beatrice Foods', a US consumer products conglomerate.
The 'Team Haas Lola 2' (THL2) was the second 'Formula One' racing car designed by Neil Oatley for FORCE and was used by Team Haas (USA) Ltd. during the 1986 Formula One season. The car debuted at the 1986 San Marino Grand Prix and was driven by 1980 World Drivers' Champion Alan Jones from Australia. His new teammate Patrick Tambay drove the new car from the 4th round at Monaco.
The successor to the 3.0 litre 'Cosworth -DFV' was going to be a modified 'Cosworth - BDA' (in-line 4 cylinder) to the 1.5 litre regulations, but this ended up being more problematic than predicted. Subsequently, a new 'Cosworth - GBA' (V6 cylinder) 1.5 litre engine was designed, built and tested for racing later, originally for the 1985 season but delayed to 1986.
The 'Team Haas Lola 1' (THL1) was a 'Formula One' racing car designed by Neil Oatley for 'Team Haas (USA) Ltd'. during four of the last five races of the 1985 Formula One season. Because the 'Ford Cosworth GBA' V6 engine was not ready, the car used the 750 bhp, 'Hart 415T' in-line 4 cylinder turbocharged engine. The 'Haas' team only had one car for 1985 and it was driven by 1980 World Champion Alan Jones, who was making a full-time comeback to 'Formula One' at the age of 39. The 'THL 1' car was then used in the first 2 Grand Prix of 1986 by Alan Jones and and the first 3 Grand Prix by Patrick Tambay.
The cars were called 'Lola's but its only connection to the famous 'Lola Cars' was because of car owner Carl Haas's previous close association with 'Lola' founder Eric Broadley, who was also named as chief engineer for the team in 1985. The 'THL1' was actually designed by Haas-owned design and construction company known as 'FORCE' (Formula One Race Car Engineering).