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Represents the different flags used by the track marshals In 1972 the Ecurie Bonnier decided to expand and upgrade their racing team with all-new 3.0 L Lola-Cosworth's T280 cars for Bonnier and new teammates Reine Wisell, Gérard Larrousse and Chris Craft in the next to the 1 year old Filipinetti / Bonnier T212s for a number of junior drivers. The team also drove T290 Lolas in the ESC, ahead of Jorge de Bagration, Claude Swietlik, Roland Heiler & others Unfortunately for Bonnier and his team, after a long racing career, the Swede ended his existence at the steering wheel of one of his own cars. On the occasion of the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans race, Bonnier shared a T280 with Larrousse and Gijs van Lennep. All went well, with Bonnier's car in the lead for a short time and driving the fastest lap until transmission problems disappear, but in an attempt to double Florian Vetsch's Ferrari Daytona, Bonnier crashed into the slower vehicle at the back . The Lola skidded against the trees and Bonnier died instantly. The Ecurie Bonnier limped even further into the 1973 season - and this with new T290s - sponsored by the Portuguese real estate investment company BIP. The cars were driven by a number of Portuguese drivers such as Carlos Gaspar and Jorge Pinhol - but at the end of the season the Ecurie Bonnier ceased to exist.
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