<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaW. O. Bentley, iLagonda Ltd. yavuselela imoto yayo yomgwaqo i-V12 ngo-1939 amahora angu-24 eLe Mans. Injini engamalitha angu-4 12 yayilungiselelwe isivinini esiphezulu esingokombono futhi imoto yayinesisindo esilinganayo. ILagonda yakhela lo mncintiswano izimoto ezimbili; uMitchell-Thomson wathenga eyodwa futhi wangena noLord William Waleran njengomshayeli ohlanganyelwe. Leli qembu lanikeza iziyalezo eziqinile zokungadluli isivinini esimaphakathi esimiswe kusengaphambili esisekelwe emcimbini wango-1938, ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi umklamo ongavivinywanga wawuzohamba ibanga elide. Lezi zimoto azizange ziphikise abanjengoBugatti noDelage, owokuqala wabeka irekhodi elisha lobude, kodwa kwahlaba umxhwele abezindaba bezemoto baseBrithani ngokuqinisekisa indawo yesithathu neyesine. Naphezu kwalokhu kusebenza okuthembisayo, ukuqubuka kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili kwavimbela noma yikuphi ukuthuthukiswa kwemodeli. UMitchell-Thomson wagibela imoto yakhe iLagonda waba ngowesibili emhlanganweni we-B.A.R.C. ngo-Agasti eBrooklands, umhlangano wokugcina owake waba khona esifundeni. Wabeka umjikelezo wesihlanu osheshayo emhlanganweni, ngokwesilinganiso. Wahamba waya eBelgium ukuze ayohlanganyela emncintiswaneni iLiège Grand Prix, owawuhlelelwe umhlaka 27 Agasti 1939 futhi owawubanjelwe endaweni yase  <response>: I-Expo 1939 yaseLiège. Wabeka isikhathi sesithathu esisheshayo sokuzijwayeza, kodwa umcimbi wakhanselwa ngenxa yokuqoqwa kwamasosha futhi kwaqala impi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa. Ngo-October 1939, wabikwa ukuthi wayesePhoyisa Elisindile. 