The BEST racecar ever made,hands down,credit to engineers and drivers,now days drivers too busy crying about hair and other bullshit,gp c drivers were the gladiators of motor sport biggest respect to all that raced and lived or died to give us the BEST era in motorsport👏👏👏👍
I've seen this video numerous times and have a copy of it on a computer somewhere but it still really really freaks me out everytime I see it anywhere. I've grown up a motorsports fan so no stranger to speed, but the speed at which the scenery passes the car, and the speed that the road underneath passes, coupled with the fact that the car looks like a beast to drive and seems to want to rip your wrists off.....tight and heavy....with an accelerator so sensitive it'll put you in a wall before you even had time to realise there was a wall coming........this car is literally scary as fuck. Salute to anyone who drove this in anger, and straightjackets to anyone who drove it in anger at night. You crazy fuckers.
not to be "that guy" but apparently the throttle pedal is actually very heavy, according to some guys whom have driven it and spoken with me about the experience, at least in modern perspective. But I feel wholeheartedly about what you are saying, its literally videos and history and cars like this that have led me to be so passionate about motorsports as a whole.
600bhp & lighter than an elise, i can't imagine what it was really like to drive. I don't think the steering is heavy on slower corners, heavy clutch & accelerator & massive turbo lag. I think driving one of these at night in the wet would test your mettle.
look for the 1990 nissan r90ck le mans qualifying lap. it will blow your mind ( and ears xD). you can find it here on youtube. thank me later please (:
automotivedictionary.org/cdi_box CDI box definition Acronym for "capacitive discharge Ignition" device sometimes controlled by a computer . It is designed to help the spark plug fire at a rate consistent with the rpms of the engine.
@@Stug9680 Oh, a tough guy, eh? Have you ever been to a race in your life or do you just look at bigly numbers from the Mulsanne and jizz off over that?
Too bad it isn't true. They really should have done their homework better: www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.htm Anyone who thinks the real speed reached is somehow slow or not fast enough probably needs their head read.
Group C ground-effect cars were a breed apart and will probably never be surpassed, a bit like that other 80's phenomenon that was Group B. The record for the old Nurburgring circuit is still held by the late great Stefan Bellof in a 956.......
It was beaten by the Porsche 919. The reason why this record lived such a long time is probably because the track is too dangerous for the fastest race car categories like F1, LMP1 or Indycar and so we don't see them compete on the Nordschleife anymore. If it was the case, the record would have been beaten a lot of times.
246 on the Mulsanne Straight They really should open that road and test some of these cars that can hit insane speeds imagine what speeds would be achieved along that straight
I think it was an engineer from Audi, some years ago he gave an interview for German magazine. He said it would be no problem to drive the circuit without chicanes, because the top speed wouldn't be different - new regulations, limitations etc. They should give it a try, at least remove the pathetic chicane at Dunlop. Horrible.
@@jigglediggle29 The second Dunlop Chicane is the only one I would get rid of. BTW, that claim of 246 is wrong for 1983. They should have done their homework better: www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.htm
I'm sorry but I think I might upset some people but this footage as brought back memories of just why I wanted too be a racing car driver when I was young boy, I mean come on i'd pay without a moments thinking too watch this on a sunday or any day even if I had to record it . I cannot be the only one who watches the start of an F1 race then wanders off around the house and garden and pops his/her head in too see whos leading the race and then comes in and sits down too watch the last couple of laps of what is in all reasons is a procession of cars that reach 200 MPH if we're lucky. Driving the cars like the one I've just watched took skill and bravery yes bravery or balls if you'll excuse the me........I want too see the driver struggling too maintain control at high speeds.........Murrey Walker said that the day road cars, i.e production, cars started too be made which could travel at 150-170 MPH then F1 Teams would have too produce race cars that could and would hit at least 230-240 mph on race day the fact that they haven't is one of the reasons F1 is dying a slow death right before our eyes.....when I read that they had got one over Bernie and made him sell up I'd never laughed so hard in my life. P.S Thanks for the upload or what ever yer call it truly breath taking thank you.
@tripasnipa i don't know why english people say "Mulsanne straight" or "the Mulsanne". Mulsanne is a curve, not a straight. The straight is called "les Hunaudières".
Someone not into motorsport told me they must have fallen asleep through a 8 hour stint that it can´t be true. I just said that falling asleep where impossible. The cars kept them awake. No spring travel, no power steering, no driving aids at all and about 640 horsepower, and nearly 400 km/h on the mulsanne straight and bumpy corners, very less steering angle... It was impossible to fall asleep. Even they had to heel & toe the hole way around the circuit and allways they had to get that right.... So as a driver that would keep you alive. Not compareable to nowadays poshy driving........
It maybe interesting to some ...but in 1934 ...Bernd Rosemeyer achieved 276 mph in an Auto Union....( later to become AUDI )...special brave drivers back then I reccon .
@Bill Leavens Actually, I think the commentator had a bit of a woody under the table. The highest speed ever attained that year was 371 km/h (230 mph) by a flat bottom Porsche 936, as measure by the ACO speed trap: www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.htm Anyone who thinks that isn't fast enough probably needs their head read. Motor racing is, unfortunately, riddled with tall stories where the real story is quite good enough.
By far the best in car footage of it's kind I've ever seen, and strangely enough the bad video quality lends support to the aery crazy atmosphere of the Le Mans racing driver of the time, and of course of Derek Bell in the legendary Porche 956!
Nope . 956 had the drivers feet as part of the crush zone in front of the axle . The 962 that raced in the states at the time had the drivers feet behind the front axle
They couldn't? They could and they did in 1983. They drove very close to that fast in the 60's. Perhaps higher with the 917. Average of 150 mph means time for an entire lap. That includes stopping time .
Apparently none of these people here read much on the 917. Which was estimated to hit 240+. I remember Sam Posey article in Road & Track years ago. In 1970 he was with Ferrari on that occasion, and recollected that Rodriguez, Siffort, et al were remarking they could push it only so far, because of aero lift on the front, slightly losing steering grip/maximum brake efficiency. Hence there was more to pull out that flat 12. Hell, even the GT40 back in its heyday was topping 210+ on the Mulsanne.
my god, YOU are clearly the one who needs a thorough educating on the "917", as you clearly dont even realize from the get go how many variations there were of it. But since were discussing Le Mans, im going to assume you are mainly speaking of the initial 1969, first model car.... it never produced "aero lift" on the front, period. Thats simply incorrect, the car produced very poor results in 1969, it wasn't until the Kurzheck arrived in 1970 that the car attained its legendary reputation. The first version of the car was unstable at high speeds due to the lack of downforce at the rear of the car, the tail was far too long and lacking any sharp, traverse tail. It wasn't until they contracted other race teams that they realized (by virtue of someone noticing the entire car EXCEPT the rear tail was covered in dead bugs after a days driving, indicating no air traveling over the rear of the car, and thus the rear wheels not recieving proper levels of grip at high speed) the issue, and modified the bodywork accordingly. The 917K, sporting the shorter, more upswept tail, and the most well known version of the car easily, never was officially clocked at 240.... thats fact. And even if it did hit 240, the sacrifices they would have to make to lower the drag, would subsequently decrease downforce too, which would hurt there cornering speeds, effectively canceling out any benefit the higher top speed would have on the laps average speed. Moron
Comment les pilotes font pour rouler aussi vite! on dépasse les 400km/h....un pneu qui éclate et tu es mort. Une erreure de trajectoire et tu te retrouve au 3/4 mort dans les barrières métalliques et la forêt plus loin. Pour moi c'est un peu comme les forçats de la route du Tour de France....ils ont qque chose dans les gènes de plus ou de moins que nous.
The absolute speed is nowhere as scary as the prospect of overtaking a car that’s slower by a differential of 60 miles per hour in the dead of night . . .
1:47 Derek Bell makes the jump and leaves the time space continuum while he sees Bugattis, ERAs, Maseratis and Bentleys. Come on, the way he makes her go is absolutely mind boggling. Having said this, I heard Nigel Mansell tell that a racedriver must be able to slow down events to a third in his mind. Now I know why 🚗💨:)
With Jackie Ickx a great epic battle . Porche top speed was extraordinary .Waiting for 2021 Le mans for another epic battle. I don't like the new chicane ... after some death crash in F1 was Schumy the pilot who suggest two chicane for limit top speed incident. And Sauber Mercedes had a terrible 360 in crash le mans
It didn't. The original 962 was a single turbo to comply with IMSA regulations. The 956 had twin turbos. The other difference was that the 962 had the driver's feet being the front axle line, whereas the 956 was ahead of it. Rules mandated the use of the 962 chassis and they simply fitted the 956 engine to it. Besides, Group C was a fuel economy formula. So the sorts of outrageous claims made on the internet about how much power they produced and how fast they were in a straight line are frequently wrong and mostly there to impress the easily impressed... The 956 and 962 were both plenty fast in a straight line.
246 what ? mph ? they couldnt , I think ? farther to the end of 80s , yes , they reached this speed , but in 1983 there was no need . Why 1983 ? I cant understand why 1983 not 1984 if the commentator speaks about the winning porsche that averaged 150 mph a lap LAST year that was 1993
@@MDDeGrande1994 All of that is inaccurate. The fastest speed in 1983 was 371 km/h (230 mph). Nobody ever did 255 mph. These speed readouts are taken from the ACO handbook which is published every year. The ACO owns and operates the race and the speed trap: www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.htm Motorsport is full of tall stories where the real stories are quite good enough.
@TheThirdMan This is the problem when both you,@MDDeGrande1994 and the uploader of this video literally have no clue about what you are talking about.Derek Bell did a calculated top speed of 246mph way back in 1971 during an on track test(Which is why it wasn't recorded on the official ACO practice or race records) on the legendary 917 not the 956 in 1983.Peugeot did 252mph in 1988 officially.There are no fictional stories at Le Mans.Please don't insult it's rich history
Imagine that speeds in the night race. The drivers at those times were real gladiators! And Porsche 956 is true beast.
That’s the sort of hyperbole cricket writers used in the 1930s.
Unsafe beast
The BEST racecar ever made,hands down,credit to engineers and drivers,now days drivers too busy crying about hair and other bullshit,gp c drivers were the gladiators of motor sport biggest respect to all that raced and lived or died to give us the BEST era in motorsport👏👏👏👍
I've seen this video numerous times and have a copy of it on a computer somewhere but it still really really freaks me out everytime I see it anywhere. I've grown up a motorsports fan so no stranger to speed, but the speed at which the scenery passes the car, and the speed that the road underneath passes, coupled with the fact that the car looks like a beast to drive and seems to want to rip your wrists off.....tight and heavy....with an accelerator so sensitive it'll put you in a wall before you even had time to realise there was a wall coming........this car is literally scary as fuck. Salute to anyone who drove this in anger, and straightjackets to anyone who drove it in anger at night. You crazy fuckers.
The 917 was even hairier!
not to be "that guy" but apparently the throttle pedal is actually very heavy, according to some guys whom have driven it and spoken with me about the experience, at least in modern perspective. But I feel wholeheartedly about what you are saying, its literally videos and history and cars like this that have led me to be so passionate about motorsports as a whole.
In my opinion its quite docile despite the speed
@@mitchellreece3711 The amount of torque he's getting through the steering wheel at times looks anything but docile.
600bhp & lighter than an elise, i can't imagine what it was really like to drive. I don't think the steering is heavy on slower corners, heavy clutch & accelerator & massive turbo lag. I think driving one of these at night in the wet would test your mettle.
In-Car 956 is sorely deserving of a 4K restoration
The 1980's was such a historic period with no aids and the drivers had pure driving experience what a time. its romantic!
The fastest onboard footage that I’ve ever seen.
look for the 1990 nissan r90ck le mans qualifying lap. it will blow your mind ( and ears xD). you can find it here on youtube. thank me later please (:
The only thing that amazes me more than the speed is how fast he gains that speed on the straights
Ah, actually shifting a transmission... the only electronics in a CDI box... and no chicane on the straight. The good old days.
What's a CDI box?
automotivedictionary.org/cdi_box
CDI box definition
Acronym for "capacitive discharge Ignition" device sometimes controlled by a computer . It is designed to help the spark plug fire at a rate consistent with the rpms of the engine.
The good old days when people got killed in crashes on the Mulsanne because of the speed differential. Yeah great…
@@thethirdman225 It's a race with danger. If you don't accept it, stay at home kid.
@@Stug9680 Oh, a tough guy, eh? Have you ever been to a race in your life or do you just look at bigly numbers from the Mulsanne and jizz off over that?
In my opinion Derek Bell is a legend!
Surely!🤝
246 miles per hour it´s really insane and it was almost 40 years ago
Too bad it isn't true. They really should have done their homework better:
www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.htm
Anyone who thinks the real speed reached is somehow slow or not fast enough probably needs their head read.
917
@@mortenfrosthansen84 Long tail
No I mean, the 956 didn't go that fast.. but the 917 did
@@mortenfrosthansen84 i got it, the 917 long tail from 1969/70 img.favcars.com/porsche/917/porsche_917_1970_photos_2_b.jpg
On the Mulsanne Straight, Derek is flat out for 65 seconds before hitting the brakes at Virage!
The machine taking that sort of abuse lap after lap like nothing is more than noteworthy. 🏁
Group C ground-effect cars were a breed apart and will probably never be surpassed, a bit like that other 80's phenomenon that was Group B. The record for the old Nurburgring circuit is still held by the late great Stefan Bellof in a 956.......
Bellof did magic, but Nordschleife track changed a lot since his record, so beat him is, simply, impossible. Best
It was beaten by the Porsche 919. The reason why this record lived such a long time is probably because the track is too dangerous for the fastest race car categories like F1, LMP1 or Indycar and so we don't see them compete on the Nordschleife anymore. If it was the case, the record would have been beaten a lot of times.
@@CKlasseDTM bmw tried their F1 car at nürburgring,which failed to break the record
@@vr5lover it was an exhibition. The car and the pilot were not prepared to smash the record and they did absolutely not attempt to smash it.
@@CKlasseDTM I mean it had too big difference,even if they did estimated time was slower than it
246 on the Mulsanne Straight They really should open that road and test some of these cars that can hit insane speeds imagine what speeds would be achieved along that straight
I think it was an engineer from Audi, some years ago he gave an interview for German magazine. He said it would be no problem to drive the circuit without chicanes, because the top speed wouldn't be different - new regulations, limitations etc. They should give it a try, at least remove the pathetic chicane at Dunlop. Horrible.
@@jigglediggle29 The second Dunlop Chicane is the only one I would get rid of. BTW, that claim of 246 is wrong for 1983. They should have done their homework better:
www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.htm
I'm sorry but I think I might upset some people but this footage as brought back memories of just why I wanted too be a racing car driver when I was young boy, I mean come on i'd pay without a moments thinking too watch this on a sunday or any day even if I had to record it . I cannot be the only one who watches the start of an F1 race then wanders off around the house and garden and pops his/her head in too see whos leading the race and then comes in and sits down too watch the last couple of laps of what is in all reasons is a procession of cars that reach 200 MPH if we're lucky. Driving the cars like the one I've just watched took skill and bravery yes bravery or balls if you'll excuse the me........I want too see the driver struggling too maintain control at high speeds.........Murrey Walker said that the day road cars, i.e production, cars started too be made which could travel at 150-170 MPH then F1 Teams would have too produce race cars that could and would hit at least 230-240 mph on race day the fact that they haven't is one of the reasons F1 is dying a slow death right before our eyes.....when I read that they had got one over Bernie and made him sell up I'd never laughed so hard in my life. P.S Thanks for the upload or what ever yer call it truly breath taking thank you.
@tripasnipa i don't know why english people say "Mulsanne straight" or "the Mulsanne". Mulsanne is a curve, not a straight. The straight is called "les Hunaudières".
So what you’re saying is that only big numbers matter…?
@Kicker Which would do nothing for the quality of the racing.
Someone not into motorsport told me they must have fallen asleep through a 8 hour stint that it can´t be true. I just said that falling asleep where impossible. The cars kept them awake. No spring travel, no power steering, no driving aids at all and about 640 horsepower, and nearly 400 km/h on the mulsanne straight and bumpy corners, very less steering angle... It was impossible to fall asleep. Even they had to heel & toe the hole way around the circuit and allways they had to get that right.... So as a driver that would keep you alive. Not compareable to nowadays poshy driving........
Derek Bell: che grande campione!
Good golly! That was over thirty (30) years ago. And they were hitting 246 on the Mulsanne Straight?
Welcome to 80's motorsport! :)
It maybe interesting to some ...but in 1934 ...Bernd Rosemeyer achieved 276 mph in an Auto Union....( later to become AUDI )...special brave drivers back then I reccon .
Indeed he did; there's nothing new under the sun!
@Bill Leavens Actually, I think the commentator had a bit of a woody under the table. The highest speed ever attained that year was 371 km/h (230 mph) by a flat bottom Porsche 936, as measure by the ACO speed trap:
www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.htm
Anyone who thinks that isn't fast enough probably needs their head read.
Motor racing is, unfortunately, riddled with tall stories where the real story is quite good enough.
@@thethirdman225 That's comforting. The number did seem a little nuts. But who am I to question the guy with the authoritative voice...
De Sarthe's best track, this new rebuilt one is broken.
By far the best in car footage of it's kind I've ever seen, and strangely enough the bad video quality lends support to the aery crazy atmosphere of the Le Mans racing driver of the time, and of course of Derek Bell in the legendary Porche 956!
Just Fu*kin awesome
240mph with the pedal box in front of the front axle. Insane.
220mph 😈
@@SuperiorNo1 Correct.
That is the 917.. this was different.
But not that much improvement to safety on lower extremities
Nope . 956 had the drivers feet as part of the crush zone in front of the axle . The 962 that raced in the states at the time had the drivers feet behind the front axle
They couldn't? They could and they did in 1983. They drove very close to that fast in the 60's. Perhaps higher with the 917.
Average of 150 mph means time for an entire lap. That includes stopping time .
Apparently none of these people here read much on the 917. Which was estimated to hit 240+. I remember Sam Posey article in Road & Track years ago. In 1970 he was with Ferrari on that occasion, and recollected that Rodriguez, Siffort, et al were remarking they could push it only so far, because of aero lift on the front, slightly losing steering grip/maximum brake efficiency. Hence there was more to pull out that flat 12.
Hell, even the GT40 back in its heyday was topping 210+ on the Mulsanne.
No, the 917 was only clocked at doing 224 and the GT40 was clocked at 192
my god, YOU are clearly the one who needs a thorough educating on the "917", as you clearly dont even realize from the get go how many variations there were of it. But since were discussing Le Mans, im going to assume you are mainly speaking of the initial 1969, first model car.... it never produced "aero lift" on the front, period. Thats simply incorrect, the car produced very poor results in 1969, it wasn't until the Kurzheck arrived in 1970 that the car attained its legendary reputation. The first version of the car was unstable at high speeds due to the lack of downforce at the rear of the car, the tail was far too long and lacking any sharp, traverse tail. It wasn't until they contracted other race teams that they realized (by virtue of someone noticing the entire car EXCEPT the rear tail was covered in dead bugs after a days driving, indicating no air traveling over the rear of the car, and thus the rear wheels not recieving proper levels of grip at high speed) the issue, and modified the bodywork accordingly. The 917K, sporting the shorter, more upswept tail, and the most well known version of the car easily, never was officially clocked at 240.... thats fact. And even if it did hit 240, the sacrifices they would have to make to lower the drag, would subsequently decrease downforce too, which would hurt there cornering speeds, effectively canceling out any benefit the higher top speed would have on the laps average speed. Moron
@@doric_historic That is also not accurate.
www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.htm
Great Clip Thank you for sharing
Comment les pilotes font pour rouler aussi vite! on dépasse les 400km/h....un pneu qui éclate et tu es mort. Une erreure de trajectoire et tu te retrouve au 3/4 mort dans les barrières métalliques et la forêt plus loin.
Pour moi c'est un peu comme les forçats de la route du Tour de France....ils ont qque chose dans les gènes de plus ou de moins que nous.
Tu sais que certaines voitures se sont envolées dans les Hunaudieres ! Notamment une Sauber Mercedes qui a décollé à 380kh/h.
@@TheTheolm Oui, ce sont des images qui marquent l'esprit....( Même quand on est pas dedans).
02:10 that moment you’re almost at work and suddenly remember that you left the baby in its MaxiCosi on the kitchen counter.
Please, bring back the Mulsanne Straight!!!
It’s the Hunaudières straight, no matter how often someone gets it wrong. And: yes!
Le mans is over since the hunaudieres have been cut.
signorpippistrello No one cares. It’s been known at the Mulsanne for so long. And the 5.8 km version did nothing for the quality of the racing.
@@thethirdman225 What a Stupid Comment the 6km Straight is Le Mans 😈
@@SuperiorNo1 What did it contribute to the racing? The additional chicanes add two extra passing opportunities for starters.
Let's count the gear changes, 1 2 3 4.
Commentator keeps saying 5. Please advise.
Now Le Mans 24h is the kid race hahaha
395 km/h...😶
Flat-out on the kink....
The Mulsanne straight at 240 to 250 m.p.h. at night?
The absolute speed is nowhere as scary as the prospect of overtaking a car that’s slower by a differential of 60 miles per hour in the dead of night . . .
Starting around 1:24, this is the old LeMans track where you are literally flying down the race track.
Engine tiger-like chuffing is sooo cute and lovely🐯🚜❤️
I could not do this I'd have to change my underwear every lap real pros here
I've driven down the Mulsanne a couple of times though not at this speed!
Restore the mulsanne straight PLEASE
Thank you Derek.
Fantástico el gran derek a 400km hace treinta años atrás los de ahora son pateticos
Absolutely beautiful , thankyou
246 mph, 395 kph on Mulsanne straight. And they entered the Kink curve at such speed.
Sorry, they weren't within 20mph of that in 1983.
The "tututuss" from turbo system❤❤❤❤
Animal ! Full throttle 😃
the best clip on youtube
Oooohhhhhh der Sound !!!!!!!! ❤❤❤
Like a low fly by attack jet 😮😮😮
Increíble, casi no había tráfico en la pista! Porsche era imbatible en esa época
Incredible , and these guys only picked up £14,000 for a win wtf ?
That was really fast...
La c etait la vitesse a fond 400km/,h tout cela a changer.heureusement.trop dangereux.bye
Incredible machine. Truly epic drivers! When racing had some grit... and some balls.
1:47 Derek Bell makes the jump and leaves the time space continuum while he sees Bugattis, ERAs, Maseratis and Bentleys. Come on, the way he makes her go is absolutely mind boggling. Having said this, I heard Nigel Mansell tell that a racedriver must be able to slow down events to a third in his mind. Now I know why 🚗💨:)
With Jackie Ickx a great epic battle . Porche top speed was extraordinary .Waiting for 2021 Le mans for another epic battle. I don't like the new chicane ... after some death crash in F1 was Schumy the pilot who suggest two chicane for limit top speed incident. And Sauber Mercedes had a terrible 360 in crash le mans
Circa 400 km/h a Hunadieres
I'm honestly surprised the 962 wasn't faster in a straight line considering it had a lot more power
Dillon Denton Probably Geared down a bit more. Also aerodynamics.
It didn't. The original 962 was a single turbo to comply with IMSA regulations. The 956 had twin turbos. The other difference was that the 962 had the driver's feet being the front axle line, whereas the 956 was ahead of it. Rules mandated the use of the 962 chassis and they simply fitted the 956 engine to it.
Besides, Group C was a fuel economy formula. So the sorts of outrageous claims made on the internet about how much power they produced and how fast they were in a straight line are frequently wrong and mostly there to impress the easily impressed...
The 956 and 962 were both plenty fast in a straight line.
Looks like he's playing a game on easy... The other cars just get past..
Sounds like Audi S1 turbo :)
394 km/h !!!
But Peugeot reached 410km/h!
Peugeot did it to celebrate the release of their new 407 model...the went a bit faster at 410kph.
@@wolfliou3678 405. Is that not fast enough for you?
@@bruceg9892 Wrong again. The ACO speed trap recorded 405. Peugeot’s marketing department would have no say in the collection of speed trap data.
C'est beau 😢, un grand pilote 👍🏻
i just want to say is not Mulsane straight but HUNAUDIERES !!!
Yeah, but no one can pronounce that so we just say Mulsanne :D
What.....engine.....👍, how.....hp....have...???
Who's was driving that Rothsman's car seen to the right of Bell?
Ickx......
Love to be codriver
246 what ? mph ? they couldnt , I think ? farther to the end of 80s , yes , they reached this speed , but in 1983 there was no need . Why 1983 ? I cant understand why 1983 not 1984 if the commentator speaks about the winning porsche that averaged 150 mph a lap LAST year that was 1993
They hit 246mph in the early 80s. Idk what you're on abour.
@@nathanbailey8336 They never hit speeds like that until 1988. A 962C got to 391 in practice but it was eclipsed by the Peugeot doing 405 in the race.
👍👍👍
how fast was this without chicane?
In 1983 it was 246 mph (396.3 km/h), but the fastest ever is still 255 mph (almost 410 km/h), which was done in the WM Peugeot P88 in 1988.
Peugeot did it to celebrate the release of their new 407 model...the went a bit faster at 410kph.
@@bruceg9892 *405.
The 407 didn't exist back then.
@@MDDeGrande1994 All of that is inaccurate. The fastest speed in 1983 was 371 km/h (230 mph). Nobody ever did 255 mph. These speed readouts are taken from the ACO handbook which is published every year. The ACO owns and operates the race and the speed trap:
www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.htm
Motorsport is full of tall stories where the real stories are quite good enough.
@TheThirdMan This is the problem when both you,@MDDeGrande1994 and the uploader of this video literally have no clue about what you are talking about.Derek Bell did a calculated top speed of 246mph way back in 1971 during an on track test(Which is why it wasn't recorded on the official ACO practice or race records) on the legendary 917 not the 956 in 1983.Peugeot did 252mph in 1988 officially.There are no fictional stories at Le Mans.Please don't insult it's rich history
Jackie Ickx was that driver.
One of the greatest drivers of ALL time, period!
Ickx and Bell were on the same car, #2 was the Bellof/Mass Porsche.....
This is Derek Bell.
Pure power without any shi..tty electronics
Damn, that Porsche was legit.
sound this gear is amazing!!!😯👍👍👍
Speeeed and pauuuua!