I can't count how many times I've seen this clip, and watching this car drop a gear and fly through the fast and tricky S-curve at White House (or Maison Blanche). It still takes my breath away. Thanks again for posting this treasure. thevmanvj
So few onboard clips from the Maison Blanche days. I'm fascinated by the old, nearly suicidal corners. White House, the Masta kink, Eau Rouge, Schwedenkreuz, Tamburello. I also hate that Ayrton Senna is dead. Circuits, drivers, and cars, aren't what they used to be. Young people today will think they've seen great racing when they're old like me. Poor souls. But, their favorite driver has a much better chance of growing old with them. I love drivers who die of old age, it's so nice to have them around for a while.
The fast tricky and blind S-Curve at Maison Blanche was bypassed in 1972....really dangerous there....no way to see around it. John Woolfe lost his life there, in a very controversial accident.
Superb, many thanks for the posting. No girly chicanes or crash barriers for the men who used to race in those days, although one has to remember than not that many of them are still around now...
Sir Stirling Moss O.B.E. An incredible individual and deservedly called a legend. I have this same footage on an old VHS tape I bought for something like $7.00 in the mid-90's. I rarely watch it now because of it's age.
Beautiful....its amazing how with digital photographic cameras and in car cameras how well they can duplicate the entire course in a simulator....I'm watching to see what was still standing from this video till the 2017 SIM....one thing is now here Indianapolis has match 60 foot high trees on both sides that 65 years ago were only on the right side of the road....and more trees every where....also first couple turns have quite a bit of land cleared even the dense woods are gone and more room to armco thru the esses to mulsane....must have fun in the darkness...thanks goid stuff what a TRACK.....
You don't see too many onboard clips of Le Mans that include the now disused part of the circuit Stirling refered to as "White House" or Maison Blanche, as well as the fast, tight and dangerous rolling slight curves leading up to it. This area has been replaced by the Porsche Curves. Thanks so much for posting.
The Ford Chicane has tyres only for the 1968 race....the year they first put it in. Between 1969-71, the Ford Chicane only had curbing and rumble strips. In 1972 The Ford Chicane became the double-chicane that we know today, with the addition of the Porsche Curves, and the bypassing of the S-Curve at Maison Blanche (or White House).
or maybe because its not a "track" but a course that partly consists of public roads....and the event itself has grown in infrastructure/facilities nearby. stupid
oooooooooohhhhh that car! soo beautifully played, as if it were a Violin Concerto from Vivaldi... though it's a Ford GT40? Ive seen some differnt answers, but Stirling Moss won in a GT40 right? soo maybe not Vivaldi, more like John Williams? :P I. Want. To. Drive. It.
GT40 of 1968 ran as a 5 liter ( no greater than 305 cu.in) engine. Either a 289 or 302 then...with Gurney Weslake heads. Most likely a highly modded 302.
I can't count how many times I've seen this clip, and watching this car drop a gear and fly through the fast and tricky S-curve at White House (or Maison Blanche). It still takes my breath away. Thanks again for posting this treasure. thevmanvj
So few onboard clips from the Maison Blanche days. I'm fascinated by the old, nearly suicidal corners. White House, the Masta kink, Eau Rouge, Schwedenkreuz, Tamburello. I also hate that Ayrton Senna is dead. Circuits, drivers, and cars, aren't what they used to be. Young people today will think they've seen great racing when they're old like me. Poor souls. But, their favorite driver has a much better chance of growing old with them. I love drivers who die of old age, it's so nice to have them around for a while.
The fast tricky and blind S-Curve at Maison Blanche was bypassed in 1972....really dangerous there....no way to see around it. John Woolfe lost his life there, in a very controversial accident.
Oh yes, Masta on the Francorchamps's old track, and Burnenville also.
rest in peace stirling moss
Superb, many thanks for the posting. No girly chicanes or crash barriers for the men who used to race in those days, although one has to remember than not that many of them are still around now...
I can imagine flying down Mulsanne Straight with no anco barriers. “ what tree do I hit if I have a punctured tire?”
Sir Stirling Moss O.B.E. An incredible individual and deservedly called a legend. I have this same footage on an old VHS tape I bought for something like $7.00 in the mid-90's. I rarely watch it now because of it's age.
Beautiful....its amazing how with digital photographic cameras and in car cameras how well they can duplicate the entire course in a simulator....I'm watching to see what was still standing from this video till the 2017 SIM....one thing is now here Indianapolis has match 60 foot high trees on both sides that 65 years ago were only on the right side of the road....and more trees every where....also first couple turns have quite a bit of land cleared even the dense woods are gone and more room to armco thru the esses to mulsane....must have fun in the darkness...thanks goid stuff what a TRACK.....
La Sarthe was like Mt. Panorama before run-off areas were added.
You don't see too many onboard clips of Le Mans that include the now disused part of the circuit Stirling refered to as "White House" or Maison Blanche, as well as the fast, tight and dangerous rolling slight curves leading up to it. This area has been replaced by the Porsche Curves. Thanks so much for posting.
The Ford Chicane has tyres only for the 1968 race....the year they first put it in.
Between 1969-71, the Ford Chicane only had curbing and rumble strips. In 1972 The Ford Chicane became the double-chicane that we know today, with the addition of the Porsche Curves, and the bypassing of the S-Curve at Maison Blanche (or White House).
fabulous. thanks for sharing
Did anyone notice that the Ford Chicane back then was lined with tyres buried in the dirt? No cutting the chicane for those drivers.
fantastic upload
nice video. and that lil saying at the end made me think of toyota. Never start something you can't stop.
The 1968 race was held in September,due to a national strike in June.
Awesome!
Damn look at these brakes and compare it to modern day LMP1/F1 and you can see how much brakes has improved since then
probably a MkIV but definitely a GT40
I wanna see the guy (RIP) that didn't take the time to get secured when he jumped in his car at the start of the race.
i want the site where you got it from haha
Sounds like a Ford GT40 ?
If you look at this, then look at onboard from today, you can barely believe it's mostly the same track.
Yes it is because the layout of the circuit was changed many times.
or maybe because its not a "track" but a course that partly consists of public roads....and the event itself has grown in infrastructure/facilities nearby. stupid
@Kyong - No need for the epithet luvvie, TRY being nice, you might feel better about yourself???
track has changed a bit since then
I agree
oooooooooohhhhh that car! soo beautifully played, as if it were a Violin Concerto from Vivaldi...
though it's a Ford GT40? Ive seen some differnt answers, but Stirling Moss won in a GT40 right? soo maybe not Vivaldi, more like John Williams? :P
I. Want. To. Drive. It.
that is a gt 40 i can hear it ^^
car sounds like a 2010 corvette, but it a fiord, probably a 427 or 428
GT40 of 1968 ran as a 5 liter ( no greater than 305 cu.in) engine. Either a 289 or 302 then...with Gurney Weslake heads. Most likely a highly modded 302.
FAHRT!
Mk. I GT-40 305 CID Gurney-Weslake Ford V-8 by John Wyer....
Winners 1968 and 1969..
427s banned after1967...
History
Kiddies
I attended Sebring and Daytona, 1964 - 1972..
FORZA FERRARI
Mr moss