110 year-old Mercedes Grand Prix tackles FOS hill

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  • Опубліковано 12 січ 2025

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  • @Kneedragon1962
    @Kneedragon1962 6 років тому +24

    It's still a racing car. It still caught the car ahead of it on the road, and the driver and co-driver both looked pretty pleased with themselves about that. You have an old Fiat? Watch this.... hold my beer.

  • @vincentalzey7682
    @vincentalzey7682 6 років тому +32

    Sound like a beast....

    • @URCAcZe
      @URCAcZe 3 роки тому

      c'mon ..that's the most boring sound of a sports car I ever heard ..still amazing to see it ruinning like this though

    • @lettuce7378
      @lettuce7378 2 роки тому

      @@URCAcZe 21 liter i4

  • @EDGEDAZZA
    @EDGEDAZZA 6 років тому +97

    She’s not slow haha
    110yr old power slides

    • @hypnotised-clover
      @hypnotised-clover 6 років тому +1

      EDGEDAZZA The woman in the passenger seat?

    • @EDGEDAZZA
      @EDGEDAZZA 6 років тому +4

      Obnoxious Otter
      umm the car?

    • @hypnotised-clover
      @hypnotised-clover 6 років тому

      EDGEDAZZA No, I mean are you talking about the woman in the passenger seat? The car isn't a woman.

    • @EDGEDAZZA
      @EDGEDAZZA 6 років тому +9

      Obnoxious Otter
      you’ve never heard people talk about cars as male or female before?

    • @888johnmac
      @888johnmac 6 років тому +1

      yeah, seemed rather insulting to put the timing clock on this beautiful machine..
      mind you, getting the lady/girl as co-pilot was a good idea, less weight, more aerodynamic.. haha

  • @ExiledPiasa
    @ExiledPiasa 6 років тому +4

    That is soooo cool seeing that old girl still tearing it up.

  • @MrSupercar55
    @MrSupercar55 6 років тому +2

    The sound of those things is simply the best.

  • @iced_coffeelvr1069
    @iced_coffeelvr1069 6 років тому +2

    That was awesome. Stuff like this is so cool to see!

  • @FritzKraut
    @FritzKraut 2 роки тому +2

    Oh great handling of that beast! Respect to the driver! And please allow me to be a bit proud after working 44 years for Mercedes-Benz.

    • @dani02_mmd
      @dani02_mmd 3 місяці тому

      Just as loyal to the brand as Christian Lautenschlager :)

  • @jimzucker
    @jimzucker 3 роки тому +5

    the good old days when the safety equipment required was a pair of goggles and an handlebar moustache

  • @AdrianosClassicGarage
    @AdrianosClassicGarage 6 років тому +12

    I'd love to try that out, must be a pretty fri....exciting experience! :D

  • @spideraxis
    @spideraxis 6 років тому +13

    Runs better than some 2018 models.

  • @VOID_DEATH
    @VOID_DEATH 6 років тому +7

    Was that Jay Leno at the end of the video?...

  • @bennyhannover9361
    @bennyhannover9361 5 років тому +3

    I believe this was Lautenschlager's Car that won the 1908 French Grand Prix at Dieppe and humiliated the French like nothing before. The runner ups were 2 Benz 150 HP 12.8 litre cars with Victor Hemery and Rene Hanriot. The best french Car a Clement Bayard ranked on 4th place 34 Minutes behind the Mercedes 140 HP 12.5 litre car.

    • @FritzKraut
      @FritzKraut 2 роки тому

      you are right Andreas.

  • @3UZFE
    @3UZFE 6 років тому +6

    Still more fun to watch than a NIO EP9 hahaha

  • @tabcreedence6553
    @tabcreedence6553 4 роки тому +3

    1:12 man you don't want to mess up in that corner

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev 6 років тому +9

    I hope they're going to make a proper compilation of these rather than just releasing each separate one as a two minute clip.

  • @roneygouveia4394
    @roneygouveia4394 6 років тому +2

    Was that Jay Leno at 1:43?

  • @jasperdomacena6491
    @jasperdomacena6491 Рік тому

    0:20 Ohhh Damn! You can hear the engine absolutely forcing the high gearing to make it move
    it is as if you can hear the Torque! 😆

  • @MagnusMaximusinWales
    @MagnusMaximusinWales 3 роки тому

    Stunning!

  • @richardw64
    @richardw64 4 роки тому +1

    Not bad for an 'old girl'. So good to watch.

  • @rainerzufall6245
    @rainerzufall6245 6 років тому

    That looked thrilling. 👍

  • @Enra000
    @Enra000 6 років тому +2

    0:13 those hands are trained really well ;)

  • @Justapilot_9700
    @Justapilot_9700 2 роки тому

    110 years old, wow!

  • @FiddlerSteve
    @FiddlerSteve 6 років тому +9

    What, they couldn't be bothered to wave the checkered flag?

  • @WarhammerWings
    @WarhammerWings 5 років тому

    Sounds like a groundbound Buzz Bomb!

  • @moddok
    @moddok 6 років тому

    they drove le mans with this thing! crazy

    • @McLarenMercedes
      @McLarenMercedes 6 років тому +1

      Nope. There was no 24 Hours of Le Mans until 1923. This car won the 1908 French Grand Prix which was at Dieppe.

  • @trezapoioiuy
    @trezapoioiuy 6 років тому

    Whoa that takes some guts

  • @benjifrater6077
    @benjifrater6077 6 років тому +7

    I see Jay Leno in his Italia

  • @eamh2002
    @eamh2002 5 років тому +1

    Meanwhile some guys won't rev out a BRM V16 but a 111 year old Mercedes is being powerslided and quick shifted

    • @rosiehawtrey
      @rosiehawtrey 3 роки тому

      It's safer to rev this cars nuts off than try the same with a v16. This car isn't actively trying to kill you.

    • @eamh2002
      @eamh2002 3 роки тому

      @@rosiehawtrey
      Haha yeah the drivers of BRM were a different breed :)

    • @ThatAMGguy
      @ThatAMGguy 2 роки тому

      @@rosiehawtrey There is ONE modern Video of the BRM ballz out, when i find the title, ill send it to you, its one minute of heaven.

  • @thegreat_I_am
    @thegreat_I_am Рік тому +1

    Maybe if my girlfriend had to pump the fuel by hand she wouldn’t get car sick!

  • @RubénGarciaMarques
    @RubénGarciaMarques 4 місяці тому

    By 1908 Man Kind produced a CAR capable of traveling to another city under 6 hours!

  • @superkas
    @superkas 4 роки тому

    But he's sounds so smooth compared with racing car in that era

  • @control2791
    @control2791 2 роки тому

    28.2 liters 🤯🤯🤯

  • @justinanderson8758
    @justinanderson8758 6 років тому +2

    “HE’S CALLED THE STIG!!!!”

  • @MrTuero93
    @MrTuero93 6 років тому

    So the brake is a hand brake?

    • @jcgabriel1569
      @jcgabriel1569 6 років тому

      only that it only acts on the rear wheels, and the response is not to be relied upon when it comes to emergency heavy braking...

    • @speedx357ify
      @speedx357ify 6 років тому

      JC Gabriel so it has a foot break for all 4? Wasn't the fiat from a few yrs later first with 4 wheel brakes?

    • @jcgabriel1569
      @jcgabriel1569 6 років тому +2

      No. The car only had rear brakes, and that is operated by the rightmost lever(the other lever is the gearlever, as you may have noticed). As far as I know these cars Do have a brake pedal, but they operate a band brake at the output shaft? of the gearbox, probably as a backup brake in case the drum brakes start to fail. These cars used to race for HOURS in unmade country roads, remember. We rally need someone who really knows(or drives) Edwardian cars to make everything clear for us, for that's about everything I know, thanks to the Fiat s76:)

  • @mylifeasbeth1968
    @mylifeasbeth1968 5 років тому +1

    Tbh I wouldn't ride it. I'd be worried about breaking down. 😂

  • @nextchapterRB
    @nextchapterRB 6 років тому

    Faster than Roboracing Formula E car

  • @ebob4177
    @ebob4177 3 роки тому

    Low top speed, but pretty agile.

  • @davo5659
    @davo5659 6 років тому +1

    I race with his son

  • @masterraceofeverything4504
    @masterraceofeverything4504 6 років тому +3

    Toto wolf where you at?

  • @terribilesaladino
    @terribilesaladino 3 роки тому

    ci voleva un fegato così a pilotare quelle bare volanti

  • @mpaulm
    @mpaulm 6 років тому

    You can’t go very fast on bike tires.😂