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Flying Mercedes and fierce competition - 1999 Le Mans highlights

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  • Опубліковано 12 чер 2019
  • There were 15 full-factory cars bidding for Le Mans victory in 1999, more if you include a pair of Panoz. It was only fitting that this field should create one of the great races of all time on the Circuit de la Sarthe. The race quickly came down to a straight fight between BMW and Toyota. Actually, it was two races: the first was fought out by the quickest of the cars from each manufacturer; and the second, in the closing stages, between the slowest.
    Watch more from the great history of Le Mans with Motorsport.tv: motorsport.tv/program/24-hour...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 233

  • @carlosdossantos1251
    @carlosdossantos1251 5 років тому +428

    The Toyotas gives me so many nostalgia to when I use to play Gran Turismo

  • @stulchmulch227
    @stulchmulch227 5 років тому +268

    The Gran Turismo 3 and 4 memories with these legendary cars😍

  • @sgm3488
    @sgm3488 5 років тому +268

    People in 1999: I wonder if any of these cars can fly
    Mercedes CLR: *observe*

    • @sepehr7402
      @sepehr7402 3 роки тому +1

      Lmao

    • @lild3838
      @lild3838 3 роки тому +11

      Proceed to do sick 1440 flip

    • @adillakandi.r
      @adillakandi.r Рік тому +2

      People in 1930: in future there's will be a flying car
      1955: say no more

    • @prashanthg8165
      @prashanthg8165 Місяць тому

      @@adillakandi.r 💀💀💀

  • @jdockii
    @jdockii 5 років тому +205

    Keep making more of these videos. They are great

    • @sourlemon83
      @sourlemon83 5 років тому

      better than the official WEC channel

  • @piersandromannino4109
    @piersandromannino4109 5 років тому +177

    1999 : Toyota against bmw, Mercedes, Nissan etc... 2019: Toyota against themselves.

    • @mayvb4926
      @mayvb4926 4 роки тому +23

      *Insert picture of Spider-man point to himself

    • @Naerl__
      @Naerl__ 3 роки тому +5

      Poor Porsche and Bentley

    • @Atti19216
      @Atti19216 3 роки тому +7

      Yeah i know they went the distance but its a shame toyota got the first one when there was no other competition.

    • @adillakandi.r
      @adillakandi.r Рік тому +6

      Now: toyota against Porsche, Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot

    • @TS020RaceCar99
      @TS020RaceCar99 5 місяців тому +3

      Now it's Toyota vs Ferrari vs Porsche

  • @Lordcamilo2
    @Lordcamilo2 5 років тому +48

    Thank you Gran Turismo series to introduce us to these beasts. Toyota GT-ONE, the 1st dude to show up. Love at first sight.

  • @racingrecap-comingsoon8066
    @racingrecap-comingsoon8066 5 років тому +57

    A golden era! Just look at that GT One

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 5 років тому +2

      End of the GT1 era, and start of the Le mans prototype.

    • @weesky2000
      @weesky2000 5 років тому

      Did you buy any scaled model.

    • @theylivewesee1674
      @theylivewesee1674 5 років тому +1

      @@Orcawhale1 well to be fair toyota and mercedes were le man prototype but the rules at the time allowed that, mclaren f1 is the true last gt1 car

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 5 років тому +3

      @@theylivewesee1674 They were prototypes, but still built after GT1 specs, and not LMP.
      As for the F1, it wasn't a purpose built GT1 racer, like the 911 and CLK GTR.
      Just the best road car who happend to make a great racecar aswell.

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 5 років тому +1

      @@djorksolo8544 Dafuq are you on about?
      The designer of the Enzo, is Ken Okuyama.
      And the designer of the TS020 is André de Cortanze.

  • @GuntanksInSpace
    @GuntanksInSpace 5 років тому +26

    This was so weird to watch live as a kid. The CLR flying all of a sudden was wild, and I was rooting so hard for Toyota too

  • @overvieweffect9034
    @overvieweffect9034 5 років тому +175

    Toyota's sheer persistence to win this race is why they deserved 2018's victory and why they deserve to win this year's race too despite being the only realistic contenders

    • @4ndyr0g3r50n
      @4ndyr0g3r50n 5 років тому +18

      They won because Porsche and Audi did not enter

    • @reynaldiwidjaja277
      @reynaldiwidjaja277 5 років тому +22

      @@4ndyr0g3r50n isnt that what the op said ?

    • @davidmacdonald1695
      @davidmacdonald1695 5 років тому +16

      Meh. Toyota win on merit because they are better at engineering and I doubt the others could keep up at this point. Any simple check of road car reliability puts German manufacturers (and western manufacturers in general) way behind Asia. If you don't believe me, look up JD Power survey results 2018. In particular, German cars are overrated. Mercedes design and build their F1 cars in England because they can't win any other way. As for Le Mans, Audi only won over the years due to a lack of competition. When they had competition (Peugeot) they lost. On the other occasions, they lost in-house battles against Porsche or Bentley. Big deal. @@4ndyr0g3r50n

    • @cyjan3k823
      @cyjan3k823 5 років тому +4

      Andrew Rogerson porsche win because they had No luck And audi win a lot because of No competition
      So what

    • @djorksolo8544
      @djorksolo8544 5 років тому +5

      @@4ndyr0g3r50n You're the typical stupid porsche fanboy ! Toyota in 2016 is clearly superior to Porsche, bigger engine, but lower fuel running than the smaller engine of porsche. porsche only won as every german manufacturers, because Toyota is unlucky like cursed in LeMans. 2016, the Toyota finaly restarted, and complete the last lap. In 1999 Toyota overtook BMW, but suddenly tire puncture took the victory away from them.. etc ... nobody deserves the victories in LeMans more than Toyota!

  • @javiergarrido6088
    @javiergarrido6088 5 років тому +74

    a lot of people cofuses the CLR (flying mercedes) with the CLK. The CLK is a GT1 car meanwhile the CLR was a LMGTP car

  • @MrTrick.
    @MrTrick. 5 років тому +87

    The GT-One is my all-time fav Le Mans car, gutted it never won.

    • @racingrecap-comingsoon8066
      @racingrecap-comingsoon8066 5 років тому +1

      Same

    • @weesky2000
      @weesky2000 5 років тому

      Did you buy any scaled model.

    • @dickfitzwelliner2807
      @dickfitzwelliner2807 5 років тому

      It's a toss up the Toyota and Mazda 767. I have a soft spot for rotary engines, especially if there are 4 of them. I think the rotary engine might be the best racing engine.
      The Toyota was an aero engineers wet dream, they looked so slick, I think they should have stayed in lemans one more year. They would have won

    • @futwizards
      @futwizards 3 роки тому

      Nah 787B is another level

    • @MiguelGarcia-vj7oo
      @MiguelGarcia-vj7oo 3 роки тому +6

      @@futwizards yeah your right the loser level.... Won 1 race out of 21 races in two years of competition.... So uncompetitive and the Only race it won was from luck....... But the jdm fuckbois over hype the Mazda......at least the GT1 was very competitive.......and sorry the 917k and the mantra simcas with the lieger v12 sound better.......

  • @AnimalzyNL
    @AnimalzyNL 5 років тому +10

    I absolutely loved all of these gt1 cars. Probably my favorite set of cars to have ever appeared together on a grid.

    • @Pommezul
      @Pommezul 5 років тому

      I appreciate those cars too, they bring me so many memories of when I used to play Gran Turismo.

  • @nitrix4726
    @nitrix4726 5 років тому +50

    The GT-ONE are so beautiful

  • @santiagomachado7378
    @santiagomachado7378 5 років тому +15

    That Viper Team Oreca that flew past the stricken #1 Toyota brings back so many GT2 memories

  • @Beemstar
    @Beemstar 4 роки тому +9

    0:13 that lineup is orgasmic

  • @xyz-uz6me
    @xyz-uz6me 5 років тому +20

    You absolutely HAVE to show that 2011 nailbiter between Audi and Peugeot!!!!!!!

    • @YOUENNNN
      @YOUENNNN 4 роки тому

      Yeah fantastic year

  • @matthewgroff433
    @matthewgroff433 3 роки тому +8

    I remember watching the race on TV and seeing the Mercedes flipping through the air off the track and into the woods. I remember thinking: "I hope the driver is okay and lives!"

  • @chris-hayes
    @chris-hayes 4 роки тому +10

    Mercedes management: "This year we need to be *above* the competition!"
    Engineers: Builds airplane
    Management: 😑

  • @chikuchiku2
    @chikuchiku2 5 років тому +16

    3:09
    Before this puncture, Katayama's car badly blocked by Team price-bscher's car(#18,BMW V12) .
    Why you cut block scene?

  • @JakobM325
    @JakobM325 5 років тому +3

    this was the race of the Century with so many works entries in the top class

  • @piakleros
    @piakleros 5 років тому +11

    Amazing video thank you autosport!!!

  • @fury7999
    @fury7999 5 років тому +4

    The GT-One, I love this LMP 😍
    The flip of the Mercedes CLK is incredible 😨

    • @afonsosantos7486
      @afonsosantos7486 5 років тому +8

      They're not gt1s. These are LM GTP, the video is wrong. Mercedes had the CLR, not the CLK. The CLK is a gt1.

    • @FriendlyCroock
      @FriendlyCroock 2 роки тому

      The Toyota GT-One is not an LMP

    • @TS020RaceCar99
      @TS020RaceCar99 5 місяців тому

      GT-One is a LM GTP car

  • @PB-sk9jn
    @PB-sk9jn 3 роки тому +4

    The constructor "straight away" decided to withdraw, after it had already happened to Webber. Twice. This was the third flip.

  • @jackwilson8651
    @jackwilson8651 2 роки тому +1

    I love these Le Mans summaries. I just wish they covered more years and were longer

  • @sun6834
    @sun6834 5 років тому +6

    Thank you. Now the 2000 highlights please

  • @yco67
    @yco67 5 років тому +14

    those were the golden days of BMW..

  • @marshalniel
    @marshalniel 5 років тому +7

    Those GT-One were absolute beauty..

  • @silcaddj7708
    @silcaddj7708 5 років тому +8

    The Toyota GT-One TS020, one of the greatest"What Ifs" in 24H of Le Mans history.

  • @josenbernadetvaneckmakkink7402
    @josenbernadetvaneckmakkink7402 4 роки тому +1

    The best Le Mans 24h ever!

  • @user-ev6tv7xf3v
    @user-ev6tv7xf3v 2 місяці тому

    War live da, Le Mans ist das Beste.

  • @filipostojic1239
    @filipostojic1239 2 роки тому +3

    Still the most spectacular crash I've ever seen, even in 2021

  • @ReprogrammedToHate
    @ReprogrammedToHate 5 років тому +5

    Oh man. The day Webber broke the laws of physics

    • @ohnename4981
      @ohnename4981 19 днів тому

      No, the driver was Peter Dumbreck. Webber flipped in Qualifying and the Warm-up, and their car didn't start the race( that's why only two Mercedes are seen in the video)

  • @DPW864
    @DPW864 5 років тому +8

    Brundle didn't have a 'crash that then ended his race'. It was tyre failure.

  • @deanchur
    @deanchur 5 років тому +6

    Always thought the TS020 Toyota had a 1UZ-FE block but it's a heavily modified 3.6L from their Group C program. Still, if points were awarded for looks the TS020 would have walked away with the victory.

  • @dannadx3840
    @dannadx3840 5 років тому +4

    1899: we will have flying cars in the future!
    1999:

  • @29skatekid
    @29skatekid 3 роки тому

    These are the best/pretty cars ever! Love this era of racing so much

  • @unkn0wn12
    @unkn0wn12 5 років тому +119

    The following year someone won because all the other brands left the sport

    • @Jejking
      @Jejking 5 років тому +60

      Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee fast forward 20 years and the same thing is happening again

    • @unkn0wn12
      @unkn0wn12 5 років тому +3

      @@Jejking Exactly

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 5 років тому +16

      Except you still had Audi,Panoz,Cadillac, not to mention a boatload of priveteers using earlier cars, like a BMW V12 LM, or Courage C52.
      So not at all like the current field, like your inferring.

    • @ditanugroho5654
      @ditanugroho5654 5 років тому +1

      Mazda reeeeeeeeeeeee

    • @gamefan56
      @gamefan56 5 років тому +2

      @Not The Technician "Hollow victories" Lol, that is some proper shit talking.

  • @cbr3220
    @cbr3220 5 років тому +5

    the toyota gt one: the unsung hero of le mans

    • @R4M_Tommy
      @R4M_Tommy 4 роки тому +1

      It never won. The car blew up its own tyres

  • @MatrixDiscovery
    @MatrixDiscovery 5 років тому +3

    1998 to 1999 was the best era ever!

    • @ducedevlstear2471
      @ducedevlstear2471 5 років тому

      I'd say 98 because we got the full GT1 championship that season.

    • @georgejakob1451
      @georgejakob1451 5 років тому +5

      2 years can't be called an era

    • @dickfitzwelliner2807
      @dickfitzwelliner2807 5 років тому +1

      Wrong. Gt40 vs Ferrari and 1984ish to 1991 are possibly the best

    • @milesr4609
      @milesr4609 4 роки тому

      I'd say 95-99

  • @ethanium9280
    @ethanium9280 4 роки тому +1

    Roses are red,
    Violets are blue.
    I came for the flying car,
    and so do you.

  • @mbevo2343
    @mbevo2343 5 років тому +10

    That mercedes clr was only tested on daytona 4 Le mans

  • @weesky2000
    @weesky2000 5 років тому +6

    1:04 That's Mario Kart

  • @FC73-79
    @FC73-79 11 днів тому

    1924: In the future we will have flying cars
    1999:

  • @superdestrier9160
    @superdestrier9160 3 роки тому +2

    It did a Cobra maneuver!!! At least, it tried...

  • @johnthorpe1349
    @johnthorpe1349 Рік тому +1

    It's pretty amazing guy walks away the safety measures are of the charts let's hear it for those guys Safety Guys 🤍💜❤️ Cheers Mate from Toronto 🇨🇦

  • @arcgaming2773
    @arcgaming2773 5 років тому +4

    Imagine if you were at the race and think everything is fine until a CLR lift off and come straight for you.

  • @mustafa.d7488
    @mustafa.d7488 5 років тому +4

    T GT One is my second favorite Toyota race car after GT Four😍😍

    • @weesky2000
      @weesky2000 5 років тому +1

      Did you buy any scaled model.

    • @mustafa.d7488
      @mustafa.d7488 5 років тому +1

      @@weesky2000 only the GT Four Celica

  • @BenS44
    @BenS44 3 роки тому +1

    You mean to tell me that LM24 and WEC used to have more to it than Toyota GR #7 vs Toyota GR#8?!?!
    My mind is blown.

    • @adlibbed2138
      @adlibbed2138 Рік тому

      and here we are in 2023 where Toyota repeated the History of having only 1 car left in the race and made it into the 2nd place

  • @MegaGuy1998
    @MegaGuy1998 5 років тому +1

    I love this Gran Turismo 4 vibe.

  • @Ariautoace
    @Ariautoace 5 років тому +10

    That was a dumbwreck. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @amacca2085
    @amacca2085 5 років тому

    Brilliant video 👍🏼

  • @MrWolf-xk8sl
    @MrWolf-xk8sl 4 роки тому +2

    1955
    1999
    Mercedes-Benz celebrating the 44th anniversary of flying cars at Le Mans

  • @skuastone9698
    @skuastone9698 5 років тому +6

    No Toto Wolf to help Mercedes then.

  • @JotaRCpy
    @JotaRCpy 6 місяців тому +1

    El auto: me cansé de correr, mejor voy a volar.

  • @jqme
    @jqme 5 років тому +2

    THE WINKELHOCKKKKK GEATEST F1 OF ALL TIME

  • @harrisonatkinson7595
    @harrisonatkinson7595 5 років тому

    I loved the old open top Le Mans Prototypes

  • @TheJokerit19
    @TheJokerit19 2 роки тому

    Zhou's shunt in the 2022 British GP brought me here.

  • @Maky-vo7qs
    @Maky-vo7qs 10 місяців тому

    that why they now put holes on the front chasis to let the air past through. scary lift off.

  • @Mechanix.Illustrated
    @Mechanix.Illustrated 3 місяці тому

    Does anyone know where I can find the full version of Mark's interview from this video?

  • @wololo10
    @wololo10 5 років тому +6

    Looks like the TS-020 had too much downforce for the rear tires, they explode one after another.

    • @MatrixDiscovery
      @MatrixDiscovery 5 років тому

      Too much downforce?? That rear wing is tiny.

    • @wololo10
      @wololo10 5 років тому +2

      @@MatrixDiscovery underbody + diffuser

    • @acidocloridrico9168
      @acidocloridrico9168 5 років тому

      NO_EYES_ON_ME poor guy thinks that only the wings and their size matter when it comes to downforce

    • @MatrixDiscovery
      @MatrixDiscovery 5 років тому

      @@acidocloridrico9168 I know about the total areo that these cars have...now way it has much downforce since it was so fast down the straights.

    • @wololo10
      @wololo10 5 років тому

      @@MatrixDiscovery It was just very aero efficient, loads of downforce with realtive low drag. You must be a F1 guy.

  • @WmP88
    @WmP88 Рік тому +1

    who's designed mercedes clr ?

  • @MartinQ-bl6co
    @MartinQ-bl6co 4 роки тому +2

    *Le Mans international airport*

  • @dushawn342
    @dushawn342 5 років тому +1

    wow that was entertaining

  • @baschabermain
    @baschabermain 5 років тому +1

    is the Open Cabin LMP1 is now banned? feels crazy to see a car like that running 24h now...

    • @Nxtl68
      @Nxtl68 5 років тому +1

      Yes, on safety grounds they banned it.

  • @stephenhughes1862
    @stephenhughes1862 5 років тому

    This is GT4! I swear, its one of the best games ever fucking made

  • @harrylekov5549
    @harrylekov5549 5 років тому +1

    Imagine the other Mercedes driver behind the Dumbreck must have felt when the Mercedes turned into an airplane

  • @GokuTheHusky
    @GokuTheHusky 2 роки тому +2

    BMW domination

  • @simonblazers8072
    @simonblazers8072 5 років тому

    C'était le bon vieux temps, aujourd'hui on s'ennuie devant les 24h du mans.

  • @chuckl.s121
    @chuckl.s121 5 років тому +1

    But I'm here wondering what happened with Panoz in that race

  • @user-cq3nv6np6s
    @user-cq3nv6np6s 5 років тому

    I can remember that.

  • @6lemans10
    @6lemans10 5 років тому

    I was 14 years old in 1999.😎

    • @pierceyu4546
      @pierceyu4546 5 років тому

      I am 14 years old in 2019. 😎

  • @lordautozam1121
    @lordautozam1121 5 років тому +2

    The Toyota GT-ONE is such a cool car

  • @Brondi6000
    @Brondi6000 5 років тому

    Mercedes Beautiful model.

  • @TheManWhoMadeThe47
    @TheManWhoMadeThe47 2 роки тому +1

    If I had a pound for every time Mercedes fucked up and left at le man's, I'd have 2 pounds. Which isn't alot, but is strange/funny that it happened twice.

  • @user-xk4ez3gx1h
    @user-xk4ez3gx1h Рік тому

    v12 kicked in yo

  • @jp0122
    @jp0122 5 років тому

    Wow didn't know about those Toyota #2 crashes!!

  • @twilson1966
    @twilson1966 3 роки тому

    The last le mans race in the 20th century

  • @deeznutzboii
    @deeznutzboii 2 роки тому

    The “purse corolla”😆😆

  • @alpertezcan4672
    @alpertezcan4672 5 років тому

    When Harry says Wingardium Leviosa

  • @shotsfiredandmissed9068
    @shotsfiredandmissed9068 4 роки тому

    HE WANTED WINGS HE GOT ONE

  • @willito6969
    @willito6969 5 років тому

    those times were the best! now LMP1 has no mojo, I really hope that other brands come to compete with Toyota,

  • @PabloGonzalez-hv3td
    @PabloGonzalez-hv3td 5 років тому +1

    The difference between 2019 and 1999 is the same as 1999 and 1979

  • @orokanasentoki6013
    @orokanasentoki6013 5 років тому

    I guess we did have flying cars

  • @improvisu
    @improvisu 5 років тому

    I bet everyone here know these cars from gran turismo series🙋‍♂️

  • @weesky2000
    @weesky2000 5 років тому

    The FLYING car. LMAO

  • @mrjdmtunerboy.1463
    @mrjdmtunerboy.1463 5 років тому +5

    1:53 dejavu?

  • @bel_976
    @bel_976 5 років тому

    Why no mention of Audi?

    • @milesr4609
      @milesr4609 4 роки тому

      Yes they made it to the podium that year...

  • @ThePaulz80
    @ThePaulz80 5 років тому

    De La Sarthe International Airport

  • @taqim1236
    @taqim1236 5 років тому

    Is the driver alright?

  • @Iunio92
    @Iunio92 5 років тому +3

    it was a disgrace that they allowed Mercedes to even race after the crashes in practice

  • @Bozar069
    @Bozar069 4 роки тому

    That wreck was like a Fucking cartoon.

  • @joellarsson9978
    @joellarsson9978 5 років тому

    #noonecanbreakthewinkelrock

  • @ditanugroho5654
    @ditanugroho5654 5 років тому +1

    UwU toyota
    cant wait for 1991 le mans highlight

  • @Jack-sy8hs
    @Jack-sy8hs 5 років тому

    Compilation*

  • @MegaJK97
    @MegaJK97 4 роки тому

    #NoOneCanBreakTheWinkelrock

  • @zalcan3620
    @zalcan3620 5 років тому

    Completely failing to talk about the other classes, if that's how the video is going to be why do we even run GTs

  • @eduardopinako
    @eduardopinako 5 років тому

    Mark webber fly

  • @bigbird6308
    @bigbird6308 5 років тому

    Mercedes at it's best

  • @VonCrakenfart
    @VonCrakenfart 5 років тому +1

    Mercedes just doesn't make car now days like they used to...

  • @elarizsdullayev8802
    @elarizsdullayev8802 4 місяці тому

    BMW