The 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 27th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 20 and 21 1959. It was also the fourth round of the World Sportscar Championship.
When we see the number 5 Aston Martin DBR1 thundering down the tracks with that beautiful sound we see 2 drivers... With the white helmet its Salvadori and the Gold helmet is Carrol Shelby. They won it as a team, and Shelby is the one that actually crossed the finish line 1st, contrary to the mistake by the announcer.
All this narrator can keep saying is "Salvadori". Shelby was the co-driver and drove it across the finish line. The British can be so ridiculously partisan. It must have really hurt them when they were booted from the international Premier League.
@@perkinscrane Not a bit. To lie about which man that crossed the line first is as biased as you can get. It is LITERALLY the most important fact in the story.
@@cobaltcanarycherry I’m sorry to have upset you, I thought that my comment was quite humorous. I had genuinely not understood how important the point is to some people, again my apologies.
Salvadori did do 14 out of 24hrs of the race in fairness, and is it actually that surprising that a British newsreel is bigging up one of its own chaps? Not quite sure that a sweeping generalisation of us all of as 'ridiculously partisan' is entirely fair.
What a bunch of crap. If you look at the winning Aston being rolled into the victory lane you will see Carroll Shelby at the wheel. According to the announcer this "great team win" consisted of only Salvadori. Typical British coverage...
Stirling Moss, the ultimate rabbit driver! He worked that DBR1 for 70 laps and helped pave the way for Shelby/Salvadori to go the distance for the legendary win. Fantastic!
The ferrari 250 tr59 number 55 is in a dealership right next to my house! It was seen a few times in this race and it was at the goodwood festival of speed!
@@azhurelpigeon yeah it's pretty impressive especially as the Bedford van looks so similar. I'm more impressed that after 6 years you replied after 5 minutes!
carroll shelby won that race
Matt Damon
Nah, it was Jason Bourne
Mr. Shelby co won it with Roy Salvadori.
Thank you so much for uploading this ! Finaly footage of the Saabs in Le Mans !
05:32 Carroll Shelby
damn, no seatbelt, drivers wearing casual shirt in races, can't see anything during the night. that era was dangerous as hell
Carroll Shelby increased the odds even more by driving while dealing with a heart condition. :^)
Kinda true
Aston Martins greatest achievement with their greatest car! Magnificent DBR1!
When we see the number 5 Aston Martin DBR1 thundering down the tracks with that beautiful sound we see 2 drivers... With the white helmet its Salvadori and the Gold helmet is Carrol Shelby. They won it as a team, and Shelby is the one that actually crossed the finish line 1st, contrary to the mistake by the announcer.
They never mentioned Carroll Shelby
Rob Tob I guess he wasn’t famous back then
He drove on the team that won.
@@cobaltcanarycherry AND he is the one that crossed the finish line and took checkered flag. The photo of which is all over the inter webs.
All this narrator can keep saying is "Salvadori". Shelby was the co-driver and drove it across the finish line. The British can be so ridiculously partisan. It must have really hurt them when they were booted from the international Premier League.
A bit harsh!
@@perkinscrane Not a bit. To lie about which man that crossed the line first is as biased as you can get. It is LITERALLY the most important fact in the story.
@@cobaltcanarycherry I’m sorry to have upset you, I thought that my comment was quite humorous. I had genuinely not understood how important the point is to some people, again my apologies.
@@perkinscrane That's kind. To me it's like saying Neil walked on the moon instead of Neil and Buzz.
Salvadori did do 14 out of 24hrs of the race in fairness, and is it actually that surprising that a British newsreel is bigging up one of its own chaps? Not quite sure that a sweeping generalisation of us all of as 'ridiculously partisan' is entirely fair.
The most beautiful cars ever. Ever!
What a bunch of crap. If you look at the winning Aston being rolled into the victory lane you will see Carroll Shelby at the wheel. According to the announcer this "great team win" consisted of only Salvadori. Typical British coverage...
+Blogdorf yep, youre right gonna say the same thing
LeMans it’s the focus on the cars.
Performance of the cars.
Not the drivers.
NASCAR was the same way back then as well.
Win on Sunday sell on Monday.
FAHRT!
1959: Aston Martin shook up the racing world!
PLEASE CONSIDER UPLOADING THE REST OF THIS FILM.
Stirling Moss, the ultimate rabbit driver! He worked that DBR1 for 70 laps and helped pave the way for Shelby/Salvadori to go the distance for the legendary win. Fantastic!
The ferrari 250 tr59 number 55 is in a dealership right next to my house! It was seen a few times in this race and it was at the goodwood festival of speed!
That scene from ford vs Ferrari
Un grand merci à toute l'équipe qui a monté ce super reportage... !!! 😏 👍 😍
Oh ya carrol
thanks, great film
Shelby not even mentioned as the winning driver at the finish!! Wtf??!!
no mention of carroll shelby??
Ha! And it took how long for disc brakes to go on production cars?
The gt 40
Jaguars 1952
European and British a couple of years. American forever.
Cool
Came here to see Carroll Shelby on fire. Very disappointed.
What's the van at 0:33?
Isn't it a Bedford?
Bit late, but I was interested too and I used google lens on it - appears to be a Rootes Group Commer BF
@@DrPepper22222 Google lens can do that? That’s super cool
@@azhurelpigeon yeah it's pretty impressive especially as the Bedford van looks so similar. I'm more impressed that after 6 years you replied after 5 minutes!
@@DrPepper22222 I’m still active on this account! Haha
Sweet cars!! open cockpits aren't very aerodynamic though
How tf do you see at night?!?!?
Marshal and Cibie
Moss all the way!
A very gifted man.