The Fastest EVER Lap of Le Mans, commentary by Sam Hancock.
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2017
- In qualifying for the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, Toyota's Kamui Kobayashi smashed the previous lap record with his extraordinary pole position lap. I was on commentary duties for Eurosport at the time, and it was my great pleasure to find myself describing one of the most sensational laps I have ever witnessed. I hope you enjoy this one:)
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"I call it granny's corner, you hug it all the way round"
Reminds me of Martin Brundle's phrase
I laughed 😂
when my granny sits around the house, she sits around the house!
@@bananamontana3956 it's hilarious!!! 🤣🤣🤣
@@jackfulcher2890 Hug it like your favourite granny! Hahaha
"Down to fourth, maybe third"
*Slams into 2nd*
That's because usually LMPs in that Time had 7 gears, but the Toyota had 6 so the ratios were a bit more stretched
FOR EXTRA ROTATION
@G G yes he did but he also answered his question I have this problem too of answering something that was semi answered or already answered its human nature to help when asked for help
"Something to tell your children about"
Kobayashi: Son, and THAT was the greatest day of my life!
Son: What about when I was born?
Kobayashi: Not even close
Son: bruh
Robot chicken everyone
@David Shaw hahaha I remember that
Kobayashi: Took you hours to complete just a lap
"nah I have have kids more than once"
Am I imagining things, or did this guy just beat a all time record by 2 seconds?! That's an eternity in racing
yeah wild
with a "slower" car
What is he up to these days? I hope he's still racing
@@BillStreetStudios he is still racing in WEC and was part of the leading team in the championship before this season had been interrupted
@@BillStreetStudios also pulled a double stint to finish off the Rolex 24 at Daytona and get the win.
those cornering speeds are insane.
Ever seen F1
Obito Uchiha Fast F1 cornering speeds are expected. Here in Le Mans it’s incredible
madspike21 not really same sht
Let him be happy about something that isn't F1 cornering like that through the Porsche Shicane
F1 are built around downforce and light weight, not the LPM1 cars, they are heavy and had downforce diminished actually. But hey thats how innovation happens
In the words of Jeremy Clarkson: "It corners like a housefly."
Wuutamasheenn
Vol deMort *John*
He’s also said “it corners faster than electricity”
where's that from? i don't think i've heard that one before
I've heard the term "flypaper tyres" before
this is the guy that makes the blue lanes at racing games
FACTS
In reality that line would be slower than this guy's line. At the world class level people are on that line consistently the best of those find ways to pick up tiny increments of time.
Well said. lol
I can tell you from experience in forza that the blue line is shit and following your own feeling is so much better.
"He doesn't need to solidify his pole, but it looks like he's going to"
Giggity
Came. Here for this
Fuck yeah, sticks it in soft and the women still thank him for a good time.
Gold
He did though the Porsche's lap improved a bit
Finnbar Saunders
This announcer made me feel like I was in the damm car!AWESOME
The excitement in those last few seconds had me on the edge of my seat!
@IngLouisSchreurs Damn right,bruh.
I don't know shit about F1, but I really enjoyed the commentary! What's this guy's name?
@@questionableidentity1 Sam Hancock.brugh.But thats not f1.
Didn't mean 2 b rude,brugh.they are LMPs(Le Man Prototype).
lmao put that into your pipe and smoke it
golden commentary
"wow, if you've got a pipe, stick it in it, smoke it." haha I love the unorthodox way he said it.
I need to smoke some weed and watch these events live
October 2018 in Canada, don't mind if I do!
Hope nobody in LA heard that...
Even better was when he dropped thr kamikaze bomb because it's a Japanese driver lmao
If an American announcer said that, his career would be over
"what a kamikaze lap"
You just had to say it, didnt you... haha
Glad someone else caught this lol
@@Goosavich the englishman would say that haha. Hell of a lap though!!
I don't think Kobayashi would care, when the press asked him how he was able to get so many cars under braking at the chicane in Suzuka (I think 2011?) he responded that it was because he had Asian eyes and couldn't see the braking point so well! The guy from the BBC nearly had a stroke but Kamui laughed it off!
@@goodshipkaraboudjan Hahaha that's amazing! Just a funny quib
I got a good laugh out of that one.
Forget the speed, the SMOOTHNESS in taking those corners was sublime. Like high octane and speed ballet.
Yes!! You'd think it was Jim Clark driving that lap was so smooth.
That's how he was so crazy fast!
Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.
Nah it's pretty rough. Just look at telemetry through the corners - full gas or full brake, nothing in between. It could've been another 2 seconds faster if he was trailbraking.
@@michaelbuckers due to the fuel consumption regs for LMP1-H, trail braking isn't very feasible
@@xueyihon3648 Trail braking uses less fuel than the pedal to the metal method, so how does that work?
That commentator explaining how to do the turns properly in every turn can literally control that car if it has voice recognition
Gave me goosebumps. I haven't played Gran Turismo 5 for years, I did play the 24 Hour le mans Endurance Race and this brought back some strange feelings.
1.7k like and 1 reply, how?
@@alieffauzanrizky7202 Who gives a shit
Could you imagine doing a race where you have to be the navigator calling out directions to an AI driving the car?
"hug this corner all the way around"
"ok opening the doors"
Really good to see Kobayashi doing well after leaving F1.
So here is THE Kobayashi I was wondering where he was the whole time.
Because F1 sucks with their scripts and corruptions, drivers don't have freedom like other leagues.
@ZappoTan Mark webber?
@ZappoTan So is your mother.
F1 is shit.
If all commentary was like this, I'd watch alot more racing
Watch formula 1
@@almightyone3147 the problem with f1 is that the drivers dont take as much risks, its mostly about the technology and strategy of the team, thats why i like to watch le mans and bathurst, because each car has its strength and weakness, they make insane overtakes
Watch moto gp
@@jbhaltjbhalt8397 BoP when done right, can be fucking awesome since the strengths and weakness of cars can be very diverse but achieve almost identical lap times on a good track. Until this year, I thought IMSA had done an absolutely fantastic job. The ACO and WECs heavy success tweaks though really feel like too much and have led to some ludicrous sandbagging in GTE, especially at Le Mans in recent years.
SRO seems to also have a pretty good BoP formula since Bathurst is always a banger.
@@willlasdf123 i know but im talking mainly about the drivers, f1 drivers usually dont risk overtaking unless its completely safe or on a straight, i havent seen a lot of WEC but the ones i have seen were incredible, there was a lot more things to watch, i like f1 especially at the start of the race but other than that it does get a bit boring imo, but everyone knows f1 got a lot worse without the screams of the v8 and v10s
“If you have a pipe, stick that in it and smoke it”😆
With some green flavor you mean? 🤣🤣🤣
So thoroughly British.
Dude was ripping. 150 km/h chicanes. Wow!
He only spent like one second at 96 km/h super fast
adamje247 are you Canadian?
Imagine being in that huracan, seeing the audi disappear into the chicane and thats all you ever see of it.
This Guy - yes
@YaBoiSenna Toyota! Im just used to seeing Audi LMP cars. The Toyota being the camera car, and the Huracan being just before the second chicane on the Mulsanne.
Japanese driver and kamikaze lap reference....
I'm surprised the telecast wasn't demonitised!!!!!
Take your hurt feelings and put them back in your pocket, this is racing.
@@GoldPicard Go and do some research on the philosophy of jokes, fucktard.
@@freefall0483 agree...
put that in your pipe and smoke it...
Why?
Imagine being in a Ford gt and this spaceship blows by you
I think Kin Miles would have a slight issue with that... just saying
@@kevinwise1997 I feel like Ken miles would look at it and come back next year and blow by them
Kobayashi is underrated
Kapocsi Hunor ya think?
I feel like for whatever reason Japanese and American drivers never get their fair shake in F1, along with the wall of top notch Kiwi talent that inevitably ends up Sports Cars (or if you're Scott Dixon, Indy).
Dude has absolutely proved himself to be a fucking master of Sports Cars, regardless of having the top equipment with Toyotas recent program.
He was one of the only Japanese drivers that wasn't a Pay driver in F1 and ultimately was the reason he got forced out early. He was a Toyota Factory driver that got damaged the most by their withdrawal from F1.
People need to remember there are other motorsports other than F1 that have the best talent in racing
@kasopci Never by me....
The reaction to the lap time is priceless!
I believe he is pointing the: Ahhhw!
i also thought the kamikaze comment by the commentators was horrible, the only excitement shown was when the final time was posted. booooooo
Kamui is a called kamikaze as far as I know.
Whats funny is the TS020 held the lap record for a while.
@@donnys2965 I'm glad you didn't understand the joke to give us the opportunity to laugh at you're ignorance
Give that commentary guy a job in f1 in place of croft
ADITYA CHOUDHARY I agree. Croft annoys the fuck outta me
ADITYA CHOUDHARY it’s gonna be too boring for him in F1.
@@sayan1667 lol. why are wec fans so insecure?
Croft yelling at the top of his lungs during every single F1 start is so cringy.
Yes please
Plot twist: Toyota disqualified as scrutineers discover that car is on f’ing rails
3:03-3:11. That is just not fair how amazing that car grips haha. Damn I want to give it a try
"If ya got a pipe, stick it in it, and smoke it" lolz
Reminds me of "sometimes you just gotta lick the stamp and send it"
@@bazzie85 what's that referring to?
@@TheBarnem13 Daniel Ricciardo who started last (I believe?) in China 2018 but still won the race.
@@BenKill he started in the top ten somewhere
@@ayrton_aftemage4435 "send it" is a common saying in Australia and NZ. The full phrase is "Lick the stamp bruv. F#€ken send it" meaning to just give it everything. Win or bust
I didnt even know where did Kobayashi brake
This is amazing
Did he brake? That was ballet at 200 mph.
Lol he did, is clearly when he did wtf, are you even car guys? Ofc it was brilliant driving, but wtf how can you say such a stupid thing
@@siniteanrazvan3298 Yeah totally necesarry to get gnarly about it. Lol
@@Axuled wtf is not even funny...you sound like a 12 yrs old kid who plays nfs and never brakes cuz he can slam in other cars, braking is the most important thing in racing wtf...it's not funny to tell someone doesn't brake, specially when they drive with +300km/h and then need to take some slow curbes.
@@siniteanrazvan3298 Who hurt you man?
1:12 those turns were taken so fast!!
I needed to watch this after the latest hypercar onboard at Spa.
Same
omg look at the speed, at the acceleration out of the chicanes it's just incredible! :o
And the braking power is just as ridiculous omg!
Yeah it was ayt, not as good as my corolla though.
or my Corsa. ^^
Have you seen F1? More ridiculous than LMP1! :D
Angga Pratama f1 is expected. Seeing it in le mans is just more exciting
Angga Pratama
Dude. I don't care much about childish comparison here.
I enjoy what i see and i see this is impressive and just say it. Who cares F1 lmp1 or even fucking Voyager 1 is faster, break the speed of light and bend the universe.
Living your life always comparing stuffs with another will forbid you to truely enjoy it.
3:46 “What a kamikaze lap” The irony is strong in this one.
Ace Sh4dow O SHIT LOl
seems like a kamikaze on
his 4th mission
Yeah he's still alive, do people not know what kamikaze means?
@aeon it's not her...its korean singer tzuyu
Fabulous commentary with insight. Amazing driving. The "granny corner" made me smile "hug it all the way around" 🤗
Kobayashi is probably one of the most underrated drivers in motorsport, especially in F1
Seriously, those crazy overtakes he would pull off.. Man I was his fan, I still miss those times he was teammates with Perez.
Yes, he was absolutely fearless and a real racer in F1. I wish he had been with a better team that didn't need pay drivers to stay financially viable, he might still be racing in F1 at the front of the grid where he belongs.
@@patrickcannady2066 I reckon if Toyota had stayed in F1, he'd still be there
- Hah. Try to beat that record!
Crazy suicidal japaneese driver: Hold my sake!
hardly. le mans is pretty safe these days. the 919 lap of the nurburg was really crazy
My g*d these cars are fast... braking hard from 330+ in under 100m then still carrying huge speeds mid corner. Awesome!
My gid? Gud? Gad? Ged? God?
D.B. You should see it in person it's really impressive how fast you see the car coming up and braking so late and then go through the corner
@@paoloalfaro5704 cringe wec fan as usual
Heckin heck
My ged these cars
2:25 4G corner...
I'd like to see that Toyota in a "no rules"-version like the P919. Would make it a lot of fun watching Porsche trying to hold onto their "record runs" at Spa etc...
Well, glad this popped up in my recommendations. Brilliant commentary!
I could have swore the video from the cockpit view was sped up IF I was unable to actually hear the sounds from the engine. Just AMAZING speed!
Kobayashi wasn't really a shining star in F1, but here he absolutely excelled and nailed it. Very well done Katsuo - Japanese perfection, as always. Love it !
He lost a 100kmph of speed in basically a second...
I did that once unfortunately I was in intensive care for a while after
Give me any car and a wall that's solid enough and I'll show ya how the real pros decelerate.
@@OrdinaryLatvian im gonna do what's called a pro gamer move
almost 3g average braking G.
yeah that's impressive :o
100 kilomiles an hour though? ^^
I don't know if you wanted to say miles per hour or kilometers per hour :p
Holly shit, that cornering speed...
you should see f1 then
I would sell a nut to experience what that change of direction felt like at 3:08
No you wouldn't
Put some small padding against a brick wall and then hurl yourself at it at approximately 67.1 mph. There you go. Now do it 10x/min for 24 hrs, taking a 3 hr break every 3hrs or so. Now you're a race driver.
www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/ftryf9/lewis_taking_turn_1_in_germany_fp2/
@@gasfiltered you're a fucking idiot
Travis Schpeltinger did you see it fly over your head? the joke?!?!
The best single lap commentary I've ever heard !
3:33 : AAaAaaaAHhhHHh
The lap was just too good, he came.
Kamui Kobayashi... We'll remember your name.
honestly, I always respected him, this man has the biggest balls ever and 0 fear, he always pushes it to the max and it makes for AMAZING things like this.
He is one of my favorite Chinese drivers.
@Don Duke An idiot doesn't deserve your reply mate.
Remember, he has more F1 podiums than Nico Hulkenberg 😅
@Don Duke 😂
I honestly didn't know he was still racing after F1
Adrian Acosta yes!
Well, of course...you can't really do anything other than racing when you're a racer
Like every single ex-formula 1 driver it seems...
AXE-ACTLY I also saw another video and I saw Mark Webber and Brandon Hartley
Me too
Sammy Hancock you had me in goosebumps describing the last turn. phenomenal commentary
Genius commentary; insightful, passionate, and just at the right times! amazing to watch AND hear!
Le Mans is amazing. Seeing the on board shots, especially at night is jaw dropping. Watching an IndyCar turn in at Indianapolis Motor Speedway 380 kph / 240 mph is always a rush. Back to Le Mans, if they would have left the Mulsanne straight as was (no chicanes) the P1's would probably be breaking the sound barrier (joking) by now. Ir F, I totally agree with you on the cornering speeds, just crushing G loads. Drivers all over the planet make it look a lot easier that it actually is. ;)
LMP1s don't really struggle to reach their top end *with* the chicanes.. honestly they're a perfectly good idea. What's so interesting about a car just going perfectly straight for almost an entire minute, especially when modern LMP1s have/had such ridiculous power-to-weight ratios and just blitz out of corners before you realize they're turning at all?
I wish the straight was still there and and there were no restrictions on these cars
He was easily at top speed long before the chicanes. However I would imagine the gearing would be a lot different if the chicanes were not there. Thus the top speed would be insane.
Remember the put those chicanes in because the Mercedes flipped over backwards?
"The fastest top speed recorded at Le Mans is 405 kmh. This was in 1988 by Roger Dorchy in a WM Peugeot P88. The record was set before the chicanes were built in 1990.
@@goodbyemr.anderson5065 not only the gearing, but I think the aero would be designed to be a lot more slippery too. Itd be cool af to see these things fly down the straight at 400+
Amazing run. Incredible commentary!
Wow!!! Total confidence and focus... and the announcer... he was as on top of his commentary as Kobayashi was on top of his car... special combination!! Thank you!!
The commentary describing the lap was out of this world. One of the best I've heard.
I’ve done a bit of track racing and I don’t think most people realise how fast and how much strength is actually needed to take corners at speed. It’s crazy as you see the truly top drivers make it look so easy.
Legendary commentator, well done by him 😂
Congratulations Kamui!!! I still remember your great performances in some races in Sauber F1 ;)
I only just started watching motorport videos on UA-cam but I can tell this is absolutely fantastic commentary
Great timing with the commentary
I just saw "Ford Versus Ferrari" last night so when a friend sent this it was very appropriate.
Joe Fazzari why exactly?
@@revantha247 The movie was excellent and was very faithful to a documentary I had seen on the subject. In the movie the object appears to be to race a LeManns and they describe the prefect lap which is the fastest lap.
Joe Fazzari fair enough 😁, I saw the movie that’s why I asked 😂, but better machines and technology mean faster lap times doesn’t it?
@@revantha247 Tchnology certainly does add to speed. I visited the Unser Museum recently while on vacation in Albuquerque New Mexico. The have a display of a model used for wind tunnel tests of the Penske car that little Al used to win the Indianapolis 500. They call it the million dollar model. The movie made a farce out of wind tunnels using ribbons instead but on the actual car. Between 1955 and 1965 there were dozens of drivers killed. In the mid 60s I believe they started focusing on making the cars safer for drivers (and spectators I might add). Where are you located? I am near Toronto Canada.
@@revantha247 The response I see after mine from Perfect Aim is a quote from the movie I think.
Beautiful lap never get bored watching it.
Outstanding Sam....what a rush that had to be. Thanks
Kobayashi is an ex F1 driver. These cars are insane. At 100mph like an F1 car you could drive it upside down if the track flipped over.
This toyota in the vid is probably faster than f1 cars.
@@adrianwelgemoed9562 I dont doubt that AT ALL
@Starscream_xxx porshe has already proven they have a faster lmp1 car than any and all f1 cars. All these cars are unrestricted too
@@adrianwelgemoed9562 Bruh 2018 spec F1 beat all the records of 919evo excepts in tracks where F1 don't drive on
@@adrianwelgemoed9562 lol keep dreaming. not even close
Kamui, you're too good for F1. Great to see him at the top of the game.
What a magnificent lap. And what brilliant commentary!
Top driving, top commentary and top passion all round 👍🏼
The moment when you drive on pole at Le Mans, but break down during the race and because of that you dont win~ brought to you by
The Porsche Gang
what would you rather have? a lap record to demonstrate your mastery, or an overall race win that will be 1 in the countless. more than likely they had some out of rule cheat going on in the car and were offered an ultimatum. the car "broke" down and they forfeited their victory for a lap record.
@@treatb09 the race win of course.
The commitment through the Porsche curves though 😯😯😍😍
The commentary on this is absolutely brilliant well done
honestly i would watch a lot more racing if all of the commentary was this good. I felt like I was right there with the driver with those corner and braking descriptions. So great.
F1 is so done...
this guy is AMAZING!!!
Tremendous call of the race. I’ll be watching this video again just to hear the announcer.
I know I'm late to the party here but what a glorious lap that was. Fantastic commentary - I'm a newbie to auto racing so it's amazing to have someone break it down so simply and so detailed while it's happening. The way the car danced around the track doesn't even look real. So cool
Now that's how you marry the best race commentary to the best ever LeMans lap. That's a tight hug between the 2.
@Sam Hancock
You should definitely get a job with the F1! It would make the races far more insightful and interesting!
Ha, thank you! I'd love to actually..
Sam Hancock yes do it!
Yes, Mr.Cock has a talent for commenting
You should get a job period.
Keys to commentating on F1:
"They toooooooooouched!"
That's kind of all you need to do!
Wow the grip is amazing, like it's planted to the ground
Great video! Just watched the rest of your content. More please
You know what made this lap epic???
The commentary. Without it, this lap wouldn't feel the same.
That was a special lap
Kamui-kaze... Wish he was still in F1 with a mid-field team and watch him battle
The best racing clip I've ever seen!
Brilliantly called. Bravo, sir!
It actually looks sped up through the Porsche curves
"You have to hug this corner, I call it granny's corner" lmao
Marvelous commentary Mr. Hancock.
Best part is the dash can and talking about the track. Based on title and channel amazing job sir not big into racing but this was crazy and actually interesting to watch!!
Japanese "Speedy Gonzalez"!
aldean29 the fastest lap in le mans belongs to Pedro Rodríguez he make 3:13.9 in 1971 with a Porsche 917k
Adrian Rodgz he died on norisring, didnt he...
Instead of Sato his kamikaze lap ends well
Adrian Rodgz May different circuit layout !?
"Japanese" ya say???? Hmmmm......
That lap was mental
Wonderful commentary for a wonderful lap ❤️🇯🇵
i have only driven that track in video games but i can relate to what the dude is saying so much lol
especially the relief of getting onto the power after you clear arnage feeling like you basically stopped
Kamikaze lap LUL
Haha! I caught that too. I wonder if he thought about it after he said it lol
I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that lol
the only reason why he said that was because alot of the corners are very slippery and if kobayashi drove the wrong line, he would have sent his car into the wall
Kamui was always fast.
@TheSearchingTruth 3:45 😉.
Great driver, too bad Toyota had such a reliability issue this year. Best race in a long time.
WootTootZoot Funny isn't it, they make some of the most reliable road cars but when making race engines they're not quite there yet.(I know there is a whole other difference in road and racing engines.)
Le Mans was especially hot this year, cooked their front motor pretty well.
They didn't win this race or even finish it,did they?
@@12taskforce just like honda with their f1 engine before 2019
@@12taskforce "They", being Toyota finished 1st and 2nd.
Absolutely perfect. How, how can anyone give this a thumbs down???
Awesome commentary and an unbelievable lap. Kobayashi was underrated in F1.
"The perfect lap"
I'll raise you singapore 2018.
It's hard to get those times even in games
great narration. best i've ever heard.
I love it, that the whole long straights are shown from onboard, but when it comes to twisty parts, we get broadcast view. Just love it -,-
This guy should've been an f1 champion, his raw speed deserves at least 1 f1 title, shame f1 is about politics now and not talent..
He wasn’t that good in F1. He’s had some moments just like every driver but nothing special.
Japanese drivers have always been blistering quick over one lap, they just don’t seem to be able to do it for a whole season of races.
nah. he was good but i dont think he would be able to beat drivers on the level of hamilton, verstappen, alonso etc in an f1 car
DuderMcBroBlaster Better than Stroll
Zack P. With F1 ,it’s all about being with the right team and the right time.
Kobayashi really pushed that car to its limits full respect.
Just glued to the track.
One of the most perfect laps in automotive racing the last 20 years . Simply amazing skill and car engineering. Beautiful 👌