I was at Ferrari Challenge (NA) 2 weeks ago at COTA. COTA was nice enough to make tickets completely free, and gave us all paddock/garage access, and even a grid walk. In between one of the sessions they brought out the 2011 F1 Ferrari, which had that beautiful V8 engine, and they also brought out the Ferrari 333 SP, which has a V12. Both of these cars sounded unbelievable. Every time they passed was a moment you never wanted to end. I was just a young kid when F1 cars still had V8s, so being able to hear one in person was a dream come true. And the fact that it was free was insane.

Group C racing was the golden age of endurance racing.

Wow, that 1998 Toyota GT1 prototype class car was so gorgeous compared to the current Toyota prototypes.

Those 1998 cars were a lot more better looking than their modern counterparts.

Group C, without a doubt was the best years of endurance racing. It became a celebration of speed that wasn't expensive to participate in and engine regulations were super open, meaning there were loads of participation. Obviously lap times will decrease over time even with the exact same regulations because new techniques have been formed, but this is more about regulations and re-living Group C

Thank you so much what a great video! I loved the GT1 class so much and seeing some of those cars at the Nürburgring and Hockenheim was amazing! It’s very sad that the modern cars mostly have boring V6 turbos.. BMWs V8 is still somewhat nice, but Cadillacs NA is the best engine in the field! Something that I thought I’d never say as a German haha!

The late 80,s I was working on a Porsche but private entry

Looking forward to attending the fourth 24 le mans 100th anniversary celebration. very happy

Would've been cool to see the differences in track times between the LMP1's and the GTP/Hypercars.... Great video and channel!

the 98' Porsche 911 GT1 is the most beautiful car I've ever seen and that opinion hasn't changed since 98, just everything about it is perfect. Only one road legal version of the car exists and it's in the Porsche museum in Stuttgart...talk about exclusivity

The amount of times the “S” in Le Mans and Chassis was not left silent was criminal

1982-1991 Group C Era 2009-2017 LMP1 Era 1966-1971 Prototype Era 1997-1999 GT1 Era These for me are the best eras of Le Mans (and the respective championships of the time) in that order. People really sleep on how amazing LMP1 was... Peugeot vs Audi, then Audi vs Toyota, then Audi vs Toyota vs Porsche, then Toyota vs Porsche, all of which wasting never before seen amounts of resources at a category to be on top, and the 2014-2017 battles between Toyota, Audi and Porsche especially were amazing. Don't let Nostalgia cloud you, the final years of LMP1 were really really good. The amazing Audi vs Porsche battles in 2015, the Audi coming in clutch to win in 2011, the Peugeots downfall in 2010, Audi vs Toyota fighting it out in 2012, the ridiculous and never before seen Toyota DNFing with 3 minutes to go while leading in 2016, the great battles between Porsche and Toyota in 2017... Let a few years pass and people will realize how good the 2009-2017 LMP1 era was. But, truth be told, this Hypercar class has everything to be even better than most of these eras (going to be hard to surpass Group C though). And more and more big name manufacturers will join to spice up the competition even more. I just wish the BoP wasn't so intrusive. This is a sport 1st and foremost, and not a show.

The Porsche 911 GT1 98 is the most beautiful Porsche. I was hoping with 100th year of Le Mans we would get a new model of it, but no announcement yet.

🔥🔥🔥 thank u so much sir for explaining the new LMP generation and bringing back memories of the '98 LeMans peak of the era

that gt one toyota is a thing of beauty

This effort made my year Thank you

Bro, the Gran Turismo music, awesome !

Group C and 1999 LeMans Race Cars are the true pinnacles in endurance racing.

The '98 Porsche GT1 livery is so nineties... ...I love it!!!

Makes me miss my ‘65 Porsche!!

Awesome video. Grew up with the 90s era gt1s but loving the new lmh/lmdh. What’s your views on the BoP situation going into LM? Do you see any chance for Porsche to be close if they have a clean race?

Thank you for recognizing the r390 in the first, coldest car ever

This series is gonna be awesome. Toyota has the experience advantage, but rivals are fighting and showing huge potencial to dethrone that GR monster.

I've always enjoyed the highest specs of endurance racing to be honest I've really been enjoying this year after watching the six hour Spa I now see the potential of that Ferrari has

The first golden age is not gt1 but the groupe c, the monsters of 80's is the big one not other cars!

Great video and analysis. I was at Le Mans for the first time in 1994 and was fortunate enough to be at 96, 97 and 98 to witness the incredible amount of manufacturers. The 333SP is one of the best sounding sportscars with that amazing V12. A bunch of us are going to Le Mans this year for the centenary; hoping Porsche, Ferrari and Cadillac can stick with the Toyotas. Peuguot is way off the pace unfortunately.

cool video!

Damn! The Up Speak is driving me nuts!

Well...we will have to wait for Road Atlanta to make sure that the 963 won't fly go flying 😂

now we need a whole new simulation RacingGame on consoles dedicated to the new LeMans/endurance Generation

4:00 the “Alfa” on the left was built in Automation

Panoz & Marcos !! Cmon bruh

The last letter, in LE MANS, is an S letter, yet it has to remain silent. Thank you for taking note of it!

this video is awesome

I like how the gt one looks very similar to the cars of today.

hypercar is actually a race between batmobiles. cool af

I love them ALL!

Love the way the pegouts look

Ferrari didn't race in LMP1, it was a LMP2 car, what they said: they return after 50 years yet back to pinacle of endurance racing, with the 499P.

Thanks for the great video. I think ferrari may be the only cars capable of potentially beating Toyota at this years LeMans 24 Can't wait. Its gonna be epic.

great video but getfaster needs to get a better quality mic ;)

Part of the GT1 regulations was a requirement for the car to have a space to carry 2 suitcases, obviously the TS020 didn't have said space on account of being a prototype masquerading as a GT car, so Toyota argued that the car passed this requirement since the fuel tank had enough space for 2 suitcases and technically the rules didn't state the luggage space had to be accessible or usable when the car is moving, somehow the ACO bought their argument and allowed them to race.

WOW THAT TOYOTA GT ONE LOOKED SO FAR AHEAD OF ITS TIME !!! THAT ONE WAS MY FAVORITE BUT WHO DOESNT LOVE A MCLAREN F1 !!

17:06 Yes, it won the 2023 24H of Le Mans and ended Toyota consecutive 24H of Le Mans wins.

I wouldn't call current era yet "golden age". Sure, there is an interest from the manufacturers and private teams but fanbase is small compared to the past.

I respect that even in heavily modified and hypercars BMW STILL keeps the grill that looks like a pigs nose

Late 90's and 80's golden era, LMP1 fastest and most exciting, and new is the budget economy class...... 10 seconds a lap slower than LMP1, but at least it will keep Endurance racing alive which was the fear when nobody wanted to spend big on LMP1, wish they were more closely linked with road cars in appearance as we had hoped with a title hypercars, but this was dropped to keep costs down.........

Anyone know why did Mclaren detune the F1 to NOT hit 396KM/ph? Was it to make it more reliable? It seems like they cut the legs out from under the car, if you have the legs on all your opponents on the straights....why detune it to only hit 317? Surely the factory cars were using durable parts by 1998 so why detune it? Or was it UN-tuned for Quali only then DE-tuned for the race?

Kindof confused about the crossove between Imsa and Hypercar. I see only 2 or 3 cars compete in both series. Do some cars just refuse to go over seas and vice versa?

Can anyone tell me what the two front running cars are around like 1:10????

good feature ! [monotone speaker does not help]

Bummed that you didn’t touch on the Nissan R390 GT1. I understand there isn’t one to compare it to but it was the other podium car for GT1.

Diesel Audi and Peugeot had no sound at all back in the day.🤷‍♂️ The best looking LeMans cars are the Mercedes Porsche and McLaren from 1995 to 1997.

Modern tires would make group-c and gt1 cars totally different.

Always liked the 917 story.. most just shells on Truck chassis to fake the whatever number needed to get approved hahaha.. I believe in a lot of .. fudging the HP numbers even.. why not . Also why plus 200 mph.. epic . Trans Am.. acid dipped Bodies etc etc haha

I won’t say that this got better. But for my taste, old cars and new cars both look good. I was a big fan of NASCAR and I have to admit that at least, Endurance keeps cool cars, NASCAR car declined time by time

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I really wish Ferrari could’ve run a v12 and lambo with a v10.

Really awesome video great information to get up to speed. But man.... Talk about butchering the words chassis and peugeot 😂

2:27 what track is this??

8:08, technically not true, its only the top class prototype they returned to in 2014, since in 2005 Porsche did return to prototype endurance racing with the LMP2 RS Spyder in the ALMS.

The 911 GT1 and the 911 GT1-98 are completely different cars

Where is our glorious gen 6 viper :/

Old school so much prettier

I love how so many car/racing/sim racing channels can always rely on Gran Tourismo 4 for some background music 😂😂

Can the 963 compete for first position in 2023?

For me, GT1 was the era of 'Meh' but PURELY because before it I had consumed Group C. The GT1 cars were to me boring (I was wrong of course because they were not) but Group C was just so good that most of what came after it was not as good.

shame to not hear about the 905 & 908 :)

Group C and GT1 was peak Le Mans. LMH and LMDh is just meh in comparison. The aero and bodywork on all the cars looks virtually identical (maybe other than Peugot) and lack any of the individual manufacturer look that previous categories had. The engine regulations also despite a bit of freedom with ICE config is rather spec series-ish with conformity to HP and overall car weight. With Toyota basically just modifying their LMP1 for LMH, that essentially ruined my hopes for that category as the spirit of those regulations were clearly more in mind for a GT1 style entry. The other issue is that the LMH and LMDh categories are too similar so long term I see them merging or one just falling by the wayside. I'd like to see a resurgence of true homologated, super/hyper cars ala GT1 or some kind of GT3 class on steroids.

At 1:56 the narrator says "Poresh 962s". Poresh, eh'? Is that Polish or something?

What made LMP1 cars that much more expensive?

Hypercars and LMDH may look cool but the category is a huge step backwards in terms of performance compared to the mighty LMP1, the TS050 achieved sub 3'15 at Le Mans in 2017 while the GR010 was almost 10 seconds slower in 2022 ! Hypercars could have a difficult time against or even be beaten by LMP2 of 5 years ago, quite disappointing ... so long for the show

why do i feel like lmh class is just downgraded lmp1 class rather that being street legal hyperclass of cars tuned to le mans specs like we were promised (amg one, valkyrie, chiron...)

Who would win, Current GTs or '98 GTs?

Those who notice the 787b mazda

"Dominating Le Mans in 1998"... We must have been witnessing different races, or have different ideas of what "dominating" means. The GT-One cars lead for 22.5 hours until the lead had to retire with a gearbox issue.

917 era was the best

The current Le Mans format, to my understanding / observation, appear as a return to what made the glory of the Sport / Prototypes & GT category that was enjoyed throughout the 1960s to the 1980s. The rivalry that ruined the category, beyond the issues relative to sponsorship affiliations, and FIA poorly managed calendars, was otherwise essentially the product of a rivalry between the real calendar [European], and the advent of a rather disruptive situation that issued from another rivalry that of IMSA and the rather 'degenerate' development that became known under that stupid appellation of ''Petite Le Mans'', which resembled the insistent push of America to try to call their sparkling wines 'Champagne', which knowledgeable tastebuds recognized as poor marketing. Fortunately, the younger American generations, as they grew and 'mutate' the public baseline, came to understand their responsibility in limiting the potential they otherwise could have helped unleash. This revived a collaboration with some of the more enlightened members of the FIA, and the ACO - Pierre Fillon, which resulted to the revival we are currently observing, and which by all means should receive a substantial boost from the 24 Hrs of Le Mans Centennial.

The s in Le Mans is silent

A difference between lmp1 and Hypercars? I know the sport but not enough for be called a big fan

The Porsche 911 GT1 of 1998 doesn't really count. It's a straight copy of the McLaren F1 - they bought one, stripped it down and copied the chassis bolt for bolt.

Lets remember Toyota in 2016 and 2017…..😂

Hey man, great video even though it was a bit confused on what was the point of this video. These are two completly different eras with some things that are kinda repeating themselves (rise of costs...). But the context between 98' and nowadays is completly different and i don't see where we could compare these eras

Did this guys just forget about the Porsche RS Spyder? Man I love that car so much.

Sorry but just skipping the 919? What?!?

Does anyone sells tickets for this year le mans?

8:02 you mean 1999

I couldn`t, during the entire video understand: Which Category - back than & today... Was the intentional restricted "light weights"(and budget wise)... which were are ment to represent cars that develop technologies which latter on can be even further downscaled and implemented in real long, lasting efficient products in the common people automobiles. And which one was the F you we pour the entire automobile manufacturer resource capacity in terms of money, materials, engineer previous, current and future know how and build something that we intend to eventually be part of a spaceship, technology wise (even thou we are gonna go ahead and assume People that build Jet Fighter airplanes for governments are much closer to that, than more or less private conglomerates, as world wide successful they are and by Governments I mean USA, Russia and China and not Czechoslovakia per say, sorry Czechoslovakia, not you). Also what amazes me is ~how and why there are regulations in that class... Makes no sense... If there are 5 world wide manufactures that can afford to participate in the "Unrestricted" gasoline, not jet engine, propelled engine class... let 5 cars race... let`s see who truly builds best of best. However I actually just to immediately contradict myself want 2 actual regulations. A) One and the same top shelf public available fuel for all cars B) No larger than 21` wheels on >one and the same tire manufacturer< for all cars... One brand, one and the same compounds, one and the same everything on all cars. Equal Fuel, Equal Tires. From than onwards there is 1 more "self Imposing" rule... Number of required laps or in this particular case "participate in 24 hours race without refuel breaks working counter efficiently" From than onwards 5 liters displacement, 10 litters displacement, Aero, No Aero, Suspensions, Cambers, Materials, Pressures, >Whatever of those according to those that can afford it makes the most of "that fuel" and "those tires"< Also here also play those hybrid things... put it on... don`t put it on... make it recuperate, don`t make it recuperate. Make it recharge during refuel phase for a little, make it "steal" of car`s HPs to regenerate... make it heavy, make it light... You chose weather you need it actually really in the car or >absolutely not

easy the 98 completed 351 laps in 24h in 2022 they would be 28th with that results, in the pole position they would be in the 26th position. so why even compare? its a different era with different cars and rules. forgedabbaditbro!

Watch Ferrari get more success in WEC they end up selling their F1 team

I don't know mam, I think Hypercar is boring.

Nissan won in le mans it the 300zx ir Steve millan

I think the name change from LMP1 to LMH is FUCKING STUPID❗️ Just change the rules NOT the name of the class. ALSO, what’s the point of having a mostly spec series (LMDH) that’s just an cheap copy of LMH with LMP2 chassis from 4 DIFFERENT manufacturers, that race with the premier class cars…❓ I would rather they did a semi-spec series version of LMP2 that creates a cheaper form of GT1, that supplies the chassis, hybrid systems and allows manufacturers and customer teams to field cost-effective versions of their top-of-the-line Hypercars, just like they wanted to do with the Ford GT, Aston Martin Valkyrie, Ferrari SF90, Lamborghini Sian, Bugatti Bolide, Mercedes ONE and Lotus Evora. THEY COULD MAKE THIS HAPPEN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY JUST DID IT WITH A 75% COST REDUCTION TO MAKE LMH FROM LMP1❗️

A little painful to hear your content creator partner get faster mispronounce Porsche and then Le Mans

WHATS UP WITH ALL THE NEW RULES AND ONLY HAVING TT V6'S !!!??? I BET THEY GET JUST AS BAD AS FUEL ECONOMY AS THE TURBO'D CARS FROM 1998 LOLOL !!! WHAT A JOKE. BRING BACK COOL ENGINES INSTEAD OF FORCING EVERYONE TO USE THE EXACT SAME ENGINE FORMAT. V10S ! V12 'S !! HELL EVEN ROTARYS !!

Lets just hope that Bernie the dictator doesn’t find a way to kill the series again…

Le Mans was awesome until Audi came in and out spent everyone to dominance, making the series mega boring.

How can you be a Motorsport content creator and not know how to pronounce le mans

These cars look terrinle.

I think that Cadillac have a strong car maybe thay can beat Toyota 👺👺🏯