“You promised me the drive ,not the win “. Class !!

Despite the discrepancies, I loved Ford vs Ferrari. Say what you will, the movie did reach non motorsport folks. I can say my wife enjoyed it and said it was nothing like she thought itd be. Even a tear shed at the end from her. Good job on this guys. 👍👍

I still think had they not brought up that stupid photo finish Ken would have won n history would have still turned out the same! Props to Peter Miles for being such a Humble n Reserved human being. It's sad that his father past away in that accident bc I'm sure that kept peter from becoming just like his father. God bless Ken Miles

One point not made here is that had Ken Miles won LeMans that year, he would have been the only person to win the 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 hours of Daytona, and the 24 hours of LaMans in the same year. But I also wondered what happened to those laps ahead he was. I'm glad it was talked about here.

I remember meeting Ken Miles at Sebring. I was 12 years old at the time, my first time there was in 1959. I remember my heroes, mostly European drivers of course back then, but seeing Ken hustle thru the hairpin.......

The story needs a update. Yesterday, June 11, 2023 Ferrari finally broke the duck and won Le Mans outright. :-)

I just looked it up. I'm a New Zealander and the 1966 race was won by Chris Amon and Bruce McLaren of New Zealand driving a Ford GT 40 Mk II. Woohoo!

My father was an engineer at ford and I am trying to find out if he was involved in the program the reason I wonder is that in 1966 he was allowed to bring home a gt to show his family and give joy rides.

The GT40 was such an awesome car. Hands down kicked ass.

Can't believe how selfless the guy was! It's like even in life he ran the perfect lap, striving excellence over awards or recognition..

Motor sport in the 1960s must have been awe-inspiring. Can-am series and these wonderful cars in the le mans races. When they invent a time machine, I'm going back to take it all in.

ive watched this probly 15 times but yet I don't get tired of watching it.

The best part of this movie was getting to see all of these beautiful cars being driven hard like they should! I was only 1 year old when this movie takes place so I really appreciate getting to see some of my favorite cars in their natural habitat!

Le Mans has always been my favorite racing movie. This is now my second.

Shellby and ken miles were legends 😍 Mustang Shellby is not just a Car it's an Emotion 😍

This was a magnificent short with excellent visual quality…truly great work.

I was there, sobbing with joy !

12:39 "Ferrari has never won Lemans outright again..." They must have taken this personally eh?

I watched the movie for the first time the other day . Something that came to mind was the fact the GT 40 was originally designed and built in England due to their experience in European racing . The GT40 did not become the race winning car it was until after the original engine was switched out to the Ford 427 and the tweaks at Shelby's shop . I drew a comparison to the P51 Mustang airframe being designed and built in the US but it did not become the superior fighter it was until the English Rolls Royce was installed in England . Both of these fine engineering examples were at the design pinnacle for their day and benefitted from collaboration between English and American technology. And the rest is history ....

There is an excellent book out about Ken Miles years with Shelby. It was done by Dave Friedman, one of racing's best ever photographers. There is a picture in it taken shortly after the race where you can clearly see the official scoreboard over Miles' shoulder. It clearly shows Ken Miles in first by one lap over second place. Get a copy & see for yourself.

Who was the best driver that day? Ken Miles hands down, end of story.

Great movie! I was doubtful about watching this film, wondering what Hollywood would make of it - but the pairing of Matt Damon and Christian Bale was inspired, and lifted the already brilliantly choreographed action scenes onto another level... very enjoyable

4:58 Can we just take a moment to recognize the enormous marbles on these people casually lounging inches from certain death

The movie was amazing (FORD VS FERRARI), they could of got it accurate though, but hey this small doco sums everything up. great doco!

It seems to me then this movie and in this documentary everybody has forgotten the three new zealanders that were in these cars and chief among them Bruce McLaren an absolute Legend and the father of the McLaren motor racing team and an absolute Automotive genius Chris Amon genius driver and Denny holme a name that in New Zealand is legendary now I may be a little bit biased because I am a kiwi and and we love tonight Vehicles go fast whether it's cars motorbikes or boats

What a lovely piece.

nicely done!

Great video

Amazing piece of history!! What a story!

My wife was the same. I am an ex racer and had spent years trying to explain to her what racing means and how important it is. She just couldn't get it. She did get it after watching that film.

Very well done

About time that someone documented and proved that’s the McLaren/Hulme car clearly crossed the line first. Much different to all the urban myths getting around. Plus not one photo I have ever seen shows the #1 car crossing the line first… Nice words from Miles son.

YOUR GETTTING A NEW RIDE ! VERY COOL !

Great Stuff !

Can we just appreciate what an incredible man. Helped with engineering etc. but also at such an age was 2+ laps ahead. How was he so much better than Mclaren and co. 🤯👏🏻

Like any based on true events movie, you're going to have a lot of poetic licenses thrown in. Many times, because real life isn't nearly as dramatic as movies portray and nobody is going to the movies to watch themselves have a boring day in their boring lives. The core of this movie got the right parts right and that was the intense Ford v. Ferrari rivalry ... which caused Ford to develop the coolest Ford ever to this very day, lol. And a lot of people got to learn a little something about a great race car driver they'd probably never even heard of before this movie.

One of the coolest stories ever !

After watching the film I new nothing of Ken miles I do now thank you Ken what a guy ❤

how does this channel only have 300 subs?? someone from motorsportimages send me a note. Even with just images from your archives I can make you some classics.

I agree 100% with this statement --> 11:09 and it is why I _prefer_ documentaries. You can fit much more info. into the same amount of time and even discuss any controversies.

Ken Miles got screwed on this deal. He was the real winner but I personally feel this was Fords way of saying we didn't want you in the first place.

The Film only brought back to the forefront one of the most shocking events ever, in the Auto Racing World. Murica!

Brilliant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👍

I really enjoyed the movie...and it refueled the interest for that era of racing for people not even alive then.....I knew going in that the movie was going to be a Hollywood type movie....but i loved seeing the classic cars up on the big screen....again....like in Le Mans and Grand Prix.....that was raw racing....and low technology ...and low safety too......crazy scary and big balls racing ....

I filmed Chris Amon a number of times and you can tell he was a bit pissed with the whole "Ken was robbed" narrative. He said they would have won easily if they hadn't been following team instructions after the last Ferrari was out to drive slower, instructions that Ken mostly ignored. Also while he didn't put it past McLaren to give it a burst at the end he said the car had a sticking accelerator and McLaren was having to put his foot under it to control the speed so keeping at a constant speed at the end was a bit difficult, it may not have been intentional. If you want to know who was robbed have a look at the drives who won the race for Ford but were dropped the next year so Ford could have an American driver win the race. Then ignored by the film.

"American Muscle beat Italian Sophistication." And I take a sip of my American bourbon from my Italian crystal glass.

Hearing Bruce Mclaren and Denny Hulme's names was Fantastic, 2 Kiwi's withe the nothing can hold them back attitude, RIP to them both

The correct team won, they were told to slow and let Miles catch up , that’s not racing

My friends who arent super into motorsports both loved it. If it brings more people to the world of racing its a win for me. Even my buddy's wife loved it.

I miss my 63MG. Had it when i was 17, drove it like i was 35, and it ran better at 9000ft than 6500ft alt and above 4500rpm is where i kept it as often as possible!

Funny how they spared only 1 sentence about Remingtons revolutionary quick brake change system. That had a major impact on the development of the race, and a clear advantage to Ford.

We'll only ever have what we watched, we'll never know what happened behind closed doors. But even though mcclaren won we are all still talking about Ken why because as Christian says he was purest n the perfect lap was all that really mattered to Ken(now I can't speak for ken,n I'm sure the victory would of been nice,but there's always another race another trophy). Sure u can have shelves full of trophies but only a small percentage of those wins can you say "I really drove a perfect lap/race". U can come dead last but if you've driven your perfect lap u can smile n be happy with yourself. Different racing back then, raw no electronics. These days it's seems to easy because so much of the car/bike/boat etc is helping u.

excellent

Interesting that no one ever mentions the winning 66 Ford GT40 had a 7 Liter ( 427CID) motor and the Ferrari was a 330 ( 4.0 Liter)

An historical snippet. When Shelby launched the GT350, Ken Miles took it 0-100-0 in 13.8 seconds, on STREET TYRES !

Now bring on the prequel, 64, 65 world manufacturers championship with the Daytona coupes.

For me the original movie (le Mans) with Steve Mcqueen was the start of my enthousiasm of motorsport in general and LeMans & FormuleOne in special

Really, really good short on Le Mans '66 I can only assume the comment about muscle vs technology refers to the power-plants. I didn't see buggy springs or rubbing block brakes on the GT40, but possibly I've blacked out each time near one since '66. One might consider that the two engines Ford considered viable were in fact passenger car designs, an engine is but one facet of what's required to win, and it makes little sense to 'reinvent the wheel' when two perfectly suited candidates already exist. The decision to use the 427 was much debated (argued), as the additional weight did in fact result in increased lap times, brake wear, tire wear and fuel use as compared to the 289 based engine. The basis for using the 427 was durability/reliability. The 289 (as developed) would and did provide the horsepower required to compete, and equal to the 427 (as developed), however the 289 required considerably higher RPM to produce that power as well as being that much closer to the stress limits of its design at equivalent power. Imparted stress on a reciprocating/rotational ass,y increases by the square of RPM, knowing full well this could be fatal in the prolonged high output requirements of Le Mans the decision was made to err(?) on the safe side. A DNF isn't a gamble one takes when the goal is to put an arrogant little fellow from Italy in his place - on his 'home court'. And look how that worked out...

Ken and Shelby will always be in our hearts forever. Legends are not born they are made and live like Kings. Only pure and truthful Human have hearts. ❤️😘👍🎉🎊🙏

It's impossible to take a moment in history, especially one that covered years, and condense it down to just 2 hours, yet still be entertaining. The best you can hope for is to get the emotions, the tensions, and the thrill of auto racing mixed in with the main facts. The title, "Ford v Ferrari" tells you what it's about, while the characters/people takes you there. I saw the movie strictly because it was about the GT40 race car, and not because they beat Ferrari with it. That part was a bonus. Was it 100% accurate? No movie ever is, that would make it a documentary.....a very long documentary. I've seen it many times and will see it many times after this.

Ken is a racing God

Miles' son interviewed in front of an SC and AC Cobra. He must have been be well cared for. Oh now I get it (He is also the executive administrator of billionaire Chip Connor’s vintage car museum, said to be worth more than $800 million).

12:30 isn't that the 29 car that wiped out infront of Miles in the first lap?

That was pretty damn good

A beautiful story

It is a great shame that the vast majority of people who watched the "Ford v Ferrari" movie, believe it to be factually accurate. "Ford v Ferrari" is a Hollywood movie, and its purpose is to entertain, not educate. It is riddled with inaccuracies. To understand the truth, watch a documentary or read a book about the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hour.

If Ford could match Ferrari in my opinion. Ford its the winner just because their corporation vision of car was not racing cars. Thanks Ford for making combustion vehicles avaliable for almost anyone, you deserve more than thanks, all this races are just justification of what everyone know, Ford was a genious and deserves his place in history as the one who made quality cars for the common people. Bless you.

I Have a MatchBoxCar 4×4 Pick-Up, with The "CIBIE" Lights Livery!

At 12:11 Peter Miles says he's sorry his Father didn't win. He's wrong. The racing world all knew that Ken Miles won that race head and shoulders above the others but other circumstances came into play and through no fault of his own, it was taken away.

If only some of still hold the words of them today

None of this may ever happened if Ferrari had not disrespected Ford

This and The World's Fastest Indian are my two favourite motorsport movies.

I remember 1966 what a year.

Subbed.

I love how, on the 50th anniversary, Ford did again!

Amazing that so much work went to in the end decide to loose

To be honest both cars looks marvelous

Even with some inaccuracies, it was still a entertaining movie. Not as good as LeMans with Steve McQueen, but very enjoyable to watch.

Ford vs Ferrari was a good movie. But in the end that's all it was, a movie.

Beyond the money spent by Ford, and the combination of drivers and crew members, the winning factors may have been inside the 7-liter FE. The oiling system had been redesigned from the previous version and the valvetrain benefited from the stability of rocker shafts. I'm not sure any other pushrod engine would have lasted 24 hours at that pace.

Good win

If you listen closely you can hear Ken Miles go "Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up!"

This movie's one of the best examples of empathetic storytelling in recent years. I know nothing about racing, but that doesn't matter, because the characters love racing and their struggle and personal commitment to their work makes me care.

Another really good inspirational movie is “American Underdog” about Kurt Warner’s career. Whole family really liked the movie.

I remember the race it was a good days

I felt really sad for miles when he slowed down and now for his son 😞

I have researched this for years. Movie is more accurate than any documentary.

The old 50's Ford pushrod engine made em look slow. That is the greatest thing about the whole thing because they said that engine had no chance. Wrong thing to say to American hot rod guys. I guess they didn't know the FE Ford engine family had years of racing development in NASCAR and NHRA.

They were great guys , all of them

The narrator sounds like a more chipper Werner Herzog.

Ken was told to slow down. Ken would have easily won.

Just listen to Chris Amon when he asked B Mclaren what are you going to do ! We’re gunna win.

I’d like to know if Peter Miles is a Aston Villa supporter as he was portrayed in the film. 🙂

10:58 i would love to see a movie in the style of the show "24" from the different perspective of the drives owners and crew chiefs of le mans 1966

At 3:24, great sunglasses, and the nose hairs for a personal grooming expression, Cool.

I dreamt of driving at Le Mans in my car. I still do.

It was just really awsum to get to see inside a little of that years of le mans 1964 to 1967...i race moto gp bikes an have driven a simulator around 8.47 course of le mans using an F1 car with a medium downforce an theres nothing quite like lapping that 8 mile track in 3.30 minutes go flat out at 200 in to turns an just going pedal to the floor i could not imagine doing that for 45 minutes stints an fir 24hours....the track is fairly flat not elevation changes like the nurb...but in the pitch black of nite...

Cool

You're father absolutely won that race. I think you know this in your heart. He was an extraordinary man. 👍

So really the 66 Le Mans 24 hour belonged to New Zealand, with 3 Kiwi drivers, McLaren, Amon and Denny Hulme with a lone Englishman ,(Ken Miles) for support.😁😁