Mind boggling fact: This was his first drive in a race car with an H pattern gearbox. Kids these days!

No music, no blabber. Thank you.

There is nothing like the sound of a Cosworth at full throttle!

wow, i had no idea the steering ratio was so high. I guess i'm too used to watching modern F1 cars. Nice to see these old machines in action

Great video, with several laps of this great track. I feel sorry for what the poor gearbox loudly suffered in the process, though.

He doesn't even rev-match on the downshifts. Jim Clark must be hitting 12,000 RPM in the grave. GRAUNNCCHH!

Even at 8/10ths, on an incredibly smooth modern circuit, this looks like such a handful. I couldn't imagine pushing one of these at 11/10ths around a bumpy backroad of a track they used to drive these on. Terrifying, but also exhilarating. If given the opportunity to drive a Formula car from any era, it would definitely be this one

IMO, Jim Clark's drive @ Monza '67 is one of the greatest in F1 history. After that tire puncture setback, he did what seemed impossible: unlapped the entire field (without the help of cautions) & then retook the lead with 7 laps to go. Unfortunately, with just 3 miles left, his Lotus appeared to be running out of fuel (later found to be a fuel pump failure) & the best Clark could do at the end was coast over the finish line in third.

grand prix legends.. playing this game since I was 5 (20 now), first good onboard vid i've seen in my life, best day ever

This just demonstrates that helmet cameras should be featured in ALL race series, from cars to bikes, and everything in between. Fantastic video and thanks to all involved for making it happen.

many thanks road & trrack for allowing me to live this !! It is the dream of my life

After watching this amazing video I have an even greater respect and appreciation of the understated talent of Jim Clark. A true legend ! Thanks for this!

What a great intake sound from that sweet motor. The condition of the cogs in the transmission, and the condition of the clutch being unknowns of course, it still appears that Mr. Rossi could use some practice at gearchanges, both up and down through the four-speed. Today's racers are too accustomed to either bump-shifting sequential boxes, or transmissions with electronic/paddle actuated shifters. The joy of matchig revs and keeping a session free from crunch-shifts is becoming a lost art.

That looks so fun. Love the sound of that old car too. And congratulations Rossi for winning the 100th Indianapolis 500!!

That car is practically a holy relic due to its history, design, and connection with Clark. Great to see. I won't comment on the drive other than to say the car was obviously more than a match for the driver on this video. Makes me wonder if it was set up for Clark, and a mortal tried driving it.

Thank you very much R&T for not ruining this video with background music. Well done and it fits perfectly with your new image. Pure motorsport. Pure race car.

Is the art of heel and toeing already lost ? Great lines on the track but poor old transmission 😣 real shame as this is what makes driving these vintage cars such a memorable experience.

Great stuff, the steering input is awesome to watch...

I clicked on this for the sounds.... thank you and your amazing car.

Now that is proper grandprix racing and in a legendary car too!! Awesome! Thanks for sharing..

First onboard of a classic car I see being driven nowadays at a real pace. Thaks a lot

Thank you, R&T!

Beautiful car. Nice driving. Excellent job with over and under steer correction.👍

Great to see such a legendary car put through its paces with a modern camera

Best video you have EVER produced. No idiot yakking, no dumbassed music just a symphony of Cosworth, wind and tires. Make all you videos like this please.

I just read the article about this event and you were right. The Lotus 49 uses a dog leg shift-pattern, which I wasn't aware of because I got to know the car in GPL where it has the shift-pattern of every standard road car. Rossi only used 2nd to 5th in this video, because of the very "short" gear ratio.

sick video! thanks for upload!

More videos like this please!!!!! This is awesome stuff

A very Wild car... A truly pure blood.

Can't get enough of this video

Beautiful, what a machine. Pure driving.

Great video - thanks R&T!

Awesome stuff. Would like to see more of this kind of thing.

What a treat for Rossi to have driven that classic Lotus... truly a legend of not only its own time, but of automotive excellence.

Great, great view, great car, great lid cam

This man should not be wrestling with this beautiful car. Has he never seen film of Jim Clark driving? Everything was in balance with Clark, he let the car run and just influenced the steering here and there. The best ever.

props. serious balls to drive a legendary car with no downforce that fast around COTA.

fantastic driving of this very difficult car !

we have a Big Piece of History here, well done

I loved this video! This is exactly what the purist/lover of cars, like! The only thing missing for it to be perfect it's for it to be High quality High definition 1080p! Loved it! Bring up some more! :D

Great video with no mindless music or commentary. Serious understeer and probably called for a different technique back in the days before aerodynamics. Looking at period onboard footage, Jim Clarks hands on the steering were motionless by comparison.

In all fairness to Mr. Rossi, the Lotus 49 was one of the most difficult F1 cars to control, as stated by Clark himself, and it seems clear that they started filming the moment Rossi sat in it with no time at all to get used to the set-up and gear box. The genius of Clark shown when you recall that he did no testing at all in the new 49 prior to showing up to qualify at Zandvoort in 1967 at the car's debut. Of course, being Clark he won the race and had fastest lap.

Love this video!

One of the most beautiful cars in automotive history IMO, classic Lotus livery and all. Just wish they put a little more effort in the video and maybe included some on- board telemetry with accel/decell and G meter stats.

really really cool video. nice driving -especially on the quickest last (third) lap-. I like hearing the that solid gearbox scream a bit at gearchange/downshift sometimes (when clutch does not apply 100% at some moments) :).

Heel and toe, dude!

That actually got my adrenaline pumping! Well done old sport

That noise is EPIC

What a handful! Beautiful

My favorite car in Assetto Corsa

Amazing!

Nice, you can see him starting to almost get the hang of 4-wheel drifting on some corners on the final lap. Must be awesome to get the chance to drive such an impressive piece of machinery. Also weird to see the 49 driven on a new track, being that twitchy I guess it would feel right at home on the wider tracks of today that leave much more room for error.

agreed. I've been trying to get my gopro on the car for 2 years and either our mechanic or the officials have prevented me from sorting it out, so it is still way cool to see what it looks/sounds like in car.

Of course! See the link included above for the story. It looks great in print too. Just sayin'!

this is FANTASTIC

Wow this video is a testament to the benefits of downforce and just how squirrely a car is when it has none

This makes me feel much better about the occasional missed shift in the Cortina!

I want more!

Fair play to Rossi he's giving it some

No doubt in my mind the most beautiful racing car ever. Can you imagine driving this around Spa or Nurburgring with an early Cosworth engine when the power would come in abrubtly ?

Amazing, awesome! I drive this car in the Assetto Corsa sim.

my favorite car of all time!

That was a great effort for someone I assume has driven quite different types of cars to that previously. Yes I am a GPLer too and his main weakness was simply only having a few laps in the car. His entries got much better as he went along and these cars need longer than this clip to build some heat in the tyres so they don't skate around under brakes. The upshifts were a bit harsh, getting them smooth is difficult on the simulator let alone the real thing. Well done loved it :-)

what an epic lapping! this guy is so brave! i would be able to drive a car like him :D

He has a little trouble with the corners downshifting then upshifting. It's a little different having to reach for the shifter rather and the wheel paddles.

That looks fun to drive!

funny cars and amazing driving!! thank for vidéo

Nice video.

Huge respect for anyone who can drive a '67 Formula 1 car.

Great track. Now, imagine someone who knows the car going around. Very nice video.

I like how people think it's possible to get in a car designed for another time, another era and for a different style of driver and be as quick as they were, with no set up or running time. Rossi might not be sliding it like Clark or Hill but he's doing a damn sight better than I could ever hope to.

1:53 ouch that grind

I'd love to see that too, regardless of the circuit, would be spectacular images.

Bellissimo! Grazie.

Workin that wheel! True racing requires talent not seen today. Cosworth!

he is at circuit of the Americas

I can't believe some of these people think that playing a video game makes them a car expert

The sound...the sound!!!

That make one hell of a nice noise!

WOW great driving.

You can tell just by watching this you had to have some serious fucking balls to drive these cars at the limit.

All kinds of understeer, all kinds of awesome too!

Sure brings back the Grand Prix Legends for the PC memories!

Looks really fast in the long straight !

The Lotus 49 has 5 gears, Rossi is only using 1st to 4th in this video, he shifts down to first entering most of the corners. This car reaches over 300 km/h so depending on the final ratio the fifth gear may not be necessary on such a relatively short track. He could have used it on the long straight though, maybe there was a technical problem that forbid him to use 5th.

Whoa! Twitchy! Music when the cosworth comes on the cam...

Glorious.

gearchanges sounded really crunchy id LOVE to drive that thing

This is what real driving is all about, this car was so much ahead of it's time, power to weight is everything, like said here by derbigpr500 this car is so hard to drive (big tumbs up to Mr Rossi) and to push this car to it's limits is so difficult, respect to the drivers who drove them in anger, like the late Jimmy Clark.

really nice

Great video, but is it understeering a hell of a lot or is he just being easy on the gas pedal? Cant see him balancing the car at all in the bends except after hard braking. Anyone got any input on this?

Completely agree on your statement. I was surprised at first that it was Rossi driving.. Does he even know who Jim Clark was?! And all the shifting was horrible to listen to. I was like: "Please please.. Be gentle. It's not a modern F1 car who you can torture like this.." The only positive in this video is the actual enginesound when reving it up. And of course to see such a historical car again..

this car breaks my heart.

Of course! It's a very different beast. As drivers go he'd have better reflexes than just about anyone posting in the comments here, he'd be fitter and more able to deal with G-forces. But all of the people crying out for the gearbox in the comments here do have a point, and personally I would've liked to have seen a 60's driver take the thing out for a spin. But that's just me, I'm nostalgic.

thank you mister engineer

Looked like the tires were getting a bit mushy toward the end. I'm going to be listening to this for the rest of the day.

I’m surprised that there wasn’t much oversteer. Mans has skill with throttle control

Jim Clark had great/superior driving skills. This cars cars were very slippery and dangerous at that time, no slick tyres, no TC, wings and more...JC what a legend!

If You don't heel an toe to match the revs .. the thing that happens is exactly what did .. compression lock on the downshifts .. like throwing the handbrake on,.

i cannot tell, maybe it is the camera angle n such, but is the lotus under steering like crazy? sure looks like it