The 7 Craziest Stories In Le Mans 24 Hours History
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Күн бұрын7 stories we've heard about Le Mans 24 hour, what have you heard recently?
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@Excludos 5 жыл бұрын
One of the most amazing Le Mans 24h stories must be the one about Duncan Hamilton showing up drunk, breaks his nose halfway through the race, and somehow still winning the whole thing.
@ChrJahnsen 6 жыл бұрын
Not just 400 km/h. It was 407, mate.
@carlosandleon 6 жыл бұрын
ChrJahnsen damn
@guigui70051 5 жыл бұрын
A Peugoet hit 408 (but they said it was 405 because the Peugoet 405 came the same year)
@WASIURPA 5 жыл бұрын
At least......
@marcusm5127 5 жыл бұрын
I don't like Peugeot but if all their models were names after their top speed I could like their SUVs.
@Dr1ftop1a 5 жыл бұрын
@@marcusm5127 Yoooo XD
@NavF1 7 жыл бұрын
Oh so the Mercedes that took off during Le Mans 1999 with Dumbreck is not crazy?
@LukasD89 7 жыл бұрын
KZfaq Account #GatLePork sure is, but unfortunately that happened a lot more often in earlier years and not so fortunate results.
@ogechiteixeira1853 7 жыл бұрын
Or you know, 1955
@NavF1 7 жыл бұрын
yeah 1955 one was worth a mention
@HarryVerolme 7 жыл бұрын
Ogechi Teixeira came here for this.
@simonkevnorris 7 жыл бұрын
Don;t forget that it also happened to Mark Webber twice that year also in a Mercedea. Once during practice and also during the warm up.
@y_fam_goeglyd 4 жыл бұрын
I actually cried when Nakajima broke down. I didn't have a face car/team or driver, but that was gut-wrenching!
@falcuma 2 жыл бұрын
Every person that was in the main straight at that moment was either crying, speechless, or stunned. It's a moment I will never ever forget, nothing describes the emotion felt by the crowd at that moment. I still can't believe it years after.
@string_t 7 жыл бұрын
At least Toyota can run 23 hours Long, unlike Honda which can barely do a formation lap
@abduldon6976 5 жыл бұрын
Toyota won 2018
@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo 5 жыл бұрын
@@abduldon6976 great it took almost 20 years straight....... porsche got 19 wins..........
@abduldon6976 5 жыл бұрын
@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo Porsche has the most wins in lemans it is legendary how they began winning. Toyota since 2014 I think was the fastest, but 24 HR reliability was the issue... Porsche wins class wins now, why did they stop lmp1 I don't know.
@lee541982 4 жыл бұрын
@@abduldon6976 and 2019!
@melomarshmelo7953 4 жыл бұрын
Abdul Don and 2019
@sdx3918 4 жыл бұрын
2:56 damn it you caught me.
@josaphatfebrianj.f_works2838 3 жыл бұрын
less button, more ? Or less and more communication with your engineers ?
@dazleeders 6 жыл бұрын
3:37 some nice race footage you have there
@jellederks7512 7 жыл бұрын
correction; toyota just set an 3:14.791
@peterrusso872 7 жыл бұрын
Jelle Derks I was just looking for this comment 😃
@zilverpt6572 7 жыл бұрын
I didn't wanted to be that guy, but... André Lotterer's time was set during the race and he did 3:17:476, not 3:17:647, like it was mentioned in the video. That time was also set in the 2015 race, but it was Filipe Albuquerque who did that lap time. And Lotterer's time is only the fastest lap time during the race, not the overall best. Kobayashi's time was set in qualifying and it is the overall best lap ever. (And apologies for my bad english.)
@yukinoinu 7 жыл бұрын
Not to mention, this record was on Mediums, hopefully soon again to be broken.
@Sniparator 7 жыл бұрын
yuki no inu The tires don't work like in F1. At all.
@TheLegitaMate1 7 жыл бұрын
As astonishing as that lap was, it isn't the "all-time quickest." The all-time quickest is the pole position lap set by Pedro Rodriguez in a Porsche 917K at Le Mans in 1971, a 3:13.9.
@NitrocideOfficial 7 жыл бұрын
amazon prime le mans ad, I'm satisfied now
@kartikeychaubey 7 жыл бұрын
Grind Gear and here i thought i was the only one who got this ad 😂😂
@bismarck1054 7 жыл бұрын
Kartikey Chaubey I have gotten in thrice by now
@albert0606 7 жыл бұрын
Grind Gear me too lol
@luuklugtigheid1867 7 жыл бұрын
Grind Gear same haha, I tought that it actually already was the video
@bismarck1054 7 жыл бұрын
got it right now
@Skulldetta 6 жыл бұрын
1952: Pierre Levegh drives on his own for almost 23 hours and then retired with gearbox failure, while being seven laps in front of the second-placed competitor. 1955: Pierre Levegh and over 80 spectators died because of an idiotic move by Mike Hawthorn.
@caribman10 5 жыл бұрын
What about a certain driver (Porsche) who had the race won in the 23rd hour and near the end the engine blew...?
@michaelholmes5590 5 жыл бұрын
83
@davidpoiu62 5 жыл бұрын
*tinfoil hat intensifies*
@michamcv.1846 5 жыл бұрын
yeah Mike Hawthorn thats a criminal...
@Ihelpanytime 5 жыл бұрын
Don't say idiotic, accidents in motorsports happen. Ok if he was idiotic to cause such a fatal crash, then go drive his race car and correct his mistake
@Bondstreetdrift 6 жыл бұрын
and rotary engine was banned after the victory :D
@dominicbeltz9057 3 жыл бұрын
One reason was that it was difficult to measure the displacement
@ambergris5705 3 жыл бұрын
The ban should have been in place even before the race, but due to complaints, the cars were allowed, and took what would be the first and only japanese victory for a quarter of a century.
@user-cv2my8ck5d 3 жыл бұрын
Dorito engine
@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo 3 жыл бұрын
The ban was issued 2 years prior but inforced in 1992.... The Mazda raced for 2 years with 1 win out of 22 races.
@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo 3 жыл бұрын
@@ambergris5705 the Mazda raced for 2 years and won 1 race out 23..... And the ban was placed in 1990 but inforced in 1992.
@Jewalify 4 жыл бұрын
I was confused to why people were calling Le Mans 66 ”Ford v Ferrari” then I remembered America
@Formula1st 3 жыл бұрын
It’s kinda funny, I guess the idea was to put Ford in the name and the yanks would think their truck would be in it
@aurickbiswas8233 3 жыл бұрын
@@Formula1st lol lol
@aurickbiswas8233 3 жыл бұрын
And the fact that Gt40 was actually a british car first
@nirowat6048 3 жыл бұрын
@@aurickbiswas8233 bruh that was the cobra, not the gt40
@aurickbiswas8233 3 жыл бұрын
@@nirowat6048 idk about cobra but Gt40 was originally a british car probably like a prototype which ford bought and named Gt40
@chadj.1736 4 жыл бұрын
Who is here after watching "Ford v Ferrari"? Only me? Ok
@fencingisb 4 жыл бұрын
Chad J. I am
@R4M_Tommy 4 жыл бұрын
Awful film
@lars6755 4 жыл бұрын
Matteo Tommasi shut up it was awsome
@leafwart18000 4 жыл бұрын
Matteo Tommasi leave. Brilliant film.
@milanjustmilan5964 4 жыл бұрын
Chad J. I am
@cooperbeard29 7 жыл бұрын
OH THEY'RE PUTTING DRIES ON
@AxelKuno 7 жыл бұрын
what about how tom kristensen (aka the le mans legend) not only won on his debut in the race, but also beat the lap record IN THE FREAKING NIGHT as in pitch black.
@rebellion2054 4 жыл бұрын
Respectfully (because T.K is GOD and driving Le Mans at night seems insane to me), many of the fastest laps are set in the cool temperatures of the night. What Kristensen always did well was move through traffic, triple stint tyres and somehow could occasionally eek an extra lap from a fuel tank. Smooth and deadly.
@NavF1 7 жыл бұрын
2:41 McLaren Honda should use chewing-gum, amirite?
@justaracething1353 7 жыл бұрын
KZfaq Account #GatLePork not if the gum is made by Honda, cause that will fail too ;)
@toptechbrasil2356 7 жыл бұрын
yes
@thelonesculler 6 жыл бұрын
It'll be GP2 gum
@fordgalaxiefanclub7733 6 жыл бұрын
KZfaq Account #GLP *redbull
@gn01036238 6 жыл бұрын
Nah dude, spec 3 gum
@Ihelpanytime 6 жыл бұрын
What about in 1995??????? McLaren GT-R was the last car to get an overall victory in a lesser class (LMGT1 defeated LMPs lol)
@Ewane 5 жыл бұрын
I help anytime LMGT1 and WSC were equal from 1994 to 1998, just so you know.The Porsche 911 GT1-98 and Dauer Porsche 962LM were also LMGT1 cars.
@nemesisracer5170 5 жыл бұрын
@@Ewane The McLaren in 95 was not similar to a WSC, or later modified prototypes that would take over the GT1 class from 96 to 98. It was just a modified sports car. That's why it's an important victory and moment in Le Mans.
@ShiningJudgment666 5 жыл бұрын
@@nemesisracer5170 Modified supercar (was a hypercar before hypercar was even a thing) that was at the time the fastest production car built and by extension the fastest naturally aspirated production car (the latter title it still holds today as everything faster isn't naturally aspirated).
@nemesisracer5170 5 жыл бұрын
@@ShiningJudgment666 Yep. But it was the first and only time a production car, which was designed as a production car first, with some performance packages, won Le Mans. The Porsche in 96 was essentially a Dauer 962 with upgraded tech and a different body design. And in 94, the winner was literally a Dauer.
@joelstephen3168 4 жыл бұрын
@@ShiningJudgment666 The F1 gtr was slower than the production version, going only 217mph I think.
@malhartembey 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for covering this up in under 4 min you are an absolute legend unlike other KZfaqrs who spend 15 min explaining the same thing
@japotak99 7 жыл бұрын
Verstappen will still win driver of the day at lemans
@LH_342 7 жыл бұрын
japotak99 Still not funny.
@alex-vu3gv 7 жыл бұрын
Driver of the day for Saturday, and for Sunday!
@christophermichael8010 7 жыл бұрын
japotak99 Or... driver of the weekend?
@scollonvevo9218 7 жыл бұрын
japotak99 he has already won it.
@sebvini207 7 жыл бұрын
Verstappen is trash though
@kimnorberg9783 3 жыл бұрын
Edward Ramsden Hall, also from the race in 1950, was the first (and only) man to drive solo for the entire distance, for 24h.
@perkinscrane 6 жыл бұрын
Probably already noted but only just watched this. As far as I know the Le Sarthe lap record is still held by Pedro Rodriguez at 3.13.9min in Porche 917 in 1971. I would have thought that that in itself even though the track has been altered is an amazing fact. To still hold a lap record in motor racing after almost 50 years is incredible.
@Pal42_ 5 жыл бұрын
2:55 you got me
@LobsterSausage 6 жыл бұрын
I like your videos. They are well paced, interesting, and well produced. Kudos!
@aditya.sagraha 5 жыл бұрын
tfw I'm less than a week away from 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans and this vid popped out in my recommended list 👏👏KZfaq, well played
@wrth 5 жыл бұрын
Just as 2019 Le Mans finishes, I get recommended this even though I have watched it anyway. Oh well i’ll watch it again.
@coqpit77 7 жыл бұрын
1:26 - WR was the name of the car that went 405 km/h, not Peugeot. Peugeot was their engine supplier
@peterdaviesracing 6 жыл бұрын
He first stated Welter Racing though. Although... that's a bit wrong since they were known as WM(-Peugeot) back then, Welter Meunier.
@Quadrant14 6 жыл бұрын
tstone I thought the WR Pug went 408 kph, just beating a Quali lap by Kenny Acheson in the mighty Mercedes C9, which was on the same straight. He did 405 kph
@v12tommy 6 жыл бұрын
I remember that Toyota finish in 2016. I remember seeing an older Japanese guy in the Toyota pits with what is probably the saddest face I'd ever seen. He looked like someone had just told him his whole family died. Like the hopes and dreams of his entire country were resting on his shoulders and he had somehow personally failed them. I wanted Toyota to lose the race, but not like that.
@stevedrake8288 4 жыл бұрын
thank you for making a concise video packed with information. I applaud you sir.
@30marv08 7 жыл бұрын
2:56 It's not NASCARs, they are called stock cars
@richardfancher7524 7 жыл бұрын
Plus, NASCAR racers are NOT stock, not any more, not even close !
@30marv08 7 жыл бұрын
Richard Fancher Sad but that's true
@frequencydecline5250 7 жыл бұрын
It is fine to refer to them as NASCARs. Besides the fact that everyone knows what it meant. NASCAR is National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Organizers reached out to NASCAR specifically. Not to, BSCDA, not to AUSCAR but to NASCAR. (ok, AUSCAR might not have been around then but you see what I'm getting at) So by saying, NASCARs, they avoid the clunky and partially redundant "NASCAR stock cars," and they avoid any confusion just saying "stock cars" might be since it was specifically to NASCAR. And the cars themselves were mostly run as is for NASCAR with the exception of adding mirrors and few other minor bits so stave off driver concerns.
@tucoramirez4558 6 жыл бұрын
Richard Fancher NASCAR racers are basically "silhoutte racing cars" meaning they only share a fleeting resemblance with the model they're supposedly based on, but in reality it's just a fiber glass shell over a bespoke chassis and engine. Until some years back NASCAR still used carburettor fed pushrod cast iron V8's and were ironically "stock" in a sense they were utilizing 50's racing technology. The cars they race haven't been stock since the 60's but they can't very well change the name however false it is today.
@emin86 5 жыл бұрын
Doesn't matter how he called them. If you have cars that only have a steering geometry (either left turn or right turn), they pretty much never had a chance.
@sergiogomes4039 3 жыл бұрын
Duncan Hamilton's drunk victory in 1953 to me is the number one le mans story
@T4vison 6 жыл бұрын
omg how funny the cat is lol THX for sharing this;)) btw new record holder you are)) the most fastest funnyiest speed spoken coverage ever about Le Mans in history)) Grats
@polychronio 7 жыл бұрын
that last cat's expression is so appropriate for the dramatic porsche win at the last lap ahahahahaha
@johnharris6655 3 жыл бұрын
1955 LeMans? I know it was tragic but it was the start for the push for safer tracks and cars. 1981, American Nascar driver Cale Yarborough hits 210 MPH in a Chevy Camaro. Also in 1981, Porsche enters a 936 out of a Museum because the new 962 was not ready and won Lemans with that car.
@bluepuppy1543 3 жыл бұрын
“The race organisers decided to let NASCAR’s compete”. There were no survivors
@thethirdman225 3 жыл бұрын
😂
@barkyonyx962 3 жыл бұрын
imagine if only there's 1 stock car that survived and finished the FLEX
@BT293HG 2 жыл бұрын
@@barkyonyx962 the sheer flex and bragging rights woulda been insane
@mich6781 6 жыл бұрын
I feel that 1933 should have been pushed aside for 1953. The driver of the number 18 Jaguar C-Type qualified for the 24 hour race but was then Disqualified on a technicality. So Duncan Hamilton went into town, he found a local pub and got very, very drunk.However, whilst Hamilton was having his bladder blown by all the scotch , whisky , wine and beer the race organisers had decided that he could start the race after all. So at the start of the race we ended up with Mr Hamilton driving a race car for twenty four hours, whilst being drunk.During the race they gave Hamilton coffee at the pit stops to help him stay awake, but he claimed it made him too hyper. So at the next round of pit stops (despite already being pretty plastered) they made him drink Brandy. Later on, because their was no windscreen in the cars at the time, at 170 miles per hour a bird hit Duncan Hamilton in the face. Despite only wearing goggles, he didn't fall the same fate as Alan Stacey, (who was killed at the 1960 Belgian Grand Prix for the same reason) he continued at full speed. And, guess what happened. He Won.
@turner8107 6 жыл бұрын
lmao i love your instagram page i just clicked on this vid and noticed that youre a youtuber too, keep it up man
@kingmiura8138 6 жыл бұрын
I say old chap, I never heard Jackie Icyx was protesting anything....I read that he was simply determined to be last out of the LeMans start because there was just too much risk of being involved in an accident. He wanted to lead the last lap - not the first lap.
@alaindavid3756 3 жыл бұрын
He was protesting. Here's why: In 1968 his countryman Willy Mairesse crashed on the first lap ending his racing career. Another countryman; Lucien Bianchi won the 1968 race in the very same car Ickx raced in 1969 (same chassis nr.), and also in 1968 Ickx and Bianchi won the 6 hours of Watkins Glen in a Ford GT40 of the same John Wyer racing team.. Lucien Bianchi died in a car crash during the Le Mans March training session in an Alfa 33
@DarkAudit 3 жыл бұрын
@@alaindavid3756 His fears were borne out. John Woolfe died on a first lap crash.
@alexthompson5172 7 жыл бұрын
porschE it's porschE just please
@48fanfromky 7 жыл бұрын
5AVA6E MON5T3R Agreed When I first heard someone say "Porsh," I thought they were talking about a food item.
@ALIENdrifter66 7 жыл бұрын
Brands are pronounced differently in different countries and that's something normal. I'm sure you don't pronounce Nissan properly or Hyundai, because not even their ads in foreing countries pronounce it right, they just pronunce it like people does, same happens with Porsche
@bliebs77 7 жыл бұрын
That's true. Fun fact... when Honda first spun of the Acura brand for North American use, the Japanese referred to it as A-Cure-uh instead of Aaaaa-cura. They eventually just gave up and pronounced it like we all pronounce it now.
@burnout.c 7 жыл бұрын
In this case, BMW must be the most often incorrectly pronounced car manufacturer
@Snailconnection 7 жыл бұрын
burnout cheng is it read like this? Be-em-we english speaker ruins everythinghs
@umarluxat7174 6 жыл бұрын
Great work budy. You got one more satisfyted subscribed.
@xander1756 6 жыл бұрын
Usually steer clear of "Best of..." or "List of..." vids, but this one was brilliant. especially the quick visual inserts.
@tommykee12 7 жыл бұрын
Kamui just did a 3:14:791!!!!!
@firdausrahman6424 7 жыл бұрын
i make 2.49.523 in Real racing 3
@strayednine8859 7 жыл бұрын
Firdaus Rahman bruh its only game
@v10f1 7 жыл бұрын
Firdaus Rahman ha I regularly do 2:48 in the P1 GTR
@jamesgumption5188 7 жыл бұрын
ha I do the nord at that time. gut gud man. That is in the toyota gt86 of course. you should see my time in P1.
@skirtskirtnico4113 7 жыл бұрын
v10 f1 it's faster in the game you play,it's easy to drive in a video game,there's no one else on the track and the street version is faster then the track version
@brettcoker9776 4 жыл бұрын
So we're just gonna skip 1966 le mans? Alright cool
@77PacerStudios 6 жыл бұрын
I've heard of the Mazda 787B that won Le Mans in 1991! Gotta love that 4-rotor scream from that baby!
@sakaarnayak666 2 жыл бұрын
Gotta bless KZfaq for suggesting me this cool af video now that Lemans 2021 is around the corner. 😎
@karduh2317 7 жыл бұрын
Correction, the fastest ever lap is still not broken... Fastest Lap (until 1989, pole position) 3:13.90 Pedro Rodríguez with a Porsche 917 in 1971
@Ihelpanytime 5 жыл бұрын
Man you can't compare group c era when there were only half the corners of the modern track. If you put a group c car in this track today it will only lap well over 3;40
@MDDeGrande1994 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ihelpanytime The 917 is not a Group C car. It raced under Group 5 (917K and 917LH), Group 6 (917/10 and 917/30), S 5.0 (917/20) in the early 70s and S +2.0 regulations (Kremer-prepped 917K/81) in 1981, whereas the Group C (which is different) was introduced in 1982.
@Ihelpanytime 3 жыл бұрын
@@MDDeGrande1994 You get my point, put that car (idc about the category) in a 2009+ Circuit de la sarthe and see how it will compare.
@vitakyo982 6 жыл бұрын
The WM P-88 ( Peugeot ) achieved 407 km/h ( 252.8 mph ) ...
@thethirdman225 3 жыл бұрын
Internet myth. Also wrong.
@XxJay71xX 3 жыл бұрын
@@thethirdman225 No it's not, it's still to this day the speed record on the track... And it IS in the Guiness Book of records. Not long after, the track staff decided to modify Mulsanne straight by making chicanes near the Hunaudieres, with the aim, albeit unadmitted, to slow down the track. Indeed, had they not do that, a few years later cars would have been doing 500kph on the straight... And you just can't survive in a crash at that speed, that would have been a recipe for a disaster.
@thethirdman225 3 жыл бұрын
@@XxJay71xX The Guiness Book of Records is wrong.
@thethirdman225 3 жыл бұрын
@@XxJay71xX Sorry, I'm not making my point very well. But I get sick of people trying to beat me over the head with internet myth when I was around during Group C and still have all my literature from the period (which I've added to since). The Peugeot was measured by the ACO speed trap at 405 km/h. The ACO in the organisation that owns the Le Mans 24 Hour race and owns and operates the speed trap. They have done this for 60 years and they publish their results in the Autotechnica Annual for each race. The problem is that the 407 km/h figure is wrong. It was 405 km/h. The other thing that always comes up is the myth that Peugeot changed it to coincide with the launch of a model in their range. Some say it was changed from 407 to 405 but Peugeot's influence doesn't extend that far. Here is the list of the highest speeds attained each year from 1961 to 1990: www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.htm
@XxJay71xX 3 жыл бұрын
@@thethirdman225 Yes there is a polemic about was it 405 or 407, sorry, your comment left me with the impression that you were implying the record didn't happen.
@spiritwolf5792 4 жыл бұрын
This video was F*****G amazing! XP Loved it! (And I am only censoring myself as it is rumored that comments also count as video visibility by the algorithm)
@atharvazodpe673 4 жыл бұрын
Editing is over the top mate
@premierultima8698 7 жыл бұрын
3:00 they didn't finish ... what a surprise, endurance has to be the exact opposite of Nascar racing. They may do 500 laps, but they are only 400 meter ..
@Abgefahren789 7 жыл бұрын
Great Video!
@LH_342 7 жыл бұрын
Abgefahren! Huuuuuch, du kannst ja Englisch Dookie xD
@JollyRoger0944 6 жыл бұрын
Fun video! Well done!
@evoevannismo8141 5 жыл бұрын
That's crazy, I never knew the Le Mans race track had a good chunk of amount of history. I wanna race at Le Mans one day and feel the inertia.
@MickZarco 7 жыл бұрын
A Le Mans documentary ad before the video, haha.
@Ihelpanytime 6 жыл бұрын
Nissan R92CP was usually reaching speeds of 400km/h+ just in Fuji's small main straight!
@matsimmo6208 5 жыл бұрын
I help anytime unfortunately the R92CP was never raced at Le Mans. What could have been
@Ihelpanytime 5 жыл бұрын
@@matsimmo6208 probably Nissan were sure that beast can't survive 24 hours.
@amarularif3110 5 жыл бұрын
This is how youtube channel should put many content in one video. Short and simple explaination
@Talaramama 5 жыл бұрын
Handful of turns! never be broken, circuit broken! lol nice one :))
@georgewoodman839 5 жыл бұрын
I will never forget standing on the Start/Finish straight right next to the finish line in 2016! As a Porsche fan, the atmosphere was electric
@harshitbhangre7642 4 жыл бұрын
0:27 what chemistry is doing here
@ramonpujalscavalle6526 6 жыл бұрын
Good job guys! Made me laugh
@liberatetutemeexinferis5902 3 жыл бұрын
This was fun to watch 😂
@fustercluck9284 7 жыл бұрын
I wanna see the R18 on the 70s circuit
@aayushkarnik7166 7 жыл бұрын
I recently heard Matt will be racing next year at Le Mans
@kayto101racer 7 жыл бұрын
So he will corner cut and do the Bugatti circuit in stead then.
@AndrewTheRadarMan 7 жыл бұрын
The editing is spot on
@breesco 5 жыл бұрын
Nice work! You should perhaps include Pierre Levegh's 1952's only-me driver strategy for Talbot (he lasted 23 hours, and had engine failure with a four-lap lead.) He actually had a co-driver, who he refused to let drive! And, of course, the 1955 crash (the worst in racing history, by casualties) that killed somewhere between 80 and 130 spectators, and 1 driver (again, Pierre Levegh, driving a Mercedes.) Levegh's Merc, with magnesium allow bodywork, burned for several hours (right down to the frame) on the side of the track, while the race continued on.
@caribman10 5 жыл бұрын
Briggs Cunningham did basically the same thing, and he finished. And Luigi Chinetti did it, and won.
@theultimatejeffry6917 5 жыл бұрын
I hit 274mph in 24 hour le man In REAL RACING 3
@Ihelpanytime 5 жыл бұрын
I hit 999 km/h with a bugged car in gran turismo 5 hhhhhahhaaaha
@Katomivt 4 жыл бұрын
Amateurs
@anneface180 4 жыл бұрын
I hit 0
@Katomivt 4 жыл бұрын
I hit 250+ in a sauber c9. With no draft
@bigdigdoraemon5063 7 жыл бұрын
2:54 I did not pause the video there.
@grumpytuber 7 жыл бұрын
good video. good editing.
@rhysbb2101 7 жыл бұрын
Love this chanel
@storlaksen1568 7 жыл бұрын
where is the 787b!??? #wankel4life
@Ihelpanytime 6 жыл бұрын
Won 1991 24h of Le Mans... but, it's not a big deal.
@storlaksen1568 6 жыл бұрын
I help anytime and it was the first asian car to win the 24h le mans
@TheDeathJesters1337 6 жыл бұрын
Just a shame it didn't win because it was the best car on the grid and instead got a helping hand by regulation changes that had it running 100KG lighter than it's competitions. Still, love that car though.
@miy1925hassun 6 жыл бұрын
Nigel Mansell That and its contemporaries had a 100 kg ballast.
@ShadowFalcon 6 жыл бұрын
One hit wonder. The 787b only ever won 1 race, which happened to be the 91 Le Mans.
@ver1072 7 жыл бұрын
Who's watching qualifying right now? Lol
@galarianmike283 7 жыл бұрын
M x G Me
@kartikbajaj5497 7 жыл бұрын
YUPP.. toyota set the fastest time ever...hope they win this time
@ver1072 7 жыл бұрын
kartik bajaj lol hope toyota actually crosses the finish line😂
@kartikbajaj5497 7 жыл бұрын
hahaha..
@jarnosaarinen4583 7 жыл бұрын
That was so funny last year i haven't stopped laughing!
@oscartobaroatmeal6734 7 жыл бұрын
What if I told you WTF1, you put this video out to early. now there's 8 crazy lemans storys.
@americanpride9733 7 жыл бұрын
car throttle style vids
@VirginiaRican 7 жыл бұрын
Toyota loss must have been a Russian hack
@williamgraves8122 7 жыл бұрын
Vincent Loparo III clearly
@MilkDrinker218 2 жыл бұрын
The 1976 “NASCAR” entry wasn’t just for media attention. It was also the 200th anniversary of American independence, something that the French helped us with.
@OtakBolong 5 жыл бұрын
I love the edits
@Gavs_rc_hobbies 7 жыл бұрын
Correct me if im wrong, but didn't the Sauber Mercedes C11 reach over 400km/h as well?
@Gavs_rc_hobbies 7 жыл бұрын
HovercraftHoliday Ah ok. I knew it was one of the Sauber cars, i just took a stab at which one it was lol.
@mattwells1036 6 жыл бұрын
those Nissan group c cars were power houses, apparently the Nissan r92cp, which could not compete at leman as the banned turbos from the class, had over 1193hp in qualifying trim, and hit 250+mph down Fuji speedway big straight, back then Fuji had a higher speed entry to the straight, just think about how well either would have done without the chicanes on le man
@bowelrupture 6 жыл бұрын
The Peugeot drove 407kmh. Which was changed into an 'officially' 405kmh to promote the Peugeot 405. Of cause the Prototype retired, so the 398kmh Sauber should get more credit than it actually gets.
@Dankboi420 7 жыл бұрын
What about the 1955 Le Mans disaster
@TheLegitaMate1 7 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows about that. That's probably why he didn't put it.
@Ewane 5 жыл бұрын
William Peng not a crazy story, just a sad one
@illusion86ln 4 жыл бұрын
Johannes LaCroix Uuuuh? What happened?
@DirtyPoul 4 жыл бұрын
@@illusion86ln A critically acclaimed and prize winning short film about the disaster was just released on KZfaq a few weeks ago. Search Le Mans 1955 short film or so. Takes 15 min. Then go to Wikipedia and read about it. It's insane.
@illusion86ln 4 жыл бұрын
Dirty Poul Already watched it... that French animated film right?
@jamesgumption5188 7 жыл бұрын
lap record was broken a day ago. Kamui Kobayashi broke the record yesterday for 3:14.791. Yes that toyota loss at the last second on the last corner was heartbreaking to watch.
@robertbellemakers9181 7 жыл бұрын
Probs to KZfaq! I got a Le Mans ad before your vid!
@whengchung90 5 жыл бұрын
"none of them finished the race" I laughed so hard
@evann5451 3 жыл бұрын
Well duh, they’re not built to do 24 hour races
@kevinhoppe7098 5 жыл бұрын
3:23 now they won Le Mans
@neonman1604 5 жыл бұрын
Another thing worth mentioning is what happened to the Haberthur Porsche team in 2000 lol. Kicking out the windshield caused the bonnet of the car to pop up, meaning the Porsche had to complete a full lap of lemans while sticking his crash helmet out of the side window. You can find it on youtube, the commentator's reactions are priceless lmao
@lladnar69 3 жыл бұрын
What about 1955 when an engine flew out of a car? What about the flying Mercedes? That being said, this is a very funny vid. Great job.
@taaric2692 7 жыл бұрын
Lol i got a le mans documentary ad
@ivarsimonsson6239 7 жыл бұрын
What about the jaguar D-type story, where they where DSQ before the race, then the drivers went and got incredibly drunk and the day after they where allowed to enter and they won, even though they where drunk.
@dingerb1509 6 жыл бұрын
It was the 1953 race and it was a C-type.
@stuarttalbot3317 6 жыл бұрын
correct was my dads uncle Tony driving with 'drunken Duncan Hamilon'
@angusjllien 4 жыл бұрын
In 89 ther were three cars calles Sauber Mercedes C9, they did over 400 km/h in Qualify and they won 1., 3. And 5. Place
@jacksparrow8554 5 жыл бұрын
0:20 my home town of Adelaide, Australia.... Bless
@johannesborn8042 4 жыл бұрын
HOW CAN U NOT MENTION 1966 ? Yes, I just watched the movie.
@BF2FanNo1 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, he didnt need to mention it
@bjay_23 7 жыл бұрын
There's a new lap record made today
@Ewane 5 жыл бұрын
Bjay _23 in speed not lap time
@antonialingg2267 2 жыл бұрын
2:55 "Less buttons, more?" My mind: Gentlemen, a short view back to the past
@JB-ti3ff 7 жыл бұрын
I'm 20 mins away from the circuit right now. Can't wait. Saint Saturnin tomorrow
@willblack8233 7 жыл бұрын
This sounds like CarThrottle
@patrickbrennan7438 6 жыл бұрын
Will Black WTF1 are in the same office as Car throttle
@Enderbrine2323 7 жыл бұрын
Just not going to mention the Ford Ferrari rivalry. Ok that's fine
@mikewest712 6 жыл бұрын
ThatCarGuy good point, should have briefly mentioned it and then put a link in to the documentary for that great battle.
@jh5kl 6 жыл бұрын
thats more a thing of anglosaxonic countries
@Ewane 5 жыл бұрын
Wasn't a really crazy story though.It was quite logical really for Ford to do.
@sebamude 6 жыл бұрын
Please do Crazy stories about the 24h Nurburgring!
@baltasargoncalves876 7 жыл бұрын
love you matt, bring back project cars
@Superfluous. 5 жыл бұрын
NASCAR in Le Mans and none finished the race?! W0t?!?!?! No way nobody ever saw that coming!
@lordlava7774 4 жыл бұрын
they couldn’t turn left
@alex-vu3gv 7 жыл бұрын
Lol Toyota should have won in: 1994 1998 1999 2014 2016
@Miragedude28 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah but they didn't. Don't know why fate is so cruel but, they just didn't.
@2015071 7 жыл бұрын
alex21212121 maybe they didn't use rotary engines?
@midnoob1650 7 жыл бұрын
At 2015071 rotary won because they were reliable at a time powerful piston engines weren't. Sadly, they ban rotary :(
@amduser86 7 жыл бұрын
not really. the rotaries engine won, since it was the most fuel efficient car in the grid. sure, the mercedes cars broke down, but the jaguar was faster then the mazda. problem is, it used more fuel --> more pit stops --> slower overall time. after that win, they banned the rotary, since they had no clue how to rate them. in racing trim rotaries are actually quite efficent compare to conventional engines. after all it is the only true racing car engine. sadly no one does understand it. it is rubbish for everyday use, but brilliant for racing.
@midnoob1650 7 жыл бұрын
amduser86 japanese know it
@tommybason6057 4 жыл бұрын
Good story from 1990: during qualifying, the wastegates on a Nissan R90CK jammed shut, boosting the car to over 1100hp up from about 800, and propelled it to 238mph even with the chicanes on the straight. The driver said the acceleration was so harsh his head was snapped backwards violently with every upshift. It beat the next car, a 962, by 6 seconds
@TheMigasking 7 жыл бұрын
New record in every class today and yesterday ahah
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