F1 - Ligier Matra - Monza 1978

[extremedestroyer]

1.) Just HOW MANY TREES ARE THERE??

2.) Just HOW WIDE IS THE MAIN STRAIGHT??

3.) WHY ARE THERE NO RUN-OFF AREAS???

[TifosiAlonso]

Jacques was a great driver, one of my favourite ones. This Matra engine just sounds amazing, nothing compares to that cry of this engine.

[pollemar]

Tree's inside the Ascari??? Safety last, balls of diamond. :-)

[simo2805]

Oh my god, that's amazing, I've never seen before a camera car of a race in the 70s!!

Thanks for the upload!!

[tizzly]

holy hell, the speed of that thing...and to think those cars crumpled like tin cans. 70's & 80's drivers were utter legends. with massive balls

[xelvemagicx]

4 people got caught masturbating to the sound of an f1 car

[kirkconway]

very gifted driver Jaques Laffite, sometimes sadly overshadowed by lesser driver's.

he could make the matra talk to you.

Incredible driver, Incredible car,

[yokNo]

balls of steel!

[ItaloRino10]

woooooow, at 1:43 are trees next to the inside curps. CRAZY

[blek811]

Beautiful sound :)

[chan625]

Peeps had some guts that time

[kirkconway]

Jaques Laffite was a Very gifted driver, Very smooth Very predictable in his action's,

there were alot of good driver's out there but not tooo many thinking one's like laffite

and or Lauda, or Jackie Stewart,



[Claymore2408]

there was more overtaking in this 3 mins footage than a entire season of today's F1.

[Zoomer30]

You can see as he comes to the first chicane, off to the right you can see the "old" track lifting up as it would enter the first banked corner (the have grand stands on top of it in this vid)

[karelpipa]

wow..

[Chunkychucky]

amazing how much earlier they brake than today's F1 "cars"

[videostan]

Fabulous. And he has to shift manually and drive with one hands... Brass attachments, is all I can say!

[helcio1960]

Like say Damon Hill : " Pilot a F1 its the same that bating in a bathtub, full of gasoline and smoking a cigar."

[btharealest]

OMG!

[ellhawkes78]

mental.. year i was born!!

[creatyve]

ah, the golden years, when steering wheels used to look like steering wheels.

[kirkconway]

Jaques Laffite is one heck of a driver,

If i would of has a team back then?

He'd be my Number one driver,

[veyronzondaf]

AWESOME...

[hendodabest]

The best engine I ever heard.

[BradfordtheEclectic]

On-board cameras: Like some have noted, this has been done for many decades. In the 1960s, it was not all that unusual as some racing coverage used it and even oil company commercials and on TV series. I was always riveted when the road racing prepped Camaro would go under the GULF bridge at 145 on one TV ad. Also, the TV series, Mannix, in September1968 had an episode which opened at a race course. There's much good footage of the open-wheel formula car he's driving with some in-car.

[kirkconway]

the way Laffite is driving around Monza is soo masterful, I mean ecverything is in total harmony and that Matra V12 just howling away like no other V-12 ever thought of doing,

In one word,

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!

[Fastbikkel]

What is that?? Trees in Ascari? Look, they are on the inside of the turn, nice and dangerous, like it should be :-) That will keep drivers from making stupid actions.

[rherbert57]

Could zees car not do one sousand miles per hour weeth a sound like zat? Formidable!

[schumihugo]

since 1:50 this is Mario Kart, the man on right find a mushroom and VROOOOOOOOOOOM lol

By the  way, good vid ^^

[Scott1204]

xDDDDDDDDD

[Skinnyuser]

The guy on right at 1:50 must be having a turbo lag and then BOW///

[SmeurkeDeKat]

don't think so: Brabham= N/A flat 12

[urmo345]

Thanks, that's fantastic. And thanks not ruining it with some stupid song like so many does

[traydamus]

I have this DVD. Pretty awesome. I love the onboard footage of Hakkinen at Spa. This one totally rocks as well. Animalistic engine is right.

[Tuscopa]

Could you please tell me if you are refering to a DVD called Lap of the Gods?

Thank you.

[traydamus]

The DVD I have is titled '50 Years Of Formula 1 Onboard.'

[Tuscopa]

Ok. Thank you.

See you around.

[petie32]

I have seen some rather nice V12s and by far the best was the extremely rare Maserati Tipo 64 RearEngine Birdcage V12 at Riverside in 1962.  Like a Ferrari on steroids, it was still grasping for traction down the straight at 150+. I don't think it started, and like all birdcage Maseratis it was physically impossible to assemble the chassis with all welds intact. It represented the final, psychotic break of spaceframes finally rendered obsolete with the Lotus 25 of 1962. See also 'Jim Clark.'

[petie32]

Cameras on F1 'Grand Prix' 1966. Monza here was the same track as the movie, with over and underpasses. It was overly dangerous and massively cut down after Peterson's crash. Lafitte was certainly not in the top drawer of drivers, and the clip was in practice. Crashes at Monza tended to be fatal, and the one with Von Trips in 1961 took out about 20 spectators also.

[rdtli]

CARBURATED ENGINES RULESSSSS

[tibotibo1976]

Mais quel bruit ce moteur!!!la meilleure epoque de la F1

[kirkconway]

that matra V12 in that ligier, is almost animalistic sounding,

much more aggressive sounding than the Ferrari,or the Alfa's,

like an animal telling you to get outta the way,

or Ill eat you alive!!!!!

[kirkconway]

MODERN FORMULA ONE TOTALLY STINK'S.

no feeling no romance no nada,!!!!!!!

[kirkconway]

Jaques Laffite is one heck of a driver,

overshadoed by the likes of niki lauda,or mario andretti

Hw could make that matra talk and he deserved alot more credit than he got over here and in europe too,

Jaques you are magnifique!!!!!!

[chrcoluk]

manual racing looks far better, more driver error = more overtaking.

[MrJoelAlonso]

OMG!! Look at those trees at 1:45

[carolinatrophy]

This reminds me of how much I hate modern curbs in F1. See these curbs? They were CURBS! You had to actually drive on the $#@%ing TRACK. Now the drivers just crash over the curbs as if they weren't there , and complain if they can't.

[covGuk]

manuel shhifting f1 is awesome

but nowdays the cars are alot faster through corners, and semi auto gears gives you the benefit of changing gears through corners at 140mph+. which in manuel racing like this you simply cant take your hands of the wheel. its too dangerous.

i respect f1 maunel gearbox era, but if you want to go faster and fster semi auto is the way.

[Shootaababylone]

RIP Matra

[yepheth]

i assume that was one of first on board camera in F1.

[T1carus]

no, there hs been onboard since the 1950s check out the film, grand prix

[kzbxvz]

Back in those days the drivers were shifting gears manually, real racing drivers!!

[schliedi]

dumbass they do it semi-automatic today.

[newbsauce94]

thats what i meant...

[tiadaid]

I wonder how the drivers can see under the trees after the 2nd Lesmo. I can't see a thing!

[Skoeturturck]

You can't see anything because the worse lens the camera use.

[Abzstar111]

back then racing was sweet and fatal

[spooky78]

OMG at 1:46 there are some trees on the right..

[Mirjamelisabeth00]

Lol I was thinking the same, variante ascari with very "strategically" placed trees!

[brunillo87]

it sounds like an electric guitar!

[JohnMarineTube]

"It just... sounded like power." When somebody describes a race car like that, you know it's something special. Even though you have to turn up the volume, it's worth it to hear this baby roar!

[craigAasimons]

Sounds thunderous!!!

[RoLLWithITOasis1]

Wow, what a car!

And no driver aids at all and limited downforce. F1 cars back then were driven entirely by drivers, not by drivers helped with computers.

And what a version of Monza! There'd be almost no need to brake in a modern F1 car round there!

And finally, what a sound from that beautiful engine. Anyone know what type of engine it was?

[MsFarQ2]

actually... the current Monza isn't much different to that one, only real difference is a different 1st chicane and tighter turns 4 & 5, plus a lot more run-off

[psd58]

It's a Matra, french, engine. They were the best sounding.

[indigoblue555]

to RoLLWithTOasis1 - V12 Matra 3000cc ,

roughly rated over 500 bhp at 12500 rpm.

Awesome sound but actually neither a relyable nor an extr.powerful engine though ,compared to v12 Ferrari and V8 Ford Cosworth.About driving aids in 1978 the wing cars age got started....till being banned in 1982 if I correctly recall.

Possibly the first major aerod.aid which allowed terrific cornering speeds if just the drivers were daring enough to keep full throttle open in spite of pure skill.

[RoLLWithITOasis1]

Thanks

[BluesMan9teen69]

lol Nice coment, but one thing.... monza has at least 4 points of hard breaking, I mean, some points when the car get from 300 km/h to 90-80km/h. The first chicane (forget the name) , Variante della Roggia (the second chicane), Curva del Vialone and the famous Curva Parabolica (the last), needs a lot of brake to make these turns. Is not that easy for the brakes on Monza. Cheers =)

[bamboootscha]

Its a Matra V12 3.0l

[tugatomsk]

Beautiful sound, just amazing!

Having started to watch F1 in 1995, I grew loving the V10 (darn the nowadays crappy V8...), and I still love them, but this Matra's V12, when at full power it's mind-boggling powerful!

Just listen to Laffite's exit out of the first chicane at 2:39 or him on the start/finish straight at 2:23.

[TLTBoy]

REAL cars, REAL drivers, REAL era, REAL racing, sadly long gone....

[stevenc131]

I went to the 1977 & 1978 U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. The Ligier Matras were there, and they sounded spectacular.

This isn't to say the Cosworths, Ferraris, Alfas, etc didn't sound good, they did, it's just that the Matra was a cut above. In person, it had a distinct, kind of metallic edge to it's scream. Hard to describe, but you could definitely hear the difference vs the other cars.

[toniiii9]

Amazing machine.

[vostro360]

Super!

[Rivelution]

My cousin has gone to every single Long Beach GP since 1975 except for 84 (because he and his dad were mad that F1 left). But he told me this is the best sounding engine he's ever heard.

[leone7227]

Even though he's not at full chat, that Matra does sound so lovely. I love most V12s, can't think of a crappy sounding one, and on the downshifts, that blip is just loverly...

[xobrentox]

I wish F1 cars still sounded like this.

[rockandrant]

the Matra made the Ferrari flat 12 sound like ducks farting

[kaotik1981]

This guy knows how to drive.

[nolanbowling]

Wouldn't we love to see him at race pace...

[agourabb]

@kaotik1981 Jacque Lafitte

[FAKUNSTYLE]

the cat is under the table

[ashacrasha]

Check out the pit lane! Room to move? Dont think so :P

[ICEMANZIDANE]

woow

thanks for the video guy

its very nice

that was ``REAL`` racing!!!

[papamuu]

remember all true F1 fans. Monza 78 was the weekend we lost ronnie peterson. i love watching the retro clips but people died. theese guys are true heroes! sorry about my english (im swedish)

[Tobitaka61]

and the lesmo curves??? (the second_) incredible

[pabloMK]

lol, the trees on the Ascari chicane.

[rapperzondernaam]

yeah, amazing I noticed the trees also

[juhdiakathat]

look at the safety areas!! there was no safety areas at track like monza wouw.. and there was threes next to the track on ascari chicane..amazing-

[MSx91]

Totally right, and instead of wheel-barriers were... henhouse's nets! Incredible how the drivers raced in that kind of safety conditions.

[gerryff]

yeah those trees are shocking at Ascari alright

[DoubleIntruder]

This onboard camera gives an excellent view!

Racing really did seem more exiting back then...

[nolanbowling]

I get this comment all the time, and IMO, it's because of two things. The equipment sucked compared to today's standards, thus the cars are much harder to drive on the limit. This also contributes to the 2nd fact, that the cars were less safe. I personally think that racing today is more entertaining, because drivers are more aggressive and can work the cars better. It more so than anything depends on the form of racing we're talking about, but these here are hard to beat.

[NOXXism]

@nolanbowling lol you must be on drugs. F1 today is undescribable

[f1guy17]

every time i watch one of these retro vids, i feel like im in the car....it looked like more fun to do back then, not that it doesnt look fun today

[creatyve]

wow, you can really see how much they changed the track and cars over the years.

[oldfart4751]

I did see these F1 cars through the 50's, until modern day, racing up to 20 years ago was very exciting.

[SergioTwin]

What a nice sound¡¡, whaaaa, I hear one time and one time and i.m let my adrenaline up¡¡

[6V92TA]

oh yea. this is back way before traction control, ABS and horsepower limits. Weather it was a twin turbed V6 or a big American V8, back in the old days of F-1, you could actually race the car....not pilot it.

[CoReRacing]

nolanbowling: I've never had one refer to modern F1 like that, very nice way of putting it.

[Cobra0911]

I will say that this car is one of a kind sound. but modern day f1 sound like space ships from another planet.

[nolanbowling]

Thus why I and many other racing enthusiast like the sound, feel, and danger from the 60's, 70's, and 80's better than any other time period in F1.

[Cobra0911]

Yeah i can dig that. Wish i could have seen these race.

[snappy452]

@nolanbowling Im more of a NASCAR enthusiast (though this bird hums a sweet tune), and I feel as if its the same thing. Given what they were, there was something novice about hearing those beastly groans hum around the track, but then knowing that if you could get into a muscle car and turn a wrench or two, you could get that sound for yourself. These cars are just raw powerful sonic beauty. The race cars of today seem more akin to jet fighters than actual "cars".

[timmyt258]

totally agree, im not too pushed on the sounds of those 2.4 litre v8 engines

[BleedThemBones]

@Cobra0911 i think the ferrari f2003 and f2004 were both from another planet

[robcastellani]

Not that I imagine it's easy to drive a modern F1 car , but the older generation of cars with no traction control etc looked impossible. Just look at how much correction is going on at the wheel!

[basica86]

Now that's one hell of a car !!!! Marvelous sound !!!! Great days... (Tears of joy) :P

[sickboy20000]

ligier allways had some god designideas, (6 weeler anyone) but fut fuckt up doing some strange partnerships with strange and under developed enginemanufactures. But none the less, a great team too watch

[ZioGastone]

The 6 wheels was a tyrell!

[kirkconway]

@ZioGastone

Also there was a six wheeled March F-1,

but it had two differential's and never was raced on a track,

[svatar]

it's french car (dead)

[mickeynismocat]

nothing beats that sound!! NOTHING!!!!

[Zurullodecogna]

That car can't make much more than a nice sound. Beautiful cars. The golden age.

[indigoblue555]

Matra 12 cyl.- the most exciting sound ever =

(not equalled by performance...!)

[puntatacco]

Bellissimo!!! Credo che parte di questo materiale fu usato per fare il film ¨F1 la febbre della velocitᨠin cui appare Giacomelli su McLaren con la camera-car durante un giro di pista a Monza.

Purtoppo quel tragico fine settimana morí Ronnie Peterson.

Bellissime macchine, molto piú ¨maschie¨di quelle di adesso,piene di elettronica.

[ziozakka]

purtroppo il suono un po' ovattato del filmato mortifica il rombo acuto del + bel suono della F1.Riconoscevi il matra a km di distanza!

[racing16]

Love that sound!! Great footage! 5 stars!

[vys85]

thanks!