Le Mans 1969 Part 1 - Ford GT40 Onboard and Pre-race

[SuperApeFight]

Thank you so much for posting this!! Amazing footage - how did you get hold of it?

[375GTB]

No mention is made of Wolfe's death in the 917...

Car broke in two!!

J.C.

[FormulaKimball]

4:42 onboard start... OMG that engine (and exhaust) sounds amazing. This is a great video all-around but that GT40 is one of the best sounding race cars of all time IMHO.

[cybermarsactual]

This is when racing was completely cool. Now? To safe very boring.

[therode5]

Boy did Dan Gurney change the imaging of the rear wing and progressively the Gurney Flap!

[captinspeedy1]

why did't they do the real 1970 and 71 24hrs i search everywere for 71 with sound were is it

[fistysticks]

8:39 Eye on the BIG PRIZE hahahahahahahah....... wtf

[010stout]

we are only doing 200 miles per hour true that corner, one of the craziest things i have ever heard haha. it makes me sad that i missed this era in racing and that it will never be like this again.

[WindyCityGym]

eat dick ferrari.

[Cadillac8877]

wicked awesome dude thanks

[Efrasnel]

Ironic that they discuss safety while passing a row of trees that only have a line of white paint on them.

[mackinl]

i have this vid get it if u can its great .

[vince065us]

Le Mans has always been a law unto itself,and there's a need for The ACO to change many of the rules that go back to the Dark Ages.

[mbrouder]

There is a Ford GT that still actively races in professional motorsports. It's in the GT2 class of the American Lemans Series. But as much as I love the Ford GT and GT40, no one is staring at its tail lights. Not Ferrari, not Porsche not Chevy, not BMW.

[ffmotorsports51]

The Ford GT that the Robertson Racing guys use is the Mk 7. It's a really nice car and I'm really happy that the car got the pole for the Petit Le Mans.

[seniorcat03]

its been tough going because theyre privateers. They dont have nearly as much funds to test and tune as, say corvette racing or the ferrari guys. its taken them 2 years to get where they are now. cant wait for this year...PLM showed great promise for the Mk. 7

[DarkMountain908070]

@mbrouder There is the Matech GT1 and GT3 from Switzerland that are absolutely dominating in Europe!

[KiddGalaxxy]

I know the Ford GT was put into retirement yet again. There pretty expensive to produce. But I think Ford should give it another go round. The people love this car around the world. What do you say Ford? Do it for LeMans... Do it for Ferrari. So they can stare at your tail lights, yet again,

[XXdrunkenxx87]

:24 awesome quote to describe this race lol

[m3pedro]

thank you!

[seniorcat03]

they should and design a new one around the "mirage" or GT Mk. IV. A modern day recreation of the Original J-car that won Le mans in 1967

[Willymaze]

Excellent footage, it looks sharp and the sound is perfect.

Thanks a lot!

[fredsambo]

Thanks!!!!

[andriusssska]

1995 Mclaren f1 is the most beutifull car ever built.

[matthewfaustin]

maybe in the 90's

[geomcrae]

does anybody know what the song at the beginning is called? who is singing?:)

[mauownage]

Vic Elford... Legend.

[srt4acr]

hahahahahahahaha PWNT!

Ford GT = GT40

[covGuk]

no you retard, the ford gt is the NEW gt40, but it isnt called gt40

the gt40 is the old one.

so no not pWNt

[FiliberkeNys]

Steve McQueen knew his cars and chose the Ford GT40, although an American car, these Ford GT40s were made in Britain with a British chassis. Ford chose to rebuild the GT40 for its 100th anniversary in 2003. The best supercar ever and the most beautiful as well!!!!

[Corvonix]

actually he drove a porsche 917 at his movie ^^

[wilsonhonda]

Excellent !!

[ChronoLegionX]

Brilliant video...those were the glory days of racing!

[indigoblue555]

Great posting!

[geomcrae]

does anybody know who sings the song in the begining?

[ClassicRacer36]

Great great Times, never come back, sad ....

[Thilo1001]

Great Video ! With Jo Siffert which an all time Swiss motorsport star...

[senninho24]

just brilliant! thank you very much!

[mercoid]

BRAVO! & 5 stars! Its vids like this that I subscribe to YT.

[macmacma]

awesome

[SeaPigs]

Now,if this isn´t brillant,then what the heck is??Thanks ever so much for posting!!

[js04r]

Approaches 240 mph!? Did I hear that correctly?

[VonVoltage]

Yeah but he's talking about the Porsche 917.

[meepmeepjeep]

no he isn't because he says "What sort of speed are you doing by now" and then the driver (IN A GT40) says "We're doing about 240" so yes he's on about the other best cars as well.

[VonVoltage]

The narrator is talking about the 917, the video shows the gt40. Watch again, you'll see.

[meepmeepjeep]

my bad.... but they're close to that

[Efrasnel]

Still the greatest race in the world. Monaco has glamour, Spa-Francorchamps and Le Mans seperate the men from the boys.

[groenteeter]

ty very much 4 posting:D

[stagy11]

more please, thanks