Le Mans - Mercedes CLR On board

[dujedcv1]

So, when does it take off?

[215jami]

The secret to it all is how far

[43black17]

@Giova2774. NICE Eye! That was one slick move to maximize momentum and slingshot out back to Top speed?!

[43black17]

Okay, I think Audi paid Mercedes to Please stop racing LeMans because a re-vamped version of this car would Punish them and Peugoet! DID you see how fast he passed that 911???

[fjsibr]

This is just flat out Getting IT!!!

[StreetKING277]

wow i love it

[kurtcobainfan76]

That wuz awsome i have this in GT 4 (i basically have all the cars)

[capricornGTR]

@kurtcobainfan76 GT4 doesn't have Team Oreca viper in it the red white and blue version. Also I wish they'd bring back being able to upgrade like they did in the first GT. Along with the cars in GT2.

[TheWana2000]

WER schon mal im TIEFFLUG über die Piste geflogen ist und keine Angst hatte weil ein guter Fahrer am Steuer sitzt. Der wird danach in jeder Achterbahn in der er sich setzt gelangtweilt sein. Einfach GEILLLL

[4JayeP]

the announcer needs to S T F U.

[MattB613]

@4JayeP its his JOB stupid ass

[4JayeP]

@MattB613 Fuck off asshole. You are more irritating than the announcer with half the brains.

[MattB613]

@4JayeP I'm the Asshole? Your the one telling the announcer to not do his job pecker head

[hejjagedu]

@4JayeP that's like me telling you "stop trolling on YouTube"

I know you won't, since that's all you do, you pathetic twat.

Just like this announcer needs to do that to make money.

[Hoelahoelatube]

Great fragment; exciting view upon exciting circuit. Pretty nice commentary as well.

[votballer]

omg this car is so fast.love mercedes clk-gtr,CLR and f1 most ;)

[scottN1980]

Wow that car is a real flier

[ShiftUpAGear]

And bring back Group B as well!!!

[emgasu]

@9inchNirvana you're right but don;t forget that the 917 raced when there were no chicanes at Mulsane. Yet I believe it was the most spectacular car to ever race.

[9inchNirvana]

@BJFRacing88 2nd. You're obviously forgetting the Porsche 917 which still holds the fastest lap at Le Mans to this DAY.

[Marcus666Sund]

nice cockpit video! takeoff speed 120 knots?

[Giova2774]

min 2:02 suicidal...OMG, so close to chicane

[gasteinerboy]

but the clk gtr looks better and the gt one is one off the cars who should win le mans because they where the fastest with the clrs but the havent have good drivers

[commmmnnnnbbbb]

that is bloody fast. im surprised sound could keep up with it

[emka41]

Really great to see Christophe Bouchut driving hard that CLR. But the true is that Nobert, manager of that team doesn't want to listen to him for the set up of the car. From first test session Bouchut told that the front car jump too much. All whats happened after, all the world knew it. Flying Mercedes...

[eightintheblock]

@emka41 ,

You 're right with your analyse .... i clearly remember the constant front axle jumps of the car during the week practises ..... I'm a french professional cameraman , i kept these images from different parts of the track and often have a look on them with friends during the long winter evenings .... the littles flaps added before the race coul'nt change the fate ...

[MassMurderMontageSs]

wow gt5 well realistic

[iluvworldofwarcraft]

such a beautiful car, one of my favorites of all time

[1994szymon]

!!!!!Germany POWER!!!!! :)

[gtsgtsgt]

oh no!! the flying car!!

[zedextreme8177]

Lucky to see a CLR complete a lap without flying off the track! XD

[TheKnoppersVidz]

the sound of the 90's

awesome. 

[CristianoCR17Ronaldo]

supercharger !

[gengiscanxxx]

Dovrebbero proibire i diesel solo per il suono...hihihhhihih non e' che si va a guardare solo le mans ma anche a sentirlo....

[Azacatamaloi91]

mamaaa cm kea tiraaa!!!w il tergicristallo ballerino cmq...

[kosmosleha]

is that Indy 500? I thought they use F1 like cars.

[ViniciusLimaRS]

pure v8 sound

[Vollhirni]

Ugly as shit, never mind how fast they are. Bring back the old days, please.

[naturalyshocked]

do you build race cars to be pretty?

[PorscheBulgaria]

@Vollhirni

Form follows function... that's how things are with race cars..

[Fezztecfilms]

What a phenomenal sounding machine! :)

[rakefarm]

Fantastic!

[Wasakracker155]

No diesel can beat that sound !

[clkgrt]

muchos lo confunden con el clk gtr por eso el gtr se gano mala reputacion de la aerodinamica

[adyolive]

A very beautiful car.

[Tuningfreak899]

this car is a beast!

[ScarfaceHood]

I really liked the designs of the car and the car itself. Too bad it was developed that poor so it would flip...

The scandal is that the freaking FIA jerks blamed the ACO for the flips and forced them to lower the Mulsanne hill, while it was Mercedes's fault cause they just couldnt make right aerodynamics...

[xxxOBLIVIONxxxx]

is this the car that flipped

[bavarianbass]

@xxxOBLIVIONxxxx 3 times that weekend yes

[arxcns]

Mark Webber? The F1 driver? Must've been really young back then~

[Pupixario]

@arxcns Yes , 23 years old here I think , he had 2 crashes due to Aerodynamic failures on the straight ;) , I even think that after he said fuck this (after going 2 times airborn :D) and went back into open-wheel racing :D

[AsiChicky]

@Pupixario and now he flies trough spain ;)

[bandman232]

@Pupixario And it's paid off too huh? Im a big Vettel and Weber fan. :D

[DominarTyranT1]

My car of my dreams, i miss battle between Mercedes - Toyota & BMW <3

[SmeurkeDeKat]

Love the sound.Too bad for the commentators voice, but I guess he's only doin his job :p

[ratzinator1]

of course, hours into the race, the car flips again! that's what called it a day for the team and Mercedes called it a career at Le Mans

[zand3r73]

Yeah GTR was v12 CLR was v8.

[jdoggybizzle]

I thought the GTR's had V12's?

[f0XxXxXxX]

@jdoggybizzle

The CLK GTR GT1 (the one from FIA GT) had a V12 engine but mercedes wanted to participate in Le Mans, again, so they changed back to the V8 they used back in the 80's.

Just from hearing it you know its a V8 :P

[ViniciusLimaRS]

Amazing V8 sound,

[MaximTrader]

особенно интересно как впередиидущая toyota gt one не давала пройти Mercedes а на прямой mers взял свое мощности то у него бльше

[madeInKabul86]

despite the shortcomings, what a gorgeous looking racemachine!

[mikehudd]

This car is terribly dangerous. I would not drive it for fear of flying.

[4JayeP]

I would love to see this car run on the old LeMans track.

[GTXMAN]

Which car do you think is faster (better overall)

this mercedes or Porsche 962?

[spiritcrusher923]

It would be kinda unerving gettting behind the wheel of this car after having 2 of them flip on the race weekend.

[balidemaj123]

this one was a 7 liter v8 or sumthin like that

[mougneau]

fuck!!!...shut your mouth i cant listen the engine.

[lammers962]

Was this a V8 Turbocar? or natural aspirated?

[vikirad]

5.7-liter V8, based on the old 5-liter M119 twin-turbo V8 from the Sauber C8-C9-C11s, but re-engineered and normally aspirated.

[lammers962]

Thx for clarification, ,a 4 vlave or 2valve(per cylinder) natural aspirated V8?

[vikirad]

4, most certainly.

[shazmeister2005]

it was a 6 Litre V8 naturally aspirated Mercedes M119 engine loosly based on the old C9s engine from the late 80s early 90s.

It wasnt that fast as everyone thinks it is, its only a legend car because of its crashes. It was a nightmare to drive (as you might imagine) I remember seeing an interview with one of the drivers saying it was always a very nervous twitchy car to drive.

The Toyota GT1 was faster, the Merc had the slight advantage in a straight line speed but both could do about 220mph.

[ImEastonianBitch]

ugh.

Bring back Group C!

[Mikeado66]

@ImEastonianBitch Just so long as they change the aero so that they drop that nasty habit of doing back flips when too much air gets under them.

[TheGaboneseMan]

Like the SLR McLaren ??!!

[colpi23]

way faster !

[Air0374]

They're both V8's...

[LeMansFreak1]

i wish mercedes could make another le mans car. maybe not a prototype, but like a gt class like in dtm

[atheist0627]

The CLK GTR is nice, but the CLR is ugly as hell!

[freedomsoldier187]

this car was raped by the Porsche GT1

the year before, before they retired it, nuff said !!!

[TeamDVS]

Know your cars before you go making comments. This is the CLR NOT the CLK.

[freedomsoldier187]

CLR CLK same shit different smell, fuck off dickhead

[LuKe9001]

i know they're in the mercedes, but....

TOYOTA GT-ONE FTW! :D

[gdgdgfdggfdfg]

not as good as the old on board clips when mulsane was a 6km straight.

[ljguitar91]

i know they should've left the chicanes out :(

[barrylovesbrownsauce]

Thanks for posting this up - amazing footage especially when compared to the Le Mans 1977 Martini Porsche 936 Onboard.

[kossoff1]

imagine the 917 at 240mph in '69,Vic Elford etc were the best ever

[C4misado]

approx. 600 hp

[C4misado]

ah, this car is the famous one, who took of with Peter Dumbreck in it.

[Hazardiousmatze]

how much HP ? o.O

[MattMatt2308]

today about 750hp, but in 99' a bit less I think !

[SBfanXIV]

ahh i like racin on circuit de la sarthe on gt4. this car too ironically.

[Razor1097]

this car isnt in gt4 tho, you probably mean the GTR. I still prefer the GT-One even though the sound is completely off in GT4

[nissenkisser]

yeaa i like it

[sku24905]

I know this track

It is Circuit De La Sarthe 1

[BMWizardofOz]

you should maybe get away from Playstation a bit more ;)

[logwind]

Amazing footage. Great upload!

[Lego324]

Man.....the sound of that engine is orgasm to my ears.

[brownson1970]

this may sound stupid but.....

is this THE MIKE ROCKENFELLER posting this??

if it is that is so cool man,SO COOL!!

all the best,,dgb

[RobbyRaiAshtray1122]

what i wouldnt do to be able to take this thing around the track

[dranz33]

i heard some guy reach 400km/h with his Sauber C9 on the infamous Mulsane Staright

so which one is faster?

Sauber C9 or the CLR?

[FormulaOneSpy]

Sauber C9 is from 1988-1990, CLR is from 1999. Built for completely different regulations and back in late 80s there were no chicanes on the straight.

[kennymiesta]

bloody hell, how do these cars last 24h. they work them so hard

[russiansleadzyufag]

lol best driver and best technick....

[RavenRemi]

Best race too

[edenalz]

Le Mans 98' & 98' were the best Le Mans races, my favorite was in 1999, too bad that Mercedes gave up, their car were the fastests but for me the drivers were not enough good (but it's not their fault if their cars went to the airs).

[f1guy17]

i agree with you. just watching vids like this one proves it, even though i was only 9 yrs old when this happened

[kchix]

I totally agree, for me 98 and 99 were the best years I have seen, all the manufacturers and so many famous drivers! Brilliant years of Lemans! I must say though, I thought Mercedes had a good driver line up in 99 esp Bernd Schneider who was probably the best all round GT driver in the world at the time.

[russiansleadzyufag]

yeah mervedes clk gtr is really the faster gtr car..... its a legen.... and a beatiful car to

[edenalz]

Not enough ? Look at 3:48 when Bouchut passes the Toyota, look the car number: it's #1 and if it was in '98 Toyota's cars numbers were 27, 28 & 29.

[edenalz]

This is a CLR not CLK-GTR'98, this le mans'99 ! Lool at 3:22 and make "pause", look to the back of the Toyota GT-One: the GT-One'98 used to have things like "white flames" all over the car, but not in 99. Ok ?

[Stopmotioner1]

this track is in Gran turismo 4

[sanchezslyline]

not is a clr is a clk-gtr

[OperJeff]

youre thinking of 98

[ViniciusLimaRS]

Yes this a good car, but i'm really sad because Gt-One is the one who finish the 24 of le mans in class LMPGT. I really like the finish in the le mans 99 with Gt One and CLR in first and second position, but...

[7525727]

my fav French "De La Sarath 1" track i know this place like my hand!!!!!

[PA28140]

Cool video, but check out the 1983 lemans onboard with the Porsche 956 video here on Youtube. That vid is on the old Mulsanne when it was a true "straight." You will see 246 MPH... AWESOME..

[thatsbollox]

Great driving..especially after what he knew about Webber's car. Do you trust them when they tell you that they've "fixed the problem" ? Must be in the back of mind.

Luv listening to the gearbox of these things

[ryanpetrucci]

oooo so this is the car that happen to fly and fall upon woods because of aerodynamics instability on 99 Le Mans

[DHFHades]

Christophe Bouchut must be italian for "balls out" :)

[ccuebas19]

Amazing to see how hard he pushes even though 2 of the 4 cars had flipped like crazy, this man just knows no fear, brilliant!

[customkey]

This car is a rocketship! The straight cut gears in the racing gearbox makes the whining noise you hear.

This guy's driving his butt off.

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

Nothing short of awesome....but F1 is my thing. This was an awesome video....thx

[operationcwal789789]

Listen to the turbocharger. Just like a jet engine.

[mini1988]

It didnt have a turbocharger, its the whine of the Transmission.

[DarthVantos]

Are u serious?

[kinetsuhayabusa313rd]

yes.

[operationcwal789789]

This car is a beauty

[kinetsuhayabusa313rd]

sure it is. but only before it flipped because of poor design

[kingdomboost]

Excellent vid

[vikirad]

"The aerodynamics on the Mercedes all went wrong..." They were wrong from the start: no testing on bumpy Le Mans-style tracks, almost no wind tunnel testing, the body of the car shaped roughly like a very thick wing, the lift from it bound to defeat the ground effect keeping the car on the ground.

[the5thdominion]

Speaking of bumby tracks, you know what they say in modern sportscar racing - if you don't run at Sebring, you won't win at Le Mans. Case in point this year - Audi ran at Sebring, Peugeot didn't. And we all know how that turned out....

[deggis4]

Altough I doubt that Le Mans is today so bumpy that it used to be... expect of course the road course section. Sebring then again is most likely the bumpiest track in the world.

Next year Peugeot is doing Sebring (and also Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta) :)

[the5thdominion]

Yeah, it'll be nice to see that. No Le Mans is nowhere near as bumpy as Sebring and it never has been (at least since the track has been paved (the first races there weren't on all paved road)). The reason Sebring's bumpiness is important is because it torture tests the car's components so that 12 hours does more damage and "wear and tear" than 24 at most other tracks.

[cryptordeath]

Ainda vou comprar uma dessas!!!

ahuhauhauhauhuahuhauhauhuahu

[onoitsaWRX]

haha that would be nice but MB was so embarrased by it, they've done everything in their power to prevent those scary moments from being shown. The best we got is the EuroSport footage.

[vikirad]

Plus they've NEVER shown the surviving CLR again in public. The car was withdrawn from the race just minutes after this car's flight, and some time later sold to a private collector.

[Spyker88]

So that explains why we'll likely never see this car in any future racing games, unless the developers are lucky enough to find this private collector (assuming this person is willing to lend it). Then again, I've seen some die-casts of this car made long after the flips happened.

[vikirad]

The private collector brought the car out in public twice in the last two years, once for the Modena Track Days at the Nurburgring and once for Bernd Schneider's retirement from racing.

[MrSharky97]

@Spyker88 it's in forza

[Spyker88]

You sure its not the CLK GTR or CLK LM? I'v never seen any video or pictures of the car on the game.

[ascoughc]

@Spyker88 no this is the clr it only ran once a t lemans in 1999

[Spyker88]

I know its the CLR, I was reffering to its inclusion on Forza 3 as I have not seen any video or photos of it.

[F1ferrari09]

@Spyker88 the lemans car was never on forza but its street variant the clk gtr was the lemans car is the clr gt1

[shazmeister2005]

yeah, i read somewhere they destroyed the blueprints too!

[k3ithwri9ht]

wow it sound like mercedes is top sercet

and they don't want anyone have it

[18PacWest]

The engine sounds like an Infiniti V8 that used in IRL.

[scoobyonline2000]

wish they had a camera on webbers car to see the flying action!

[bebel67]

clr mercedes le mans 99