I'll just go against the trend and say that the Mulsanne Straight is over glorified. If they had not added the chicances, they might have required to do something else, perhaps much more considerable changes to the track later.
The speeds might require more balls, but eventually, braking, turning and accelerating again requires more skill than just going full throttle all the time.
I'd rather complain about the loss of Dunlop Bridge in 2002.
But ask guys who do the bonneville speedweeks on how much skill it takes to stay flat out for a long period of time. On top of that your mind is telling you "hey you're going way too fast sloooooow down".
That gives a taste of just how dangerous the Mulsanne was. 250MPH and if anything breaks or goes wrong , you'll be 2 postcodes away when it all ends. Wow , those were the days. I've met Derek Bell , and a more charming man you will not meet. Don't stand too close though , you'll catch cold from the ice in his veins
@SpaceCelte One is a world dominating race car, the other a $1,000,000 VW built in France that needs new tyres if you do ever hit 400KPH. I'd say straight line, probably the same. Around a race track the 2.5 tonne VW Veryon would be left behind and there is no way it would ever operate in the same conditions for 24 hours.
Yeah I know you all miss the full length Molson straight. But if it were there the cars would be hitting 300mph and we would have far fewer cars (and drivers) for next years race. The FIA is not clueless.
@StreetBikerBrazil They already did it a little when they created that new part after the 1st corner, and changed the last chicanne to a tighter one. But if you´re talking about the north classic track, I think that people will burn FIA buildings if they try it.
@StreetBikerBrazil yeahh i agre with you but all that thinks are made about safely didi yiu know how many people have died in Nürbugring ... a lot and year by year the the cars became faster they HAVE to make something to race fast with safely for example this year in le mans (2011) a audi crashed if were no safely the driver sure will died
@StreetBikerBrazil FIA has absolutely nothing to do with Le Mans :) it's ruled entirely by A.C.O, and the long strech got closed becasuse the the "jump" near the end, that sent more than one car flying out into the woods with extreme danger as a result. But i totally agree with you about FIA ruining motorsport with insane amounts of rules.
@AIRDRAC "FIA has absolutely nothing to do with Le Mans :)"
Funny timing =). FIA World Motor Sport Council's decision taken yesterday: "In partnership with the Automobile Club de L’Ouest (ACO), an FIA World Endurance Championship will be created in 2012. The calendar, comprising at least six events, will include the Le Mans 24 Hours. FIA World Endurance Championship titles will be awarded to Constructors and Drivers."
@deggis4 I that indeed is major (and disturbing) news! I hope they mean that they get to have their own race on La Sarthe, instead of taking over the real race! If that is the case then i'm happy that i'm going this year, as it will be the last real LM! :( Also: are they planning to use the entire road-circuit, or just the inner racetrack?
@AIRDRAC Ehmm... don't worry. There is still going to be just one 24h Le Mans. It's already part of the ACO-run Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and that was now granted a World Championship status. Not much is going to change except that this is going to hugely boost the prestige and give a reason for manufacturers and teams to race whole year instead of just two weeks of fame in June.
@smoceskreen If the displacement or amount of cylinders defines the pinnacleness of motorsport, then F1 has never been the pinnacle in the first place. By the way, one of the most powerful F1 engines ever is BMW's shitty 1.5L 4-cylinder from the 80s.
@deggis4 yea i know, but those were in qualifying trim, not race trim. the engines were peaked for qualifying but were then detuned for race reliability. F1 engines nowadays (the V8s) also can go way up to 1800hp++.. but it'll only make the engine less reliable and shitcrap to handle.
@smoceskreen I said one of the most powerful and it is, even if you only look at quoted race trim figures. Certain website says 850-900 bhp in 1987. With today's know-who, that wouldn't even be hard to achieve. Anyway, the point wasn't how much that engine made. My point was that the rule change shouldn't be bashed just because our mothers' cars has 4 cylinders.
@deggis4 ok ok don't get mad man. i just don't like the idea of having something smaller when you're already used to the sheer noise of the bigger V10s and V8s. it's like trading an F430 for a Civic. Ok we'll just wait and see then. Peace.
@StreetBikerBrazil sorry a typo.. "1.6" not 1.5. yeah what i don't get about the FIA is.. F1's supposed to be the mother of all auto races. huge power huge downforce ear-cracking sound dont-give-shit about cost. why mess with it? its their character. if its dangerous, just get the constructors to make their cars safer thats all. in a few more years i guess GP3 cars will be faster! to me the FIA started to suck back in the days when they banned the Williams FW15.
@StreetBikerBrazil haha yeah i agree, they even killed off rally's mother-of-them-all Group B. safety this safety that, that's why in 2013 we're gonna have puny 1.5 4 cylinders in F1! Crap, screw FIA for taking away the FUN of racing!
Speeds were definitely reaching 400+. I couldnt believe is to, but when i asked my formal boss (Jan Lammers winner of LeMans 1988) he confermed it.
"With bad wind conditions we reached a top speed around 395 kph (247 mph), but in optimal contitions Ive actually reached a measured top speed of 406 kph (253,75 mph)"
@StreetBikerBrazil AAAW MAN!!! I feel spooky at the moment... after your post I will sleep bad tonight... And BTW you forgot about stupid flappy gearbox with 2000 computer assistants, fully adjustable car from the steering wheel. The only question is WHAT THE FU*K THE PILOT IS DOING IN THE COCKPIT?!! ADVERTISING SPONSORS?!!
@Smurugby12 Information is dubious. Top speed ever reached by a Porsche of any type at Le Mans was 391kmh (243mph) by H.J.Stuck in a 962. In 1983 the top speed was about 360 (224mph). It's not a question of power so much as gearing. This car is going plenty fast but probably not doing more than 350kmh. Certainly not 400.
This is just brilliant. Porsche must have commissioned film clips to be done at several circuits during the year with Dereck Bell doing the driving. They are now available on a DVD. They show the enormous skill these drivers have. Total respect.
I agree with duka92Dr1ft3R; "you drivers may hurt yourselves! Let's put in a chicaine every 2km so you don't get going too fast...in your RACING CARS!" Reminds me of NASCAR! Let's restrict the engines so they can only go 180mph at Talladega, because as you know, crashing at 180 is SO MUCH SAFER than at 200! Idiots! If you're gonna be a bear, BE A GRIZZLY! The whole world is fucking chickenshit these days!!
@deeze67. these cars dont run a bov. never did. just the sound of the air returning out the front of the turbo. Not harmful despite what many experts will tell you
that sound is wonderful. i watched my steve mcqueen le mans dvd for the umpteenth time yesterday and hadnt realised how similar the 917 and 956 were in sound. hardly surprising i suppose.
You can say goodbye to any more major safety inventions thanks to the FIA and their ridiculous 2km straight rule now too. Among many other things, seatbelts were invented because of this race.
Can you believe Kenny Acheson ran a 408 kph radar timed on the straight before the last breaking spot in a Mercedes C-9, a feroucious car as was the C-11
@Quadrant14 "Can you believe Kenny Acheson ran a 408 kph radar timed" No. Nobody ever went quite that fast at Le Mans. Acheson did 400, Dorchy did 405 in a Peugeot. Those are the two highest speeds ever recorded there.
This is my favorite vid on all of YouTube, I've watched it many times!! I believe this is with Derek Bell driving. I was fortunate to meet him briefly a few years ago, very nice chap. Oh the adventures that guy has seen! I've driven at 175 mph for mere seconds and that was enough...
yeah, 240+ mph with very little downforce on these cars - can you say "Yeehaw"? - I like the chicanes - no reason to let the cars go any faster than 215 mph unless you want someone to all of a sudden have a flat and get killed because the car couldn't stop quick enough. Despite it being a really fun ride to flying for 3.5 miles, these short to get up to 215 mph straights before braking makes for interesting passing opportunities as the cars go into the chicanes and gun it on the way out.
yeah, 240+ mph with very little downforce on these cars - can you say "Yeehaw"? - I like the chicanes - no reason to let the cars go any faster than 215 mph unless you want someone to all of a sudden have a flat and get killed because the car couldn't stop quick enough. Despite it being a really fun ride to flying for 3.5 miles, these short to get up to 215 mph before breaking makes for interesting passing opportunities as the cars go into the chicanes then gun it - really cool honestly.
Martin Brundle said once that the whole length Mulsanne was horrible, it was boring and you just sat flat out at 240mph and waited for a tyre to let go. Tyres blowing out on the Mulsanne was quite a common problem due to the massive centrifugal forces on the tyres going flat out for so long
Again, I admit it I was the clueless one. Please no offense meant I must have been in a bad state of mind to post my original (1st) post. Sorry...
For those doubting my statement about racing a Porsche you can check out a video I have posted "RGD's 85 Carrera". It's my first laps in my car blabla... Never said I owned a fast car.
Besides the Mulsanne chicane problem, I pity those poor young 'uns that have never seen what an unrestricted turbo, or pair of, can do. We might have even seen the return of superchargers too, if that whole 'too fast' fiasco hadn't taken place. Wouldn't that be interesting!
Sorry Pintac87 didn't mean to offend. You may be a "real race car fan" that's great! However this video is not set at normal speed, it is speeded up. I am sure if you do a little research here you will find other videos of the same road course at normal speed. Apologize for the term clueless, guess the retard comment is fair.
By the way, I own and race a Porsche. So I'm wondering, do I qualify as a real race fan or do I need to do something more?
@rgdtoo21 - the video is not sped up, you can tell by his non-sped up hand movements. :) I think the main reason it looks sped up is because the car is extremely low, which provides an even greater sensation of speed, not to mention this car is bloody fast. Perhaps you should try doing 350+ kph eh? ;)
@rgdtoo21 The other videos you refer to are more modern cars. The modern track has more chicanes on the straight hence is slower. The 956 is still one of the fastest cars to blat down Mulsanne.
I'm sorry but this video is so jacked up. Looks like he's doing 400mph. Give me a break! Your clueless if you think this is what actual track speed looks like.
@rgdtoo21 - you can see on his hands movement that it is the actual speed.. :) You should also know that these cars are extremely low, which makes the sensation of speed even greater.
Perhaps you should drive one of these yourself. ;)
@rgdtoo21 Pardon me but you are fucking retarded. Go back to watching NASCAR and let the real race car fans enjoy one of the greatest race cars of all times.
Imagine doing this for a few hours at a stretch - after one lap like this I'd need a stiff drink and clean underwear! And they say that astronauts are brave!
@Superedit I would jump on a rocket and to the moon anyday if i could but if i was the driver of that car i just wouldnt have the balls to keep my foot down lol i wud get to 70 stop then cry for my mom lol
@TougeCL1 Oh yeah? Try it on PS3 with an Audi R8 Prototype against equally fast cars. Talk about a rush! I can only see it getting boring if yours is the only car on the track, but actually racing against other talented drivers is a diffrent story.
@TougeCL1 Oh yeah? Try it on PS3 with an Audi R8 Prototype against equally fast cars. Talk about a rush! I can only see it getting boring if yours is the only car on the track, but actually racing against other talented drivers is a different story.
@TheRooster94 i will agree with u but at the same time i don't because" i know people hate when people say this the future is not that bright for fossil fuel" so finding another fuel other than electricity is a necessity so its a good thing but it does take away a bit of excitement away from the sport
Those races back then were magic on the circuits, you would have real, unabridged power-house supercars racing each other until the last 10th of a second. Nowadays its just those eco-nut diesels ruining the soul of the sport.
I would give anything to go back in time to watch these races. This was when real men raced real cars on a real track. Racing across the board has went downhill in the last 20 years. F1 is still ok to a degree. As long as there are ignorant people in charge of making the rules you will have crappy racing. Diesel technology is awesome but it's nauseating to constantly see them win. I want to see (and hear!!) a turbo-charged monster screaming down Mulsanne again!!!!!
I'll just go against the trend and say that the Mulsanne Straight is over glorified. If they had not added the chicances, they might have required to do something else, perhaps much more considerable changes to the track later.
The speeds might require more balls, but eventually, braking, turning and accelerating again requires more skill than just going full throttle all the time.
I'd rather complain about the loss of Dunlop Bridge in 2002.
deggis4 1 week ago
@deggis4
you have a point
But ask guys who do the bonneville speedweeks on how much skill it takes to stay flat out for a long period of time. On top of that your mind is telling you "hey you're going way too fast sloooooow down".
Spinsane94 22 hours ago
this is where the term "balls or steel" came from lol
fucem1 2 months ago
i like the sound of the dump valve from the turbo lol
henry51563 2 months ago
it has a 2.65 L turbocharged Flat-6, producing approximately 635 hp. go v6 power!
henry51563 2 months ago
good lord, everything's going past so fast!:O
66606cl66 2 months ago
OMG!
lanfras 3 months ago
BEAST MODE!
just2damcoo 3 months ago
beautiful
billduke251273 3 months ago
no chicanes! yeaaaaaaaaaaa
AnT0oElLoco 3 months ago
yes i liked Brain Redman with his natural jolliness personality,
always on the light side of thing's.
and too Derek Bell is a really nice person,always therer to help in a situation. or give some good advice.
the Part on the mulsanne look's like at least 230MPH ,
only other footage that's good is the Martini Porsche 936 at Le Man's In 77 with Jurgen Barth driving.
like to see stuff like this with older Ferrari's,Or Alfa Romeo's. Or Matra's.
kirkconway 4 months ago
The camera has tunnel vision lol
bigguydave 4 months ago
Nice brakes
eibi86 4 months ago
This is about 5000 times better than F1!!!
Schnuffituut 4 months ago 8
@Schnuffituut 5000 times faster aswell :D
66606cl66 2 months ago
@Schnuffituut its also 5,000,000 times better than nascar lol
jkosloski69 2 months ago
@Schnuffituut Only 5000? :o)
hunghuge12 2 months ago
Its insane how fast it is compared to the other LMP cars
Ornqiraj 4 months ago
im canadian so GIV'R!!!
Cadillac8877 5 months ago
To everybody complaining about modern drivers being pussies: go watch the Rockenfeller crash (the live version) from this year's race.
deggis4 5 months ago
Porsche and Ferrari should just make LMP1 cars for lemans it would spice things up a bit
ghalloikbenhet 5 months ago
@ghalloikbenhet You know that Porsche has already (officially) announced its plan to come back in 2014? :p
deggis4 5 months ago
@deggis4 no i didnt, thnx for that
ghalloikbenhet 5 months ago
is the video sped up? :S it looookksss sooooo fastttt
CYYZspotter 5 months ago
agree, racing drivers these days are all panzies......real motor racing stopped the second Senna crashed and killed himself. Cheers mate!
MARTINIL67 5 months ago
It takes a heck of a person to drive the old Le Mans circuit. Incredible
arains44 5 months ago
That gives a taste of just how dangerous the Mulsanne was. 250MPH and if anything breaks or goes wrong , you'll be 2 postcodes away when it all ends. Wow , those were the days. I've met Derek Bell , and a more charming man you will not meet. Don't stand too close though , you'll catch cold from the ice in his veins
mrhearse777 5 months ago 10
@mrhearse777 They should have left it alone. It was part of the aura of LeMans.
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deggis4 5 months ago
It has an interesting sound when changing gears. Anyway, that's friggin' insane, I had no idea they did such speed at Le Mans ...
djbanizza 6 months ago
@djbanizza
The sound when changing gears come from the blow-off valves of the turbochargers!
Michaelingolfhansen 5 months ago
Who is driving?
gnarkillkicksass 6 months ago
@gnarkillkicksass : The name is "Derek Bell"
jawangnese 6 months ago
@jawangnese Thanks!
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psynationhardstyle 6 months ago
Man the Mulsanne Straight should return. Take away the Bloody Chicanes.
1988Carlsberg 6 months ago
it look like its oversteer very much
SKYLINEman1996 7 months ago
Which car is the fastest between a Porsche 956 sport-prototype and a Bugatti Veyron Supercar ?
SpaceCelte 7 months ago
@SpaceCelte One is a world dominating race car, the other a $1,000,000 VW built in France that needs new tyres if you do ever hit 400KPH. I'd say straight line, probably the same. Around a race track the 2.5 tonne VW Veryon would be left behind and there is no way it would ever operate in the same conditions for 24 hours.
gnarkillkicksass 6 months ago
@SpaceCelte lol what do you think?
runatrain 6 months ago
@runatrain
I think Porsche 956 is fastest than Bugatti Veyron.
SpaceCelte 6 months ago 2
@SpaceCelte Le Mans specs change very often
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@SpaceCelte Le Mans specs change very often
artyparis 5 months ago
@SpaceCelte
lol , is a 10x faster man... is a pure racing car, veyron is only a sport car.
totto210 5 months ago
Yeah I know you all miss the full length Molson straight. But if it were there the cars would be hitting 300mph and we would have far fewer cars (and drivers) for next years race. The FIA is not clueless.
f1freak1964 7 months ago
@StreetBikerBrazil They already did it a little when they created that new part after the 1st corner, and changed the last chicanne to a tighter one. But if you´re talking about the north classic track, I think that people will burn FIA buildings if they try it.
Hupiscratch 7 months ago
i just creamed my pants.
pure audio joy
red03mitsu 7 months ago
@StreetBikerBrazil so true buddy.
sergioserj96 7 months ago
@StreetBikerBrazil agreed.
freaKf11 7 months ago
Great...
MPZRACEVIDEO 7 months ago
turbo sound humm
geowin97 8 months ago
I'm no Porsche fan, but this car is just surreal.
HigherEnlightment 8 months ago
@HigherEnlightment how could you don't be a fan of Porsche???
sacrilege!!!
russotragik 8 months ago
it's a shame what happened to racing :-(
sp2001 8 months ago
pissed myself just watching this.
palamala112 8 months ago
@StreetBikerBrazil
You're damn right ! No more pilot like the good old days and no more cars like before !! Who care about there fucking diesel powered cars !!
Hope the Ring still be the Ring !!
1970vlad 8 months ago
Bastard CO2-terrorist.
Markorepairs 8 months ago
@StreetBikerBrazil yeahh i agre with you but all that thinks are made about safely didi yiu know how many people have died in Nürbugring ... a lot and year by year the the cars became faster they HAVE to make something to race fast with safely for example this year in le mans (2011) a audi crashed if were no safely the driver sure will died
gt5profan 8 months ago
@StreetBikerBrazil fucking true!!!!! F.I.A. mafia!!!!!
riverman33 8 months ago
1:32 - "Fuck it, radio is only playing shit today!" *insert CD*
:D WOW THAT SPEED
YklausK 8 months ago
How much long is the straight line?
SkyWallk3r1 9 months ago
@SkyWallk3r1 : Look @ Video Info.
Straight : 5 km o.O
jawangnese 9 months ago 3
@SkyWallk3r1 Le Mans is a race where up to 85% of the time is spent on full throttle and the strait is 6 kilometers long!
pacovl46 8 months ago
@SkyWallk3r1
It's about 5km I think. Simply measure the time and take 370 km/h as average speed, it'll give you the lenght.
Good old time is dead, thanks to the FIA.
1970vlad 8 months ago
@SkyWallk3r1 Exactly 6km or 3.7 miles.
A2EReviews 6 months ago
@StreetBikerBrazil FIA has absolutely nothing to do with Le Mans :) it's ruled entirely by A.C.O, and the long strech got closed becasuse the the "jump" near the end, that sent more than one car flying out into the woods with extreme danger as a result. But i totally agree with you about FIA ruining motorsport with insane amounts of rules.
AIRDRAC 9 months ago
@AIRDRAC "FIA has absolutely nothing to do with Le Mans :)"
Funny timing =). FIA World Motor Sport Council's decision taken yesterday: "In partnership with the Automobile Club de L’Ouest (ACO), an FIA World Endurance Championship will be created in 2012. The calendar, comprising at least six events, will include the Le Mans 24 Hours. FIA World Endurance Championship titles will be awarded to Constructors and Drivers."
This is major news. =)
deggis4 9 months ago
@deggis4 I that indeed is major (and disturbing) news! I hope they mean that they get to have their own race on La Sarthe, instead of taking over the real race! If that is the case then i'm happy that i'm going this year, as it will be the last real LM! :( Also: are they planning to use the entire road-circuit, or just the inner racetrack?
AIRDRAC 9 months ago
@AIRDRAC Ehmm... don't worry. There is still going to be just one 24h Le Mans. It's already part of the ACO-run Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and that was now granted a World Championship status. Not much is going to change except that this is going to hugely boost the prestige and give a reason for manufacturers and teams to race whole year instead of just two weeks of fame in June.
deggis4 9 months ago
Balls of Steel!...Nuffield said, bloody mind-blowing, wish I could have witnessed this for real!...Rock on!
mkilner 9 months ago
@smoceskreen If the displacement or amount of cylinders defines the pinnacleness of motorsport, then F1 has never been the pinnacle in the first place. By the way, one of the most powerful F1 engines ever is BMW's shitty 1.5L 4-cylinder from the 80s.
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@deggis4 yea i know, but those were in qualifying trim, not race trim. the engines were peaked for qualifying but were then detuned for race reliability. F1 engines nowadays (the V8s) also can go way up to 1800hp++.. but it'll only make the engine less reliable and shitcrap to handle.
smoceskreen 9 months ago
@smoceskreen I said one of the most powerful and it is, even if you only look at quoted race trim figures. Certain website says 850-900 bhp in 1987. With today's know-who, that wouldn't even be hard to achieve. Anyway, the point wasn't how much that engine made. My point was that the rule change shouldn't be bashed just because our mothers' cars has 4 cylinders.
deggis4 9 months ago
@deggis4 ok ok don't get mad man. i just don't like the idea of having something smaller when you're already used to the sheer noise of the bigger V10s and V8s. it's like trading an F430 for a Civic. Ok we'll just wait and see then. Peace.
smoceskreen 9 months ago
@StreetBikerBrazil Nostalgy + populism = lots of thumbsups at Youtube.
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@StreetBikerBrazil sorry a typo.. "1.6" not 1.5. yeah what i don't get about the FIA is.. F1's supposed to be the mother of all auto races. huge power huge downforce ear-cracking sound dont-give-shit about cost. why mess with it? its their character. if its dangerous, just get the constructors to make their cars safer thats all. in a few more years i guess GP3 cars will be faster! to me the FIA started to suck back in the days when they banned the Williams FW15.
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smoceskreen 9 months ago
@StreetBikerBrazil haha yeah i agree, they even killed off rally's mother-of-them-all Group B. safety this safety that, that's why in 2013 we're gonna have puny 1.5 4 cylinders in F1! Crap, screw FIA for taking away the FUN of racing!
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Speeds were definitely reaching 400+. I couldnt believe is to, but when i asked my formal boss (Jan Lammers winner of LeMans 1988) he confermed it.
"With bad wind conditions we reached a top speed around 395 kph (247 mph), but in optimal contitions Ive actually reached a measured top speed of 406 kph (253,75 mph)"
He drove a Silkcut Jaguar.
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Sixpekbieah 9 months ago
@StreetBikerBrazil AAAW MAN!!! I feel spooky at the moment... after your post I will sleep bad tonight... And BTW you forgot about stupid flappy gearbox with 2000 computer assistants, fully adjustable car from the steering wheel. The only question is WHAT THE FU*K THE PILOT IS DOING IN THE COCKPIT?!! ADVERTISING SPONSORS?!!
YMastersWRC 9 months ago
wat abt breaking....400 to 100 in 2 sec...:):) speed..
ultimatepiece 9 months ago
Simply breath taking!
nardmanman 10 months ago
When this video ended i hit my heat on the monitor.
FrankaDith 10 months ago
This is so great...I watch this all the time. I feel cheated watching racing today....
Lastwordismine 10 months ago
Cool video. How fast are you going?
wickedsmart 10 months ago
@wickedsmart Says in the information that top speed is around 400kph, or around 250mph!
Smurugby12 9 months ago
@Smurugby12 Information is dubious. Top speed ever reached by a Porsche of any type at Le Mans was 391kmh (243mph) by H.J.Stuck in a 962. In 1983 the top speed was about 360 (224mph). It's not a question of power so much as gearing. This car is going plenty fast but probably not doing more than 350kmh. Certainly not 400.
Camerameister 9 months ago
This is just brilliant. Porsche must have commissioned film clips to be done at several circuits during the year with Dereck Bell doing the driving. They are now available on a DVD. They show the enormous skill these drivers have. Total respect.
BaronBoy100 10 months ago
Surreal; Love it!
activ8now 10 months ago
@StreetBikerBrazil
True Word´s man :)
jawangnese 10 months ago 18
WoW , Thats so fast o.O
:)
jawangnese 11 months ago
@jawangnese whats the engine on this car? it sounds turbo charged
fgtxpaco7458ss 6 months ago
Like this if you fast forward to 0:32
MrCavalier82 11 months ago
Absolutely mega!!! Todays cars are shit.
minimalizam009 11 months ago
I agree with duka92Dr1ft3R; "you drivers may hurt yourselves! Let's put in a chicaine every 2km so you don't get going too fast...in your RACING CARS!" Reminds me of NASCAR! Let's restrict the engines so they can only go 180mph at Talladega, because as you know, crashing at 180 is SO MUCH SAFER than at 200! Idiots! If you're gonna be a bear, BE A GRIZZLY! The whole world is fucking chickenshit these days!!
deedsie 11 months ago 10
@deeze67. these cars dont run a bov. never did. just the sound of the air returning out the front of the turbo. Not harmful despite what many experts will tell you
dreamseller01 11 months ago
@deeze67
dreamseller01 11 months ago
Thanks for posting, that is awesome, phenomenal speed on the straight, didnt look like he backed off for the dogleg either
deejayzak 11 months ago
that sound is wonderful. i watched my steve mcqueen le mans dvd for the umpteenth time yesterday and hadnt realised how similar the 917 and 956 were in sound. hardly surprising i suppose.
PipeOfPieces 1 year ago
The best race track! Here are some of my videos on Le mens track:
/watch?v=CZi2FzfBnEA
/watch?v=0poS9wNDIl0
/watch?v=iXEKGaYAuCs
/watch?v=NyRrvnXL3zM
jpzhouutube 1 year ago
You can say goodbye to any more major safety inventions thanks to the FIA and their ridiculous 2km straight rule now too. Among many other things, seatbelts were invented because of this race.
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malikadiana 1 year ago
Amazing, absolute balls of steel to do that hour after hour!
handuyourass 1 year ago
love the cheeky lil wastegate! :)
DannyBoySmith1993 1 year ago
cool race)
KAZx333 1 year ago
omg that hayabusa 278mph from texasmile should run on this 5km straight
kikabassos 1 year ago
What kind of engines did these have?
Jury1111111111 1 year ago
@Jury1111111111
Flat six, 2.65 Ltr , dohc per bank, twin turbo, about 620 BHP. Weight of car about 840 KG.
They ran with high ground effect downforce. Epic cars.
turboslag 1 year ago
@Jury1111111111 2.7 litre single turbo flat 6 ( based on the 901 series engine as used in 911s )
gcmc2 1 year ago
Blow off valve just rules on this one!
deeze67 1 year ago
thank you, thank you for not adding music to this video...
rafaelmc76 1 year ago
Can you believe Kenny Acheson ran a 408 kph radar timed on the straight before the last breaking spot in a Mercedes C-9, a feroucious car as was the C-11
Quadrant14 1 year ago
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@Quadrant14 "Can you believe Kenny Acheson ran a 408 kph radar timed" No. Nobody ever went quite that fast at Le Mans. Acheson did 400, Dorchy did 405 in a Peugeot. Those are the two highest speeds ever recorded there.
Camerameister 9 months ago
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This version of Le Mans must be terribly difficult on the engine of a car.
hmdwgf 1 year ago
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hmdwgf 1 year ago
WOW! That speed must be intoxicating!
pacman599 1 year ago
nice blow off sound
kakakourada 1 year ago
holy crap that is a long straight. This vid makes me want to say "chicane" with a British accent.
henryhelen09 1 year ago
This is my favorite vid on all of YouTube, I've watched it many times!! I believe this is with Derek Bell driving. I was fortunate to meet him briefly a few years ago, very nice chap. Oh the adventures that guy has seen! I've driven at 175 mph for mere seconds and that was enough...
400SA 1 year ago
yeah, 240+ mph with very little downforce on these cars - can you say "Yeehaw"? - I like the chicanes - no reason to let the cars go any faster than 215 mph unless you want someone to all of a sudden have a flat and get killed because the car couldn't stop quick enough. Despite it being a really fun ride to flying for 3.5 miles, these short to get up to 215 mph straights before braking makes for interesting passing opportunities as the cars go into the chicanes and gun it on the way out.
ratzinator1 1 year ago
yeah, 240+ mph with very little downforce on these cars - can you say "Yeehaw"? - I like the chicanes - no reason to let the cars go any faster than 215 mph unless you want someone to all of a sudden have a flat and get killed because the car couldn't stop quick enough. Despite it being a really fun ride to flying for 3.5 miles, these short to get up to 215 mph before breaking makes for interesting passing opportunities as the cars go into the chicanes then gun it - really cool honestly.
ratzinator1 1 year ago
I never get sick of this video.
nismodave57 1 year ago 2
@nismodave57 You got that right!!!!!
MichaelIanHenry 1 year ago
Prolly been mentioned before, but this video is also being served up as a 917 doing a lap of Le Mans. Which is it?
tapmad 1 year ago
@tapmad 956
LukeLamping 1 year ago
Derek Bell got nine lives. He is lucky he never got hurt all those years in racing.
brown9708 1 year ago
Martin Brundle said once that the whole length Mulsanne was horrible, it was boring and you just sat flat out at 240mph and waited for a tyre to let go. Tyres blowing out on the Mulsanne was quite a common problem due to the massive centrifugal forces on the tyres going flat out for so long
shazmeister2005 1 year ago 2
You'd have trouble counting the white lines down the mulsanne straight!!
squidword64 1 year ago
@squidword64 Man I wouldn't be able to count that fast...lol
MichaelIanHenry 1 year ago
A lap time of 3:25.1 (239.169 km/h) was set in 1985, so this video with the car starting from the old pit area is running at the right speed.
mike937739 1 year ago
Again, I admit it I was the clueless one. Please no offense meant I must have been in a bad state of mind to post my original (1st) post. Sorry...
For those doubting my statement about racing a Porsche you can check out a video I have posted "RGD's 85 Carrera". It's my first laps in my car blabla... Never said I owned a fast car.
rgdtoo21 1 year ago
Besides the Mulsanne chicane problem, I pity those poor young 'uns that have never seen what an unrestricted turbo, or pair of, can do. We might have even seen the return of superchargers too, if that whole 'too fast' fiasco hadn't taken place. Wouldn't that be interesting!
surge9000 1 year ago
awesome vid,thanks for this
kyberforce 1 year ago
Yep you guys are right I'm the clueless one. Sorry my mistake!
rgdtoo21 1 year ago
Sorry Pintac87 didn't mean to offend. You may be a "real race car fan" that's great! However this video is not set at normal speed, it is speeded up. I am sure if you do a little research here you will find other videos of the same road course at normal speed. Apologize for the term clueless, guess the retard comment is fair.
By the way, I own and race a Porsche. So I'm wondering, do I qualify as a real race fan or do I need to do something more?
rgdtoo21 1 year ago
@rgdtoo21 - the video is not sped up, you can tell by his non-sped up hand movements. :) I think the main reason it looks sped up is because the car is extremely low, which provides an even greater sensation of speed, not to mention this car is bloody fast. Perhaps you should try doing 350+ kph eh? ;)
Just clarifying. ;)
DarthPhotek 1 year ago
@rgdtoo21 The other videos you refer to are more modern cars. The modern track has more chicanes on the straight hence is slower. The 956 is still one of the fastest cars to blat down Mulsanne.
gnarkillkicksass 1 year ago
I'm sorry but this video is so jacked up. Looks like he's doing 400mph. Give me a break! Your clueless if you think this is what actual track speed looks like.
rgdtoo21 1 year ago
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@rgdtoo21 - you can see on his hands movement that it is the actual speed.. :) You should also know that these cars are extremely low, which makes the sensation of speed even greater.
Perhaps you should drive one of these yourself. ;)
DarthPhotek 1 year ago
@rgdtoo21 I've got the DVD, it looks exactly the same. You're the one that's clueless.
flyitfast 1 year ago
@rgdtoo21 it does if your in a real car
kyberforce 1 year ago
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I'm sorry but this video is so jacked up. Looks like he's doing 400mph. Give me a break!
rgdtoo21 1 year ago
@rgdtoo21 Pardon me but you are fucking retarded. Go back to watching NASCAR and let the real race car fans enjoy one of the greatest race cars of all times.
Pintac87 1 year ago
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hansekumara 1 year ago
Imagine doing this for a few hours at a stretch - after one lap like this I'd need a stiff drink and clean underwear! And they say that astronauts are brave!
Superedit 1 year ago 40
@Superedit Yeah, I'd still have to say that astronauts are a lot braver than this.
UnchainTheNight1 1 year ago
@Superedit Derek Bell actually said that this was a chance to relax slightly on each lap!
christianmouse 1 year ago
@Superedit I would jump on a rocket and to the moon anyday if i could but if i was the driver of that car i just wouldnt have the balls to keep my foot down lol i wud get to 70 stop then cry for my mom lol
tempytube1 1 year ago
lol going 200 at 0:50 but still scratching his nose lol
Ultimate99Guides 1 year ago
nice way to spend a day at work,that shit never gets boring.
dickkark 1 year ago
I'm lost for words.....what i would do to have been a racing driver during the 70's 80's and even early 90's......
navdrum001 1 year ago
i disagree old track was boring, straight was to long, yes its cool to go that fast but it would get boring after a while
TougeCL1 1 year ago
@TougeCL1 Oh yeah? Try it on PS3 with an Audi R8 Prototype against equally fast cars. Talk about a rush! I can only see it getting boring if yours is the only car on the track, but actually racing against other talented drivers is a diffrent story.
slickslack7000 1 year ago
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@TougeCL1 Oh yeah? Try it on PS3 with an Audi R8 Prototype against equally fast cars. Talk about a rush! I can only see it getting boring if yours is the only car on the track, but actually racing against other talented drivers is a different story.
slickslack7000 1 year ago
Nothing can beat the achievement made by 956/962. They're the most successful race car in the racing history.
lostinxlation 1 year ago
Man the old track is much better!!!
matske2102 1 year ago
@ 0:46 casual nose scratch @ 150mph
xtelevisionset 1 year ago
Amen.
Arnage320 1 year ago
@TheRooster94 i will agree with u but at the same time i don't because" i know people hate when people say this the future is not that bright for fossil fuel" so finding another fuel other than electricity is a necessity so its a good thing but it does take away a bit of excitement away from the sport
reubength 1 year ago
Those cars look like they're standing still when this monster comes rolling by <3
racethis2007 1 year ago
614 bhp
flat 6 turbocharged,
amazing they got that much power from a relatively weak engine
covGuk 1 year ago
Those races back then were magic on the circuits, you would have real, unabridged power-house supercars racing each other until the last 10th of a second. Nowadays its just those eco-nut diesels ruining the soul of the sport.
SptfireMKV 1 year ago
*tool time grunt*
Trainguyxx 1 year ago
I would give anything to go back in time to watch these races. This was when real men raced real cars on a real track. Racing across the board has went downhill in the last 20 years. F1 is still ok to a degree. As long as there are ignorant people in charge of making the rules you will have crappy racing. Diesel technology is awesome but it's nauseating to constantly see them win. I want to see (and hear!!) a turbo-charged monster screaming down Mulsanne again!!!!!
cblackb 1 year ago
le mans 90s are the best shit of FIA
Minon157 1 year ago
instead to put 2 chicanes FIA could put one, the second chicane before that small corner
joelmafonso 1 year ago
@joelmafonso are yo crazy !? do you know how many mph did they got before ? it was too dangerous
GTplayer77 1 year ago
@GTplayer77 yes i know over 400 km/h and so... they have few accidents in the straight but at least they never fly like some modern race cars..
and actually they are some tracks with turns much more dangerous than mulsanne straight . for example eau rouge..
joelmafon