Behind the scenes :1969 F1 Ferrari on the streets of NYC 1

[kevinsapimp5693]

you gotta love a car that goes 7000mph.

[MrHumerousify]

think the the americans there will be like OMG is that michael andretti in a champcar?..americans lol!

[Pininfarina777]

Wow... I'm very happy to see this footage. I love that commercial!

[qw56q]

most of the americans there dont know what that is.

[notoriouszig]

The beauty of this commercial that nobody mentions is the beautiful SOUND of the cars. Especially the 1967. Just beautiful and thank you for posting this; your home vid actually shows the acceleration in a more impressive light than the commercial. Right when he comes back around.

[jasondreamer]

thanks!

[Spayne007]

dude i saw that ferrari shell commercial i thought it was cgi, didn't know this part was real holy shit!!!

[jasondreamer]

yes,

and it was freezing that day too!

we had 100 production assistants holding traffic/pedestrians with the NYPD traffic dept...

[enzoromeo]

Its a 1967 F1 312. You can tell by the exhaust pipes. The 1969 was a flat 12 with the pipes coming out the side. The 2nd car in the commercial was a '69. The one pictured here in NY was a '67 driven by Lornezo Bandini and Chris Amon.

[minipcpro]

you are right!

[SanderKamp]

Correct! 1969 312s also had very high and very dangerous rear wings.

[McLarenMercedes]

Wrong.

Ferrari raced all season with the 312 V12. The flat 12, refered to as the boxer or 312B, was only TESTED by Chris Amon for the last 3 races of 1969 but was NEVER raced until 1970.

Amon wasn't too impressed and left Ferrari for 1970 because he felt the boxer was still no match for the dominant Cosworth V8. He was part right because Ferrari didn't really get it right with the boxer until 1975 with the 312T.

Anyway the flat 12 debuted in 1970. Was still not a match for Lotus's 72

[Bio83]

@McLarenMercedes WTF are you talkin' about dude? The flat 12 was the best engine in 1970 being the most powerful with more than 450 bhp, Ferraris problem back in those years has always been the tube frame chassis covered with panels, a lot heavier and not as much rigid as the english chassis which, at that time, were all monococques. BTW in 1970 Ferrari won 5 races (4 Ickx, 1 Andretti) and Ickx came close second to Rindt (who died 2 races before the end in Monza) in the championship...

[jasondreamer]

hi Guys,

Thanks for the info! Apparently the commercial is airing in Europe and South Africa right now. I havent seen it in the USA

[comradeboris]

i dont think it will run here in the US, F1 isnt anywhere close to as big here as it is elswere.......

none the less, it is a pure kickass ad and i am glad i downloaded the high res leak of it before it spread like wild fire across the web.......

[MTRPR3DATOR]

They made it so each car was from the 7th year of each decade.

2007

1997

etc

[listamin]

hey you are right

[LanciaS4]

its a 69 car but with the wings removed, probrably to make it look like a 67 car, its an early season car when they were still using the V12 engine, the next car with rindt driving is the later season car with the Flat 12 engine.

Joe :)

[DQ0X]

Rindt didn't drive Ferrari - he drove Lotus and died in a lotus in 1970 in Italy

You can see very clearly on the way the exhaust pipes flow that it is from around 1967 - and wings were introduced in 1968.

[jasondreamer]

thanks. the stunt driver/f1 driver told me it was a '69. The cars cool, thats all that matters...

[karan733]

Thats actually a 67 Ferrari 312, not the 69 car. Still, thanks for posting :)