Gilles Villeneuve and Rene Arnoux's Racefight in Dijon 1979

[kobathedread]

immense



[Toastbrot40]

this is just great.

today, Formula1 is just boring

[goodwilltubing]

@Toastbrot40

Yeah, you're right, such race fights will never happen today, they are more concerned

about the safety as for the racing :'-(

[plymouthroadrunner1]

The only way that could have been any better is if it was for the win instead.

[ElTyranto]

Hammer

[petergriffen12345]

Very nice edit, nice sync with the music. A clear 5 :)

[goodwilltubing]

THX peter griffen!

Amazing how this music fits perfectly to this vid.

[petergriffen12345]

Indeed, have watched you video many many times.... Always a thrill!

[petergriffen12345]

Much better than massa vs kubica. Ofc...

[marciopdelgado]

Great figth!

But Massa vs. Kubica in Japan (2007) was better.

[zzzbbbccc]

It was because of that battle why Kubica is my favorite driver. I hope he can turn the season around this week at Monaco.

The villeneuve and Arnoux battle was a great battle to.

[marciopdelgado]

Ok.

But... Massa won that battle lol

[washcloud]

did u watch the video? they have been taking turns in overtaking each other for four times in different laps. Massa n Kubica did it half the times and in just the end of the final lap - not to mention that they kept pushing each other off track...

[moogleii]

Actually pretty sure this vid repeated footage, twice. for the sake of music. You can find unedited footage elsewhere.

[washcloud]

...prettier sure Wiki describes what I typed here 4 months ago. Under Gilles Villeneuve, i.e.

[moogleii]

Heh, wasn't trying to challenge you. I was merely pointing out that the footage here was repeated. I'm not sure how you can be more sure than that. For the sake of posterity, I looked up Villeneuve's wiki, and it only describes 2 takeovers in this race, which would match the unedited version of this video.

[washcloud]

Quoting Wiki :

"Arnoux passed Villeneuve for second place with three laps to go, but Villeneuve re-passed him on the next lap. On the final lap Arnoux attempted to pass Villeneuve again, and the pair ran side-by-side through the first few corners of the lap, making contact several times.

[washcloud]

Arnoux took the position but Villeneuve attempted an outside pass one corner later. The cars bumped hard, Villeneuve slid wide but then passed Arnoux on the inside at a hairpin turn and held him off for the last half of the lap to secure second place."

That's 4 times.

[moogleii]

Alright, I may have missed that. Regardless, my main point was that the footage in this video is repeated. Compare 0:22 and 0:48. Arnoux has passed Villeneuve, yet he is doing the exact same takeover at 0:48. All camera angles and car positions are identical. At 0:58, you can briefly see the same shot of the crowd reacting exactly as they do at 0:32. I could go on, but I believe that is sufficient.

[washcloud]

...neither was I defending - my main point being (no matter what this specific vid shows) marciopdelgado's msg 8 months ago, claiming Massa vs. Kubica in Japan 07 was better.

[goodwilltubing]

@moogleii

Simple answer:

0:22 is live, 0:48 is a replay,

look at the left upper corner.

[nuttykanuck]

No. If you had a conception of what it is to drive non-servo cars, with ground effects, with your legs sticking beyond the front wheels centreline, you would realise that today's F1 is for smartmouth capricious babies.

[yohrdzayr]

good times! wooow!

maybe the best f1 fight ever!

thanks for posting

[goodwilltubing]

You're welcome :-)

This was one remarkable time of F1, when they used turbos.

That sound is really memorable.

[GibsonVienna]

THAT was F1! Awesome

[goodwilltubing]

You have to spell it right:

that WAS f1!

[LiliMoondog]

Great!! Thank u for this battle! Amazing!! Danke :D

[goodwilltubing]

Bitte, Bitte ;-)

[FERNANDOR01]

best F1 battle ever

[goodwilltubing]

Like you say...........

[MotorSportsCentral]

While F1 Was F1! Great Video! What's The Music?

[goodwilltubing]

it is "requiem for a dream" or "lux aeterna" from clint mansell

[dudeisanawesomename]

Unbelievable.