The Mercedes drivers had been told to not follow other drivers too closely, but what racing driver is ever going to listen to an instruction like that?

1:07:32 What they didn’t mention is that is originally tested with a McLaren F1 before the CLK was made to test their engine

One of the long list of times where Toyota lost Le Mans racing against factory teams.

Every time I watch this video I am reminded of the pure creativity of the human spirit

Imagine *THE FACES OF LITERALLY EVERYONE ELSE THERE* . Imagine (as a driver) being said "Audi is on box for a gearbox swap, we're 8 laps down, PUSH, PUSH, PUSH!!!!", to later, just 4 or 5 minutes later answer to your team principal "HOW?! *THEY JUST CAME OUT FROM BOXES???!!!!* " Also: Watch that video with this OST from GRID, it really makes it even better xD

Still the best LeMans race ever. Shame the blown tires ruined Toyota's chance to win.

1:50 the best le mans meme of world

they know ho to design a car that can have it's gearbox changed in 5 minutes and road cars need 7 hours to change the clutch.

1:51 Flying Mercedes CLR

They also changed front rotors and brakes, changing all four corners of the car!

They not only raised the bar they broke it! From then on the new rule is that you must finish the race with the same gearbox case that you started with!

how about the curves on that Porsche GT1. I always thought Porsches were a little funny looking, till this model, just pure awesome!

Rewatching this race remembered me how big Peugeot fan I was as a kid. Not only result disappointed me, but even more that they scrapped Hybrid4 for next year, where maybe they would have even better shot than that year.

The viper 🤩

Interesting to see that they describe 3.37.as a really fast lap time. By 2010 they were doing 19's. Aero I think.

mercedes also didnt have louverers over the front wheels, allowed high pressure air to build up in the wheel wells, probably done to reduce drag but add that to all the other issues (wheelbase & overhang + incorrect suspension settings) culmunated in disaster, sad really as it was a beautiful car and wicked fast.

@EVERYBODYWHODOESN'TBELIEVEIT'SRIGGED-does anybody really think that if this race was somewhere in asia that ANY european manufacturers would win....let's say what....m(azda)ore than once?WAKE UP.....Tyre regulations anyone?OH,WHAT ABOUT SOME GOOD OLD B.O.P?

I love the look on the Audi teams faces at the end. See American or British teams would be smiling dancing etc we did a change in under 5 minutes new record wow we just changed racing forever etc etc they’d be chanting it screaming about it popping Champagne you name it. What do the Germans do? Immediately hold a serious meeting right then and there where the swap took place looking over their stop watches asking why it took so long and where and why they got bogged down. Then talking about how to improve it so it never happens again and threatening to fire the guy if he takes 2.84 seconds longer like that ever again. Seriously tho not one smile or high five or pat on the back. They really did probably think they were slow. This is another example of how Audi changed racing forever especially the Le Mans 24 hour. The Le Mans timeline should go raced started 1923 didn’t run for several years during ww2 Mercedes had worst car wreck in history and Audi changed the Le Mans 24 hour and all racing especially endurance racing forever in 2000. They proved they could push hard all 24 hours like a sprint race instead of endurance and if something broke it would only take minutes to fix. They changed the game. This is why their road cars are the way they are this is why German cars are the best. Hopefully they never change and never forget that!

14:51 R.I.P Gianpiero Moretti Born: March 20 1940- Passed Away: January 14th 2012 Age:71 Cause of death: Cancer in Milan Italy 🇮🇹

2023 From Colombia Watching it 🇨🇴🇫🇷🍷

Come on Porsche

As much as I love motorsport I can't go on watching this as the commentators are really annoying I understand that one had a brain injury but the rest haven't Sam posey is especially annoying

Sam Posey is beyond tedious...constantly interrupting Alain de Cadenet.

1:34:52. Yes, you DID touch the Toyota, and sent him into the tire barrier at 140MPH ending Boutzen's career. Nothing to laugh about...

43:30-31. It turns out that Mercedes put more downforce in the CLR by stiffening the rear suspension too much creating the condition which caused it to go airborne. There are a few really good videos online that examine the reason why the car was prone to catching air and flipping. Thankfully, Weber and Dumbreck weren't hurt...

Those Mercedes drivers were very brave to get in that kite and give it the beans...

Thankfully, Hobbo is in the booth.

Brundle will always be one of the greatest Sports Car drivers to me. Most youngsters who follow his F1 commentary have no idea how rapid he was in those Jags and Toyotas

24 hours of Pit Stop Coverage

Audi is famous for the worst engine quality in the business

Rinaldo capello. Auch schon tod😢

Legendary

yet a car that has the same problem at a local dealer get fixed in a week😂😂

The real racers here are the mechanics. True legends

What a class field! Too bad Benz could not manifest some competition to the end.

Is that allowed back then?

Not only beautiful cars but also awesome liveries.

Exceedingly impressive, though one would think making a gearbox last the whole race would be easier than making the car so modular it might as well be Theseus' Audi.

wow that is insane. This could never be done anymore with all the complex drive train systems.

Audi already showing on its debut how to change the whole gearbox in superfast fashion.

Haend jrel

36:00 epic 5 stint run. Saved Audi's race because a driver can only stay for four hours straight.

Robert Kauffman excluded from the race lol "dangerous driving".

The rule "stick to the racing line" doesn't apply where Rocky crashed. That's not a "corner". The Ferrari should stay on the left side.

Watching this ahead of the 2023 24h Le Mans centennary race. Endurance racing is now in a new golden era after this late 90s one.

How plowed was that announcer? I mean, when you employ a man named Davy Jones i suppose that is to be expected.

37:30 my man johnny cecotto!

33:50 next level backfiring going into dunlop

The flip gets me every time. Thank goodness it didn’t land on the roof

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