24 Hours Le Mans 1984 | In-Car | Porsche 956 | Richard Lloyd

For the 1984 World Sportscar Championship, Richard Lloyd (GTi Engineering) teamed up with Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason in the Canon sponsored Porsche 956 Group 'C' car. In this clip we ride with Richard In-Car for the opening stages of the 1984 Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race.
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[@shirleyboy8859]

If you look very carefully you can see me in the pits.... well maybe not, but I was there working... :-))

[@colinashby3775]

I zoomed in, and still couldn't see you, even at quarter speed. Sorry

[@shirleyboy8859]

@@colinashby3775 Did you see the Hawaiian Tropic girls .... Boy they were cute.... :-))

[@colinashby3775]

@@shirleyboy8859 let me check again

[@sgtmiklin]

May be possible that I have a picture of you in my Book of 24 du mans 1983...🎉🎉

[@shirleyboy8859]

@@sgtmiklin Sorry was not there in 83.... I was in 84 looking after a Lola T 610.... I have been told I am in the 84 book but I have never seen one.... :-))

[@Phillyfast]

It's amazing how many times they've changed that circuit over the years. No chicane at the Dunlop bridge, the forest esses, the REAL Mulsanne Straight... thanks for uploading this.

[@thethirdman225]

I don’t really care about the old Mulsanne. TBH, this was as good as it got, with a bit of slipstreaming. It really doesn’t take a lot of skill to drive on a 5.8 km straight. What I really miss is the old Dunlop Curve and the run down to the Esses. That took a good car, plenty of guts and good skills.

[@Louzahsol]

@@thethirdman225 its not about the skill on the straight. Its about the teams building cars that could do 250+ on it

[@Quadrant14]

@@thethirdman225 really try looking at the start of the 1986 Race as Vern Schuppan {Factory 962} tackles Oscar Larruri {Fortuna 962}down that straight the cars are all over the place, civvy road bups wind pushing on the cars , proper driving and drafting to attack

[@thethirdman225]

@@Louzahsol I don’t think that’s very important.

[@thethirdman225]

@@Quadrant14 Yes, I remember it.

[@anthonyhewis5083]

My second year at Le Mans. The first was 1981. I managed to persuade my wife to come with me in 2001 on the promise the weather would be as glorious as this video shows. Unfortunately it p**sed down the whole weekend and we never went back 😢. Thanks for the lovely memories though ❤

[@colinashby3775]

Mulsanne, the only part of the race the drivers could relax. At 350 plus. Love it

[@nestroit5010]

the rush

[@BurtSampson]

Great video! Basically every car on the track is an absolute classic, La Sarthe is in its proper layout, mid-race driver commentary, and dear lord those turbo and engine sounds.

[@TobRacer]

Brilliant stuff ! The quality of the pictures is one of the best I've ever seen on an old 80's footage. The Mulsanne straight without it's chicanes looks both scary and incredible ! Thank you very much for uploading this ! :)

[@normandate7696]

Agreed, the sad thing is that the changes to the circuit devalues IMO both the performance of both the cars and drivers and was a mistake.

[@brienfoaboutanything9037]

Interesting about Richard Lloyd Racing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4bPp3ihncaCfsU

[@gliderfs621]

The real name of the straight is « Hunaudières »

[@TobRacer]

@@gliderfs621 I agree mate. That is it's real name but somehow the rest of the world call it the Mulsanne straight. Which is true in some ways because the town of Mulsanne is at the end of the straight.

[@dennismichealsm3786]

I wouldn't call it mulsanne straight since it ain't straight anymore

[@Mat_Gallusman]

Very moving. I was there age 14. Above the pits at Lucas Industries balcony. What memories ! Noise, smell....

[@johngriffiths118]

I was in the crowd . First time abroad

[@dhio9615]

I'm absolutely astonished at the fact that Pink Floyd's drummer is driving

[@williamhendrix3253]

he’s more into drumming then he is drums apparently

[@nicholasfriesen5031]

Nick Mason is the drummer Richard Lloyd is a guitarist

[@davidmacdonald1695]

@@nicholasfriesen5031 Richard Wright was the keyboard player…

[@maximum.p]

No he's not driving here.

[@marcelb7259]

Nick Mason drove the "Blue Kenwood". He finished 2 seasons and the went to rally. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqe2hnd7p7ygrqc

[@thedrivechannel83]

I really miss the old circut.

[@Dirtytechnique]

The speed going into mulsanne and how far away he was braking. Love the commentary .

[@sgtmiklin]

The start of the golden era of Group C, i was a young boy (1972) and i loved/ love this cars, i was luky when i went in 1989 to see a friend racing in a 962. Today, i am proud to have seen this race ❤

[@sircharles7323]

You where really lucky to see that. I love this cars like you. This cars and this track together, with the original long straight, this was motor car racing, as I always imagined. The long gears hand shifted, this sound and the beauty of this cars, and you also had the smell of oil and race gasoline, at that time! Keep your memories as something like that will not come again in our lives I am afraid! ❤❤❤

[@sgtmiklin]

@@sircharles7323 in France we have Macron 🙄, but we have le Mans, in 1989, we had le Mans, Dijon-Prenois and Magny Cours the same year, it was great 🎉🎉😊

[@fieldlab4]

Good god those straight away speeds are terrifying. I was fascinated with these cars at the time. Saw an IMSA race with Geoff Brabham in the Nissan GTP and the amazing Group 44 4WD Audi Quattros.

[@danilaodatunagem7193]

The mulsanne straight in all it's glory. As it always should be.

[@LS2MGB]

Look at the crowds of people lining both sides of the track. Haven't seen it like that for many many years. These were the golden days, long gone and never to return unfortunately.

[@SimonLX]

Rose tinted glasses. We always think that of by-gone eras.

[@motorsportfan1246]

@@SimonLX but he’s right though. It was simply better in nearly every way.

[@TDR_MrT17]

I beg you differ, as we now have a new golden age. The golden age of sportscar racing has return in Wec.

[@stargazeronesixseven]

🙏 Thank You So Much for sharing this Le Mans 1984 Race when the Belgian Ace Driver Stefan Bellof was still alive ( Stefan Bellof sadly passed away in 1985 World Sportcar Championships round in Spa Francorchamp in a PORSCHE 956 or 962C ) >>> 🕯🌷🌿🌍💖🕊🇫🇷🇧🇪

[@Finanzforum]

Bellof was german.

[@fhhfgj]

The only thing on the steering wheel is the word MOMO. God I miss these glorious machines.

[@Violentic81]

The real Le Mans, when motorsports still excisted. Oh what a pleasure to see and hear it

[@phixxter6575]

ok

[@travisb4692]

That Mulsanne straight !!!! Wow, Just WoW!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ashermorales8276]

Shifting these cars has got to be one of the most satisfying things ever

[@sircharles7323]

Indeed, they took all the spirit of driving from the racers with that electronic shift bullshit ....

[@VolcanoTimeLapse]

OH MY Gosh! This is amazing! Thank you!!

[@sircharles7323]

Everybody who saw this live was really lucky. I love this cars and this track together, with the original long straight. This was motor car racing, as I always imagined. The long gears, hand shifted, this sound and the beauty of this cars and the smell of oil and race gasoline, at that time! Something like that will not come again in our age of digital plastic electric datalysis crisis homo medialus ...

[@nori1229]

this is what racing games should felt like

[@cozmcwillie7897]

WOW Man what a blast....give me excess of it.

[@mariapires7170]

Great car and driver, amasing track before chicanes at Hunudieres - Mulsanne and amasing years!

[@williamhendrix3253]

great vid, looks like he was trying to preserve the car and get to the finish.

[@klausdorr4966]

Love this video

[@arnaudfauchere1769]

Thanks 👍👍👍

[@sabercruiser.7053]

Gold.

[@timedwards5856]

In a straight line looks like they'd give the modern stuff a run for it's money. Just the braking zones where you see modern aero, brakes & tyre technology has advanced.

[@Artessnow]

A Group C car would get annihilated by a modern LMP. Too much turbo lag, long shifting, poor brakes, little mechanical grip, very difficult to drive. Maybe against a GTE but no way against a modern prototype.

[@mariapires7170]

A truly starght for truly drivers, not for "chikens"!

[@mariapires7170]

A truly straight for truly drivers, not for "chikens drivers", I mean! Sorry the error!

[@thethirdman225]

*_”Just the braking zones where you see modern aero, brakes and tyre technology has advanced.”_* Yeah, all the important bits. That’s also the bit where the most skills are evident.

[@erikbritz8095]

@@Artessnow he is talking straight line speed only mate...

[@ETERNALXGAMEPLAY]

This is actually insanity

[@mclarenf1gtr99]

That is amazingly fast

[@westilldontknow3407]

1:30 typical german autobahn moment actually, you drive like 300 on the left lane and someone gets annoyed and overtakes on the right

[@CatheLeiper]

Excellent! Better video quality then the Derek Bell clip I've always watched. Didn't know that Mason drove at this level. Very impressive. Impressive, too, at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, late June '75...

[@thethirdman225]

He sure did. I think that’s Richard Lloyd driving though.

[@ShodaiGojira-xn3xk]

I love the Dunlop Bridge, any Le Mans onboard has it, from Mike Hawthorn's 1958 onboard, to this, it's so iconic, it has a Wiki page of it's own.

[@AlejandraRodriguez-in5tz]

Excelente gran piloto y caballero

[@derrickgreen9020]

Absolutely fantastic! The first lap and he says “The brakes are appalling”😳...Is that Stefan Bellof jousting with him initially? Must buy the dvd.

[@AmericasChoice]

Meh...they needed to get some heat in them.

[@thatonenigeriansformula]

Even back then they knew the brakes were bad lol

[@marks7197]

It's not Bellof, it was Jurgen Lassig in the blue and white Obermaier 956. Bellof was a Porsche works driver in 1984 so he wasn't participating in this race due to the factory team's boycott.

[@marcelk3847]

@@marks7197why the boycott?

[@marks7197]

@@marcelk3847 FISA had announced that they would allow IMSA cars into the world championship and use their sliding scale rules for weight balanced to engine size rather than the fuel allocation basis group c was using. After spending a fortune on developing the 956 for group c for several years, Porsche chose to miss LeMans as a protest. FISA subsequently dropped the planned changes for 1985.

[@kikiautorcman787B]

The real racing cars, the real 24 Heures du Mans ❗👍💪🏎️🏁🤓🇨🇵

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

What I wouldn't give for a go in that thing.

[@snakepliskin2297]

BRing these mental cars back.

[@WmP88]

Look's good with no two chicane

[@deleted9263]

The nostalgia hit harder than my grandma down the stairs.

[@juniormichelesperant6372]

When the mulsanne straight was straight..

[@nathanstroud2223]

I'm not sure how I didn't notice this one on the channel before.

[@salahdehina9733]

Back when the Mulsanne straight was actually a straight.

[@filipostojic1239]

1:06-1:40, 220-240 mph

[@juniormichelesperant6372]

Yet he still got overtaken by another faster car right before he hits the mulsanne corner lol

[@one0nine]

@@juniormichelesperant6372 And without a draft! Did you see him pass Jurgen Lassig about 1/3 down the Mulsanne? Nowadays you'd ride behind him for half the straight then whip out and around but not these guys. I'm a little perplexed, honestly, as to how they could pull that off.

[@juniormichelesperant6372]

@@one0nine indeed. .

[@sportscarsmovies]

Yes it's one of the Preston Henn's Porsches . A strong contender who finished 2nd ( with Jean Rondeau at the wheel ! ! ! ) . The "camera" Porsche #16 was heavier than the sister car #14 and could not play for the win . Both cars were entered by Richard Lloyd and the #14 was a fast Porsche 956 in 83 and 84 .

[@davide8641]

amazingly soft hands

[@jgonzalesm6]

NOW THAT'S A MULSANNE STRAIGHT!!!

[@gliderfs621]

The real name is « Hunaudières » and not mulsanne

[@jgonzalesm6]

@@gliderfs621 - In French it's known as "Ligne Droite des Hunadieres" which translates to the English language as the "Mulsanne Straight." Yes, Circuit De La Sarthe is in France.

[@dennismichealsm3786]

Yea I don't why they still call it that nowadays..it ain't even straight anymore

[@mstrbool602]

Heading to the Classic this year and planning to take some Hi8 camera and good mic. Something about modern video that just doesn’t capture the speed. Every year I come back and look at the videos from iPhones etc with disappointment!

[@germanenglishengineer2054]

I didn't think about it until now but it's kind of silly that they fixed Maisson Blanche I believe for safety reasons but didn't change the Mulsanne for years until 1988.

[@jlalbee]

I miss these days, before technology became so advanced that it's hard to tell the real thing from a video game.

[@cgrextreme]

Think this clip was also on a Front Runner video called Ticket To Ride?

[@carlmann7645]

I was there.

[@marcust510]

Back when Le Mans was Le Mans… wish they’d eliminate the chicanes now lol. Make this race all about speed & endurance like it used to be. Edit: endurance through speed 🤔 that sounds better

[@dennismichealsm3786]

So your actually want people die? A 200mph crash is no joke and some of these cars are known to reach speeds way pass 200mph..they'd probably took off like an airplane..that's probably why they added the chicanes to prevent deaths

[@motorsportfan1246]

Holy fuck there’s people everywhere

[@Tora-Tora-Tora-]

Looks like a rally car race.

[@thatonenigeriansformula]

In project cars 2 it feels so similar wow

[@americanpride9733]

I think modern WEC prototypes can handle this layout

[@user-bd2wi8vt8i]

If my memory is correct, terrible quality of gas for those machines was the serious problem. Am I right?

[@6lemans10]

The contaminated gas was a issue in the 1986 race.

[@newT033]

They seems so slow and tame around the corners, but totaly unhinged on the straights compared to todays LMP cars.

[@praesodymium]

really wish they would get rid of those damn chicanes down the Mulsanne

[@robertjarboe7058]

Wow no bus stops then? Cool.

[@rondog540]

Ugh...somehow the old Hunaudières terrifies me anew every time I see it

[@dennismichealsm3786]

Jesus.. how long was the mulsanne straight back then before the chicanes

[@coleorum]

3.5 miles/6 kilometres

[@dennismichealsm3786]

@@coleorum oh okay it looks infinite.. its like highway

[@juniormichelesperant6372]

Bruh ..

[@oliv2760]

sa roulait trop vite

[@sportscarsmovies]

Chaque année il y avait un ( des ) problemes de pneus qui eclataient à ces vitesses . Sauber Mercedes declara forfait en 1988 suite à un eclatement aux essais que Michelin ne put expliquer . En 1989 les Aston Martin etaient equipées de capteurs de chaleur derriere les roues avant ( échaudés par l'accident de 1984 ) .

[@1HiddenSecret]

That is how I drive to work everyday....

[@patsnaso]

FISA: How much Hunaudieres do you want? Drivers: Yes

[@diego.barralamoedo.4021]

👍😄👍💯💯💯👍

[@sturmgewer44]

When you are at + 330Km/h.....and get passed by something way faster.....

[@marks7197]

That was the Swap Shop 956 driven by Rondeau and Paul Jnr, it qualified a few places further back in the mid 20s on the grid just behind the RLR camera car but ended up finishing 2nd overall.

[@christianszczepanski2013]

Nur fliegen ist schöner !!!

[@halenm]

シケイン無しのユノディエール・・・超長い！

[@Projects5309]

Is it me or does it sound like he's shifting at about 2500 revs?!

[@HoosierRooster]

Joest Racing wins '84/'85 back to back...

[@michimutze7817]

The ca is good, but where r the eggs.

[@bagasyulianto5873]

No chicane

[@user-wg9yk7ik5k]

１

[@gajiraanorimaki]

at 1.30 someone still maintain full throttle