F1-Sound Maserati MC12 GT1 || Amazing 6.0L V12 & CRASH

Two Season ago we had one of the most beautiful, rarest and better sounding GT1 machines trying Hillclimb Racing: the Maserati MC12 GT1 of Vitaphone Racing driven by Michael Bartels. The 6.0L V12 Naturally Aspirated Monster (sharing the engine with the Ferrari Enzo) displayed its capabilites on the German Hillclimb and almost broke its all time Touring Car Record but ended up having a minor crash as seen on the video.
With over 650Hp and weighing only 1200Kg, the Rear Wheel drive, Mid-engined Italian Monster here is a tremendously successful Race Car having won 5 straight GT1 Teams' Championship between 2005 and 2009. Still an incredibly quick machine, this is probably one of the very last opportunities the public had to see this machine being driven in anger.

[@frankmcgorman962]

OUCH!!! That must've stung a bit. Still, so long as the damage is limited to the "skin", they will be back in the race soon. And what an awesome sound!

[@HillClimbMonsters]

It is already back in tip top shape ;)

[@sticky40sx71]

Damn....That's painful, but part of the game! Small room for error

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Going fast on such a Monster comes with its risks. We always applaud those who take it ;)

[@sticky40sx71]

@@HillClimbMonsters Agreed! 😏

[@joshlewis5065]

That's not a bad wreck, it'll race again

[@HillClimbMonsters]

It already did ;)

[@ameenashraf4019]

HillClimb Monsters is there a link

[@itsnenzee6157]

Cost it doesn’t matter 🤣 But, man hobbies with passion can’t buy it

[@davidrogeriodasilva3825]

Esse carro e para piloto como o senna

[@LOOSOTL]

@@davidrogeriodasilva3825 ou para pilotos como Piquet

[@cjholland48]

Ahhh it hurts my soul so bad to see this beautiful car get wrecked

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Wasn´t that bad of a wreck and it is much more painful too see a purpose built race car not being driven properly we think ;)

[@toohoney8674]

@@HillClimbMonsters agreed. If it doesn't have chips/scratches, you weren't driving hard enough.

[@Spudchucker92]

cjholland48 Wrecked? Tiny bit of an exaggeration there. Just a minor prang, nothing that can't be fixed.

[@joe125ful]

Not wrecked but repair cost a lot...50K euro or more:(

[@roller12coaster]

@@joe125ful you don't think they're using cheap to replace panels on racecars? This damage is nowhere near 50k.

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

Love the fact it still has the track map from the final GT1 race on the steering wheel - quality!

[@94XJ]

Not gonna lie, when I heard the guy go "YEAH!!" and the clapping to see such a rare car crash I got a bit upset.

[@TheLevitatingChin]

nonse

[@steveguzman6141]

The air horn is hilarious 🤣 tho gotta love good ole Europe 🇪🇺

[@karpabla]

Yeah, I also frowned to the clapping, it was like a bunch of bad soccer aficionados that cheers when a player gets an injury.

[@DJ_SuperFreak]

It's exciting that someone is willing to risk driving such a rare car in a situation where they can crash like this. Could be why the fans got hyped up

[@guusmarks6708]

Seeing a beautiful rare car like that crashing really hurt me and then I could hurt that guy cheering for that. That dum fock I hate assholes like that glowing over somebody else’s bad luck

[@JaredReMillard]

That engine sounds amazing! 👌

[@Ben-gb9qr]

This is a 6 Litre V12? It cant not sound like hell😂

[@hongthainguyen5334]

Ben ! I’m sure all race V12 do sound like hell.

[@ButchNackley]

Kinda like flying a fighter jet in a basketball arena.

[@timjrvine]

It's going to take a lot of convincing that this can't be my daily.

[@dumoncer]

Had the luxury of riding in one of these with the top off... the air intake above your head is unreal when the pedal gets pushed hard. Amazing machine.

[@djgtuk2012]

Amazing noise. One of the greatest GT cars ever. Didn't know they had a sequential box...much cooler than paddles! Fond memories of watching Bartels on the limit at Festival of Speed. Can't wait to see the GT1 at Members' meeting this April.

[@xr500t]

Nooooooo! not the ending I wanted to see:(

[@HillClimbMonsters]

It was pretty easy to repair, don´t worry ;)

[@vipvopvoy2350]

Nooooo not a crash! Literally my favourite car!

[@HillClimbMonsters]

It was easily fixed, it´s already on perfect condition again ;)

[@vipvopvoy2350]

HillClimb Monsters yeah saw the comments saying it’s already in mint condition! Still love the MC12 so much

[@The_Angry_BeEconomist]

I was watching this clip on the edge of my seat having read the title and I actually exclaimed in agony when I saw him loose it, its not something regular visitors to this channel like to see. I'm glad it was not a major crash.

[@HillClimbMonsters]

All is well ;)

[@koitorob]

If you're not going quick eough to crash, you aren't going quick enough to win...

[@HolzDennis]

Dieser Sound! Dieser Crash 🥺

[@joe5boost]

Beautiful car and it does not get better than seeing it being driven , note to all these people buying cars as investments , you may have money but your balls will never be as big as this mans , top video thank you for sharing , keep up the good work !!

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Thanks Joe, and totally agree, Michael Bartels doesn´t hold back with this MC12 ;)

[@OsamaBinSmokinTV]

The Maserati version of the Ferrari Enzo. Always one of my favorites.

[@KenMac-ui2vb]

my eyes are leaking. That car is beautiful. Tough wreck...

[@nicolas5150]

Damn this car with this livery, what a legend , use to see it in spa back in the day with eric van de poele and it never left my mind ....

[@ZoidPickle]

Nice footage. A beasty of A car. Buff right out mate.

[@shuffaristeffree3252]

mc 12 quite underrated supercar,,yet awesome as ferrari fxx

[@fyfyi6053]

It's one of the most overrated cars. What on earth are you talking about. The Gumpert Apollo GT3 is underrated.

[@xxkilleroxx]

best looking race car ever

[@davidjordan9302]

I was watching this video thanking man that car looks expensive to have to fix. I sure wouldn't want to try to drive that thing at the limit. And then I see the wreck at the end. Bummer.

[@HillClimbMonsters]

It is already as good as new. It is much sadder to see a machine like this not being driven as it was intended to ;)

[@filip-yj5yp]

I hate the keyboard warriors judging the driver and not knowing that he is a professional and successful fia gt driver.

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

My Left Ear Enjoyed This

[@hugogrilo9742]

The sound! The rail! Uuuffff

[@christophersmith3703]

Amazing cars, loved the MC12’s in the FIA GT Championship, still have a couple of Vita phone racing jackets and flag actually!

[@cupidstunt22]

That will polish out

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Carbon Fiber is ea$ily replaceable :P

[@creepingjesus5106]

Taxi drivers the world over saying "I've driven on with worse..." 😂

[@1rinny]

Look At The Sound Of That Baby!!!

[@callumburton1287]

Good video dude

[@antoniocoss7940]

Gotta be honest here, didn't read the title properly, i just read "F1 sound Maserati", and i was like "yea boi", so when the car was spinning i genuinely was like "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

[@jorgedeleon7933]

This car in thats track is a lion on cage... Este auto en este circuito es un león enjaulado

[@martymcflaite5831]

3:42 right rear wheel goes into dirt and when this happens you know it's over, but all people cheering that deserve a severe slap.

[@TTURBOVOLVO]

yo dudes, audio is in one ear in the beginning. It's fairly easy to fix it, in premiere go to effects, under audio effects, fill right with left. Now premiere uses audio from the left side to fill in the missing right side. (it can be done with every editing program)

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Yeah, we noticed that now...something happened during the upload of the video by KZbin. We´ll see what can be done now that the video is already online.

[@neofight395]

1:29 That M1 🤤

[@Miatacrosser]

Who remembers GT1 in '05 '06. These Masers were dominant but I liked the Matek Ford GT in that series. Thought they always got overly hindering restrictions. Beautiful car. To bad. Got caught pushing to hard at the wrong place. Esses can rarely make up time...they can only maintain the pace of the lap or coarse. They can however LOSE you a ton of time and more if you try and use them to make time

[@Dung30n]

the mc12 is awesome, but i saw a glimpse of an m1 procar lining up behind it !

[@hillclimbracingfan5821]

Aww,that oversteer at the end simply couldn't be corrected but i'm glad there is a nice outside footage and onboard without crashing.Who knows what time he'd make if car didn't go tail happy.And everyone got upset about that crash because it's expensive GT car but truth is,speed wasn't that big so damage was only cosmetic.Well,on the other hand,in case car got totaled,i'd be like "fuck the car,hope the driver is okay".

[@Ruben-Mazereeuw]

Who noticed the white BMW M1 racecar at the race start in the background... Also a very nice machine😉

[@RossNixon]

Didn't look too bad - spin it around and keep going.

[@airmax8854]

F1 Sound das ich nicht lache hast noch nie ein f1 Auto gehört

[@timberkart9116]

Ich war 2005 zum WM Lauf der GT 1 in Oschersleben und muss sagen es war ein Höllenlärm,kaum ein Unterschied zur F1🙉

[@abdoulovic]

I like the smoothy gear change, the fault was on driver nt the car

[@No-Pro]

Phenomenal

[@usurper762]

That car, with that gearing is too much of a handful for that course. He was never relaxed in that race. The setup looked really heavy too.

[@Mr995pippo]

Best GT1 ever and one of the most beautiful car of this '2000

[@teolangen]

@ HillClimb Monsters hey what about the bmw m1 ? the car after this in this run - u got a video about it too ?

[@bjoe385]

3:43 Richard Hammond be like.

[@guusmarks6708]

That hurts me seeing such a beautiful rare car

[@johncarlson8029]

Yup just like Jeremy said

[@Manufalket]

Nice amigo 😀👍

[@kaloy066]

his right tire dropped off the side causing it to lose traction. But it is a beauty indeed

[@quest8795]

Shame about the crash, but the damage doesn't look too bad. Good thing it was in a low speed corner. Great sound and speed up until then though!

[@HillClimbMonsters]

It was on its way to beat the All Time Touring Car record on this Hillclimb ;)

[@quest8795]

@@HillClimbMonsters ah, shame Maybe they'll beat the record once it's been rebuilt

[@creepingjesus5106]

Did it get above 3rd gear at any point? I appreciate it would have very long gearing, so that's impressive! Well deserved applause for coming unstuck while actually trying 👏

[@danielssonsgarage]

Before even the first corner 😁

[@penalozaur]

FIA was so butthurt about this car, they did everything to stop it from winning.

[@armorgeddon]

Not really butthurt (MC12 technology was nothing revolutionary, neither the road version nor the GT1) but it showed that the GT1 rules were not written like they were supposed to in order to create a pool of cars of the type the rule makers wanted. So in that regard the rules were bad in typical FIA fashion and it showed that the FIA and SRO had learned nothing from what happened with the original GT1 class. Though at least the FIA and IMSA allowed a revised version of the car to race which in contrast the ACO never did.

[@SlothedOutSteve]

Ouch 3:42

[@roderickerojo9426]

Just noticed that the driver's front display seen on the beginning is different from the one's on the in car scene during the hillclimb starts. 🤔

[@HillClimbMonsters]

First one is the unit used for Endurance Racing with all the added functionalities for that kind of Racing, the second one, it´s a simpler unit displaying the info needed for a much shorter Hilllcimb run ;)

[@MOSSFEEN]

BELLEND

[@ILLYA_N]

sounds like my VW when racing on reverse gear :)))

[@ILLYA_N]

and I've got the similar crash - just lost the emblem, some grills and the number plate - not a big deal at all, just better engine cooling now :)))

[@ranggakosala3162]

When you say 'minor crash', I don't expect something quite painful like that..

[@Swedester]

Considering how violent crashes can be in motorsports this was minor

[@divecolosio4988]

I mean.... Look it up 'Mercedes CLR flip'

[@hillclimbracingfan5821]

@@divecolosio4988 Or look for Joell Volluz crash on St.Ursanne-compared to that,this MC12 crash is nothing.

[@17plus9]

Spa 24h

[@elamriti]

tiers are cold

[@cidemirhenriques5524]

Que nave! Linda demais!

[@Mystipaoniz]

Amazing footage for an amazing car. I always loved the MC12. One of my favourite actually. What a dream machine!

[@NoCantsAllowed]

Its pretty late here and I just screamed, "OHHH, SHIT!!! NOOO!!"

[@Texaca]

--- 3:43 ...Well, there goes $50 Grand for that front end, collision repairs, and alignment

[@Crossdatsun]

Man ...... One day........one day

[@MarcSob22]

This car has more than 800hps!! But great video amazing machine!

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Not it hasn´t. In GT1 form it it was limited to around 650Hp.

[@MarcSob22]

@@HillClimbMonsters BUt this car has no limit after the end of the champiochip ,this is the same car was for sale few years ago, and they put the specs, +800hps

[@HillClimbMonsters]

@@MarcSob22 This car ran on the Hillclimb with the restrictor. With 650Hp. As said by the driver/owner of the car at the event.

[@Acozijn]

But honestly, putting a GT1 car on a bendy country road is doing it a disservice. It is probably amazing to drive it there but I've mostly seen the driver shift back into and drive in second gear

[@HillClimbMonsters]

In the end it is always interesting tomobserve how such a machine reacts on an environment it was not exactly built for ;)

[@Acozijn]

@@HillClimbMonsters I guess it's like group B rally where the cars were so overpowered that they could never really strech their legs properly. Seems to me like it would be a great challenge of driver skill and also a test of one's patience :)

[@PMDacpano]

I miss the GT1 racing ☹️

[@fernandog.ramirez.6917]

If I ever had the cash, I wouldnt go for an Enzo, I'd go for a MC12.

[@koitorob]

I'd go for a Jaguar XJR-15 myself. Because i'm a Brit and into Jags

[@anyau]

any footage of the m1 behind it?

[@HillClimbMonsters]

There´s some M1 footage coming soon, although not exactly that unit ;)

[@jaamachmal]

0:20 Sounds like a woodworkers router

[@Mahodi8]

dope af

[@arfshesaid4325]

dope as fuck Stewart

[@Aircholo]

3:45 NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@six8810]

nah, all right... only body kit shell damage

[@sire5582]

Imagine getting Dave from the jobcentre to drive your 1mil Maserati GT1.

[@s2korpionic]

That crash could've worse. Definitely minor. Expensive, but minor.

[@MrDannyboyFL]

It’s so long for that course, I’d like to see it on laguna seca

[@riccardogiordano1523]

3:40 bada fratellì ho preso er muro fratellì

[@robman80808]

Was that an M1 behind it at the start?

[@paulmourot1096]

Yes it is

[@neilwilliams2883]

That car is almost too beautiful to drive, never mind crash into the barrier...

[@exhasutshot7719]

0:00 I have that indetical maseratti in my 1/43 car collection

[@dawndark1232]

What amazing sounding engine such a shame what happened at the end. Looked like it was a handle to drive

[@paullacey2999]

Did it get above 3rd gear?It looked like it struggled on track.

[@armorgeddon]

It's not a hillclimb car nor rally car so the gear ratio will be way too long for such a course.

[@jeffp128]

That sounds so sexy. Reminds me of the group 44 gtp jag

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Now that you say it...it really does 👍

[@itzcyclonix2193]

Damn seeing that hurts, hope the Pilot Is ok

[@1rinny]

R.I.P MC12 Race Car: Eliminated By Wall

[@andreasheck7505]

Unbezahlbar 🤧

[@daveshaw9344]

Where do you order new mc12 panels

[@p.l.2014]

wow..impressionante

[@chiefmagua7160]

I would like to see more crashes.

[@TheAntoine191]

looks like it understeer a ton, hence the crash. That's the problem with setup for gentlemen driver.

[@PeterSchneemann]

The trident logo is gone, and the car has just lost 80% of its value. 🔱 😈

[@rakadoank_]

I just hope GT1 back to GT Series.

[@paulfisker]

He looked really good there. Did it lock up on one wheel? That's a shame... :(

[@HillClimbMonsters]

Just a little bit of understeer and a bit of dirt on the outside of that corner in such a tight course ;)

[@Thatsthai2023]

RIP MC12 😔

[@rawdoggsmith4547]

The Maserati was the best one

[@bluejaystudio2029]

Can we have F1 cars sound like this.. please? haha

[@HillClimbMonsters]

They once did...

[@jpro2222]

that car is in a chokehold on that track! can't get past 3rd gear!

[@louielopezstan]

Wow