Mercedes-Benz W125 - 640 Horsepower! That was the most powerful Grand Prix car in the world, until the 1980s.
@lucasmancini23 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding?! 😵😵😵 640hp in 1937 with those tyres? That’s absolutely insane!
@sztorm943 жыл бұрын
@@lucasmancini2 Considering the low RPM torque have to massive and torque is was really matters. Power gives you just speed ;)
@shifterdriver6215 Жыл бұрын
@@sztorm94 true, torque gets ya off the corner!
@jamesboniface877910 ай бұрын
and under 2000 lbs @@lucasmancini2
@dosh82768 ай бұрын
I'd love to go back in time just to see these races. Today's car racing will never be as spectacular as it was back in the days.
@PhotosOfBuildingsАй бұрын
The acceleration, deceleration and change of direction of a modern F1 car is spectacular, when you see it irl
@stenovitz2 жыл бұрын
2:20 those historic grand prix cars sliding Piff-Paff after Kallenhard is hard to fathom, having raced the circuit myself but by much more modern track standards. Absolute legends. Thans for uploading.
@calmkenny417510 ай бұрын
I think it's Hatzenbach that they show. The Welle is still there. The esses after the tight right at Kallenhardt had a large dip at this time.
@vega57579 жыл бұрын
Ohh, wow! I never thought I would be able to see an Auto Union car in action before. What's even better is that this is genuine footage, too.
@TheLegitaMate19 жыл бұрын
Did you know that Auto Union is now Audi? That means that the greatest racing teams of the pre-Formula 1 era are still to this day the kings. Audi are the unstoppable rulers of Endurance Racing, namely the World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Mercedes-Benz do what both Audi and they used to do, vanquish all foreign contenders on the Grand Prix circuit.
@MrBodo19999 жыл бұрын
Johannes LaCroix The official name of Audi is still Auto Union. It just happens that they use the Auto Union logo (the four rings) with the Audi name. The registration papers of my Audi A3 says: Make: Auto Union, Type: Audi-A3. Thought you might wanted to know. For example (look in the middle column beneath 'Voertuig Informatie'): opel-kentekens.nl/kenteken-check/FZND19
@TheLegitaMate19 жыл бұрын
Drank Bak Oh cool! THEY'RE STILL ALIVE! YAY! But they're losing their dominance to one of their current sisters, Porsche. But, at least they are German at heart. Mercedes-Benz isn't German at heart anymore because their headquarters are in Britain, just like any other F1 team that exists, they don't use their full name (Mercedes-Benz, you've always gotta include the BENZ, because it was Karl Benz who invented "the car") like they did in the '30s, they supply engines that are made by a company that disgraces Mercedes-Benz (AMG), and they don't have Neubauer. But Audi/Auto Union still has everything required to be a German team. Oh, by the way, Auto Union in the day was made up of DKW, Horch, and Wanderer along with Audi. Do any of those companies exist today?
@MrBodo19999 жыл бұрын
Great history/racing heritage lesson! I don't know if DKW and the other Union brands still actively make cars/bikes. I haven't seen such thing on the roads. I know that there are several classic DKW/Horch owner clubs here in The Netherlands, but I guess they dropped the brands to become one with the Audi brand. Which in their turn became a part of the Volkswagen Group.
@oldschoolracinggames57293 жыл бұрын
@@TheLegitaMate1 👍
@rogertootkaylok5716 Жыл бұрын
Extrodinary to Think About This-- at the speed these specialized German Auto's were racing--200 mph, with other makes, British, Italian, French perhaps as well--on those early race tracks--if you look closely, you'll notice no real racing helmets (as we know of today's racing events), very little fence's as such, for protection on the part of the spectators on the sides of the tracks ! Wonderful, Simply, Wonderful videos being presented. I likes these short programs on KZbin ! Keep--em--coming ! Thank you...
@MonacoLager18 жыл бұрын
1:56 How ALL Grand Prix should be started.
@KayoMichiels8 жыл бұрын
+Ben Winters With a bang.
@chevaliermichel22198 жыл бұрын
+Ben Winters "How ALL Grand Prix should be started" :-) feel the same :-)
@thegeokiller15296 жыл бұрын
iHeart GT86 {KatyCat} more like a Canon
@happyface963 жыл бұрын
Maybe we can expect that during the Saudi GP
@Yoshik3793 жыл бұрын
@@happyface96 Actually not really funny anymore after what happened during the E-Prix for Formula E this year...
@kt3234 жыл бұрын
1:10 The driver's name was Dick Seamen lol
@dizzydolly72212 жыл бұрын
What a gem of a video, did not know there was so much footage of the time.
@achillevarzi30474 жыл бұрын
this is the only video i have found in which we see W125s on the nurburgring. amazing. jaw-dropping. my ultimate search for footage of the original W25 on the nurburgring continues.
@bubblelex5051 Жыл бұрын
200 mph before ww2. I am mind blown!!!!! This is more impressive than anything of a car in modern times.
@Circuitsofthepast8 жыл бұрын
Great footage of pre-war racing!
@klepetar13 жыл бұрын
courage is the word that comes to mind..
@0raffie0 Жыл бұрын
People who aren't fully aware of the risks more like.
@myk66947 жыл бұрын
Amazing stuff..things were so different them days..the nearest thing we get to this excitement today is road racing
@CatchiestWorm122 жыл бұрын
This has to be the one of the most fascinating things I've ever seen
@Jokerlap212 жыл бұрын
His name was RICHARD Seaman
@PortCharmers9 жыл бұрын
I like the way the Drivers look like negative-raccoons.
@rogertootkaylok5716 Жыл бұрын
OH ! A wonderful remark, sent here,"... like a negative Raccoon..." thank you...
@ZPS_STG10 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine driving these on Gesamshtrecke? (aka Nurburgring before it was reconfigured)
@Sirscorps13 жыл бұрын
Amazing footage! Thank you for sharing.
@tathjones2 жыл бұрын
It's Dick Seaman indeed
@nigel6426 ай бұрын
I thought that Rudolf Caracciola's name was pronounced Caratchiola, and his nickname was Karratsch. His ancestors had emigrated form Naples in during the Hundred Years War. Great video, thank you very much.
@turdferguson10214 жыл бұрын
1:06 Dick Semen for the W!!
@marguskiis7711 Жыл бұрын
Watch it with 0.75 speed, its more accurate.
@frro286 жыл бұрын
When will F1 learn that this is what fans want?
@MarleyDog114 ай бұрын
For real. Truly exciting 😅
@williamstephens99452 ай бұрын
1:57 I like the way they signalled the start of the race with a huge explosion
@hugoluishumoffe Жыл бұрын
Magnífico ver la fórmula 1 con coches de 900 kilos, en el circuito en Mónaco en el año 1937 comparando la F1 de hoy que se maneja todo desde el volante
@babasdadda13 жыл бұрын
awesome video. thx for sharing :)
@Anonym-mg3si17 күн бұрын
THE GRATEST RACE IN THE WORLD : GORDON-BENNETT-RENNEN IN GERMANY 1904. 1 MILLION SPECTATORS 👍🤗 🏎🏎
@ballaking10006 жыл бұрын
The race cars in '37 could hit 180mph? I don't know much about historical racing (pre-70's) but I always imagined something along the lines of 130-140mph in the 30's. With bicycle tires you'd think they'd fly right off at that kind of speed (especially with of course less technology in terms of durability added in with the generally much bumpier courses). I must say if this is true; it's quite impressive.
@carfreakjim6 жыл бұрын
Jon Lenin The streamlined cars, used on the oval tracks, went over 250 mph on the autobahn. Unfortunately one crashed trying to beat the speed record, resulting in the death of the driver.
@adampetten53496 жыл бұрын
Those were way wider and more advanced than bicycle tires. In 1910 cars with actual bike tires hit 110 mph which was scary enough.
@carlcushmanhybels81596 ай бұрын
@@carfreakjim Yes, Bernd Rosemeyer, the great AutoUnion driver. Driving on Avus, the fastest banked track.
@carlcushmanhybels81596 ай бұрын
The Mercedes-Benz and AutoUnion race cars of '37 could reach over 200mph, if streamlined, on long banks, like on Avus, in Germany.
@sandrocardenas92642 жыл бұрын
que hermoso vídeo, me hubiera gustado poder ver en vivo un Gran Premio de la pre-guerra
@philipraiswell35708 жыл бұрын
How lucky was the cameraman at 3:31?
@Circuitsofthepast8 жыл бұрын
+Philip Raiswell I think the cameraman was further away that it looks.
@hunocsi11 жыл бұрын
2:32 let me guess, Pirelli tires?
@joaoguimaraes4993 Жыл бұрын
No brakes...no wheels...no abs....no nothing...only power and balls....
@heatherprior22408 ай бұрын
Fantastic
@alainc2109 Жыл бұрын
le fameux virage du gazomètre Monaco !!!!!!!
@vilempavelka31767 жыл бұрын
Nádhera .Vilém Pavelka
@CIARUNSITE3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if you had to have a really rich dad to race cars like today.
@maxmulsanne70542 жыл бұрын
Back when they didn't use to say _"Back when..."_
@ender88507 жыл бұрын
Imagine these Sounds in HD
@johnny0069 ай бұрын
Dick seaman 😆 what a legend. He's got Richard on his birth certificate
@automotive4747 ай бұрын
6:16 Wilbur with that double whammy 👀
@mateagoston71138 жыл бұрын
What were the car designing rules? Was it really free for engineers?
@KayoMichiels8 жыл бұрын
+Borsófőzelék Piskótakockával there was only a rule dictating the engine displacement.
@mateagoston71138 жыл бұрын
MK3424 And what was the exact rule?
@KayoMichiels8 жыл бұрын
Correction: the only rule was how much the car was allowed to weigh: not more than 730
@mateagoston71138 жыл бұрын
MK3424 Thank you.
@KayoMichiels8 жыл бұрын
Small anekdote: the origins of the Mercedes silver arrows can be traced back to this rule: during development they found out that the car was a few kgs over the weight limit, they got around it by stripping it from it white paintjob and only left the silver skin of the aluminium body exposed, thus starting the 'silver arrows' era.
@stevefowler21127 жыл бұрын
lol...check the Nazi insignia on the Mercedes at 0:56...I bet Mercedes doesn't use that clip in their racing heritage commercials
@payneinthebutt30987 жыл бұрын
Wasn't this before the war? That symbol was a symbol of peace right?
@Rick20101006 жыл бұрын
Not peace, but fortune (Hinduism) or wealth, abundance, prosperity and long life in Buddhism. So actually some Asian visitors to Germany get trouble at the airport if they have a usual swastika lucky charm around their neck.
@TOFKAS016 жыл бұрын
"I bet Mercedes doesn't use that clip in their racing heritage commercials" Yes, Mercedes is very happy to be sucessfull in F1 today. So they dont need to show their old Nazi-stuff anymore. I remember a documentary about the Mercedes-Benz company from the late 1990s. The Nazi-era and the war was described as "Mercedes-Benz was always sceptical to the regime". Yes, very sceptical when you build not only cars but also all stuff of war-technology for them...and used forced labor-workers during the war.
4 жыл бұрын
@@payneinthebutt3098 before the war the Nazi regime was already starting to be seen as totalitarian.
@robertr79234 жыл бұрын
@@payneinthebutt3098 This has been a a symbol of fortune for hundreds of years.... in hindusism. It was also used in the flag of the nazi's. And they may not have done a world war but nazi germany wasn't doing nice back then.
@MDDeGrande19945 жыл бұрын
Fast and Führerious
@streameant7 жыл бұрын
where they rear wheel drive?
@Rick20101006 жыл бұрын
yes only
@brodeur2127 жыл бұрын
daamn so nice !
@nicomal89756 жыл бұрын
Great footage of old school racing....... wot wot wot hey old boy, fancy a swift drinky poos?
@stanleysimmonsreactions90562 жыл бұрын
This dude's name was really Dick Semen 😂😂😂
@mateagoston71139 жыл бұрын
3:39 fast forward?
@TheLegitaMate19 жыл бұрын
People didn't know how to make footage real-time back in the 1930s. Video was a brand-new thing, and they were playing with it at this stage. It isn't fast forward, that's as slow as the footage can get. You know, pit--stops back then took as long as a minute, and that was considered quick.
@mateagoston71139 жыл бұрын
Johannes LaCroix Wow! This cars cornering almost faster than an F1s in the hairpins. :O
@TheLegitaMate19 жыл бұрын
sg FEOPCAD Fun fact: Bernd Rosemeyer's wedding gift for his wife was to win to German Grand Prix in 1936, and he actually won it! Rudolf Caracciola, the Nurburg master who remembered every square foot of the Nordschleife, was out early in the race.
@marguskiis7711 Жыл бұрын
it was edited to look faster, so the 0.75 speed is accurate to watch
@676Viking11 жыл бұрын
interesting video, but the plural of grand prix is grands prix haha :P
@EngelbertEberwein11211 жыл бұрын
Mein Geburtsjahr
@brodeur2124 жыл бұрын
is it me or the footage is a bit on fast foward ?
@marguskiis7711 Жыл бұрын
0.75 speed is more accurate
@chriskappert1365 Жыл бұрын
200 miles an hour on those tyres .........! 🤢
@chevaliermichel22198 жыл бұрын
i don't know why but to me these grand prixs smell holidays and feast while actual ones are boring since the 70e
@ungurdani83462 жыл бұрын
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@instirahul7 жыл бұрын
Germany at its pinnacle
@claytondonizetecostaaguiar80272 жыл бұрын
Yous epoks no mercedes en tuedos tempoe no worlds no evoc.
@kleberfarinha44497 жыл бұрын
Best post!!
@Jimmy-lm2eg7 жыл бұрын
or formula ford 1600?
@solo40266 жыл бұрын
3:01 Danger Danger Danger IDIOOOOOT!!!!!!!
@stevenroberts417 жыл бұрын
thank God kimi tells the truth ha ha
@breakout5205 Жыл бұрын
Joseph Goebbels is not who you expect to see in a motor race...
@rogertootkaylok571610 ай бұрын
If you weren't aware. During the 1st German Grand Prix at the Nurbergring ( I can usually spell better than this), Nazi Storm Troopers were part of that event, before the race began. Crazy Huh? Thank you. Bye...
@Jimmy-lm2eg7 жыл бұрын
this is formula 1?
@TOFKAS016 жыл бұрын
Not exactly. Its the european championship, the predecessor to Formula 1.
@jacktumbouniversal21496 жыл бұрын
lol... nazi sign on the merc.
@Barry1337G8 жыл бұрын
looks like ufos lol
@klepetar5 жыл бұрын
haha.. with the swastika on the car.. hahaha!.. we all know how that turned out huh??
@nicomal89756 жыл бұрын
No thank you mind sir I have to go home and polish my shoes, wot wot wot. (sorry) can't help but make fun of his posh voice, it's so over the top.
@jonathantrauner57318 жыл бұрын
First sentence? 180 mph? I think the announcer is smoking the crack pipe........
@martinjones56227 жыл бұрын
650 bhp engines on sub-tonne cars could easily have done it, especially at a time when mile-long straights were commonplace
@weltarchiv47 жыл бұрын
they reached 200 mph on the Avus racetrack in Berlin
@adampetten53496 жыл бұрын
180 on wide bends 100 on corners, 200 on straights they were doing 100 by 1908 so thirty years later...no surprise.Many Auto Union Mercedes lap records stood till 1954-1955.