Grand Prix de France 1968 à Rouen

[@twillis449]

John Surtees kept telling Honda that the RA302 was too dangerous, but Honda didn't want to hear that.

[@Nigaromia]

Happy birthday Jacky Ickx. 70 Years old, 1st January 2015. When Jacky was on the podium after he won, there was no celebration out of respect. This was his 1st win, aged 23

[@marioguercio5440]

24

[@mshow81]

I read in this book on the history of F1 that when fellow French race car driver Guy Ligier turned to race car manufacturing, he paid tribute to Schlesser by giving his cars the model designation JS. In that same book, it was also mentioned that, after this race, the French GP never returned to Rouen.

[@maxmulsanne7054]

John Surtees: not only an incredible driver, but technician as well. Too bad that Honda didn't listen to him.

[@johannmckraken9399]

Sad day in F1. What was a good day for Jo Schlesser to show his talent ended in such an appalling way. Honda should never have tried to race the RA-302 until it was fully developed. Surtees told them it wasn’t ready but they insisted.

[@branco6942]

Jacky Ickx winner in his 9th race in formula 1 proving that he is the best rain driver of all times RIP Schlesser !!

[@raymondlowry8564]

Rudolf Caracciola and Pedro Rodriguez are at least as good as Icxx was in the wet, and if you research the contemporary drivers in the time frame Icxx raced, almost to a man they agreed Rodriguez was the best there was in the 60’s and 79’s in the rain. Maybe the best of all time! BTW, I am so old I saw all these guys race. I have always been a fan of Jackie Icxx and so badly wanted for him to win the F1 Championship. But he could not compare to Rodriguez when it started to rain. Not my opinion but the opinion of the drivers, team managers, and the writers all agreed on this.

[@mattcope8982]

Great video, thank you sharing....

[@Mike-ry4ti]

This must be a big portion of the only known footage of poor Joe Schlesser driving the RA302 and of the car itself... it can be seen before the crash that the car was prone to losing the back end, Jo can be seen correcting it and struggling to keep the car stable through the corners, all it then took was a high speed corner for disaster to strike, and strike it did in the most horrible way. Thanks for the video.

[@davidmichek8433]

Tough time to be a racecar driver!!!

[@stefanorchiclasta]

Des grandes images d'un grand prix cruel. La musique, elle m'a beaucoup derangé.

[@leyn39]

Honda's first choice to race the magnesium car was French formula 2 driver Eric Offenstadt. But journalist Gerard Crombac persuaded Honda to give his friend Jo Schlesser a try.

[@arlettedarletted]

ce jour là , j'y étais , j'avais 17 ans... un souvenir de tristesse ... j'étais aux premières loges ....

[@betracion4981]

Jean Marie Dauthieux le crash de Jo

[@creepapewas]

Super Jo Siffert ✌

[@JonMorter]

Great video

[@HDRNX]

When they colorized this video, they colored that fire incorrectly. It should be a very bright white and slightly yellow fire. It was a magnesium fire after all. When crews attempted to apply water to the fire it caused the fire to explode.

[@gt40mk21]

Sorry, but there's no way it's colorized. In 1968 there was color 8mm film. Even if there wasn't, it would be monumentally difficult to colorize shaky film/video like that.

[@Arrivepas]

At that time I used kodak 8 mm color film. The original film has been converted to video SD.

[@marguskiis7711]

Not magnesium but the fuel was burning there.

[@thethirdman225]

Hydranix HNx Arguing about this is in pretty poor taste, don’t you think. That poor man died in there. Everyone knows it was a magnesium fire. The colour of the flame is unimportant.

[@tygobermind3640]

sure mr youtube expert has seen a magnesium fire in real life is assume??

[@philipjerominski6974]

What's so the music??

[@NordenTV]

Name of the song in video?

[@Arrivepas]

A royalty free music from Claude Stabile and Romano Serra, Sony Music MED 215162

[@marguskiis7711]

So, one mand died, but OK, they just cleaned the track and the race was going on like nothing happened. O tempora o mores.

[@HDRNX]

Just like every other sport, just because someone dies you don't stop the... oh wait.

[@DDS029]

Back then it wasn't as rare as today. It wasn't, if. It was when, and who. It wasn't the shock of today. Drivers weren't much help to themselves. They eschewed the little bit of safety equipment and knowledge they had, because they felt they would be seen as sissies if they used it.

[@karpabla]

I don't think they stop Dakar rally or Isle of Man Tourist Trophy if someone dies. And it is right IMO.

[@julienolaf]

J'étais aussi sur place ce jour la j'avais dix ans, sur le terre plein juste au dessus de l'accident.

[@olivierdarche7911]

magnifique document video

[@nicolasrobineau7509]

Les images sont fantastiques mais l'illustration sonore est horrible ! De plus, cette pseudo musique n'est pas en accord avec la période. Dommage.

[@chancevonfreund9145]

Surtees refused to drive the Honda. Poor Jo should have stepped away also.

[@ChevCamaro]

Yeah type Jo Schlesser Fatal Crash It Is In Black And White

[@unknownuser8228]

He drove a bomb on wheels

[@francocoli7406]

J ETAIT PRESENT CE JOUR LA LE PIRE SOUVENIR DE MA VIE DE PASSIONNE

[@tayedeprod]

bonjour...quel age aviez vous à l'époque ?

[@gt40mk21]

What are the cars used in the drivers' parade? Very unusual . . . ?

[@Arrivepas]

Matra 530 (1967-73)

[@DDS029]

Not being familiar with late 60's European cars, I first thought they were street cars of the factory, or engine manufacturer they drove for, in their national colors, with their numbers on them.

[@DesertWhale100]

correct answer : matra 530, perform a Wikipedia search for more info

[@rolfdejonge3915]

🌈🌟💫🌲

[@leboucheraurelien4592]

merci

[@ricdel9711]

circuit emprunte en auto ancienne il y a quelques années maintenant il ne reste plus rien quelle décadence la France aller voir en angleterre les courses vintages

[@fifie1]

Stupid and really inappropriated music.

[@gabrielezaccagnini8717]

No la.misica non va.bene toglietela per favore

[@TheBrunom]

triste journee

[@rolfdejonge3915]

✌️🤠💥🌟🌀🌐 @#rolfdejonge@