NASCAR Fan Reacts to Sebastian Loeb 2013 Pikes Peak RECORD Run

[@zgeorgedelydda8954]

Sébastien Loeb is recognized as the best rally driver in the world. In 2003, he finished second in the World Rally Championship. Subsequently, from 2004 to 2012, he won the title of world rally champion nine times in a row. At that time, Loeb held the majority of rally records. He is arguably the best driver in the world. In addition to being the first winner of three different world championships, he is the winner of the X Games, winner of the GT and Touring competitions.

[@StevenQ74]

And he also tested F1 cars on several occasions, a Renault in 2007 and a Red Bull in 2008. He was actualy supposed to drive for the Toro Rosso team in 2009 and 2010 but could not get a superlicense. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH2Qdax4nrJ_adk

[@glacieractivity]

I am willing to say, Seb may be the greatest car driver of all time. What he has done on the track, on paved, gravel and snowy roads (including Dakar and GT racing) and everything in between is probably unmatched. I mean - this is the dude who was not allowed to race F1, not because he was too bad but because he had not enough lower level closed circuit experience. If you want to pick one dude to ensure that any kind of car moves fast on any surface - he is the man.

[@StevenQ74]

@@glacieractivity Yeah, the main reason was he never raced on tracks with other cars around him.

[@mt1104uk]

Not to mention, he didn't even train to be a competitive driver. He was on the gymnastics path and then decided, meh, rallying looks fun I'll give that a go.

[@shaggy5561]

@@glacieractivity he also finnished second at le mans with Henri Pescarollo team (it was a really small ''tight on budget'' team compared to audi

[@KarILsson]

Loeb WRC champion 9 times 9 years in a row (2004-2012)hes biggest strenght he almost never makes any misstakes. Its a Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak, bi-turbocharged V6 875 hp sourced from the company’s 908 Le Mans endurance racer , sequential transmission and 875 kg (1929 lbs). 0-100 km/h (62 mph) in 1.8 seconds, 0-200 km/h (124 mph) in 4.8 seconds and top out at 240 km/h (149 mph)

[@Scaley_Reptile]

Madness, most ppl be happy if their car got to 100 in under 5, but 200... That's a fast little hatch...that's just fast period.

[@KarILsson]

@@barev2056 Thanks you are right the engine is not from the 908 my bad just what i read online....rear wing is from first-generation 908 . The engine is designed for endurance racing but havent found what car it was used in but i know Courage C41 and C60 LMP1 use twin-turbocharged Peugeot A32 V6 engine so maby one of thoes?

[@Outland9000]

Yup. Seb is probably one of the greatest drivers to ever plonk his arse in a bucket seat.

[@lokithecat7225]

It's going to be interesting when they start throwing Teslas at the course.

[@KarILsson]

@@lokithecat7225 Then they can try beat the Volkswagen I.D. R

[@uncle_matula]

Seb Loeb is a real GOAT. He retired from active rally racing a few years ago, but this year he was asked by Ford to test the new Puma rally car and will be competing in a few WRC races this year. In January he entered and won the Monte Carlo rally. The funny thing is that with the other Sebastian (Ogier), who is also in a similar status at Toyota, there were only two of them in contention for the win, the youngsters were nowhere to be found compared to them. These two have 17 WRC championship titles between them. The last 20 years have essentially been about them in rallying...

[@11everhard]

"The" GOAT in Rallyesport ist undoubtly Walter Röhrl.

[@uncle_matula]

@@11everhard "maybe"... but if you don't go to the Finn rally because you don't like the jumps, and the way he talked about Micéle Mouton at the time... and I respect him, I saw him compete live in the early 80s. The two Frenchmen deserved that title more... and it is important to note that, I am not French, you are most probably German.

[@11everhard]

@@uncle_matula Well. He could afford it.

[@13redlion13]

@@uncle_matula maybe he meant it literally (as a joke) as Walter Röhrl was 1m 96 tall? otherwise he's on kool-aid lol

[@MircoWilhelm]

@@11everhard nowhere near the two Sebs

[@mirkozlikovski9553]

what about Ari Vatanen's CLIMB DANCE in Peugeot 405 T16, that set the record on gravel Pike's Peak in 1988 .... have you seen that masterpiece yet? it's hard to believe you haven't, but if you have not, it is definitively an iconic uphill race of an iconic rally driver...

[@patlab555]

It's even more impressive with Vatanen as it was mostly dirt's road. And yes he saw it, he made a video as well kzbin.info/www/bejne/p32WoYqlqdKhZtk

[@mirkozlikovski9553]

@@patlab555 tnx for the link 👍

[@rodent]

this!!

[@nikosfotidas8543]

​@@patlab555was this before Michelle Mouton took the Pikes Peak record or after her?

[@patlab555]

@@nikosfotidas8543 3 years later, Mouton 1985, Vatanen 1988

[@juliusperseus8612]

What's Crazy about this car is the power to weight Ratio 875HP for 875Kilograms Thanks for reacting to my recommandation ! I prefer the Exterior views of this. It's really Crazy

[@unfazer-v2260]

Same ! There was even a well-edited one with both interior and exterior 'cause that thing is scary sounding when outside and the crowd reaction is nice as well ! Also nice ratio there, holy !

[@hillclimbracingfan5821]

@@unfazer-v2260 You have very well together put video from Hillclimb Monsters that has outside footage of 208's run as well but quality of some shots is like they were recorded on potato camera.

[@Kalandaari]

What's really crazy about this car is that it was built from leftover parts. Braking system, suspensions, drivetrain and rear wing are from the 908 Le Mans prototype, the engine is a souped-up Courage C60 engine (Peugeot V6, twin turbo, 650hp when driven at Le Mans). They literally slapped this thing together with parts laying around from the Peugeot endurance cars.

[@juliusperseus8612]

@@Kalandaari C'est Amazing !

[@matv6312]

​@@Kalandaari and the Peugeot sport team developed this car in just four months. It's an amazing performance.

[@nxride]

You need to watch “climb dance” the Peugeot 405 T16 setting the record when it was full dirt. It’s such a good video.

[@simontanner88]

He did in an earlier video

[@Banansylte]

Love the part where he has to put his hand up to shield the sunglare at that speed 😵‍💫

[@poplaurentiu4148]

@@Banansylte And still Ari in the Peugeot got beaten by the mighty Quattro and skills of W.Röhrl but all of them latter got smoked by the Monster - Nobuhiro Tajima first was '89-'90 in a Suzuki Escudo still on dirt then latter in 2005-2007 with SX4 on semi paved sections and then latter fighting again on top with Rhys Millen on full electric unlimited class (he got 2nd place because the fans for cooling system fail and broke resulting on slower acceleration on last up-hill section) !

[@Magariz1283]

@@poplaurentiu4148 and the Escudo snapped a suspension bolt halfway up the run. 😉

[@TheBlaert]

@@poplaurentiu4148 Your point being what exactly? That cars got better and faster as time went on and faster times were set due to a shortened course and then paving? Oh and for the record the 405 T16 was never beaten by Röhrl in the Quattro

[@googleaccount4159]

I know we recently watched the Jim Clark thing, but this here is the greatest driver of all time. Loeb showed his talent in so many disciplines, from Le Mans to DTM and even went well in an F1 test. He dominates every time he shows up to Race of Champions and then we get to his main career in WRC, 9 WRC championships in a row! With all the potential mechanical failures, unpredictable weather and road conditions the rally can give you, 9 titles is just unreal.

[@eddyc4603]

He's even good on a motorbike. Both track and dirt (!)

[@MircoWilhelm]

to be fair, 9 titles alone is insane for any racing series. In a row is legendary

[@prrin1971]

Romain Dumas, the crazy Frenchman who set an unbeaten record of seven minutes, 57 seconds in Volkswagen's all-electric ID. R Pikes Peak racer in 2018. The course was pavement and gravel until 2011

[@michaeltaylor8835]

It was insane. I hope he watches that

[@s1nenomine]

@@michaeltaylor8835 Sadly that will be tough, as the onboard cam of the VW ID driven by Dumas is awful, there are heli and spectator cams though, but nothing as good as a proper onboard.

[@hillclimbracingfan5821]

@@s1nenomine Proper onboard or nothing.

[@marcelluscunningham9071]

That car is so unfair.

[@RustyDust101]

@@marcelluscunningham9071 Whaaaa, that car has better tech than my previous choice, so it's unfaaaaaaiiiiiir, whaaaa.... Sorry, nope, it's just better. For the thing it was designed to do. Period.

[@ryanjacobson5898]

A good way to tell when Loeb is in the zone: you'll see him almost lean back a bit and turn his head slightly to the side. Just a fascinating little mannerism of his.

[@cudwieser3952]

It is a spiritual successor to the 405 t16 as seen in the film Climb Dance on the original pikes peak.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

When Ari Vataanen drove up on mostly unasphalted road. This was the first year that it was fully asphalted, 2013

[@Jorgerally35]

just because it is sponsored by peugeot? xD I see how far advertisement can get

[@christianjambou8208]

​@@Jorgerally35 french man and machine...not sponsor.

[@superpieton]

And it already was a Peugeot...

[@prefono]

Loeb is an absolute monster! One of the best driver ever on any type of car and in any category in which it competed!

[@stevemurrell6167]

I grew up in a Peugeot family.....they are so suited to Australian road conditions. We had many models over the years. I have owned 4 Peugeots myself. A Pug 203 won the original Redex trial in Australia back in the 50's, a harsh outback marathon rally and they were assembled here in Australia for many years. Tough cars that are also great 'drivers' cars.

[@dann756]

when I was a kid my friends brother had an old 205 t16 and I never thought anything of it until he picked us up in a small English village and I've never been more scared in my life. we were going around tight bends 90mph+, the car came off the ground and I ended up just closing my eyes wanting to hold my friends hand and accepting death. it wasn't even a thrill! pure Terror! it was stolen and crashed, they're now worth a fortune. it's such a shame we don't get Peugeot in Arizona but they were so good on small English roads.

[@Swarmah]

peugeot as everyday cars are a garbage. Extremely annoying maintenance. When you look at anything else, german cars, american cars, japanese cars, they all have similar layouts in engine compartments, and then you jave french cars ( renault, peugeot and citroen ), basic maintenance takes 4-5 times more time, because you have to dismantle half the car.

[@stevemurrell6167]

@@Swarmah Ok then.....

[@Swarmah]

@@stevemurrell6167 They are like, ok cars, but when you have to do oil change which takes like 30-40 min for any other car, for a french car , youll also have to dismantle a lot of car just to be able to change the oil filter, and it will end up like 3-4 hour job. French are ok at making race cars, but not everyday cars.

[@koengixxer]

@@Swarmah i have 3 peugeot's and not one of them takes more then 1hour to do an oil change.. the filter,sparkplugs and airfilter included.. Don't know where u get that info tho🤷

[@hervemurgale8098]

"This guy" is 9 times WRC world champion !.... ;-) He's the one who definitely proved that drifting is good for the show, not for the chrono... PS : Have a look at "Rendez-vous", a short film by Claude Lelouche about a run in Paris at 5AM...

[@TheDirtyLord]

It's a V6 Twin Turbo and Sebastien Loeb is 9 times WRC Champion from 2004 to 2012 !

[@rasmuswi]

If it's really a T16, it's a four, not a six. A turbo four with four valves per cylinder is a T16. But maybe Peugeot simply calls all their turbo race cars T16, regardless of how many valves the engine actually has.

[@TheDirtyLord]

@@rasmuswi It's an historic call the T16 for the Pikes Peak cars by Peugeot where as the time they have a 4 cylinder with 4 valves. This 208 have a 3.2L V6.

[@MrBrunopereira]

French Cars, what can we say, of course it's not ferrari, Porsche or Corvette, but every time they are on competition they always give their best, rallye, Dakar and F1 are examples that the " name" isn't important. Love your channel 💪💪💪 , watch the story of Audi in IMSA. Bruno from Portugal.

[@gaz8410]

It's an impressive & heart-in-mouth run by Loeb and the 208 is a technological leap. B-U-T it seems too sanitized with a quiet BRRP, BRRRRP with every gear change and looking like it is driving on rails. Ari Vatanen's run in the 405 on gravel with the engine screaming it's lungs out, one hand steering & the other hand shielding the sun or changing gears really gets my pulse rate up. I know there's a 25 year gap in the development, but yeah - nah, Ari's run is the better one to watch.

[@Huxley555]

Climb dance 🥰

[@naithjc]

Yep, hands down way better, no nice smooth tarmac on his run 👍

[@malcolmhanscomb8745]

For an English man it pains me 🤔 but Sebastian loeb was French and the G.O.A.T with 9 world rally championships.👍

[@louvinot]

he is still french

[@MoSkent1]

What a stunning (And disturbing...) reflection Malcolm, even if it's said with your famous and incomparable "British humor". I'm French, and so much the better if Loeb and Ogier have become WRC Champions 17 times between them. But I'm also happy that Lewis Hamilton has become so many times in F1, like Michaël Schumacher or Ayrton Senna before him ! It's talent that makes you dream, not nationalism.

[@malcolmhanscomb8745]

See you can't put a label on it 🤔 you see because Lewis Hamilton and F1 not my bag

[@khaelamensha3624]

Well Sir Wilkinson was welcomed in France😉 And you know how much he did punished us but he is a gentleman and a sport man in every best aspects of this word.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Little known fact about Sebastian Loeb: Before he became a rally driver aged 21 he was a gymnast. Until 2011 the top part of Pikes Peak was gravel, not tarmac.

[@k-member]

You are right, it's why you can see him doing a backflip

[@scottharrod6849]

G'day Ian, another mind blowing race video I love is the old 'V4 victory'. It features Joey Dunlop a super famous Irish rider of the 70's doind an on board camera lap of the Isle of Mann. In those days the road srface was rough and some parts cobblestone ( and wet !!!). You heart will be in your throat at the footage.

[@SquadraCorse]

Amazing, but I still prefer "Climb Dance" because the roads weren't paved yet when they did it. It's basically the same thing, but on dirt.

[@Dionysus026]

Amen to that, Ari ftw..!

[@heinzlotze9123]

This lap was one of the most notable at Pikes Peak. The old record was beaten by more than 1.5 minutes! The car looks like a 208, but it was complete build to crack the Pikes Peak record.

[@Franconen]

Hello, the 208 T16 Pikes peak is a car made especially by Peugeot for this race. Tubular steel frame with carbon fiber body, 4 wheels drive, and a lot of parts from the Peugeot 908 wich won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 2009 (suspensions, carbon brakes, rear wing, gearbox). The motor is made by a french company name SODEMO and based on the motors used at Le Mans by the Pescarolo team, 3.2 l V6 twin turbo wich made 875 hp, same as the car weight (875 Kgs). Michelin also made special tires for the car for this race.

[@jesusredondobarrena6247]

The only thing you had to know about Sébastien Loeb is that dude is the most laureated rally Champion of all times,and he likes to arrive at places at the stick of his hellacopter...the guy is a savage and a Legend

[@gillesbildstein797]

Sebastien Loeb was a rookie in Pikes Peak, and he set an unbeatable record for a thermic engine...I think he lost about 30% of the engine power due to altitude,

[@tedwilliams1174]

3% loss for every 1000ft elevation gain on a naturally aspirated. Super charger and turbos dramatically reduce the loss.

[@Raph06440]

I'm French, and really proud of it, and Seb Loeb is just a pure legend... He won last Monte Carlo with an other legend, Seb Ogier The 208 Pikes Peak... V6 3.2 875hp for 875kg... 0 to 60 in 1.8" and 0 to 149 in 7.3"

[@zepedrofd]

The car was purpose built for the event. Tube chassis, 875hp out of a 3.2 twin turbo V6, sequential gearbox and carbon brakes. Weighs 875 kgs. I got to see it run on e in France (with Loeb at the wheel), they ran a Peugeot 205 T16 Group B that day too! Sébastien Loab is not your average driver. He has worked hard, but is also very athletic (was a gymnast), has very good eyesight and reflexes (even for a race car driver). He also has a exceptionnal sense of reading the road and adapting quickly.

[@inb4230]

There's a great video from this run, think it's called LOEB PIKES PEAK SPECTATORS REACTION, shows how fast the car is really moving from the outside too, followed by HOLLY SHIT, HOLLY F**K!Each gear shift sounds like a gunshot from the outside it's amazing give it a look you won't regret it

[@digigarb]

Leob = Rally GOAT!

[@RoyalDudeness]

you need to see Walter Röhrl's record! Back in the 80s there was a lot of gravel and most of the footage was shoot out of an helicopter

[@GuitarRock86]

Yeah! Amazing that footage. With the hand to repair from the sun hahahah!!

[@poplaurentiu4148]

Walter was impressive but he was fighting against not just with incredible pilots like Ari Vatanen but also against his own Audi team rival - Michelle Mouton.. a female !

[@MikuOffiziell]

I say the same 😂 for a month. Seb make a great job, but is nothing what Walter maked

[@perkleinschmidt6798]

Yes you need to show this video, almost no paved roads in the 80 but gravel...

[@poplaurentiu4148]

@@perkleinschmidt6798 He, He.. he might want to say dirt instead of gravel.. ;0)

[@pranc236]

Thats still the current internal combustion record. That electric VW has the overall record. Check out guy martin and the crazy stuff he did. Including building a turbo bike to run pikes peak.

[@RoyalMela]

Electric cars do not lose engine power like combustion engines do. The air gets so thin higher you go, engines lose up to 30% of it's power.

[@pranc236]

@@RoyalMela but when u races them, they sound like electric forklifts trapped in a puddle. 😂. Also not nearly as environmental friendly as ppl think.

[@stianaksaas]

@@pranc236 Have you seed the ID R ru?. It sounds like a fighter jet. The wind noise over the aero is super loud and cool.

[@pranc236]

@@stianaksaas have u heard a reach truck stuck in a puddle? Turn a fan on and it sounds the same.

[@hillclimbracingfan5821]

@@RoyalMela Plus,208 is silhouette car while IDR is a prototype.Electric or with internal combustion engine,prototype will always be faster than car.

[@andy00grant]

All you need to know about Loeb is the fact he is a legend. Arguably on of the best drivers ever.

[@MegaMiners12]

Ari Vatanen pikes peak.... Groub b car and dirt road... now thats some world class rally

[@Kindred1000]

If I remember rightly, Sebastian had only ever done a handful of runs prior to setting this record. It usually takes top drivers years of attendance to learn the route well enough to attack it properly.

[@vince207]

he actually never did the full course in one time, only sections during the sessions prior to race day

[@misilen24]

Check Per Eklunds Pikes peak race in 2000. They built the car themselves in a small workshop in Sweden in the middle of nowhere on a shorstring budget. Won with it again in 2002 this time the brakes failing halfwats up.

[@brucefale6132]

Loeb one of the greatest rally drivers. Carlos Sainz great rally driver in the Subaru.

[@GreeKing83]

Colin McRae: The most legendary rally driver of them all.

[@aiwass84]

@@GreeKing83 nope!!

[@cesartejeda8857]

You should check Ari Vatanen in the Peugeot 405 at Pikes Peak when the road still have some gravel sections, the guy just go bonkers!

[@jcc2133]

Je suis français et je remercie les Américains de rendre hommage a ce petit gars de chez nous .Il pilote comme vous respirez ; c'est le Mozart de la conduite sportive . Longue vie aux moteurs thermiques . W.T.I.G.

[@rahansk8200]

Je pense que Mozart faisait plus de fausses notes lol

[@n55Rob]

I wish we got Peugeots in America lol along with a slew of cars that didn’t make it over here. If they did I think we’d appreciate cars a lot more and the manual transmission. I’ve been to Europe a lot and whenever I come home I realize that we(Americans)are lazy when it comes to driving….we’re the only country it seems that like’s automatics more than manual transmissions.

[@mcsou31]

@@n55Rob kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ7dpIJoZd6IoZo If you like manual race cars...

[@Revheadrev]

Bro - you need to review ‘Climb Dance’ I’m sure others have suggested it - but it’s Ari Vatanen in a Peugeot 415 back in 1988. Utterly brilliant and will blow your mind!

[@grug440]

Driving this car up Pikes Peak in Dirt Rally with VR is one of the scariest thing ever

[@thedave7760]

I did that on PS4 - PSVR a while ago don't think I made it to the finish line without driving off a cliff. I have just joined the PC master race so I will have to do it again when I get some decent VR goggles.

[@yvangascogne]

You must see the "climb dance" this is the ARI Vatanen pikes peek record on the Peugeot 405 !!! With the old road 😉

[@samy29987]

Fantastic reaction man! There is a video compilation of the same climb by Loeb that year in 2013 with tons of fly bys from fans recording on the side of the road here on youtube in addition to helicopter takes and POV as well from the cockpit itself. I highly highly recommend it. You get a reaction of the people which makes it 10 times better in my eyes. Keep up the good work! 👍

[@simonjohansson1497]

Look at Per Eklunds Pike Peak run you got many clips and a long one 1 hour one. That talks about how they built the car 1 month before the race, also in english subtitles. Also its before they rebuilt the road. He held that record for 12 years.

[@wwefan11222]

I was curious what engine the 206 had, and the engine is a bi-turbo 24 valve V6. Now that's some engine engineering right there.

[@TheDjsmurph]

the engine is from 908 le mans race car

[@portalr81]

@@TheDjsmurph no not at all, the engine of the 908 du Mans was a diesel, V12 then V8. This is a 3.2 liter gasoline v6.

[@MrBcuzbcuz]

Loeb, now almost 50 years old, still competes in rally. He races in Dakar (and wins some of the stretches) and he still races in World Rally Competition (WRC) and produces amazing results. He won the Monte Carlo rally 2022. When you meet him in person, he is entirely unpresuming and quiet spoken. Ask him for an autograph or a photo and he willingly complies, even in the middle of a competition. He wasn’t my favourite WRC driver when my wife asked him to pose beside me for a fan photo, but now, years later, I have nothing but admiration for him.

[@retired4365]

Been there, bought my first naked lady pen from the gift shop. Turn it upside down and her dress fell off. lolz Good memories. oh and first. haha

[@thesloppyjoes]

This video is one of my favorite racing videos ever. I am still in awe at this driving feat. I know the record has been beaten by an electric car, but this still stands the test of time as the best Pikes Peak run ever. FYI if you watch the hybrid video of car cam, helicopter cam, and fan/bystander cam one thing you notice is at the bottom everyone is in shorts and t-shirts, once you get over tree line, most people are bundled up a bit.

[@friendlyreptile9931]

Hey IWrocker :) Just some information about this: The old record was set by "Walter Röhrl" in 1987 (He set a 10:47 as the last 1/3 of the road was still gravel back then) and lasted until it was broken by "Sebastian Loeb" in 2013. The most impressive thing is that you drive uphill into really thin air. The engine losses around 20-25% power if you compare start to finish. The topspeed of the car is not that high, it's around 150mph but the cornering and acceleration is just extreme. *EDIT* There is a fast corner with a very steep drop that is named "devil's playground" (Should be the left turn at 8:46 in your reaction) and 2 guys survived the drop in 2012. Watch (no need to react but you can for sure) "RECARO Presents "Devil's Playground": The Jeremy Foley 2012 Pikes Peak Story" It's a 3:12 minute video.

[@zwieseler]

Walter’s time lasted one year…. His time was 10:47.850. Ari Vatanen did it in 1988 in 10:47.220. Paul Dallenbach then did 10:43.630 in 1993, followed by Rod Millen who did 10:04.060 in 1994.

[@hillclimbracingfan5821]

@@zwieseler Millen's run is actual dirt record.

[@loeildesauron5936]

For the record, Sebastien Loeb have 14/10 visual acuity in each eye... In other words, he have a better eyesight than fighter pilots. An extraterrestrial.

[@jeanm27]

The sounds from the spectator perspective of this run is crazy too. You should check it out

[@rolandpinon6192]

I agree from outside the sound is MUCH MUCH more orgasmic!!!

[@albertseabra9226]

Michelle Mouton was there, a few years earlier. The Road was not paved yet -- a good, rally-like dirt road! Michelle did a super job, driving the machine to the edge of the clifs, to get a better angle going around the hairpin-bends. Considering the Road conditions, Michelle's performance was far more impressive. And dangerous!

[@onkouth]

This was impressive from Seb the Legend but watching Ari Vatanen (climb dance) doing this when the course was gravel, that is other level skills

[@jean-yvesmartin6934]

Loeb is 9 times rally World champion on road, snow, mud, you name it..and on gravel...they were both exceptional drivers

[@onkouth]

@@jean-yvesmartin6934 i totally agree, i think Seb was probably the greatest driver of all time, the only reason i said that Climb Dance showed Ari's next Level skills was because to do that in gravel on that track definitely required more skill to do, i have no doubt Seb would have been equally as impressive in the same circumstances. As you said, both brilliant and Legendary drvers 👍

[@Scaley_Reptile]

Pikes peak is my favourite American event. Got to love how even near the top (low oxygen) it's just ripping up through them gears.

[@coolbreeze2176]

Loeb had never seen Pikes Peak, does 2 practice runs and then sets a time faster than his teamate (Rod Millen) , who has been there for many years. Loeb is the GOAT

[@mattschm5486]

Rallye drivers seem to do really good on this track

[@MircoWilhelm]

@@mattschm5486 seeing this track they probably take a look at it and go "what's all the fuzz about?"

[@RawenWarCrow]

As this car's engine is out of a Le Mans prototype and this year Peugeot comes back, you could try to take a look online to find the race, it's next week-end, starts at 4PM local (8AM for you in New Mexico) the 11th of June ;)

[@farcydebop]

Columbo was probably the only Peugeot driver in US.

[@asxetosaganaktismenos7456]

You should watch Ari Vatanen in Pikes Peaks when it was dirt road “Climb Dance”

[@tinytadger7279]

Check out Guy Martins pikes peak run

[@zgeorgedelydda8954]

Slower

[@zwieseler]

Monster Tajima was the first person to go under 10 minutes in 2011…. Fwiw. Course 76% paved. Fully paved in 2012…. The GoPro sponsored video is really well covered (about 15 cameras!!!) and great to see some dirt as well. Worth a look.

[@MrEagle90]

You should checkout video called "The awesome sounding Bmw M3 - Ilmo lario special" that's one of the best sounding rallycar and very entertaining driver from Finland

[@dommyd73]

Loving the videos mate, I reckon you need to check out a former rally driver (Ken block) taking on pikes peak in a custom built 65 mustang called the 'hoonicorn' it's sure to get you checking out all the hoonicorn videos..... here's the link for it if you're interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpiZfZJtprF8e7M

[@4CountDaddy]

really... any video with the Hoonicorn is worth the watch

[@catotjernstad331]

Jepp. Immaculate driver in WRC, and always made the correct decisions on choice of line, choise of tires/the cut of the tires before each stage and always knew which stages to push and which to go "easy." A true master and GOAT of WRC rally..!

[@Derry_Aire]

Romain Dumas (France) driving a fully electric Volkswagen I.D. R holds the record at the moment with a time of 7:57.148 (the first driver to go under 8 minutes)

[@Astravall]

I second that ... VW I.D. R is insane O_O ... really recommend watching videos for that.

[@alunchurcher7060]

Seb was/is something special behind a wheel, very fast thinker which he transfers to the road, he has tremendous ability and a hero to many WRC fans. Hence he was known as the boss or Le Patron

[@Kalandaari]

The funniest thing about this car is that it was built from leftover parts. Braking system, suspensions, drivetrain and rear wing are from the 908 Le Mans prototype, the engine is a souped-up Courage C60 engine (Peugeot V6, twin turbo, 650hp when driven at Le Mans, 875hp at Pikes Peak in this 875kg monster). They literally slapped this thing together with parts laying around the Peugeot Sport building. Incredible.

[@Grouuumpf]

"Jean, Thierry, Arnaud, we have some spare parts laying around. Come by this weekend, I buy the wine and we'll jury rig something for fun" "well, it's done. What should we do with it?" *Sebastien, passing by to say hello* "Hey, what's that? can I race it?"

[@luvilela1278]

I always comeback to see Seb's ride on this beauty of Peugeot at Pikes Peak, but hey man if you like that you could give a try on KEN BLOCK as well his climbkhana and Pikes Peak as well or his hole collection of Gymkhana videos I think you're gonna love it man, I really your reactions it's so nice seeing you trying other models of racing, is cool

[@gregcornell6668]

You need to watch Finnish rally driver Ari Vatanen setting a record time in the highly modified four-wheel drive, all-wheel steering Peugeot 405 Turbo 16 at the 1988 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in Colorado, United States. Climb Dance, It’s the best by far.

[@Drescher1984]

I would say most French cars has what call French charm. Which basically mean that the stuff that breaks is very specific to that brand or even just that model. Citroen are the inventor's of the comfort in France, Renault is more about the engine, Peugeot I feel is a really good family car that also makes fun to drive cars. But again they break, not as badly and expensively as the British cars. They're charming cars with big personalities.

[@FM-73]

You need to see the short movie "Climb Dance" with Ari vatannen Pikes Peak 1988 it's insane !! When Ari drive with one hand !!

[@bootn13]

Hey Ian this and Ari Varttenen are the best ive seen. Also you should look up Tats finke desert race its on next week up here in the NT

[@ezegti05]

I was there for this and it was awesome. No tire noise nothing as it went by me and my friends at the 6:54 mark. We’re the group taking pictures as he’s rounding the hairpin.

[@DavidMBanes]

There's a great video with fan video stuck together to give the whole run from outside.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

I remember taking the train (or tram) to the top of Pike’s Peak around 1983. The woman on the microphone pointed out this tight turn, that dropped off probably a hundred feet straight down. She said that current Pike’s Peak record holder (at that time), Al Unser Jr. was timed around that corner at 62 miles per hour. The craziest part? The road hadn’t been paved back then, so he made that turn on a dirt road. I’m 54 years old & I head that when I was around 14-15, but it’s always stuck with me.

[@killswitch022]

I was lucky enough to be standing about 200 feet up from the starting line for this run and I was floored by the ferocity of this car when it went by at warp speed

[@NiallFernie]

In my experience of driving road going Peugeots, you have to drive them like you are in a rally all of the time. You don't even have to break the speed limits or do anything silly. Put your foot right down on the accelerator and brake pedals. If you have a heavy right foot and just like the fun of driving, get a diesel, you can push them right to their limit and the just blow a lot of smoke and clean the injectors for you. Used to drive 205 diesel vans for work, had a 207 GTI recently (I loved that car) and now cruise about in a 208 HDI. They all got treated the same, and they loved it! Reverse gear is like as if all you had was first gear but going backwards, keep your hand steady and put your foot to the floor. The small wheelbase pugs are like Ninjas, push them hard and they will drive between the raindrops. Staying within the speed limits is like bonus XP. Love these videos!!

[@gregorturner9421]

peugot 205 GTI is an little hot hatch from the 90s. small car. 1.8 ltr engine and small gearbox made it wicked fast off the traffic lights.

[@nours038]

1.6 ltr or 1l9 ltr for engine to 205 gti 😉

[@branting65]

You might wanna check out Per Eklund killing pikes peak in his Saab viggen. Its a blast with a car basically built in his garage home in aweden.

[@kwolfdan3976]

Ari Vatannen ..pikes peak...climb dance!!watch it..the last gravel race before it took it to asfalt road !

[@stewrmo]

Amazing! But what was all those old cowboy stories about struggling across the mountains? Looks easy on that big ole' road! 😜🤣🏁🏎

[@stevesoutar3405]

Hi Ian - great channel !! Guy Martin built a bike specially to tackle Pikes Peak - you can find videos of his run in 2014 in his Guy Martin Proper youtube channel, as well as the complete channel 4 episode (where it sshows preparationof the bike, and Guys practice runs before the actual race - i reckon you'd enjoy reacting to Guys attempt as well Another racer i would love to introduce you is Sabine Schmitz - known as the Queen of the Nurburgring - she has appeared on Top Gear many times, including proving that she could beat Jeremy Clarkson lap time (in a big BMW or something) using only a transit van keep these great motoring reactions coming 👍

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

Loeb is my favourite racecar driver of all time... he was like a machine in a rallycar!

[@Wepasto]

Someone deffinately should make a documentary 'Argentina to Peak' about Ari Vatanen. If for no other reason. Well he just turned 70 in april. Climb Dance is sometihng different. Especially for someone who 3 yearrs before that had to learn how to live and walk again.

[@jonntischnabel]

Pikes peak looks like it would be awesome to watch live in person. It gains so much altitude that the cars are making considerably less power at the top. The thing I love about the event, is that you can enter in ANY car you like, no homologation required, it's like group B on steroids! 🤣

[@riwylie27776]

The Season is in full swing right now in Italy, have you ever considered doing Rally Weekend Reactions over the 3 days ? It could also document your first experience of it ? Love the good vibes and cheer bro, keep on truckin'

[@vozhdmeister5256]

Hello, you must watch Ari Vatanen driving Peugeot 405 T16 (same monster as 205 T16 from group b rally) up to pikes peak top in early 90's when upper half part of the track was only dirt... Maybe even more impressive than this incredible run.

[@sannmarc]

i was a rally fan, in the collin era. somehow it fell silent. now on yt i discovered this french miracle. damn, he drives so clean. shame i missed it.

[@stefanosyioutsas782]

in 2024 (as far as i know) it is still the record time of pikes peak (internal combustion NOT TALKING ABOUT THE EVS)

[@jalbertseabra2283]

Racing through the clouds!

[@Sky14657]

I didn't read all the comments, but as you like Pikes Peak and the sound of Groupe B Rallyecars, you should check Walter Röhrl at Pikes Peak when he went up with an Audi Quattro. It's a pretty old video, but it's impressive as hell. The Peugeot is a turbo-charged 4-cylinder 4WD, if I remember well, but probably a few dozen people told you already. Love your enthousiasm, stay like that 😉

[@axlm.808]

Sebastien Loeb is an incredibly fast and versatile driver To date, he won 9 World Rally Championships (record holder in championship wins and event wins), 4 Races of champions (record holder with Didier Auriol), made podiums on world rally raid championship (including Dakar), 24hrs of Le man, Extreme E, WTCC... And he's well known to be one of the chillest and nicest guy of the paddock

[@oldschoolsurfer]

I drove up Pikes Peck in 1995 in the family minivan (rear wheel drive). It was a couple of days after the race and a lot of banners were still up. At that time the tarmac was covered in dirt as it it was considered a dirt track race. The tarmac has since been improved an it is all the way to the top; not a mix of hard and soft surfaces. You should check out the Electric car record run also (VW project).

[@jdub6909]

He did this in 2013 and we still are blown away. 😳

[@kauko40]

You should react to climb dance by Ari Vatanen. The course was still gravel.

[@williamhardes8081]

have watched that a heap of times and it still impresses me every time! should have a look Guy Martin's doco. he literally builds his own motorcycle and wins the motorcycle class at pikes peak. the man is a nutter. he also does Isle of Man TT.

[@JohnSilverHawkins]

Loeb has mainly dedicated himself to trying to win the Dakar the last few years. He's finished on the podium a few times--including this year when he finished second at 47 years old. It's arguably the toughest motor race in the world. He is indisputably the greatest rally driver the sport has known. He won the world championship 9 years running. He would have won it 10 years in a row, but in his very first championship he barely lost out to Petter Solberg when he was docked points for an illegal tire change. His streak ended when he retired. Through his active rallying career he had a winning percentage above 50%. This included a 4-years tint in the Citroën C4 during which he was UNDEFEATED on tarmac. Meaning he won every single tarmac rally he drove. That stat alone is insane and it's just one in a considerable list of records on his resumé.

[@eichler721]

Sébastien is a phenomenal driver and hands down one of the top 3 best Rally drivers all time. Loved watching his crush this lap and all his titles.

[@evemaniac]

Loeb is a living legend thats for sure. The regulations at Pikes Peak makes cars like his 208 possible, even when you realize it has nothing in common with an ordinary 208. The engine was moved to the middle and material wise this build would bankrupt any normal contender there. Only big companys like Volkswagen , Peugeot etc. etc. have the funds to make this kind of efforts nowadays

[@80serieslandcruisertv18]

I know I’m not the first to say it but you need to watch ‘Climb Dance’, it was another European rally driver in another Peugeot (a 405 T16) who also set a record but back when Pikes Peak was not sealed, all gravel. Amazing with a cool music track to accompany it.

[@jimmurdoch7745]

Some history for Peugeot... in the early 80's one of their sparkling accomplishments was the original 208 GTi. A go-kart sized 2-door, 4 seater car with a 1.8 litre injected engine and a wheel at each corner. The engine was smooth and bullet-proof,... When it raced, it won... I was lucky enough to be given a Peugeot 309GTi as a company car, and the roadholding was awe inspiring... The same day I gave the car back after it was end of life'd, I nearly trashed the brand new Vauxhall rep mobile as I made the mistake of thinking that I didn't have to modify my driving style. That was almost a call for new underwear.

[@MircoWilhelm]

The 309 had nothing in common with the 205 though, and that's actually a funny story from the past

[@dod_the_angel]

I know I'm late to the party but I'll go over what it is. The Peugeot 208 T16 is a silhouette race car built for the Pikes Peak Unlimited Class (basically you can do whatever you want so long as it passes a safety test). It's a full carbon silhouette body (there's literally nothing from the road 208, which I don't think Americans get, left in it), over a racing chassis with a turbocharged V6 from Peugeot's 908 Le Mans car, tuned to make 875bhp in an 875kg car, so it has a neat 1,000hp/ton. The engine is mated to a 6 speed sequential racing transmission that sends the power through all 4 wheels, which means it can go from standing still to 60 in 1.8 seconds. Top speed is only about 150mph thanks to gearing and the drag from the 908 sourced rear wing but it doesn't need to be any higher on Pikes Peak. As for the driver, Sebastian Loeb is former gymnast turned 9 time world rally champion and he still to this day races part time (I believe he works some sort of engineering job if I remember that interview he did with Guy Martin a while ago)

[@techboma]

I use to love watching this man in WRC when I was growing up so this was awesome to watch 😍

[@lukasneuner4760]

And here I will recommend a Hoonigan video once more ;). It's a closer look at the winning car in Open Class in 2021 and behind the scenes from the race. It's called "Pikes Peak Victory Donuts and Recap with BBI’s 1,100hp GT3 Turbocup on Yokohama Tires // HHH Ep.015".

[@Alberthoward3right9up]

Keñ almost putting the Mustang off that corner ass first was crazy. Very close to being a statistic