The Rodriguez brothers at the 1961 Le Mans 24H

Pedro & Ricardo Rodriguez, driving a Ferrari 250TR entered by the North American Racing Team, fought the works Ferraris of Hill-Gendebien and Parkes-Mairesse for 22 hours. While leading at 7am (after 15 hours), it took the works mechanics over 20 minutes to replace a defective condenser and the brothers, now 5 laps down but with 9 hours to go, started the chase for the lead with lap times of 10 secs faster than the leading works Ferrari of Hill-Gendebien. With only 2 hours to go and back in second place, Pedro came in with a smoking engine and retired the car. The brothers received a standing ovation from the crowd.

[@ChefDeParrillada]

The amazing Hermanos Rodríguez. Racing in heaven must be incredible to watch!

[@topsecret1837]

4:57 I find this shrug surprisingly warm hearted.

[@abielruiz1625]

Los precursores del automovilismo en México, verdaderos héroes!

[@barryrsv]

Great video. It was exactly this spirit that, in the 1970s, made Pedro my first ever sporting hero. Thanks!

[@pedroserrano6137]

Grandes Mexicanos Qué Pusieron Muy En Alto El Nombre de Su País MÉXICO.... Los Hermanos Pedro y Ricardo Rodríguez.... 100 Por Ciento Orgullo de México y Nadamas....Grandes Deportistas Mexicanos y Además Ambos Hermanos.

[@wolfliou3678]

Those years were fabulous

[@edmundedmondedmontonedmunb7071]

Los grandes y jóvenes talentos, grandes en verdad👋💯✌️

[@lameduck3630]

Great that the F1 drivers of the day were doing Le Mans , It should be mandatory that today's drivers should compete.

[@emmanuelvazquez508]

las grandes leyendas

[@caribman10]

Nice to finally see some (small) footage of the Type 63 Maserati V12 in this. Also Denis Jenkinson at 4:43...

[@bulbinking]

Back when cars didn't all look the same.

[@edmundedmondedmontonedmunb7071]

Great young pilots among the mature Masters. At hour 22 they seré winning the race. The Ferrari was not good enough for their increíbl talent. ❤

[@caribman10]

A great story told well, but the real story was the 4th place finish by the V12 Tipo 63 Maserati. It was the last high placing by a Maserati at Lemans and was really a semi--factory effort bankrolled by, yes, Briggs Cunningham.

[@caribman10]

Nice shot at around 2:00 of the Thompson/Pabst Cunningham Type 63 Maserati, eventual 4th place finisher and highest placing "birdcage" ever.

[@psk5746]

Looked like a Ferrari 250GT SWB to me

[@jorgeroman4514]

Pedro Rodriguez from Mexico

[@arnaudfauchere1769]

Quelle dextérité à 0:43 !

[@chrisbird2458]

Raymond Baxter , the perfect commentator

[@tugatomskanimation6370]

0:43 Superb car control.

[@4517onlyglory]

RIP to both

[@oscaracosta6976]

Brave little Mexicans!

[@robertthomas2001]

Wide world of sports carried this race live.

[@twillis449]

4:41 Moss spectating together with the great DSJ

[@areopagitica1]

The clip seems to show everything BUT Rodriguez, although that is no criticism of it, and I would like to hotlink it to "looking back racing" which is my FB blog.

[@ac240]

so close

[@mgn5667]

Rodriguezes Used Up All the Power that Car Had ....kaput

[@dizzydolly722]

that's about it yeah ! But would have been fun to watch whilst they were still motoring,

[@aureliobrighton1871]

Monsieur Mairesse (I suppose it is Willy) not giving a Centimes about probable structural damage to his delicate chariot ... like steering, front axle, hub or anything .. he proved to be the same all the way to the door incident with that beautiful yellow GT40 . totally absorbed by racing those chaps 😰

[@ski6712]

but the little mexicans??the commentator shows the generalized way people perceive a person in most cases still like that today in many instances

[@Tweak589]

How tall was Pedro Rodriguez?

[@pistein6341]

!.65 mt

[@raysutorius732]

Why did they have those little donut spare tires on the cars? Did they have a rule that they couldn't run anything wider than 6 inches?

[@eduardoarredondo1674]

Ray Sutorius it was tire technology. Bias ply tires.

[@hellknightf1]

lol why does he keep referring to them as "little mexicans"?

[@k-osmonaut8807]

Fittipaldi was referred as "mouse"

[@hellknightf1]

@@k-osmonaut8807 would that make The Rodriguez brothers the Speedy Gonzales mouse?

[@k-osmonaut8807]

@@hellknightf1 hol up

[@aureliobrighton1871]

@@k-osmonaut8807 ... as was Jackie Stewart