1960 Ferrari 250 TR59/60 #11 Pilots: O. Gendebien, P. Frère Team: Scuderia Ferrari SpA Race: 1st overall (S3.0) at Le Mans in 1960 Ixo - LM 1959 (diecast)
Review HERE
REVIEW – 1960 Ferrari 250 TR59/60 #11
Author: LUWerner
Derek Bell at Le Mans in 1982
Surfing around YouTube, I found this gem. It’s a feature about Derek Bell’s perspective of the 1982 race – which along with Jacky Ickx, he won by the way. You will see a delightful 26 minutes of original footage from the race and behind the scenes.
Not counting the actual footage, which was awesome, I loved to hear Bell’s thoughts throughout the race. Also, I learned that at the time, refueling stops became much longer, because of the restrictions on fuel flow.
So all in all a very nice film 👍
REVIEW – 1936 Delage D6-70 Spéciale #19
1936 Delage D6-70 Spéciale #19 Pilots: J.V. Minardiere, L. Gérard Team: Société R.V. Race: 4th overall (1st in 3.0) at Le Mans in 1937 Spark - S0602 (resin)
Review HERE
Behind the scenes at La Sarthe
Michelin, the tire manufacturer, released this past Thursday a 6 minutes video showing some of what happened in the back scenes at the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans 🏁.
REVIEW – 1996 Porsche TWR WSC-95 #7
1996 Porsche TWR WSC-95 #7 Pilots: S. Johansson, M. Alboreto, T. Kristensen Team: Joest Porsche Racing Race: 1st overall (LMP) at Le Mans in 1997 Spark - 43LM97 (resin)
Review HERE
This looks nice
I’m not exactly the biggest fan of the cars from Maranello, but I have to say this looks pretty good. It’s a Monza SP1, customized by Novitec. Ferrari only produced 500 of them, between the SP1 (monoposto) and SP2 (two places). I talked about them in 2018 when they were first released, but now Novitec made some improvements. And the SP1 looks mighty fine.
The coolest French car ever
Well, at least in my humble opinion. The Alpine, in my eyes, had it all – the looks and the performance. And Petrolicious just uploaded a charming video of a 1972 A110 1600S.
Did I complete my Silberpfeil quiver?
Recently, I got the Auto Union Typ C #4 and a couple of weeks later, the Typ D #4. I was overjoyed to get them, because it was a looooong while since I last got a Silver Arrow. However, that got me thinking and prompted some research.
Do I now have all the Golden Age Grand Prix Silberpfeile 🤔?
If so, the Silver Arrow wing of the Garage is complete. I think probably many would consider that as a good thing. On the other hand, that also means I don’t have any new Silberpfeil to look forward to 😕. And since I’m more a find-happiness-along-the-way type of person than a completist that is a bit sad…
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Spa, 1961
This is a short film of the Belgian Grand Prix, at Spa-Francorchamps on June 18th 1961. Frankly, the editing is a bit of a mess, not being sequential or chronologically set up. The GREAT part about it though is that it’s in 60 FPS. That being so, you can really appreciate the details, specially on the onboard parts. As a comparison, you can see here “regular footage” of that race.
According to legend, it was footage like this that inspired John Frankenheimer to make one of the most famous racing films of all times, “Grand Prix” of 1966 (you can watch the whole film from that link).
