How 24h Le Mans Became the Deadliest Race in History

Ford didn’t build the gt40…… we need to remember this. They bought a good design from a company that specialised in such things and then paid the same designers to make it better fit for purpose. Le Mans 66 was Lola vs Ferrari. These days this is normal, but back then it was particularly distasteful! Somehow Ford thought that having enough money to buy a credible racing car would convince everyone that they were capable of building the same. It worked. But some people think that this is bullshit. Others think less of Ford BECAUSE of how they bought the car win.

The fellow on the screen is showing modern oversensities. There was a tragedy at the race but trying to second guess what happened years ago is typical of millennials believing they know how the world should be run. On a somewhat smaller scale von Trips crash at Monza did not end the race. Unfortunately racing always was and always will be a dangerous sport... those who take part and those who attend are aware of the risks. If you want to see some crazy risks - watch the international rallies where spectators line the course. As with much of today's generation there is a lack of ability to push through in spite of obstacles and tragedies

And Ferarri wins it in 2023

787B and piscorolo (idk how to spell) and the porsche 962 are my favourites LMP cars

Tragic ending 😂😂😂

There are actually breaks… The drivers are in teams and nobody does the entire race without a break. The CARS don’t get a break. Sorry, had to say it

gonna leave a like just for the fact alone that you pronounced porsche correctly. don't see that often from non germans

Was fine with watching this till you did a whole ad for lawyers. Now I don’t wanna see anything from your page

years ago, when you bought a ticket to a racing event the back of the ticket had in large print MOTOR RACING IS DANGORUS. it still is.

wouldn't the deadliest race be the Isle of Man?

should of said something that in 2023 Nascar is also racing in Le Mans

The deadliest races build stamina and endurance and that builds winners not staying power at all✅✅

Isle of Man TT is a waaaayy deadlier race

Mercedes seem to take a liking to launching their cars into the sky

If it's 1950 leman then that is the worst accident in racing history....

Man here I thought the 24 hours was only 24 hours not 8760 hours. Damn that’s an enduro race lol

What joke Porsche, to scared to lose to a...Toyota lol lol

The Isle of Man TT is the deadliest race, ave death per year is 2.5

The most Dangerous are TT Isle of Man and Rally

The idea that 80 people were slaughtered and the race continued shows the horrible nature in man. This is not an anomaly, many races have continued after death and mayhem on the track.

i drive an off-roading toyota fj cruiser so i’m biased to toyota and when i heard their glimmer of success i shouted for joy and laughed my asssssss offfff!!!!!

Muzda? NEESUN?

On my dream list is to go to Le Mans with my dad but it’s to expensive and I looked at the spa tickets and it cost R2000 to go to spa next year

JAG-YOU-ARE. JAG-YOU-ARE. JAG-YOU-ARE. There is no W ;)

Dude..... Please..... Learn how to pronounce these European manufacturers correctly. I can't fathom how you Americans can't pronounce Bugatti correctly

"do not drive when you are tired or sleepy" - 24h le mans driver

Gulp iam very afraid sleep is important 😱😱😱🥶🥶🥶

Daily: 2016 Chevrolet Silverado tastefully modded
Supercar: Porsche 911 gt3 rs
Sports car: Chevrolet Corvette C7 ZO6 with zo7 package
Classic: 1979 Chevrolet Cheyenne C10

The way you describe it and the developments,it seems 1991 was the last year it was really competitive and whoever won was really the best..the years after that, it was a one team domination no competition

Lots of history in here but the start of the video should have been thawed out. You don’t drive it over 200 mph for 24 hours straight with no breaks. You change drivers every three or four hours, you are rarely at 200 mph for more than a few seconds And you do get breaks in the form of driver changes and yellow flags.

2023 was all good. Then they rigged the race 5 days before Le mans to gove Ferrari the win

my man, one orbit of the sun would be a year. Please tell me you don't believe the sun goes around earth like the moon does... I think you were going for one revolution of Earth

Misleading title

Is he homosexual?

Music is too loud.

I'm watching this after the 2023 Le Mans.. man, this year's race really lived up to the hype. God damn.

It’s such crash course on Le Mans after watching grand tourism movie 😅

Le man 1955:

Do you think you could use hand gestures a bit more? Just saying...

Great video! I am gonna say, I wish Audi wouldve come back to Le Mans instead of going to Formula 1. They were my favorite Le Mans racing team, the R-18 has been my favorite car since it was unveiled in 2011, and I miss the version that raced that same year.

i am starting to hate the fact that the mercedes clk's are mentioned basically every time when someone talks about le mans 24hr, but nobody talks about the porsches doing the same thing, although as far as i know only one porsche started playing airplane instead of mark webber playing stuka twice and that other guy doing the same thing once in the mercedes'

The fact a car going over the fences in 1950's leads to 80 dead and the same thing happened in 2015 (nurburgring) with only one dead is truly amazing tho

Isle of Man

Incredible video! Summarising 100 years of the most famous races in motorsport in 25 minutes is seriously impressive. Really interesting watch! What a place Le Mans is.

FERRARI SMOKED THEM ALL IN 2023,,,, THE ITALIAN STALLION WITH ITALIAN DRIVERS, SHOWED WHO OWNS CAR RACING.

I watched this video in the middle of watching this year's Le Mans in pieces (2.5 hours to go as of the time of writing) and it's been an absolute banger. It's always a little iffy hyping a race so much, but this one delivered like nothing I've seen in 11 years of watching the sport.

"Oh my God. Oh my God the Mercedes has taken off."

And Finally in 2023 Ferrari wins at Le Mans bringing this absolute legend of a race to full circle.

The old Circuit de la Sarthe was pure madness. Start/Finish straight had the pit lane running along the main straight and also the classic Le Mans start was absolute madness