RE: GT40 at Goodwood: Time For Tea?

[Skater12]

After seeing how easily cars hit the tyres at goodwood IN THE DRY, I cannot believe how much he thrashed the S*** out of the GT40.

Part of me thinks i'd love to be passenger in that car. But the other part of me thinks "you bought your underwear in a certain colour, keep it that way"

Now then, Mr Brack. Should anyone suggest you do Pikes Peak, please, for the love of god, just say no !

[geeeman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy8fgGiI1WA


scary!

[BusaMK]

I won't dispute the capability of the driver but you'd never see the car driven in that way for 24 hours- it would be just too tiring. Poor car setup for the conditions I'd bet, and probably a good dose of very capable showmanship for the goodwood crowd.

[Yeloperil]

BusaMK said:

I won't dispute the capability of the driver but you'd never see the car driven in that way for 24 hours- it would be just too tiring. Poor car setup for the conditions I'd bet, and probably a good dose of very capable showmanship for the goodwood crowd.

As I previously posted this video was taken during Friday practice and obviously bears no relationship what so ever to the way the car would have been set up or driven in period for 24 hours. It was certainly not poor car setup, simply a setup optimised to Kenny's capability as a top top class driver and yes he was clearly having fun in front of the Goodwood crowd

[Fastdruid]

Yeloperil said:

BusaMK said:

I won't dispute the capability of the driver but you'd never see the car driven in that way for 24 hours- it would be just too tiring. Poor car setup for the conditions I'd bet, and probably a good dose of very capable showmanship for the goodwood crowd.

As I previously posted this video was taken during Friday practice and obviously bears no relationship what so ever to the way the car would have been set up or driven in period for 24 hours. It was certainly not poor car setup, simply a setup optimised to Kenny's capability as a top top class driver and yes he was clearly having fun in front of the Goodwood crowd

Totally, this while obviously a filmed lap rather than a race lap shows more what it would have been like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmA01dUhdPY
240mph!

Also about 1:54 and 2:27 shows a gearchange.
I will add Ford tried an auto-box but it couldn't cope (nor for that matter could the original Coletti but that was only a stop-gap until the ZF's became available anyway).

[Contigo]

Saw this recently and just had to say how amazing Kenny's control of the GT is! Probably the most committed driving I've ever seen and after reading about his horrendous accident in the US all those years ago it makes it even more of a heroic effort! What a man!

[MikeT66]

Fastdruid said:

Totally, this while obviously a filmed lap rather than a race lap shows more what it would have been like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmA01dUhdPY
240mph!

Also about 1:54 and 2:27 shows a gearchange.
I will add Ford tried an auto-box but it couldn't cope (nor for that matter could the original Coletti but that was only a stop-gap until the ZF's became available anyway).

Similar footage here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMzgeEWqXPQ
...which I think was also from a GT40 aspect but from 1968, as the video was made in conjunction with John Wyer's Gulf team and Ferodo. Great commentary from the living legend that is Sir Stirling Moss, and truly amazing period footage. I love the off-track stuff as much as the racing. Le Mans in the 60's must have been truly spectacular.

[Reardy Mister]

Busier than a one-armed paper hanger.