Friday 21st March 2014

Ferrari 250 Breadvan: Time For Tea?

An SWB Breadvan on the Nurburgring GP circuit. Turn up, listen and enjoy!

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This video isn't particularly time sensitive, unique or recent either for that matter. What it is, however, is absolutely wonderful.

All this video contains is just over a lap of the Nurburgring GP circuit (it's slightly different from the first corner though), one Ferrari 250 SWB 'Breadvan' and some rather adept driving. It makes for great watching.

It has been circulating on Twitter having originally been published on Motorsport Retro last year. Maximilian Werner (name seems appropriate for a classic Ferrari driver, don't you think?) is qualifying for last year's Oldtimer Grand Prix and is absolutely on it; he takes pole in fact. Hands and feet are in perfect harmony despite the terrible driving position, the car is balanced in some gorgeous drifts and his lines look great.

But this video is all about noise. That V12 is just a joy to listen to, sonorous, raw and loud. It crackles on the overrun, revs sweetly and fires the 250 along rather swiftly indeed. If you can listen to this just the once, you're self restraint is admirable!

See here.

[Source: Motorsport Retro. There was some raher NSFW content on there earlier though. You have been warned..]

 

[mr2j]

because breadvan. so racing. ferrari. enjoyed.

[Davey S2]

I've seen this in action several times at the Le Mans and Silverstone Classics.

Usually the best sounding car on the grid by far.

[mr2j]

best part is the quilted headlining.

[MogulBoy]

Run, run as fast as you can!

[arkenphel]

that noise! watched it twice, spellbound!

That double declutching techniques is so polished as well!

[mikeinsheffield]

Brilliant !
Made the hairs on back of my neck stand up - what a fantastic sounding car.

And the driver's pretty nifty too...!
;-)

[dirtbiker]

Spine-tingling stuff - need to see one of these running in real life I think!

[S6OOH]

Wibble

[mikeinsheffield]

Just had to watch / listen to that again....

... and I thought that my Cerbera made some good crackles on the overun...!

How does he drive with that driving position???

[stephen300o]

What music! I love listening to that sing at the classic.

[Gilhooligan]

Sounds brilliant. Looks st.

[Arun_D]

Brilliant sound!

Don't know if it was real or not, but there appeared to be a 250 Breadvan on a trailer going up the M40 last Friday, in the opposite direction to us. Had to do a double-take!

[mybrainhurts]

PH said:

There was some raher NSFW content on their earlier though

On their earlier what..?

Viewing it on Youtube, this came up as well...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbBevDHJP14

All that £££££££ on the circuit, makes me sweat a bit...

[Behemoth]

The best music ever and great to see HD on board.

[C2james]

the noise really is so perfect, better than lots of modern race cars.

[cossrollins]

Only noticed it the second time round, around 52 seconds in, he looses his drivers side window.

[Chebble]

What a noise. That driving position looks horrendous, although it didn't seem to impede his progress at all!

[anonymous-user]

staggeringly awesome.

[ecsrobin]

Arun_D said:

Brilliant sound!

Don't know if it was real or not, but there appeared to be a 250 Breadvan on a trailer going up the M40 last Friday, in the opposite direction to us. Had to do a double-take!

Highly likely, it was at goodwood testing this week ready for next weekends racing.

[Art0ir]

mr2j said:

because breadvan. so racing. ferrari. enjoyed.

Much noise.