Merci pour toutes ces belles archives du Mans. Au début de la séquence, l'homme au costume beige qui discute avec Olivier Gendebien peu avant le départ me semble être Fernand Tavano. Très bon pilote manceau, il a couru pour Ferrari aux 24 heures en même temps que Gendebien. Il avait raccroché son casque au début de 65 et conduisait depuis la voiture de la direction de course.
When cars had souls, a menacing temperament, and their brave drivers had the balls to question their widow-making character. The golden age of motorsport in every sense.
This is great people and car spotting information in this rare footage, the nifty soundtrack doesnt do any harm either... The battle scarred #21 Scarfiotti/Parkes Ferrari 330 P4 @5:00 is just an awesome sight, 2nd place to the mighty Ford MK4 GT40 but the sinuous lines of Maranellos legendary short-lived prototype is mesmerising
- Obrigado Franzzo ! Sou só um testemunho e expectador bem de perto de uma época dourada do automobilismo brasileiro e internacional. - Muito disso por ser filho de um Piloto/Construtor brasileiro de destaque, o que me permitiu acesso a informações embasadas, esclarecedoras, ricas e confiáveis. - Formando uma cultura e conhecimento de uma importantíssima e determinante parte da historia do automobilismo brasileiro, que nunca foi oferecida ao conhecimento do grande publico . - Após mais de 40 anos de televisionamento de F1 à grande massa televisiva brasileira, a cultura de automobilismo de competição assimilada pelo espectador é pobre e medíocre. - Mas existe profissional de mídia que ficou rico, é laureado e premiado internacionalmente. - Hoje e já há um razoável tempo, o automobilismo interno brasileiro, se comparado aos anos 70, é cambaleante e até moribundo. - A ultima informação que tive do criativo e capaz João Mendes, foi de que ele estava fazendo documentários curtos sobre esporte-motor. - Ouvi que ele andou fazendo alguma coisa sobre o "Circuito das Gávea" .
Great footage, thank you! Note that Dragoni had left Ferrari by this date. The gentleman with the white golfing hat is Franco Lini, I believe. Great job!!!
I always thought the 330 P4 was a very sexy GTP, right up there with the beautiful GT 40 MKIV! I saw the MKIV in the Henry ford Museum in 1975, my senior year of auto Tecgh in high school. I also tested 5th in my state out of 175,000 auto tech students.
For me, the 330 P4 was the most beautiful GTP ever designed. The Porsche 917 coming Very close in 2nd and the Ford GT MKIV 3rd. I was a car design engineer for 31 years.
Lucas M To me the 906 was the prettiest Porsche. Just personal opinion. Also I love & always have loved the aggressive look of the 66 Ford GT40. The P4 though I saw one a few times, that was a beautiful car. 3 of my all time favourite cars.
@1:42 The Ferrari of Guichet/Muller should read 412P (not 421P). It did not finish the race, and it crashed in the 1966 LM 24H (before it was converted from 330 P3 to 412P spec. ). It was 4th in Monza in April 1967, the highest placing in a 6 race lifetime for chassis #0848. Its unfortunate that FIA ruling virtually squeezed all the Ferrari P3 and P4 derivative racers out of the 1968 season. I reckon Ferrari could have thrown a few more heavy punches at Ford, and delayed the emergence of Porsche and Matra as future WSC contenders.
It is a Peugeot SP66. I thought it was an Alpine too wrote the following. “How could anyone confuse them, extraordinary cars 160 from an OHV 1300cc motor , 5 speed gearbox.”
THE ONLY WAY TO BEAT 3000cc FERRARI 1966 ,WAS TO COMPITE WITH A FORDT GT 40, OF 7.000 cc AINT THAT FAIR PLAY ?. DURING 1968 FERRARI PUT ON THE TRACK OF LE MANS A 4000 cc VERSION,BUT THE GREASY CONCEPT TECHNOLOGY OF FORD,WAS TO maintain the 7000 cc. Salute Cowboys of Dearborn ,you always win . I,ve forgotten,....the chassis of the car was english not american,and engine derivation from Ducworth and Costin .
viva ferrari. Yeh Ford spent millions to win in 1963 against a small Maranello outfit, only to be beaten in 1967, heeheeeeee. viva Italia. Viva ferrariiiiiii.
