The History of the Mazda 787B - Japan's First Le Mans Winner

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During the late eighties and early nineties, Japanese manufacturers had great success in motorsport. They had great success in Formula 1, rallying and other forms of racing, but one event had eluded them.
This was the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but in 1991 Mazda’s 787B crossed the line in first place, making it the first Japanese car and only rotary powered car to win the event.
Despite all odds the 787B came out on top. Its only problems during the race were a blown headlamp bulb and a precautionary wheel bearing change. In fact, the rotary engine inside the car was in such good condition Mazda claimed that it could do another 24-hour race without any maintenance.
The Mazda 787B is an icon of the motoring world. It was David battling Goliath and will forever be remembered for its incredible win at Le Mans and its monstrous sound that can’t be mistaken for another car.
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@garagedreams6163 4 года назад

Sorry for the mistake, the R26B engine featured Iannetti ceramic seals not carbon ones.

@sandasturner9529 3 года назад

You don't know how much you have helped me with that piece of information just now.

@Russell_and_Rosko 3 года назад

Unacceptable!! Off with your head!

@martycech5844 3 года назад

Excellent information And video.

@SR-fx5sm 3 года назад

carbon fiber...okay. cool video tho.

@tomcollierblognation136 3 года назад

You make excellent content and have a new subscriber 👍🏾

@deleted9263 4 года назад

Finally! Something on the 787b that explains more than "it has four rotors, and it won a race."

@garagedreams6163 4 года назад

Thanks, glad you liked it. I was surprised as well by the lack of content for this car. Especially as it is one of the most famous race cars to come out of Japan.

@deleted9263 4 года назад

@garage dreams yeah. It's insane. you earned my sub!

@Jasukelegit 3 года назад

So hunting rare car to review

@TheLoamGnome171 3 года назад

I think that's partly cause 9/10 don't even know what a rotary engine is beyond maybe the engine in the rx7.(which even that isn't really doing the rx7 justice, but that's just my opinion)

@federalcasemaker 3 года назад

"NOOOOO YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WIN THE RACE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BREAK DOWN LIKE EVERY ROTARY ENGINE NOOOOOOOO" "haha dorito go speen"

@fr-novice8095 3 года назад

I love Mazda because of how they try to differentiate themselves from the other Japanese manufacturers. It’s like the rotary is almost synonymous with the brand

@GG-cn6es 3 года назад

Rotary: *wins a race* FiA: "wait, that's illegal"

@markusjuenemann 3 года назад

That's exactly not, what happened. Google a bit about Bernie Ecclestone, WEC, Le Mans and ITC... HE ruined everything!

@Jonathan.D 3 года назад

That's kind of what happened to the first car that used a turbine engine in Nascar. It was just so much faster than the piston cars. It was truly an unfair advantage. Lol

@kakerake6018 3 года назад

FIA: *exists* FIA: that's illegal

@kakerake6018 3 года назад

@@Jonathan.D unfair advantage? So then let it go the other teams can innovate. Like bruh, that's why Nascar is so damn boring

@Jonathan.D 3 года назад

@@kakerake6018 I agree but the turbine engine was so much faster than the other cars it was able to lap the other cars multiple times. It would be the equivalent of riding a 750cc in a race with 150cc. In F1 the skirt on Mario Andretti's car made it easier for him to win but it also took a lot of skill. Nascar is boring to watch at home and it doesn't loot that difficult to do but it takes a lot of skill to go that fast.

@Mental_Egg 3 года назад

Who created the color paint theme for the car. It is legendary.

@andhikadwiaryasatya3501 3 года назад

I agree

@Emanon905 3 года назад

it kinda looks like a quilt

@Phased_Array 3 года назад

It was based off of a sock I believe.

@Chironex_Fleckeri 3 года назад

@@Emanon905 lol you're right. I always thought of those green Gatorade bottles with orange lids, but it's a quilt in my mind now.

@soposh5673 3 года назад

Should be easy enough to find out

@fr-novice8095 3 года назад

So you’re telling me that 24h at Sarthe isn’t grueling enough, and there was an 84 hour endurance race at the Nurbie?

@vwjetta4138 3 года назад

And Porsche got 1 and 2nd place. Typical Porsches.

@DerSteff9286 3 года назад

24 h of Nordschleife, i think this more exhausting than le mans

@Oblivion9873 3 года назад

@@DerSteff9286 more exhausting for the drivers but not for the cars. Le mans is a test of mechanical prowess, not driver skill purely off of how hard you have to push an engine for so long

@DerSteff9286 3 года назад

@@Oblivion9873 i think the Nürburgring also not so nice for cars with all the turns and up and downs. But yea the long high speed is pure stress for the engine.

@Oblivion9873 3 года назад

@@DerSteff9286 revs x time are the greatest determining factor for engine stress by far. Nurb has 1 straight that's even remotely comparable to the backside of sarthe

@-DC- 3 года назад

Was at Le Mans in 91 when this won my one and only time attending, Always loved the 787B what an absolutely iconic beautiful machine ❤️

@aldsamanda6114 4 года назад

This channel deserves way more subscribers, really impressed with the quality of your videos. Very similar to the RU-vidr called Mustard

@garagedreams6163 4 года назад

Thanks for that. Mustard is definitely an inspiration for this channel.

@attackhelicopter655 3 года назад

Wow I didn’t even realise he was a small RU-vidr because of the quality of these videos

@jimmyholster 3 года назад

@@garagedreams6163 me thinks more than an inspiration.

@manveerghuman5276 2 года назад

@@garagedreams6163 Hey you sound so similar to Matt with the Gran Turismo related channel

@dparag14 2 года назад

And such brilliant graphics/diagrams!

@piyushnandurdikar9234 3 года назад

Came for the sound, stayed for the content. Awesome job!!

@garagedreams6163 3 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@mewffhin 3 года назад

Mezda 🥴👍

@m_5373 3 года назад

@piropitiflautico 3 года назад

Lol Mercedes beans

@GhostOfDamned 3 года назад

Lmao

@dedelabinouze5110 3 года назад

tf is this accent

@luizarthurbrito 3 года назад

Was about to comment the same thing 😂 I'm glad someone did it earlier

@thelastpetrolbender2744 2 года назад

Mazda and its spirits on their rotary will forever be remembered by the people, and always inspire me for the rest of my life, also great video!

@drake5557 3 года назад

Wasn't expecting this to be from a small content creator. Was shocked to see how many subs you have based on the quality of the video. Keep it up.

@ChrJahnsen 2 года назад

This is one of many reasons why I'm a proud driver of a Mazda 6 today. They don't do like everybody else, they have been pioneers in several fields of the automobile industry, and they make the most reliable cars on the road today. You all have a pleasant trip down to the auto garage while I get in my Mazda which starts effortlessly for the 938.000th time. ❤

@gathel8574 Год назад

But its not rotary. Rotary are inefficient af so they throw to garbage and replace it with piston engine and a fuel injection called Skyactive

@TheOtherNeutrino 3 года назад

TRIANGLES! TRIANGLES! TRIANGLES! TRIANGLES! TRIANGLES! TRIANGLES!

@Jirudoggu 3 года назад

BIGGER AIR

@cluckinbell1974 3 года назад

I M M A T E L L Y O U A N Y W A Y

@user-mx1fq6qm6i 3 года назад

I M M A T E L L Y O U H O W A R O T A R Y E N G I N E W O R K S

@pollux_id2557 3 года назад

Ah yes, much like a Rotory Engine, I too have an eccentric shaft.

@mazdarx-8rotary.97 3 года назад

nice to see my sporty big brother getting some recognition for his achievements!

@ElsinoreRacer 3 года назад

Iconic. It's amazing how many people love this car and it's story. 30 years I have loved this car.

@asd36f 3 года назад

Pierre Levegh attempted to drive the entire race in 1952 by himself - and almost won. Exhausted in the 24th and final hour of the race, he missed a downshift in his Talbot-Lago and over-revved the engine, breaking a connecting rod, which forced his retirement.

@alcopower5710 2 года назад

What a pisser. Had to be totally gutted

@RALewis1234 3 года назад

I'm getting a very "Mustard" vibe from these videos. I'm so glad I found this channel. Happy to be one of the early subscribers before this channel blows up...figuratively.

@mochammadfaiqramzy5616 3 года назад

Same here, it's feel same vibe

@deleted9263 4 года назад

I just had an encounter with a dude calling himself a car guy tell me that this car didn't have a rotary. But a V12! Heh someone's been living under a rock.

@garagedreams6163 4 года назад

He must of never heard the 787B if he thinks it has a V12. Sounds nothing like one.

@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo 4 года назад

That guy is just as Ignorant as the rose tinted sunglasses wearing fanbase that overhypes this car........

@deleted9263 4 года назад

@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo lol even tho that rose tinted glasses wearing person is me, I agree.

@WUSZNN 3 года назад

@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo it won le mans mate, it hypes itself

@getsuka-p 3 года назад

The 787b couldn't even hold a V10. That's why they made the MXR-01.

@bennettbachtel6816 3 года назад

I love how they did this to prove rotaries are reliable...

@ieatass6463 3 года назад

But they arent reliable. Their life span is nothing to piston combusted motors. Its required to change the rotary motor at least 3 times in 400,000 miles.

@augustopinochet6899 3 года назад

@@ieatass6463 But rotaries are significantly easier to take apart and repair.

@durschfalltv7505 3 года назад

@@ieatass6463 You cannot forget that rotaries are very realiable compared to how much they have been developed in comparism to piston engines. Piston engine cars were expected to last no more than 100k miles its the long development. The rotary was neve developed like that. Its pretty much still prototype.

@indecent0079 13 дней назад

I’m pretty sure post race the engine was still fine running condition. You can beat these engines stock and they still run a long time. They haunt me always. Haha

@HECKproductions 3 года назад

gods i love the 787 but that white mazda right at the beginning in the first shot that is one of the most beautiful body shapes i have ever seen in my life

@lightningmcdweeb 3 года назад

The quality is insane here, I'm reminded of the channel mustard. Subbed.

@abalakrishnan4152 3 года назад

That's exactly what I was thinking. This guy is the mustard of the car youtube scene.

@lightningmcdweeb 3 года назад

@@abalakrishnan4152 indeed

@GhostOfDamned 2 года назад

True, “Quality over quantity”

@shinigami117s8 Год назад

I saw this car at the Mazda museum in Hiroshima. The low rear wing is so badass

@deleted9263 4 года назад

I've heard the rotaries will be allowed back in 2021

@MrAlcmj 3 года назад

I hope so, shall be very cool to see new developments from Mazda

@majesticcaveman 3 года назад

I think in theory they are allowed. But this would require Mazda to make a rotary powered hypercar. Sad to say I don't think they have the bank for a project like that right now.

@The0Advent 3 года назад

@@majesticcaveman if i recall correctly they were the only car manufacturer doing well during the pandemic with the most growth. (or maybe it was the only company that grew). This was during the earlier stages of covid, idk how that stacks up now. so hopefully they do! :D

@R3QMEDIA 3 года назад

Mazda created a new prototype called "RX Vision" that was created back in 2015, the is still under development and it is powered by the same engine in the 787b which is the R26B

@TheLoamGnome171 3 года назад

@@MrAlcmj especially since DPi is ending in form for LMD-H and they're class merge with the also new WEC hypercar class.

@jimgoodwin6294 2 года назад

An outstanding video... I remember my first encounter with the rotary Mazda's was at a 1,000 km event at Brands Hatch. Nothing, but nothing prepared you for the sound of the beast as it down changed. What could be better? Being at Le Mans when it won.... Wonderful times..... Looking forward to more videos from you....

@ye_wonker 3 года назад

woah, great video! looking forward to new ones, i love learning about the history of iconic cars and racing events

@ritonsj8424 3 года назад

This channel is amazing! Glad i found it.

@bassmith448bassist5 3 года назад

A conventional engine needs 4 things. Suck Squeeze Bang Blow.

@cjmunnee3356 3 года назад

Don't we all?😂

@tank-eleven 3 года назад

mind you, even jet engines have those things

@arsenic5597 3 года назад

Well... i also need those

@Sintaj. 3 года назад

So you're telling me internal combustion engines are just one big sex joke??? I've been lied to..

@a.b.__iii 3 года назад

Lol 😂

@xypnosii 4 года назад

I'm here wondering where he got all of those old high quality recordings

@federalcasemaker 3 года назад

RU-vid probably

@HaloNeInTheDark27 3 года назад

U probably never heard of it, but theres is this thing called the internet... You should check it out

@xypnosii 3 года назад

@@HaloNeInTheDark27 never found good ones

@HaloNeInTheDark27 3 года назад

@@xypnosii bcs sometimes the internet is as bad as my jokes

@xypnosii 3 года назад

@@HaloNeInTheDark27 nah don't worry maybe i haven't tried hard enough

@davesnothereman699 3 года назад

Very cool videos! Thank you for making them, been looking for a new show to watch in the mornings. I found it!

@garagedreams6163 3 года назад

Glad you enjoy it!

@aesthion3917 3 года назад

Remarkable work! I absolutely love the format as well as the 3D and the editing. Keep up the good work! I'm sure it will pay off eventually :D

@s1d3k1ckRO 2 года назад

Incredible video. Thanks.

@huatseng6037 3 года назад

Holy wow. This is some good content!!! Looking forward for more videos like this one! Much love! 🧡💚

@Reaperman4711 2 года назад

8:56 that map's blue land and white water really messed me up there for a second.

@amer2142 3 года назад

I got this recommended today man this video is awesome finally a video talks about the car history not just the car itself Keep it you earned a new sub my friend 👍

@alistairherrett5444 3 года назад

Incredible video! We need more people like you on RU-vid!

@shamz7683 3 года назад

This video ... absolute class i love that you have honoured this beautiful machine good sir

@WarriorsPhoto 2 года назад

Great bit of history. I enjoyed watching this video and I'll be back for more.

@TheBlazinJedi 3 года назад

You deserve at least 100K subs! This is higher quality than most popular car info channels at the moment, you are extremely underrated.

@stevencroker1569 3 года назад

Really good video guys .. great content well edited and delivered professionally

@chacazulo1987 Год назад

My favorite race car, i don’t think this car has ever missed a gran turismo game.

@edgarsantiago_3908 3 года назад

This is a very well done video. Super underrated, you deserve more subs

@alfredotovar8984 3 года назад

It’s the best thing when RU-vid recommends me a great video, just subscribed! Would love to see a video explaining the unicorn from BMW, the E46 M3 GTR, the car that ran a controversial season at ALMS in 2001 because of its high-revving V8 engine under its hood, how it won the 24 Hrs of Nurburgring back to back in 2004 and 2005, and how that car influenced BMW to put a V8 in the E9X M3.. I love the videos that are out there now but they mostly talk in relation to the hero car from Need for Speed Most Wanted, I feel like that topic has been talked about a lot but not enough is talked about the actual race car that competed, or the mysterious homologation examples that some say were never even built! BMW only made three production-ready examples, making them to this day the most exclusive cars ever pushed out of the factory! That car deserves more recognition, it’s a legend!

@grizzle273463 2 года назад

SUPERB VIDEO. Great narration, great info and great editing. 2 Thumbs up!!

@Marc180sx 4 года назад

Amazing video champ this channel deserves way more views and subs!

@kenxiong6830 3 года назад

Great video and very informative. Actually learned something new. Keep it up

@garagedreams6163 3 года назад

Thanks for the great comment!

@5iable 3 года назад

THIS is high quality content. Wouldn't expect it out of a small channel. Subbed, hope more is to come

@nixionchang3966 3 года назад

Wow this quality of video deserves more subs and likes keep up the great work! 👍

@askepticalcharmander9815 3 года назад

Please make more videos! I just discovered this channel and I love the content.

@Navagiasostis 3 года назад

Great video, looking forward to the next ones :)

@dzerla7708 2 года назад

MATE HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU ONLY HAVE 8K SUBS? THESE VIDEOS ARE HIGHER IN QUALITY THAN SOME HOLLYWOOD FILMS!

@garagedreams6163 2 года назад

Thanks for the comment. Slowly growing with each upload. Just wish I could upload more!

@shanechopko5523 3 года назад

This is a sick video and I love the effort.

@psfonseka 3 года назад

Amazing work! You deserve so many more views and subscribers

@Eelgnotsa 2 года назад

Very nice coverage

@shofarsogood7504 Год назад

Fun Friday night memories with dad. Playing 24 hour real time grand turismo race in the 787b. Thank goodness for pauses though.

@Timelord774 3 года назад

A truly iconic and historically significant car.......and that noise......GLORIOUS!

@stroudcook9647 3 года назад

Thank you man I’ve always wondered about the history of this car

@71ruinsigil 3 года назад

Those CG scenes of the cars are incredible. High quality content this is

@Chironex_Fleckeri 3 года назад

How much btw

@cindersofcreation 3 года назад

Great Video! Looking forward to more

@lumpas9727 4 года назад

Amazing video. Keep on with this incredibie passion and quality. Cheers from Brazil!

@garagedreams6163 4 года назад

Thanks for that. What cars would you like to see covered in future videos?

@johnny_tard 3 года назад

@@garagedreams6163 Porsche 917.

@bloqk16 3 года назад

This was a very well produced documentary about Mazda's road to success at Le Mans. The video was packed with info, well illustrated, and the music-bed was kept in the background; as many other videos I've seen on RU-vid had the producers doing a poor job of audio mixing, with making the music-bed too loud.

@georgef1176 2 года назад

Great video bud!

@jjshobbypower9091 Год назад

Very well explained.. thank you!! 😊👍🏼

@alexbritch02 2 года назад

Please post more photos, be more active. Your videos are absolutely brilliant.

@pinaricyt 2 года назад

Loved this video! I am a Mazda fanboy and I've always had a soft spot for the 787B Thanks!

@mickyzzzeee 2 года назад

The mighty 787b. What a car, it’s a shame that our children won’t get to know hear or see something like this

@UnimatrixOne 3 года назад

Informative vid, thx! Next time, more racing sound!!!

@garagedreams6163 3 года назад

I'll keep that in mind for future videos.

@hillclimbracingfan5821 2 года назад

Finally a video that properly describes this car in-depth.Truly amazing work.Speaking of cars we wanna see,if you're interested,then i'd like that you include Nobuhiro Tajima's Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak and Georg Plasa's BMW E36 Judd V8. One is mainly recognized by Gran Turismo players while other turned many into hillclimb fans and actually was taken as a watershed for building a fast and competitive hillclimb race car.If possible,in-depth videos of these two legendary hillclimb monsters.

@gDrLemon 3 года назад

Love the animations! This channel is the Mustard of motorsports

@woofywooflez384 3 года назад

Great video for such a small channel,you have my support

@smitty7510 3 года назад

these videos are epic! Keep up the good work

@garagedreams6163 3 года назад

Thanks for the comment. Have plenty more planned!

@mickgrose6743 3 года назад

Great vid mate 👍

@SamFrostDigitalMarketing 4 года назад

Amazing video - very detailed!

@garagedreams6163 4 года назад

Thanks for that!

@johnmakosguba6103 3 года назад

Amazing video qualities man!! Keep it up!

@m_5373 3 года назад

The FIA's envy ended up banning Mazda from the competition, they couldn't stand the pressure ...., What a eargasmic motor sound!, Awesome video.

@lorenzoabanes6351 3 года назад

Actually the Mazda’s were not that fast, the only race the 787B won was Le Mans, I’m honestly not so sure why they banned it

@Yaro2 3 года назад

The 787b was not even that successful Races Wins Poles F.Laps 21 1 0 0 They banned it because it was sucking too much air, 7.8 liters. And the rules stated that to be legal, engine displacement had to be 3.5 liters

@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo 3 года назад

@@Yaro2 your right, I heard it was also they couldn't actually figure exactly how much displacement there was in the engine, and said fuck it......gone

@Yaro2 3 года назад

@@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo yep, and since only one team was using rotary engines, they couldn’t be bothered to do the math so they just banned it

@lockshabaz1876 3 года назад

Great video, thanks

@Razerblue6 3 года назад

Excellent video; storytelling, explanations and (audio)visual presentation are great! Criminally underrated channel, I hope for much future growth!

@garagedreams6163 3 года назад

Thanks for the comment. Channel is growing slowly, so will get there in the end!

@StevenGravett 11 месяцев назад

As a former rx8 owner. I fell in love with the Mazda rotary story and just had to get one myself. May not be the most powerful car but my god it was fun and the noise is absolutely incredible. Rotary is amazing no matter what people say

@realherobrine5636 Год назад

I love these car story channels like yours

@dikaa7256 3 года назад

Underrated Channel 😔

@bonvoyage5377 2 года назад

I saw it win at le mans.......great weekend

@migram4190 3 года назад

Great coverage bro

@garagedreams6163 3 года назад

Thanks a ton!

@xNFR 3 года назад

Awesome video thank you!!!

@stephhaug3316 2 года назад

Great Video, thank you! I cant wait for the next RX....

@ChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChin4 3 года назад

Thank you for covering our first Le Mans Champion... FYI this pop out into my notifications I don't know why but thanks to that I found a Treasure channel. 😊

@drivewaystar6485 3 года назад

Great video!

@leandroalegre8341 3 года назад

It is incredible what these videos are, the way they are edited, and how they use it, I don't know if it is a game or a template of the car in question and they mix it with the real and very good images. very informative and well done. keep posting more please, greetings from Argentina