junior Totally agree, I'd almost forgotten how good the commentary was back then. Now we have to suffer John "the gobshite" hindhaugh. His commentary is amateurish at best, not like these guys, who actually knew what they were saying. "Just cos Audi payed for a couple of your track days doesn't make you an expert ya mackam", that'll be shouted at the radio a few times this year no doubt. He couldn't get his name right if you asked him, thank god he takes a break and allows others to have a say.
junior That's Martin Haven. He's still commentating on Eurosport. Unfortunately David Leslie, the co-commentator here, is not due to his untimely passing a few years ago.
@@v8trauma There was a time I really liked Jon Hindaugh his commentary but in the end your review of his abilities seems to be correct. Can't stand all the "we're not sponsored but here is an interview that is clearly paid upfront, as we can't bother talking about the race right now".
Orvieta he's upset a lot of people in his circle. I have a friend who would defend him whenever we spoke On the subject of rlm, his livelihood depended on it. Recently my friend has come round to my way of thinking and shared a few fascinating insights of how things are done at rlm. I can't help wonder who he sponges off now audi are out of the picture. His opinion of Peugeot their first year was so biased, he did the same with Toyota, how dare they show up to the audi & hindhough show ... They've had some fabulous guests on the show and knowledgeable presenters, shame he has to be involved.
It's lovely to hear the late David Leslie providing the drivers insight here. A great loss to the sport, a fine driver and a lovely man and very sorely missed in the racing community...
I STILL remember my dad screaming at the tv watching this live via satellite tv. i was just a new fan of this racing and was amazed at the "luck" (bad) they had for a start of such a major race.
Absolutely wonderful commentary, A joy to listen to their voices. one thousand times above the competence of todays dross. Wonderful all round; thank you from an oldie 80yo.
SpeedFreak_88 well how about this... FOR YOU (speedfreak_88) the Porsche was the most beautiful thing... for DocDudix it's the speed 8... Both beautiful cars in all honesty... I for one side with you Speedfreak.. something about the 80's Group C cars that I love so much..
The old Morry Minor was actually a very effective car on windy roads. There are stories of people holding off some very exotic sports cars, especially on downhill sections
I love when you think that 2001 wasn’t that long ago, then realize that Martin Brundle is driving a car, there are Vipers, Saleens, and Panozes on track, and then that janky old Cadillac safety car comes into view… 22 years indeed!
Now u see the extensive and excellent warning lite system they have now and the marshals are waving the flags from behind the barricades now a days...a lot better.
Seems like crazyness but wet tires work so good but have to be cooled by water I just learned getting kart racing...the wet get so hot because a part from grooving...they are extremely super sticky an on kart wheel damage wheel bearings...so race drivers an team rid it out for as long as possible on sticky slick tires which will work quite good till the water become very deep and puddled then as the English say whoops off u go....thanks great stuff I have not had my race kart out in mixed wet conditions yet,but have been out in a rental kart with a hard slick and a tiny bit of water here and there on gone right off it was good....no Injurys but nut a chance of saving it....like I said not good....and u thought racing was all fun and calculated....u wish....thanks great stuff I'm real impressed with Le Mans organizers they really have a good body and safety as a top priority....were in other forms of racing its of a drivers sense of safety....and not a matter of the sanctioning body...I mean mainly reaction s to yellows is not equal or obeyed and corrected here it is....mite take a few laps but they get u....which is the way it should be....then drivers all react the same....
Nice vid. Too many drivers don't deserve to be in the seat, but they bring money(sponsors) to the table and are tapped over superior drivers time and time again. Sometimes drivers with little or no money succeed, such as AJ Allmendinger, but it's rare.
@Paladin24987 Milka never finished at Le Mans, and as for her class wins in the ALMS (not LMES) in one she was the only entry in class, there were two entries at Portland, all three entries dnf'd in Monterrey (her car won completing 48 laps to the overall winners 120) and was the last car runnigna t Petit Le Mans. Her wins in Grand Am featured her driving to the first caution then handing over to the much quicker driver. In some races she was out of the car within 5 laps.
Broadly speaking, this comments respondents are showing their lack of age. Mercedes of the 50's, Jaguar d types and c types, Bentley blower, Aston Martin DBR1 and co, there is a huge raft pf contenders that out beauty the group c and + cars. However , I guess they all have something for someone, somewhere.
radicalsquare Milka's problem wasn't that she wasn't very intelligent. She just didn't have what it takes to race like Danica Patrick, Simona DeSilvestro, Janet Guthrie, and Lyn St. James. Whenever she raced in the ICS, she raced always like a rookie, not a veteran. ICS even called her on it because she couldn't keep up to the pace of what the Indy cars could handle and when people lapped her she always was in their way. Regardless of her success in other motorsports, Milka wasn't crazy and daring enough to race at 225 mph. That's where the hate is coming from. Even Danica who some here will have issues with (every time I turn around there's always a hater) gave Milka a piece of her mind when Milka didn't give Danica room to pass her and drove dangerously.
I've never seen so many people running around on a race track. And it's wet, that's so ridiculous. Every time a car spun or crashed there were dozens of people hopping over the rails onto the track. 0:20 and 6:37 I mean what the actual fuck do they think they're doing.
A lot of them appear to be risking their lives for no good reason at all. 7:16 There's like 30 people on the track just standing around watching 4 or 5 people work. Why would that many people be required to be standing on the race track? I've never seen that in any other series.
The track is 13.6km long, they drive really slowly and they have radio so nothing wrong here. The 1st endurance race at Le Mans took place in 1923... So yes, they know what they're doing.
The logo in the upper right corner alone brings back so many memories. Remember when they showed the IOMTT-races live including crashes and everything? The political correctness aka self censoring got rid of all the exitement on TV. Today it´s snooker and dart all day long, so the sheep don´t get to unruly and dare to drive a motorcycle or risk their tax-paying neck in any way.Fuck it.
Do you know, in some parts, despite existance years of dry + sunny weather with some clouds interviduals, or whatever... But this year in 2001, I think you, all or some meant the weather forecast suppose to be because is Heavy Downpour or Sharp Showers behind all that in some sections with danger corners could it trigger. On the other sides likely, Dry and Sunny Spells Intervidual in 2001. Surely that Chaos of Some Downpour or Heavy Rains, of 24 Hour Le Mans or 24 Heures Du Mans in 2001? Is It?!
Safety standards, you mean drivers actually paying more attention to WTF is going on on the track. The marshalls are not the problem here, IF drivers drive to the conditions taking into account that there are marshalls on the track then there is ZERO problem with safety. You're another that fails to understand why human beings take more risks after so called 'safety' aids and procedures are put in place.
Dude, it's a clear and obvious improvement these days where marshalls don't enter the track under these conditions just to push a car out of the gravel. This is how a marshall was badly injured by Brundle's car at Suzuka way back when. Obviously the rain is coming down hard, people are getting caught out on slicks, all it takes is one slight aquaplane and you have a marshall getting sandwiched between the two cars off track. Also, why you heff to be mad?
Dudes... standards? Improvements? To this day in F1 and pretty much everything else other than U.S racing marshalls are out on the track protected by nothing more than a 'local' yellow flag. It's insanity. Look at what happened to Jules Bianchi in the Japanese GP of 2014. That was under yellow.
He was driving at racing speed under a double waved yellow....... and we know what the outcome was. Slow down and be prepared to stop is what a double waved yellow means, now if drivers would actually do that then there is no reason why a marshal can not be on the track at the same time. Unfortunately drivers seem to think it means have a gentle lift of the throttle and only lose a couple of tenths.
you keyboard warriors have no clue about RACE CARS..and these international drivers are all idiots LMAO according to you, - slow them down you say??lmao, these are RACE CARS, there is a point ( a threshold) where you have no temperature in the brakes or pressure in the tires if you slow too much making them more prone to jackknifing and more unpredictable and dangerous.. keep typing crap keyboard warriors while we real racers race cars as they need to be
In extremely wet weather, such as that seen in the 2007 European Grand Prix, In very wet races or thunderstorms such as the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix or 2012 Malaysian GP, the tyres are unable to provide a safe race due to the amount of water, and so the race can be red flagged. The race is suspended for any period of time until the cars can race safely again so your statement "If there was so much as one drop of rain in an F1 race they would just red flag it" is ridiculous.
Why the hate? She actually had some wins in American Le Mans and a 2nd place in 24 hr Daytona. She even had a win at Petit le Mans in 2004 in P2, finishing 6th overall. She also has 4 Masters' degrees and has even been a naval engineer.
You know Carrol Shelby did not get to see Ford's New GT race in 2016....but he did have a hand in that Dodge Viper program so that was some rewarding time in the modern day racing for him...also I know they won the 24hrs of the Nurburing in that Viper...which I thought was cool that a team from Europe took it and ran with it....being I have driving MOPAR my whole life....Cudas and Challengers... And all ways dream of GT class racing with them....THANKS
Here after the 2023 race. 1:37 that corner bought us a good ballet performance once more
Me too
Good old times, Audi R10, Bentley, Panoz, Viper, Corvette C5, Saleen, Pescarolo...
Audi R8
Bentley was owned by VAG, just like Audi
New hypercar regs have already brought some of the classic manufacturers back! Exciting times, similar to those of old!
@@DavidCaudry the r8 was net even inveneted in 2001
@@hamadcd9019 Not the road car but the race car was competing since 1999
I love this eurosport narrator! He is so clear and put so much enthusiasm to the races! Just excellent!!
junior Totally agree, I'd almost forgotten how good the commentary was back then. Now we have to suffer John "the gobshite" hindhaugh. His commentary is amateurish at best, not like these guys, who actually knew what they were saying. "Just cos Audi payed for a couple of your track days doesn't make you an expert ya mackam", that'll be shouted at the radio a few times this year no doubt. He couldn't get his name right if you asked him, thank god he takes a break and allows others to have a say.
junior That's Martin Haven. He's still commentating on Eurosport. Unfortunately David Leslie, the co-commentator here, is not due to his untimely passing a few years ago.
@@v8trauma There was a time I really liked Jon Hindaugh his commentary but in the end your review of his abilities seems to be correct. Can't stand all the "we're not sponsored but here is an interview that is clearly paid upfront, as we can't bother talking about the race right now".
Orvieta he's upset a lot of people in his circle. I have a friend who would defend him whenever we spoke On the subject of rlm, his livelihood depended on it. Recently my friend has come round to my way of thinking and shared a few fascinating insights of how things are done at rlm. I can't help wonder who he sponges off now audi are out of the picture. His opinion of Peugeot their first year was so biased, he did the same with Toyota, how dare they show up to the audi & hindhough show ...
They've had some fabulous guests on the show and knowledgeable presenters, shame he has to be involved.
@@Orvieta John Hindaugh is literally the reason I can't watch IMSA races anymore... Man, that man has become a headache over the years...
And so the chaos comes again
Someone dubbed old gran turismo tire sounds when the cadi glickenhaus and Porsche spun out 😂
It's lovely to hear the late David Leslie providing the drivers insight here. A great loss to the sport, a fine driver and a lovely man and very sorely missed in the racing community...
Cant believe its been 22 years since this....time flies....epic
I STILL remember my dad screaming at the tv watching this live via satellite tv. i was just a new fan of this racing and was amazed at the "luck" (bad) they had for a start of such a major race.
I was there, in Tertre Rouge turn.
24hours of Le Mans is an awesome race and everyone should see that at least once in his life !
I did manage it sort of when they televised it for 24 hours on and off; but I do one day want to go there.
I wish I was there in the 80s and early 90s when the prototype cars and GT cars looked and sounded better
@@juniormichelesperant6372 yes that would be a dream! Visiting a Le Mans race between 1950 and 1990 must’ve been so amazing!
Absolutely wonderful commentary, A joy to listen to their voices. one thousand times above the competence of todays dross. Wonderful all round; thank you from an oldie 80yo.
The younger sounding one is still commentating, it's not all over with yet
Golden era of the Prototypes.
The early 2000´s haven´t really been a golden era for prototypes.
911gp That'd be 1982 to 1993 sir lol
Still better than the last 15 years
God I loved that Bentley!!
2:00 - That Bentley is certainly the most beautiful thing to have ever gone around Le Mans.
Disagree, the 70 Porsche 917k was the most beautiful thing to go around Le Mans
SpeedFreak_88, Yes, agreed, organic human design, no computers.
Agree with you
SpeedFreak_88 well how about this... FOR YOU (speedfreak_88) the Porsche was the most beautiful thing... for DocDudix it's the speed 8... Both beautiful cars in all honesty... I for one side with you Speedfreak.. something about the 80's Group C cars that I love so much..
+SpeedFreak_88 totally agreed, also like the Sauber Mercedes from 89 le mans
that bentley man
GT1 Corvette, Saleen, Viper. Those are good times.
Car loses control on a high speed corner in the wet.... track marshals run out like ants before anyone has a clue wtf is going on.
Holy shit that looks dangerous
Damn, i remember suffering that race as a teenager, great memories!
It always did seem to rain at some point during the race. And it always livens things up a bit.
01:38 Love that Morris Minor-comment :-)
The old Morry Minor was actually a very effective car on windy roads. There are stories of people holding off some very exotic sports cars, especially on downhill sections
Me, too. :)
0:10 Absolute Crazy!!
The Guys work there, and the Cars came with 300Kmh from the back.
I can't believe Martin Haven has been doing this for over 20 years
Such a great le mans era, loved the cadi and the panoz
so pretty cars..
the good years of motorsport
8:17 : A guy straight from the Matrix on the right
Reminds me of my days racing on intermediates .
I love when you think that 2001 wasn’t that long ago, then realize that Martin Brundle is driving a car, there are Vipers, Saleens, and Panozes on track, and then that janky old Cadillac safety car comes into view… 22 years indeed!
Scarey tht the marshalls were so close to racing cars at the start of this.
Now u see the extensive and excellent warning lite system they have now and the marshals are waving the flags from behind the barricades now a days...a lot better.
The cars of the time were beautiful and elegant. And what do we have today? Shoeboxes with wheels.
eurosport...good old days
11 years later， who is still watching this
It’s mad how many people are on the track even those waving the flags right next to the track
Rain comes from Malaysia F1 race :D
ReichChannel more like bucket loads of water from Malaysia hahahah
Seems like crazyness but wet tires work so good but have to be cooled by water I just learned getting kart racing...the wet get so hot because a part from grooving...they are extremely super sticky an on kart wheel damage wheel bearings...so race drivers an team rid it out for as long as possible on sticky slick tires which will work quite good till the water become very deep and puddled then as the English say whoops off u go....thanks great stuff I have not had my race kart out in mixed wet conditions yet,but have been out in a rental kart with a hard slick and a tiny bit of water here and there on gone right off it was good....no Injurys but nut a chance of saving it....like I said not good....and u thought racing was all fun and calculated....u wish....thanks great stuff I'm real impressed with Le Mans organizers they really have a good body and safety as a top priority....were in other forms of racing its of a drivers sense of safety....and not a matter of the sanctioning body...I mean mainly reaction s to yellows is not equal or obeyed and corrected here it is....mite take a few laps but they get u....which is the way it should be....then drivers all react the same....
Looooooool I remember this!!
It was epic 😂
The chaos includes the tv director never catching the spins.
must be a nightmare driving a viper throgh the rain at lemans
Was there that year. Great racing but a real soaker!!
how times have changed
I was there.terrible rain ,very wet and unconfortable
Rain == Any race fun
I'm really surprised to see how endurance-cars are impossible to keep straight in the rain. OMG yes it's a total chaos, every where on the track !!
Wow, all this going on and did they capture any of it on camera so they could replay it in the broadcast?
Disgraceful!
Carnage at Arnage ! :)
Nice vid. Too many drivers don't deserve to be in the seat, but they bring money(sponsors) to the table and are tapped over superior drivers time and time again. Sometimes drivers with little or no money succeed, such as AJ Allmendinger, but it's rare.
@Paladin24987 Milka never finished at Le Mans, and as for her class wins in the ALMS (not LMES) in one she was the only entry in class, there were two entries at Portland, all three entries dnf'd in Monterrey (her car won completing 48 laps to the overall winners 120) and was the last car runnigna t Petit Le Mans. Her wins in Grand Am featured her driving to the first caution then handing over to the much quicker driver. In some races she was out of the car within 5 laps.
Broadly speaking, this comments respondents are showing their lack of age. Mercedes of the 50's, Jaguar d types and c types, Bentley blower, Aston Martin DBR1 and co, there is a huge raft pf contenders that out beauty the group c and + cars. However , I guess they all have something for someone, somewhere.
That Audi will need a lot of racer tape.
The catch 22 is that these cars have to run, if you don't keep heat in the brakes and tires it's worse.
Caos geral com braços duros, chamem o SENA.
that cars are better than actually cars in the category.
Thanks for uploading :D
What a field of car diverse I mean....
Das sind halt Langstreckenrennen. da wird doch wegen Regen nicht abgebrochen.
radicalsquare Milka's problem wasn't that she wasn't very intelligent. She just didn't have what it takes to race like Danica Patrick, Simona DeSilvestro, Janet Guthrie, and Lyn St. James. Whenever she raced in the ICS, she raced always like a rookie, not a veteran. ICS even called her on it because she couldn't keep up to the pace of what the Indy cars could handle and when people lapped her she always was in their way. Regardless of her success in other motorsports, Milka wasn't crazy and daring enough to race at 225 mph. That's where the hate is coming from. Even Danica who some here will have issues with (every time I turn around there's always a hater) gave Milka a piece of her mind when Milka didn't give Danica room to pass her and drove dangerously.
C'est de la faute de la pluie !?!?!
I've never seen so many people running around on a race track. And it's wet, that's so ridiculous. Every time a car spun or crashed there were dozens of people hopping over the rails onto the track. 0:20 and 6:37 I mean what the actual fuck do they think they're doing.
I'm sure they know what they're doing
ggurks i'm sure they really don't - since marshalls are volunteers usually
They're risking their lives so you and I can have some proper entertainment.
A lot of them appear to be risking their lives for no good reason at all. 7:16 There's like 30 people on the track just standing around watching 4 or 5 people work. Why would that many people be required to be standing on the race track? I've never seen that in any other series.
The track is 13.6km long, they drive really slowly and they have radio so nothing wrong here. The 1st endurance race at Le Mans took place in 1923... So yes, they know what they're doing.
no, we all know you tried to say gran turismo 5... BEST GAME EVER MADE!!!
the champion porsche? its an a r8 from last year
1:30 "I would certainly, if I was in race control, hesitate to throw a yellow flag and safety car period at the moment"
How times have changed.
If only this happened in an F1 race...
The logo in the upper right corner alone brings back so many memories.
Remember when they showed the IOMTT-races live including crashes and everything?
The political correctness aka self censoring got rid of all the exitement on TV.
Today it´s snooker and dart all day long, so the sheep don´t get to unruly and dare to drive a motorcycle or risk their tax-paying neck in any way.Fuck it.
stevehislop very well said
God damn I want the racing back
@8.17 neo from the Matrix
I'm absolutely shocked that Milka Dunno managed to crash in this madness.
Ho ho ho 😊
Even almost a decade later the sarcasm is palpable
So many people on the circuit, absolutely daft!
he got confused because champion racing is one of the greatest porsche dealer in us
Then again, Ms. Duno is driving at Le Mans. Have you declined any offers?
Do you know, in some parts, despite existance years of dry + sunny weather with some clouds interviduals, or whatever... But this year in 2001, I think you, all or some meant the weather forecast suppose to be because is Heavy Downpour or Sharp Showers behind all that in some sections with danger corners could it trigger. On the other sides likely, Dry and Sunny Spells Intervidual in 2001.
Surely that Chaos of Some Downpour or Heavy Rains, of 24 Hour Le Mans or 24 Heures Du Mans in 2001? Is It?!
Hope youre not as stoned anymore
should be an amazing experience
Milka crashed yesterday at Daytona too
Racing, in the rain? Not an American idea...
8:17 Bond Villain confirmed.
Wtf its more people running around on the track than there are people off the track. Im glad safety standards are a bit better these days.
Safety standards, you mean drivers actually paying more attention to WTF is going on on the track. The marshalls are not the problem here, IF drivers drive to the conditions taking into account that there are marshalls on the track then there is ZERO problem with safety. You're another that fails to understand why human beings take more risks after so called 'safety' aids and procedures are put in place.
Dude, it's a clear and obvious improvement these days where marshalls don't enter the track under these conditions just to push a car out of the gravel. This is how a marshall was badly injured by Brundle's car at Suzuka way back when. Obviously the rain is coming down hard, people are getting caught out on slicks, all it takes is one slight aquaplane and you have a marshall getting sandwiched between the two cars off track. Also, why you heff to be mad?
Dudes... standards? Improvements? To this day in F1 and pretty much everything else other than U.S racing marshalls are out on the track protected by nothing more than a 'local' yellow flag. It's insanity. Look at what happened to Jules Bianchi in the Japanese GP of 2014. That was under yellow.
He was driving at racing speed under a double waved yellow....... and we know what the outcome was. Slow down and be prepared to stop is what a double waved yellow means, now if drivers would actually do that then there is no reason why a marshal can not be on the track at the same time. Unfortunately drivers seem to think it means have a gentle lift of the throttle and only lose a couple of tenths.
you keyboard warriors have no clue about RACE CARS..and these international drivers are all idiots LMAO according to you, - slow them down you say??lmao, these are RACE CARS, there is a point ( a threshold) where you have no temperature in the brakes or pressure in the tires if you slow too much making them more prone to jackknifing and more unpredictable and dangerous.. keep typing crap keyboard warriors while we real racers race cars as they need to be
In extremely wet weather, such as that seen in the 2007 European Grand Prix, In very wet races or thunderstorms such as the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix or 2012 Malaysian GP, the tyres are unable to provide a safe race due to the amount of water, and so the race can be red flagged. The race is suspended for any period of time until the cars can race safely again
so your statement "If there was so much as one drop of rain in an F1 race they would just red flag it" is ridiculous.
im guessing he never got the chance to driva agian
This Bentley looks damn sexy!
Man, these cars are so cool looking, they make today's cars look like clown cars.
3:48 absolute amazing
was this saturday or sunday?
Those Bentleys where damn sexy ; )
and that yes
How much? I have 7 years in SCCA GT-3 - you have what, caps lock?
j'y étais 🤪👍
nice vid
Why there's so many people on the track?
No replay
Way too many vulnerable course workers. Safety? We'll make the flags huge.
I gyrated my prototype. Sounds like a weird euphemism.
They went into the fray, huh? Hm.
Mais la Bentley est de 2004 est la c est Le Mans de 2001 bizarre
#61 21h00 suite accident
#37 suite accident / nc
#57 18h40 accident
#3 0h20 transmission
#5 20h47 accident
#4 20h05 panne électrique
really makes those nascar babies look lame, 'there's a cloud! back behind the wall!'.....and nobody's talking about the viper with lashes? lol
I was there. I promised the mrs wall to wall sunshine. She's still not forgiven me.
Why the hate? She actually had some wins in American Le Mans and a 2nd place in 24 hr Daytona. She even had a win at Petit le Mans in 2004 in P2, finishing 6th overall. She also has 4 Masters' degrees and has even been a naval engineer.
You know Carrol Shelby did not get to see Ford's New GT race in 2016....but he did have a hand in that Dodge Viper program so that was some rewarding time in the modern day racing for him...also I know they won the 24hrs of the Nurburing in that Viper...which I thought was cool that a team from Europe took it and ran with it....being I have driving MOPAR my whole life....Cudas and Challengers...
And all ways dream of GT class racing with them....THANKS
Ortelli con el Bentley Nº7
The worst thing about Milka Duno is, she is waering Mika Hakkinen´s helmet, only added an "L" on it.
(name changing from MIKA to MILKA)
Nascar races get canceled if someone spits on the track.
lol Martin Haven still at it
I can’t understand that logorrhea
The guys pants dressed in white are too big the keep pulling them up