Best thing, that's exactly where i life. The small recreational area on the highway (A5) where the rosemeyer memorial is (where his deadly accident happened) is just 5-10 minutes by car from my home. I drive this highway all the time. The fastets i was going was about 190 mph on my S1000RR...but thinking about what speed they drove during that time...with the available technology and the condition of the steets during the 30s it's just pure awesomeness.
And what was the result? Average cars today are horribly slow. You never see a car doing 400 km/h. Most people are not prepared to buy new tyres of €1000 a piece, those cars are rare. So, I do know those drivers were brave, no matter their war time situation, but really, was it that important? The 7 series does not even break the sound barrier. The SLC does not need ejection seats. Those are slow cars, compared to the records. WHY?! Nobody has had any profit of those dare devils. When you need to work a month to buy the fuel for one week of fast driving, there is something wrong. When you want to be fast, buy a business jet. Just saying!
@Forgotten Hey, sry, just noticed your question. :D I can make a Video of the Memorial, no problem, i hope i can amke it this week. Gonna ntell u when its up.
Hi Phil, thank you very much for that interesting report. My father, born in 1934, in the same county as Bernd Rosemeyer, was a huge fan of him, so my mother told me. Many Years later I found amongst his possessions a newspaper clip-out from1958 which showed a memory of the 20th anniversary of Rosemeyers death. My father himself died 1963 of Kidney failure, when I was only 2. So I could never ask him what Bernd Rosemeyer meant for him. But for sure did I inherit my father's interest in motorracing. May they both R.I.P.
Just a fantastic job of telling a story that needs retelling for ages. The risks those two took were on par with the first men who ventured into space. Just a fantastic historically accurate job of storytelling. I applaud you for sharing your obvious passion for the subject with the world.
That was a terrific snippet in the History of Motor racing and Land speed records.. Your contribution incorporated details so many of us were unaware of... Very nicely made, crisp and informative with a collection of rare photographs... Thank you!
Even Hitler had a leather condom. Just kidding. But he simply loved fast cars. He has given some brand new cars to relatives he liked. Seen a documentary on his family life. He loved fast cars.
The use of "inverted tail fins" at the rear is absolutely brilliant. Aside from the huge downforce generated, it would have moved the aerodynamic center of pressure rearwards, both of which would have helped the tail happy characteristics of the rear-mid engine design. My guess is that the rear downforce was not balanced out at the front, which may have resulted in creating front end lift, making the steering useless at speed, and the whole car vulnerable to crosswinds, even minor ones. This of course, is 83 year hindsight. They were exploring regions that were not even fully understood a half- century later. Brave doesn't even begin to describe them.
I found an article written by a finnish bloke (I think) that made a forensic attempt to explain what happened and what he figured out was that there were two main issues with the car's aerodynamics: the side skirts and rear fairings indeed inadvertedly turned the Auto Union Typ C Stromlinie into a ground-effect car but the main issue was the radiator intake: although they swapped the cooling system to that new ice tank, the radiator was kept in place and the air intake at the front wasn't totally sealed; instead, they simply bolted a plate at the front while sealling off 6 of the 9 underbody air exhausts with a duralumin plate (the remaining 3 could be shut off completely by Bernd with a pedal). This caused an increased air pressure inside the body of the car had relief only through the cockpit opening. What is likely to have happened is that this pressure build inside on the first and second run that day caused the added panels to warp eventually caused the sealing plate that closed the underbody air outlets to be blown off and suddenly stripping off all the downforce the car was creating, which led it to skid into the grass on the median... and there was nothing else he could do.
Thanks for your work on this. I vaguely remember reading about these fine fellows as a youngster in the '60s in Southern California. Nice memory jog, well done! I like your enthusiasm transmitted by your narration, not the boring sounds of other TH-camrs.
Thank you, Phil, for this short documentation. Yes at that time the Germans tried to get the land speed record to the Reich, but they overlooked or didn't know yet, that at speeds over 350 km/h the road conditions and wind conditions play a crucial role of success or fail. That might be the reason, why the British didn't even try to do this in their country and they where heading to Daytona and then Bonneville from the beginning. No one can even imagine, how it feels to drive 430 km//h on the freshly built Autobahn, the street gets narrow to a 8 ft lane at that speed, try to keep the car on that narrow piece of bumpy concrete with a 12 cylinder engine behind your back, which is about to overheat and maybe explode, this is a kamikaze mission.
It's so crazy how fast these guys went in the 30's. It's amazing the tires held up at those speeds. It's 2021 and it's still pretty hard to get over 200 with today's technology. It's one of my bucket list things to do is go 200 in a car. I've done it on a bike but I'm still waiting to get into a car that will actually do 200.
In the book "Record Breakers" by Leo Villa (the primary mechanic for the Campbells), he said that Malcolm Campbell did NOT want to drive at Daytona any more because "the gap in the bridge is terribly small at (around) 200 mph. This is why he researched and found out about Bonneville. I can't imagine driving under multiple bridges. Wow.... And the aerodynamic pushback from the solid bridges was NOTHING that Sir Malcolm EVER experienced! Amazingly insane! Thanks for this video! Totally awesome!
Absolutely mind numbing to think of such speeds , in the 30’s. These guys were the pinnacle of bravery and honour. Racing each other fairly . Thank you, for this monumental story and feat of speed , on public roads . WoW . To Bernt and Rudolph,🍻🙏🏼
Interesting video and a good analyze of the crash scenario, however, I think you missed that the car was equipped with a valve for reducing cooling drag. This was located basically underneath the driver and Rosemeyer was instructed to close this this valve when he entered the speed measuring section. This results in a pressure increase in the cavity where the radiator is located, almost the stagnation pressure is approached, and the forces acting on the sheet metal where the valves are mounted is simply pressed out underneath the vehicle making it impossible to maneuverer. Hence Rosemeyer was only a passenger. This is nicely described by Peter Kirchberg in his book "Bernd Rosemeyer - Die Schicksalsfahrt"
What? The forces .... IS pressed out ??? How can you press out some forces???? Please write Nynorsk, this text does not make any sense. Besides, who is so stupid to shut down COOLING when applying FULL POWER? That is suicide. Was it really such a dangerous car?! Why didn't those drivers simply refuse to commit that suicide? Do it yourself, I'd say. Or build a better engine, without that stupid valve. It was only 500 bhp, was it? The RR Merlin was more powerful, huh? Then buy one! Please cut those too long sentences in two or three. And please take care of grammar. Now there are words missing, or you messed up. Tuusen tak!
@@voornaam3191 sometimes it takes crazy ideas to break records. the probably knew from the beginning 100% that any sort of crash at top speed would be fatal. The people designing those cars were only focused on low drag to make the cars the fastest but not on safety or even stability, different times, but when you look at the longevity of their records, it somehow paid off. ramping up the competition, on a limited budget that didnt allow them to take time beetween runs to analyse the issues and check the cars...it was somehow bound to end like this
Incredible speeds! Having lived in Germany off and on over the decades I am quite familiar with the Frankfurt-Darmstadt section. It’s one of the oldest sections of autobahn and one of the straightest! Lucky for us all that Germany makes road maintenance a serious priority. They are literally repairing the roads 12 months a year. On my last autobahn speed runs I did it on the Basel to Karlsruhe section on a light June evening. What is most remarkable always with respect to Germany’s autobahns is that for the most part they are merely two lanes in each direction-no more-in most rural areas. And yet, strict, STRICT, lane discipline makes high speed differences actually work without it being dangerous. Over the decades as West Germany assimilated East Germans they had to resort to training the East Germans how to drive! It’s a continuous process as more and more foreigners venture out onto the autobahn-educating them in the art of autobahn driving. My personal best is a mere 182 mph (292.9 mph). Imagine, covering a mile every 20 seconds. And these guys were doing that and more in the 1930s!! The hardest part had to be shoehorning in those massive testicles into the cockpit….
Thanks for an excellent video. Modern drivers may be as good as these, but we cannot compare them, as circumstances were so different. What you can say, is that the Rosemeyers and Caracciolas probably knew the risks. May they all rest in peace.
We clearly don't have the opportunity to compare Max with Fangio or Lewis with Clark (which is a great shame) but I've always believed a great racer is a great racer. Jim Clark was a master in numerous different cars and Lewis has shown he's very capable of driving completely different cars well. I'd love to see Jim Clark in a modern F1 car and Lewis in a Lotus 49. My bet is that they would both be brilliant in any car you put them in. I'm glad people don't die in F1 any more though. I grew up in the 60s and horrendous accidents were part of the game. I love F1 but I don't want to see someone die, especially someone as talented (and modestly unassuming) as Jim Clark.
@@KeyWestChrisRehmBy the rules, yes they did win. Two runs with average of the two max speeds attained. The AutoUnion i believe had completed one run, faster than Mercedes average maxima. The second AU run was for death or glory. We’ll never know if he in fact attained the speed required because presumably the second half of the speed trap was never triggered. I find it very poignant, thinking about both young men. The Mercedes driver considered his friend and rivals death a horrible waste. No one had much time to reflect before they were thrown into a conflict. German engineers were often (some say “always”) in the front rank globally. Their courageous young men were just like their British counterparts and many suffered the same fate. Campbell’s death in Bluebird on Coniston Water is a faint, childhood memory. I couldn’t have known of it concurrently. I was born in 1960. Edit: I just checked & I was old enough to have seen that fateful clip of Bluebird taking off at max speed then crashing. I was seven.
Koenigsegg Agera RS holds that record at present because SSC North America's 1st top speed test was full of errors and 2nd was done at some Space Station's Airstrip 1st Koenigsegg Agera RS - 284 mph 2nd Auto Union Type C - 269 mph 3rd Mercedes-Benz W125 - 268 mph Huge respect for both Rosemeyer & Caracciola they did this in 1930s 🔥 Nice video Formula Phil 👍🏼
Great story I heard it once before . These guys are so serious about the speed they were actually running nitromethane which back in those days little was known about it . Fearless is not a word to describe them . They really were taking big chances . But when you're caught up with the record-setting you don't think about what could happen . They also had a tremendous problem with tires flying apart . Those cars were unbelievable for the day they will build .....
Well done Phil,you truly told an epic story that Bernd was the fastman for Autounion. Audi in F1 again,can't wait to see their next masterpiece in 2026.
Superb video, all the relevant facts given and told with passion. Might have also added something to the story by mentioning that he was a dad of just three weeks at the time of his passing. They had “big stones” those guys !
totally cool! Fred Marriott 1906, Stanley steamer spl. 127mph. In the 70's was a former employee at Merlin engines (WW2 V-12 aircraft, Spitfire) who after retiring stretched a Rolls Royce and installed a "Merlin" in it, according to an article in Road & Track, or Car & Driver then, He would cruise the Autoban at about 225mph and RR was flooded with calls from people who wanted to buy .I love that story, Malcolm Campbell was a childhood hero, am 74.
The design of these supercars caught my eye in another video, surprising that they didn’t enclose the drivers heads, not surprising that one of the drivers nearly suffocated 😬 Great video. Really interesting stuff.
Fascinating documentary. Who doesn't love the stories about automobile speed records. Well done FORMULA PHIL. Incidentally, the word KILOMETRE is pronounced the same as centimetre and millimetre. A killometer (note the spelling) is an instrument for measuring kills in a war or road accidents.
Caracciola is an Italian surname so the 'cc' is pronounced like the English 'ch'. Car-a-chi-ola. (not "Carassyola") The 'e' in the German first name 'Bernt' is an open vowel sound. It should sound more like 'Bair-nt'. (not "Burnt")
All the German factory drivers had to show allegiance to the Nazis. Rudolph Caracciola did the same thing yet he spent the war in Switzerland away from them. They were race car drivers and nothing else. They'd do anything as we all would've to keep that going.
Thanks man, if you liked that I have something similar about Parry Thomas breaking the landspeed record on Pendine Sands beach Wales. Real men, real heros. Thanks for watching btw.
I recognise the sound at the beginning. It's one of the tracks at Spa from the LP The exciting racing sounds of Grand Prix challenge of champions. I have a copy on my phone. It's one of my favourite albums. My wife thinks I'm mad but of course we know better.
Mercedes-Benz did want to capture the land speed record in 1939. With driver Hans Stuck and designer Dr. Porsche, they built a car utilizing the Daimler-Benz aircraft engine, the DB601 (found in BF 109 Messerschmidt, among other German WWII aircraft.. WWII interfered however and at some point, the inverted V12 was taken out of the car and put in a German aircraft. The car, the T80 is in the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart.
First video of yours I've seen . I race a modified road bike over the 1 mile standing start course in northern England so this road speed record was very interesting & not one I knew about . Add 1 sub , well earned
I have rode a motorcycle at 189 mph..1 car at 158 and another at 162..all modern vehicles. Except for the motorcycle, the cars were scary as hell. Those guys had balls
Rudolf Caracciola was the best of all drivers, the 3-time European Drivers Champion won 12 Grand Prix between 1935 and 1937.... and 27 Grand Prix alltogether.
Brave men indeed. Those roads don't look that wide, no room for error. To paraphrase Aldous Huxley, the only 'new' sensation for a human being, is speed. To all of those great past and current adventurers for the next World record, my deepest admiration and respect. Love and peace.
It is also assumed that Rosemeyer tried to bring more stability to the driving behavior by opening a flap. Suddenly the contact pressure due to the wing effect of the body construction was canceled. With a vehicle weight of just over 1000kg, the wheels could no longer guarantee directional stability, so that he deviated from the motorway lane.
If these cars blow your mind, you should see what Mercedes-Benz had in the pipeline--the T80 rekordwagen. The bodywork is on display in the the M-B Museum in Stuttgart. Designed by (at the time) an up-and-coming engineer by the name of Ferdinand Porsche, it is a 6-wheeled monstrosity with a 44,5 liter V12 engine said to put out 3,000 hp. Built in 1939 for a planned run in 1940, it never ran due to that pesky WW II thing, and it was estimated to be capable of 466 mph in the hands of planned driver Hans Stuck (father of current racing legend Hans-Joachim Stuck). Also, Rudi Caracciola is remembered by anyone who watches a long-course race at the Nuerburgring, as the carousel turn at the bottom of the course is known as the "Caracciola carousel".
That car never ran because it was an excuse to develop that engine to go into the Messerschmitt Bf 109. What car needs a 2-speed supercharger? That’s for altitude. Germany was under all kinds of military development restrictions under the Treaty of Versailles after WW1. Argue if you like, but that was one of their many secretive moves to surreptitiously circumvent that treaty and build up their war machine. Sure, it served as a propaganda booster but why was it never run, Really? Lots of excuses and theories but it had already served its purpose. I doubt that even Ferry Porsche knew for quite some time.
Thank you so much, for letting us know about these two great men. Just because one or both was supported by the Nasi is no reason to erase their accomplishments from history, I am a black man and I admire these men fearless courage.
Amazing video! I know they were Nazis, but we have to put things in perspective. Most of them were forced to enroll, and almost all of them didn't care about politics or knew anything about it. it´s obvious the absolute love for speed, mixed with a very strong individual (and most probably patriotic) sentiment of overcoming everything. we all know It was the "dark ages" of the 20th century, but we can not close our eyes and pretend it didn´t happen. It´s a lesson for all mankind not to repeat, but there were some very remotely related episodes that didn't have anything to do with the apocalypse (maybe only possible because of pride and honor and relentless focus on national pride) that need to be remember. They were individual man of character and personality they deserve (it that sense) respect and consideration, and do not deserve to be smeared because of one of the biggest political and social disasters of our recent history. They deserve top be honored and cannot be forgotten because of those other ungodly beasts of the hateful N party. The amazing german people deserve that all of this "episodes " of the 30s and 40s be put in perspective.
That's the problem with most modern people. They judge people in the past by today's morals. They should be so lucky themselves in 100 years time when they are examined.
One of them and I do not remember if it was Carraciola or Rosemeyer complained that above a certain speed the steering would get light. There is a photo which shows the reason for for this: Above that speed the front wheels would simply lift off the ground completely!
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Crazy story, didn't know about it! Awesome speed and cars for the time, really impressive.
For those who see the 4 rings and think it was Audi, Auto Union were not Audi! Audi own the Auto Union rights, and it would be wonderful to see one of the other Silver Arrows, Auto Union, return to F1
Best thing, that's exactly where i life. The small recreational area on the highway (A5) where the rosemeyer memorial is (where his deadly accident happened) is just 5-10 minutes by car from my home. I drive this highway all the time. The fastets i was going was about 190 mph on my S1000RR...but thinking about what speed they drove during that time...with the available technology and the condition of the steets during the 30s it's just pure awesomeness.
And what was the result? Average cars today are horribly slow. You never see a car doing 400 km/h. Most people are not prepared to buy new tyres of €1000 a piece, those cars are rare.
So, I do know those drivers were brave, no matter their war time situation, but really, was it that important? The 7 series does not even break the sound barrier. The SLC does not need ejection seats. Those are slow cars, compared to the records. WHY?! Nobody has had any profit of those dare devils. When you need to work a month to buy the fuel for one week of fast driving, there is something wrong. When you want to be fast, buy a business jet. Just saying!
Very cool🤙
@@voornaam3191 1000 Euros, I believe the tires for the Bugatti Veyron that can go over 400km/hr are a lot more expensive than that.
My zx9 at stage 2 could hit over 200Mph the felling is sublime, I wish I lived close to the autobahn…
Take risk
Take care 😊
@Forgotten Hey, sry, just noticed your question. :D I can make a Video of the Memorial, no problem, i hope i can amke it this week. Gonna ntell u when its up.
Hi Phil, thank you very much for that interesting report. My father, born in 1934, in the same county as Bernd Rosemeyer, was a huge fan of him, so my mother told me. Many Years later I found amongst his possessions a newspaper clip-out from1958 which showed a memory of the 20th anniversary of Rosemeyers death. My father himself died 1963 of Kidney failure, when I was only 2. So I could never ask him what Bernd Rosemeyer meant for him. But for sure did I inherit my father's interest in motorracing. May they both R.I.P.
Just a fantastic job of telling a story that needs retelling for ages. The risks those two took were on par with the first men who ventured into space. Just a fantastic historically accurate job of storytelling. I applaud you for sharing your obvious passion for the subject with the world.
That was a terrific snippet in the History of Motor racing and Land speed records.. Your contribution incorporated details so many of us were unaware of... Very nicely made, crisp and informative with a collection of rare photographs... Thank you!
Could not have said it better!
I like Carraciolas Career .but Rosemeyer Phenomenal .
Have you tried scarf and goggles channel
@@aarondavies8486 yes I have watched many episodes on scarf and goggles. It is a great Channel. Best wishes
Driving over 400kmph with a leather condom on head...
Insane.
But would it have made any difference had they worn todays gear, when the Car just broke up under you?
More to hold the head together in death, than to avoid injury.
Even Hitler had a leather condom. Just kidding. But he simply loved fast cars. He has given some brand new cars to relatives he liked. Seen a documentary on his family life. He loved fast cars.
@@voornaam3191 F..CK Hitler.
@@histriamagna1014 who do you think approved the funds for all this shit.......lol
The use of "inverted tail fins" at the rear is absolutely brilliant. Aside from the huge downforce generated, it would have moved the aerodynamic center of pressure rearwards, both of which would have helped the tail happy characteristics of the rear-mid engine design.
My guess is that the rear downforce was not balanced out at the front, which may have resulted in creating front end lift, making the steering useless at speed, and the whole car vulnerable to crosswinds, even minor ones.
This of course, is 83 year hindsight. They were exploring regions that were not even fully understood a half- century later. Brave doesn't even begin to describe them.
'tail happy' (oversteer) isn't really relevant in a car designed to travel in a straight line.
The tail plane on a deHavilland Otter is an inverted airfoil for the same reason.
Only plane I know of like this.
@@daos3300 it certainly is. I wouldn't want to drive a car prone to swapping ends at speed
I found an article written by a finnish bloke (I think) that made a forensic attempt to explain what happened and what he figured out was that there were two main issues with the car's aerodynamics: the side skirts and rear fairings indeed inadvertedly turned the Auto Union Typ C Stromlinie into a ground-effect car but the main issue was the radiator intake: although they swapped the cooling system to that new ice tank, the radiator was kept in place and the air intake at the front wasn't totally sealed; instead, they simply bolted a plate at the front while sealling off 6 of the 9 underbody air exhausts with a duralumin plate (the remaining 3 could be shut off completely by Bernd with a pedal). This caused an increased air pressure inside the body of the car had relief only through the cockpit opening. What is likely to have happened is that this pressure build inside on the first and second run that day caused the added panels to warp eventually caused the sealing plate that closed the underbody air outlets to be blown off and suddenly stripping off all the downforce the car was creating, which led it to skid into the grass on the median... and there was nothing else he could do.
Sorry if this is a silly question but what exactly is an “inverted tail fin?” I’m struggling with the concept…..
Compellingly written and superbly presented. Deserving of a huge audience, thanks for this.
Great video dude. underrated legends, and underated video btw :)
Thanks a million man.
Thanks for your work on this. I vaguely remember reading about these fine fellows as a youngster in the '60s in Southern California. Nice memory jog, well done! I like your enthusiasm transmitted by your narration, not the boring sounds of other TH-camrs.
Thank you, Phil, for this short documentation. Yes at that time the Germans tried to get the land speed record to the Reich, but they overlooked or didn't know yet, that at speeds over 350 km/h the road conditions and wind conditions play a crucial role of success or fail. That might be the reason, why the British didn't even try to do this in their country and they where heading to Daytona and then Bonneville from the beginning. No one can even imagine, how it feels to drive 430 km//h on the freshly built Autobahn, the street gets narrow to a 8 ft lane at that speed, try to keep the car on that narrow piece of bumpy concrete with a 12 cylinder engine behind your back, which is about to overheat and maybe explode, this is a kamikaze mission.
Then those mentally challenged people should not be driving.
Heroes. Fearless men of another time. The knowing that this could be it yet still heading out. There aren't words that can describe the bravery.
Absolutely! A different breed!
Racing has gotten way too safe.
Would love to have done it then though
@@joebone3151 yeah, just not as much fun without a few deaths here and there. or at least the odd maiming to keep it interesting.
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fearless is fearless, time has nothing to do with it.
A very accurate detail to Rosemeyers accident,he was a star for Auto Union,RIP Bernd..
It's so crazy how fast these guys went in the 30's. It's amazing the tires held up at those speeds. It's 2021 and it's still pretty hard to get over 200 with today's technology. It's one of my bucket list things to do is go 200 in a car. I've done it on a bike but I'm still waiting to get into a car that will actually do 200.
an ls swapped 944 will go 200. the top end gearing will get you there. make sure your tires are good.
Rimac Nevera over 200mph well over.
@@zeljkospoljar8237 20k for an ls1 swap 944. how much for that rimac?
I do 200 mp/h frequently
Lots of Porsche will with just a re map
In the book "Record Breakers" by Leo Villa (the primary mechanic for the Campbells), he said that Malcolm Campbell did NOT want to drive at Daytona any more because "the gap in the bridge is terribly small at (around) 200 mph. This is why he researched and found out about Bonneville.
I can't imagine driving under multiple bridges. Wow....
And the aerodynamic pushback from the solid bridges was NOTHING that Sir Malcolm EVER experienced! Amazingly insane!
Thanks for this video! Totally awesome!
This has been one of my favourite stories in motorsports history for many years. Thanks.
Absolutely mind numbing to think of such speeds , in the 30’s. These guys were the pinnacle of bravery and honour. Racing each other fairly . Thank you, for this monumental story and feat of speed , on public roads . WoW . To Bernt and Rudolph,🍻🙏🏼
Interesting video and a good analyze of the crash scenario, however, I think you missed that the car was equipped with a valve for reducing cooling drag. This was located basically underneath the driver and Rosemeyer was instructed to close this this valve when he entered the speed measuring section. This results in a pressure increase in the cavity where the radiator is located, almost the stagnation pressure is approached, and the forces acting on the sheet metal where the valves are mounted is simply pressed out underneath the vehicle making it impossible to maneuverer. Hence Rosemeyer was only a passenger. This is nicely described by Peter Kirchberg in his book "Bernd Rosemeyer - Die Schicksalsfahrt"
What? The forces .... IS pressed out ??? How can you press out some forces????
Please write Nynorsk, this text does not make any sense. Besides, who is so stupid to shut down COOLING when applying FULL POWER? That is suicide. Was it really such a dangerous car?! Why didn't those drivers simply refuse to commit that suicide? Do it yourself, I'd say. Or build a better engine, without that stupid valve. It was only 500 bhp, was it? The RR Merlin was more powerful, huh? Then buy one!
Please cut those too long sentences in two or three. And please take care of grammar. Now there are words missing, or you messed up. Tuusen tak!
@@voornaam3191 sometimes it takes crazy ideas to break records. the probably knew from the beginning 100% that any sort of crash at top speed would be fatal. The people designing those cars were only focused on low drag to make the cars the fastest but not on safety or even stability, different times, but when you look at the longevity of their records, it somehow paid off. ramping up the competition, on a limited budget that didnt allow them to take time beetween runs to analyse the issues and check the cars...it was somehow bound to end like this
Incredible speeds! Having lived in Germany off and on over the decades I am quite familiar with the Frankfurt-Darmstadt section. It’s one of the oldest sections of autobahn and one of the straightest! Lucky for us all that Germany makes road maintenance a serious priority. They are literally repairing the roads 12 months a year. On my last autobahn speed runs I did it on the Basel to Karlsruhe section on a light June evening. What is most remarkable always with respect to Germany’s autobahns is that for the most part they are merely two lanes in each direction-no more-in most rural areas. And yet, strict, STRICT, lane discipline makes high speed differences actually work without it being dangerous. Over the decades as West Germany assimilated East Germans they had to resort to training the East Germans how to drive! It’s a continuous process as more and more foreigners venture out onto the autobahn-educating them in the art of autobahn driving. My personal best is a mere 182 mph (292.9 mph). Imagine, covering a mile every 20 seconds. And these guys were doing that and more in the 1930s!! The hardest part had to be shoehorning in those massive testicles into the cockpit….
Thanks for an excellent video. Modern drivers may be as good as these, but we cannot compare them, as circumstances were so different. What you can say, is that the Rosemeyers and Caracciolas probably knew the risks. May they all rest in peace.
We clearly don't have the opportunity to compare Max with Fangio or Lewis with Clark (which is a great shame) but I've always believed a great racer is a great racer. Jim Clark was a master in numerous different cars and Lewis has shown he's very capable of driving completely different cars well. I'd love to see Jim Clark in a modern F1 car and Lewis in a Lotus 49. My bet is that they would both be brilliant in any car you put them in.
I'm glad people don't die in F1 any more though. I grew up in the 60s and horrendous accidents were part of the game. I love F1 but I don't want to see someone die, especially someone as talented (and modestly unassuming) as Jim Clark.
@@joshuarosen6242 Joshua, I agree completely with all you say.
Thank you for this. I read books about Rosemeyer as a kid back in the 70s. Too little is known about these heroes today.
I knew nothing about this at all. Fascinating! Thank you for posting it.
Mercedes have always had a God Complex, It is always good to see them beaten........Their Arrogance is Legendary.
You will love the book Faster by Neal Bascomb then.
Mercedes Benz wasn't beaten. They won that day and held the record for eighty years.
@@KeyWestChrisRehmBy the rules, yes they did win. Two runs with average of the two max speeds attained. The AutoUnion i believe had completed one run, faster than Mercedes average maxima. The second AU run was for death or glory. We’ll never know if he in fact attained the speed required because presumably the second half of the speed trap was never triggered. I find it very poignant, thinking about both young men. The Mercedes driver considered his friend and rivals death a horrible waste. No one had much time to reflect before they were thrown into a conflict.
German engineers were often (some say “always”) in the front rank globally. Their courageous young men were just like their British counterparts and many suffered the same fate. Campbell’s death in Bluebird on Coniston Water is a faint, childhood memory. I couldn’t have known of it concurrently. I was born in 1960.
Edit: I just checked & I was old enough to have seen that fateful clip of Bluebird taking off at max speed then crashing. I was seven.
Koenigsegg Agera RS holds that record at present because SSC North America's 1st top speed test was full of errors and 2nd was done at some Space Station's Airstrip
1st Koenigsegg Agera RS - 284 mph
2nd Auto Union Type C - 269 mph
3rd Mercedes-Benz W125 - 268 mph
Huge respect for both Rosemeyer & Caracciola they did this in 1930s 🔥
Nice video Formula Phil 👍🏼
Mercedes beat Auto Union, because A-U never did the 2nd run so not official
So a technicality. AU still ran a car @ 269mph. So they did beat Mercedes. It’s just not officially recognised.
Fabulous presentation. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you
Great story I heard it once before . These guys are so serious about the speed they were actually running nitromethane which back in those days little was known about it . Fearless is not a word to describe them . They really were taking big chances . But when you're caught up with the record-setting you don't think about what could happen . They also had a tremendous problem with tires flying apart . Those cars were unbelievable for the day they will build .....
Fantastic film and channel! Realy good work. I love vintage race cars.
Nice one. Thanks a million!
Formula Phil Please upload again!
Rosemeyer is known and revered by Audi fans, not unknown. And of course, Audi honored Rosemeyer with the show car in the early 2000s.
Interesting points. Thanks.
Wasn't an Audi bud, it was an Auto Union
for me this is the best way to set a record. this is so cool! pure power, normal road and real men
Staggering how fast these cars were, thanks for the very interesting video.
Great story. Amazing video. Watched it twice. Thank you very much.
Well done Phil,you truly told an epic story that Bernd was the fastman for Autounion.
Audi in F1 again,can't wait to see their next masterpiece in 2026.
Well done Phil and great footage man .... balls of steel to do that on public roads closed or not
Outstanding video, thank your for taking the time to share the story with us!
I know I'm late to the party but nice video. I had seen this car in another video an had to search for it. Thank you for the upload
Great video, very interesting
Glad you liked it Stephen. Thanks for watching man.
Superb video, all the relevant facts given and told with passion. Might have also added something to the story by mentioning that he was a dad of just three weeks at the time of his passing. They had “big stones” those guys !
Excellent Documentary! Thank you.
Thank you for doing this.
Outstanding Vlog Phil !!
Thank you for a great and informative glimpse of motor racing history...
Never heard of this piece of land speed record history before. Thanks.
totally cool! Fred Marriott 1906, Stanley steamer spl. 127mph. In the 70's was a former employee at Merlin engines (WW2 V-12 aircraft, Spitfire) who after retiring stretched a Rolls Royce and installed a "Merlin" in it, according to an article in Road & Track, or Car & Driver then, He would cruise the Autoban at about 225mph and RR was flooded with calls from people who wanted to buy .I love that story, Malcolm Campbell was a childhood hero, am 74.
The design of these supercars caught my eye in another video, surprising that they didn’t enclose the drivers heads, not surprising that one of the drivers nearly suffocated 😬
Great video. Really interesting stuff.
Superb video and thank you
Fascinating documentary. Who doesn't love the stories about automobile speed records. Well done FORMULA PHIL.
Incidentally, the word KILOMETRE is pronounced the same as centimetre and millimetre. A killometer (note the spelling) is an instrument for measuring kills in a war or road accidents.
... Well done, mate. Thanks. One of these days have a look at Katyn.
Caracciola is an Italian surname so the 'cc' is pronounced like the English 'ch'. Car-a-chi-ola. (not "Carassyola")
The 'e' in the German first name 'Bernt' is an open vowel sound. It should sound more like 'Bair-nt'. (not "Burnt")
Wow! Excellent video.
Outstanding! Thank you!
Thank you for this! 👏👏👏👏
Great video ! Thanks
Why keep saying rosemeyer was a nazi he was fundamentally a patriotic German, can’t we accept this after 80 years? the man was as brave as a lion.
Han var aldrig medlem af partiet.
@@cbjmurerCorrect! He was merely a SS Hauptsturmführer. Joined in 1933. A "man" (child) of no moral integrity.
Sit down adolf.
Because Bernd was member of the SS.
You need to look up what the SS means 😂
All the German factory drivers had to show allegiance to the Nazis. Rudolph Caracciola did the same thing yet he spent the war in Switzerland away from them.
They were race car drivers and nothing else. They'd do anything as we all would've to keep that going.
Respect to both these men. Attaining speeds that high, with balls that big.
Even today that's very fast for those days that was extremely unreal real cool video thank you
Love the outro!!
Great work!
Don't forget that Jim Hall in the Chaparral did ground effects Before Lotus.
Interesting. Thanks for posting!
Thanks Phil really good
I totally agree with your conclusion, Phil.
Really great video
Thanks man, if you liked that I have something similar about Parry Thomas breaking the landspeed record on Pendine Sands beach Wales. Real men, real heros. Thanks for watching btw.
Thats a good film and the comments are interesting, for a german, who's father saw Bernd Rosemeyer and Rudolf Caracciola live at different races.
Thank you for showing this, very interesting. Awesome men and awesome machines.
I recognise the sound at the beginning. It's one of the tracks at Spa from the LP The exciting racing sounds of Grand Prix challenge of champions. I have a copy on my phone. It's one of my favourite albums. My wife thinks I'm mad but of course we know better.
Love the end bit man that’s fast please keep that in future vids 🇮🇪👍
Mercedes-Benz did want to capture the land speed record in 1939. With driver Hans Stuck and designer Dr. Porsche, they built a car utilizing the Daimler-Benz aircraft engine, the DB601 (found in BF 109 Messerschmidt, among other German WWII aircraft.. WWII interfered however and at some point, the inverted V12 was taken out of the car and put in a German aircraft. The car, the T80 is in the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart.
Very cool ! Cars look amazing as well!
Great job, congratulations.
Very interesting story and superbly narrated! It's the first time I've watched one of videos, so I think I'll be watching some more based on that!
These guys had brass balls !
No roll cages, no helmets, no radial tires and no seat belts !
INSANE !
Beautiful cars too, such simple designs.
A very interesting little snippet of history well told!
First video of yours I've seen .
I race a modified road bike over the 1 mile standing start course in northern England so this road speed record was very interesting & not one I knew about .
Add 1 sub , well earned
I have rode a motorcycle at 189 mph..1 car at 158 and another at 162..all modern vehicles. Except for the motorcycle, the cars were scary as hell. Those guys had balls
They were real MEN back then..
You want to talk about demon speed? I drove my M113 on the Autobahn in the 80's. On the downhill I think I got it going over 48 MPH.
Rudolf Caracciola was the best of all drivers, the 3-time European Drivers Champion won 12 Grand Prix between 1935 and 1937.... and 27 Grand Prix alltogether.
All of Rudolf trophies are at Indy, at the race track
Thank You for NO MUSIC!
The first thing i noted!
This "detail" deserves like! ;-)
Excellent video :0)
fantastic video i would like too see more about the T80 many thanks
Brave men indeed. Those roads don't look that wide, no room for error. To paraphrase Aldous Huxley, the only 'new' sensation for a human being, is speed. To all of those great past and current adventurers for the next World record, my deepest admiration and respect. Love and peace.
Great video!
It is also assumed that Rosemeyer tried to bring more stability to the driving behavior by opening a flap. Suddenly the contact pressure due to the wing effect of the body construction was canceled. With a vehicle weight of just over 1000kg, the wheels could no longer guarantee directional stability, so that he deviated from the motorway lane.
Nice video!
3:00 This thing is way cooler than modern cars and even concept cars....
Sensational content
An automobile engine with over 700 HP, at that time, is amazing.
Thank You Sir.
If these cars blow your mind, you should see what Mercedes-Benz had in the pipeline--the T80 rekordwagen. The bodywork is on display in the the M-B Museum in Stuttgart. Designed by (at the time) an up-and-coming engineer by the name of Ferdinand Porsche, it is a 6-wheeled monstrosity with a 44,5 liter V12 engine said to put out 3,000 hp. Built in 1939 for a planned run in 1940, it never ran due to that pesky WW II thing, and it was estimated to be capable of 466 mph in the hands of planned driver Hans Stuck (father of current racing legend Hans-Joachim Stuck).
Also, Rudi Caracciola is remembered by anyone who watches a long-course race at the Nuerburgring, as the carousel turn at the bottom of the course is known as the "Caracciola carousel".
That car never ran because it was an excuse to develop that engine to go into the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
What car needs a
2-speed supercharger?
That’s for altitude.
Germany was under all kinds of military development restrictions under the Treaty of Versailles after WW1.
Argue if you like,
but that was one of their many secretive moves to surreptitiously circumvent that treaty and build up their war machine.
Sure,
it served as a propaganda booster but why was it never run,
Really?
Lots of excuses and theories but it had already served its purpose.
I doubt that even Ferry Porsche knew for quite some time.
Thank you so much, for letting us know about these two great men. Just because one or both was supported by the Nasi is no reason to erase their accomplishments from history, I am a black man and I admire these men fearless courage.
Yeah, I'm a Black man too.
... I'm sure there's tons of Black Johnny McAfees!!! 😂😂😂
Amazing video! I know they were Nazis, but we have to put things in perspective. Most of them were forced to enroll, and almost all of them didn't care about politics or knew anything about it. it´s obvious the absolute love for speed, mixed with a very strong individual (and most probably patriotic) sentiment of overcoming everything. we all know It was the "dark ages" of the 20th century, but we can not close our eyes and pretend it didn´t happen. It´s a lesson for all mankind not to repeat, but there were some very remotely related episodes that didn't have anything to do with the apocalypse (maybe only possible because of pride and honor and relentless focus on national pride) that need to be remember. They were individual man of character and personality they deserve (it that sense) respect and consideration, and do not deserve to be smeared because of one of the biggest political and social disasters of our recent history. They deserve top be honored and cannot be forgotten because of those other ungodly beasts of the hateful N party. The amazing german people deserve that all of this "episodes " of the 30s and 40s be put in perspective.
That's the problem with most modern people. They judge people in the past by today's morals. They should be so lucky themselves in 100 years time when they are examined.
Great sound effects at the end 😂
ESPN showed a video of the Auto Union Streamlined reconstruction, does anyone know how to get a copy?
I put a like, purely because he give speeds in BOTH MPH and KPH.
Bloody awesome. I love those days in engineering.
no computer controlled or designed anything. Just shell, engine, tyres and driver. Absolute nutters!
Excellent
One of them and I do not remember if it was Carraciola or Rosemeyer complained that above a certain speed the steering would get light.
There is a photo which shows the reason for for this: Above that speed the front wheels would simply lift off the ground completely!
Crazy story, didn't know about it! Awesome speed and cars for the time, really impressive.
For those who see the 4 rings and think it was Audi, Auto Union were not Audi!
Audi own the Auto Union rights, and it would be wonderful to see one of the other Silver Arrows, Auto Union, return to F1
The car is a Wanderer project by Porsche
True about Auto Union: th-cam.com/video/aYjWGdYhAO4/w-d-xo.html
Insane!
Pay me to drive one of these cars!
Awsome story
👍👍👍😜🏴🦕😁🤞✌
Lots of the design were ahead of its time, some of these pictures ressembles the 70 aerodynamics.