Ukyo Katayama is seriously underrated. Back when he was in Formula One, he was consistently finishing in the points in sub-standard cars. Some say that he was offered an F1 drive with a big team (some even speculated Ferrari) but refused.
Matt 'Khandricar' Claypole Agreed. I don't think any of us have a clue about exactly how difficult it is to get a flat at something north of 200 and _not_ immediately stuff the car into a fence.
"most" of the drivers?? it didnt effect any of the drivers, in any way.... apart from keeping them safer in the event of an accident. Did you simply read this on wikipedia or something? Nearly all Formula 1 drivers are of relatively small stature, and even then, the cockpit is always bespoke and catered to its corresponding driver for that year. He doesn't need your excuses, to think something as silly and trivial as that would end his career essentially, is, quite simply, ludicrous.
Ukyo Katayama has got to be the coolest cat in racing. It looks to me as if he saw the tire failure as just something that happened, and he responded as needed. He couldn't win, he could have cartwheeled into the fence, but he kept his cool and waited until they made his car safe again, and he went back to do his job again. Tell me he admitted at least once that he was a little scared, because he didn't show it.
To suffer a tire blowout there, at that speed...I'm pretty sure that even if I were a calm and talented professional racing driver, I'd have decorated the drivers seat with arse biscuits. Phenomenal car control really, that Toyota could have gone anywhere.
I feel like this car belongs to me from my many, many hours playing gran turismo when I was young... It's a beautiful thing. It should have won. One thing for sure, it won all of our hearts
***** Tis Toyota's legacy at Le Mans. A gearbox issue screwed them in the dying hours of the race in 1994, this puncture screwed them in 1999 and a failure in a piece of FIA monitoring equipment screwed them in 2014
+BritishRail60062 perhaps, but not if the No. 17 BMW handled by JJ Lehto was not wrecked mid morning. No. 17 was about 2-3 laps ahead of the No. 15 winning car.
This dude has outstanding car control - rear tyre blowout on a RWD 600hp+ car doing around 200mph, maybe more, even on that Indianapolis Straight, great job.
Toyota's luck at LeMans is like the Andretti curse at the Indy 500. You can even extend it to Japanese manufacturers in general. A Japanese marque has only managed to win the race once (1991)
Was at the race and was biting nails, since I'm a Dane, and it was obvious that Toyota would catch Tom K. But still think that the GT-One is the most beautiful modern racecar. Le Mans used the silhouette for many years after
It's nuts how advanced and how far ahead of its time that car was. It should have murdered this race. It made even the Merc's look old and like analogue against digital. The greatest car to never win in my opinion.. I was absolutely gutted that we didn't get to see it have one more go. It's actually pretty crazy how few races they appeared at but maybe that adds to the mystique.. The Eleanor of Le Mans. Unicorn.
Just compare it to a car from 10 years later, like the Peugeot 907. They look quite similar in a way.... Beautiful car, and so fast too. deserved much more...
Back when i was very young i played gran turismo 3 and when i saw the gt one and heard the engine, omg that was supposed to be a great time. My love for this vehicle continues to this day, it is such a beautiful vehicle and a true work of art. Such a beautiful shape and such a powerful engine. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Its funny, but Ukyo rivaled BMW in Le Mans with Toyota. Now that he's retired and when he worked with GSR Team with BMW since 2010... he brought them into victory with his amazing team management. One of the most well respected Japanese Drivers of all time.
man! that Bmw should of been blacked flag, cause he wanst even trying to follow the race line!, more like blocking cause he knew he was about to be overtaken!
@spectre1209 Cheers mate :) I´ve been thinking about that sponsorship for YEARS. Espacially the the fron is perfect for Marlboro, as Toyota placed there some other stickers and it basicly looks like the Marlboro logo, on the other hand, it is´nt. Just like McLaren did over years witk West/Mika/David/Kimi. Thanks again !
Reliability is one of the most important things in endurance racing. If a car is average in terms of speed but brilliantly built, I wouldn't consider it to be an average car. Just my opinion though.
Watching this, 94 race, and 2016-17 make me don't care if the four straight victories of toyota were "easy wins", they really deserved it after all the sh... they endure before. Go Toyota! Lets win again in 2022 and 2023 when the other big OEMs enter the battle.
The gt one was an absolutely beautiful machine!
Loved it ever since Gran Turismo 2 and 3.
The TS020 is not a race car, it's a work of art!
Zoran Tot-Arvai it used to rape face in Gran Turismo 3
@@scottl.1568 Very true and one of the most powerful cars in the game :).
Agree
Agreed
Correct it failed, definitely not a race car.
Beautiful car control!!! A 200+ mph save is what you call talent.
Ukyo Katayama is seriously underrated. Back when he was in Formula One, he was consistently finishing in the points in sub-standard cars. Some say that he was offered an F1 drive with a big team (some even speculated Ferrari) but refused.
Matt 'Khandricar' Claypole Agreed. I don't think any of us have a clue about exactly how difficult it is to get a flat at something north of 200 and _not_ immediately stuff the car into a fence.
I dont totally, agree, sure the cars he drove were not good but Katayama only scored 5 little pts for 3 top 6 during the 1994 F1 season.
Being so short when they made the cockpt changes it really hit him more than the rest of the drivers
"most" of the drivers?? it didnt effect any of the drivers, in any way.... apart from keeping them safer in the event of an accident. Did you simply read this on wikipedia or something? Nearly all Formula 1 drivers are of relatively small stature, and even then, the cockpit is always bespoke and catered to its corresponding driver for that year. He doesn't need your excuses, to think something as silly and trivial as that would end his career essentially, is, quite simply, ludicrous.
Dominar TyranT that's impressive considering the cars he drove
"Ukyo Katayama, *Keiichi Tsuchiya* and Toshino Suzuki"
The Drift King himself was one of the drivers for that car
Mr .357
Toshio Suzuki was a test driver for NISSAN GT-R(MY2007〜MY2013)
Keiichi was on the GT one
Mr Tsuchiya was one of the LARK Team F1 GTR Longtail driver too in 1997
One of the sexiest cars ever driven in LM..
Josip Prša the sexiest
And probably also the best car that never won, sadly.
UnseenLive1 ferrari 330 p4 is better, but i agree with u
Ong
It shit car anyway
It still breaks my heart, 18 years after...
But Toyota is now a Le Mans winner. :)
@@MatthewDaSmitdog Yes. Three times! And two of them with Alonso at the wheel!
@@Extra-dg7uv they winning 5 times now but today Ferrari win Le mans 2023 and Toyota get 2nd positions while Cadillac 3rd
Save of the century, I also think the GT One should have won Le Mans that time
ｲｲﾈ ではないですが、高速でのバーストにも関わらず ほとんど姿勢を崩さなかった右京選手がスゴい！😱
Ukyo Katayama has got to be the coolest cat in racing. It looks to me as if he saw the tire failure as just something that happened, and he responded as needed. He couldn't win, he could have cartwheeled into the fence, but he kept his cool and waited until they made his car safe again, and he went back to do his job again. Tell me he admitted at least once that he was a little scared, because he didn't show it.
To suffer a tire blowout there, at that speed...I'm pretty sure that even if I were a calm and talented professional racing driver, I'd have decorated the drivers seat with arse biscuits. Phenomenal car control really, that Toyota could have gone anywhere.
2019年の日本人からしたら日本人3人でルマンを勝とうとしてあと少しまで行ったってものすごいことだよな
日本のファンの為のおまけの日本人ドライバーだったんだろうけどね
でも前年トヨタで唯一完走したのは日本人トリオだし日産も日本人トリオが3位だった
バーストしても真っ直ぐ走れるコントロール技術、さすが右京
I feel like this car belongs to me from my many, many hours playing gran turismo when I was young... It's a beautiful thing. It should have won. One thing for sure, it won all of our hearts
I reckon this car would have won if it weren't for that bloody puncture.
***** Tis Toyota's legacy at Le Mans. A gearbox issue screwed them in the dying hours of the race in 1994, this puncture screwed them in 1999 and a failure in a piece of FIA monitoring equipment screwed them in 2014
+BritishRail60062 perhaps, but not if the No. 17 BMW handled by JJ Lehto was not wrecked mid morning. No. 17 was about 2-3 laps ahead of the No. 15 winning car.
Yep. IIRC there was a mechanical fault in the throttle, not Lehto's fault. Shame. Kristensen would have had 10 wins, Lehto 3 and Jorg Muller 1
@@Nexus956 Remember that Brundle had a big puncture and Boutsen a big crash.
Transport & Simulation Hub you think so? Fargimg scholor.
This dude has outstanding car control - rear tyre blowout on a RWD 600hp+ car doing around 200mph, maybe more, even on that Indianapolis Straight, great job.
^Has pretty much no effect on a puncture at 200mph
Professional race drivers turn off TCS though.
This was dramatic but it has absolutely nothing on what just happened at Le Mans this year. Cruel sport, this one
yupi... I know what u are talking about.... 10x worse than this puncture...
What happened?
+BillWilliamRain toyotas car took a shit on the very last lap. didnt even finish the race, had to take ONE MORE LAP. And they would of won.
everybody should investigate what happened in 2010
Toyota's luck at LeMans is like the Andretti curse at the Indy 500. You can even extend it to Japanese manufacturers in general. A Japanese marque has only managed to win the race once (1991)
Was at the race and was biting nails, since I'm a Dane, and it was obvious that Toyota would catch Tom K.
But still think that the GT-One is the most beautiful modern racecar.
Le Mans used the silhouette for many years after
It's nuts how advanced and how far ahead of its time that car was. It should have murdered this race. It made even the Merc's look old and like analogue against digital. The greatest car to never win in my opinion.. I was absolutely gutted that we didn't get to see it have one more go. It's actually pretty crazy how few races they appeared at but maybe that adds to the mystique.. The Eleanor of Le Mans. Unicorn.
Just compare it to a car from 10 years later, like the Peugeot 907. They look quite similar in a way....
Beautiful car, and so fast too. deserved much more...
When all Le Mans 24h cars looked so beautiful and challenging! I miss it I don't know about you guys
I got a puncture on my MX5 in a school zone and I didn’t handle it as well as this chap...pure talent, sir!
Back when i was very young i played gran turismo 3 and when i saw the gt one and heard the engine, omg that was supposed to be a great time.
My love for this vehicle continues to this day, it is such a beautiful vehicle and a true work of art. Such a beautiful shape and such a powerful engine. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
God, that could not be any worse luck, wow... I feel so bad for Ukyo. Very underrated driver, especially after that save.
It's funny how almost everyone underrated the Toyota #3 car for being the slowest toyota.
Indeed Le Mans is about not just speed but finishing the race in one piece.
Perfect car control Ukyo knows how to drive!
99年モデルの1号車・2号車の外国人勢が早々にクラッシュしてリタイヤ(ライバルと競ってたらしい)
日本人勢の駆る98年モデルの3号車だけが残り順調に走行
しかも夜間にファステストラップをたたき出した
(｀・ω・´)
レース終盤に首位のBMW勢がトラブルやクラッシュで脱落して、
なおかつ一位のBMWより速いタイムを出してたら優勝の可能性も出てきた
でもレース終了30分前にこの猛追中でのバースト
この映像の前あたりに下位クラスのポルシェが進路譲らなかったりってのがあったから、タイヤに負担がかかってたみたい
普通ならクラッシュするレベルのバーストと速度なのに、片山選手は神業で回避
でもその時に片方のターボが死んじゃって、再びコースに戻るも速度は出ない状態だったみたい
(;´･ω･)
勝負の世界だし、各チームとも7オーダー出てたからしょうがないけど
けど…
もし日本人チームに99年モデルマシンがあてがわれてたら…もしかしたら
そう思うとやっぱ悔しい
(´;ω;｀)
逆にいうと信頼性があった可能性もありますね。
Now that is an awesome racing video. This is the stuff we wanna see! :D
toyota has so much bad luck in le mans
Ukyo is just dead calm during the entire thing. Incredible.
The same ghost returns this year.. very sad.
The ghost of the legendary Mazda 787B #55 ;)
The ghost of worn apex seals
At least they managed this year...
André Niemand yes but not the way they deserved a win is a win tho.
この神リカバリーには痺れた
foooooook what a save , amzing skill
Beautiful car control from Katayama! These cars are stuffed do control when a tyre blows out!
Its funny, but Ukyo rivaled BMW in Le Mans with Toyota. Now that he's retired and when he worked with GSR Team with BMW since 2010... he brought them into victory with his amazing team management. One of the most well respected Japanese Drivers of all time.
Best car that never won Lemans?
Maybe?
Yes.
Perfect car control.
この年が事実上トヨタの初優勝でしょう！
BMはバックマーカーも含めて車も志も明らかにトヨタより劣る…
右京TS-020の300kmからのバーストねじ伏せは凄かった‼
That wasn't a lack of awareness. He knew what he was doing.
Yea, but I doubt he thought about what he was doing, it had to be instinctive.
But toyota finally succeeded this year!
And that's because they had no competition. If Porsche was there, it would have been another story.
@@MDDeGrande1994 i dont think so, in 2016 the car broke with like 6minutes left or something like that, they could have won that year
Probably the 2 best looking race cars ever!
What a dirty team order...
Bscher cant drive though
One of my dream cars
I love this car. So unique. So fast. I wish Toyota, BMW, and Mercedes would've stayed in sports cars to give Audi a run for their money.
2023 they will all be fighting again
got to love tsuchiyaa!
これコントロールが上手すぎて大クラッシュ未遂なのに大したことないように見えてしまう
extraordinary save!
I love the Toyota GT-ONE!
well technicly the rules for gt1 was that a certain number of the cars would have been made for road use in order to be homologated
BMWにはライバルであるチームへの敬意が感じられない
よくクラッシュせんかったな。
さすが右京さん。
これがあってからモータースポーツでBMW絶対応援できんくなったわ。
全くおっしゃる通りですが、ワークスチームから指示されてるんでしょうね…
"If it hasn't broken by now it's not gonna break"
Ukyo Katayama: not even close to crashing...
@dtmfan No problem. You might actually be able find a photo of the car with the barcode. I've heard they did run it very briefly, probably in testing.
This is very exciting race!
Thank you Gran Turismo 7 for adding the GT-One! 😍😍
man! that Bmw should of been blacked flag, cause he wanst even trying to follow the race line!, more like blocking cause he knew he was about to be overtaken!
2007suprasport BMW drivers! Natural born Assholes! ;-)
バーストの直接の原因じゃないかも知れんけど、ブルーフラッグ出てるし明らかにスピード差もあるのに何やってんだ？黒旗モンだろ。
The camera didn’t show the contact with the BMW before the burst !
pro driver Toyota!! right left right left right left around 300km/h 07:18 slow replay. If it was a bad driver the Toyota went into the wall.
@spectre1209 Cheers mate :) I´ve been thinking about that sponsorship for YEARS. Espacially the the fron is perfect for Marlboro, as Toyota placed there some other stickers and it basicly looks like the Marlboro logo, on the other hand, it is´nt. Just like McLaren did over years witk West/Mika/David/Kimi. Thanks again !
@dtmfan I always loved the 98 tear design they used. The ones with the white streaks down the car.
Toyota has some terrible luck at the Le Mans. The TS020 faced the same 2nd place finish under the same circumstance that forced the TS010 to lose.
2017. The ghost strikes again.
片山(Katayama)右京(Ukyo)。
Nice driving Yaganoko
"he won't do anymore damage going over those kerbs"
er...
グランツーリスモなどのゲームでこのクラスの車でこのコース走った事ある人なら分かると思う。
あのセクションでパンクしたらスピン不可避！マシンコントロールマジでハンパない！
Toyota's curse continues. Absolutely gutted.
and again
What curse?!? its not curse but engineering and craftsmanship...
I'm from the future. It has ended
Beautiful machine along with the Bentley speed 8 why can't they make race cars like these anymore
Ukyo: puncture puncture
Team manager: ok ukyo-san box this lap
Anybody else notice the tyre smoke in the middle of tetre rouge? The left-rear was rubbing on the fender...
Crappy bmw really need to gtfo the way.
the bmw damaged his tire cutting him out of the corner almost provoking a accident. notice is the exact tire that was in contact...
Toyota GT-ONE, best looking Le Mans car ever. Mercedes CLR #2
They are back for revenge at Le Mans this year with the TS030!
Reliability is one of the most important things in endurance racing. If a car is average in terms of speed but brilliantly built, I wouldn't consider it to be an average car. Just my opinion though.
And now BMW and Toyota are making Supra together lol
Toyota might have had 3 wins at LeMans if it wasn't for these last minute mishaps.
what suberb reaction time and skill!!
superb car control, its a shame Katayama is mostly remembered for his f1 accidents as he was a hell of a driver on his day
I think if the tire technology and car settings are in harmony, this car already won for Toyota team...
How can one manufacturer has so much bad luck on one race track than Toyota?😅 But that's Le Mans. You don't win it, it let's you win🤷♂️
i did notice that... i was wondering if it was a slow punkture or it picked up debree there which worked it self in to the tire
Video is so old, that it does not have upload date.
I see 3 January 2009 in the description
Please upload all Le Mans 99 from Eurosport!
They won this year
Good News Everyone!
Years later, his Super GT team's car also has a habit of getting punctured...
Luckily, didn't happen this year... yet...
With this year climax, we know it's an non-official rule in motorsport: Toyota should not win Le Mans.
MastaMS21 not until they become german all of a sudden
chris hamilton Well, they kinda are. They build the cars in Cologne, Germany and a lot of the team is german
Anything that wins the 24 hours of Le Mans cannot be average...
2:31 there you go
Watching this, 94 race, and 2016-17 make me don't care if the four straight victories of toyota were "easy wins", they really deserved it after all the sh... they endure before.
Go Toyota! Lets win again in 2022 and 2023 when the other big OEMs enter the battle.
We're lucky Toyota is nice about it and hasn't gone all Ray Finkle on BMW.
Great！！👏👏katayama.👏
What did the commentator say at 0:27?
Toyota GT-1. One of the sexiest group C cars ever. No @ allowed.
The main commentator is it Quentin Wilson?
Wow they made the car from Gran Turismo in real life!
@Kw12345ff This is toyota GT-One Race car not Touring car
nice fuckin save
even a grown man cried
good job ukyo!