7:50 there’s a very well made short film about this crash. I think it’s just called Le Mans 1955. It’s an animated depiction of the driver who was next to drive the car that went into the crowd and the team manager. Good stuff
I remember watching the 1999 24h of LeMans on Speedvision (here in the US) and seeing that wreck LIVE (at the time) and wondering 'did just see what I think I saw'. Both in terms of the accident and the aftermath. I was wondering how did a large, heavy (~1000 kg) car end up just outside the treeline along the mulsanne straight?
Is Speedvision the source of the commentary ("IT HAS GONE AGAIN!") during the last flip in the actual race? Obviously for the practice flip it was Ben Edwards on Eurosport (always nice to hear Ben!)
It wasn't only the disturbed air from the cars Infront, but that part of the track being a hill with a noticeable crest & dropping elevation with the bumpy road surface almost universally creating additional allowances to potentially cause flips with vehicles that require high speeds and downforces, if they cannot easily & quickly evacuate airflows outwards away from the undernose & underbody.
@ it’s honesty wild, how many Nazi companies are still global giants. Mercedes, Porsche, BMW, Chanel, Hugo Boss, Fanta (I see you Coca Cola), Adidas. Their marketing teams should be studied for how well they side stepped so much
The CLR (and other GT1 cars) was flawed because of the angle of attack of the front wing and rake. Regulations allowed slippier bodywork and big overhangs, a perfect recipe for low drag and reaching higher speeds, but also disaster. The angle of attack of the front nose, now almost at 0⁰ of inclination or almost neutral, made little downforce because of it. This was capable of upsetting the car's attitude over bumps and crests, and combined with the long overhang bodywork it deflected enough to generate lift instead of downforce... Slipstreaming only made the problem worse, as it limited the amount of clean air going over the bodywork, already struggling to maintain downforce over the front wing situation. Well above take off speeds the problem made itself more "visible". LeMans notoriously has several crests and bumpy surface, so it was 'only natural'. The same issue sent flying a Porsche 911 GT1 at Road Atlanta, also in spectacular fashion.
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7:50 there’s a very well made short film about this crash. I think it’s just called Le Mans 1955. It’s an animated depiction of the driver who was next to drive the car that went into the crowd and the team manager. Good stuff
@@Tunda2 I'll have to look for it thank you mate 🤘🏻
@@ExploringTheSmoke You should! It's a great video
I remember watching the 1999 24h of LeMans on Speedvision (here in the US) and seeing that wreck LIVE (at the time) and wondering 'did just see what I think I saw'. Both in terms of the accident and the aftermath. I was wondering how did a large, heavy (~1000 kg) car end up just outside the treeline along the mulsanne straight?
@@Ben-bf4gn it's boggles the mind, a simple slipstream of air and boom that 1000kg+ car may have been a sheet of paper in a tornado 😂
Is Speedvision the source of the commentary ("IT HAS GONE AGAIN!") during the last flip in the actual race?
Obviously for the practice flip it was Ben Edwards on Eurosport (always nice to hear Ben!)
@@MarkPentler hopefully Ben can answer that as I'm in the dark 😂
It wasn't only the disturbed air from the cars Infront, but that part of the track being a hill with a noticeable crest & dropping elevation with the bumpy road surface almost universally creating additional allowances to potentially cause flips with vehicles that require high speeds and downforces, if they cannot easily & quickly evacuate airflows outwards away from the undernose & underbody.
@razor1uk610 appreciate the knowledge Razor, you're a legend 💪🏻
4:38 If you did research it.. then you would find that Hugo Boss did not design the uniforms, they only produced them.
@@KayoMichiels pick your poison mate, still never wearing that shit 😂😂
4:39 don’t you leave out Ferdinand Porsche lmao
@@Tunda2 shhhhhhh...we don't talk about that 😂
@ it’s honesty wild, how many Nazi companies are still global giants. Mercedes, Porsche, BMW, Chanel, Hugo Boss, Fanta (I see you Coca Cola), Adidas. Their marketing teams should be studied for how well they side stepped so much
@@Tunda2 Peiche's too
that old poster in the background goes hard tho ngl
@@nathanstroud2223 it does
I'm glad someone else finally did this great video
@@MarkPentler incredible bit of history, glad you enjoyed Mark, thanks for watching 💪🏻
The CLR (and other GT1 cars) was flawed because of the angle of attack of the front wing and rake. Regulations allowed slippier bodywork and big overhangs, a perfect recipe for low drag and reaching higher speeds, but also disaster. The angle of attack of the front nose, now almost at 0⁰ of inclination or almost neutral, made little downforce because of it. This was capable of upsetting the car's attitude over bumps and crests, and combined with the long overhang bodywork it deflected enough to generate lift instead of downforce...
Slipstreaming only made the problem worse, as it limited the amount of clean air going over the bodywork, already struggling to maintain downforce over the front wing situation.
Well above take off speeds the problem made itself more "visible". LeMans notoriously has several crests and bumpy surface, so it was 'only natural'. The same issue sent flying a Porsche 911 GT1 at Road Atlanta, also in spectacular fashion.
@@hugovilag thank you Hugo for the incredible and informative comment! Glad you're here 💪🏻💪🏻
Good afternoon bubba. I hope you're well! Your lovely wife too. WHAT A GREAT THUMBNAIL PICTURE!
@@jasonwhoever5528 Thank you my man 🤘🏻
And once again i was in this stream 😂 😂😂
Appreciate it TJC
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