WTF Really Happened to Ford V Ferrari?
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- Ford v Ferrari was a surprise hit in the fall of 2019. At the time, many assumed that big-budget, adult-skewing dramas were bound to underperform, but James Mangold’s film rode a way of outstanding reviews and good buzz to a hefty $225 million worldwide gross. It earned a best picture Academy Award nomination and has become a streaming staple, paving the way for Mangold to be chosen as Steven Spielberg’s successor for Indiana Jones 5.
The film is based on the 1966 Le Mans race, where Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) attempt to build a car that will take out the dominant Italian racing team, Ferrari. It’s a story filled with triumph and tragedy that seems reverse-engineered to be a Hollywood epic, but how close is it to what really happened at the ’66 Le Mans? In this episode of WTF Really Happened to this Movie, we try to separate fact and fiction while reexamining this top-notch racing flick. How close do Mangold and his screenwriting team of Jez and John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller stick to what really happened? And was the 24 hours of Le Mans race as gruelling as the movie made it out to be?
This episode of WTF Really Happened to this Movie is written by Brian Accardo, edited by Paul Cooper, narrated by Steve Seigh and produced by Taylor James Johnson. Let us know what you think of Ford v Ferrari in the comments!
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I could write on and on about Le Mans but... I was at the race in 1964 and 1966. In 1966 we had pit passes before the race. I was able to talk to Ken Miles. He was very much a gentleman and extremely kind and polite to this 15 year old snot nosed American kid. I count myself as very fortunate to have met him.
Can only assume you had a close family member or family friend who had the credentials to get pit passes? How did it come to be that you were there. I'm not pressing because I doubt you- rather I'm curious to know how this came to be.. thnaks
@@rogerbussiii My father was transferred to France by Goodyear in 1962. Chemical Division not the Tire Division so the pit passes were through Goodyear. My dad and I attended in 1964 and 1966. Slept in the car and the whole bit. Great memories 😊
I absolutely loved this movie, the scene where Carol Shelby takes the grandson of Henry Ford for a rip in the new Ford GT, and he breaks into tears 😅 so awesome
That never happened. The scene where Lee Iacocca went to Shelby and introduced himself, also never happened. I enjoyed the movie. But, they took more than a few liberties with timelines and circumstances. It's best to read a couple of the books about the Shelby involvement with the Ford LeMans program. It's a genuinely amazing story that is far better than the best parts of the movie.
@@scottbrown7415 dude it’s a movie they can’t make it exactly the same as how it really happened
@@ravenszn2 I don't expect a documentary. But, you might feel differently if it was your father who was portrayed as a crying wimp. Or an anti social ayehole. All for dramatic effect. Not really very cool.
If they showed the movie exactly true to life believe me yould be rooting for Ferrari. Hank the deuce was one of the biggest assholes ever to walk the face of the earth
@@ravenszn2 We...they can, but they won't.
Nah, the saddest thing is, the fixed finish robbed Ken Miles of the recognition of being the ONLY driver to ever win Daytona, Sebring, and LeMans all on the same year; managing all three top endurance races was an incredible feat of luck, physical skill, and mental determination. It's such a difficult thing to achieve, that it still has not been accomplished over half a century later. It seems only real race fans know of this incredible accomplishment, and the man who did it.
The best Dad movie I ever Dad movied to. Dads, can I get an Amen.
Ameen
Oh heck ya. Lol
Gay men
... oops I mean Amen
Amen😊
Yey, sir. Amen.
During the era of racing, numerous race car drivers lost their lives, leaving many questioning why they would engage in such a perilous sport. However, Bruce McLaren, who himself passed away at 32 in 1970, provided an insightful perspective on the matter in his book "From The Cockpit," following the death of his colleague Timmy Mayer in 1964.
McLaren shared, "The news that he had died instantly was a terrible shock to all of us, but who is to say that he had not seen more, done more and learned more in his few years than many people do in a lifetime? To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one's ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone."
Phedon Papamichael's cinematography was breathtaking
Is that a real name? That’s crazy haha
Christian Bale is awesome in everything
Not in Thor 4
@@hairypancake4425 he was the best part in Thor 4
@@jasoncanby2525 zero multiply by whatever is still zero and not to mention his John Connor is terrible.
@@hairypancake4425Bale practically saved Thor 4 from being a total disaster.
@@Peer165 it is still totally sh!t show regardless
When Carol Shelby won Le Mans in 1959 there were not two other American drivers sharing the car. Just one very British Roy Salvadori.
Carroll.
@@larrysmith6797 Apologies. Blame the spelling on my own ignorance or the suggestions that appear above the keypad. Each as likely as the other.
The one thing that disappointed me in the film was no mention of Denny Hulme who was Miles co-driver in the race
Great review like always this is one of my most favorite movies…but it wasn’t break failure that caused the death of miles… It had to do with the transmission locking up… A few weeks or months after Ken’s death one of the engineers Took the car out on the test track same time a day same weather and once again the car locked up the only reason why the engineer lived because he knew something was wrong due to ken’s death so on the same turn it happened again he was still hurt I believe but did not die like Ken
Enjoyed the film as a Ford fan the photography was v good. The story was inaccurate in some aspects though but that happens with every movie
La-coca? Really... it's pronounced I - A - kokka. There is no L.
Actually more like "ya-cock-ah" in Italian, but it's been anglicised in America as you've stated.
Dude also so Tack-o-meter. It's Tack-om-eter.
Most likely a text-to-speech thing. These lazy TH-camrs can't even present their own material these days. When you get such a blatantly incorrect pronunciation....the kind that no human should ever make... It's usually text-to-speech. Or because the guy's a complete moron. Either way.
Or he mistook the I for an L as he was reading the script. Which, in that case, did the guy even watch the movie? Does he even know who Iacocca is? Does he realize how important he is to the American car industry?
It’s always funny when someone mispronounces a principle participant of history incorrectly lol.
Miles ran a GT40X in 1965 at LeMans in a Ford not Chevrolet. Ford had four weeks until the race, they decided to prepare two of the cars with the 427 engine called the GT40X to supplement the team with the GTs running the existing 289 engines that were already racing in all over Europe. During the practice laps, the 427 set the lap record at 3:33, almost five seconds faster than the Ferraris. Ken Miles and Bruce McLaren teamed up to drive the number 1 black and white GT40X. The car is very noticeable with a long nose and fins on the rear clamshell. While the Ford had set the lap record, the race was an unmitigated disaster. Gearboxes were not strong enough in the big block cars.
They didn’t portray 1965 as the first ford Le Mans 10:35 they follow ken as he is dismissed from driving as mentioned in the video they acknowledge the 1964 defeat
One of my favorite movies. Top level all the way through.
I don't know... Shooting the 24hrs of Daytona at Auto Club Speedway was a big wtf for me
I know there are some pretty significant inaccuracies, but this is still my favorite movie. I also find Miles' death tragic as am F1 fan because he never got to compete in Formula 1 despite expressing his desire to do so.
he had 47 years old, I don't think he would be able to compete against brabham, Stewart, Hulme, or Hill
As a lifelong motorsports fan, I loved this movie. This and Rush are easily the best modern racing films (Talladega nights excluded lol). They managed to make these events mainstream and enjoyable for all while also maintaining good accuracy and paying respect to the sport, which pleased most if not all hardcore racing fans.
RUSH was a great film I liked it just as much as F vs F.
Days of Thunder needs to be in that list somewhere too in my opinion, although I guess it's not really "modern" anymore and I'm showing my age haha.
If you watch the Shelby interview, it was his idea for the 3 way finish, which he regretted due to the technicality.
If you watch the end of the actual race, Miles did not cross the finish line first.
In my opinion, I think Shelby tried to exploit a loophole in the race rules to have 2 winners since he said that there was no rule which says that the car which drove the farther distance wins in case of a tie, and he claimed that Le Mans cooked up that new rule in the middle of the race to break the tie. But in anyway, even if Miles was slightly ahead or really tied with Bruce in crossing the finish line together, that technicality will still make him lose due to the instructions for him to slow down. The good thing about Shelby is he took full responsibility of that failed attempt to have a tie instead of passing the blame to others, he felt guilty for the rest of his life for it, he owned up to that mistake.
Facts
Em Kay One? Really? That's Mark 1, dude. And the GT40 mk1 was NOT developed by Miles and Shelby, but correctly depicted in the film as having been developed in the UK.
The Ford GT40 Started out as built on a British Lola mk6 1963.. They glossed over that a bit... And as many people forget.. The AC Cobra was originally an AC Ace.. British built again... American engine...
@@Gearlink42 Still not enough credit is given to Lola in the film - typical American bullshit, why let facts spoil a good story.
He lost all credibility when he said Lee "Lecoca"
@@DJkirakira That is one of the more difficult Italian surnames to pronounce correctly for non-Italian speakers - it's like "ya-cock-ah" . I believe in the US it's anglicised as "eye-are-coke-ah"
A lot of pronunciations detracted from this piece..... Mk1, Mk2, Iacocca, Scuderia, tachometer, Leo Beebe, heck, if you want to be picky, even LeMans. The international racing scene encompasses a bunch of different language influences. Overall though, a decent effort, could have been better with a little more homework
Great Video about a Great Film! But, for future Reference, Goodwood Motor Circuit is in Chichester, UK, not Chester, UK.. Haha. Keep the Vids coming!
Yeah came here to say the same
It's behind me at work.. So I hope it's not in Chester, as I've been working in the wrong place for 8 years then.. 😂😂😂😂🤣
@@Gearlink42 Haha, I'm only a few miles from Chester, I'd be made up if Goodwood was in Chester!.. I'll just have to make do with Oulton Park.. Haha
@@hazy0077 hey I used to love Oulton Park... .. I was in BSB from 1998 till 2010...Malory Park and Brands Hatch was good to.. .. I won't say about the Spitfires and P51 Mustangs flying out from Goodwood in the summer then.. Lol.. 😊
Nitroglycerin tabs won't explode.
Lee Iacocca not Lacocca.. He was literally the most influential man in automotive history... If you at least watched this movie, you'd know how to pronounce his name. Nothing like a movie review from someone who never watched the movie... So informed, and well researched
Was he incorrect with anything he said? Or is your issue with mere pronunciation?
@@jtgd it's pretty obvious he didn't watch the movie and is just reading a script. tons of mispronounced words and names.
@@jtgd I mean... Hearing "Lacocca" instead of Iacocca made me instantly question the credibility of the rest of the video too lol. It's like talking about physics and calling him Albert Einsteen lol.
@@jtgd yes. He was incorrect in tons of things he said. Never heard anyone call it a “tack-o-meter”
The guy is clearly not a car guy
I can't get past the fact that you called Lee IACOCCA Lee Lacocca...
yep. deal-breaker for me
Nitro pills dont explode either and the "s" on "Lemans" is silent 😝
It's either a computer voice, or someone with no knowledge of auto racing. Many youtube videos have poor audio, due to venturing into subjects they know little about. Lots of other errors in this video. But it's entertaining, anyway.
....and Mk is pronounced "mark" - no wonder the rest of the motoring world looks at Americans like Cousin Eddie and his RV with the full shitter
And it's Chris AY-mon, not Chris a-MAHN
Great movie but honestly you're proofreaders have a lot of work to do there's so many inconsistencies and errors in this video it's sad that it came from a company with the production value you normally put out
Ford "GTO"
People should watch the Chris Amon interview on TH-cam- one of the three KIwi drivers in the top two cars and a gentleman who was known for his integrity as well as his outstanding driving skills. His take on events is quite different from this piece of fiction.
Hearing LeMans mispronounced like 30 times up to this point is enough, BUT LEE LACOKA??? WHAT THE FUCK
I watched an hour-long interview with Carroll Shelby before he passed. He expressed the total frustration he felt dealing with Ford executives and engineers. Petty jealousy was Shelby's constant challenge. It's a miracle he achieved what he did.
Hi, I said this years ago that they should have a Statue of Shelby in Front of Ford HQ because he has gotten them Paid for Years! Thanks-Smith' Hot Wheels guy' Die cast Bham Al.
Shelby also never gave credit to Holman Moody and Kar-Kraft, the two companies that actually built the cars and, in Holman Moody's case, made the chassis modifications to fit the 427. Shelby gets way too much individual credit for, what was really, a team effort.
@@buckhorncortez probably, no one wants a Holman Moody collectable muscle car, do they? Everyone wants a Shelby. He has the name and accomplishments.
@@buckhorncortez except they said it in the film that who made the car fast and reliable was shelby and his team but who built the form was lotus and who put the engine in and found a way to do it was someone else. they didnt give credit to shelby at all for that
They absolutely filmed the Willow Springs scenes at Willow Springs. No idea why you would think they shot it at Honda's proving grounds.
They used the proving grounds to double Riverside at the very end.
Rob Gibson is 100% correct
Awesome detail to an awesome movie thank you so very much for adding the missing bits and in true order again well done and thank you
As a car guy, you really hurt met with some of those pronunciations. Like Lacocca instead of Iacocca, or M-K instead of 'mark'. There were a few. I do love this movie though
I hate to say it, but Steve Seigh mispronounced several words, including key names, in this video and I think this could have benefited from a little more research or rehearsal. Steve Seigh just didn't sound comfortable narrating this video.
Also, it's MK stands for Mark, as in mark one, not M.K.
2:35 Goodwood Circuit is near to Chichester not Chester. Chichester is in West Sussex on the South coat of England, while Chester is in Cheshire in the North West of England around 260 miles away.
loved this video, but really wanted to know if shelby really took the stopwatches from ferarri and is the bolt drop scene true as well? witch would be awesomely bad ass🤣🤣🤣
No, the pits were ordered by numeric order of the cars. Ford had cars numbered 1 through I think 6. Ferrari had cars starting at 20, the two company’s pits were nowhere near each other
I think the highlight of the film was the sidewalk brawl between Miles and Shelby even if it was fictional. Loved Bourne v. Batman, er Ford v. Ferrari! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
As someone who has loved racing my whole life and knows a lot about its history, as well as my love for Carol Shelby, I want to say that this is probably one of if not my favorite movie even though there are some in accuracy in the movie. Its still very enjoyable to watch and appreciate the film making behind it.
Like so many other movies based on reality, they 'adjusted' and changed parts of the story to make it more entertaining. I, too, love the world of auto racing, and grew up reading about the exploits of FoMoCo taking on Ferrari during the 1960's. Like LeMans the movie, it was all about making a great movie out of real life.
And worth noting…when Shelby started working for Chrysler in the 1980s he used the “Go Like Hell” phrase on the 1984 Dodge GLH.
If Miles had half the temper that was shown in the movie, then we know for certain how he felt about being robbed the victory.
3:34 nitroglycerin pills won't explode.... lmao
In pharmaceutical form, nitroglycerin (sometimes called glyceryl trinitrate, probably to prevent alarming patients) is used as a heart medication, which is unlike its unstable counterpart, as it cannot be rendered even slightly explosive.
Somebody in the research department was asleep at the wheel on this one.
@@mike1975a Right. It's completely stable and harmless (at least terms of energetics).
In reality; Riverside Raceway (Moreno Valley, Ca) is where most of the GT story with Shelby happened. That is also where the final crash happened.
It is now a Mall ☹️.
The way you described Shelby’s use of nitroglycerin doesn’t even come close to how he described it in an interview.
"Go Like Hell" is a phrase very much tied to Carroll Shelby. When he worked with Chrysler in the 1980s, he made the Shelby Omni GLH and GLHS. Obviously "Goes Like Hell" and less-obviously, "Goes Like Hell Some-more".
Go like hell was also used by Shelby on the dodge omni glh.
And GLHS (Somemore)
Great movie.
Recommend: The 24 Hour War.
It's a documentary about this race and rivalry.
13:09 The part in the movie where Ford got in the car and screamed that he sat on his nuts had me laughing pretty hard 🤣
"Lee Lacocca" -- I'll be honest, this made me laugh.
Neither Shelby nor Miles had any real role in "designing" the GT40. The car was designed by Roy Lunn and Eric Broadley.
Leo Beebe's last name is pronounced "Bee-bee," not "Baby" - and in real life he was already head of Ford's racing division before the point in the film where Shelby was told he was.
It's also Lee IACOCA, not La Coca.
Just a clarification, Ken Miles did not race the 1965 24hrs of Le Mans for Chevrolet. He drove a Ford Mk2, with Bruce McLaren for Shelby American Inc. They started 4th on the grid and retired because of gearbox failure.
A brilliant movie 🎥👌👌👌
When someone who knows nothing about cars or car movies and can't pronounce names the right way.
I love this movie. Should have watched in theatre
"... ugly little cars in ugly little factories ...." is a pretty vast understatement, even with some actual Shelby/Miles GT40s built later on under Shelby's supervision to Miles' knowledge, and despite their origin called "Ford" GT40 nonetheless. So, Enzo basically honored the chubby American with a compliment about his cars and factories 😂
Ferrari never said that. And he was not at the race.
As much as Hollywood loves to distort the truth, this has to one of the best.
"Mk 1" is short for "Mark 1".
What do you mean what happened? It was a fantastic movie and one of the best automotive themed movies of all time
Great movie really got into it, 😂😂 was shouting at the movie when Miles wasn’t given first place. A dedicated movie about Carol Shelby would be great so many of his cars were saved from the crusher would be great to see em all in a biopic
This is An Awesome Movie! Very Entertaining 😎👍👌🍁♈
It had occurred to me that this was a David and Goliath story where Goliath wins lmao.
I’m with you . I wanted a movie showing the success Shelby had with the AC Cobra that led to the development of the Daytona coupes success at 24 hours of Le Mans . A movie about the little guys in a big sport !
As the owner of 1986 Shelby Omni GLHS no.296 (and living in Detroit!), I found this film extremely entertaining and worth the while, regardless of the historical inaccuracies.
The characterization of Miles and how he looked, IMHO, is nothing short of amazing!
You forgot to mention it's not a Ford but in fact a Lola from England.
Gawd - how many times do we have to hear this bullshit? Totally wrong!
So fun fact...Go Like Hell refers to the crappy Dodge Omni GLH from the 80s. It was a Shelby designed car and the GLH actually stood for Go Like Hell......no joke!
Very good review and glad I’m not the only one who saw the inaccuracies in the movie. Don’t forget that each car had 2 drivers for LeMans and Chris Amon was adamant till his death that he and Bruce McLaren were a lap up when the slow order came through
He also said that Mclaren did accelerate to the finish line , Bruce was determined to cross the line first .
The photos taken at the finish show the No2 car leading .
Something they failed to mention was the tyre problem Mclaren and Amon had . Or the fact that after losing 2 laps
because of the tyres , they actually led the race by morning . And only lost the lead when they were called into the pits
for the technicians to "check " the tyres .
As they sat there for more than 2 minutes , Miles took the lead and held it till he was slowed for the "dead heat ".
So , if Amon thought they where a lap up , he was mistaken . ( In his biography he makes no mention of being a lap up .)
0:21 in Belgium this film also called Ferrari v Ford and not Le mans '66.🇧🇪👌🏻
19:00 that "technicality" was made up for the film. And even then, McLaren clearly crossed the line ahead so it wouldn't have mattered anyway.
To give more detail, that rule was only applicable in the case of a tie. McLaren crossed the line first so it didn't matter in the end.
10:35 not to mention Lola cars with the body of the gt
This is the only movie that managed to made me shed a tear in decades.
Literally one of my favorite car movies not a single flaw
While a good move and all it is baffling how media constantly portrays Ford v Ferrari Le Mans story as Ford being the underdogs when most probably the RnD costs for Ford project would have been enough to buy the entire Ferrari operation 10 times over.
Goodwood in Chester?! Did you research this at all? They’re 240 miles apart…..🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Taco-meter! Lol
Goodwood is in Chichester, (South of England), not Chester (North of England).
"...easily offended racing historian..." That's me..... lolol
1:12 I love how it went from business business business to let's talk abt what the fuck happened 🤣🤣🤣
Lee Lacocca 🤣
Hollywood needs to hurry up if they’re going to capitalize on the 25th anniversary of the Mazda 787B winning Le Mans. I’d call it Mazda Vs Mercedes it’s the ultimate lovable underdog story. It’s like Ford versus Ferrari meets The Mighty Ducks. Plus hearing the four rotor engine screaming over a THX sound system would be spine tingling
Unfortunately the whole context surrounding Mazdas win in 1991 (which was 32 years ago) won't make for good entertainment other than the rotary earporn. Mazda won through exploitation of Loopholes, their competitors misfortune, and a bit of sheer luck.
"Slow car wins after everyone else broke down"
Great video, one minor nit pick: the mispronunciations. Other than that, this is an awesome vid!
This movie is not a documentary. Nobody expected that the Ford team would win the 1st year they were racing. By 1966 they had enough experience to do this.
Ford was the 2nd largest car building company in the world while Ferrari was such a small company. It is amazing that they could win any contest against against Ford or Porsche.
He should of have had a montage
Really enjoyed that one
Best Christmas movie ever
-Here is the thing in the book “Go Like Hell!!” It is said that Ken Miles did speak to a LA. reporter after the events in LeMans and spoke about the finish and how he felt about it BUT that article in the LA Times is not included in the book which you would think would beneficial to the story as you would get how Miles felt about the whole thing. Plus, the final laps at LeMans ‘66 was raced in the rain and even though the Ford drivers were asked to cross the finish line together it is said that McClaren sped up as they neared the finish line and that there is photo of that and that he was in the lead as they cross the finish line. Further cementing the argument that McClaren did indeed finished ahead of Miles but again did they not ask Miles to slow down so the other Ford drivers could catch up to him and get that “photo finish” that Ford wanted? Meaning that this was a screw job that the Ford execs and McClaren were in on. That LA Times article with Ken Miles’ thoughts should have been included in the book. As it stands now McClaren won the race outright and that’s the end of that!!
Literally everywhere- Le Mans 66
America - Ford versus Ferrari
So telling….
Pretty good! Just minor complaints over mispronunciations & one mis identification. in the film's 1966 24 Hours Of Daytona sequence, Miles is racing, wheel to wheel, against a Walt Hasgen character rather than Dan Gurney. In the opening Willow Grove (Riverside) race, Miles is racing against Gurney... played by Dan's real life son, Alex (a respected pro racer himself).
btw - Both Gurney & Hasgen drove Formula One in the time period, and Hasgen was driver Mark Donohue's mentor. Ironically, Hasgen died 4 months before Miles in 1966, during the April tests at LeMans for the Holman & Moody GT-40 team.
Pronunciations - Leo Bee Bee, like a BB gun. Lee EYE-A-coke-ah. Driver Chris Aaaa-mon. (Triva - Chris lent his very iconic racing helmet design to James Garner during the filming of "Grand Prix" in 1966 for Pete Aron's character. And, Pete Aron's white w/green stripe "Yamura" car was a Formula Junior copy of Bruce McLaren's actual first year Formula One car. McLaren wound up wearing fellow New Zealander Chris Amon's helmet during several F1 races, where actual race footage supplements the film's staged competitions. It's most obvious during the first lap of the British GP sequence.)
The GT-40 is referred to as a GTO in one place.
(More trivia. John Wyer, after leaving Ford, formed John Wyer Automotive. His team ran 5 liter (305 cu in) Ford GT-40's in the 1969 LeMans, in the famous blue & orange Gulf Oil livery. They finished 1st and 3rd, making a Ford sandwich out of the 2nd place factory Porsche 908. The race was filmed by Steve McQueen & crews from Solar Productions as a test to prove McQueen's 1970 film "LeMans" was practical. Wyer's operation became the official factory Porsche team in 1970 with Porsche's lightning fast 917K model... which Steve McQueen drove during the staged race filming of "LeMans.")
1964 is when I became a racing enthusiast, which was cemented in '66 by the film "Grand Prix" on the Cinerama screen. "LeMans" only made the addiction worse ;-)
The voice over is doing my head in so wrong
Goodwood is in Chichester not Chester. Please check this stuff.
Yo this was a great breakdown and perfect time on the release.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes
Tack o meter😂 Is this man real?
Lost some respect here... at 12:09 the narrator clearly called the GT40... a GTO.
Thanks.
For once I wish they do keep it as accurate as possible like 99 %
So much of this is wrong: firstly the position at 4 o'clock is the result, not when they cross the line after 4pm, secondly Ford won in '67 but pulled out of running the Ford GT MkII & IV in 68 to build a new prototype to the 3litre which was the maximum capacity for prototypes. A Ford GT car run by Gulf won both 68 & 69 overseen by |John Wire so Ford won only 66 & 67. You failed to point out that Eric Broadly was in the film and that he designed the original British Ford GT. But thank you for a good video and pointing out that the film is really good entertainment. I particularly liked Ken's wife in the movie.
This is why I don't like movies based on real events anymore. This whole part of history is so much more interesting by itself. Why change it? The truth is more interesting.
This movie was an emotional rollercoaster. If your not crying at the end, you may not be human.
Another movie, not as good, but filled with gears, emotion and nostalga is The Beast
3 main drivers for Ford hardly get a mention Denny Hulme, Chris Amon, Bruce McLaren. Kiwi's that could drop into any vehicle and raise the standard. And it was the 2 kiwis that won the race.
Ah your first point is correct but I watched this film in the cinema and they actually did show Shelby taking his pills for the race right at the beginning of the film but they must have edited it out on dvd release, I remember as I googled it after leaving the cinema,
Awesome film though!!
Mk.I is pronounced “Mark One”. Mk.II, Mark Two, etc..
the GT40 prototypes were Lola MK6
Great review thanks and can’t wait to attend the race this year! Please learn how to pronounce LeMans though, you don’t pronounce the ‘s’. Also Scuderia 😛