24 Hours Le Mans 1984 | In-Car | Porsche 956 | Richard Lloyd

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  • For the 1984 World Sportscar Championship, Richard Lloyd (GTi Engineering) teamed up with Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason in the Canon sponsored Porsche 956 Group 'C' car. In this clip we ride with Richard In-Car for the opening stages of the 1984 Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race.
    Check out the Porsche 956 T-shirt: www.powersportlegends.com/group-c-icons
    Buy the Le Mans 1984 Review: www.dukevideo.com/prd4021ED/Le-Mans-1984-Download
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  • @shirleyboy8859
    @shirleyboy8859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    If you look very carefully you can see me in the pits.... well maybe not, but I was there working... :-))

    • @colinashby3775
      @colinashby3775 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I zoomed in, and still couldn't see you, even at quarter speed. Sorry

    • @shirleyboy8859
      @shirleyboy8859 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@colinashby3775 Did you see the Hawaiian Tropic girls .... Boy they were cute.... :-))

    • @colinashby3775
      @colinashby3775 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@shirleyboy8859 let me check again

    • @sgtmiklin
      @sgtmiklin ปีที่แล้ว +3

      May be possible that I have a picture of you in my Book of 24 du mans 1983...🎉🎉

    • @shirleyboy8859
      @shirleyboy8859 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@sgtmiklin Sorry was not there in 83.... I was in 84 looking after a Lola T 610.... I have been told I am in the 84 book but I have never seen one.... :-))

  • @Phillyfast
    @Phillyfast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    It's amazing how many times they've changed that circuit over the years. No chicane at the Dunlop bridge, the forest esses, the REAL Mulsanne Straight... thanks for uploading this.

    • @thethirdman225
      @thethirdman225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don’t really care about the old Mulsanne. TBH, this was as good as it got, with a bit of slipstreaming. It really doesn’t take a lot of skill to drive on a 5.8 km straight. What I really miss is the old Dunlop Curve and the run down to the Esses. That took a good car, plenty of guts and good skills.

    • @Louzahsol
      @Louzahsol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@thethirdman225 its not about the skill on the straight. Its about the teams building cars that could do 250+ on it

    • @Quadrant14
      @Quadrant14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thethirdman225 really try looking at the start of the 1986 Race as Vern Schuppan {Factory 962} tackles Oscar Larruri {Fortuna 962}down that straight the cars are all over the place, civvy road bups wind pushing on the cars , proper driving and drafting to attack

    • @thethirdman225
      @thethirdman225 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Louzahsol I don’t think that’s very important.

    • @thethirdman225
      @thethirdman225 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Quadrant14 Yes, I remember it.

  • @anthonyhewis5083
    @anthonyhewis5083 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    My second year at Le Mans. The first was 1981. I managed to persuade my wife to come with me in 2001 on the promise the weather would be as glorious as this video shows. Unfortunately it p**sed down the whole weekend and we never went back 😢. Thanks for the lovely memories though ❤

  • @dhio9615
    @dhio9615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I'm absolutely astonished at the fact that Pink Floyd's drummer is driving

    • @williamhendrix3253
      @williamhendrix3253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      he’s more into drumming then he is drums apparently

    • @nicholasfriesen5031
      @nicholasfriesen5031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Nick Mason is the drummer Richard Lloyd is a guitarist

    • @davidmacdonald1695
      @davidmacdonald1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nicholasfriesen5031 Richard Wright was the keyboard player…

    • @maximum.p
      @maximum.p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No he's not driving here.

    • @marcelb7259
      @marcelb7259 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nick Mason drove the "Blue Kenwood". He finished 2 seasons and the went to rally. th-cam.com/video/lvSUDErWmxE/w-d-xo.html

  • @BurtSampson
    @BurtSampson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Great video! Basically every car on the track is an absolute classic, La Sarthe is in its proper layout, mid-race driver commentary, and dear lord those turbo and engine sounds.

  • @Mat_Gallusman
    @Mat_Gallusman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Very moving. I was there age 14. Above the pits at Lucas Industries balcony. What memories ! Noise, smell....

    • @johngriffiths118
      @johngriffiths118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was in the crowd . First time abroad

  • @thedrivechannel83
    @thedrivechannel83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I really miss the old circut.

  • @TobRacer
    @TobRacer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Brilliant stuff ! The quality of the pictures is one of the best I've ever seen on an old 80's footage. The Mulsanne straight without it's chicanes looks both scary and incredible !
    Thank you very much for uploading this ! :)

    • @normandate7696
      @normandate7696 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Agreed, the sad thing is that the changes to the circuit devalues IMO both the performance of both the cars and drivers and was a mistake.

    • @brienfoaboutanything9037
      @brienfoaboutanything9037 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting about Richard Lloyd Racing: th-cam.com/video/AUlvEkhaOHc/w-d-xo.html

    • @gliderfs621
      @gliderfs621 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The real name of the straight is « Hunaudières »

    • @TobRacer
      @TobRacer ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@gliderfs621 I agree mate. That is it's real name but somehow the rest of the world call it the Mulsanne straight. Which is true in some ways because the town of Mulsanne is at the end of the straight.

    • @dennismichealsm3786
      @dennismichealsm3786 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wouldn't call it mulsanne straight since it ain't straight anymore

  • @sgtmiklin
    @sgtmiklin ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The start of the golden era of Group C, i was a young boy (1972) and i loved/ love this cars, i was luky when i went in 1989 to see a friend racing in a 962. Today, i am proud to have seen this race ❤

    • @sircharles7323
      @sircharles7323 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You where really lucky to see that. I love this cars like you. This cars and this track together, with the original long straight, this was motor car racing, as I always imagined. The long gears hand shifted, this sound and the beauty of this cars, and you also had the smell of oil and race gasoline, at that time! Keep your memories as something like that will not come again in our lives I am afraid! ❤❤❤

    • @sgtmiklin
      @sgtmiklin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sircharles7323 in France we have Macron 🙄, but we have le Mans, in 1989, we had le Mans, Dijon-Prenois and Magny Cours the same year, it was great 🎉🎉😊

  • @colinashby3775
    @colinashby3775 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Mulsanne, the only part of the race the drivers could relax. At 350 plus. Love it

    • @nestroit5010
      @nestroit5010 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the rush

  • @fieldlab4
    @fieldlab4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Good god those straight away speeds are terrifying. I was fascinated with these cars at the time. Saw an IMSA race with Geoff Brabham in the Nissan GTP and the amazing Group 44 4WD Audi Quattros.

  • @Dirtytechnique
    @Dirtytechnique 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The speed going into mulsanne and how far away he was braking. Love the commentary .

  • @Violentic81
    @Violentic81 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The real Le Mans, when motorsports still excisted. Oh what a pleasure to see and hear it

  • @fhhfgj
    @fhhfgj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The only thing on the steering wheel is the word MOMO. God I miss these glorious machines.

  • @sircharles7323
    @sircharles7323 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Everybody who saw this live was really lucky. I love this cars and this track together, with the original long straight. This was motor car racing, as I always imagined. The long gears, hand shifted, this sound and the beauty of this cars and the smell of oil and race gasoline, at that time! Something like that will not come again in our age of digital plastic electric datalysis crisis homo medialus ...

  • @LS2MGB
    @LS2MGB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Look at the crowds of people lining both sides of the track. Haven't seen it like that for many many years. These were the golden days, long gone and never to return unfortunately.

    • @SimonLX
      @SimonLX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rose tinted glasses. We always think that of by-gone eras.

    • @motorsportfan1246
      @motorsportfan1246 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SimonLX but he’s right though. It was simply better in nearly every way.

    • @TDR_MrT17
      @TDR_MrT17 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I beg you differ, as we now have a new golden age. The golden age of sportscar racing has return in Wec.

  • @stargazeronesixseven
    @stargazeronesixseven 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    🙏 Thank You So Much for sharing this Le Mans 1984 Race when the Belgian Ace Driver Stefan Bellof was still alive ( Stefan Bellof sadly passed away in 1985 World Sportcar Championships round in Spa Francorchamp in a PORSCHE 956 or 962C ) >>> 🕯🌷🌿🌍💖🕊🇫🇷🇧🇪

    • @Finanzforum
      @Finanzforum ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bellof was german.

  • @VolcanoTimeLapse
    @VolcanoTimeLapse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    OH MY Gosh! This is amazing! Thank you!!

  • @timedwards5856
    @timedwards5856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    In a straight line looks like they'd give the modern stuff a run for it's money. Just the braking zones where you see modern aero, brakes & tyre technology has advanced.

    • @Artessnow
      @Artessnow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A Group C car would get annihilated by a modern LMP. Too much turbo lag, long shifting, poor brakes, little mechanical grip, very difficult to drive. Maybe against a GTE but no way against a modern prototype.

    • @mariapires7170
      @mariapires7170 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A truly starght for truly drivers, not for "chikens"!

    • @mariapires7170
      @mariapires7170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A truly straight for truly drivers, not for "chikens drivers", I mean! Sorry the error!

    • @thethirdman225
      @thethirdman225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *_”Just the braking zones where you see modern aero, brakes and tyre technology has advanced.”_*
      Yeah, all the important bits. That’s also the bit where the most skills are evident.

    • @erikbritz8095
      @erikbritz8095 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Artessnow he is talking straight line speed only mate...

  • @ashermorales8276
    @ashermorales8276 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Shifting these cars has got to be one of the most satisfying things ever

    • @sircharles7323
      @sircharles7323 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed, they took all the spirit of driving from the racers with that electronic shift bullshit ....

  • @mariapires7170
    @mariapires7170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great car and driver, amasing track before chicanes at Hunudieres - Mulsanne and amasing years!

  • @danilaodatunagem7193
    @danilaodatunagem7193 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The mulsanne straight in all it's glory. As it always should be.

    • @user-sy8rw9vi2f
      @user-sy8rw9vi2f 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Les Hunaudières. not mulsanne straight.

  • @klausdorr4966
    @klausdorr4966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this video

  • @westilldontknow3407
    @westilldontknow3407 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1:30 typical german autobahn moment actually, you drive like 300 on the left lane and someone gets annoyed and overtakes on the right

  • @williamhendrix3253
    @williamhendrix3253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    great vid, looks like he was trying to preserve the car and get to the finish.

  • @travisb4692
    @travisb4692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That Mulsanne straight !!!!
    Wow, Just WoW!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @cozmcwillie7897
    @cozmcwillie7897 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW Man what a blast....give me excess of it.

  • @arnaudfauchere1769
    @arnaudfauchere1769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks 👍👍👍

  • @TeslaGurus
    @TeslaGurus 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Shame the sweary bit at the start wasn't included! I was there working in Richard's team. Great days for sportscar racing.

  • @CatheLeiper
    @CatheLeiper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent! Better video quality then the Derek Bell clip I've always watched.
    Didn't know that Mason drove at this level. Very impressive. Impressive, too, at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, late June '75...

    • @thethirdman225
      @thethirdman225 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He sure did. I think that’s Richard Lloyd driving though.

  • @AlejandraRodriguez-in5tz
    @AlejandraRodriguez-in5tz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excelente gran piloto y caballero

  • @kikiautorcman787B
    @kikiautorcman787B 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The real racing cars, the real 24 Heures du Mans ❗👍💪🏎️🏁🤓🇨🇵

  • @nori1229
    @nori1229 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    this is what racing games should felt like

  • @sabercruiser.7053
    @sabercruiser.7053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gold.

  • @ShodaiGojira-xn3xk
    @ShodaiGojira-xn3xk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the Dunlop Bridge, any Le Mans onboard has it, from Mike Hawthorn's 1958 onboard, to this, it's so iconic, it has a Wiki page of it's own.

  • @derrickgreen9020
    @derrickgreen9020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Absolutely fantastic! The first lap and he says “The brakes are appalling”😳...Is that Stefan Bellof jousting with him initially? Must buy the dvd.

    • @AmericasChoice
      @AmericasChoice 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meh...they needed to get some heat in them.

    • @thatonenigeriansformula
      @thatonenigeriansformula 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Even back then they knew the brakes were bad lol

    • @marks7197
      @marks7197 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's not Bellof, it was Jurgen Lassig in the blue and white Obermaier 956. Bellof was a Porsche works driver in 1984 so he wasn't participating in this race due to the factory team's boycott.

    • @marcelk3847
      @marcelk3847 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@marks7197why the boycott?

    • @marks7197
      @marks7197 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@marcelk3847 FISA had announced that they would allow IMSA cars into the world championship and use their sliding scale rules for weight balanced to engine size rather than the fuel allocation basis group c was using. After spending a fortune on developing the 956 for group c for several years, Porsche chose to miss LeMans as a protest. FISA subsequently dropped the planned changes for 1985.

  • @mclarenf1gtr99
    @mclarenf1gtr99 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is amazingly fast

  • @filipostojic1239
    @filipostojic1239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1:06-1:40, 220-240 mph

    • @juniormichelesperant6372
      @juniormichelesperant6372 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yet he still got overtaken by another faster car right before he hits the mulsanne corner lol

    • @one0nine
      @one0nine 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@juniormichelesperant6372 And without a draft! Did you see him pass Jurgen Lassig about 1/3 down the Mulsanne? Nowadays you'd ride behind him for half the straight then whip out and around but not these guys. I'm a little perplexed, honestly, as to how they could pull that off.

    • @juniormichelesperant6372
      @juniormichelesperant6372 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@one0nine indeed. .

    • @sportscarsmovies
      @sportscarsmovies 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes it's one of the Preston Henn's Porsches . A strong contender who finished 2nd ( with Jean Rondeau at the wheel ! ! ! ) . The "camera" Porsche #16 was heavier than the sister car #14 and could not play for the win . Both cars were entered by Richard Lloyd and the #14 was a fast Porsche 956 in 83 and 84 .

  • @snakepliskin2297
    @snakepliskin2297 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    BRing these mental cars back.

  • @ETERNALXGAMEPLAY
    @ETERNALXGAMEPLAY 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is actually insanity

  • @thatguyfromcetialphaV
    @thatguyfromcetialphaV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What I wouldn't give for a go in that thing.

  • @deleted9263
    @deleted9263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The nostalgia hit harder than my grandma down the stairs.

  • @heliumtrophy
    @heliumtrophy 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Brakes are appalling."
    No filter - just lunatics behind the wheel.

  • @LagmasterB
    @LagmasterB 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Man that car sticks

  • @mstrbool602
    @mstrbool602 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heading to the Classic this year and planning to take some Hi8 camera and good mic. Something about modern video that just doesn’t capture the speed. Every year I come back and look at the videos from iPhones etc with disappointment!

  • @germanenglishengineer2054
    @germanenglishengineer2054 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I didn't think about it until now but it's kind of silly that they fixed Maisson Blanche I believe for safety reasons but didn't change the Mulsanne for years until 1988.

  • @camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.
    @camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc. 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    👍

  • @marcust510
    @marcust510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Back when Le Mans was Le Mans… wish they’d eliminate the chicanes now lol. Make this race all about speed & endurance like it used to be.
    Edit: endurance through speed 🤔 that sounds better

    • @dennismichealsm3786
      @dennismichealsm3786 ปีที่แล้ว

      So your actually want people die? A 200mph crash is no joke and some of these cars are known to reach speeds way pass 200mph..they'd probably took off like an airplane..that's probably why they added the chicanes to prevent deaths

  • @davide8641
    @davide8641 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazingly soft hands

  • @salahdehina9733
    @salahdehina9733 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Back when the Mulsanne straight was actually a straight.

  • @WmP88
    @WmP88 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Look's good with no two chicane

  • @thatonenigeriansformula
    @thatonenigeriansformula 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In project cars 2 it feels so similar wow

  • @jgonzalesm6
    @jgonzalesm6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    NOW THAT'S A MULSANNE STRAIGHT!!!

    • @gliderfs621
      @gliderfs621 ปีที่แล้ว

      The real name is « Hunaudières » and not mulsanne

    • @jgonzalesm6
      @jgonzalesm6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gliderfs621 - In French it's known as "Ligne Droite des Hunadieres" which translates to the English language as the "Mulsanne Straight."
      Yes, Circuit De La Sarthe is in France.

    • @dennismichealsm3786
      @dennismichealsm3786 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea I don't why they still call it that nowadays..it ain't even straight anymore

  • @motorsportfan1246
    @motorsportfan1246 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Holy fuck there’s people everywhere

  • @juniormichelesperant6372
    @juniormichelesperant6372 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When the mulsanne straight was straight..

  • @americanpride9733
    @americanpride9733 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think modern WEC prototypes can handle this layout

  • @cgrextreme
    @cgrextreme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Think this clip was also on a Front Runner video called Ticket To Ride?

  • @oliv2760
    @oliv2760 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    sa roulait trop vite

    • @sportscarsmovies
      @sportscarsmovies 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Chaque année il y avait un ( des ) problemes de pneus qui eclataient à ces vitesses . Sauber Mercedes declara forfait en 1988 suite à un eclatement aux essais que Michelin ne put expliquer . En 1989 les Aston Martin etaient equipées de capteurs de chaleur derriere les roues avant ( échaudés par l'accident de 1984 ) .

  • @newT033
    @newT033 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They seems so slow and tame around the corners, but totaly unhinged on the straights compared to todays LMP cars.

  • @praesodymium
    @praesodymium 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    really wish they would get rid of those damn chicanes down the Mulsanne

  • @user-bd2wi8vt8i
    @user-bd2wi8vt8i ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If my memory is correct, terrible quality of gas for those machines
    was the serious problem.
    Am I right?

    • @6lemans10
      @6lemans10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The contaminated gas was a issue in the 1986 race.

  • @nathanstroud2223
    @nathanstroud2223 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm not sure how I didn't notice this one on the channel before.

  • @robertjarboe7058
    @robertjarboe7058 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow no bus stops then? Cool.

  • @rondog540
    @rondog540 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ugh...somehow the old Hunaudières terrifies me anew every time I see it

  • @jlalbee
    @jlalbee 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I miss these days, before technology became so advanced that it's hard to tell the real thing from a video game.

  • @dennismichealsm3786
    @dennismichealsm3786 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jesus.. how long was the mulsanne straight back then before the chicanes

  • @patsnaso
    @patsnaso 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    FISA: How much Hunaudieres do you want?
    Drivers: Yes

  • @jmirr69
    @jmirr69 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why don’t they play before the start when the four letter words are flying

  • @1HiddenSecret
    @1HiddenSecret 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is how I drive to work everyday....

  • @carlmann7645
    @carlmann7645 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was there.

    • @roland2879
      @roland2879 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The great era: no chicanes, no FCY, just 2600 L of fuel for the race.

  • @diego.barralamoedo.4021
    @diego.barralamoedo.4021 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍😄👍💯💯💯👍

  • @sturmgewer44
    @sturmgewer44 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When you are at + 330Km/h.....and get passed by something way faster.....

    • @marks7197
      @marks7197 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That was the Swap Shop 956 driven by Rondeau and Paul Jnr, it qualified a few places further back in the mid 20s on the grid just behind the RLR camera car but ended up finishing 2nd overall.

  • @halenm
    @halenm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    シケイン無しのユノディエール・・・超長い!

  • @Projects5309
    @Projects5309 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is it me or does it sound like he's shifting at about 2500 revs?!

  • @HoosierRooster
    @HoosierRooster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Joest Racing wins '84/'85 back to back...

  • @christianszczepanski2013
    @christianszczepanski2013 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nur fliegen ist schöner !!!

  • @michimutze7817
    @michimutze7817 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The ca is good, but where r the eggs.

  • @bagasyulianto5873
    @bagasyulianto5873 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No chicane

  • @user-wg9yk7ik5k
    @user-wg9yk7ik5k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @gajiraanorimaki
    @gajiraanorimaki ปีที่แล้ว

    at 1.30 someone still maintain full throttle