These guys must be utterly fearless, especially the gent on the Darracq. I’ve read about that car, and it’s about as primitive as you can get. Wonderful stuff!
Absolutely phenominal! Having grown up around Model T's and horseless carriages it is an absolute thrill to watch these old machines do what they were intended to do - RACE!
“Rotting”? Most museums where the remainder of these cars exist, take immaculate care of them, and quality museums maintain and start up the cars in order to keep everything in order. These cars are history, and history deserves to be preserved for future generations. I hope someday soon we’ll find an efficient way to make replicas so we can have the experience without risking crashing and destroying 1 of 1 historical race cars
That Darraq is my favorite pre ww1 vehicle of all time. I am saddened by the previous owner passing away, he was utterly ruthless when driving it, like he was almost reckelss! Drove it the way it was built to be driven. Hard to say if he would have been any more aggresive than the current driver was in this race though. Pretty damn impressive imo. Considering that car has basically 1 usable gear and a redline of like 1200 RPM.
Spent a day at Snetterton Vintage racing last year, the best racing ever, add to this that it was raining and watching these cars sliding around at slow speeds really showed the drivers' skills.
Actually, no scarves. You really don't want clothing as loose as a scarf hanging around when there's plenty of things it can wrap itself around, even in the early 1900s.
These old cars are almost hilarious too watch they are so basic almost crude, wonderful too see them out and about! The Fiat S 76, what a BEAST 28ltr 4 cylinder 300hp 128mph at 1000rpm, just unbelievable!
Now that was an exciting show. Was personally rooting for the wacky bodiless Darraq V8 and the ridiculous Fiat S76 with its 28.4 litre I4. Glad to see the Darraq do so well, pity the S76 is so slow through turns.
@@VeraTheTabbynx The thing is, Fiat seemed to have designed the S76 from the ground up, purely as a Land Speed Record car. The other Land Speed Record cars in the grid, like the Darracq and the "Blitzen Benz", still had some design features taken from, and suited for, road racing and GP cars of the day, so those cars could still do the corners in a reasonable way.
@@jcgabriel1569 yes, the S76 is pretty much pure brute force. The engine is massive. Each individual cylinder displaces as much as an entire Ford GT40 427. The rest of the car is mostly just built to carry it.
This is absolutely crazy in so many ways. Kudos for all the barking mad maniacs who risk their health and these invaluable relics to keep the heritage alive and provide us this wonderful entertainment.
Well, that's Julian Majzub (yes, the same man who goes all out on his Bugatti Type 35B or Alfa Romeo 308C. He loved driving cars with more power than grip in duels like this...
That impressive old Darraq appears to have a better relationship between track width and centre of gravity height than most of the other cars. I wonder if it had so little positive camber (if any?) on its front wheels back in the day, which should also make the front tyres happier than on the others. Apart from its grunt, it also appears to push a smaller hole in the air - and I suspect the driver has a big say in it, too :-) Really exciting race - and I just loved the way the big Benz just billowed smoke when it applied all its grunt in a charge, positively leaving everyone else standing on the back straight. What an incredible thrill it must be to drive, let alone, race these lovely cars!
Absolutely brilliant. Better than any other motor racing for me. I've seen many of them close up at Mallory Park and hill climbs and they are fascinating cars, as are the owners.
Proof that making a racing car faster doesn't necessarily make it more fun to watch/drive. This and lemons are infinitely more interesting to watch than F1 or other "real" racing.
Eh nah. F1 nowadays is also still a load of fun to watch. This is also really nice to see though, beautiful old machines. Also why does everyone compare this to F1? Its completely unrelated. These machines were 41 years older then F1. Not comparable at all.
Now that's racing, who would think these pre war race cars could put on such an AWESOME show? I could watch that kind of racing all the time. these guys make NASCAR look like a bunch of slobs.
Fantastic, awesome cars and some very brave drivers! I' can't objectively say if it's better than Formula 1, but that's only because I stopped watching F1 about 20 years ago because it became so dull....
Spectacular! Unfortunately these cars were wicked temperamental and suffered from engine failure and fires from being pushed to their limit but I suppose that was part of the thrill of racing back then!
These gentlemen are braver than any current F1 driver, IMO. Lovely to watch - and a bit scary, too. Rolling one of these high center of gravity cars at the high grip, high speeds they do now on tarmac could easily be fatal. Lots of interesting noises and smoke signals, too! :-)
This is super cool, I really like the idea of racing old cars. Couple of months ago I watched a video of Troy Corser racing a super charged BMW R5 and that was insane! But how to they get replacement parts for the old bikes and cars? Are new ones billet machined with CNC, lathe work, milling etc?
if you manage to find the documentary Bentley vs Benz about the 1920's you cn actually see in multiple ocasions the drivers being bumped up from their seats. They even have a quote of one saying that a certain corner is faster if you brake earlier because then you manage to keep your butt in the seat and foot on the gas over the bump. First time I saw it got me in awe to what racing used to be
I'm so glad events like this exist, love seeing this old tech get used the way it was meant to!
old lack of tech really apart from an ingition system i doubt there are any electronics in there :p
@@Træfisk Is that a bad thing?
More action in one lap than a F1 race. Thrilling stuff.
@@matthewpayne42 Technically, this is Formula 1, sort of. 100 years ago anyway. 😂
These guys must be utterly fearless, especially the gent on the Darracq. I’ve read about that car, and it’s about as primitive as you can get. Wonderful stuff!
I've seen it too. Don't get your boot laces caught up in the flywheel!
The high chair on the Mercedes GV602 looks terrifying 😂
The only thing I can think of or see when it's on the screen
That fiat 76 looks like they just ripped the wings off a plane and said go for it
That Mercedes is the oldest car in the race, a 60Hp from, 1903.
that guy has guts, or else he's crazy, id be at the back trying not to get lapped
I dont know or watch alot about older racing cars, but that 28L 4 Cyl with a redline of about 8 absolutely puts a smile on my face
"redline of about 8"
had me laughing!
👍
Thin wheels, poor grip, high barycentre, positive cambers, that's tough men's racing
No brakes, no roll bars
Any idea why the cambers were so positive back then?
@@raramcgee4982 Probably the same reason why some trucks/buses use positive camber today, it helps when turning.
@@BMWM3GTS92 ah forsure, is that cause of the weight?
They looked death in the face on every race. Death won quite a few.
This has to be one the most exciting races I’ve ever seen. Imagine trying to keep that leaderboard updated! lol
Absolutely phenominal! Having grown up around Model T's and horseless carriages it is an absolute thrill to watch these old machines do what they were intended to do - RACE!
I wish I could smell this video.
Respecting the very early History of Real Race "Cars" - and real Race Drivers, they are HERE just right now to see !!! THANK YOU, GOODWOOD ! AMAZING
Race cars driven like they should be, and not rotting in a garage.
Clichés,TripleSeven, should be avoided like the plague!
Well said! Far too many machines of various types STUCK in museums NEVER to see the light of day even again. What a WASTE!!!!
“Rotting”? Most museums where the remainder of these cars exist, take immaculate care of them, and quality museums maintain and start up the cars in order to keep everything in order. These cars are history, and history deserves to be preserved for future generations. I hope someday soon we’ll find an efficient way to make replicas so we can have the experience without risking crashing and destroying 1 of 1 historical race cars
This IS the new formula. Formula 1. :)
PS I'm from the States, i.e., the sticks. You Brits knew it all along. Now me too. I just adore Goodwood.
Formula old would sound better lol
That Darraq is my favorite pre ww1 vehicle of all time. I am saddened by the previous owner passing away, he was utterly ruthless when driving it, like he was almost reckelss! Drove it the way it was built to be driven. Hard to say if he would have been any more aggresive than the current driver was in this race though. Pretty damn impressive imo. Considering that car has basically 1 usable gear and a redline of like 1200 RPM.
Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful, The whole race and all of the cars, but my favorite is the Darracq V8. Man WHAT a romantic car that is.... FANTASTIC
Spent a day at Snetterton Vintage racing last year, the best racing ever, add to this that it was raining and watching these cars sliding around at slow speeds really showed the drivers' skills.
I could have mistaken this for colorized film of the early 1900s if the drivers were wearing goggles and scarves!
And driving either on earth or wood tracks. (Yes, there used to be wood tracks)
Actually, no scarves. You really don't want clothing as loose as a scarf hanging around when there's plenty of things it can wrap itself around, even in the early 1900s.
These old cars are almost hilarious too watch they are so basic almost crude, wonderful too see them out and about! The Fiat S 76, what a BEAST 28ltr 4 cylinder 300hp 128mph at 1000rpm, just unbelievable!
Goodwood looks like a very beautiful race track
Now that was an exciting show. Was personally rooting for the wacky bodiless Darraq V8 and the ridiculous Fiat S76 with its 28.4 litre I4. Glad to see the Darraq do so well, pity the S76 is so slow through turns.
Yeah, the Fiat S76 is not designed for cornering at all, it is just for sheer straight line speed.
@@jcgabriel1569 Yup, land speed record car with only 2 drum brakes on the rear. Very much not in its element here, but truly astonishing nonetheless.
@@VeraTheTabbynx The thing is, Fiat seemed to have designed the S76 from the ground up, purely as a Land Speed Record car. The other Land Speed Record cars in the grid, like the Darracq and the "Blitzen Benz", still had some design features taken from, and suited for, road racing and GP cars of the day, so those cars could still do the corners in a reasonable way.
@@jcgabriel1569 yes, the S76 is pretty much pure brute force. The engine is massive. Each individual cylinder displaces as much as an entire Ford GT40 427. The rest of the car is mostly just built to carry it.
The Darracq is the wildest car out there. A chassis with an engine, wheels and a driver. As basic as it gets but surprisingly fast and agile.
The darracq driver got balls of steel! Please more racing like this :)
Crazy to think that the Darracq and the Beast of Turin both competed at the Saltburn Speed Trials
That’s it, thats what these machines were made for, Bravo!
THAT is REAL racing!!!
Glad to see them running and not rotting somewhere as a display piece. These cars were made to be driven.
And that right there is racing in its purest form.
It’s just awesome seeing how the cars don’t lose that much speed going into corners.
This is absolutely crazy in so many ways. Kudos for all the barking mad maniacs who risk their health and these invaluable relics to keep the heritage alive and provide us this wonderful entertainment.
This is really competitive racing. It looks slow but it's not, and these cars are not easy to race
5 Laps of pure excitement up front!
Wow, that was exciting and wholesome! #9 (the guy who came in 4th) was smiling nearly the whole time.
Well, that's Julian Majzub (yes, the same man who goes all out on his Bugatti Type 35B or Alfa Romeo 308C. He loved driving cars with more power than grip in duels like this...
That impressive old Darraq appears to have a better relationship between track width and centre of gravity height than most of the other cars. I wonder if it had so little positive camber (if any?) on its front wheels back in the day, which should also make the front tyres happier than on the others. Apart from its grunt, it also appears to push a smaller hole in the air - and I suspect the driver has a big say in it, too :-)
Really exciting race - and I just loved the way the big Benz just billowed smoke when it applied all its grunt in a charge, positively leaving everyone else standing on the back straight. What an incredible thrill it must be to drive, let alone, race these lovely cars!
Love the low rumbling sound they made when going 150 kph at probably 500 rpm
2:10 First time I've heard of a 30/98 being described as light and nimble......
So much more interesting than watching these electric super cars, much more skill and power involved.
I found my new fav thing to watch
Love it!! Amazing to see these machines being driven balls out!!
This races in simracing would be awesome as well
Lewis Hamilton a worthy F1 champion, but this is real racing. Absolutely enthralling 👍🏁
This is far more exciting then a modern formula 1 race.
This is awesome. These guys are actually racing!
Aw man, excited for this one!
I love that these guys put out content like this I wish I could see it in person someway
These Edwardian cars are just spectacular
Phwoar! Love it. Thanks Goodwood!
Beast of Turin is such a beauty😍
Absolutely brilliant. Better than any other motor racing for me. I've seen many of them close up at Mallory Park and hill climbs and they are fascinating cars, as are the owners.
Proof that making a racing car faster doesn't necessarily make it more fun to watch/drive. This and lemons are infinitely more interesting to watch than F1 or other "real" racing.
That. Was. AWESOME!
The only thing missing is the smell of rich mixture and Castrol oil , fabulous !
❤️❤️❤️
Wow. just wow. 5 laps of this is better than 5 SEASONS of modern F1.
Eh nah. F1 nowadays is also still a load of fun to watch. This is also really nice to see though, beautiful old machines.
Also why does everyone compare this to F1? Its completely unrelated. These machines were 41 years older then F1. Not comparable at all.
2:54 thing looks like something I drew as a 5 year old! Pretty sure I've seen vids of that jooga on start-up with flames and coal coming out the side?
0 downvotes 🙏 awesome to see these cars doing some workouts 🚀✔😎
I love this cars ♥️♥️♥️
Best race ever!
Now that's racing, who would think these pre war race cars could put on such an AWESOME show? I could watch that kind of racing all the time.
these guys make NASCAR look like a bunch of slobs.
Fantastic, awesome cars and some very brave drivers!
I' can't objectively say if it's better than Formula 1, but that's only because I stopped watching F1 about 20 years ago because it became so dull....
Certainly more drama and lead changes than pretty much any 5 laps of any F1 race for quite some time!
Best race I've seen in years.
He's the STIG!
He.... is Ben Collings, not Collins.
No, He's Not! But he IS the Duke of Richmond's Brother in Law (who owns Goodwood!)
Who needs grip eh?
Here's part 2: ruclips.net/video/-L3P4tjxXoU/видео.html
the real gentlemen race
My God, This is GREAT!!!! Where the heck are they hiding the fans?!!!
These cars take guts to drive!
🚘🚗🐨 but I do appreciate the early days of any sport..well done in those days. Keith Australia
These guys are nuts. I love it.
Absolutely fantastic. True racing drivers, in an incredible variety of machinery. Todays circus..F1, can't hold a candle to this.
I would have loved to see this back in the day when they had dirt tracks
...you wouldn't have seen anything because of the huge dust clouds caused by the first car !
Блин, в натуре анбеливебл!)) Особенно финиш. Номер три - красавчик !
It's really something these +100 year old cars can still move like this. Really neat.
🏎️ Thank You!
Driving these Race Cars is like Flying a Air plane! and a Steam Locomotive!! While Arguing with your wife over what for Dinner !!!
Not dissimilar to a Ferry race . It's Great to see these 100 year old plus Cars drifting around a Track .
Spectacular! Unfortunately these cars were wicked temperamental and suffered from engine failure and fires from being pushed to their limit but I suppose that was part of the thrill of racing back then!
These gentlemen are braver than any current F1 driver, IMO. Lovely to watch - and a bit scary, too. Rolling one of these high center of gravity cars at the high grip, high speeds they do now on tarmac could easily be fatal. Lots of interesting noises and smoke signals, too! :-)
1 dislike? Come on man. Get out of here.
It was Clarkson. Still hasn't forgiven the Stig, and anyone with a stig like name.
🚘🚗have enough time to read a book for the next lap. .Keith Australia
Great race 😊
Just amazing, fabulous!
That was really exciting!
I wish I could take a car, tune it, and race it with other racers on Goodwood
This should be broadcast in black and white.
An absolute joy !
I enjoyed the race. However, i wish a list of cars and competitors was included in the description.
That was a GREAT race!
Look at those steering wheels
Brilliant race!
Thank you gentlemen. I respect thee.
That smile on the driver of #9 pure bliss
Bro I want to see that one old indie car that had a Mercedes plane engine in it, it was on Top Gear but I can’t remember it’s name.
I think you mean Brutus. It has a Junkers engine out of a Heinkel bomber.
That was brilliant ❤
Those tires scare me
Awesome. Thank you.
This is super cool, I really like the idea of racing old cars. Couple of months ago I watched a video of Troy Corser racing a super charged BMW R5 and that was insane!
But how to they get replacement parts for the old bikes and cars? Are new ones billet machined with CNC, lathe work, milling etc?
Were racing surfaces that nice in 1909? :-)
Nowhere near!
even better, they used to race on dirt and gravel xD
I once read they were dirt tracks with oil poured on them to keep dust down.
if you manage to find the documentary Bentley vs Benz about the 1920's you cn actually see in multiple ocasions the drivers being bumped up from their seats.
They even have a quote of one saying that a certain corner is faster if you brake earlier because then you manage to keep your butt in the seat and foot on the gas over the bump.
First time I saw it got me in awe to what racing used to be
Beautiful race.
Pure gold this.
i would love to see one of these cars in Gran Turismo
Very fun to watch
Incrediblely fun🤪👍
Just a little more back in history and we have stagecoach-races.
Screw boring F1 Lets have an international series!!