and just one other I recall, Mosler MT900. I love your compilation though. Really wish they make such beauties again and bring back this good ol' GT racing.
@@auz17 Thanks brother. Yeah I loved the GT racing of the 90's. The MT900 was also a really nice supercar but it looks like it just missed the cut for my list, Wiki says it was introduced in 2001.
So many hours watching Eurosport... Lister Storm, Panoz and the Mercedes is what is missing in this race. It's not the problem of getting old and that makes you think that the old cars are better. The cars from DTM, FIA GT... had something that the cars from today doesn't have. Specially the DTM. They looked a lot better in the 90's.
Got to see these gorgeous cars at the '97 and '98 season-enders at Laguna Seca. Better variety in '97 but Porsche and Mercedes pulled out the stops and created some of the best looking sports cars ever in '98, with a special mention of the Gulf/Davidoff long-tail McLaren, of course.
i relive these days on Project cars 2 often , i grew up with gt1 , having Nissan ,Toyota , Panoz , Merc & Porshce with other names like lotus , Marcos etc , seeing them around Donigton in 98 was epic
Hell yeah, that's the stuff! The original GT1 class is the shit IMHO and my favorite class in racing/motorsport (probably because I'm a guy that loves exotic cars and GT racing the most). Yes, its cars aren't the fastest, quickest and/or the most powerful, BUT they are still TRUE MONSTERS and are pretty close to Group C machines, especially the Toyota GT-One and Dauer 962 Le Mans (in terms of top speed, power and weight).
That #26 IBM 911 GT1 is the best looking car of the entire group, but the Lotus GT1 is the most unique and special in my opinion. How I wish I could've been around at that time to witness those cars in their heyday.
It's a GM V8, probably 5.7 L like you said. I think I read something with modified corvette ZR1 C4 engine? All I know is that the lotus gt1 IS running GM V8.
Yup! Lotus engineered the engine for GM and the C4 ZR1 and Mercury built the engine since Lotus didn't have the manufacturing facilities to keep up with Corvette production demand. At this point, Lotus was still owned by GM (remember the 1990's FWD Elan?), and they wound up holding on to a few of the GM LT5 engines. When the TT 3.5 Lotus V8 proved unreliable in racing, it was rumored that they shoved the LT5 into the GT1 and made it into a decently competitive car, but I had always thought that was just a rumor!
Well promise is just a promise. Lotus GT1 isn't as reliable, and as fast as others... shame really. Despite that, we can't ignore that Mclaren F1 is too OP in it's time.
The thing about the GT1 cars is. You can take them and set them next to any modern-day hyper car, and they wouldn't look out of place. They would look every bit as beautiful, uncompromising, and extreme!
And now, 23 years on, homologation-based racers are now making their big comeback in the World Endurance Championship under the Le Mans Hypercar category; with recent stalwarts Toyota fielding the GR010 and Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus prepping the SCG-007! Here's hoping Ferrari will jump in on the new category with their inevitable LaFerrari successor!
Compared to the F50 ad Enzo that followed, the 288 GTO that came before, as well as most of the cars on the grid, yes. It does look relatively plain. Please keep in mind the context of his statements. The F40 is hardly a "plain" looking car, but it's all about the company with which it found itself.
Modern lmp1 , alot slower tbh the Porsche 911 in 1998 for example at Le Man qualified with a lap time of 3:38.084 the Porsche 919 Hybrid of lmp1 last year qualified pole with a lap time of 3:19.733. So still some of my favorite cars ever but alot slower as was probably the intent as the group C cars were doing lap times around the 3.20's in the late 80s and early 90s before they were taking down.
Thanks for the clarification. Amazing cars! I was born in 1995 so I never had a chance to watch these cars in action but obviously I've heard quite a lot about them. They are very impressive!
They were on par with prototypes from their time. In fact, in '98 at the 24 hours of Le Mans, a good handful of GT1s were ahead of the prototypes. In '99, if the leading Toyota GT-One didn't have a puncture, the BMW V12 LMR wouldn't have won. You can't compare them to modern LMPs though, as downforce has greatly increased
There were in effect two types of GT1 cars at the time competing against each other in the same class. Ones which were road cars adapted for racing in the traditional GT class sense like the McLaren F1 and F40 and the others which, due to exploitation of the rules, were nothing more than purpose built sports-prototype racing cars that spawned road versions to satisfy the rules like the Mercedes CLK-GTR/LM, 911 GT1 and Toyota GT-One. Because the latter were pure racing cars they were as fast as the cars in the official sports-prototype category at the time (LMP1). With recognition that these GT1 cars were really prototypes, and to close the loophole that spawned these cars, race organisers revamped the regulations so that for 1999 the GT1 category was scrapped and these GT1 cars now raced in a new category called LMGTP (Le Mans Grand Touring Prototype). LMGTP was now alongside LMP1 as a prototype class while LMGTP cars no longer needed to sire a road going version. LMGTP was for closed-cockpit cars, LMP1 (now simply called LMP) was for open cars. Also for 1999 GTS replaced GT2 while a new class was introduced, GT (for GT3-type cars) For 2000 LMP became LMP900 because a new, lower prototype class was introduced, LMP675 which was a late successor to the earlier LMP2 class of the mid to late 1990s. For 2004 LMGTP and LMP900 were eventually brought under one top level prototype category, LMP1, while LMP675 morphed in to LMP2. LMP1 and LMP2 remain to this day. So in effect GT1 became LMGTP which became LMP1. GT1 did momentarily return for a few years from 2005 (replacing GTS) but this was for road based racing cars as we know them, not prototypes masquerading as road cars!
Absolutely no mention of proper GT1 cars that were originally designed as road cars and then competed: My personal favorite was the Bugatti EB110SS that raced in '94 alongside Lotus Esprits, Corvettes, F40's and Marcos'. Then the Germans were allowed to enter monstrosities like the GT1 and CLK GTR which, as usual, completely ruined the whole thing and brought about its end. They should've been banned before they even competed.
Lucya Burkhalter GT1 cars are highest specification of GT racing which are upgraded road cars. Hence the extreme holomogation specials. Cars like the 911 GT1, CLK GTR, Toyota GT-One were built as race cars first, and then road cars second. GT500, much like DTM cars, are special built chassis not available to the public based on common cars (GTR, RCF, NSX).
not street registered. they had to build a road car first to homologate the car in the GT1 category. that was the rules; but some brands got around that rule. by building firstly the race car and next the road car in the minimum amount requierd to homologate the race car
The 90's also had some really nice supercars:
Mclaren F1 (LM)
(GT)
Nissan R390 GT1
TVR Speed 12
Porsche Schuppan 962CR (Dauer 962 Le Mans)
Ferrari F50
Porsche 911 GT1
Mercedes CLK GTR
Bugatti EB 110
Jaguar XJ220
Jaguar XJR-15
Acura NSX
Lotus Elise GT1
Panoz GTR-1
Toyota GT-One
Pagani Zonda
Cizeta-Moroder V16T
Marcos Mantara LM600
Venturi 400GT
Lister Storm
Lamborghini Diablo
You forgot the Lister Storm
@@auz17 Good call. Just realized I also forgot the Lamborghini Diablo. I updated the list.
and just one other I recall, Mosler MT900. I love your compilation though. Really wish they make such beauties again and bring back this good ol' GT racing.
@@auz17 Thanks brother. Yeah I loved the GT racing of the 90's. The MT900 was also a really nice supercar but it looks like it just missed the cut for my list, Wiki says it was introduced in 2001.
CCGT?
Someone tell the FIA to bring back the GT1 championship.
Matthew Botha The New gt1 class is the Gt500 Japan Super GT
why is that ridiculous
isnt the gt500 sgt's on a spec engine?
pblabrat07 yes it is four banger like sr20
And group b, and proper btcc. All the decent motorsports have fizzled out now
I missed the Toyota GT-One, Mercedes CLK GTR, CLR and Nissan R390 GT1 :(
And the mazda 787b
chappy2121 that was
a group C car
Someone likes Gran Turismo, don't they?
When a 962 and 911 love each other very much...
These Porsche GT1 are awesome!!!!!
F40 beautifull look!!
They should've done away the f40lm and gone ahead with the f50 gt .
So many hours watching Eurosport... Lister Storm, Panoz and the Mercedes is what is missing in this race. It's not the problem of getting old and that makes you think that the old cars are better. The cars from DTM, FIA GT... had something that the cars from today doesn't have. Specially the DTM. They looked a lot better in the 90's.
Ohh the Panoz the sound :)
Oh gosh... lister storm. That brings back the memories!
What a beast!!
totally agree man! though i was only 6 years old back then and only occasionally watched races on eurosport.
Cerbera speed 12
I wish the CLK GTR take part in this
Got to see these gorgeous cars at the '97 and '98 season-enders at Laguna Seca. Better variety in '97 but Porsche and Mercedes pulled out the stops and created some of the best looking sports cars ever in '98, with a special mention of the Gulf/Davidoff long-tail McLaren, of course.
Any Lotus Elise GT1 fans?
RC Grid Ive never seen one of those in a video, just on pictures. I just love that car.
Santiago Ardiles González maybe look at videos from British gt championship
Me!, i love it!
Me!
Gran Turismo 2 introduce that car to me.
What a time to live. Road car and race car never get this close again
Those roof scoops were a fleeting thing.
Well, they are functional & popular in 1990s
I had a Porsche Mobil 1 when I was a kid!
Wonderful souvenir. *---*
i relive these days on Project cars 2 often , i grew up with gt1 , having Nissan ,Toyota , Panoz , Merc & Porshce with other names like lotus , Marcos etc , seeing them around Donigton in 98 was epic
90s hypercars have a simplistic beauty that i dont see today
Agreed, they have that boxy look from the previous decade while preceeding the rounded 2000s cars design
Thank you for sharing! Sad to have missed it this year, but appreciate all the coverage!
Hell yeah, that's the stuff! The original GT1 class is the shit IMHO and my favorite class in racing/motorsport (probably because I'm a guy that loves exotic cars and GT racing the most). Yes, its cars aren't the fastest, quickest and/or the most powerful, BUT they are still TRUE MONSTERS and are pretty close to Group C machines, especially the Toyota GT-One and Dauer 962 Le Mans (in terms of top speed, power and weight).
That #26 IBM 911 GT1 is the best looking car of the entire group, but the Lotus GT1 is the most unique and special in my opinion. How I wish I could've been around at that time to witness those cars in their heyday.
GT1 was an incredible era! I'm probably in the minority but I feel that the non long tail high down force kitted GTR LM was the better looking car!
Is that the Lotus GT1 with the 5.7L DOHC LT5 GM V8? It just doesn't sound like the TT Lotus 3.5L flat-plane crank V8 from the Esprit GT1
It's a GM V8, probably 5.7 L like you said. I think I read something with modified corvette ZR1 C4 engine? All I know is that the lotus gt1 IS running GM V8.
Yup! Lotus engineered the engine for GM and the C4 ZR1 and Mercury built the engine since Lotus didn't have the manufacturing facilities to keep up with Corvette production demand. At this point, Lotus was still owned by GM (remember the 1990's FWD Elan?), and they wound up holding on to a few of the GM LT5 engines. When the TT 3.5 Lotus V8 proved unreliable in racing, it was rumored that they shoved the LT5 into the GT1 and made it into a decently competitive car, but I had always thought that was just a rumor!
Well promise is just a promise. Lotus GT1 isn't as reliable, and as fast as others... shame really. Despite that, we can't ignore that Mclaren F1 is too OP in it's time.
Absolutely. The fact that the CLK GTR and 911 GT1 had to be built reflect just how OP it was in its day.
Please, forget the LMP1 and bring back the GT1 again.
LMP1 is dead, we have LMH now
Absolutely Fantastic!
I hope all of this cars will be officially racing again on the track how the modern car days use to be
No Mercedes Clk Gtr 😕
MBevo 2 :'(
Where's the CLK-GTRCapuava Racing :P
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Where did the Capuva livery race?
thee Mitchi In brazil endurance events
The thing about the GT1 cars is. You can take them and set them next to any modern-day hyper car, and they wouldn't look out of place. They would look every bit as beautiful, uncompromising, and extreme!
Beautiful...
0:41 i had this car in tamya rc car f103 rs F1 chassis 1/10 electric, the porsche gt1 1998. Fantastic car of my childhood memories
Amazing
Awesome video.
And now, 23 years on, homologation-based racers are now making their big comeback in the World Endurance Championship under the Le Mans Hypercar category; with recent stalwarts Toyota fielding the GR010 and Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus prepping the SCG-007! Here's hoping Ferrari will jump in on the new category with their inevitable LaFerrari successor!
Amazing...
The best car in the world 💪👍🖤⭐️🖤⭐️🖤⭐️👋👍
F40 shape plain? You're fired.
Compared to the F50 ad Enzo that followed, the 288 GTO that came before, as well as most of the cars on the grid, yes. It does look relatively plain. Please keep in mind the context of his statements. The F40 is hardly a "plain" looking car, but it's all about the company with which it found itself.
Nope, you're fired too. Grab your pAycheque on the way out! 😃.
really nice meeting
MY LORD
The panoz! How could they leave that out 😑
David Stefanowicz Because no one in the UK owned one? Or no one had one in working condition?
What a shame. I wonder if they invited panoz himself.
Was the f50 ever a racing car?
10 owners of 911 with rear mounted engine dislike this
How fast are these cars compared to LMP1?
Modern lmp1 , alot slower tbh the Porsche 911 in 1998 for example at Le Man qualified with a lap time of 3:38.084
the Porsche 919 Hybrid of lmp1 last year qualified pole with a lap time of 3:19.733.
So still some of my favorite cars ever but alot slower as was probably the intent as the group C cars were doing lap times around the 3.20's in the late 80s and early 90s before they were taking down.
Thanks for the clarification. Amazing cars! I was born in 1995 so I never had a chance to watch these cars in action but obviously I've heard quite a lot about them. They are very impressive!
They were on par with prototypes from their time. In fact, in '98 at the 24 hours of Le Mans, a good handful of GT1s were ahead of the prototypes. In '99, if the leading Toyota GT-One didn't have a puncture, the BMW V12 LMR wouldn't have won. You can't compare them to modern LMPs though, as downforce has greatly increased
There were in effect two types of GT1 cars at the time competing against each other in the same class. Ones which were road cars adapted for racing in the traditional GT class sense like the McLaren F1 and F40 and the others which, due to exploitation of the rules, were nothing more than purpose built sports-prototype racing cars that spawned road versions to satisfy the rules like the Mercedes CLK-GTR/LM, 911 GT1 and Toyota GT-One. Because the latter were pure racing cars they were as fast as the cars in the official sports-prototype category at the time (LMP1).
With recognition that these GT1 cars were really prototypes, and to close the loophole that spawned these cars, race organisers revamped the regulations so that for 1999 the GT1 category was scrapped and these GT1 cars now raced in a new category called LMGTP (Le Mans Grand Touring Prototype). LMGTP was now alongside LMP1 as a prototype class while LMGTP cars no longer needed to sire a road going version. LMGTP was for closed-cockpit cars, LMP1 (now simply called LMP) was for open cars.
Also for 1999 GTS replaced GT2 while a new class was introduced, GT (for GT3-type cars)
For 2000 LMP became LMP900 because a new, lower prototype class was introduced, LMP675 which was a late successor to the earlier LMP2 class of the mid to late 1990s.
For 2004 LMGTP and LMP900 were eventually brought under one top level prototype category, LMP1, while LMP675 morphed in to LMP2. LMP1 and LMP2 remain to this day.
So in effect GT1 became LMGTP which became LMP1.
GT1 did momentarily return for a few years from 2005 (replacing GTS) but this was for road based racing cars as we know them, not prototypes masquerading as road cars!
I have a hotwheels version of the red and yellow f1
What track are they on?
Goodwood!
BRING GT1 BACK LIKE IF YOU AGREE ALSO HOMOLOGATION
Is this a race or a show?
GT1 was just exhibition laps.
Well it's an accidental race.
Shame the panoz gt1 is not Here the chasis out lasted them all with the lmp1 panoz. Even beat bmw,audi at a couple races.
Absolutely no mention of proper GT1 cars that were originally designed as road cars and then competed: My personal favorite was the Bugatti EB110SS that raced in '94 alongside Lotus Esprits, Corvettes, F40's and Marcos'. Then the Germans were allowed to enter monstrosities like the GT1 and CLK GTR which, as usual, completely ruined the whole thing and brought about its end. They should've been banned before they even competed.
Lister storm
Why isn't GT1 around anymore?
Dr. Bananable Lector Cost very high
Dr. Bananable Lector
The New gt1 class Name is Gt500 Japan Super GT searching in Google
No, GT1 and GT500 are vastly different.
how great is the different
Lucya Burkhalter GT1 cars are highest specification of GT racing which are upgraded road cars. Hence the extreme holomogation specials. Cars like the 911 GT1, CLK GTR, Toyota GT-One were built as race cars first, and then road cars second. GT500, much like DTM cars, are special built chassis not available to the public based on common cars (GTR, RCF, NSX).
great to see these again. though the inane, jabbering commentary spoils the atmosphere, should be livestreamed instead.
then the guy in the red and yellow mclaren crashed his car :(
Cameron Nick Mason. Rock and roll.
No Sard MC8-R
Yes
Plenty of Porsches instead of CLK-GTR and PanoZ facepalm
They mention it being a static display car right at the start of the clip.
I wonder why the clr is not racing 🤣🤣
2 dislikes WTF!!!!! They must be limp wristed.
wtf, some of these cars are street registered?
not street registered. they had to build a road car first to homologate the car in the GT1 category. that was the rules; but some brands got around that rule. by building firstly the race car and next the road car in the minimum amount requierd to homologate the race car
I think the red and yellow McLaren F1 is road registered.