Flying Mercedes and fierce competition - 1999 Le Mans highlights

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  • Опубликовано: 12 июн 2019
  • There were 15 full-factory cars bidding for Le Mans victory in 1999, more if you include a pair of Panoz. It was only fitting that this field should create one of the great races of all time on the Circuit de la Sarthe. The race quickly came down to a straight fight between BMW and Toyota. Actually, it was two races: the first was fought out by the quickest of the cars from each manufacturer; and the second, in the closing stages, between the slowest.
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Комментарии • 225

  • @carlosdossantos1251
    @carlosdossantos1251 5 лет назад +422

    The Toyotas gives me so many nostalgia to when I use to play Gran Turismo

  • @stulchmulch227
    @stulchmulch227 5 лет назад +266

    The Gran Turismo 3 and 4 memories with these legendary cars😍

  • @sgm3488
    @sgm3488 5 лет назад +265

    People in 1999: I wonder if any of these cars can fly
    Mercedes CLR: *observe*

    • @sepehr7402
      @sepehr7402 3 года назад +1

      Lmao

    • @lild3838
      @lild3838 3 года назад +11

      Proceed to do sick 1440 flip

    • @adillakandi.r
      @adillakandi.r Год назад +2

      People in 1930: in future there's will be a flying car
      1955: say no more

    • @prashanthg8165
      @prashanthg8165 2 дня назад

      @@adillakandi.r 💀💀💀

  • @piersandromannino4109
    @piersandromannino4109 5 лет назад +177

    1999 : Toyota against bmw, Mercedes, Nissan etc... 2019: Toyota against themselves.

    • @mayvb4926
      @mayvb4926 4 года назад +22

      *Insert picture of Spider-man point to himself

    • @Naerl__
      @Naerl__ 3 года назад +5

      Poor Porsche and Bentley

    • @Atti19216
      @Atti19216 3 года назад +7

      Yeah i know they went the distance but its a shame toyota got the first one when there was no other competition.

    • @adillakandi.r
      @adillakandi.r Год назад +4

      Now: toyota against Porsche, Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot

    • @JerichoP84
      @JerichoP84 3 месяца назад +1

      Now it's Toyota vs Ferrari vs Porsche

  • @jdockii
    @jdockii 5 лет назад +205

    Keep making more of these videos. They are great

    • @sourlemon83
      @sourlemon83 5 лет назад

      better than the official WEC channel

  • @Lordcamilo2
    @Lordcamilo2 5 лет назад +47

    Thank you Gran Turismo series to introduce us to these beasts. Toyota GT-ONE, the 1st dude to show up. Love at first sight.

  • @racingrecap-comingsoon8066
    @racingrecap-comingsoon8066 5 лет назад +57

    A golden era! Just look at that GT One

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 5 лет назад +2

      End of the GT1 era, and start of the Le mans prototype.

    • @weesky2000
      @weesky2000 5 лет назад

      Did you buy any scaled model.

    • @theylivewesee1674
      @theylivewesee1674 5 лет назад +1

      @@Orcawhale1 well to be fair toyota and mercedes were le man prototype but the rules at the time allowed that, mclaren f1 is the true last gt1 car

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 5 лет назад +3

      @@theylivewesee1674 They were prototypes, but still built after GT1 specs, and not LMP.
      As for the F1, it wasn't a purpose built GT1 racer, like the 911 and CLK GTR.
      Just the best road car who happend to make a great racecar aswell.

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 5 лет назад +1

      @@djorksolo8544 Dafuq are you on about?
      The designer of the Enzo, is Ken Okuyama.
      And the designer of the TS020 is André de Cortanze.

  • @overvieweffect9034
    @overvieweffect9034 5 лет назад +173

    Toyota's sheer persistence to win this race is why they deserved 2018's victory and why they deserve to win this year's race too despite being the only realistic contenders

    • @4ndyr0g3r50n
      @4ndyr0g3r50n 5 лет назад +18

      They won because Porsche and Audi did not enter

    • @reynaldiwidjaja277
      @reynaldiwidjaja277 5 лет назад +22

      @@4ndyr0g3r50n isnt that what the op said ?

    • @davidmacdonald1695
      @davidmacdonald1695 5 лет назад +16

      Meh. Toyota win on merit because they are better at engineering and I doubt the others could keep up at this point. Any simple check of road car reliability puts German manufacturers (and western manufacturers in general) way behind Asia. If you don't believe me, look up JD Power survey results 2018. In particular, German cars are overrated. Mercedes design and build their F1 cars in England because they can't win any other way. As for Le Mans, Audi only won over the years due to a lack of competition. When they had competition (Peugeot) they lost. On the other occasions, they lost in-house battles against Porsche or Bentley. Big deal. @@4ndyr0g3r50n

    • @cyjan3k823
      @cyjan3k823 5 лет назад +4

      Andrew Rogerson porsche win because they had No luck And audi win a lot because of No competition
      So what

    • @djorksolo8544
      @djorksolo8544 5 лет назад +5

      @@4ndyr0g3r50n You're the typical stupid porsche fanboy ! Toyota in 2016 is clearly superior to Porsche, bigger engine, but lower fuel running than the smaller engine of porsche. porsche only won as every german manufacturers, because Toyota is unlucky like cursed in LeMans. 2016, the Toyota finaly restarted, and complete the last lap. In 1999 Toyota overtook BMW, but suddenly tire puncture took the victory away from them.. etc ... nobody deserves the victories in LeMans more than Toyota!

  • @GuntanksInSpace
    @GuntanksInSpace 5 лет назад +24

    This was so weird to watch live as a kid. The CLR flying all of a sudden was wild, and I was rooting so hard for Toyota too

  • @javiergarrido6088
    @javiergarrido6088 5 лет назад +73

    a lot of people cofuses the CLR (flying mercedes) with the CLK. The CLK is a GT1 car meanwhile the CLR was a LMGTP car

  • @nitrix4726
    @nitrix4726 5 лет назад +49

    The GT-ONE are so beautiful

  • @MrTrick.
    @MrTrick. 5 лет назад +87

    The GT-One is my all-time fav Le Mans car, gutted it never won.

    • @racingrecap-comingsoon8066
      @racingrecap-comingsoon8066 5 лет назад +1

      Same

    • @weesky2000
      @weesky2000 5 лет назад

      Did you buy any scaled model.

    • @dickfitzwelliner2807
      @dickfitzwelliner2807 5 лет назад

      It's a toss up the Toyota and Mazda 767. I have a soft spot for rotary engines, especially if there are 4 of them. I think the rotary engine might be the best racing engine.
      The Toyota was an aero engineers wet dream, they looked so slick, I think they should have stayed in lemans one more year. They would have won

    • @futwizards
      @futwizards 3 года назад

      Nah 787B is another level

    • @MiguelGarcia-vj7oo
      @MiguelGarcia-vj7oo 3 года назад +6

      @@futwizards yeah your right the loser level.... Won 1 race out of 21 races in two years of competition.... So uncompetitive and the Only race it won was from luck....... But the jdm fuckbois over hype the Mazda......at least the GT1 was very competitive.......and sorry the 917k and the mantra simcas with the lieger v12 sound better.......

  • @Beemstar
    @Beemstar 4 года назад +9

    0:13 that lineup is orgasmic

  • @chris-hayes
    @chris-hayes 3 года назад +10

    Mercedes management: "This year we need to be *above* the competition!"
    Engineers: Builds airplane
    Management: 😑

  • @AnimalzyNL
    @AnimalzyNL 5 лет назад +10

    I absolutely loved all of these gt1 cars. Probably my favorite set of cars to have ever appeared together on a grid.

    • @Pommezul
      @Pommezul 5 лет назад

      I appreciate those cars too, they bring me so many memories of when I used to play Gran Turismo.

  • @santiagomachado7378
    @santiagomachado7378 5 лет назад +15

    That Viper Team Oreca that flew past the stricken #1 Toyota brings back so many GT2 memories

  • @matthewgroff433
    @matthewgroff433 3 года назад +8

    I remember watching the race on TV and seeing the Mercedes flipping through the air off the track and into the woods. I remember thinking: "I hope the driver is okay and lives!"

  • @xyz-uz6me
    @xyz-uz6me 5 лет назад +19

    You absolutely HAVE to show that 2011 nailbiter between Audi and Peugeot!!!!!!!

    • @YOUENNNN
      @YOUENNNN 3 года назад

      Yeah fantastic year

  • @piakleros
    @piakleros 5 лет назад +11

    Amazing video thank you autosport!!!

  • @PB-sk9jn
    @PB-sk9jn 3 года назад +4

    The constructor "straight away" decided to withdraw, after it had already happened to Webber. Twice. This was the third flip.

  • @JakobM325
    @JakobM325 5 лет назад +3

    this was the race of the Century with so many works entries in the top class

  • @chikuchiku2
    @chikuchiku2 5 лет назад +16

    3:09
    Before this puncture, Katayama's car badly blocked by Team price-bscher's car(#18,BMW V12) .
    Why you cut block scene?

  • @jackwilson8651
    @jackwilson8651 2 года назад +1

    I love these Le Mans summaries. I just wish they covered more years and were longer

  • @sun6834
    @sun6834 5 лет назад +6

    Thank you. Now the 2000 highlights please

  • @ReprogrammedToHate
    @ReprogrammedToHate 5 лет назад +5

    Oh man. The day Webber broke the laws of physics

  • @yco67
    @yco67 5 лет назад +14

    those were the golden days of BMW..

  • @amacca2085
    @amacca2085 5 лет назад

    Brilliant video 👍🏼

  • @silcaddj7708
    @silcaddj7708 5 лет назад +8

    The Toyota GT-One TS020, one of the greatest"What Ifs" in 24H of Le Mans history.

  • @fury7999
    @fury7999 5 лет назад +4

    The GT-One, I love this LMP 😍
    The flip of the Mercedes CLK is incredible 😨

    • @afonsosantos7486
      @afonsosantos7486 5 лет назад +8

      They're not gt1s. These are LM GTP, the video is wrong. Mercedes had the CLR, not the CLK. The CLK is a gt1.

    • @FriendlyCroock
      @FriendlyCroock 2 года назад

      The Toyota GT-One is not an LMP

    • @JerichoP84
      @JerichoP84 3 месяца назад

      GT-One is a LM GTP car

  • @marshalniel
    @marshalniel 5 лет назад +7

    Those GT-One were absolute beauty..

  • @dannadx3840
    @dannadx3840 5 лет назад +4

    1899: we will have flying cars in the future!
    1999:

  • @filipostojic1239
    @filipostojic1239 2 года назад +3

    Still the most spectacular crash I've ever seen, even in 2021

  • @user-ev6tv7xf3v
    @user-ev6tv7xf3v 27 дней назад

    War live da, Le Mans ist das Beste.

  • @deanchur
    @deanchur 5 лет назад +6

    Always thought the TS020 Toyota had a 1UZ-FE block but it's a heavily modified 3.6L from their Group C program. Still, if points were awarded for looks the TS020 would have walked away with the victory.

  • @josenbernadetvaneckmakkink7402
    @josenbernadetvaneckmakkink7402 4 года назад +1

    The best Le Mans 24h ever!

  • @29skatekid
    @29skatekid 3 года назад

    These are the best/pretty cars ever! Love this era of racing so much

  • @DPW864
    @DPW864 5 лет назад +8

    Brundle didn't have a 'crash that then ended his race'. It was tyre failure.

  • @harrisonatkinson7595
    @harrisonatkinson7595 5 лет назад

    I loved the old open top Le Mans Prototypes

  • @unkn0wn12
    @unkn0wn12 5 лет назад +119

    The following year someone won because all the other brands left the sport

    • @Jejking
      @Jejking 5 лет назад +60

      Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee fast forward 20 years and the same thing is happening again

    • @unkn0wn12
      @unkn0wn12 5 лет назад +3

      @@Jejking Exactly

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 5 лет назад +16

      Except you still had Audi,Panoz,Cadillac, not to mention a boatload of priveteers using earlier cars, like a BMW V12 LM, or Courage C52.
      So not at all like the current field, like your inferring.

    • @ditanugroho5654
      @ditanugroho5654 5 лет назад +1

      Mazda reeeeeeeeeeeee

    • @gamefan56
      @gamefan56 5 лет назад +2

      @Not The Technician "Hollow victories" Lol, that is some proper shit talking.

  • @MegaGuy1998
    @MegaGuy1998 5 лет назад +1

    I love this Gran Turismo 4 vibe.

  • @Mechanix.Illustrated
    @Mechanix.Illustrated Месяц назад

    Does anyone know where I can find the full version of Mark's interview from this video?

  • @dushawn342
    @dushawn342 5 лет назад +1

    wow that was entertaining

  • @ethanium9280
    @ethanium9280 4 года назад +1

    Roses are red,
    Violets are blue.
    I came for the flying car,
    and so do you.

  • @mbevo2343
    @mbevo2343 5 лет назад +10

    That mercedes clr was only tested on daytona 4 Le mans

  • @johnthorpe1349
    @johnthorpe1349 Год назад +1

    It's pretty amazing guy walks away the safety measures are of the charts let's hear it for those guys Safety Guys 🤍💜❤️ Cheers Mate from Toronto 🇨🇦

  • @cbr3220
    @cbr3220 5 лет назад +5

    the toyota gt one: the unsung hero of le mans

    • @R4M_Tommy
      @R4M_Tommy 4 года назад +1

      It never won. The car blew up its own tyres

  • @user-cq3nv6np6s
    @user-cq3nv6np6s 5 лет назад

    I can remember that.

  • @superdestrier9160
    @superdestrier9160 3 года назад +2

    It did a Cobra maneuver!!! At least, it tried...

  • @arcgaming2773
    @arcgaming2773 5 лет назад +4

    Imagine if you were at the race and think everything is fine until a CLR lift off and come straight for you.

  • @MrWolf-xk8sl
    @MrWolf-xk8sl 4 года назад +2

    1955
    1999
    Mercedes-Benz celebrating the 44th anniversary of flying cars at Le Mans

  • @MatrixDiscovery
    @MatrixDiscovery 5 лет назад +3

    1998 to 1999 was the best era ever!

    • @ducedevlstear2471
      @ducedevlstear2471 5 лет назад

      I'd say 98 because we got the full GT1 championship that season.

    • @georgejakob1451
      @georgejakob1451 5 лет назад +5

      2 years can't be called an era

    • @dickfitzwelliner2807
      @dickfitzwelliner2807 5 лет назад +1

      Wrong. Gt40 vs Ferrari and 1984ish to 1991 are possibly the best

    • @milesr4609
      @milesr4609 4 года назад

      I'd say 95-99

  • @weesky2000
    @weesky2000 5 лет назад +6

    1:04 That's Mario Kart

  • @BenS44
    @BenS44 3 года назад +1

    You mean to tell me that LM24 and WEC used to have more to it than Toyota GR #7 vs Toyota GR#8?!?!
    My mind is blown.

    • @adlibbed2138
      @adlibbed2138 Год назад

      and here we are in 2023 where Toyota repeated the History of having only 1 car left in the race and made it into the 2nd place

  • @jp0122
    @jp0122 5 лет назад

    Wow didn't know about those Toyota #2 crashes!!

  • @Maky-vo7qs
    @Maky-vo7qs 8 месяцев назад

    that why they now put holes on the front chasis to let the air past through. scary lift off.

  • @mustafa.d7488
    @mustafa.d7488 5 лет назад +3

    T GT One is my second favorite Toyota race car after GT Four😍😍

    • @weesky2000
      @weesky2000 5 лет назад +1

      Did you buy any scaled model.

    • @mustafa.d7488
      @mustafa.d7488 5 лет назад +1

      @@weesky2000 only the GT Four Celica

  • @skuastone9698
    @skuastone9698 5 лет назад +6

    No Toto Wolf to help Mercedes then.

  • @TheJokerit19
    @TheJokerit19 Год назад

    Zhou's shunt in the 2022 British GP brought me here.

  • @Brondi6000
    @Brondi6000 5 лет назад

    Mercedes Beautiful model.

  • @baschabermain
    @baschabermain 5 лет назад +1

    is the Open Cabin LMP1 is now banned? feels crazy to see a car like that running 24h now...

    • @Nxtl68
      @Nxtl68 5 лет назад +1

      Yes, on safety grounds they banned it.

  • @Ariautoace
    @Ariautoace 5 лет назад +10

    That was a dumbwreck. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @simonblazers8072
    @simonblazers8072 5 лет назад

    C'était le bon vieux temps, aujourd'hui on s'ennuie devant les 24h du mans.

  • @jqme
    @jqme 5 лет назад +2

    THE WINKELHOCKKKKK GEATEST F1 OF ALL TIME

  • @JotaRCpy
    @JotaRCpy 4 месяца назад +1

    El auto: me cansé de correr, mejor voy a volar.

  • @stephenhughes1862
    @stephenhughes1862 5 лет назад

    This is GT4! I swear, its one of the best games ever fucking made

  • @chuckl.s121
    @chuckl.s121 5 лет назад +1

    But I'm here wondering what happened with Panoz in that race

  • @WmP88
    @WmP88 Год назад +1

    who's designed mercedes clr ?

  • @6lemans10
    @6lemans10 5 лет назад

    I was 14 years old in 1999.😎

    • @pierceyu4546
      @pierceyu4546 5 лет назад

      I am 14 years old in 2019. 😎

  • @wololo10
    @wololo10 5 лет назад +6

    Looks like the TS-020 had too much downforce for the rear tires, they explode one after another.

    • @MatrixDiscovery
      @MatrixDiscovery 5 лет назад

      Too much downforce?? That rear wing is tiny.

    • @wololo10
      @wololo10 5 лет назад +2

      @@MatrixDiscovery underbody + diffuser

    • @acidocloridrico9168
      @acidocloridrico9168 5 лет назад

      NO_EYES_ON_ME poor guy thinks that only the wings and their size matter when it comes to downforce

    • @MatrixDiscovery
      @MatrixDiscovery 5 лет назад

      @@acidocloridrico9168 I know about the total areo that these cars have...now way it has much downforce since it was so fast down the straights.

    • @wololo10
      @wololo10 5 лет назад

      @@MatrixDiscovery It was just very aero efficient, loads of downforce with realtive low drag. You must be a F1 guy.

  • @harrylekov5549
    @harrylekov5549 5 лет назад +1

    Imagine the other Mercedes driver behind the Dumbreck must have felt when the Mercedes turned into an airplane

  • @MartinQ-bl6co
    @MartinQ-bl6co 4 года назад +2

    *Le Mans international airport*

  • @alpertezcan4672
    @alpertezcan4672 5 лет назад

    When Harry says Wingardium Leviosa

  • @willito6969
    @willito6969 5 лет назад

    those times were the best! now LMP1 has no mojo, I really hope that other brands come to compete with Toyota,

  • @GokuTheHusky
    @GokuTheHusky 2 года назад +2

    BMW domination

  • @deeznutzboii
    @deeznutzboii 2 года назад

    The “purse corolla”😆😆

  • @TheManWhoMadeThe47
    @TheManWhoMadeThe47 2 года назад +1

    If I had a pound for every time Mercedes fucked up and left at le man's, I'd have 2 pounds. Which isn't alot, but is strange/funny that it happened twice.

  • @user-xk4ez3gx1h
    @user-xk4ez3gx1h Год назад

    v12 kicked in yo

  • @weesky2000
    @weesky2000 5 лет назад

    The FLYING car. LMAO

  • @twilson1966
    @twilson1966 3 года назад

    The last le mans race in the 20th century

  • @lordautozam1121
    @lordautozam1121 5 лет назад +2

    The Toyota GT-ONE is such a cool car

  • @PabloGonzalez-hv3td
    @PabloGonzalez-hv3td 5 лет назад +1

    The difference between 2019 and 1999 is the same as 1999 and 1979

  • @orokanasentoki6013
    @orokanasentoki6013 5 лет назад

    I guess we did have flying cars

  • @taqim1236
    @taqim1236 5 лет назад

    Is the driver alright?

  • @shotsfiredandmissed9068
    @shotsfiredandmissed9068 4 года назад

    HE WANTED WINGS HE GOT ONE

  • @ThePaulz80
    @ThePaulz80 5 лет назад

    De La Sarthe International Airport

  • @improvisu
    @improvisu 5 лет назад

    I bet everyone here know these cars from gran turismo series🙋‍♂️

  • @joellarsson9978
    @joellarsson9978 5 лет назад

    #noonecanbreakthewinkelrock

  • @ditanugroho5654
    @ditanugroho5654 5 лет назад +1

    UwU toyota
    cant wait for 1991 le mans highlight

  • @mrjdmtunerboy.1463
    @mrjdmtunerboy.1463 5 лет назад +5

    1:53 dejavu?

  • @Bozar069
    @Bozar069 4 года назад

    That wreck was like a Fucking cartoon.

  • @Jack-sy8hs
    @Jack-sy8hs 5 лет назад

    Compilation*

  • @bel_976
    @bel_976 5 лет назад

    Why no mention of Audi?

    • @milesr4609
      @milesr4609 4 года назад

      Yes they made it to the podium that year...

  • @MegaJK97
    @MegaJK97 4 года назад

    #NoOneCanBreakTheWinkelrock

  • @zalcan3620
    @zalcan3620 5 лет назад

    Completely failing to talk about the other classes, if that's how the video is going to be why do we even run GTs

  • @eduardopinako
    @eduardopinako 5 лет назад

    Mark webber fly

  • @Iunio92
    @Iunio92 5 лет назад +3

    it was a disgrace that they allowed Mercedes to even race after the crashes in practice

  • @bigbird6308
    @bigbird6308 5 лет назад

    Mercedes at it's best

  • @rocket7389
    @rocket7389 5 лет назад +4

    And once again, Toyota failed to win at Le Mans.

  • @elarizsdullayev8802
    @elarizsdullayev8802 3 месяца назад

    BMW

  • @VonCrakenfart
    @VonCrakenfart 5 лет назад +1

    Mercedes just doesn't make car now days like they used to...