Racing's Most Bizarre Accident
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- The three strikes of Mercedes.
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Mercedes flying in F1: 😊
Mercedes flying in Le Mans: 💀
I hate that understood that reference in record time 😢
its actually kinda funny how much Mercedes dominates F1 but they cant make a single good Le Mans car
@@papaspoon1550 CLK LM'98, Mercedes c9/c11?
@@papaspoon1550 Goes to show how each race discipline is different from each other.
@@papaspoon1550 Lol I guess winning Le Mans twice is never building a single good Le Mans car
the universe has a strange sense of humor. The jaguar driver dying because he tried to pass a Mercedes.
There's also Le Mans never letting Mercedes go for what the Germans did in France
And Mr. Dumbreck being involved in a _silly crash_
Hawthorn was dealing with kidney disease by that point which would have killed him within a year or two anyway and caused chronic blackouts. It is assumed, though not proven, that he had a blackout episode that caused the accident that killed him.
I never even put that together, Dumbreck in a dumb wreck
@@Dave-ms3ri He was racing his friend , Rob Waker , who was driving his 300SL , not admitted at the time , Walker admitted this years later in an interview . I think hawthorn may just have been unlucky , clipping a lorry after the overtake , which sent him spinning into the tree . A tragic end to a remarkable life .
A Mercedes driver (Pierre Levegh) died because an Austin Healey (Lance Maklin) swerved to avoid a braking Jaguar (Mike Hawthorn) and the Mercedes was launched over the AH. Hawthorne became Britain's first F1 world champion in 1958, instead of Stirling Moss, because the latter argued not to penalise him for travelling the wrong way at the Portuguese GP.
"In the future we will have flying cars!"
The cars:
Uff
This is golden.
The cars: "Funny you should say that..." Wow. Just wow.
_"In the year 2000"_
mercedes are 100 years ahead of us
There's something about how quickly they packed up after the accident. Normally people would need some time to process it as they are shocked by the bizarre thing they witnessed... But deep down, nobody was shocked, everybody expected very precisely this to happen and unspokenly agreed what they would do when, not if, it happened.
I don't think they planned to act like that if it happens again. I see this more as a feeling of shame about a so obviously wrong desecion, that you don't even want to argue anymore and lessen the shame by quickly accepting it.
@@electricpaisy6045 But that's the point. They all know it was the wrong call, and yet nobody stood up, they all went along with it and it expectedly did go wrong...
@@Langharig_Tuig well first of all not all of them. That one driver said no. And they tried to be careful and avoid certain situations. They took the problem serious. They just said we can take the risk. It's not like they ignored it.
@@Langharig_Tuigwho would want to take the blame in that instance. They just closed up shop so that the media wouldn’t try to vulture them in a time of shock and desperation. Idk wt yall expected, yall would do the same thing too. And I’m sure they also got orders from higher ups to not talk to anyone
Engineers and Scientists are very alike, so it's no surprise that they would prepare for all outcomes... positive or negative.
It'll be crazy and poetic if Mercedes returns to Le Mans in 2029, 30 years after their last disaster, just like they waited 30 years after their first disaster at Le Mans.
they need to stay away from that place if it happened more than once
To be fair, they just need a Hypercar, and the rulesets there could encourage them to show up.
@@justasimplemanworkinghiswa1569 3 separate car designs flying, last of them flying three separate times during one race weekend.
Given that flying cars at Le Mans is incredibly rare for anyone else, one is hard pressed not to feel like Mercedes is just cursed there, and I would not dare to be the one to sign off on a return if I was an exec at Mercedes.
Obviously there is no way that their old issues would make new ones more likely, new generations of engineers and drivers would be involved, but that was the case the last 3 times as well.
Honestly I am surprised Mercedes even went back after the 1955 accident, I think that first flying car killing so many would have been enough to stop most companies from ever wanting their name spoken in regards to that race again, because they know their record kill streak will be mentioned over and over again, and they don't want that PR image of "unsafe" cars.
@@NATIK001 also the 3 separate times where around 2 to 3 decades apart
@@NATIK001 do you even realize that jaguar caused the accident with 80 people beeing killed?? Boooohoo bad Germans... Fuck that
Clearly the most bizarre racing accident was the time I went from first to twelfth on the last turn of Mario Kart Wii
That infamous DK Mountain video...
@@andrewmeyer4124 ruclips.net/video/_43cq3DalZw/видео.html this one I imagine?
Oh I was at the track that day. Crazy to see in person.
@@andrewmeyer4124 that and door stuck are tied for my favorite video game clip of all time.
That wasn’t an accident that was sabotage my little brother took the controller from me you guys have to believe me
We are so close from Emp uploading “There will never be another F1 season like 2021”
I would argue that 2012 was better. How can you beat 7 different winners in the first 7 races? A titanic duel between Red Bull, McLaren, and Ferrari while teams like Mercedes and Lotus were also competitive, challenging the big 3.
It's been a hot minute since the last Never Ever. Wow, it's already been 3 years?
@@McLMP4-23for the sport sure but for a story that EmpLemon normally tells 21 really fits his format.
@@grantduerst8060I personally don’t ever see EmpLemon making a video about championships. Those stories are things the fans already know everything about. He makes videos about more specific and culturally impactful events/people.
that would be so hype omg, but that hole abu dhabi fiasco wouldnt really fit his style i think.
Hathorn dying in a crash while trying to pass a mercedes, is almost poetic. celebrating a le mans victory only because your competitor left the race after seeing so many people dying on the side of the track, is just horrible.
did Hathron not even give a tribute to those who died
These drivers were men who had served in WW2 and had seen terrible events only 10 years prior and seen many many people die.
They were not callous, they had been taught to get on with life.
If the authorities had stopped the race, there would have been no complaints from the drivers.
@FlickWith the media has portrayed Hawthorn very unfairly since the accident. In the immediate aftermath of the crash it is quoted by the jaguar team boss that Mike was in tears and saying how he'd never race again and that he'd killed all those people. Obviously then the show must go on so when he won, he looked visibly shaken but the moment he did break a slight smile the cameras got it and crucified him for it. He was a good man given trial by the media unfortunately
I thought I'd jump in with a small extra fact.
According to Mark Webber himself in his autobiography, when he returned to the garage after his qualifying crash, the crew didn't believe that the car had actually caught air.
"The real injury came when I realised the team didn't believe my version of what had happened. Their response? 'No, that couldn't have happened, the car couldn't possibly flip end over end.' How could they dismiss my explanation of events so lightly? We looked at the data and they knew the car had taken off, but there was no evidence in the form of footage or even still photographs. There was just a bent car and what I said".
This is also continued after his second crash in the warm-up, as even though there was evidence of what had happened this time, they attempted to blame it on an incorrectly fitted front floor tray and that it wouldn't happen in the race.
Great example of the risks inherent of group think.
Mark was so young and relatively inexperienced at the time that the Germans didn’t really trust him. That the first two accidents happened to the same driver, they thought he must have been doing something different. Mercedes didn’t so much as throw him under the bus, as throw him over the bus! Even after it was proven by the third crash that it was a car problem, they soured on their relationship with Mark Webber. He would never end up driving a Mercedes engined F1 car his entire career.
@@hamiiham2985 Underrated comment.
Listening to Mark Webbers book (I listened to the audiobook) , it's shocking the way Mercedes treated him when this happened.
Absolutely abyssmal.
crazy…
A few quick facts:
Jaguar driver who braked abruptly was using a relatively new disc brake system, allowing them to brake more sharply than most drivers were accustomed to. This led to a skewed understanding of what a safe followinf distance was. Keeping their mechanical advantage a secret at the expense of safety.
The extremely tough decision was made to not suspend the race so that emergency vehicles would have access to the scene of the carnage. French authorities knew that it was such a big spectical in an urban area and that suspending the race would mean a massive pedestrian log jam from fans leaving the event. Many people in the city didn't know what had happened until several hours after the crash. This probably saved a few lives of the injured.
National and international reception to the crash was largely very callous. People in higher society looked down on motor racing as a sport and their was a cold sentiment among the aristocrats that if someone perished as a result of attending such an event that it was their own fault.
Honestly even today you wouldn't want to instantly declare the race over for a massive event. It would be better to pause the race and leave it hanging whether it would restart so people don't just rush out.
You see the same happen in other similar situations. Like active shooters near big events, where they will purposefully be vague about whether events are cancelled or not, so that the crowds don't surge out and get into danger or interfere with police work.
Saw it a few years ago in Denmark where a young man started shooting up a mall next to a concert venue. They basically refused to cancel or start the planned concert until the police were finally done securing the crime scene many hours later, then they finally officially cancelled the concert and let the concertgoers leave.
Still pretty fucked up. Imagine some of the spectators be like, damn imma paid my ticket idc for that burning dude over there.... ☠
Re. the callous reaction - this was only a decade removed from WW2 where thousands had died from arial bombardment and many men strapped themselves into fighters and bombers knowing they were unlikely to come back.
This had a huge impact on the mentality of motorsport in the 50s and 60s and it wasn't until the post war generation came through in the 1970s and drivers like Jackie Stewart started to speak up that things began to change.
@@NATIK001 how do you explain what was supposed to be the finale for Indycar in 2011, but officially never happened because on lap 12, there was a 15 car pile up that claimed the life of Dan Wheldon? The financial loss to the series, it was felt, was nothing compared to the backlash that would come (and still did) from cramming 34 cars into a high speed 1.5 mile track. The drivers were too upset to continue the race and instead did a 5 lap salute to Dan Wheldon at slow speed, with Amazing Grace played in the background on bagpipes. As for the sign off, I challenge anyone to listen to it and not have their eyes well up with tears, even (at the time of commenting) nearly 13 years on:
"...many people ask me, why I always sign off 'til we meet again,' [it's] because 'goodbye' is always so final. Goodbye Dan Wheldon,"
One of the reasons given for continuing the race, despite the horrific tragedy, was concerns that thousands of spectators heading home after a race being stopped would mean that it would clog up the roads for the ambulances taking the injured and dead to hospitals.
Man is slowly becoming a motorsport channel, and i fucking love it
I am so fucking here for it. He makes me care about Nascar and i couldnt care less about it lmao
it’s crazy how i grew up on this guy’s YTPs but as i grew and found different things (like the SAINT PEPSI vaporwave Mac Tonight tape), he would be on the same page (the Mac Tonight video). and when i got back into racing + sports and being completely obsessed with racing, i end up seeing Dale Earnhardt vids, NASCAR content, sports stuff etc. he must be the FBI agent that spies on me or something, because seeing him do all of this in real time while i’m also getting into it is almost eerie. but yeah, can’t wait until he covers more racing, ESPECIALLY when he does a Never Ever on Tom Kristensen, Senna/Schumacher or Sebastian Loeb/McRae.
slowly?
why are you all so passionate 😂
@@RatGangisMYusername why aren’t you? find a hobby and maybe you’ll understand
*Mercedes CLR gameplay:* "No problem! Here's the information about the Mercedes CLR GTR:"
*Mercedes CLR lore:* 17:13
What's the name of animtion
Holy shit I’m emping my lemon so hard rn
U wat
she emping on my lemon till I spiral
she emp on my lemon till i video essay
@@pogobod2128 bro keep it down a bit I’m at work rn
@@pogobod2128emping their lemon ofc
BABE WAKE UP NEW EMP LEMON
Babe? Babe!!?.... oh yeah, I'm here alone.
I just let mine sleep...
She watched Shoeonhead without me so now we're even.
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this comment is the modern day version of “first!”
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5:21 notice the burnt corners in the frame.
that was from the film burning after the car struck it.
the camera literally filmed its own death.
nah the film is just old. The car didn't crash into that camera.
It was a magnesium fire I Doubt there would be film left if that was true
The car probably went directly over the camera person's head....or maybe through it.
But the camera musta missed the fire.
These analog films where extremely flammable. If it burns it burns entirely
So, that means, the camera man apparently CAN die
this video is a cinematic masterpiece.. the way it builds up to the crash..and then showing the footage only once...it kinda hit the spot.
Yup. Really shows how quickly it all unraveled and all the history behind that infamous 5 second clip.
3:09 “When Mercedes start flying, it’s usually a sign that something has gone seriously wrong.” That’s a quote that fills me with dread. Amazing work as always, Emp.
A reference to WW2 and the June 1955 disaster 😮💨
Infamy follows everytime a has taken Mercedes flight.
@@LessGo7921 Yes, we did indeed watch the video.
@@hazeust Imma be honest I didn’t watch the vid when I wrote that, I only guessed it
It's smart when you think the first one flying killed 83 People
'' Just 4 years later, he was fatally injured in a road accident, losing control of his Jaguar while attempting to pass a Mercedes ''
Holy fuck
karma
Irony at its most tragic.
In another Emp video about NASCAR he said the longer you watch racing, the more you see things come full circle
I had to double-take while I was listening to that. Irony in motorsports is just absolutely fantastic.
@@bfaproductions7121 a circuit is really just a fancy circle of life
Fun fact: the Mercedes CLK class has the largest model price-range of any vehicle. At the bottom of the range there is a V6 powered convertible (worth $4,000 on a good day), in the middle of the model range you have a 6.2 AMG V8 powered CLK 63 Black Series (worth $200K). Near the top of the model range you have the CLK DTM convertible which is basically a direct predecessor to the CLK Black Series but features a S/C 5.5L V8 instead of a N/A 6.2 (worth $500K) then unbelievably near the very tippy top you have the GT1 Homologation Special, Road Legal, V12 Powered CLK GTR (worth $10-$12 Million today). Finally at the top of the list (which barely qualifies because it’s barely a CL chassis) is Chassis 003, The only CLR in existence, originally believed to be destroyed after M-B’s many publicized motorsports blunders the 4 CLR chassis were believed to be destroyed but chassis 003 the only one left without significant damage & the only surviving CLR example which was also the fastest of the trio was sold to a private collector who occasionally tracks it at the Nurburgring every year or so. (Worth anywhere from $12-$20M).
Man, this brought me back on rewatching/reviewing motorsport history. Also big ups for using Gran Turismo music too
Mark Webber is no stranger to having his racecar go airborne
11 years later, he would flip again
yeah his cars flipped a shocking amount of time
Australia's greatest pilot. Hope Oscar Piastri can follow in his shoes
@@sarminder4357 somewhat ironic because "pilot" is an old term for a racecar driver, particulary those drive open-wheelers like IndyCars and Formulas
Not bad for a number 2 driver
And that's why he is brand ambassador for Porsche now, because their cars are "slightly more" planted than other brands? Right?
"...the wisest lessons are often taught by catastrophic failure."
What a quote.
Well, rules ARE written in blood often enough, so it checks out.
In this case, it took quite a few catastrophic failures before they learned anything. How many cars do you need to flip before you learn that your car design is dangerous?
@@flightmaster999 Oh, don't believe they didn't know. Remember one of the pilots even said to not race, but was overruled. That to me is just a story of greed too. Not just for money, but for fame too.
What a mid quote
@@umbaupause exactly. There needs to be a statement about that: not everyone who falls into a trap is an idiot. Some just fall for the bait.
5:19 this line hits so hard
This is secretly a Demon Days music video and no one can tell me otherwise
Thank you EmpLemon
Yo batman guy
Madlad jumpscare
thank you, every superhero ever
Actual night enhancer
Aye, funny man 😅
The true cosmic irony is that Mercedes wanted everyone to remember the CLR but it ended up being for the wrong reasons.
Fun Fact: The CLR was based on CLK-GTR, and the CLK-GTR was based on Mclaren F1 car. Mercedes bought a Mclaren F1 and tear it down to develop the CLK GTR. The CLK-GTR of GT1 class(at the time) was quite successful beating the ever dominant Mclaren F1 LM.
You are one of my favorite creators. Beautifully written, spaced, and themed. Keeps me interested from start to finish. I hope you are proud of the art you make.
How did the green Simpsons guy get so good at this shiet? Amazing minidocs you've been putting out lately. You really are one of the most unexpected developments on RUclips I've seen.
RUclips Poopers have excellent editing skills.
''When Mercedes Start flying, it's usually a sign that something has gone seriously wrong''
This is just pure genius
Legitimately too good
You know the saying 'in the future we will have flying cars!'. Lets just say Mercedes made that dream a reality.
I mean, their three points on their logo are supposed to represent the attempt of superiority in land, air, and sea travel.
bruh what in the r/TwoSentenceHorror... 💀
@@scaryreptile whats horrific about it lol
@@derkommissar4986 im just poking fact at how the comment is structed, just feels corny. similar to TwoSentenceHorror posts,
Real talk ‘flying cars’ are prop plane.
Well done . I absolutely love how you wrapped up the ending . Summarizing it in a beautifully worded monologue underscoring the grace of the spectacular disaster that unfolded . You touched on a much deeper facet of motorsports that few consider . We go to watch the races to see who wins and who crashes .
Your videos are always a joy to watch, thanks for making them!
Born too late to experience EmpLemon YTPs
Born too early to see aliens meticulously study his videos
Born just in time to see social media bots spamming AI-generated text about non-existent Mercedes race cars influence him into making a video
For a straight week I thought I was schizo from those memepost captions
Is this video connected to the meme page captions?
For anyone wondering why they do that:
The Instagram algorithm will show posts with those Mercedes Chat-GPT captions more because they assume the post itself is educational
Nah, those AI bots were speaking about the CLK GTR, which was the first iteration of what will become the CLR.
(CLK GTR -> CLK LM -> CLR)
I saw it all!
So, you're telling me the pilot named Dumbreck was involved in a... Silly crash?
There’s no way this entire series of events wasn’t some form of divine intervention
@@yourlocalasleeponioperativ4095 God said "racing trolling funny moment"
Gold!
@@yourlocalasleeponioperativ4095 Payback for all the slave labor and death.
Nice
Oh god i love endurance racing so much thanks Emp, this is probably my favorite video you’ve ever done
Never stop making videos Emp. I’ve been watching your channel for over 10 years now and you’ve ascended to being the best video essay channel on YT.
This is so well done. I can say after over a decade of making automotive content you oversimplified over 100 years of car history better than just about anybody. Awesome job!
So good to see you here!
Sup bro
Hi, David.
You know it ain't an automotive youtube hit until David spit
Hahahaha, happy to see you enjoyed it too dude. 🤌🤌
The moment I saw Mercedes and Le Mans I just _knew_ it was gonna be about Webber. The "airborne" bits just gave it away, this man had some form of curse preventing him from keeping his car on the track, no matter which category he drove in.
He's had like three incidents where he goes airborne. First Mercedes, then twice in F1.
@@kuromori6200 that's three more than most racing drivers will ever experience. I dunno if there's a tally of most airborne drivers but he's definitely up there. Flipping a car once is already a tremendous oddity, twice is some serious bad luck, but thrice you can probably see a pattern start emerging.
MERCEDES and Lemans has another "fun" story to their names
@@kuromori6200two flips in the Merc at lemans, one in a Redbull at Valencia
@@ToonLinkHox In Nascar Ryan Newman has flipped 3 times
also he has had another car land on top of him 5 times which is nuts
Loved that you used the actual Mercedes-Benz typography in most of the text. Tremendously well-produced video, loved every minute of it even though I already knew the story. Congratulations on the quality of your creations, keep it up!
I enjoyed the video, thanks!
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Yo you famous
Really Q?
shut up
“When Mercedes start flying, something has gone terribly wrong.”
*chef’s kiss*
as fan of history and racing man THAT got me laughing. so frikin true.
The cheesy 90s era CG graphics crow casually watching the car flip into the sky is my spirit animal.
The Gorillaz instrumental really elevated it to cinema 👌.
I love that even when I've watched multiple other videos on the topic, some being almost double the run time. I still know I wanna watch Emp Lemons videos because the story telling is so good and he manages to captivate me every time
The way that the new drivers got out of the accidents mostly unharmed even though todays racecars are way faster than the old ones really reflects the massive improvements in safety engineering
Yes, in 1955, most drivers wouldn't wear seat belts, because they thought they had a better chance, if they were thrown out of the car.
Sports Emp returns
Peak emp, along with the funny wind video. Love your vids btw.
Hey!! You are that guy from youtoob!!
3:04 "when Mercedes stars go flying, something has gone seriously wrong".
Still 80% of the video to go but that's already a favourite quote.
Dude I quite literally think you have the best videos on RUclips. You’re ability to captivate my full attention towards literally ANYTHING is unreal. Keep up the great work!
this has been by far the most exceptional narrative done on a video. kudos to to you sir
There's a great video by Chain Bear going into the technical details of how the car could flip like this during essentially normal driving.
The short reason is that they made the wheel base really short for aerodynamic purposes, but that allowed the car to easily rock forwards and backwards, and so agressively that the nose could actually pitch so far upwards that the entire floor presented itself to the air, building up pressure underneath the car and forcing it into the heavens.
You have it backwards. They made the car longer for aerodynamic reasons. The wheelbase was limited and shorter for handling.
@@asymsolutions as far as I understand, they made the car as long as allowed by the rules, but with a comparatively short wheelbase so that they could maximise the overhangs for larger diffusers.
“When Mercedes start flying, it’s usually a sign that something has gone seriously wrong.” One of the coldest quotes I’ve ever heard. Beautifully made Emp.
THIS VIDEO WAS AMAZING. Your outro speech made me feel so many things. Thank you for creating.
yo thanks dude for makimg this vid in the exact same week of Le Mans, man I've been following you since many years ago, let me say your video essays are the best on all youtube.
I wish I had friends to share this video or even see the actual race
“When Mercedes start flying, it’s usually a sign that something has gone seriously wrong.”
That sounds like a beginning monologue to a horror story. Well done!
The Le-Man curse on mercedes is diabolical
😝😝😝
It wouldn't just be because they build rubbish cars? Hello, 3 cars became airborne in the one event!? I can't believe Mark Webber got back in that garbage.
Or they just suck at making super high speed vehicles? There was a documentary where they were designing harnesses to attach small kids forward on the hood to increase down force. But with Germany s declining fertility rates, they had to give up on the idea because testing was too difficult. It's one of the reasons why they moved production to Romania.
It's funny that Le Mans will never let the Germans off for what they did in France
@@shianeruu4359 the 2 manufacturers with the most wins are German
Emp has a way to make topics that I have no interest in normally and turn them into such fascinating and entertaining videos. Truly a master at his craft.
The quality just keeps getting better with every upload! thank you again emp!
A small correction. Mercedes Benz never made jet engines for German aircraft in World War 2, that was mainly Junkers. They did make several piston engines for aircraft, however.
I thought it didn’t quite sound right at the time.
Small correction on your small correction, it's not mainly Junkers, it was both the 003 and 004 turbo jet engines that were developed by Germany during the war, one design being manufactured by BMW and the other by Junkers.
Imagine a foreign dude getting german history right for once. That would make history itself.
i think he was referring to just piston engines and goofed up by saying fighter "jets" when he meant prop fighters
@@tnmrvc I said it was mainly Junkers because most of Germany's jet aircraft used the Junkers 004. I believe the BMW 003 was only installed In the He 162, an aircraft that barely made it into service before the war ended.
Maybe we can get an emplemon video on the guy who invented the 3 point seat belt, and the fact that he never got a cent for it, he just did it to save lives.
Nils Bohlin! Who designed the 3 point belt at volvo after working on developing ejection seats at saab!
sucker
The story of man who invented modern day soft body armor is also interesting
Thankfully the peeps at another german based pharmaceutical company did similar with the rollout of that mRNA thing to save lives for the greater good of humanity...
...only evil ppl would cash in on such an unfortunate once-in-century event.
What a time to be alive amirite?!?!?
Thankfully the peeps at another german based pharmaceutical company did similar with the rollout of that mRNA thing to save lives for the greater good of humanity...
...only the most sweetest and nicest ppl would cash in on such an unfortunate once-in-century event.
What a time to be alive amirite?!?!?
That version of Don't Get Lost in Heaven at the end was instantly recognizable and a great addition. Love it!
I love the way you covered this! I'm fascinated by disasters in general, so I know the '55 Le Mans disaster like the back of my hand and have heard about the 3rd crash you covered. But I've never seen them all strung together like this, centered around Mercedes! Amazing video and so informative. I really like your stuff
It's insane how RUclips documentaries like this can advertise motorsport better than the FIA themselves.
Yeah I have zero interest in sports typically but a video like this will have me hyper interested in the history of racing for at least a week.
@@CherryHotSauce Le Mans this weekend. Prepare your sweet bum hole for the 24 hours of goodness, if you decide to watch anyway.
what a way to get prepared for the ‘24 Hours Of Le Mans race!
Yes, PSA Le Mans this weekend!
PSA PMA Le Mans after the incident that was Spa youch
As a lifelong fan of motorsport and someone who saw this happen live on TV, thanks for exposing my passion to the world in such a great and informative way.
“Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting.”
-Steve McQueen in the movie Le Mans.
Probably the best video on RUclips I've seen all year. Somehow emp is able to make me care about things I shouldn't. This video is art and poetic bravo emp.
Emp has returned. This incident got to be one of the most horrifying things to see just imagine being a fan watching the race one minute and being dead right after that. Truly terrifying.
Sort of how I imagine a major roller coaster accident must be like.
The thing that baffeled me the most is that almost 100 people died but they just continued racing
@@zeppie_ what were they thinking.
They were like "yeah that's pretty bad but let's see who wins this thing!"
@@MORON_Gamingthere was a very reasonable meaning, stopping the race creates traffic of people leaving the track, slowing ambulances
they actually did not stop because they know anouncing the news would cause a stampede and make things even worse, because people around the track did not know what happened (it was 1955). And also, the stampede would have blocked the ambulances who helped the victims, and the situation would be even worse. That is the offical explanation anyway. Cheers for everybody and Emp from Serbia :)
"This was in fact, not bizarre." - Ron Howard
Mercedes-Benz: I've made a huge mistake
Shared this with a few colleagues at the MB Headquarter. What an awesome video
What a discovery is this! Never subscribed to a channel faster than that. Huge video quality as well. Fantastico!
F1 fans tend to think of Jackie Stewart pushing for safety improvements after his terrifying crash at Spa in Belgium in 1966 as the moment safety began to be taken more seriously. Though in reality, it was Le Mans in 1955 that was the true start of the safety push in motorsport. It was one thing for drivers to risk their lives, but after Le Mans 1955, they felt that involving members of the public, spectators in the grandstands, was where the line needed to be drawn. They didn't want to see the same scenes from that gruesome day. To quote from the BBC Documentary "The Deadliest Crash,"
"It was Motorsport's loss of innocence,"
The legacy of that day was a wall separating the track from the pit lane, the main grandstand was moved back, away from the firing line and the end of the Le Mans lap today is a set of chicanes.
Pierre Levegh's partner for the 1955 24hr du Mans was an american named John Fitch, who wasn't just a capable driver but also a prolific engineer. He too began to devote much of his time to improving safety in Motorsports and on public roads, developing countless safety systems for race cars and tracks, but his most well known invention are probably the Fitch Barriers found on almost every highway in the USA.
@@mrspandel5737 I notice they also use them at some race tracks in America, at pit lane entrances for example, like Indianapolis Motor Speedway (which has saved lives of racing drivers as well)
People seemingly cannot grasp the fact that auto racing is ummm.........DANGEROUS!
@@bobbys4327 of course, in 1987, NASCAR very nearly had a similar incident at Talladega where Bobby Allison had a tyre failure that sent his Buick Lesabre into a spin, the airflow pitched the airborne towards the crowd. By sheer luck, the car's front wheel hit the barrier before the car hit the catch fence, redirecting the worst of the momentum away from the crowd. To their credit, NASCAR took the near miss very seriously, deciding to not allow the cars to travel as fast as they did that weekend (Bill Elliott's average speed for his Pole for that race was 212.809MPH, a record that won't be topped, unless NASCAR decides to remove the restrictions on the cars at superspeedways)
While somewhat true, Jackie essentially changed everything about motorsports, 55 meant fences and pit walls, Jackie meant fire retardants, proper harnesses, tracks that didn't exist to kill someone (nord and old Spa), cars that weren't just a bath tub on wheels and a lot, lot more
55 probably made it safer overall, but Jackie made it so it could actually be classed as "safe" I mean, you have 16 before 66, and 16 after, that's 16 years vs 58, most of which being in the 70's, while he was still campaigning for some of the bigger changes
Also, Jackie was a driving force behind changes to the pit lane as well
spending tons of time learning the bizarre lore over the course of months, this video was spectacular to watch
Wild Jameskii spotted 👀
oh shit hey man!
im just a car guy who loves german cars😂
it's the Russian larper
every emplemon video is just so high quality, commenting to boost engagement bc holy shit this is well done
The little details you find make this channel truly special. Starting the video with how Merc got its name is truly inspired. Hysterical 80 people died and they were just like “keep em goin lads!”
GT1 racing was so peak.
You never realize the good times until they've gone.
Squid a car youtuber has done three really good documentaries on the F1, the Porsche 911 GT1, and the CLR.
@@DevinEMILE the Squidd? Checking out his McLaren F1 vid rn
@@DevinEMILE Squidd? Enjoying his McLaren F1 vid rn
LMP1 were also amazing but most people will realize that in 10 years, writing comment like this. Spaceships.
Hypercars are great for competition though, times when brand could spend 250M annualy for one racing team are gone
The best part of GT1 was how BS and nonexistent the rules were.
Toyota essentially showed up to GT1 with a prototype race car with license plates glued to the front and nice upholstery, which, ironically enough, was called the GT-One, but whose real name, TS020, immediately gave away its lineage to the ill-fated TS010, a car so fast it broke its driver's ribs just by cornering.
The rules stipulated that to qualify as a GT1, a car needed to have a trunk compartment that could fit a suitcase in it. However, nowhere in the rule book did it say that said compartment had to only serve as the trunk. Toyota put a suitcase in the TS020's fuel tank. By the rules, it was legal. And it was allowed to race.
The racing gods did not take so kindly to Toyota's mockery of the regulations as the FIA did. The TS020, despite being faster, would fall victim to unreliability and freak accidents and never won the 24h in its two tries. Some would even say Toyota's punishment for their chicanery has never gone away, and their incapacity of winning the 24 against more than one factory effort is proof of that.
"It would be the last time the Phoenix ever raced. However, out of the ashes of the tragedy..."
Oh EmpLemon, you brilliant wordsmith you.
This video is your best work to date, amazing
Even though I already knew all the history in this video, I stayed for the superb script, narration and editing. Loved the video!
"When Mercedes start flying, it's usually a sign something has gone seriously wrong"
_Welcome to Los Santos starts playing_
Poetic.
Lmao, you mean "Benefactor"
@@stingysmailbox8209 he even references Shlag in the video, Shlagen GT
@@Bishounen My German is all but non-existent, but I'm guessing "shlag" means "strike":
Shlag Eins = Strike One
Shlag Zwei = Strike Two
Shlag Drei = Strike Three
New EmpLemon video: good
New EmpLemon racing video: godlike
Spot on
Wonderful as always. That mercedes horsless buggy in gran turismo 4 on the test track was a good childhood memory, thanks for including it
This is very well made. Thanks!
Fun Fact: the original CLK GTR prototype was a rebody'd McLaren F1. After they wrecked it, Mercedes put it back together in its orginal state, painted it and sold it quietly at auction.. and no one was the wiser
That is a stretched truth. While they did used a rebodied F1 as a testing car, the CLK GTR was already a thing. The development of the CLK GTR began in December 1996 and was finished by Mid March 1997, and wouldn't you know, the test with the F1 was in March 1997. So no, that rebodied F1 wasn't the original prototype of the CLK GTR, the purpose of that test was to build a bodykit inspired by the '97 F1 GTR and see if its aero solutions were better than the CLK GTR's, it wasn't and Mercedes didn't used any of the aero modifications of that test, but they surely knew a lot more about Mclaren's car.
Fun fact: this video is on the CLR, a V8 LM car, not the CLK GTR, a V12 GT1 car.
I'm so terminally online that I saw the first sentence of your comment and thought it was the AI generated "Sure thing! Here's the information about the Mercedes SLR:"
@@stickman3214 the "CLR GTR" 😭
@@Starfire_Storm it's also a test mule so other teams can't copy their aero work.
Emp making a video on this as the car becomes a meme has to be some kind of divine intervention
The downward spiral is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural
@@NyronGTor supernatural almost…
It's a meme rn?
@@toshido_yamada I guess it's the copypasta?
@@toshido_yamada Yeah, somehow posting an AI generated description of the car, albeit using the wrong name (because tik tok) became a meme
this is such a cool video, congrats!! truly loved it!!
As always fantastic storytelling, Always a must watch when you drop 🤝
I’m guessing you’re a huge Demon Days fan. Same here
great song!
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the similarities of all the songs haha
Brother 😂
I'd agree that people who only watch for the crashes miss the point but I would argue that people who don't appreciate a good crash also miss the point
What is the point then?
@@MezzoForte4to understand why the crash happened in an effort to implement solutions to prevent it happening again.
Witnessing drivers at the top of their game operate the finest machines manufactured by some of the most brilliant engineers working today. Said machines must walk a tightrope, balancing reliability with power. @@MezzoForte4
@@vaulthecreatoralso the sheer spectacle of physics pushed to their limits on a heavy hunk of speedy metal.
Its one thing to "appreciate" a crash, but to say that you miss the point by not appreciating them is dumb. Crashes are a part of racing, but they are not "the point" of racing. They are something you always want to avoid because there are real people in those cars and they can get hurt. Yes the cars are safe enough nowadays that you dont usually have to worry about that, but i still hate to see bad crashes. I've seen enough of my favorite drivers' careers (and lives) get ended early, i don't want to experience that again.
I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary great work!
EmpLemon remains the best storyteller on RUclips, in a sea of EXTREMELY GOOD storytellers.
Love the demon days instrumentals. Add a perfect sense of epicness to it.
so true, especially how they're in order and fit the album's themes of hubris and disaster
5:48 they did not stop the race because they did not want everyone to leave the parking lots all at once and making a awful traffic jam stopping the fire trucks and ambulances from being able to get to the track.
I mean they should have the means to lock down the area for exactly this occasion?
@@SianaGearz Back then? They were remarkably unconcerned about safety at the time.
@@SianaGearz And risk people going "hows about nahhhh" and just walking through any barriers they try
Fantastic vid.
You really do pick great vid topics.
Very informative and incredibly interesting. Thank you very much.
when Mercedes go UPWARD SPIRAL, something has gone seriously wrong
I saw another documentary about the 1955 incident in which it was confirmed that at least 50 of the fatalities were due to decapitation. The airborne car landed directly on top of the crowd's unprotected heads.
Sort of, the car desintegrated upon impact leaving pieces of bodywork and its 8-Cylinder engine block to plow through the crowd
ZAPPA!!!!!!!!
This is the best car video ive ever seen. Thanks
"In order to truly appreciate something for its greatness, you have to witness it at its most disfunctional" damn what a quote mate 👏🏼
I didn't quite know which accident he meant at first until the name "Le Mans" came up. That got an audible "ohhhhh...." from me.
You should do a video on how Kenny Brack survived his 214g force crash at Texas. Highest g force survived by a human being and probably the worst racing wreck ever survived
Pretty simple, it was a fraction of a fraction of a second, and an athlete whose job is to take G's better than average
That and dumb luck
I’m not even a car guy. I don’t know why I just sat through a 20 minute video of flying Mercedes at Le Mans.
I love it
The use of Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head instrumental is really great here, love it EmpLemon