As a former race driver I occasionally have to watch this great racing series. The announcer does a very good job and the music is spot on. I'm privileged to own one of Rudolph Caraccioa's race trophies. I also have his book "A Racing Car Driver's World". Great book and highly recommended! He was my favorite 1930/1940s race driver.
Not quite sure how this got here on RUclips.. It was produced by Terrific Stuff Ltd and is still available through Chaters . We have not given permission for this video to appear here on RUclips. Anyway we are very proud of it so we hope you enjoy it or better still buy this DVD and The Return of The Silver Arrows.DVD.
One thing that isn't mentioned here is the need for handling the "fuel" for these vehicles, which required a near-scientist to mix and was toxic beyond any modern imagination.
By the way, the legend about stripping the Mercedes W25 off of the white paint to get under the weight limit, that is likely a lie. The 1934 Eifelrennen did not use the 750kg formula. It was basically formula libre over 1500cc with no weight limit. The story was fabricated by Alfred Neubauer. I suppose they might have omitted the white paint for weight-saving reasons, but it was not as dramatic, rather a design choice...
Granted....but the purists will tell you when they raced for th first time with the w25, the italians sussed it over weight by the fluids. Mercedes sgripped the pure white paint off and aJournalist named it silver arrow..thanks for the post.
as far as i know, werent only mercedes called that? cause on old movies that i watched they called Mercedes the arrows and auto union as auto union... well except this one hshshshs
It's 2023 right now and what comes around, goes around....Mercedes are in a dry spell after years of dominance, they were racing in traditional silver, but are running black bare carbon fiber this year to save weight, just like the original silver arrows were bare aluminum to meet a weight limit....Alfa Romeo is a team sponsor using Ferrari engines and has close ties to Ferrari, but Audi has bought into the team and will be a title sponsor and engine supplier in a few years, Ferrari is, of course still at it.
@@carlogrillenzoni9764 bullshit. No matter where is it based. People could travel today, It’s Mercedes so it’s made by German. PS. Almost all british manufacturers developed by germans. Bentley, RR, Mini are completely German, Aston Martin uses Mercedes engines and technology. So what? What the point of your message? Are you brit? They always try to call something by their own.
@@oldschoolracinggames5729 - this is your personal viewpoint. Major international sports are nationally based. Even America's Cup of Sailing requires that 95% of the team's staff be based in the country of origin. Ferrari F1 team satisfies this requirement. Maybe Germany lacks factories, engineers and mechanics?
As a former race driver I occasionally have to watch this great racing series. The announcer does a very good job
and the music is spot on. I'm privileged to own one of Rudolph Caraccioa's race trophies. I also have his book
"A Racing Car Driver's World". Great book and highly recommended! He was my favorite 1930/1940s race driver.
Not quite sure how this got here on RUclips.. It was produced by Terrific Stuff Ltd and is still available through Chaters . We have not given permission for this video to appear here on RUclips. Anyway we are very proud of it so we hope you enjoy it or better still buy this DVD and The Return of The Silver Arrows.DVD.
I intend to buy it because of the vid and your graceful comment.
7:00 Damn that Mercedes is so ahead of it's time!!!
500 + HP on these skinny tires. Must have been quite a challenge.
That intro clip 😍 I keep finding myself coming back to it
My God, man. These guys had balls before balls were cool. :20 gave me chills..
Very nice documentary
One thing that isn't mentioned here is the need for handling the "fuel" for these vehicles, which required a near-scientist to mix and was toxic beyond any modern imagination.
not too many lived well for long either drivers or mechanics , you are correct, those fumes and mists were killers
Do they mix the same fuel today for the FOS , or is that regular fuel ?
the silver arrows fought against 4 other big germans united and won, that was legendary
silver arrows is name of both german companies, auto union and mercedes
Ever thought your vid would hit 50k views in 10 years awesome
great video!! I have been looking for this for years... thank you for posting it!!
Dr. Porsche and Hitler first met at the Solitude (Stuttgart) racing circuit in 1923/24 courtesy of Mercedes.
Terrific stuff indeed! TFP
Would Stuck's record in the first year have given him the equivalent of a World Championship?
13:29 I thought Nuvolari's logo was the tortoise.
Hello Silver Arrow
Wait… What was that name again @13:07 ??
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Thanks Detty!
By the way, the legend about stripping the Mercedes W25 off of the white paint to get under the weight limit, that is likely a lie. The 1934 Eifelrennen did not use the 750kg formula. It was basically formula libre over 1500cc with no weight limit. The story was fabricated by Alfred Neubauer.
I suppose they might have omitted the white paint for weight-saving reasons, but it was not as dramatic, rather a design choice...
yes it’s proved fiction story
Granted....but the purists will tell you when they raced for th first time with the w25, the italians sussed it over weight by the fluids. Mercedes sgripped the pure white paint off and aJournalist named it silver arrow..thanks for the post.
Porsche also made tank with electric drive 3 year later
mam pocit že na tom Unionu dělal Porsche ,, !!
SILVER ARROWS........That first piece of film is an auro union type C!! Sacralige.
Objection sir. The Auto Union had been also silver arrows. And i´m a pure Mercedes man ;-)
Martin, both the Auto Union & the Mercedes were collectively called the Silver Arrows.
as far as i know, werent only mercedes called that? cause on old movies that i watched they called Mercedes the arrows and auto union as auto union... well except this one hshshshs
It's 2023 right now and what comes around, goes around....Mercedes are in a dry spell after years of dominance, they were racing in traditional silver, but are running black bare carbon fiber this year to save weight, just like the original silver arrows were bare aluminum to meet a weight limit....Alfa Romeo is a team sponsor using Ferrari engines and has close ties to Ferrari, but Audi has bought into the team and will be a title sponsor and engine supplier in a few years, Ferrari is, of course still at it.
1:30 the issue of Hitler's subsidies to Audi and Mercedes
now they go in UK to produce their sport cars ...
??
@@oldschoolracinggames5729 - today the Mercedes F1 team is completely based in UK: no driver, engineer, mechanic, manager is German
@@carlogrillenzoni9764 bullshit. No matter where is it based. People could travel today, It’s Mercedes so it’s made by German.
PS. Almost all british manufacturers developed by germans. Bentley, RR, Mini are completely German, Aston Martin uses Mercedes engines and technology. So what? What the point of your message? Are you brit? They always try to call something by their own.
@@oldschoolracinggames5729 - this is your personal viewpoint. Major international sports are nationally based. Even America's Cup of Sailing requires that 95% of the team's staff be based in the country of origin. Ferrari F1 team satisfies this requirement. Maybe Germany lacks factories, engineers and mechanics?
No, the W25 were not white. Just take a look at the picture in the same video.
Is trusth is trust
GREAT VIDEOS ABOUT GREAT CARS BUT LET US NOT FORGET THEIR PURPOSE TO PROMOTE NAZISM
stop this
nazism was founded by british either way