I gotta hand it to Chevrolet for being the only American car company to consistently make good race cars, the C5-R, C6-R, GT2 ZR1 and C7-R are all awesome cars.
@xp10199 GM didn't sponsor them.....until 2024 Corvette Racing was a factory team which meant full support from Chevrolet. Pratt and Miller run the racing team but as a factory team they had every resource available etc. via Chevrolet. Also, the cars come from Chevrolet, they were all pulled off the Chevrolet production line and sent to P&M to build. The sponsors were Mobil 1, Sirius and a few other small one's.
There should be a stream of drivers eye's videos to chose from in any racing, that would be a massive add-on to coverage. Imagine LeMans24 with selectable drivers eye's views by pressing a button on your couch... wicked
I 100% agree with this wicked #suggestion. They could also include the option for telemetry..Just allow the viewer to select what telemetry they want to see, car-telemetry (speed, g-force, etc), bio-telemetry (i.e. heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate, etc), weather telemetry, etc. Makes it far more interesting and engaging for the viewer.
That is one impressive car. Am I the only one fasciated by the interior? Especially the vertical rows of lights that turn on when the car steps out! That car is a wonderful piece of engineering! Also, amazing driving by Tommy
That is a great end of an era! Corvette has been one of my favourite racing cars ever! C5.R C6.R C7.R all magnificent beasts, can't forget the thunder going down Mulsanne straight. Sadly the new one is a departure and a completely different machine. I wish them all the success tho.
For a minute there I thought this was filmed in the UK, "poor" conditions is putting it lightly. Amazing the pace even these non LMP cars can maintain in the wet like this.... Cheers drive, driver's eye doesn't disappoint !
Racing in the dark is always awesome. Racing in the wet is also awesome. Racing a Corvette must be awesome (this I haven't done myself... Yet...) Watching all three together through Tommy's eyes (almost) is fricking awesome!!!! Thanks to Drive and thanks to Tommy!
Without a doubt, my favorite way to watch racing. I found myself saying "WHUAAUH" every time the blue lights came on hahaha. Awesome job *****! I wish they would make these for motorcycle racing.
When my dad, David Irwin, was working at Prototype Technology Group, Tommy Milner, Joey Hand, another Mechanic, and my father went karting one night, and my dad couldn't believe how fast these guys are. Tommy is a true professional, good work!
YES YES YES! Ive been wanting to see some videos like this for years! but all i could ever find was a few secconds of this and verry rare a minute or so of the cockpit view. I love you /drive, thank you sooo much :)
well i have to admit that my searches weren't the thoroughest, and i found one or two on drive network but they had /SHAKEDOWN hoset in them once in a while, but pure clean racing cockpit view videos more than 3 min long I could not find. maybe im just shit at searching.
That was awesome! I enjoyed seeing where how his head position kept moving as he was driving. I would like to have heard him comment more at the end about his stint.
Interesting use of the vertical LED's (something I haven't noticed before) for traction control and ABS actuation. Great video as always from the drivers eye. I've seen the Corvette racing cars in the UK (GT1 champ at Silverstone in 2010)...........bass cannons compared the Murcielago howl! Keep pushing guys!
OMG!! At 19:12 you flew by that guy in 6th!! Lol. That's where you normally are downshifting! That's INSANE!! Wet track?? There's no wet track here! Lol. Balls of steal my friend!
Thanks for posting this. I always think that the view from within the cockpit of race cars is pretty restricted and this shows just how much. That engine sounds great!
Awesome video. Too bad we didn't get either the Nordschleife in the Leh Keen video (though we got it all the way to Adenauer Forst and then up to Bergwerk afterwards) or the Road Atlanta in this video at full tilt in the dry, for example in qually mode. That would have been awesome.
Tommy I've recently discovered your videos, love that their in your point of view in the race car. Do you own a Vette? I love the sounds in your videos I am a huge GM fan and also how much fun is it to drive that bad boy? I love the sound of a raw V8
I dont think GT cars have KERS of any kind on board. That is reserved to F1. And to be honest, I disdain KERS and active aero, since it is not purpose driven, it is just a way F1 marketing bosses desperate attempt to regain public attention.
I didn't think they had KERS (or KERS-like system) either. But, on the back straight (on the lap in question), the dash display on the right-hand side shows the green bar dissipating with the universal "power" symbol showing. The speedometer shows a ~4-5 mph gain on the top speed as compared to his previous laps.
I won't explain exactly what that was but it's absolutely not KERS or any kind of alternative energy release and definitely not 4-5mph faster because of it.
***** No worries. ;) I honestly figured the extra top-end was due to lack of traffic coming out of 8, through The Kink and into the 10-complex. Nice run, though!
waclosh Well several P1 cars use that same sort of hybrid drive. The audi R18 e-tron, and the toyota TS030, and probably the new Porche P1 car. So yes the specific name, KERS, is reserved to F1, but the same sort of hybrid system is used in other race cars.
Going too fast in slippery conditions is an obvious NO NO for any prototypes because their lighter weight will cause traction to immediately disappear at any turn and/or peak of an incline. Which is where GTs; especially Corvette, will annihilate PCs with control and speed at any given time.
Prototype has more downforce but that's usually only good for high speed I guess. In low speed corners, mechanical grip and traction is more important. Whose better at that? I really dont know
I think this is probably open practice. No one is running in full race pace it looks like. Also if it is one of the amateur drivers in the PC cars...often times, the pros in the GT cars are faster or as fast in the wet. At least from what I have seen through out the season.
If I remember correctly, GT cars still have a traction control system, which all the other classes don't. This often results in them being uncharacteristically quick in poor conditions.
How far did you have the traction control dialed up? Probably also one of the reasons why you overtook so many LMPC cars coming out of the corners. They have less tyre + no TC.
It helps but you can't rely on it. I wish we could! There's way more work going on than it might seem with the throttle even when I'm into the TC some.
***** I exaggerated a bit, but as spectator I do wish TC just wouldn't exist in racing. :P The trade-off with the TC settings in the wet has to be a bit less significant in the wet, right?
deggis4 The rain tires require a higher slip angle to work at their best so we will always be more sideways when we're going fast in the wet than in the dry. That will never go away. The TC helps when we overstep those boundaries slightly.
Milner drove that car to the edge of its capability. You cannot compare sports car racing today to what it was in the past. The cars are faster, lighter and more responsive today. Without the TC and other electronics, we would not continue to push the boundaries of what is possible on a race track. F1 for example, is continuing to push the boundaries of physical speed around a track and as a result are basically pioneering technology that will eventually find its way into consumer cars(KERS, DRS, etc..all ending up in high end consumer super cars this year), however I must say, I didn't know the ALMS had rear view cameras with colored markers to represent when they were clear or had a car on their inside in real time! Very Cool! That will end up in consumer vehicles very soon, especially once the Car2Car communication gets pushed through the bureacratic red tape. Tommy, Hell of a drive sir.
I didn't think and hadn't seen any other evidence of it but I wasn't sure if any such R&D was allowed during the practice sessions. Thanks for the reply man, it was awesome seeing you guys run. Petit is the highlight of my racing year.
How do you become a race car driver or even get a chance to work at the pit this has been my dream all my life to just be around environment?....thanks tommy and drive for an amazing vid..
It's necessary to avoid being completely blinded by the setting sun. Keep in mind that the camera is slightly higher on the helmet than driver's actual view point. He can see all he needs to.
I gotta hand it to Chevrolet for being the only American car company to consistently make good race cars, the C5-R, C6-R, GT2 ZR1 and C7-R are all awesome cars.
+Ryan White The new Ford GT looks promising too. Can't wait for next year's Le Mans.
I just cant get hyped over a twin - turbocharged V6 ford Gt it just doesn't seem right to me
@GT1 and ford built the gt
@@arfshesaid4325 Multimatic built the GT, road and race cars.
@xp10199 GM didn't sponsor them.....until 2024 Corvette Racing was a factory team which meant full support from Chevrolet. Pratt and Miller run the racing team but as a factory team they had every resource available etc. via Chevrolet. Also, the cars come from Chevrolet, they were all pulled off the Chevrolet production line and sent to P&M to build. The sponsors were Mobil 1, Sirius and a few other small one's.
There should be a stream of drivers eye's videos to chose from in any racing, that would be a massive add-on to coverage. Imagine LeMans24 with selectable drivers eye's views by pressing a button on your couch... wicked
You are far beyond a genius. Someone pay this man!
You haven’t been on the IMSA website? You can do exactly that during the races.
Whoops, just realized this is 6 years old. Lol
@@SpicyPablo808 hahaha, that's called time travel ;) Yeah, I'm happy that we have this option now
I 100% agree with this wicked #suggestion. They could also include the option for telemetry..Just allow the viewer to select what telemetry they want to see, car-telemetry (speed, g-force, etc), bio-telemetry (i.e. heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate, etc), weather telemetry, etc. Makes it far more interesting and engaging for the viewer.
God this car sounds great
That is one impressive car. Am I the only one fasciated by the interior? Especially the vertical rows of lights that turn on when the car steps out!
That car is a wonderful piece of engineering! Also, amazing driving by Tommy
That is a great end of an era! Corvette has been one of my favourite racing cars ever! C5.R C6.R C7.R all magnificent beasts, can't forget the thunder going down Mulsanne straight. Sadly the new one is a departure and a completely different machine. I wish them all the success tho.
OH MY GOD! I love that car, that sound... unbelieveble..
lol 20:22 Go Go Go!! *kicks him in the ass* :D
awesome drive, amazing car.
The sun visor really gets in the way
No music, no spekaer, just pure racing. DRIVE=Quality
I love these driver's eye vids. This one was especially entertaining.
I know it's so cool !! right !!??
Active target tracking on the rear view camera...that's some cool tech!
There are a few other videos on RUclips about the system but this one shows situations where it works well. /watch?v=96vL7HMrExc
***** very nice driving Tommy!
***** great driving!!. Amazing traction in the wet. The TC almost never intervenes and the radar tracking technology is amazing
*****
was the small off at around 5:10 because of the (I'm guessing here) change in brake bias you made at around 5:05?
Lemon0Tart Good eye - probably didn't help. I also just tried to go a bit later on the brakes which obviously didn't work!
For a minute there I thought this was filmed in the UK, "poor" conditions is putting it lightly. Amazing the pace even these non LMP cars can maintain in the wet like this.... Cheers drive, driver's eye doesn't disappoint !
I freaking love the Drivers Eye videos!!!
Racing in the dark is always awesome.
Racing in the wet is also awesome.
Racing a Corvette must be awesome (this I haven't done myself... Yet...)
Watching all three together through Tommy's eyes (almost) is fricking awesome!!!!
Thanks to Drive and thanks to Tommy!
Without a doubt, my favorite way to watch racing. I found myself saying "WHUAAUH" every time the blue lights came on hahaha. Awesome job *****! I wish they would make these for motorcycle racing.
Thanks for this video, this is the kind of videos i like to see from motor racing. We normals feel everything going on the cockpit.
I love these DRIVER'S EYE Episodes
Forever CHEVROLET ! This Vette Drivers Eye upload is the best on RUclips!
it's so cool seeing Tommy Milner's comments here. Great insight, thank you.
Thanks Drive, Tommy and Corvette for another awesome point of view video. Also, I was at the race and had an awesome time.
I'm amazed at how much traction that car had, very impressive stuff!
When my dad, David Irwin, was working at Prototype Technology Group, Tommy Milner, Joey Hand, another Mechanic, and my father went karting one night, and my dad couldn't believe how fast these guys are. Tommy is a true professional, good work!
Did you ever get to meet any of the Corvette guys?
@@tyleracimovic823 Tommy, but that was it. And he was relatively young at that point, this was 2003-2005
@@nialtheriver That is really cool. I've never been to an IMSA race, just 4 NASCAR races and qualifying for an IndyCar race.
Love these drivers perspective views, wish more series had these
YES YES YES! Ive been wanting to see some videos like this for years! but all i could ever find was a few secconds of this and verry rare a minute or so of the cockpit view. I love you /drive, thank you sooo much :)
/drive has many of them ??
well i have to admit that my searches weren't the thoroughest, and i found one or two on drive network but they had /SHAKEDOWN hoset in them once in a while, but pure clean racing cockpit view videos more than 3 min long I could not find. maybe im just shit at searching.
This is like music to my ears.
This guy is passing GTLMs. That's impressive
Epic driving tommy! Great video and love that v8 roar. Drive these videos are great keep em coming!
That was awesome! I enjoyed seeing where how his head position kept moving as he was driving. I would like to have heard him comment more at the end about his stint.
Interesting use of the vertical LED's (something I haven't noticed before) for traction control and ABS actuation. Great video as always from the drivers eye. I've seen the Corvette racing cars in the UK (GT1 champ at Silverstone in 2010)...........bass cannons compared the Murcielago howl!
Keep pushing guys!
ABS is forbidden in GTE (luckilly).
It's amazing how much grip the car has in the wet and how early they can put the power down
such a cool view and the sound makes the hair on your neck stand up. LOVE IT
As usual with /DRIVE, great video and great bit of driving as well.
Please, keep DRIVER'S EYE coming! They're awesome!!!
Thanks Drive! Another excellent video!
awesome stuff. love the sound of corvettes
What an awesome video! Totally made my night.
OMG!! At 19:12 you flew by that guy in 6th!! Lol. That's where you normally are downshifting! That's INSANE!! Wet track?? There's no wet track here! Lol. Balls of steal my friend!
Damn those dash lights flash blue when you start to slide🤯😱fancy
Great driver, machine and video. Thank you!
YES YES YES I LOVE THESE DRIVER VIDEO'S
Props for including the little grass mowing excursion. So slippery
That's the stuff I need.... more please :D
I need this on continuous loop to listen to while I fall asleep
I would love to see some rally racing! I think it would be much more exciting to see
Too damn cool! Long live corvette racing!!!
Sounds like a beast!
Amazing stuff! The sound of the Corvette shakes the bolts loose of lesser cars.
This could put me to sleep 😴😴
Amazing!! 1' 29''
Please film all corvette races!!!!
Thanks for posting this. I always think that the view from within the cockpit of race cars is pretty restricted and this shows just how much. That engine sounds great!
20:23 Go, Go, GOOOOOO!
"OK Glass", remind me to become a corvette racing driver when I grow up.
Full screen, live the dream.
Awesome, I wish you could put the whole race up lol
Dam this is awesome. I hope you guys come to COTA here in Austin soon, can't wait to see this vette live
They went to COTA during this season, but that was the last American Le Mans season. They'll be back in a new C7.R Vette next year though!
That was so awesome!! :D
Awesome video. Too bad we didn't get either the Nordschleife in the Leh Keen video (though we got it all the way to Adenauer Forst and then up to Bergwerk afterwards) or the Road Atlanta in this video at full tilt in the dry, for example in qually mode. That would have been awesome.
Tommy I've recently discovered your videos, love that their in your point of view in the race car. Do you own a Vette? I love the sounds in your videos I am a huge GM fan and also how much fun is it to drive that bad boy? I love the sound of a raw V8
Awesome video... The sound is so sweet !! I liked the rear cam, tech can make safer racing !!
Awesome video! Thanks!
Also... Was that KERS use on the next-to-last lap after turn 8 on the long back straight (@ 17:20)?
I dont think GT cars have KERS of any kind on board. That is reserved to F1. And to be honest, I disdain KERS and active aero, since it is not purpose driven, it is just a way F1 marketing bosses desperate attempt to regain public attention.
I didn't think they had KERS (or KERS-like system) either. But, on the back straight (on the lap in question), the dash display on the right-hand side shows the green bar dissipating with the universal "power" symbol showing. The speedometer shows a ~4-5 mph gain on the top speed as compared to his previous laps.
I won't explain exactly what that was but it's absolutely not KERS or any kind of alternative energy release and definitely not 4-5mph faster because of it.
***** No worries. ;) I honestly figured the extra top-end was due to lack of traffic coming out of 8, through The Kink and into the 10-complex. Nice run, though!
waclosh Well several P1 cars use that same sort of hybrid drive. The audi R18 e-tron, and the toyota TS030, and probably the new Porche P1 car. So yes the specific name, KERS, is reserved to F1, but the same sort of hybrid system is used in other race cars.
Same view that wearing my capnewera :-)
Very good vid !!!
I can't wait to corner marshal this race later this year
loving /DRIVE
Going too fast in slippery conditions is an obvious NO NO for any prototypes because their lighter weight will cause traction to immediately disappear at any turn and/or peak of an incline. Which is where GTs; especially Corvette, will annihilate PCs with control and speed at any given time.
You really have no idea what you are talking about lol
Nott150 I sure don't, so care to enlighten me on how prototypes can maneuver on corners in-comparison to GTs. I'm all ears.
Nott150 he is right..
Prototype has more downforce but that's usually only good for high speed I guess. In low speed corners, mechanical grip and traction is more important. Whose better at that? I really dont know
***** Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you own a McLaren. You obviously have far more experience in the endurance racing field than I do.
This is pretty awesome, love the helmet cam. I remember playing the Forza games and racing on this track!
This is awesome :D
Crazy how much faster he is than even some of the LMP traffic, let alone the slower GT guys
This is pure content
Are the 2 columns of blue lights on the 2 sides of the dash for wheel spin indicator?
amazing driving even though it was wet and dark :)
fantastic driving in bad conditions!
That was awesome!
WOW Fantastic video
So intense
Damn that is some grip !
Great circuit. I want to race in that awesome track.
Thanks for sharing.
Why was he passing so many prototypes? LMP-C cars?
I think this is probably open practice. No one is running in full race pace it looks like. Also if it is one of the amateur drivers in the PC cars...often times, the pros in the GT cars are faster or as fast in the wet. At least from what I have seen through out the season.
Often times in the wet conditions, our GT cars can be nearly as quick as the LMP-C cars and sometimes, depending on who is driving the cars, faster.
***** Even so, top level driving. Nice work out there!
If I remember correctly, GT cars still have a traction control system, which all the other classes don't. This often results in them being uncharacteristically quick in poor conditions.
I think all the pro classes have traction control. So the P1, P2 and GT classes. But the PC and GTC classes do not.
I'm assuming that the knob he's turning labeled "Front" is caster (or steering trim)
Brake balance, he shifted it front and locked up
Brake balance, he shifted it front and locked up
Love it!
Wonderful!
Is the Corvette the only car in ALMS that ran anti intrusion bars on the windows? I don't remember seeing them on other cars in the series.
I'm not a vette guy, but this is cool.
Keep the driver cams coming
How far did you have the traction control dialed up? Probably also one of the reasons why you overtook so many LMPC cars coming out of the corners. They have less tyre + no TC.
What is the blue dot in the rearview monitor? Are you using a GoPro with the WiFi turned on by any chance?
The TC lights are cool... but everytime I see them I can't help but think it's not Milner doing the pedal work but a computer. Thanks technology :(
It helps but you can't rely on it. I wish we could! There's way more work going on than it might seem with the throttle even when I'm into the TC some.
***** I exaggerated a bit, but as spectator I do wish TC just wouldn't exist in racing. :P The trade-off with the TC settings in the wet has to be a bit less significant in the wet, right?
*****
Last 30 seconds of this video has me scratching my head... you sir, have superhuman quick reflexes!
deggis4 The rain tires require a higher slip angle to work at their best so we will always be more sideways when we're going fast in the wet than in the dry. That will never go away. The TC helps when we overstep those boundaries slightly.
Milner drove that car to the edge of its capability. You cannot compare sports car racing today to what it was in the past. The cars are faster, lighter and more responsive today. Without the TC and other electronics, we would not continue to push the boundaries of what is possible on a race track. F1 for example, is continuing to push the boundaries of physical speed around a track and as a result are basically pioneering technology that will eventually find its way into consumer cars(KERS, DRS, etc..all ending up in high end consumer super cars this year), however I must say, I didn't know the ALMS had rear view cameras with colored markers to represent when they were clear or had a car on their inside in real time! Very Cool! That will end up in consumer vehicles very soon, especially once the Car2Car communication gets pushed through the bureacratic red tape. Tommy, Hell of a drive sir.
I would love to know where I could buy that exact rear wing for my C8
that FEELING !
how in the world do you have traction!? Looks dangerous as hell! Good driving!
Wheelin and dealin at its finest. ...wow
Was that some sort of KERS type electric assist being used on the back straight at 17:22?
What's up Monty - Not KERS or any other kind of alternative energy release. There's nothing like that allowed in our class.
I didn't think and hadn't seen any other evidence of it but I wasn't sure if any such R&D was allowed during the practice sessions. Thanks for the reply man, it was awesome seeing you guys run. Petit is the highlight of my racing year.
How do you become a race car driver or even get a chance to work at the pit this has been my dream all my life to just be around environment?....thanks tommy and drive for an amazing vid..
You need to have sacks of money, i mean RACKS of money!!!!
I want to see more of those!! I want to see a Lamborghini
Wish I can work on that beautiful engine and that Corvette 4 Chevy
This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love fig newtons.
It's necessary to avoid being completely blinded by the setting sun. Keep in mind that the camera is slightly higher on the helmet than driver's actual view point. He can see all he needs to.
I thought they couldnt have glass on the inside widows of the car. Can someone explain this for me?
3:47 NASTY TC KICK
Where are the windshield wipers?
Now that's a proper automobile safety cell.
well that bright blue traction control light is nice to blind u when ur trying not to fly off the track
Haha