[14] Two months later, Ken Miles died at Riverside while testing the next generation Ford GT40 J-Car, which became the MkIV that won Le Mans in 1967. James Mangold. Surtees was furious and stormed off to Maranello to argue his case with Enzo Ferrari. Ferrari took the Manufacturers' title for 1967, edging up-and-coming Porsche by two points. It demonstrated that production engines could compete with racing powerplants and that an American-built car could top Europe's best. Ford's Mark IV was ready in time for the 12 Hours of Sebring, where it won on its maiden outing. Ford told their cars to drop to 4-minute laps, but Gurney and Miles kept racing hard for the lead. The other Chevy was in Texan Jim Hall's Chaparral 2D. Préférences cookies | [28][27][38], After 6 hours, heavy rain was pouring down. McLaren, who builds his own Formula and sports cars, is 28. Porsche also ran three regular 906s in the Sports category, two works entries as well as one for their Paris importer Toto Veuillet. The M620 had a 2-litre version of the BRM Formula 1 engine developing 245 bhp that could match the Porsches in speed, making 275 kp/h (170 mph). The following year, they won again. : Dune , James Bond 25 , Cruella Ford MkII n°8 NSR Le Mans 1966 NSR, la marque italienne, constructeur de voitures de slot à hautes performances a reproduit sous la réfrence 1060 la Ford MkII jaune numéro 8. Bruce said to me we had to drive the doors off the thing, so we did. The resulting warpath employed everyone from Bruce McLaren to Carroll Shelby and Indy 500 legend A.J. CGU | [58] The production was well received critically, attaining a "100%" rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes.[59]. James Mangold porte à l'écran le combat épique qui avait opposé Ford et Ferrari aux 24 Heures du Mans 1966. It was the first win at Le Mans for the Ford GT and the first win for an American auto manufacturer. Meanwhile, Miles had been putting in extremely fast laps, breaking the lap record and getting back up to 5th place. Ford's Sixties Le Mans program was famously the result of a dispute between Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari–Ford had tried to purchase Ferrari (the company), only to have Enzo shut down the sale at the last minute. Justin Lin, avec AlloCiné Ex. Four Alpines finished this year, 9-11-12-13, with that of Delageneste/Cheinisse from the Ecurie Savin-Calberson winning the Thermal Efficiency Index. Recrutement | [25] But the Mini Marcos would become the 'darling of the crowds' later on in the race. There was a bit of history to that. Le Mans 66 Sortie le ... Ford II pour construire à partir de rien une nouvelle automobile qui doit détrôner la Ferrari à la compétition du Mans de 1966. He was also still recovering from a big accident the previous year and would hand over to Scarfiotti if he got overly tired. [53][54] The book attained a "4.5 star" rating by book review website GoodReads.com. Formerly the object of laughter, it had become a crowd favourite running like clockwork. [14] After only 9 laps, Rindt's Ford blew its engine at the end of the Mulsanne straight, so there would be no consecutive win. The other Porsches came in 4th to 7th led by Siffert/Davis, who also claimed the Index of Performance. While repairing the damage, officials told the team that they were disqualified for Thompson leaving the scene of a major accident. Au casting du Mans 66, dont le titre original est Ford v Ferrari, Matt Damon revêt le costume de Caroll Shelby, tandis que Christian Bale enfile la combinaison de Ken Miles. Three more examples were produced and prepared for the Le Mans 24 Hours, while Ford's championship hopes rested on the older GT40s and the new GT40-derived Mirages to gain points in the intervening races. Ginther's NART Ferrari was leading from Parkes, chased by the Fords of Miles and Gurney on the same lap, McLaren a lap behind then Bandini and Andretti two laps back. For the 2019 film released internationally as Le Mans '66, see, Challenge Mondial de Vitesse et Endurance standings, Clarke 1997, p.10: Road & Track Sept 1966, Clarke 1997, p.11: Road & Track Sept 1966, Clarke 1997, p.12: Road & Track Sept 1966, Clarke 1997, p.13: Road & Track Sept 1966, "A look back at the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours", "Watch the story of the controversy behind the Ford GT40's photo finish at Le Mans in 1966", "Le Mans 1966: The Golden Mystery – dailysportscar.com", "20 Jun 1966, Page 11 - The Cumberland News at Newspapers.com", "Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans – Book Review", "How Carroll Shelby And A Gang Of Nerds Beat Enzo Ferrari", "Ford Preparing to 'Go Like Hell!' There were only three GT entries: the Ferrari customer teams Ecurie Francorchamps and Maranello Concessionaires both entered a 275 GTB. ... Voir tout le casting. Ford's documentary of the 1966 Le Mans 24 hour endurance race. As a result, when I went to Daytona for the 24 hours, paired with Bruce, I suggested to Bruce that we set a fairly conservative pace for the race, and whilst we might be running out of the top three in the early stages, we might be the only one there at the end. [33][34][20] Miles had to pit after the first lap to fix his door after colliding with Whitmore's Ford at the start. 1966 saw the advent of a completely new set of regulations from the CSI (Commission Sportive Internationale – the FIA's regulations body) – the FIA Appendix J, redefining the categories of motorsport in a numerical list. Miles, upset about the team orders, lifted off to allow McLaren to finish a length ahead. Several cars of the original 24-hours race have survived and have been restored to their former glory. Ford v Ferrari (known as Le Mans '66 in the UK and other territories) is a sports drama film distributed by 20th Century Fox, based on the rivalry between Ford and Ferrari for dominance at Le Mans. There were six GT40s entered by customer teams, with the 4.7L engine. Retaining the same exterior dimensions as the 389 V-8, and trimming weight through the use of thin-wall casting techniques made the 326 efficient and less costly to manufacture than an all-new engine design. Porsches now held the next five places and the two Ferrari GTs were 9th and 10th chased by the Alpines. [20] Not listened to, Surtees, Ferrari's 1964 F1 World Champion, quit the team. Parkes was 6th ahead of Bonnier in the Chaparral who had already been lapped. The 5.3L small block put out 420 bhp and had a semi-automatic transmission. [26] The final finisher was the little Mini Marcos. We had both driven the first two 7.0-litre cars at Le Mans the previous year: Bruce with Ken Miles and myself with Phil Hill. Partant de rien, il fait engager les meilleurs ingénieurs du pays, avec à la tête, Caroll Shelby, modeste préparateur automobile qui a remporté Le Mans en 1959. With the field covered it was now that Leo Beebe, Ford racing director, contrived to stage a dead heat by having his two lead cars cross the line simultaneously. Well, even if you don’t, you’re about to learn courtesy of the new film Ford v Ferrari, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon. That achievement was arguably the greatest in the company's history. [16][8][17], NART also entered a long-tailed P2, rebodied by Piero Drogo and driven by last year's winner Masten Gregory with Bob Bondurant. ©AlloCiné, Retrouvez tous les horaires et infos de votre cinéma sur le numéro AlloCiné : 0 892 892 892 (0,34€/minute). Casting complet du film Le Mans 66. GT cars were now Group 3 and Prototypes were now Group 6. Guichet had just spun his Ferrari in the rain and got away when Buchet arrived and crashed his Porsche. [14][41][42][43][44], At their last pitstop, the 7th-placed Porsche of Peter Gregg and Sten Axelsson was stopped by engine problems. This strategy fell apart when our tires started losing treads early in the race and we lost considerable time. [30] The official Ford press release, erroneously dated 7/5/1966 (possibly US-style dating: July 5th 1966), claims: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, The McLaren-Amon and the Miles-Hulme cars were running within seconds of each other as the race neared its end, with the Bucknum-Hutcherson car hanging back as insurance. [7][20] Chris Amon was fastest at the test weekend in the experimental Ford J-car with a 3:34.4 lap. Ferrari found the production requirement for homologating the P4 under Group 4 daunting and withdrew from competition in the sport-racer classes. The pair had inherited victory from fellow Ford driver Ken Miles in car no1, who had earlier pulled out a lead of … [40] The ACO told him this would not be possible — given the staggered starting formation, the #2 car would have covered 20 metres further, and thus be the race winner. The 1966 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most important races in Ford’s history. The three cars were driven by up and coming young French single-seater drivers Jean-Pierre Beltoise/Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Jean-Pierre Jaussaud/Henri Pescarolo and Jo Schlesser with Welshman Alan Rees.[24]. The Stommelen/Klass car in 7th was the first, and only, Sports car to finish. Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon also shared a GT40, while another GT40 – the one which is set to auction – was driven by Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson. The new A210 had a 1.3L Gordini-Renault engine with a Porsche gearbox making it more durable if only a little faster at 245 kp/h (150 mph). By contrast, 5 of the 7 Porsches finished (including their 911 in the GT class) as did four of the six Alpines, showing much better reliability. [32], Jo Siffert put the quickest Porsche 22nd on the grid with 3:51.0, with Nino Vaccarella's Ferrari in 24th (3:53.5) and Jo Schlesser's Matra just behind it (3:53.5). And once again there was tragedy with a fatal accident. Casting Le Mans 66. info. [6] But come race-week it was Gurney who put in the fastest qualifying lap of 3:30.6, a second faster than his stablemates Miles, Gardner and McLaren. [45], The Ford team's decision was a big disappointment for Ken Miles, who was aiming for the 'Endurance Racing Triple Crown'—winning Daytona-Sebring-Le Mans—as a reward for his investment in the GT40 development. Ginther was 5th in the fastest Ferrari with a 3:33.0, with Parkes and Bandini in 7th and 8th respectively. [10] The works team had a pair of closed-cockpit versions for John Surtees/Ludovico Scarfiotti and former winners Lorenzo Bandini/Jean Guichet. La 20th Century Fox sortira le film Ford v Ferrari le 28 juin 2019 dans les salles américaines.. 12/06/2018. [1][2] It was also the seventh round of the 1966 World Sportscar Championship season. Ford the man vowed to get even, aiming his considerable resources at Ferrari's Le Mans record. Joining Skip Scott, team owner of the Essex Wire team, was a 21-year old Jacky Ickx in his Le Mans debut.[29][30]. Données Personnelles | : "I'm disappointed, of course, but what are you going to do about it. We all know the story of Ford shocking the world and beating Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. Remarkably, given British dominance of the race barely a decade earlier, there were only three British cars in this year's race. [31], Finally, in a subcompetition of its own, there was the tire race between Firestone, Dunlop, and Goodyear. At the finish: "the idea was that the leading GT40s would cross the line together, but in practice, it wasn't possible to have a dead heat. Directed by James Mangold, starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale in the roles of Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles, respectively. [14][41][47], In a race of attrition it was fortunate the big teams brought such quantity – only 3 of the 13 Fords finished and only the two GTs finished from the 14 Ferraris entered. On his out-lap Spoerry lost traction and spun at the Esses wrecking the car. He was supported by Huschke von Hanstein who was prepared to withdraw the Porsche team as well. "[51], Rumors of a movie adaptation of the book, an Amazon best seller,[52] circulated from 2013 to 2015. Holman & Moody, the successful Ford NASCAR race team was brought on board to race another trio – for Mark Donohue/Paul Hawkins, Ronnie Bucknum/Dick Hutcherson, and Lucien Bianchi/Mario Andretti. Si la carrosserie est bien reproduite, le chassis surbaissé donne au modèle une allure peu réaliste. This was the first overall win at Le Mans for the Ford GT40 as well as the first overall win for an American constructor. Extensive work was done in the wind tunnel, and improving the brakes, handling and engine – not least improving the fuel economy. At 9am the Gurney/Grant car, which had been dicing for the lead with Miles & Hulme (against strict team orders), retired from 1st when the car blew a headgasket. at Le Mans 24 Hours". Both New Zealanders who now reside in England, it was the most important victory yet for the two youngsters. However it was a new design that was entered. And most of all, in 2016, there is no Henry the Deuce, no world-altering grudge match, no Enzo, no Carroll. Le film est titré Le Mans 66 en France.. 23/02/2019. Amon 22, is the youngest winner in the history of the event. 1966 Pontiac Le Mans Pictures: See 37 pics for 1966 Pontiac Le Mans. Réalisateur : James Mangold. When the NART P3 retired from 4th with a broken gearbox at 3am, and the Filipinetti car of Mairesse/Müller from 5th an hour later, the Ferrari challenge was spent – there would be no privateer-saviours for the marque this year. [26][20] Yet during raceweek, with news that new FIAT chairman Gianni Agnelli would be at the race, Dragoni changed the plan, putting Scarfiotti (Agnelli's nephew) in first. Since McLaren and Amon had started 60 feet behind Miles and Hulme, they were declared the winners. 1966 Pontiac Le Mans Classic Cars for Sale. It was a record shattering performance as the winning car covered more miles (3,009.3) at a faster speed (125.38 mph) than any previous entry. [3] It was also the debut Le Mans start for two significant drivers: Henri Pescarolo, who went on to set the record for the most starts at Le Mans; and Jacky Ickx, whose record of six Le Mans victories stood until beaten by Tom Kristensen in 2005. Dune, James Bond 25, Cruella, de “And it came just a year after they’d won Indy for the first time.” Now Ford, which went on to win at Le Mans in 1967, 1968 and 1969, is back at Le Mans with a fleet of four Ford GTs. However three langheck (long-tail) prototypes were also entered by the works team, driven by Hans Herrmann/Herbert Linge, Jo Siffert/Colin Davis and Udo Schütz/Peter de Klerk. The Ford-Ferrari war pivoted on how these men operated and thought, and they made that story what it was." He did his two laps, his first ever at Le Mans on raceday morning to qualify. In 1966, Ford won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time. Such was the interest in Group 6 there were 43 prototypes on the starting grid and only 3 GT cars: After 2 years of its 3-year program, Ford had very little to show for its immense investment. Directed by James Mangold , starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale in the roles of Carroll Shelby … With Shelby now fully concentrated on the Ford program, the Cobra GTs were abandoned. [19][20], Chevrolet was the other player in the over 2-litre class. [7][8][9][10] The big 7-litre engine now put out 475 bhp. Baime[48][49] titled "Go Like Hell"—the words shouted by Bruce McLaren to Chris Amon as they drove to their famous victory. With the 2.0L flat-6 engine from the 911, it had recently been homologated for Group 4 with the requisite 50 cars. This weekend we have heard a great deal about the 50th anniversary of Ford’s famous 1-2-3 win at Le Mans in 1966. Shelby ran three cars himself for Americans Dan Gurney and Jerry Grant, Miles was now paired with New Zealander Denny Hulme after Ruby had been injured in a plane crash a month earlier. Les services AlloCiné | The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 34th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1966. Miles was a key member of the Shelby/Cobra race team in the early 1960s, before Shelby partnered with Ford, and was key in helping them develop the car which they took to 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. Matt Damon. Entered by Frenchman Hubert Giraud and driven by Jean-Louis Marnat and Claude Ballot-Lena, the team was able to get a works engine and gearbox from BMC. But that makes sense: Both Le Mans and international motorsport are different now, tamer and less raw. [16][18][19], The second incident was more serious – Dick Thompson in the Alan Mann Ford Mk II collided with Dick Holqvist who was going far slower in the Scuderia Bear Ford GT40 and pulled right in front of him at Maison Blanche. He aimed for the escape road at the end of the straight, not realising it was blocked by a sandbank, which he hit at about 190 km/h (120 mph). That left Ford with only three Mk IIs left (albeit running 1-2-3) as all the GT40s had retired as well. Painted Red with Black vinyl top. With the new regulations this year the ACO received a huge 103 entry requests. Details about 1966 Pontiac Le Mans 1966 Pontiac Lemans * Matching #'s * Stunning Restoration * 326 CI Auto * Sharp See original listing. The spectators laughed at the small car and its apparent resemblance to a flea. When Dearborn won last year, the world went less than nuts. Ferrari never won Le Mans again, but Ford wouldn't go back until 2016. [18] In the end Australian Brian Muir, who was in England was flown over to France. There were no engine limits on the GTs or Prototypes. Results taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO[61] Class Winners are in Bold text. "What happened to the movie adaptation of "Go Like Hell? [15] The Holman & Moody crew took 70 minutes to repair it only for Mark Donohue to have the rear boot blow off down the Mulsanne and find the differential had been terminally damaged. Ford's answer to Ferrari's next weapon, the 330 P4, was delayed by development problems, handing Ferrari a rematch with the Mk IIs that so dominated them at LeMans, at the 1967 Daytona 24 Hours. 10 bolt rear end. [14][11][20], A notable absentee at the test weekend was the Ferrari works team. Le Mans 66 est un film réalisé par James Mangold avec Matt Damon, Christian Bale. It was the first time that the 3000 miles/125 mph mark had been exceeded.[30]. Né le 08 octobre 1970. The Hollywood blockbuster that brought the story of Ken Miles, Carroll Shelby and Le Mans 1966 to the silver screen was so good that it’s crying out for a sequel, says Charles Bradley. [14][39] As the rain eased, the Fords of Miles and Gurney retook the lead. As it turned out McLaren's #2 car crossed the finish line just ahead and was declared the winner. [25][6] the car eventually came home at an incredible 15th overall. An open-cockpit variant was given to the North American Racing Team (NART) for Pedro Rodriguez/Richie Ginther. "[46] Beebe also later admitted he had been annoyed with Miles racing Gurney, disregarding team orders by potentially risking the cars' endurance. [20] A major accident occurred when Jean-Claude Ogier's CD got loose on spilt oil at the Mulsanne kink and was hit hard side-on by François Pasquier in the NART ASA. [37] At dusk it started to drizzle, reducing the power advantage of the big Fords, and allowing the Ferraris to keep in touch. Finally, the new 911 GT ran well and finished 14th starting a long record of success.[23]. There were also P2/P3 hybrids for the Ecurie Francorchamps (Dumay/"Beurlys") and Scuderia Filipinetti (Mairesse/Müller. The story is a dramatic one, but stripped down to its barest essentials: Ford ( right) tried to buy Ferrari; failed; made spectacularly unsuccessful attacks on the 1964 and 1965 races; launched an overwhelming campaign in 1966… Bloodied, Ford was in too deep to quit. 1966, une année sous le signe de la course auto-Les 24 Heures du Mans, 1966, c’est l’époque de la rivalité entre les écuries Ferrari et Ford. The Le Mans results boosted Ford over Ferrari for the 1966 Manufacturers' Championship. Racing is no longer a brutally dangerous pastime or the kind of thing that puts whole countries on the edge of their seats. [20] In the end, the car was reinstated though Thompson was banned. The Fords were further delayed as a number chose to change brake pads early. [36][8], At 8pm, only the Miles and Gurney Fords and Rodiguez's Ferrari were on the lead lap (#64). Black vinyl bucket seat interior. In 1965, Phil Hill’s MK II turned Le Mans’ fastest lap but, like 1964, the team retired en masse. Within another hour Miles and Hulme had taken the lead. We were warned to be careful with the gearbox as they were new and unproven, and both cars retired with gearbox failures. The Ford-Ferrari War was ended by new rules for 1968 that eliminated the P4s and Mark IVs from eligibility for the Sports Prototype class with a 3-litre engine capacity limit. Christian Bale. [23], Alfa Romeo, and its works team Autodelta, had withdrawn from racing for a year to prepare a new car for 1967. Ford's documentary of the 1966 Le Mans 24 hour endurance race. Defending class-champions Austin-Healey had two works entries. Ford v Ferrari (known as Le Mans '66 in the UK and other territories) is a sports drama film distributed by 20th Century Fox, based on the rivalry between Ford and Ferrari for dominance at Le Mans. He and team manager Eugenio Dragoni had decided that he, as the fastest Ferrari driver and driving with Mike Parkes, would act as the hare to bait and break the Fords. Taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO, As calculated after Le Mans, Round 4 of 4[65], This article is about the race. Ferrari didn't insult Ford. The year after that, they won a third time. [27] Another competitor in the small prototypes was ASA. Find new and used 1966 Pontiac Le Mans Classics for sale by classic car dealers and private sellers near you. The film was released on 15 November 2019. Three days earlier Marcos-boss Harold Dermott had made a deal to buy the car with the intention to restore it and put on museum display. They joined Ford France, Scuderia Filipinetti and new privateers Scuderia Bear and Essex Wire. [22] It was race-proven too, after winning the Targa Florio the month before. [21], Porsche came with a new model – the 906 designed by the team led by Ferdinand Piëch. [13], The British team Alan Mann Racing had two cars prepared by Ford Advanced Vehicles, for Graham Hill/Dick Thompson and John Whitmore/Frank Gardner. I recall it was damp and we were running on intermediate Firestone tires and at 210–220 mph [355 kmh] on the Mulsanne Straight, the tires were shedding tread. After a disappointing showing at Monza a controversial denial of championship points from a Mirage win at the Spa event, Ford saw limited opportunity for taking the Manufacturers' title again and instead concentrated on a last hurrah at Le Mans, where the leading Mark IV, driven by Dan Gurney and A.J. Two new classes for Sports Cars were Group 4 and Group 5 for 'Special Sports Cars' (Group 1 and 2 covered Touring Cars, Group 7 led to the Can-Am series, with Group 8 and 9 for single-seaters). This time six were built and prepared by Shelby American. Retrouvez toutes les photos et images en diaporama du film Le Mans 66 et les affiches officielles . Over the test weekend, Mauro Bianchi had surprised many in the 1-litre Alpine, going as fast as the 1959 Ferrari Testa Rossas. 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The Ford-France and Essex cars had already retired with engine issues during the night.[29]. The ostensible villain of the first half of Ford v Ferrari: the … Collectively, Ford's wins were one of countless bright moments in a golden decade for both motorsport and culture in general. Foyt, Jackie Stewart and Lloyd Ruby.
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