Crazy ferrari speeding- 9 min video

CHRIS · 05-05-2006, 10:43 AM

On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a

gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend,

a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart

of Paris.

The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was

from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.

No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.

The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH

in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly

hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way

streets.

Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested.

He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went

underground until a DVD release a few years ago.

Make sure your sound is on!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...7&q=lelouch%3E

this is cool, after 4 min it gets good and by the 7th min- absolutely crazy. ENJOY

CarbonLimited · 05-05-2006, 10:49 AM

LOL, we just watched this is my Automotive engineering class at school....pretty sweet. I like when he has to go up on the curb and almost hit someone. He had to have done it really early in the morning there are very few cars on the road. I think we counted 16 red lights that he ran.

FujiBlueSi · 05-05-2006, 09:28 PM

WOW. There were a few moments there where I would have needed a change of underwear. LOL

***Gone*** · 05-06-2006, 02:01 AM

This film reminds me of one Nissan made a few years ago called "The Run" featuring the then-new 350Z. That was a bad ass video as well. It ended the same way with the driver meeting a woman. I believe that Nissan closed off the streets of Prague to do their film though. Look it up though, its a great one as well!

http://www.excelsiornissan.co.nz/the...n.asp?pageid=5

TwofouroSi · 05-06-2006, 05:08 AM

There's a video out there w/a Cosworth racing a Supra through some city, can't remember which one. It gets pretty intense...

***k20z3Vo*** · 05-06-2006, 10:27 AM

Hey... I think I ran the first 3 minutes of this course on either Midnight or Need For Speed. It brought back so many memories... Very exhilerating...

05-05-2006, 10:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
CHRIS Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Big Apple Age: 23 Posts: 5,361 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Crazy ferrari speeding- 9 min video On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur. No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit. The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets. Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a DVD release a few years ago. Make sure your sound is on! http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...7&q=lelouch%3E this is cool, after 4 min it gets good and by the 7th min- absolutely crazy. ENJOY

05-06-2006, 02:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
*Gone* Go BUCKS! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Columbus, Ohio Age: 26 Posts: 820 Andy iTrader: 4 / 100%	This film reminds me of one Nissan made a few years ago called "The Run" featuring the then-new 350Z. That was a bad ass video as well. It ended the same way with the driver meeting a woman. I believe that Nissan closed off the streets of Prague to do their film though. Look it up though, its a great one as well! http://www.excelsiornissan.co.nz/the...n.asp?pageid=5 __________________

05-06-2006, 10:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
*k20z3Vo* thinkin about an RX-8?!?! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 35000FT ATL, GA Posts: 3,188 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Hey... I think I ran the first 3 minutes of this course on either Midnight or Need For Speed. It brought back so many memories... Very exhilerating... __________________ R.I.P. 06' Civic SI 07/16/07 http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showt...b135cebbf8462& Slammed EG6....

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CarbonLimited Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Minnesota Age: 26 Posts: 280 iTrader: 0 / 0%	LOL, we just watched this is my Automotive engineering class at school....pretty sweet. I like when he has to go up on the curb and almost hit someone. He had to have done it really early in the morning there are very few cars on the road. I think we counted 16 red lights that he ran.

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