Bruce McLaren driving the Ford GT40 during the 1966 Le Mans race. It became not a question of would Ford win, but which driver pairing? Close, We have noticed that you are using the English version of our web site. Unfortunately Bruce didn’t even get to drive in the race after team-mate Walt Hansgen crashed in the rain at Tertre Rouge while running fourth, having run just 31 laps. With his team growing and busy programmes in both F1 and CanAm, he had too much on his plate. Unusually Bruce took Lunn as a passenger – at full speed – in an attempt to demonstrate the misfire on the French country lanes, in total darkness. The Cooper caught fire, he was badly burned and rushed to a French hospital.”. “Bruce reckoned that he never liked sleeping at Le Mans,” said Amon. It’s often been said that a new manufacturer needs three attempts before it can win Le Mans, and that certainly applied to Ford. But then I looked at my watch and I realised we still had another eleven hours to go!”. But instead of euphoria on the podium, Chris Amon and Bruce McLaren, who were classified first, were strangely subdued. A new chapter in the McLaren Le Mans story began in 1964, when he became part of the mighty Ford effort, which included the newly-recruited John Wyer. Especially as he had suggested the dead heat that stopped the Miles/Hulme car from staying out front: “I didn’t think ten minutes of politics could win a 24-hour race – but there you are. Edition signed by the artist : N.Watts (With Certficate) Limited 21/66 Pcs. Mais à la dernière minute, Enzo Ferrari, patron de la société du même nom, change d’avis. Before Bruce could pull off and park safely, the car created an oil slick that triggered a chain reaction accident – sadly it would cost the life of Brazilian Alpine-Renault driver Christian ‘Bino’ Heins, as well as injuring Roy Salvadori and Jean-Pierre Manzon. Ils remportent Le Mans 66 . He took his silver-striped black Ford safely along the pit wall instead of barging out into the traffic stream. Nice guys don’t win ball games, they say...”. Official results [ edit ] Connectez vous pour donner votre avis Par atlza le 06/02/2020. His name lives on in the McLaren … Bruce McLaren. I never did get to sleep properly in 1966. Matters were complicated by the fact that Miles had gained ground by ignoring orders to slow, while Bruce did what he was told. 1 ( 1966) Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970) was a New Zealand race-car designer, driver, engineer, and inventor. J'ai oublié une question : Chris Amon – Bruce McLaren Le mans 66 sur Ford GT40 Il y en avait 3 sur le podium . On the eve of the 1966 running of the Le Mans 24 hours, Henry Ford II, still smarting from disastrous Ford outings in 1964 and 1965, sent a simple card to all his racing employees. Worried also that his Firestone deal had put a spanner in the PR works, Bruce went to the top Ford management, pointing out that it would now be unfair for the cars to hold station, given that Miles had not followed orders. Bruce was hugely impressed by the efficiency of the team under its legendary boss John Wyer, which he first experienced at the Le Mans test weekend. Une amitié se forme entre le duo de pilotes, et qui est au coeur du film en salles le 13 novembre. Le Mans 66 : grand spectacle sur grand écran . “I think that they considered Bruce and I were reasonably reliable drivers,” said Amon. 7/10 Malgré quelques libertés prises avec la réalité historique, pas vraiment utiles qui plus est, Le Mans 66 vous fera passer un bon moment. Henry Ford II along with New Zealanders Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon celebrates the first victory for an American manufacturer at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on the podium in 1966. Le Mans. A 16 h 00, les voitures étaient-elles à égalité ? The line-up of three GT40s and two Daytona Cobras featured big names such as Richie Ginther, Masten Gregory, Dan Gurney, and Chris Amon, while Bruce was to share a GT40 with 1961 World Champion Phil Hill. “And not likely to get carried away and race with our own team.”. Bruce managed to thread his way through the wreckage, but he picked up a puncture, and had a long slog back to the pits. Nothing was left to chance in its 1966 campaign, with no fewer than eight entries, and this time the cars combined speed with good reliability. The sister GT40 of Hill/Amon took pole, but was also an early retirement as again the Ford effort fell apart, and Ferrari won. Basé sur une histoire vraie, le film suit une équipe d'excentriques ingénieurs américains menés par le visionnaire Carroll Shelby et son chauffeur britannique Ken Miles, qui sont envoyés par Henry Ford II pour construire à partir de rien une nouvelle automobile qui doit détrôner la Ferrari à la compétition du Mans de 1966. Henry Ford II, le petit-fils de l'industriel du même nom et prénom, s'apprête à donner le signal du départ. La vente est annulé. Ce qui donnera l’engin GT40, qui piloté par le coureur britannique Ken Miles (joué par Christian Bale), fera fureur lors des 24 Heures du Mans. Quant au pilote Ken Miles, il est arrivé en seconde position, à quelques dixièmes de secondes du vainqueur Bruce McLaren, futur patron d’écurie. They took third in the 10th hour, and traded the lead from the 16th with the Miles/Hulme entry. Now an established F1 star, his second attempt was with a Maserati T63, powered by a development of the V12 used in the 250F Grand Prix car, and entered by the colourful Briggs Cunningham. Would you like to view the site in Español? An electrical misfire ruined practice, and had not been traced by the time the last session ended. Cette victoire est le … He had Hansgen recovered to fifth before diff failure put them out in the 13th hour. Objectif : battre Ferrari à tout prix. Sadly Miles, who missed the chance to win Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans in the same year, was killed in a testing crash at Riverside a few weeks later. Au sein des écuries Ferrari et Ford, la tension est palpable. Comme son nom l’indique, le film Le Mans 66 (Ford v. Ferrari, en version originale), réalisé par James Mangold (Wolwerine : le combat immortel, Logan), retrace l’histoire du duel entre les deux géants de l’auto, Ferrari et Ford, aux 24 Heures du Mans de 1966. Le Mans 66 rappelle principalement trois films : Rush, Grand Prix et Le Mans. Foyt and Gurney meanwhile had different ideas – as in different to each other, and not just to Bruce – and they were completely lost. He was just a wonderful combination of driver and engineer and car builder and he could also communicate with you.”. In fact Bruce was worried that the American was hanging back to prepare to jump him on the line, and he was prepared just in case…, It was a strange way to win such a big event, but after retiring in all his previous attempts, Bruce was not going to complain. After the last stop Bruce was in the car for the final stint. Partagez sur Facebook; Commenter; Par La rédaction Publié le 04 oct 2019 à 00h00 . “I was very careful not to break a leg running across the track and clambering into the car,” Bruce McLaren said. Ford programme boss Roy Lunn told Eoin Young: “He would come in with the car after a test run and tell you exactly what had happened, and what’s more he could tell you what to do to put it right. I am sure that, after looking at … He was invited to partner Jim Russell, and intrigued by the race, he jumped at the chance. Indeed Gurney and Foyt were so fed up that they’d even talked about dropping the clutch and blowing the engine up early in the race, so they could go home. As ever Bruce proved adept at setting the car up and honing it through practice. And against all expectations – and turning that ‘three years to win’ rule on its head – the McLaren F1 came away with victory at the first attempt. Despite an early puncture McLaren and Donohue were in contention in the early going, running second in the 10th hour. But oil had been dropped at the fast, tricky White House corner, and Jim crashed. Their mount was the new front-engined Maserati T151, a car not dissimilar in looks to the Jaguar E-Type, powered by a 4-litre V8. Played out during that year’s iconic French endurance challenge, one of the key elements of the race was the pivotal role played by Goodyear tires, which carried Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon to victory. Bravant l’ordre établi, défiant les lois de la physique et luttant contre leurs propres démons, les deux hommes n’avaient qu’un seul but : construire pour le compte de Ford Motor Company un bolide révolutionnaire capable de renverser la suprématie de l’écurie d’Enzo Ferrari sur le mythique circuit des 24 heures du Mans en 1966…. Firing up the M8D to mark the life of Bruce McLaren, Part Two: a blossoming career and heartbreak at Goodwood. The famous black GT40 Mark II was running on Goodyear tyres. This time Bruce was teamed in the latest MkII at Shelby American with his close friend and countryman Amon, and not surprisingly, they worked well together. La célèbre GT40 Mark II noire était équipée de pneus Goodyear. His fledging team developed the X1 sportscar for the Detroit giant, and the money helped him to get his team going. Laminage Trio Gagnant 1966. Publié le 13 novembre 2019 à 10:00 . Later he had problems with the clutch in the pit-lane, and he also lost the engine cover. More rain didn’t help. They ran as high as second in the third hour, but Bruce was then delayed by a thrown tyre tread. Lorsque Bruce McLaren et Chris Amon ont remporté les 24 Heures du Mans en 1966, Ford n'était pas la seule société américaine à se hisser sur la scène mondiale. “My first Le Mans may have biased me against the round-the-clock endurance race,” he wrote in 1965. One can speculate that, just as he learned about management from the organisation, so Bruce learned from his interactions with the Ford engineers, who at the time were at the very forefront of racing technology – moreso than contemporary F1 teams, certainly in terms of available resources. Piaf Messages : 998 Inscription : dim. SPORT. Instead the team transferred Bruce’s set-up across before the start – in effect giving the two Americans a car that they had not driven before the race.