Wild ride with a Crazy French Guy

[Stang849]

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.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2851488008488190547&q=lelouch>

(BE SURE YOUR SOUND IS ON)

 

[COBRABRAD]

Wow - that is some good driving.

 

[play2324]

Craziness. :burnout:

 

[WireEater]

WOW, LOL...

I think someone didn't pass their safety course class.

 

[WhiteStallionGT]

 

[Oldnavyt]

Wonder how many birds he nailed in that! Holy Cow!

 

[iCEMANSGCCC]

Yeah, stuff like that, and the getaway in Stockholms are crazy. I want to do that one time before I die, just once

 

[PC Doc]

Was that "The Stig" driving?

 

[motoman991]

i have been to quite a few of the places he drives by. that guy is one hell of a driver and i also wonder how many birds he hit

 

[1Day-ACobra]

Was that "The Stig" driving?

ferrari 275 gtb

haha, the note at the beginning says the movie wasn't sped up or altered in anyway. No shit. It doesn't actually look that fast until he gets into the narrow, downtown streets.

 

[hmmmidunno]

ferrari 275 gtb

haha, the note at the beginning says the movie wasn't sped up or altered in anyway. No shit. It doesn't actually look that fast until he gets into the narrow, downtown streets.

lol well he was using all 6 gears at WOT lol so he was going 180+mph

 

[redturbonotch]

the driver was amazing

 

[dogfighter]

seems slow :shrug: you could never get away with anything like that in america

 

[Starfox07]

FAKE, I read that a team of college students analyzed it seeing how long the car takes to get from one spot to another on a street, and then actually measuring that distance, and determined he never exceded like 60mph. The camera was mounted extra low for the illusion of speed. Also, the tire squeeling and some of the engine sounds are WAAAAAY of as the sound has been dubbed in. Not to say that it was all planned out, he just wasnt going THAT fast.

 

[Booyah]

Hmmmm, seems kind of slow, could be the film though. I also don't think the sound is from the footage, it's like they added that off a sound source track, to much wheel howl.

 

[dogfighter]

FAKE, I read that a team of college students analyzed it seeing how long the car takes to get from one spot to another on a street, and then actually measuring that distance, and determined he never exceded like 60mph. The camera was mounted extra low for the illusion of speed. Also, the tire squeeling and some of the engine sounds are WAAAAAY of as the sound has been dubbed in. Not to say that it was all planned out, he just wasnt going THAT fast.

definitely believable

 

[coopercobra03]

FAKE, I read that a team of college students analyzed it seeing how long the car takes to get from one spot to another on a street, and then actually measuring that distance, and determined he never exceded like 60mph. The camera was mounted extra low for the illusion of speed. Also, the tire squeeling and some of the engine sounds are WAAAAAY of as the sound has been dubbed in. Not to say that it was all planned out, he just wasnt going THAT fast.

+1 I think the camera being low to the ground made it look alot faster than what he was going..

 

[spike_africa]

there is a few times when you hear the tires squealing yet he has already made the corner and has shifted gears?