My dad just sent me this, here is a brief description.
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 (225 km/h) 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.
This is probably the most amazing automotive related video I've ever seen. To attempt something like this, horribly dangerous and stupid, and he's lucky nobody was killed, there are DEF some close calls on here. But it's amazing non-the-less. The way he negotiates turns, you can tell this guy is nothing less than a professional driver. The engine is a 3.3v8 producing around 280bhp and it sounds AMAZING. It's kind of long, but I couldn't take my eyes away. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4684874988793509998&q=lelouch>&pl=true
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 (225 km/h) 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.
This is probably the most amazing automotive related video I've ever seen. To attempt something like this, horribly dangerous and stupid, and he's lucky nobody was killed, there are DEF some close calls on here. But it's amazing non-the-less. The way he negotiates turns, you can tell this guy is nothing less than a professional driver. The engine is a 3.3v8 producing around 280bhp and it sounds AMAZING. It's kind of long, but I couldn't take my eyes away. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4684874988793509998&q=lelouch>&pl=true
