Ferrari 275 GTB driven by Formula 1 driver through Paris at 140MPH (video)
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Ferrari 275 GTB driven by Formula 1 driver through Paris at 140MPH (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.
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.
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WOW!!! they drove past the area my girlfriends grandmother lives. yes her grandmother lives in france not too far from the l'arc de triomphe. its pretty cool. love that video, wish i could have done that myself.
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Never real though is it? Sounds stuck on. If the guy's really flat out in top why's he aproaching cars so slowly - Its a 30 or 40 mph speed limit in paris, just like everywhere else! Still love it though!
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well the video was shot in the 70's, and i heard this a while back, i think this is what inspired the Getaway in Stockholm videos. i read somewhere that the guy that did this got arrested a few weeks after this was released
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i think this is what inspired the Getaway in Stockholm videos.
i think this is what inspired the Getaway in Stockholm videos.