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[car engine revving]

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[slow music playing]

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[indistinct chatter]

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[interviewer] So, Edsel,
where does this story begin?

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That's the hardest question
I've ever been asked.

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[interviewer laughs]

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I think this really starts
on October 10th, 1901,

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when Henry Ford
won a car race

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with a vehicle
called "Sweepstakes."

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It set the path

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for Ford Motor Company.

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[Bill Ford] Ford was born
on a racetrack.

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It really is how we began
as a company

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and with my great-grandfather,

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and so, ever since then,
we've raced.

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The GT40 program
was our first venture

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into European-style
road racing

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against European cars.

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We wanted to go racing
in Europe to beat
the Europeans.

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Especially Ferrari.

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[Preston Lerner]
In the early '60s,

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Enzo Ferrari realized
that he needed
some corporate help

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if he wanted his company
to continue to grow

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and if he wanted to compete
at the uppermost levels
of motorsport.

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And at the same time,
Ford Motor Company

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realized they wanted
to change their image.

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They wanted to, sort of,
appeal to the younger buyers

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and they thought racing
might be a good way to do that,

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so emissaries
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sort of found the other
and they started negotiating.

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Ford sent Don Frey
who was high up
in the hierarchy,

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to negotiate
with Enzo Ferrari.

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Things went well
for a while, and then
they didn't go so well,

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and Ferrari left Ford
at the altar.

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Henry Ford II,
who was then
running the company,

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he was really peeved

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that he had essentially gotten
the finger from Enzo Ferrari.

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And that's when
he told Don Frey,

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"If we can't join him,
we'll go beat him."

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Back then,
the pinnacle of road racing

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around the world

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was going to be Le Mans.

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[TV narrator] Le Mans is quiet
little French community
most of the year,

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until the month of June,

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when nearly half a million
racing enthusiasts

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transform it into
the motor racing capital
of the world.

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[Jim Farley]
That was about

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as ambitious as
you can get as
an American company,

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to go to Europe
and race at Le Mans
to beat Ferrari,

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who was dominant
at that time,

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actually, had just won
so many years in a row.

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[narrator on TV]
Ferrari of Italy

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has won the race seven times
out of the last eight.

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No American car has ever won.

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[Edsel Ford] My father
wanted to beat Ferrari

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and it didn't make
any difference what it cost.

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[Mose Nowland]
He was really serious
about winning the race.

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We had all the budget,
the facilities and materials
that we needed.

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Anything we thought
that we needed
was right there.

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[Peter De Lorenzo]
The first Ford GT was actually
a modified Lola coupe

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with a Ford racing body on it.

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It was an elegant,
beautiful car.

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Problem is, at speed
the air would lift
the front wheels.

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They got to Le Mans in '64.

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Phil Hill set the fastest lap
of the race,

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but he said
it's almost undriveable.

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I think the first car
caught fire in the third hour
or something.

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It was a huge bust.

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We didn't win that first year,
but we learned a lot.

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[Peter] They came back in '65.
It was a little better.

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They showed up at Daytona
and had some success.

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And then by '66,
they were ready.

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[TV narrator]
Ford challenged last year
with the GT40 Mk. I.

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Now they are here
with the faster Mk. II.

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Henry Ford, his wife,
and young son, Edsel,

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have arrived to see
the investment pay off.

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[engines revving]

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[news reporter]
In the first lap, the track
was wet from a light rain.

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Still, the Americans'
aggressive strategy
is clear from the start.

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Take the lead early,
set a fast and punishing pace,
and outlast the competition.

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All afternoon, all night,
all morning,

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the Ford GTs
were still in the lead.

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And here they come
for the finish.

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First place,
the number two Ford GT.

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Second place,
the number one Ford GT.

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Third place,
the number five Ford GT.

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An authoritative win
for the American challengers.

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[Bill] The iconic
one-two-three finish at
Le Mans was, you know,

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perhaps, of all
the great moments,

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that was probably
the defining moment
in Ford's race history.

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[Justin Bell] My history
at Le Mans, as a kid, started

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when I was four months old,
the first time I went.

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And then,
pretty much uninterrupted
till I was about 18.

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I've had five top threes
at Le Mans.

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Um, I've raced there 11 times.

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This is my 36th time to Le Mans.

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Um, so a lot of my life
has been spent there,

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and a lot of exposure
to big teams.

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There's a genuine excitement
that the Ford GT is in there.

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There are fans there
that will have remembered

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the cars in 1966.

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The sad part about
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is that no one really goes.

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You feel that you're doing it
for TV, not for the crowd.

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Go to Le Mans,
you feel like you're doing it
for real people.

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For drivers that have
never been there before,

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it must seem like a zoo.

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I'm down here
at the drivers' parade.

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This is a tradition
on the Friday of Le Mans.

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And we are here to, uh,

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go around the town.

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The fans have come out
in their droves.

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It could be 100,000 people
just over there

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and we'll drive round
for half an hour.

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We've got 8,000 wristbands
and flags to throw out to them.

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It's a chance for them
to see the drivers up close

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before the big race tomorrow.

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It's a unique experience.

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You feel like a bit of rock star
because thousands of fans

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are screaming your name,
everything like that.

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It's an incredible experience.

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[Sebastien] This is where
I studied driving

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when I was 15 years old,
and I know a lot of people
around here.

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They saw me grow
from the new kid

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in town trying to make it,
you know, to, kind of,

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an accomplished
race car driver.

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At least a professional
who's making a living
from his passion,

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which was all
I could really hope for
in the beginning.

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[indistinct crowd chatter]

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[Richard Westbrook]
Le Mans is Le Mans.

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It's the Super Bowl
of sports car racing.

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To come back
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of course
we would love to do it again.

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I think
there's more competition
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if I'm allowed to say that.

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There's more manufacturers.

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We have Aston,
Ferrari, Porsche...

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Corvette, us,

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the three other Fords racing.

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The competition has never
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particularly in this category.

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Whoever wins this year
is gonna really deserve it.

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[Mario Franchitti]
I am someone who love
the history of this sport.

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Ford won this race
four times in a row
between '66 and '69.

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To be coming back
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with four incredible cars
is very exciting for everybody.

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I'm very excited to get on
with it and get racing
on Saturday

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'cause that's what
really matters.

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What I became
a sports car driver for
was to race here at Le Mans.

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And I can't imagine
what it would be like
to win this thing.

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[Raj Nair]
So, you know what, I...

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I'm not here really
to give you a pep talk.

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You guys are all professionals.

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And you know why we're here.
You know what we're here to do.

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But I think there is
one thing that I will
remind you of, maybe.

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All of you have probably
raced in events

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that were more
important to you,

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but there is one thing
that I guarantee you.

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You will never race again
for as many people

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as we're racing for
this weekend.

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Ford's raced a lot,
you know that.

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We've won
at the Monaco Grand Prix.

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We've won Formula One
championships.
We've won the Indy 500.

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Fifty years ago,
we raced here,

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we swept the podium,
and it meant a lot,

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because it meant
we took on the world
and we won.

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So, I'm gonna be
totally unfair,

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and remind you
that unfortunately
there's only one chance

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to celebrate
a 50th anniversary.

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The only thing
they're asking of us,

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this weekend,
is to go like hell.

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So, let's do that.

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[applauding]

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I can't remember the time
that I actually fell in love
with motor racing.

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It's strange because
there's no one in my family
that is into cars.

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Like, you know,
it wasn't something
my dad introduced me into.

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From as long as
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it's something
I've been in love with.

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[Dave Pericak]
This is really Raj's baby.

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He absolutely has been
the driving force behind this

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and the one who had the vision
for all of this to happen.

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So, all we're doing
is executing on his vision.

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We've always been
thinking about building
another Ford GT.

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The 50th anniversary
of the win in '66
was coming up.

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We felt we really
have to do something
to honor that win.

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Raj and Mark
came to me and said,

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"We got something
you're gonna like."

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In the car business,

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dates count
and anniversaries count.

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We have the 50th anniversary
of Le Mans coming up.

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Why don't we do another GT?

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[Peter] When you talk Ford GT,
that's a higher calling
within the company.

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That's an icon that lives on.

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Fifty years later,
they're still talking about it.

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They're still talking
about it in France.

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Well, I mean,
one thing's for sure,
when we decided to do the GT,

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the birthday party
was gonna happen,

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the 50th anniversary,
one way or another,
and the time was ticking.

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We've got a lot to prove
to not only the world,

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but even the people
inside our company,
and we intend to do that.

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[Raj] The rules in GT racing
are these are
production-based race cars,

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and so, you have to have
a production car
that you're building from,

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but we're still developing
the production cars,

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so, we got
agreement from
all the other manufacturers

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to allow us to race,

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as long as we delivered
the production car
in a customer's hands

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by the end of the year.

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[revving]

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Race car development
and production car development
almost start at opposite ends.

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Race car,
we start from the tire

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and we optimize everything.
What does a tire want?

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Production car,
we start from the driver

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and then we work everything
downstream with the driver
to make it feel right.

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It's a lot of engineering
to do simultaneously,

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having to go through
all the legal things
you need to go through

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and the durability things
you need to go through
for a street car.

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And then, be thinking ahead
about what would be ideal
on the track.

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[peppy classical
music playing]

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[Peter] People were identified
within the company
with areas of expertise.

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Engines,

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suspension technology,

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aerodynamics.

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It launched this internal
skunkworks within Ford.

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It was a completely
confidential project.

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It was a decision
on the part of the team
to build it,

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not so much
as a dedicated supercar,

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but almost as a laboratory

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for what is possible
for the rest of the Ford line.

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To me, that was a very
interesting approach.

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But there are difficulties,

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'cause if you do that,
can you really be competitive?

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Can we really take
an EcoBoost engine

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and make it
a competitive race engine?

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[Dave Simon]
It's a combination
of direct injection,

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turbocharging,
variable cam timing.

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So, you can make
a tremendous amount of power

237
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but you can get
really great fuel economy
out of them too

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which actually is an advantage,
quite an advantage
for a race engine.

239
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[Dave Pericak] Who would've
thought that we'd be putting
a V6 engine in a supercar?

240
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That's a bold statement,
when we said
we're gonna do that.

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Carbon fiber, which has had
tremendous application
in racing already,

242
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to get the weight out,
to get the strength up.

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The Ford GT is almost entirely
carbon fiber.

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We're learning a lot
from that,

245
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and we're working
with our partners
to make it at lower costs,

246
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so we can then expand
the use of carbon fiber
to the rest of the Ford lineup.

247
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We get to use racing
to push the boundaries

248
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for everyday passenger cars
that are in people's driveways.

249
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First M1 is moving.
It's actually mobile,

250
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it's very
restricted calibration.

251
00:14:26,566 --> 00:14:29,002
Raj, I've explained to you,
it's only 3,000 RPM.

252
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Shifts are gonna be delayed.
It's gonna be rough.

253
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-It's treating 3,000
as a redline?
-It is.

254
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[low engine hum]

255
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[Raj] You're coming in
with an all new car
and an all new team.

256
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We're still learning the car,
we're still developing the car.

257
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Things will happen
that we didn't anticipate.

258
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Whether it's tactics,
whether it's endurance,

259
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whether it's technical issues,

260
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whether it's, do you have
enough outright speed,

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you don't know any of that
until you get out on the track.

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[revving]

263
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[Raj] It's the most fun
I've had doing
20 miles an hour.

264
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[all laughing]

265
00:15:13,346 --> 00:15:15,182
Didn't start
eating without us?

266
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[employee]
All the pizza's gone.

267
00:15:17,717 --> 00:15:20,553
-What do you mean
the pizza's gone?
-There's pizza and subs.

268
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We don't have cooling problems
with these engines.

269
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In fact,
we have the opposite.

270
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We have trouble
keeping temperature in them
when it's cold outside.

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Upon teardown, we did not see
any other signs of distress.

272
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The engine looked, actually,
really good for 20 hours.

273
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We would say with pretty good
confidence that,

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that engine would pass
the durability test.

275
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-So we got
a race-proven engine in 16?
-Yes, we do.

276
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And Larry's already
started bolting it in.

277
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We're working with Larry Holt,
mastermind from Multimatic.

278
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And Multimatic
brings to it expertise
that we don't have at Ford.

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They are great racers

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and they know how to put
race cars together
better than anybody.

281
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When it comes to the road car,
and a ground-up road car,

282
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I think, I think that

283
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there's been
a bit of a learning curve
on exactly what it takes,

284
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but again,
we're partners in this.

285
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Starting to look at a lot
of work on the front underwing,

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where we found
we're hugely powerful
but very sensitive.

287
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We're trying to move
the center pressure
on the underwing,

288
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so it's not so pitch sensitive.

289
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We like it a lot,

290
00:16:26,553 --> 00:16:29,522
but it doesn't pinge
on the front of your car, guys.

291
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But we'll work with you
on shape, and,

292
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we just need a gaping hole
in the front of the car,
if it's okay, Mort.

293
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[all laughing]

294
00:16:38,765 --> 00:16:40,967
[Raj] Ford Motor Company
can be a little conservative,

295
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,504
and then you have this
mad scientist to really push.

296
00:16:44,537 --> 00:16:46,639
"What if we did that?
What if we did this?"

297
00:16:46,673 --> 00:16:51,078
And so you have
this meld of
crazy ideas and sanity

298
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coming together
in a really great balance.

299
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17th of September,
we have to be there
with everybody else

300
00:16:56,749 --> 00:16:58,285
with a representative engine,

301
00:16:58,318 --> 00:17:01,154
basically so that
they can set our BoP.

302
00:17:03,956 --> 00:17:06,159
[all laugh]

303
00:17:06,193 --> 00:17:08,461
It seemed like we had
so much time last year.

304
00:17:09,729 --> 00:17:12,999
Ford went to Le Mans
for the first time in 1964.

305
00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:18,004
And it took
until their third year, '66,
before they actually won it.

306
00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:21,040
I want to go on record here
that history says

307
00:17:21,074 --> 00:17:23,710
it took three years.
We're going this year,

308
00:17:23,743 --> 00:17:27,714
first year,
in the 50th anniversary,
with a very high expectation.

309
00:17:27,747 --> 00:17:30,450
I'm very confident
that we have
the tools to do it,

310
00:17:30,483 --> 00:17:32,785
but you'd be
an absolutely arrogant idiot

311
00:17:32,819 --> 00:17:37,324
to sit here and say
you're gonna win Le Mans,
because it's, uh,

312
00:17:37,357 --> 00:17:42,595
it's a tough race,
and it can be very nasty.

313
00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:45,165
So when I first heard
about this race program,

314
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my first reaction was,

315
00:17:46,633 --> 00:17:49,469
I mean, I'm 48,
and I was like, "So, so,

316
00:17:50,237 --> 00:17:52,105
I mean,
you want Le Mans winners.

317
00:17:52,139 --> 00:17:54,174
I'm a Le Mans winner,
I have to drive.

318
00:17:54,207 --> 00:17:55,875
I'm still fit, I'm still fast."

319
00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:58,778
And literally,
I went into
that mode because...

320
00:17:58,811 --> 00:18:01,080
How could I not? And...

321
00:18:01,114 --> 00:18:02,349
Then everyone
talked me out of it.

322
00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:06,085
But it was such
a dynamic program,

323
00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,655
and the thought of it
was so exciting that,

324
00:18:09,989 --> 00:18:11,591
who wouldn't want to be
a part of it?

325
00:18:11,624 --> 00:18:13,260
Fortunately we had
a lot of interest

326
00:18:13,293 --> 00:18:16,829
in race car drivers
in wanting to drive this car.

327
00:18:16,863 --> 00:18:19,666
So, a lot of applications
came in.

328
00:18:19,699 --> 00:18:21,901
Jointly between ourselves
and Chip Ganassi,

329
00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:26,339
we went through
that process and really got
the cream of the crop.

330
00:18:26,373 --> 00:18:29,676
[interviewer] How did
this whole racing thing
start for you?

331
00:18:29,709 --> 00:18:32,445
[chuckles]
That's a great question. I...

332
00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:34,947
When I was...

333
00:18:34,981 --> 00:18:36,616
[clears throat]

334
00:18:36,649 --> 00:18:38,418
When I was probably

335
00:18:39,319 --> 00:18:41,221
three years old
or four years old,

336
00:18:41,254 --> 00:18:43,122
my father was in
the asphalt paving business

337
00:18:43,156 --> 00:18:45,492
and he paved a go-kart track.

338
00:18:45,525 --> 00:18:49,162
And they guy didn't pay him
for some reason,

339
00:18:49,196 --> 00:18:52,165
so we ended up
with three go-karts.

340
00:18:52,199 --> 00:18:56,002
When you only weigh
about 80 pounds,
five horsepower is a lot.

341
00:18:56,035 --> 00:18:58,638
That's how
my motorsports career
got started.

342
00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:04,211
[Peter]
Chip's an interesting guy.
He was a racer himself.

343
00:19:04,244 --> 00:19:05,778
Driver. He raced Indy cars.

344
00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:09,015
He is the second
most successful
racing team in the US,

345
00:19:09,048 --> 00:19:10,617
after Roger Penske.

346
00:19:11,551 --> 00:19:13,520
Chip Ganassi hires the crew,

347
00:19:13,553 --> 00:19:15,488
he hires the personnel,
the management.

348
00:19:15,522 --> 00:19:19,426
Everyone to oversee
that the program works.

349
00:19:19,459 --> 00:19:22,229
It's so much about the man
and the machine,

350
00:19:22,262 --> 00:19:25,365
and having to optimize
both of those to be successful.

351
00:19:25,398 --> 00:19:28,000
You could throw
a lot of technology
at race cars,

352
00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:31,404
but at the end of the day,
it's all about the gentleman

353
00:19:31,438 --> 00:19:35,342
or the woman who sits
behind the wheel
and drives the car.

354
00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:36,709
[Chip] Edsel wanted to
have a meeting

355
00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:38,878
and he said, "We'd like
to work with your team."

356
00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:41,814
I said, "Sure. You know,
I mean, I'm all ears."

357
00:19:46,919 --> 00:19:50,290
They took us down
to the bowels of
a building somewhere.

358
00:19:50,323 --> 00:19:53,025
We walked down a hall
and down another hall.

359
00:19:53,059 --> 00:19:54,861
"Where the hell
are they taking us?"

360
00:19:54,894 --> 00:19:56,896
Sure enough, you know,
we come around the corner,

361
00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:59,632
and there's people
beavering away on a car
in the corner,

362
00:19:59,666 --> 00:20:01,334
and you go,
"What the hell is that?"

363
00:20:01,934 --> 00:20:04,271
And that was it.

364
00:20:05,272 --> 00:20:07,139
The way they concealed it
was genius.

365
00:20:07,173 --> 00:20:11,244
I mean, there was no way
anyone was gonna know
what was down there.

366
00:20:11,278 --> 00:20:15,715
And the only people
that went in there
were, literally, a handful.

367
00:20:15,748 --> 00:20:19,085
There were the designers
and the top people
in the company

368
00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:20,587
that were involved
in the project.

369
00:20:22,289 --> 00:20:24,156
No one knew about it.

370
00:20:24,190 --> 00:20:26,593
If you can use innovation

371
00:20:26,626 --> 00:20:30,397
to build the ultimate
Ford performance vehicle,

372
00:20:31,364 --> 00:20:32,632
what would it be?

373
00:20:33,533 --> 00:20:34,767
Well, here's an idea.

374
00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:39,806
[audience applauding]

375
00:20:41,007 --> 00:20:42,509
[cheering]

376
00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:47,146
[Peter] When it came out,
the impact was spectacular.

377
00:20:47,179 --> 00:20:50,917
In this day and age,
where you see spy photos
of everything,

378
00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:54,354
all the time, it was
an amazing accomplishment

379
00:20:54,387 --> 00:20:56,889
just to get it out
as a surprise.

380
00:20:56,923 --> 00:20:59,526
And then the car itself
was fantastic.

381
00:21:01,361 --> 00:21:02,662
[Tommy Kendall]
Looking at all the details,

382
00:21:02,695 --> 00:21:06,466
the way the wastegate
exits through the tail light,

383
00:21:06,499 --> 00:21:08,968
and the fact that there
was actually plumbing
in the buttresses,

384
00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:10,036
all the stuff.

385
00:21:10,069 --> 00:21:13,373
It is the absolute pinnacle
of what can be done.

386
00:21:15,041 --> 00:21:17,577
[Edsel] I don't think
the GT's successful
at all yet.

387
00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,011
I don't think we know.

388
00:21:19,045 --> 00:21:22,815
I think it's been
well received
by the media.

389
00:21:22,849 --> 00:21:26,453
I think it's been
well received
by the enthusiasts,

390
00:21:26,486 --> 00:21:28,588
based on the number
of e-mails I get, um,

391
00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:31,991
on "How do I sign up
to buy one?"

392
00:21:32,024 --> 00:21:35,462
But, you know,
we haven't really
launched the car.

393
00:21:35,495 --> 00:21:38,197
The race car's
been in testing,

394
00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:41,568
so we don't really know
whether it's successful yet.

395
00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:46,138
I was thrilled
strictly as a fan,
to see Ford,

396
00:21:46,172 --> 00:21:48,074
to hear that Ford intended to,

397
00:21:48,107 --> 00:21:53,346
A, build a new version
of the GT, and, B, go racing.

398
00:21:53,380 --> 00:21:55,314
That said, I gotta confess

399
00:21:55,348 --> 00:21:59,251
that the idea of winning
Le Mans your first time out
in a brand new car

400
00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:01,253
is a real big challenge.

401
00:22:01,287 --> 00:22:03,556
I wish them the best,
but I think,

402
00:22:03,590 --> 00:22:07,894
I think I would've been
more confident if this
were year two of the program

403
00:22:07,927 --> 00:22:08,961
rather than year one.

404
00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:25,545
You know, the first time
you get in a prototype,

405
00:22:25,578 --> 00:22:27,480
it's a nervous moment.

406
00:22:27,514 --> 00:22:31,584
You can kind of tell,
if you got the basics right.

407
00:22:31,618 --> 00:22:34,654
Is this something
you're gonna be able
to work with or is this,

408
00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:36,756
this gonna be a long haul.

409
00:22:36,789 --> 00:22:39,926
[Larry] This is everything
we've been working towards
here, together,

410
00:22:39,959 --> 00:22:41,594
Multimatic and Ford.

411
00:22:41,628 --> 00:22:43,663
There's gonna be
a couple of milestones.

412
00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:47,366
One will be taking
the checkered flag
at Le Mans, 2016.

413
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:52,371
But another important one
is the first day we ever run
the racing car.

414
00:22:52,405 --> 00:22:56,042
[Raj] It's an important day
for any new production car
or race car,

415
00:22:56,075 --> 00:22:58,445
that first shakedown.

416
00:22:58,478 --> 00:23:02,449
It's your first chance
to figure out the character
of the car.

417
00:23:02,482 --> 00:23:04,116
If it's not good
out of the box,

418
00:23:04,150 --> 00:23:06,018
it's gonna be tough
to make it good

419
00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:08,421
and really tough
to make it great.

420
00:23:11,290 --> 00:23:12,625
[revving]

421
00:23:32,579 --> 00:23:36,082
Today, it's just exciting
to get the car actually
on the track, right?

422
00:23:36,115 --> 00:23:37,684
So expectations were not high.

423
00:23:37,717 --> 00:23:40,620
It was mainly just to see
the car move.

424
00:23:40,653 --> 00:23:44,023
What we're seeing today
though, is we're seeing a car
that's almost ready to race.

425
00:23:50,597 --> 00:23:53,933
[Raj] It's been running good,
but more importantly,
it feels right.

426
00:23:53,966 --> 00:23:56,636
It's doing what the simulation
said it would do.

427
00:23:57,637 --> 00:23:59,138
Usually for a shakedown,

428
00:23:59,171 --> 00:24:00,873
we're working out
structural issues
that are wrong,

429
00:24:00,907 --> 00:24:02,742
you know, the car
doesn't have the right balance

430
00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:05,612
or we need to go back
and rethink, and,

431
00:24:05,645 --> 00:24:08,681
we're already beyond that step
and talking about

432
00:24:08,715 --> 00:24:11,017
tuning the car,
things that usually happen

433
00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:13,085
weeks or maybe
even months later.

434
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,655
So, it's been
a very good start.

435
00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:21,293
We don't want
to be overconfident.

436
00:24:21,327 --> 00:24:23,930
We're almost, kind of, worried
about how good it's going.

437
00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:34,974
Working through
our test program
really quickly

438
00:24:35,007 --> 00:24:37,043
and into development
of the vehicle right away.

439
00:24:37,076 --> 00:24:40,446
Those first initial tests,
we just wanted to make sure
we're handing off

440
00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:42,582
a car that's ready
to be race developed,

441
00:24:42,615 --> 00:24:45,117
and providing that
to Chip Ganassi,

442
00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:47,386
and Chip providing,
you know, the crew,

443
00:24:47,419 --> 00:24:51,090
and the race car drivers
and the operational side
of that.

444
00:24:51,123 --> 00:24:53,960
I think,
for the engineering team,
it's been great.

445
00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:57,263
The development capability
of all of our drivers

446
00:24:57,296 --> 00:25:00,533
in telling us what they need
out of the car.

447
00:25:00,567 --> 00:25:02,168
Four cars,
three drivers per car.

448
00:25:02,201 --> 00:25:04,771
That means you need
to find 12 great drivers.

449
00:25:06,706 --> 00:25:08,775
[George Howard-Chappell]
It's a very
considered decision,

450
00:25:08,808 --> 00:25:11,110
selecting the drivers.

451
00:25:11,143 --> 00:25:15,114
Primarily, you're looking
for speed and consistency.

452
00:25:15,147 --> 00:25:18,651
And then, after that,
you start to get into character

453
00:25:18,685 --> 00:25:20,820
and whether or not
the guy is a team player.

454
00:25:21,688 --> 00:25:23,656
Chip has this amazing knack

455
00:25:23,690 --> 00:25:28,227
to be able to look you
in the eye and know
if you're right for us.

456
00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:30,196
[Chip] There are
lots of drivers
out there that are fast.

457
00:25:30,229 --> 00:25:34,166
In endurance racing,
where you share the car,
you need to compromise.

458
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,203
There's always
a little give and take
with other drivers.

459
00:25:37,236 --> 00:25:41,373
That's ultimately what made
the decision for us.

460
00:25:41,407 --> 00:25:44,410
It's a little bit unheard of,
really, to staff up
in such a way,

461
00:25:44,443 --> 00:25:46,378
'cause almost every other
race program

462
00:25:46,412 --> 00:25:50,617
starts with one car
and then goes to two,
or whatever, and so,

463
00:25:50,650 --> 00:25:54,687
to staff up for four cars
on two continents

464
00:25:54,721 --> 00:25:57,624
for full schedules,
there's not really
a precedent.

465
00:25:57,657 --> 00:26:02,929
[Justin Bell] You have
12 of the top drivers
in the world who are all,

466
00:26:02,962 --> 00:26:05,898
by virtue of their success,
by what made them successful,

467
00:26:05,932 --> 00:26:10,703
very self-centered,
egotistical, ambitious,

468
00:26:10,737 --> 00:26:14,473
dog-eat-dog, mano-a-mano guys.

469
00:26:14,506 --> 00:26:18,510
Westbrook is one of the most
intensely competitive drivers
I've ever met.

470
00:26:18,544 --> 00:26:22,548
He's such a gentleman,
but you see him get pissed off
when something happens,

471
00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:24,583
it makes for
a great interview
in the pits

472
00:26:24,617 --> 00:26:26,152
'cause, you know,
there's no holds barred.

473
00:26:26,953 --> 00:26:28,354
Joey Hand, he's a fighter.

474
00:26:28,387 --> 00:26:32,792
He's like an MMA fighter.
You know, he's right there.

475
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,362
It's exciting for Marino.

476
00:26:36,395 --> 00:26:38,497
His brother
had outstanding success.

477
00:26:38,530 --> 00:26:41,934
So first thing is, people go,
"He got to drive
because of his brother."

478
00:26:41,968 --> 00:26:44,536
You don't do that in a program
at this level.

479
00:26:44,570 --> 00:26:49,175
But this is his biggest chance
in his career, and he knows it.

480
00:26:49,208 --> 00:26:51,944
But Dirk Muller,
one of Nurburgring's
top drivers,

481
00:26:53,112 --> 00:26:55,514
has huge amounts
of GT manufacturer experience.

482
00:26:55,547 --> 00:26:58,384
There's nothing
they can throw him
on the radio or on the track

483
00:26:58,417 --> 00:27:00,052
that he won't have seen before.

484
00:27:00,086 --> 00:27:02,588
I love the fact they brought
this group together.

485
00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:04,556
Ford's history at Le Mans

486
00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:07,794
is one of the greatest stories
in motorsports of all time.

487
00:27:07,827 --> 00:27:12,364
And to be at the return
is beyond words.

488
00:27:12,398 --> 00:27:15,101
[Scott Dixon]
It's not too often programs
come around like this.

489
00:27:15,134 --> 00:27:17,036
I haven't even been
to Le Mans, so,

490
00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:18,404
it's for me,

491
00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:21,340
there's gonna be
a lot of eyes wide open,

492
00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:23,275
mouth probably a little bit,
too, occasionally,

493
00:27:23,309 --> 00:27:26,378
just, you know,
taking it all in.

494
00:27:26,412 --> 00:27:27,814
[Stefan Mucke]
You know,
the history of Le Mans,

495
00:27:27,847 --> 00:27:30,783
the first thing
you think about
is the Ford GTs.

496
00:27:30,817 --> 00:27:34,020
Suddenly,
you're being a part of that.
It's like a dream come true.

497
00:27:34,053 --> 00:27:36,422
For me, that's the first thing
that came to mind.

498
00:27:36,455 --> 00:27:37,924
I want to be
part of that history.

499
00:27:37,957 --> 00:27:42,328
There's nobody there
that wouldn't send that thing
right into the fence,

500
00:27:42,929 --> 00:27:44,130
trying to win that race.

501
00:27:44,163 --> 00:27:47,199
'Cause those are all
top-notch, front-running

502
00:27:49,068 --> 00:27:51,537
badasses in those cars
right now.

503
00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:53,072
You could almost overdo it.

504
00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:57,309
To be handed the mantle
to make this program

505
00:27:57,343 --> 00:27:59,712
be successful and win,
that's a big deal,

506
00:27:59,746 --> 00:28:02,882
so Ganassi's assembled
the kind of driving talent
that, you know,

507
00:28:02,915 --> 00:28:06,618
there are no excuses.
They've been assembled
for a reason.

508
00:28:06,652 --> 00:28:09,088
They're professionals
and they're there to win.

509
00:28:12,158 --> 00:28:15,795
[Raj] Prior to Le Mans,
we'll have six races,
starting at Daytona.

510
00:28:15,828 --> 00:28:18,831
All of those are gonna be
real races,

511
00:28:18,865 --> 00:28:20,066
but they're also,
to some extent,

512
00:28:20,099 --> 00:28:21,467
gonna be practice for Le Mans.

513
00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:26,305
And certainly, our plan
is get better every single race
in leading up

514
00:28:26,338 --> 00:28:29,976
to make sure we're ready
as we can be for Le Mans.

515
00:28:30,009 --> 00:28:32,411
I mean, look,
we have an all-new car

516
00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:36,582
we're having all-new drivers,
who have no familiarity
with those vehicles.

517
00:28:36,615 --> 00:28:38,684
So, it's a very tall order.
It's a very tall order.

518
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:41,187
Having said that,
I expect us to win.

519
00:28:43,255 --> 00:28:46,125
[reporter] Welcome, everyone,
to Daytona. I'm Brian Till,

520
00:28:46,158 --> 00:28:49,061
thrilled to be a part
of another Rolex 24.

521
00:28:49,095 --> 00:28:51,030
And that Ford GT
has everyone talking.

522
00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:53,332
[Tommy Kendall]
The guy that's been dreaming
about this for months

523
00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:57,103
is Executive VP
and Chief Technical Officer
of Ford, Raj Nair.

524
00:28:57,136 --> 00:29:00,239
Now, the battle back then
was with Ferrari.

525
00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:02,008
The crosstown guys
are Corvette.

526
00:29:02,041 --> 00:29:04,176
We all dream about
storybook finishes,

527
00:29:04,210 --> 00:29:07,246
who would you like
to be banging doors with
and head out by a nose,

528
00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:09,548
Corvette or Ferrari,
in 24 hours?

529
00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:13,886
We're pretty focused on the win,
so hopefully we don't focus
too much time

530
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,687
on what the order
behind us is, so,

531
00:29:15,721 --> 00:29:17,289
we're just gonna focus
on the front.

532
00:29:19,091 --> 00:29:20,259
Nervous.

533
00:29:20,292 --> 00:29:23,429
Really, yeah.
Nervous, stressed.
Stressed out a bit.

534
00:29:23,462 --> 00:29:26,966
You know,
everything that we need
to do technically, we've done.

535
00:29:26,999 --> 00:29:29,101
I'm very confident
in that aspect.

536
00:29:29,135 --> 00:29:30,669
But 24-hour
endurance racing,

537
00:29:30,702 --> 00:29:35,041
there's a bit
of statistical luck
associated with it.

538
00:29:35,074 --> 00:29:37,643
I'm not gonna tell you
we're not here to win.

539
00:29:37,676 --> 00:29:40,346
You go racing to win,
we all go racing to win,

540
00:29:40,379 --> 00:29:44,016
but this really is all about
going to Le Mans.

541
00:29:44,050 --> 00:29:47,119
This is it for my career.
I don't know
what I'm gonna do after this.

542
00:29:47,153 --> 00:29:49,688
Buy a winery somewhere,
I don't know.

543
00:29:49,721 --> 00:29:53,359
This is it. This is it.
Going to Le Mans this year,
that's it.

544
00:29:55,862 --> 00:29:57,296
[commentator 1]
They roll into the throttle.

545
00:29:57,329 --> 00:30:01,633
We are green in Daytona,
the Rolex 24!

546
00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:04,470
And speaking of machines,
there's the 66, Joey Hand.

547
00:30:04,503 --> 00:30:08,640
He is now up into second,
and is running down
the 911 of Tandy.

548
00:30:08,674 --> 00:30:11,343
[commentator 2] This is first.
In second, a GTR Lam.

549
00:30:12,678 --> 00:30:14,480
He's going to the outside.

550
00:30:14,513 --> 00:30:16,883
He pulled the draft early
and popped out,

551
00:30:16,916 --> 00:30:19,919
runs alongside,
he's gonna cross the stripe
in the lead.

552
00:30:19,952 --> 00:30:21,687
Can he hold it down
into turn one?

553
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,856
Ford leads on their debut.

554
00:30:23,890 --> 00:30:26,192
[cars revving]

555
00:30:26,225 --> 00:30:28,594
Ford versus Chevrolet
here on the high banks.

556
00:30:28,627 --> 00:30:31,463
[commentator 1] This is gonna
be an interesting one here.
Take a look at that Ford.

557
00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:33,565
Delayed him.
That was close.
Something's a problem.

558
00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:35,301
[commentator 2]
There's a problem. Yeah.

559
00:30:35,334 --> 00:30:38,237
Certainly lost the drive
there, off of that turn
for Ryan Briscoe.

560
00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:11,003
[indistinct conversations]

561
00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:25,217
Carried out
a bit of diagnostics,

562
00:31:25,251 --> 00:31:27,519
found that it was one
of the pneumatic belts

563
00:31:27,553 --> 00:31:30,389
that controls the shifting
in the gearbox.

564
00:31:30,422 --> 00:31:33,225
Not something
we've seen today
in testing.

565
00:31:33,259 --> 00:31:35,161
It's a shame
it had to happen in the race.

566
00:31:36,595 --> 00:31:39,265
[commentator 1]
Another problem
for one of the Ford GTs.

567
00:31:40,599 --> 00:31:42,334
It is the 66.

568
00:31:42,368 --> 00:31:45,504
This is not good. So,
Joey is gonna pull it off
the racing surface,

569
00:31:45,537 --> 00:31:49,241
down to the inside.
He's lost drive completely.

570
00:31:49,275 --> 00:31:54,280
He's gonna have to rely
on safety workers to get him
back into the garage area.

571
00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:02,621
[Raj] I hate losing.
I don't like it.

572
00:32:02,654 --> 00:32:05,357
To be honest,
we expected the reliability
to be better.

573
00:32:05,391 --> 00:32:09,195
Some of the things
that broke today are either
not even new for the car,

574
00:32:09,228 --> 00:32:12,164
or they're parts that are lot
of the rest of the field
are running as well,

575
00:32:12,198 --> 00:32:14,066
but for some reason
that broke on our car.

576
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:17,036
Some of the things
we wouldn't see
in normal testing.

577
00:32:17,069 --> 00:32:18,770
You just have to race
to see it.

578
00:32:18,804 --> 00:32:23,209
That doesn't change
the frustration of having
that many issues.

579
00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:32,251
[commentator 1] This car,
since it's been back out
and running, Cal,

580
00:32:32,284 --> 00:32:34,120
has been running very,
very quickly.

581
00:32:34,153 --> 00:32:38,224
[commentator 2] It really has.
I think Ryan Briscoe may have
set the fastest lap of the race

582
00:32:38,257 --> 00:32:40,426
in GTLM category,
so he has shown pace.

583
00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:43,629
And this 24-hour race will now
become a test session for them,

584
00:32:43,662 --> 00:32:46,532
if they're looking
at the big picture
of the championship.

585
00:32:46,565 --> 00:32:48,734
I know they wanted success
their first time out,

586
00:32:48,767 --> 00:32:51,137
but there's a lot
of other milestones

587
00:32:51,170 --> 00:32:54,106
they're going to try and reach
this year as well.

588
00:32:54,140 --> 00:32:56,442
[Henry Ford III]
We've got a good amount
of time to go back

589
00:32:56,475 --> 00:32:59,511
and take a look
at what went right
and what went wrong.

590
00:33:00,579 --> 00:33:03,682
I think we'll come back,
ready to go for Sebring.

591
00:33:03,715 --> 00:33:05,651
We'll be even stronger
than we are right now.

592
00:33:08,620 --> 00:33:11,323
You can't have it both ways.
You can't have something

593
00:33:11,357 --> 00:33:15,194
really, really, really
matter and have it be
totally controlled.

594
00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:16,895
That's just the nature of it.

595
00:33:16,928 --> 00:33:18,364
But that's what
makes this sport.

596
00:33:18,397 --> 00:33:23,001
I mean, the highs are
so high, but they're also
not frequent, you know,

597
00:33:23,035 --> 00:33:26,572
and so, you know,
the best guys win

598
00:33:27,806 --> 00:33:29,508
ten percent of the races,
you know.

599
00:33:29,541 --> 00:33:33,112
And so, to have
everything line up

600
00:33:33,145 --> 00:33:37,349
on the day, on the year,
just doesn't happen very often.

601
00:33:37,383 --> 00:33:39,718
We showed up at Daytona
with higher hopes

602
00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:43,955
and obviously left
with our tail between
our legs a little bit.

603
00:33:43,989 --> 00:33:47,126
I think we were caught out
by some,

604
00:33:47,159 --> 00:33:50,762
by some issues
that I would
characterize as...

605
00:33:50,796 --> 00:33:52,864
When you're trying
to do things
in six months

606
00:33:52,898 --> 00:33:55,000
that other people have been
working on for six years,

607
00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,136
you say, "Oh, yeah,
I forgot about that."

608
00:33:57,169 --> 00:34:02,040
The general conversation
after Daytona was,

609
00:34:02,074 --> 00:34:03,842
you know, was,
"Are they embarrassed?"

610
00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:07,479
They tell you the program
is good. They tell you
the car is strong.

611
00:34:07,513 --> 00:34:10,482
They tell you that
they're gonna win a race
at some point.

612
00:34:10,516 --> 00:34:12,818
And then to not be
able to make it

613
00:34:12,851 --> 00:34:16,255
to the first two hours
of the race because
of a gearbox issue,

614
00:34:16,288 --> 00:34:18,424
you're immediately like,
"Are they embarrassed?

615
00:34:18,457 --> 00:34:20,726
Were they lying?
Have they had these issues?"

616
00:34:20,759 --> 00:34:23,995
And so it raises
some question marks
for sure.

617
00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:27,999
[Justin] Welcome
to the pit lane at the one
and only Sebring 12 hours.

618
00:34:28,033 --> 00:34:29,935
This is spring break
for racers,

619
00:34:29,968 --> 00:34:33,272
and over 80,000 people
have been here partying
this weekend.

620
00:34:33,305 --> 00:34:35,674
But right now it's time
for those racers to rock.

621
00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:38,244
With more on the action
at the front of the grid
is Jamie Howe.

622
00:34:38,277 --> 00:34:41,647
The energy here at Sebring,
Justin, has been felt
all week long.

623
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:45,584
The nerves and the angst
from not just the drivers,
but also the crews,

624
00:34:45,617 --> 00:34:46,618
has been evident.

625
00:34:50,756 --> 00:34:52,558
Coming up to Daytona
we had some issues.

626
00:34:52,591 --> 00:34:54,393
We know we have them fixed.

627
00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:57,629
But this Sebring.
This is a whole new animal.

628
00:34:57,663 --> 00:35:00,666
So I don't expect to see
the issues that we fixed.

629
00:35:00,699 --> 00:35:04,770
But it won't surprise me
if we see some new issues.

630
00:35:04,803 --> 00:35:07,273
Looks like we're going
to get some rain today,
and that's a good thing.

631
00:35:07,306 --> 00:35:10,075
To go out and put the car
through its paces in the rain.

632
00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:11,443
So, today's
gonna be interesting.

633
00:35:11,477 --> 00:35:12,678
This is the kind of track,

634
00:35:12,711 --> 00:35:16,215
we always say
it's half the size
and twice as hard,

635
00:35:16,248 --> 00:35:17,549
so we'll see what happens.

636
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,556
[Justin] Now,
onboard the 66, from Ford.

637
00:35:24,590 --> 00:35:26,692
Running third right now,
Dirk Muller.

638
00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:29,895
A lot of people were surprised
to see some of the problems
they had

639
00:35:29,928 --> 00:35:31,963
at the Rolex 24.
I don't think we were.

640
00:35:31,997 --> 00:35:35,434
Brand-new car, first race,
and what they really want,

641
00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:37,636
the prize that they want
is Le Mans, coming up in June.

642
00:35:42,107 --> 00:35:43,309
[thud]

643
00:35:53,952 --> 00:35:56,622
When the airplane crashes,
who do you blame?

644
00:35:57,856 --> 00:35:59,358
The pilot.

645
00:35:59,391 --> 00:36:02,027
That's the position
you choose to
put yourself in,

646
00:36:02,060 --> 00:36:04,596
when you want to
become a professional
race car driver.

647
00:36:04,630 --> 00:36:07,766
But sometimes it's not
necessarily always fair.

648
00:36:07,799 --> 00:36:10,969
You don't want to be that guy
that writes that thing off.

649
00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:13,672
You just don't want
to be that guy.

650
00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:24,883
It's only left.

651
00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:29,488
I tried, I tried, I tried,
but there was so much water,
I was basically just boating,

652
00:36:29,521 --> 00:36:31,957
and, yeah, it was unfortunate.

653
00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:34,926
But the team came to me
and said, "There was
nothing you can do,"

654
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:39,798
which brings me up again
because you feel you let
your boys down.

655
00:36:46,572 --> 00:36:47,606
[chuckles]

656
00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:51,543
Dirk just got caught out
in a lockup into turn one.

657
00:36:51,577 --> 00:36:52,944
There was nothing
he could do,

658
00:36:52,978 --> 00:36:54,313
the car hydroplaned,

659
00:36:54,346 --> 00:36:57,015
all the telemetry set,
the brake pressure,
everything was good,

660
00:36:57,048 --> 00:37:00,719
but the car just hydroplaned
and went into the tire wall.

661
00:37:00,752 --> 00:37:03,789
Unfortunately, right after that
is when they red flagged it
for the conditions,

662
00:37:03,822 --> 00:37:06,892
so we just missed that
by a little bit,

663
00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:10,296
and now the car's back here
in the garage,

664
00:37:10,329 --> 00:37:14,466
but during a red flag,
you can't repair the vehicle.

665
00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:16,835
Looks like it's gonna be
a red flag for a while.

666
00:37:22,341 --> 00:37:25,544
[Ashley Parlett]
I spend most of my time
on the NASCAR side of things,

667
00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:28,079
and then I fly in on race day,
or race weekend,

668
00:37:28,113 --> 00:37:31,483
and help these guys.
I help on the front end
of these cars.

669
00:37:31,517 --> 00:37:34,252
We wanna perform well.
We wanna, you know,

670
00:37:34,286 --> 00:37:36,822
make some history,
and back up the program,

671
00:37:36,855 --> 00:37:38,590
for Ford and for ourselves
as fans,

672
00:37:38,624 --> 00:37:42,761
I think all of us are trying
to think more long term
towards Le Mans.

673
00:37:42,794 --> 00:37:45,564
Trying to make big gains
on our reliability

674
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:47,533
and try to make the best of it.

675
00:37:54,973 --> 00:37:58,944
I'm happy. I'm not like
"thrilled, jumping up
and down" happy.

676
00:37:58,977 --> 00:38:00,412
All the issues
we had at Daytona,

677
00:38:00,446 --> 00:38:02,681
we didn't have
any re-occurrence
of those issues,

678
00:38:02,714 --> 00:38:07,052
so, from that perspective,
I think we're good.

679
00:38:07,085 --> 00:38:10,722
Through these first few races,
maybe we got our bad luck
out of the way.

680
00:38:10,756 --> 00:38:12,624
[commentator 1]
Here we see that 66 car

681
00:38:12,658 --> 00:38:14,326
that's been through the wars
a little bit here today.

682
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,596
[commentator 2]
Problems, it looked like,
from both of these Ford GTs.

683
00:38:21,032 --> 00:38:23,369
[Dave] I think we've been
building momentum
since Daytona.

684
00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:28,340
We've been working on getting
everything synced together,

685
00:38:28,374 --> 00:38:31,577
getting the whole team,
getting the car ready
to be durable and run.

686
00:38:31,610 --> 00:38:33,445
We want to show up
at the track,

687
00:38:33,479 --> 00:38:36,314
not have a lot of
the extra-curricular activity

688
00:38:36,348 --> 00:38:37,649
and just go race.

689
00:38:38,149 --> 00:38:39,351
[revving]

690
00:38:42,921 --> 00:38:45,424
With every race,
we continue to improve

691
00:38:45,457 --> 00:38:47,793
and get better, and get faster,
and get more reliable.

692
00:38:47,826 --> 00:38:52,163
And coming into Laguna,
everybody felt positive

693
00:38:52,197 --> 00:38:56,868
and cautiously optimistic
about the weekend.

694
00:38:56,902 --> 00:38:58,804
[commentator 1] Now see,
the second of the Ford GTs,

695
00:38:58,837 --> 00:39:00,439
Richard Westbrook
down to the inside,

696
00:39:00,472 --> 00:39:02,273
into the hairpin,
what a move!

697
00:39:02,307 --> 00:39:06,812
What a story this is,
as they head into the month
of June, into Le Mans.

698
00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:08,647
[commentator 2]
And he heads up
into final turn.

699
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:13,051
And here it is! The first win!
The Ford GT at Monterey!

700
00:39:13,084 --> 00:39:15,353
Today, it came together.

701
00:39:15,387 --> 00:39:20,759
[Jamie] From Daytona
to Laguna Seca,
you saw a program gel.

702
00:39:20,792 --> 00:39:23,395
You saw them
have problems mechanically.

703
00:39:23,429 --> 00:39:26,965
You saw them
have problems personally.

704
00:39:26,998 --> 00:39:30,469
And then you saw them
all come together
and make it work.

705
00:39:30,502 --> 00:39:32,538
[Dave] Not only was it
the first, obviously,
win for the GT,

706
00:39:32,571 --> 00:39:35,741
but it was the biggest
morale boost that you
could have had

707
00:39:35,774 --> 00:39:37,443
in a team that has been working

708
00:39:37,476 --> 00:39:40,178
24 hours a day,
seven days a week,

709
00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:41,947
giving everything they got.

710
00:39:41,980 --> 00:39:45,083
And what a validation
of what's been going on.

711
00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:48,687
[commentator 1]
Two Fords getting ready
for the big one.

712
00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:51,790
This is more like the cars
we were expecting to see
from Ford

713
00:39:51,823 --> 00:39:53,925
at the beginning
of the season.

714
00:39:53,959 --> 00:39:56,628
These are the Fords
we've been looking for.

715
00:39:58,363 --> 00:39:59,364
[Peter] Everyone's ready,

716
00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:02,468
but then,
the actual race happens,

717
00:40:02,501 --> 00:40:05,504
and things
you just can't predict.

718
00:40:05,537 --> 00:40:08,306
It's racing,
and everyone knows in racing,

719
00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:09,641
things go wrong.

720
00:40:11,042 --> 00:40:12,143
[tires screeching]

721
00:40:12,778 --> 00:40:13,812
[crash]

722
00:40:27,292 --> 00:40:30,896
[Raj] The best racer
in the world loses
more races than he wins.

723
00:40:32,598 --> 00:40:34,533
You have to have
a mentality of,

724
00:40:34,566 --> 00:40:37,268
if you lose,
you don't dwell on losing,

725
00:40:37,302 --> 00:40:40,839
you dwell on why did you lose
and how are you gonna fix that
for the next race.

726
00:40:52,317 --> 00:40:56,822
Sitting here, three days
before the start of the race,
I guess the biggest thing is,

727
00:40:56,855 --> 00:41:00,091
where do we really stand
with the pace of the car

728
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:03,829
and the endurance of the car?
You know, I think
that's everybody's question.

729
00:41:03,862 --> 00:41:05,497
There's a lot of stuff
going on.

730
00:41:07,232 --> 00:41:10,435
I don't really like the week,
I like the race.

731
00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:14,205
You're just building up,
and you want to get out
on the track.

732
00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:15,541
But Wednesday's a good day.

733
00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:17,576
It's the start
of first practice,

734
00:41:17,609 --> 00:41:19,044
start of first qualifying.

735
00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:29,187
[Jamie] You want to have
the fastest lap at the end
of the qualifying session,

736
00:41:29,220 --> 00:41:32,991
so that you can start on pole
for the 24 hours of Le Mans.

737
00:41:33,024 --> 00:41:35,160
Ford kinda came in
and surprised everybody.

738
00:41:35,193 --> 00:41:40,832
They weren't spectacular
in the test days in the week
leading up to the race,

739
00:41:40,866 --> 00:41:43,301
but they were spectacular
in qualifying.

740
00:41:43,334 --> 00:41:47,505
Ford had their four cars
in the top five positions.

741
00:41:49,274 --> 00:41:51,943
[Raj] Being one, two, four
and five is a good start.

742
00:41:51,977 --> 00:41:54,212
It was the first time
we had run

743
00:41:54,245 --> 00:41:58,617
the car in full out
qualifying trim here, and,

744
00:41:58,650 --> 00:42:00,919
I think it's fair to say,
for all of us, the car

745
00:42:00,952 --> 00:42:02,954
responded even better
than we expected,

746
00:42:02,988 --> 00:42:05,323
which is why
there's a good mood here.

747
00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:08,660
We got a lot of work to do,
so it'll be important
to stay focused.

748
00:42:13,398 --> 00:42:15,767
[Chip] People are excited
about where we qualified,

749
00:42:15,801 --> 00:42:17,769
and that's a good thing,
and it's exciting,

750
00:42:17,803 --> 00:42:21,106
and it shows
the potential of the car.

751
00:42:22,307 --> 00:42:23,541
In reality,

752
00:42:23,575 --> 00:42:27,512
in an endurance race,
qualifying is not
very important.

753
00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:30,782
By Sunday afternoon,
people will forget
where everyone qualified.

754
00:42:35,721 --> 00:42:38,489
[Justin Bell]
They have a lofty expectation.

755
00:42:38,523 --> 00:42:42,761
The perfect story
is that they win this
particular weekend in June.

756
00:42:42,794 --> 00:42:44,663
No one will blame them
for not winning.

757
00:42:44,696 --> 00:42:48,533
Because it's too hard a feat
to go to Le Mans
in the first year.

758
00:42:48,566 --> 00:42:50,335
They'll lead the race, for sure.

759
00:42:51,670 --> 00:42:53,772
They'll lead the race
for a lot of it, I think.

760
00:42:53,805 --> 00:42:56,341
Their drivers are equally
as fast as anybody,

761
00:42:56,374 --> 00:42:58,443
and the car is super quick.

762
00:42:58,476 --> 00:43:01,579
But the demands
of the long run through

763
00:43:01,613 --> 00:43:03,548
and not getting involved
in accidents,

764
00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:06,785
and what is the weather
gonna be like, is tough.

765
00:43:10,055 --> 00:43:12,590
[Kelly] When I came on
in the first year of Corvette,

766
00:43:12,624 --> 00:43:14,259
our three-year program

767
00:43:14,292 --> 00:43:18,897
was, literally,
just to be able
to go there.

768
00:43:18,930 --> 00:43:20,899
That first year,
our car finished third,

769
00:43:20,932 --> 00:43:24,936
and Ron's car finished fourth,
and the team was ecstatic.

770
00:43:24,970 --> 00:43:29,540
Never did anyone have
a delusional thought

771
00:43:29,574 --> 00:43:31,142
that we're going there
to win the race.

772
00:43:31,176 --> 00:43:35,313
It's much harder
than anybody thinks, and,

773
00:43:35,346 --> 00:43:38,183
you know, sometimes
you can have all the...

774
00:43:38,216 --> 00:43:41,019
all the components
that you think are
right in line,

775
00:43:41,052 --> 00:43:43,922
but they've got to gel,
they've got to blend,

776
00:43:43,955 --> 00:43:47,358
and, you know, best of luck
to them. For sure.

777
00:43:50,929 --> 00:43:54,632
But it is no easy feat
to go in there the first time
after 50 years

778
00:43:54,666 --> 00:43:56,034
and try to win that race.

779
00:43:57,368 --> 00:44:00,638
Ford's data-bank of going
to Le Mans is not rich.

780
00:44:00,672 --> 00:44:01,973
Same for Ganassi.

781
00:44:02,007 --> 00:44:06,144
Ganassi have no
institutional knowledge
of going to Le Mans.

782
00:44:06,177 --> 00:44:07,578
I mean,
everyone else is
trying to win.

783
00:44:07,612 --> 00:44:11,516
Corvette are probably
the highest technology
race team

784
00:44:11,549 --> 00:44:13,218
outside McLaren.

785
00:44:13,251 --> 00:44:17,188
Pratt & Miller
do the guidance systems
for tracking missiles in space.

786
00:44:17,222 --> 00:44:19,390
So they can make a race car
go around the track.

787
00:44:19,424 --> 00:44:22,761
They've won there
eight or ten times
out of the last 15 years.

788
00:44:22,794 --> 00:44:25,797
[Kelly] Porsche, man,
they've got that place
figured out.

789
00:44:25,831 --> 00:44:29,801
They are the outright
all-time winning brand.

790
00:44:29,835 --> 00:44:33,972
And it is to this day
what creates that aura

791
00:44:34,005 --> 00:44:36,007
that makes Porsche what it is.

792
00:44:36,908 --> 00:44:39,410
Ford? It's an unknown entity.

793
00:44:39,444 --> 00:44:42,180
There's gonna be things
that need to be figured out.

794
00:45:19,050 --> 00:45:23,989
[Joey Hand] The tough thing
here at Le Mans is the track's
about 8.5 miles long,

795
00:45:24,022 --> 00:45:26,958
so you could have
rain on one end and
dry on the other.

796
00:45:26,992 --> 00:45:29,861
That's when it becomes
very tricky because you have
to stay on slick tires.

797
00:45:29,895 --> 00:45:32,497
You can't use rains
'cause you'll burn up
the rains on the dry part.

798
00:45:32,530 --> 00:45:34,800
So, you have to just
work your way through
the wet part.

799
00:45:39,137 --> 00:45:43,842
From a driver's standpoint,
we just really would like
to have one or the other.

800
00:45:43,875 --> 00:45:46,477
It becomes really tricky
when it goes back and forth.

801
00:45:47,145 --> 00:45:49,347
But it is what it is.

802
00:45:49,380 --> 00:45:52,383
[Kelly] Le Mans is
a very treacherous place.

803
00:45:52,417 --> 00:45:54,786
There was times
where there's river crossings,

804
00:45:54,820 --> 00:45:57,923
and you'd go over it
three times and
you wouldn't aquaplane,

805
00:45:57,956 --> 00:46:01,793
and you'd hit it at
the same angle the next time
at 180 miles an hour

806
00:46:01,827 --> 00:46:05,330
and the whole car would go...
[rapid exhale]

807
00:46:05,363 --> 00:46:08,299
Like that, and then you'd go,
"Oh, you gotta breathe."

808
00:47:39,490 --> 00:47:41,392
[commentator]
The number 67 Ford GT,

809
00:47:41,426 --> 00:47:44,195
one of four identical cars
in this race,

810
00:47:44,229 --> 00:47:47,298
being backed into its garage.
Andrew Marriott,
can you update?

811
00:47:47,332 --> 00:47:49,634
[Andrew] Yeah,
they've definitely got
an engine problem with this.

812
00:47:49,667 --> 00:47:52,103
They fired it up
a couple of times,
the rear deck is off.

813
00:47:52,137 --> 00:47:54,505
So, that's what
they're working on
at the moment.

814
00:47:54,539 --> 00:47:57,875
I'm pretty sure that this car
won't take the start.

815
00:47:57,909 --> 00:47:59,210
Driver sitting at the wheels,

816
00:47:59,244 --> 00:48:02,747
there's about 15 people
all clustered around him.

817
00:48:02,780 --> 00:48:04,983
George Howard-Chappell,
the team manager,

818
00:48:05,016 --> 00:48:07,752
is directing operations here.

819
00:48:07,785 --> 00:48:10,421
There is definitely
something wrong
with the motor.

820
00:48:39,484 --> 00:48:41,652
[Andrew] Well, Harry,
this is a crushing
disappointment.

821
00:48:41,686 --> 00:48:44,155
I thought
it was a motor problem,
but it seems to be the gearbox.

822
00:48:44,189 --> 00:48:46,524
Yeah, gearbox issue.
We lost gearbox pressure

823
00:48:46,557 --> 00:48:49,961
on the reconnaissance lap,
so, I put into the box, and,

824
00:48:49,995 --> 00:48:51,896
the boys think they've found
maybe a quick fix,

825
00:48:51,929 --> 00:48:53,064
so we're gonna see
if that works.

826
00:48:53,098 --> 00:48:55,033
If not,
I think we're gonna be in
for slightly longer.

827
00:48:55,066 --> 00:48:58,136
But we're gonna try this now
and see how it goes.

828
00:48:58,169 --> 00:49:02,040
[Jamie] You had one
of the Fords starting
from the garage.

829
00:49:02,073 --> 00:49:05,310
The cars are so close.
They're built exactly the same,

830
00:49:05,343 --> 00:49:07,512
so, immediately,
off the bat, you're like,

831
00:49:07,545 --> 00:49:10,248
"Okay. So, are four cars
gonna make
the end of this race,

832
00:49:10,281 --> 00:49:13,084
or are any cars
gonna make the end
of the race?" It was...

833
00:49:13,118 --> 00:49:17,688
For 24 hours,
you're questioning
the survival of the program.

834
00:49:17,722 --> 00:49:20,358
[Raj] Yeah, for that
to happen even before
the race starts,

835
00:49:21,926 --> 00:49:23,161
on the one hand,
you're thinking,

836
00:49:23,194 --> 00:49:25,963
"Oh, boy. This is gonna be
a long 24 hours."

837
00:49:25,997 --> 00:49:29,667
On the other hand,
I was thinking, "Well,
I'm glad I brought four cars."

838
00:49:29,700 --> 00:49:31,402
[chuckles]

839
00:49:31,436 --> 00:49:33,371
[commentator]
Back live, at Le Mans,

840
00:49:33,404 --> 00:49:36,741
on a rainy French day,
but the sun is poking through.

841
00:49:36,774 --> 00:49:39,077
Crowd in the grandstand
are folding their umbrellas,

842
00:49:39,110 --> 00:49:41,512
and taking off
their rain slickers,
that's a good sign.

843
00:49:41,546 --> 00:49:45,783
This is the first time
in the 84 runnings of this race

844
00:49:45,816 --> 00:49:49,720
that the 24 hours
of Le Mans has started
behind the safety car.

845
00:50:03,168 --> 00:50:07,238
[commentator] Sixty cars
are now on their way at Le Mans
under green.

846
00:50:08,806 --> 00:50:11,709
[Jamie] The fast structure
in sports car racing
is unique.

847
00:50:11,742 --> 00:50:15,012
You have, essentially,
four different races going on

848
00:50:15,046 --> 00:50:16,881
on the racetrack
at the same time.

849
00:50:16,914 --> 00:50:19,384
So, you have the prototypes.

850
00:50:19,417 --> 00:50:21,819
Those are things
that manufacturers
are developing

851
00:50:21,852 --> 00:50:25,890
to be on their cars,
maybe five-ten years
down the road.

852
00:50:25,923 --> 00:50:27,958
From a coverage standpoint,

853
00:50:27,992 --> 00:50:29,960
you always follow
the overall leader.

854
00:50:29,994 --> 00:50:33,531
So, that's always,
in sports car racing,
going to be a prototype.

855
00:50:33,564 --> 00:50:39,304
But recently, the GT categories
have gained a lot more interest

856
00:50:39,337 --> 00:50:42,340
because they are cars
that people can relate to.

857
00:50:42,373 --> 00:50:47,612
GTE pro cars look like cars
that you would see
driving down the street.

858
00:50:47,645 --> 00:50:50,615
The competition level there
is so intense.

859
00:50:50,648 --> 00:50:52,317
[commentator 1]
What a battle here in GTE pro,

860
00:50:52,350 --> 00:50:56,987
between the Ferraris
and the Fords, just like
we saw 50 years ago.

861
00:50:57,021 --> 00:50:58,423
[commentator 2]
What a battle it is,

862
00:50:58,456 --> 00:51:02,227
as one of the Ferraris
jumps in front of
the Ford GTs.

863
00:51:10,034 --> 00:51:12,770
[Richard] Everywhere you go,
someone reminds you
about the history

864
00:51:12,803 --> 00:51:15,340
of Ford in Le Mans.

865
00:51:15,373 --> 00:51:17,642
So, you're permanently
reminded of it,

866
00:51:17,675 --> 00:51:20,811
and you can't really escape it.
Not that I want to.

867
00:51:26,151 --> 00:51:28,653
[Scott] For me,
I think there's definitely
some nerves.

868
00:51:28,686 --> 00:51:32,022
You understand
the big picture.

869
00:51:32,056 --> 00:51:36,161
You understand the emphasis
on the 50-year,

870
00:51:36,194 --> 00:51:39,264
you know,
there's a big story
behind it.

871
00:51:39,297 --> 00:51:45,303
But to expect to come here
and win the first year
is a very large expectation.

872
00:51:46,704 --> 00:51:48,673
We try to think
of everything as a team.

873
00:51:48,706 --> 00:51:50,908
You try to think
of every different scenario.

874
00:51:50,941 --> 00:51:54,779
But a lot of us
haven't been here,
we haven't raced here before.

875
00:51:54,812 --> 00:51:57,248
There are so many things
that can take you out of it.

876
00:51:57,282 --> 00:51:59,784
But I think,
with having four cars,

877
00:51:59,817 --> 00:52:01,419
you know, definitely,

878
00:52:01,452 --> 00:52:05,223
you know, spreads that stress,
and emotion a little bit.

879
00:52:06,991 --> 00:52:09,560
[Joey] No matter what happens,
we're gonna be part of history.

880
00:52:09,594 --> 00:52:12,062
I'm gonna be one of those guys
that, 50 years later,

881
00:52:12,096 --> 00:52:13,398
made an attempt at this.

882
00:52:13,431 --> 00:52:16,534
Hopefully, we can say that
we won it, or podiumed
or whatever,

883
00:52:16,567 --> 00:52:18,436
but at least
made an attempt at it.

884
00:52:19,570 --> 00:52:21,506
[revving]

885
00:52:27,712 --> 00:52:29,214
[speed reducing]

886
00:52:33,551 --> 00:52:34,552
[thud]

887
00:52:49,367 --> 00:52:50,901
[commentator] This is not
where you want to be

888
00:52:50,935 --> 00:52:53,471
at the end of the Mulsanne
into Mulsanne Corner.

889
00:52:53,504 --> 00:52:55,473
And for Marino Franchitti,

890
00:52:55,506 --> 00:52:57,408
that's not where
he wants to be right now.

891
00:52:57,442 --> 00:53:00,711
He said on the radio,
"I just locked 'em up,
I couldn't get it unlocked."

892
00:53:00,745 --> 00:53:02,913
He is not the first car
that we have seen in there.

893
00:53:02,947 --> 00:53:06,451
In fact,
it's a very popular place
to be today,

894
00:53:06,484 --> 00:53:09,687
but it's an easy mistake
to make at the end
of the straightaway.

895
00:53:09,720 --> 00:53:14,725
The good news for Ford
is this is the car that had
the problem early on.

896
00:53:14,759 --> 00:53:16,927
It was already
several laps down

897
00:53:16,961 --> 00:53:20,965
and they did bring
four of them, so...

898
00:53:20,998 --> 00:53:24,269
[Raj] Right now, the 67 car
is really out of contention.

899
00:53:24,302 --> 00:53:26,070
The 68 car
is doing really well.

900
00:53:26,103 --> 00:53:29,507
It's trading first place
back and forth
with Ferrari right now, so,

901
00:53:29,540 --> 00:53:31,409
we'll see
what the night brings.

902
00:53:59,437 --> 00:54:02,407
[commentator] Good time
to make some driver changes,
go ahead.

903
00:54:02,440 --> 00:54:05,810
Put those guys in
and let them run
into the twilight,

904
00:54:05,843 --> 00:54:07,978
and then when you put
your next driver in

905
00:54:08,012 --> 00:54:10,515
in a couple of stints from now,
few stints from now,

906
00:54:10,548 --> 00:54:12,350
they can get in
in total darkness,

907
00:54:12,383 --> 00:54:14,151
and they'll already be
acclimated to it.

908
00:54:14,184 --> 00:54:17,822
We saw the 68, Joey Hand,
pitted from the lead,

909
00:54:17,855 --> 00:54:20,858
Sebastien Bourdais
has taken over that car.

910
00:54:20,891 --> 00:54:24,261
Billy Johnson
aboard the 66 now.

911
00:54:24,295 --> 00:54:27,298
[Jamie] And you brought up
the point too, Bryan,
about having the same driver

912
00:54:27,332 --> 00:54:32,503
in this transitional period
from daylight to darkness.

913
00:54:32,537 --> 00:54:35,105
The effect that the sun
has on your eyes.

914
00:54:35,139 --> 00:54:36,907
The different places that you,

915
00:54:36,941 --> 00:54:39,243
that it bothers you
around the race track,
and having someone in there

916
00:54:39,276 --> 00:54:42,447
as it's transitioning
and not just in there
right away.

917
00:54:44,349 --> 00:54:46,183
[Mark] Beginning of the race
was a little bit stressful

918
00:54:46,216 --> 00:54:49,854
'cause number 67
had some gearbox problems.

919
00:54:49,887 --> 00:54:51,889
But got back in,
and they're all racing now.

920
00:54:51,922 --> 00:54:54,725
And I can't wait
till the sun goes down

921
00:54:54,759 --> 00:54:57,962
because that's when it becomes
really, really special.

922
00:55:13,143 --> 00:55:16,013
[commentator]
Beautiful overhead view,
as the night falls

923
00:55:16,046 --> 00:55:18,549
and the party begins
in earnest.

924
00:55:44,108 --> 00:55:46,343
[Jim]
Racing at Le Mans,
especially at night,

925
00:55:46,377 --> 00:55:49,046
is very
"out of body" experience.

926
00:55:49,079 --> 00:55:51,716
Not that it's so pleasant,
but you're doing it

927
00:55:51,749 --> 00:55:55,586
and the visual input
you're getting as a human

928
00:55:55,620 --> 00:55:57,755
is very out of this world.

929
00:56:03,461 --> 00:56:05,563
[Larry]
The guys do get into a,

930
00:56:05,596 --> 00:56:09,133
let's not call it, no,
a trance state,
that sounds crazy,

931
00:56:09,166 --> 00:56:11,268
but guys get in a zone.

932
00:56:11,301 --> 00:56:13,538
And, at night, especially.

933
00:56:13,571 --> 00:56:18,142
And you get in a rhythm
of driving that track,

934
00:56:18,175 --> 00:56:22,212
and where, on occasion,
you talk to your driver
on the radio,

935
00:56:22,246 --> 00:56:25,382
and they'll not answer you.

936
00:56:26,717 --> 00:56:28,586
[Jim] It's like
you're almost
in a dream

937
00:56:30,187 --> 00:56:31,822
because everything
is so weird.

938
00:56:32,690 --> 00:56:35,125
The lights, the weather,

939
00:56:35,159 --> 00:56:36,861
the racing itself.

940
00:56:38,563 --> 00:56:42,633
You know,
you have to really trust
your knowledge of the course,

941
00:56:42,667 --> 00:56:47,304
because you're going
into corners at
170-180 miles an hour,

942
00:56:47,337 --> 00:56:52,209
and if you get it wrong,
you're gonna get really hurt.

943
00:56:52,242 --> 00:56:55,580
[Richard] I mean,
it is dangerous.
It is dangerous.

944
00:56:55,613 --> 00:56:57,482
You can't get away from that.

945
00:56:57,515 --> 00:57:02,520
It's, it's that sort of
tunnel feeling when you
go through Tertre Rouge,

946
00:57:02,553 --> 00:57:04,288
down the long straight
and then,

947
00:57:04,321 --> 00:57:07,758
sometimes it can get
a bit lonely out there,
it's weird, it's...

948
00:57:07,792 --> 00:57:10,961
you know,
sometimes in the night
you don't see any other cars

949
00:57:10,995 --> 00:57:14,865
and you might do a radio check,
just to check, you know,

950
00:57:14,899 --> 00:57:16,767
your team is still there.
[chuckles]

951
00:57:18,469 --> 00:57:22,139
[Larry] We put repeaters
out all round the track,
radio repeaters.

952
00:57:22,172 --> 00:57:25,576
Our telemetry can't deal
with the size of that track,

953
00:57:25,610 --> 00:57:30,581
so if you're just trying
to take everything in and out
from the pits,

954
00:57:30,615 --> 00:57:33,350
the Mulsanne Corner's
too far away.

955
00:57:33,383 --> 00:57:36,153
So you got these repeaters
out there and you do
everything you can

956
00:57:36,186 --> 00:57:38,656
to keep a radio contact
with the driver.

957
00:57:45,362 --> 00:57:48,799
[commentator 1]
Back at Le Mans, lighter still
in the skies overhead.

958
00:57:48,833 --> 00:57:53,203
Partly cloudy skies,
it looks like, hopefully,
we are free of rain

959
00:57:53,237 --> 00:57:55,472
in the run to the finish.

960
00:57:55,506 --> 00:57:57,642
Now a little over
nine hours away.

961
00:57:57,675 --> 00:58:00,911
[Jamie] Overnight,
Ford and Ferrari
went back and forth.

962
00:58:00,945 --> 00:58:03,347
And then, when the sun came up
for the second day,

963
00:58:03,380 --> 00:58:06,551
Ferrari was leading and Ford
found themselves in second.

964
00:58:06,584 --> 00:58:07,885
[tires flapping]

965
00:58:20,531 --> 00:58:22,900
[commentator 1]
Ferrari really came
to life here,

966
00:58:22,933 --> 00:58:25,002
once we got
the darkness last night.

967
00:58:26,503 --> 00:58:27,972
Hasn't let up since.

968
00:58:31,542 --> 00:58:34,879
[commentator 2] Seems to me,
just reading into the pattern

969
00:58:34,912 --> 00:58:37,214
of the last
six-eight hours, Tommy,

970
00:58:37,247 --> 00:58:40,851
that the Ford seems
to be a bit susceptible
to the cooler conditions

971
00:58:40,885 --> 00:58:45,022
and running behind
the pace car, hasn't got
a lot of tire temp in there.

972
00:58:45,055 --> 00:58:49,026
The track conditions aren't
that high either right now, so,

973
00:58:49,059 --> 00:58:51,596
seems like the car's not quite
coming to life as quickly

974
00:58:51,629 --> 00:58:54,031
as the Ferrari
has been all night.

975
00:58:54,064 --> 00:58:56,701
Which kind of keep
to our thesis

976
00:58:56,734 --> 00:59:00,705
that it maybe is between
compounds and would like
a softer one right now

977
00:59:00,738 --> 00:59:03,708
in these conditions.
Now, if things get warmer,

978
00:59:03,741 --> 00:59:06,076
does that put them
right in their sweet spot,

979
00:59:06,110 --> 00:59:07,712
and start to take the Ferrari
out of theirs,

980
00:59:07,745 --> 00:59:09,213
is maybe the question.

981
00:59:09,246 --> 00:59:11,816
[commentator 1] If you base it
on yesterday afternoon,
you'd say so.

982
00:59:14,218 --> 00:59:17,387
[commentator 1]
Le Mans born and bred,
Sebastien Bourdais,

983
00:59:17,421 --> 00:59:22,760
trying to run down
Toni Vilander
in the class-leading Ferrari.

984
00:59:22,793 --> 00:59:26,764
[commentator 2] He doesn't like
being second. He's finished
second three times overall,

985
00:59:26,797 --> 00:59:28,899
running for Peugeot.
[chuckles]

986
00:59:28,933 --> 00:59:32,837
And the Frenchman,
whose hometown is Le Mans,

987
00:59:32,870 --> 00:59:35,906
wants that one position
ahead of the Ferrari.

988
00:59:41,846 --> 00:59:43,180
[Sebastien] For me,
it's really tough

989
00:59:43,213 --> 00:59:45,850
because I've been dominating
this space so many times

990
00:59:45,883 --> 00:59:50,054
and came short
within the last few hours,

991
00:59:50,087 --> 00:59:53,891
or something's gone wrong
in the morning, or whatever,

992
00:59:53,924 --> 00:59:56,994
and it's just one of those
where you're kind of

993
00:59:57,027 --> 00:59:59,864
dreading almost the moment
where it's just gonna
go haywire.

994
00:59:59,897 --> 01:00:05,770
And you kind of almost
start to feel that there
might be a curse or something.

995
01:00:05,803 --> 01:00:09,840
Last time I was in the car
around from 6:00-9:00 am.
or something like that,

996
01:00:09,874 --> 01:00:15,145
the computer went bananas
and now I had, like,
no information.

997
01:00:16,681 --> 01:00:18,482
Speedometer
wasn't working anymore,

998
01:00:18,515 --> 01:00:22,019
so I had to come
through the pits
at a guesstimated speed

999
01:00:22,052 --> 01:00:25,155
'cause the display wasn't
displaying anything anymore.

1000
01:00:25,189 --> 01:00:27,725
And I couldn't
stop the car, and...

1001
01:00:29,694 --> 01:00:31,095
This is happening again.

1002
01:00:32,897 --> 01:00:35,966
[Raj] We're having trouble
with the electronics
in the car,

1003
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,803
and so much of it goes through
our steering wheel,

1004
01:00:38,836 --> 01:00:40,004
including when we come
into the pits.

1005
01:00:40,037 --> 01:00:43,107
The drivers shut the engine off
through the steering wheel,

1006
01:00:43,140 --> 01:00:45,575
and only then are we allowed
to refuel the car.

1007
01:00:45,609 --> 01:00:49,079
So the rule says,
engine must be off
while we're refueling.

1008
01:00:52,717 --> 01:00:54,151
And when he came in,

1009
01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:57,221
the engine didn't shut off.

1010
01:01:03,593 --> 01:01:05,095
[engine revving]

1011
01:01:19,710 --> 01:01:22,713
-[Jamie] That's it.
-[commentator 2] That is huge!

1012
01:01:22,747 --> 01:01:27,017
That's Dirk Muller,
that's the second-place
GTE Pro entry.

1013
01:01:27,051 --> 01:01:29,286
And they'll have
to come to pit lane.

1014
01:01:29,319 --> 01:01:36,593
Right now, the gap,
only 12.5 seconds in GTE Pro,
but this is huge for Ford.

1015
01:01:36,626 --> 01:01:39,163
[Jamie] Having to serve
a penalty at Le Mans means

1016
01:01:39,196 --> 01:01:41,265
that you have to exit
the race track,

1017
01:01:41,298 --> 01:01:44,334
your race speed dropped
to pit lane speed,

1018
01:01:44,368 --> 01:01:46,536
drive all the way
down pit lane,

1019
01:01:46,570 --> 01:01:49,706
and then, get yourself
back up to speed again
in a safe manner.

1020
01:01:49,740 --> 01:01:51,441
It can cost you
at least 30 seconds.

1021
01:02:05,622 --> 01:02:07,424
[slow dramatic music playing]

1022
01:02:09,726 --> 01:02:13,163
That's what separates racing
from every other sport.

1023
01:02:13,197 --> 01:02:15,365
You can hit the worst shot
in the history of golf,

1024
01:02:15,399 --> 01:02:18,235
and still win the Masters
on one of your shots.

1025
01:02:18,268 --> 01:02:21,906
You can throw
an absolutely atrocious pass
and win the Super Bowl.

1026
01:02:21,939 --> 01:02:28,112
If you have a bad corner
at Le Mans, you're not winning.

1027
01:02:28,145 --> 01:02:32,249
[commentator 1] We talk
about mistakes that can
take you out of this event.

1028
01:02:32,282 --> 01:02:35,185
[commentator 2] Did Ford
just make a mistake
on pit lane?

1029
01:02:35,219 --> 01:02:37,354
We'll have to see
how that pans out.

1030
01:02:37,387 --> 01:02:40,557
You've got
plenty of time left,
you've had a problem,

1031
01:02:40,590 --> 01:02:42,426
over six hours to go,

1032
01:02:42,459 --> 01:02:45,029
and you come in,
you take your medicine,

1033
01:02:45,062 --> 01:02:47,764
and now you focus forward
on getting the job done again.

1034
01:02:47,798 --> 01:02:48,899
And you make up that distance.

1035
01:02:48,933 --> 01:02:52,436
You can't let that
affect you mentally.

1036
01:02:59,977 --> 01:03:02,679
[Raj] The car's very easy
on its tires, which
we designed it that way,

1037
01:03:02,712 --> 01:03:05,916
but it also means
it doesn't always
get heat in the tires,

1038
01:03:05,950 --> 01:03:07,784
particularly on a cold night.

1039
01:03:07,818 --> 01:03:10,955
And as it warmed up,
we knew the car
was gonna get faster,

1040
01:03:10,988 --> 01:03:14,024
and so, we knew we still had
a good chance of catching him,

1041
01:03:14,058 --> 01:03:17,161
but it was gonna
require us to run
flat-out from that point.

1042
01:03:20,097 --> 01:03:23,733
Dirk got that message,
and he just ran lap after lap
after lap

1043
01:03:23,767 --> 01:03:26,503
and cut into that lead,
and I think by the time

1044
01:03:26,536 --> 01:03:31,808
he handed the car over
he had cut almost a minute
down to only 15 seconds or so.

1045
01:03:49,526 --> 01:03:50,827
[revving]

1046
01:04:00,137 --> 01:04:02,439
[commentator 1] Joey Hand,
now behind the wheel of the 68,

1047
01:04:02,472 --> 01:04:05,475
as he hunts down
Matteo Malucelli.

1048
01:04:05,509 --> 01:04:07,644
You ride on board
with Joey right now,

1049
01:04:07,677 --> 01:04:11,949
and the car that you see
in front is the bright,
red number 82.

1050
01:04:11,982 --> 01:04:15,285
This is for the lead
in GTE Pro at Le Mans.

1051
01:04:16,820 --> 01:04:19,056
[car revving]

1052
01:04:19,890 --> 01:04:21,892
[suspenseful music playing]

1053
01:04:24,528 --> 01:04:28,198
[commentator 1]
As the weather continues
to warm up throughout the day,

1054
01:04:28,232 --> 01:04:31,535
expect the Ford to get better
and better and better,

1055
01:04:31,568 --> 01:04:34,538
and that is not good news
for the Ferrari camp.

1056
01:04:41,078 --> 01:04:44,281
[Joey] This is right up
my wheelhouse. This is where
I live, right here.

1057
01:04:44,314 --> 01:04:47,584
Going to chase somebody down
and pass him.

1058
01:04:47,617 --> 01:04:50,620
That point in the race,
you're starting to wind down.

1059
01:04:52,856 --> 01:04:54,992
When you pass somebody
for the lead,

1060
01:04:55,025 --> 01:04:56,893
that could be the pass.

1061
01:04:56,927 --> 01:05:00,364
If you have a car that can go
run somebody down, pass him,
and keep going,

1062
01:05:00,397 --> 01:05:02,199
they're gonna
have to catch you, right?

1063
01:05:02,232 --> 01:05:03,934
There's not gonna be
any freebies.

1064
01:05:05,402 --> 01:05:08,072
[commentator 1]
The Ford accelerates, it seems,
to about the same level.

1065
01:05:08,105 --> 01:05:10,407
But eventually
the Ferrari gets to a plateau

1066
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:12,609
and the Ford just seems
to keep pulling.

1067
01:05:17,114 --> 01:05:18,315
[crew member]
Ah, it's working.

1068
01:05:40,904 --> 01:05:42,306
[crew member] Get him, Joey!

1069
01:05:43,340 --> 01:05:44,608
-Yeah!
-[team applauding]

1070
01:05:56,186 --> 01:05:57,587
[Edsel]
Ford versus Ferrari.

1071
01:05:57,621 --> 01:06:00,190
It feels like
it's 50 years ago.

1072
01:06:00,224 --> 01:06:02,459
Now, we'll have to wait
until the end of the race,

1073
01:06:02,492 --> 01:06:06,196
but the cars look good,
and, we're very optimistic.

1074
01:06:20,910 --> 01:06:24,548
[commentator 2]
Ryan Briscoe,
aboard the 69,

1075
01:06:24,581 --> 01:06:28,585
so, in the top three
right now in GTE Pro.

1076
01:06:28,618 --> 01:06:31,455
There's Ford, Ferrari,
and Ford.

1077
01:06:31,488 --> 01:06:37,794
So, the two U.S. based cars
from Ford Chip Ganassi

1078
01:06:37,827 --> 01:06:40,297
in the top three.

1079
01:06:43,833 --> 01:06:47,704
Oh, and problems for the 82,
Toni Vilander.

1080
01:06:49,606 --> 01:06:52,042
That is a big spin.

1081
01:06:52,976 --> 01:06:54,911
This is what's scary right now.

1082
01:06:54,944 --> 01:06:59,416
Hopefully,
people are paying attention
to the yellows. And Vilander

1083
01:06:59,449 --> 01:07:02,252
trying to get out of the way,
and then back on track.

1084
01:07:02,286 --> 01:07:04,088
[commentator 1]
This is also huge for Ford.

1085
01:07:04,121 --> 01:07:06,990
You can't give away

1086
01:07:07,023 --> 01:07:11,061
anything to competitors
like this that
you're running up against,

1087
01:07:11,095 --> 01:07:13,430
or Ford will say,
"Thank you very much,"
and take that,

1088
01:07:13,463 --> 01:07:15,365
and capitalize on it
big time.

1089
01:07:19,569 --> 01:07:25,041
Yeah, Ferrari's made that
little spin and given us
a little breather.

1090
01:07:25,075 --> 01:07:27,411
I think the race has
switched a little bit.

1091
01:07:27,444 --> 01:07:30,380
Now it's gonna be
a pure reliability match and,

1092
01:07:30,414 --> 01:07:32,682
the pace seems to be
very evenly matched,

1093
01:07:32,716 --> 01:07:36,120
so, fingers crossed
and bring it home right now.

1094
01:07:36,153 --> 01:07:39,523
Just kind of sit tight,
let the guys figure it out.

1095
01:07:39,556 --> 01:07:42,359
Now, there's nothing
I can do anymore.
Just watch and,

1096
01:07:43,026 --> 01:07:44,228
and hope.

1097
01:07:46,630 --> 01:07:49,699
[Jamie] Before Vilander spun,
it was just over five seconds,

1098
01:07:49,733 --> 01:07:53,737
it's now two minutes
and five seconds
that that cost them.

1099
01:07:53,770 --> 01:07:58,175
[commentator] Huge.
And what it does is it moves

1100
01:07:58,208 --> 01:08:01,745
Toni Vilander back closer

1101
01:08:01,778 --> 01:08:05,949
to Ryan Briscoe in the 69,
so it's like, one moment

1102
01:08:05,982 --> 01:08:09,085
you're trying
to hang on to the lead,
and the next moment,

1103
01:08:09,119 --> 01:08:12,822
you're trying to recover
from the mistake
and hang on to second place.

1104
01:08:45,322 --> 01:08:47,056
[commentator 1]
Two hours to go.

1105
01:08:47,090 --> 01:08:51,195
To this point,
Ford has been
nearly flawless.

1106
01:08:51,961 --> 01:08:53,397
Dirk Muller going in.

1107
01:09:02,272 --> 01:09:03,640
Joey helping him out.

1108
01:09:05,575 --> 01:09:08,144
[Jaime] Muller should
be in now
until the checker.

1109
01:09:08,178 --> 01:09:10,046
Two hours left.

1110
01:09:10,079 --> 01:09:12,916
Joey gives him a pat, and says,
"Have a good one, brother."

1111
01:09:17,854 --> 01:09:22,759
Meanwhile, the 82 in second,
not about to give up the fight.

1112
01:09:33,637 --> 01:09:34,838
[revving]

1113
01:09:59,729 --> 01:10:05,702
[Dirk] I tried to go slow,
to be honest, but I was making
little mistakes.

1114
01:10:05,735 --> 01:10:08,505
I just told myself,
"Do your normal pace."

1115
01:10:08,538 --> 01:10:13,510
I mean, if the car is not
able to do ten more laps,
I mean, then, that's it.

1116
01:10:13,543 --> 01:10:15,245
I had to be focused.

1117
01:10:21,885 --> 01:10:24,087
[commentator 1]
Let's go to Andrew Marriott.

1118
01:10:24,120 --> 01:10:28,091
Well, Raj, I can't say
you got a smile on your face,

1119
01:10:28,124 --> 01:10:31,328
'cause I'm sure your heart's
in your mouth at the moment.

1120
01:10:31,361 --> 01:10:36,065
Yeah, we've got
37 minutes to go,
and maybe I'll smile then.

1121
01:10:36,099 --> 01:10:37,501
Keep everything crossed, Raj.

1122
01:10:37,534 --> 01:10:39,469
Yeah, I've got all my fingers
and toes crossed.

1123
01:10:39,503 --> 01:10:41,137
[chuckles] Thank you.

1124
01:10:41,170 --> 01:10:44,508
-[commentator 1]
Sounded nervous, didn't he?
-[commentator 1] Yeah, he did.

1125
01:10:44,541 --> 01:10:47,511
[Kelly] 2003,
we had about a two-lap lead.

1126
01:10:47,544 --> 01:10:50,113
I came in
for the last pit stop,

1127
01:10:50,146 --> 01:10:54,217
and the center lock nut
that holds the wheel on,

1128
01:10:54,250 --> 01:10:55,852
it rolled underneath the car

1129
01:10:56,920 --> 01:10:58,322
sharp side up.

1130
01:11:00,156 --> 01:11:03,693
It's hard to tell that story
because that's how
I lost the race,

1131
01:11:03,727 --> 01:11:07,697
but the sharp edge
punctured right through
the carbon fiber body

1132
01:11:07,731 --> 01:11:10,967
into the oil pan,
and all the oil
came out of the car.

1133
01:11:14,571 --> 01:11:18,207
What it takes to get to Le Mans
and to be in a winning car

1134
01:11:18,241 --> 01:11:19,576
in a winning position

1135
01:11:19,609 --> 01:11:22,746
and have it taken away
from you and know

1136
01:11:22,779 --> 01:11:25,882
that will never happen.
"I will never win Le Mans."

1137
01:11:25,915 --> 01:11:29,453
That was a tough pill,
because I knew this was ours.

1138
01:11:46,670 --> 01:11:49,839
When I was really little,
probably about four or five,

1139
01:11:49,873 --> 01:11:53,477
I remember my father
coming home, and,

1140
01:11:53,510 --> 01:11:56,212
he was so excited
to tell me about it

1141
01:11:56,245 --> 01:11:58,882
and what a great win
it'd been for Ford.

1142
01:11:58,915 --> 01:12:02,352
And I remember thinking
"I wish I'd been there."

1143
01:12:15,365 --> 01:12:17,033
[crescendo music playing]

1144
01:12:20,904 --> 01:12:22,739
Oh, my God!

1145
01:12:26,910 --> 01:12:28,277
[applauding]

1146
01:12:28,311 --> 01:12:29,846
[cheering]

1147
01:12:29,879 --> 01:12:31,615
Fifty years, baby!

1148
01:12:38,321 --> 01:12:41,157
It's like a dream come true,
this weekend.

1149
01:12:41,190 --> 01:12:43,893
I mean, that's something
you will never ever

1150
01:12:44,994 --> 01:12:46,463
dream about. I mean,

1151
01:12:47,531 --> 01:12:48,798
it's crazy.

1152
01:12:48,832 --> 01:12:50,900
I think we have achieved
something big here today.

1153
01:12:52,936 --> 01:12:53,937
[corks pops out]

1154
01:12:54,370 --> 01:12:56,139
[cheering]

1155
01:12:58,742 --> 01:13:01,144
This is as good as it gets.

1156
01:13:01,177 --> 01:13:04,548
When we approved this program,
we did it to come race here
in Le Mans.

1157
01:13:04,581 --> 01:13:07,451
And I think we proved
it was the right decision.

1158
01:13:08,618 --> 01:13:10,186
[Raj] We did what
we came here to do.

1159
01:13:10,219 --> 01:13:13,156
We did it for our employees,
and our families,

1160
01:13:13,189 --> 01:13:14,824
and everybody who loves Ford.

1161
01:13:15,759 --> 01:13:17,093
I hope they're proud of us.

1162
01:13:19,362 --> 01:13:21,064
[commentator 1]
Sebastien Bourdais.

1163
01:13:21,097 --> 01:13:25,301
Sebastien's dad, Patrick,
drove in this race.

1164
01:13:25,334 --> 01:13:29,873
When you race
for so many people,
and you feel that there's

1165
01:13:29,906 --> 01:13:32,709
kind of a greatness
in the whole thing,

1166
01:13:32,742 --> 01:13:36,245
it's just something
I've never experienced before.

1167
01:13:36,279 --> 01:13:40,584
And to be able to see
how much it meant
to the Ford Family,

1168
01:13:40,617 --> 01:13:43,086
it was just priceless.

1169
01:13:43,119 --> 01:13:46,723
[Edsel] I think back
50 years to my father,
who I was there with,

1170
01:13:46,756 --> 01:13:49,392
and I think he would be
extremely proud.

1171
01:13:49,425 --> 01:13:52,796
And he would have been
even prouder the minute
we passed that Ferrari.

1172
01:13:52,829 --> 01:13:55,832
What a moment.
I mean, you know.

1173
01:13:55,865 --> 01:13:59,969
I have to sort of
take a hold of myself.
That was really incredible.

1174
01:14:00,003 --> 01:14:01,905
[cheering]

1175
01:14:03,573 --> 01:14:06,142
[Joey] Holy cow,
we won Le Mans, you know?

1176
01:14:06,175 --> 01:14:07,310
You dream about this stuff,

1177
01:14:07,343 --> 01:14:09,713
you try and picture yourself
in the moment.

1178
01:14:09,746 --> 01:14:14,283
It's crazy to think about
the amount of people
it took to get here.

1179
01:14:14,317 --> 01:14:17,921
[Bill Ford]
I don't know how to feel yet,
but I know it feels good.

1180
01:14:17,954 --> 01:14:19,322
It was about
coming back to Le Mans

1181
01:14:19,355 --> 01:14:23,192
and showing that, we,
as Ford Motor Company,
had what it takes to win.

1182
01:14:23,226 --> 01:14:25,028
It took all of us
to make this happen.

1183
01:14:25,061 --> 01:14:28,097
Every one of those people
and every one of those garages

1184
01:14:28,131 --> 01:14:31,601
put the Ford GT
across the finish line.
That I do know.

1185
01:14:31,635 --> 01:14:33,136
This is what
it means to be a team.

1186
01:14:36,506 --> 01:14:37,841
[slow music playing]

1187
01:14:57,561 --> 01:15:00,730
[instrumental music playing]