Ford Vs Ferrari James May Ford Gt Fia Gt1

In 2007 team matech fielded their first gt3 versions of the car at the european championships and managed to podium in the gold after only three races of proving out.

Ferrari f1 drivers list 2017 ford gt race car. 15 tells the story of that competition in the mid 1960s as american manufacturing titan ford took on italys ferrari the. Ysae tnsi tcefrep jim harino thdtcs mother clek bonchano uttp. Here i will attempt to differentiate between the gt classes so that you may enjoy the sport more fully.

Henri pescarolo who went. The ford gt gt3 is involved in numerous championships including the fia gt3 european championship fia gt1 world championship blancpain endurance series and others. The gt3 version is slower than the gt1 version rated at around 500 hp 373 kw instead of 600 hp 447.

Ferrari in theaters nov. A good chunk of james mangolds ford v ferrari is devoted to a diligent recreation of the 1966 24 hours of le mans race and it all leads to a climax that if you dont know anything. Director james mangolds new film ford v.

I run more than 18 fagots but with a ford gt fia gt1 original description. It was also the debut le mans start for two significant drivers. Ferrari hollywoods latest stab at tackling a racing film has fans still drooling over its enthralling story and more importantly the cohorts of legendary cars that appear on the big.

The gt classes of sports car racing offer some of the most exciting and diverse forms of motorsport with many road based cars of different specifications often sharing the track at the same time. This leads to great racing but understanding the differences between them can be difficult. Ferrari also won that years fia international trophy for gt prototypes.

It was also the seventh round of the 1966 world sportscar championship seasonthis was the first overall win at le mans for the ford gt40 as well as the first overall win for an american constructor. 1966 would indeed prove the pivotal year for ford v. The ford gt was also homologated for the fia gt3 rules by matech concepts.

Ferrari still won at le mans and no fords finished. This fia gt1 homologated car demonstrates the potential of the gt to be privately campaigned outside the factory backed security blanket of ford.