Jaguar XJR-9: Under the skin of a Le Mans legend
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- čas přidán 20. 01. 2020
- The Jaguar XJR-9 was one of the most successful sportscars of its generation, and the 1988 winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans was on show at Autosport International 2020 in celebration of Autosport’s 70 anniversary. Technical editor Jake Boxall-Legge was joined by the car’s designer Tony Southgate, who tells the XJR-9's story.
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Yessss. We know its a re upload.... The editor made a hash of the job. We assure you the person responsible has been fired and banished to spend the rest of their life at sea (again)
I didn't watch the video what did the editor do
Very good!!!
But what did the editor do
Please tell me that editor was banished to the horrific world of MotoGP and all things two wheeled
but also there needs to be an editor sacrifice to the Motorsport gods.....and who made the hash mess of the previous upload needs to be the one that gets sacrificed!
everyone: keeps their distance from the cars
Tony: yeah this is my car *knock knock knock*
It's built to handle much more, and he knows it.
Such a wonderful racecar! The late 1980's were a fantastic era for Group C racers!
Seing them cross the line that day after not winning for so many years along with 50,000 brits was something very special thanks for the memories TWR
Old school sponsors add so much to cars like this. Like football jerseys they look better the older they are
I remember driving the Silk-Cut Jaguar in Gran Turismo 4... That whole era of Group C Le Mans prototypes were just so cool
Me too the silk cut jaguars were the best group c cars ever
I know what you mean, I look back and can't help but lament its non-inclusion in 3! I would have loved to take on that Nissan and Toyota with that beast on there!
I actually met Johnny Dumfries in 2003 and he was a really lovely guy and he was a great chat and he talked about his time in F1 and Group C racing with me and I was like 12 at the time and it was quite the experience!
Really love driving this beast; on gran turismo.
was interested to see the wheel covers come off during a pit stop, good job.
😅
I still can remember the car driving and I had a poster of it as a kid. Always happy to see that car again.
I always loved how they used the road going V12 engine as a base in the Jaguar racecars. They sounded fantastic.
In fact thats nothing special.
The base of the engine usually comes from production engine.
Jarek Nowak Many Group C engines were based on a production engine.
@@thethirdman225 i know, read my comment above :)
Jarek Nowak For some reason the second line didn’t display. CZcams does strange things now and then.
Compared to the other teams, the Jaguars at the time had minor mods.
Looks like a proper race car. Beautiful!!!
Awesome lnterview with the Designer of An Awesome Milestone Race Car! Hella Fast Badass Cat!
I remember seeing 3 of these at the Coventry Carnival in the late 80's.
get you a girl the way tony looks at the xjr-9 at the start of the video...
Great stuff!
This is one of a the few cars I actually took a photo off at Autosport International. It is absolutely wonderful to see.
Gold Gold 🥇👍 shotout to Tony South gate
loved slogging it out in this car in GT5 enduro races
Yes
Is this the car that has regularly been seen at Beaulieu ?
history on 4 weels i drove this car on granturismo 4 in my ps2 i loved it i won the 24hours of lemans with it
jaguar xjr-9 horsepover silk cut castrol fantastic number one cars olli kalevi mononen suomi finland
As a TWR Jag fan from the IMSA days, I now need to change my pants.
Here when this was first uploaded yesterday 😂
< Captain Obvious has entered the chat >
@@AutosportOfficial cringe
@@AutosportOfficial the pinned comment was funny, but this is a low blow
The McLaren formula one car in the background tho
Is there a car Martin Brundle hasn't driven?
After the MP4/4 last year, no. No here there isn't
That and,
Nissan R92CP,
Mazda 787B,
Toyota 89C-V
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@@jareknowak8712 I wasn't born during this Golden Era of GRPC,but i soon began to learn and understand why they were the Monsters Of Mulsanne back in the heydays.
@@aslatabistaalphonso4250 You can begin on www.mulsannescorner.com/
Ammar Wazza If you really want to understand Group C, you need to understand that it was a fuel allocation formula. For Le Mans, the maximum fuel allowed was 2,500 litres and not a drop more. This was very strictly controlled. Despite the speeds reached on the Mulsanne, most of the stories you hear about massive power outputs and huge top speeds are exaggerated. But I was around when it happened at for me it really was the golden age. I’m glad someone mentioned the Porsche 956 and 962. They were arguably the greatest cars but they never seem to get a look in.
5:10 what was that on the screen.
Looks like John Watson doing some joga ;-)
Wrong front lights, wrong rear wing. That’s not the Le Mans spec car.
Thanks for that rivet counter
You should have been with me and my friends in 1988 at the Esses as 3 Jags came around with their V12 engines humming after 20 hours
Unfortunately the driver “stepped out”???! Errr...WTF does that mean?😱😱😱
I think he said fortunately.
Jake needs to get up a little earlier and have a shower before putting on clean and ironed clothes. He looks like he’s been dragged through a hedge backwards.
They should sell those cars for Australia fire relief instead of hoarding them in some garage.
Attach two water cannons
Well the silk cut jag is still raced regularly by its owner? With that logic why dont u sell your posessions and donate that money?
You're saying that only cause its not yours smh
to be bought buy another collector who will "hoard" them in a different garage - grow up man, I bet you've donated your prized possessions for that cause??
@@rickmelman exactly
Oh great Le mans Jagua....wait, is that the Senna Mp4/4 in the back?
Coming soon...
@@AutosportOfficial cant wait.
@@AutosportOfficial anything on the cosworth in the far background
the presenter looks like he just rolled out of bed. Not a good look.