On-board with Alexander Rossi in the Lotus 49 at COTA | Road & Track
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- Onboard with Alexander Rossi as he drives Jim Clark's 1967 Lotus 49 Formula 1 car at the Circuit of the Americas for the May 2013 issue of Road & Track.
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No music, no blabber. Thank you.
The only music heard is the sweet, sweet symphony of that legendary Ford-Cosworth DFV engine. What a beautiful sound!
Mind boggling fact: This was his first drive in a race car with an H pattern gearbox. Kids these days!
And they turn him loose with a priceless car? SMH. You could tell
A real man can take one hand off the wheel to shift! These kids nowadays have to have little paddle paddles to help them, so they don't get scared!
@@TheRealThomasPaine1776 yknow, or paddles are safer and faster
It shows. He has no idea how to rev match does he?
@@TheRealThomasPaine1776 Stop fronting please
There is nothing like the sound of a Cosworth at full throttle!
mjones1958 1968...what a year for Ford, F1 Constructor's/Driver's Titles with this Lotus and the 24 Hours of LeMans win with the GT40. One of my favorite eras in Motorsport was the late 60s.
@Flame Resistant Troll and even more impactful, Lemans with Steve McQueen
Especially when it's a Ford-Cosworth DFV
Great video, with several laps of this great track. I feel sorry for what the poor gearbox loudly suffered in the process, though.
wow, i had no idea the steering ratio was so high. I guess i'm too used to watching modern F1 cars. Nice to see these old machines in action
the tracks were wayyy longer, which is why
IMO, Jim Clark's drive @ Monza '67 is one of the greatest in F1 history. After that tire puncture setback, he did what seemed impossible: unlapped the entire field (without the help of cautions) & then retook the lead with 7 laps to go. Unfortunately, with just 3 miles left, his Lotus appeared to be running out of fuel (later found to be a fuel pump failure) & the best Clark could do at the end was coast over the finish line in third.
Even at 8/10ths, on an incredibly smooth modern circuit, this looks like such a handful. I couldn't imagine pushing one of these at 11/10ths around a bumpy backroad of a track they used to drive these on. Terrifying, but also exhilarating. If given the opportunity to drive a Formula car from any era, it would definitely be this one
He doesn't even rev-match on the downshifts. Jim Clark must be hitting 12,000 RPM in the grave. GRAUNNCCHH!
I would have been. And after 1:53 he was heavily distracted and hesitating while breaking into downshifts. Good lord that's a touchy transmission. That Cosworth V8 is a thing of aural beauty though. It sounds similar to my old F20 engine S2000, which was only a I-4.
Scott deLong these young drivers can only drive paddle shift and probably have never done heel and toeing in their life.... it’s painful to watch surch a beauty so badly driven
Probably no room in there to heel toe?
@@ancientheart2532 if there's room for your feet and legs to touch any of the pedals, there's room to heel n toe. at worst you'd hit the right side panel with your right foot once in a while.
Was thinking the same. Todays drivers have it too easy
grand prix legends.. playing this game since I was 5 (20 now), first good onboard vid i've seen in my life, best day ever
This just demonstrates that helmet cameras should be featured in ALL race series, from cars to bikes, and everything in between.
Fantastic video and thanks to all involved for making it happen.
What a great intake sound from that sweet motor.
The condition of the cogs in the transmission, and the condition of the clutch being unknowns of course, it still appears that Mr. Rossi could use some practice at gearchanges, both up and down through the four-speed. Today's racers are too accustomed to either bump-shifting sequential boxes, or transmissions with electronic/paddle actuated shifters. The joy of matchig revs and keeping a session free from crunch-shifts is becoming a lost art.
many thanks road & trrack for allowing me to live this !! It is the dream of my life
Nacho, un sueño cumplido. Esto es alegría, también, para los que te queremos bien. Uno de mis sueños, no solo volar, volar pero estar al menos un rato en la cabina del piloto y ver cómo se "maneja" un avión.
After watching this amazing video I have an even greater respect and appreciation of the understated talent of Jim Clark. A true legend ! Thanks for this!
That looks so fun. Love the sound of that old car too. And congratulations Rossi for winning the 100th Indianapolis 500!!
That car is practically a holy relic due to its history, design, and connection with Clark. Great to see. I won't comment on the drive other than to say the car was obviously more than a match for the driver on this video. Makes me wonder if it was set up for Clark, and a mortal tried driving it.
great comment!
Thank you very much R&T for not ruining this video with background music. Well done and it fits perfectly with your new image.
Pure motorsport. Pure race car.
I clicked on this for the sounds.... thank you and your amazing car.
Great stuff, the steering input is awesome to watch...
First onboard of a classic car I see being driven nowadays at a real pace. Thaks a lot
Now that is proper grandprix racing and in a legendary car too!! Awesome! Thanks for sharing..
Great to see such a legendary car put through its paces with a modern camera
Beautiful car. Nice driving. Excellent job with over and under steer correction.👍
Thank you, R&T!
Best video you have EVER produced. No idiot yakking, no dumbassed music just a symphony of Cosworth, wind and tires.
Make all you videos like this please.
I just read the article about this event and you were right. The Lotus 49 uses a dog leg shift-pattern, which I wasn't aware of because I got to know the car in GPL where it has the shift-pattern of every standard road car. Rossi only used 2nd to 5th in this video, because of the very "short" gear ratio.
More videos like this please!!!!! This is awesome stuff
Can't get enough of this video
Beautiful, what a machine. Pure driving.
Awesome stuff. Would like to see more of this kind of thing.
sick video! thanks for upload!
props. serious balls to drive a legendary car with no downforce that fast around COTA.
Is the art of heel and toeing already lost ? Great lines on the track but poor old transmission 😣 real shame as this is what makes driving these vintage cars such a memorable experience.
Agree, you can see the car sliding about due to the lack of rev matching during the braking. You'd expect a professional racing driver to be able to heel and toe.
I'm surprised they'd let anyone drive the car without asking first if they know how to drive a stick shift and rev match, or they just assumed since he's a pro he can do it..
I love keyboard racers
@@groggysword33 no keyboard racing here … if you had driven / raced manual gearbox race cars you would certainly agree and cringe every time you hear the transmission crack, so i guess you haven’t. And by the way this wasn’t a criticism of the driver, just a shame that this is becoming a thing of the past
Great video - thanks R&T!
What a treat for Rossi to have driven that classic Lotus... truly a legend of not only its own time, but of automotive excellence.
fantastic driving of this very difficult car !
A very Wild car...
A truly pure blood.
It's not wild at all if you treat it well...
+felpel102 Too true. Half of this video looks like he's absolutely struggling with it. As Jackie Stewart said, you want to be smooth, caress the car into doing what it is you want it to do. Jim Clark famously used this car to prove it time and time again, but the era was different and the circuits were different, and perhaps they were just better suited for each other.
Great, great view, great car, great lid cam
we have a Big Piece of History here, well done
I loved this video! This is exactly what the purist/lover of cars, like!
The only thing missing for it to be perfect it's for it to be High quality High definition 1080p!
Loved it!
Bring up some more! :D
Great video with no mindless music or commentary. Serious understeer and probably called for a different technique back in the days before aerodynamics. Looking at period onboard footage, Jim Clarks hands on the steering were motionless by comparison.
What a handful! Beautiful
This man should not be wrestling with this beautiful car. Has he never seen film of Jim Clark driving? Everything was in balance with Clark, he let the car run and just influenced the steering here and there. The best ever.
Fast car but a very twitchy and unreliable machine. Unfair to compare anyone with Clark except maybe Fangio, Schumacher and perhaps Senna.
You are obviously ignorant, drunk , or a woman ......
This is the pos that killed Clark;
it ran off the road at 150mph , into the trees .....
@@diamonddog257 in an F3 race
diamonddog257 F2
@@patricklemire9278 tragedy
That actually got my adrenaline pumping! Well done old sport
this is FANTASTIC
my favorite car of all time!
Nice, you can see him starting to almost get the hang of 4-wheel drifting on some corners on the final lap. Must be awesome to get the chance to drive such an impressive piece of machinery. Also weird to see the 49 driven on a new track, being that twitchy I guess it would feel right at home on the wider tracks of today that leave much more room for error.
Love this video!
In all fairness to Mr. Rossi, the Lotus 49 was one of the most difficult F1 cars to control, as stated by Clark himself, and it seems clear that they started filming the moment Rossi sat in it with no time at all to get used to the set-up and gear box. The genius of Clark shown when you recall that he did no testing at all in the new 49 prior to showing up to qualify at Zandvoort in 1967 at the car's debut. Of course, being Clark he won the race and had fastest lap.
the car is reaaly very difficult to handle, the driver must countersteer all the time. I wounder how the guys at that time managed to drive this way up to 2 hours. That's why you cannot answer the question who is the best driver of all times. You cannot compare Jim Clark with Lewis Hamilton. The premises are totally different.
That noise is EPIC
He has a little trouble with the corners downshifting then upshifting. It's a little different having to reach for the shifter rather and the wheel paddles.
Amazing, awesome!
I drive this car in the Assetto Corsa sim.
1:53 ouch that grind
Heel and toe, dude!
That was a great effort for someone I assume has driven quite different types of cars to that previously. Yes I am a GPLer too and his main weakness was simply only having a few laps in the car. His entries got much better as he went along and these cars need longer than this clip to build some heat in the tyres so they don't skate around under brakes. The upshifts were a bit harsh, getting them smooth is difficult on the simulator let alone the real thing. Well done loved it :-)
My favorite car in Assetto Corsa
This makes me feel much better about the occasional missed shift in the Cortina!
really really cool video. nice driving -especially on the quickest last (third) lap-. I like hearing the that solid gearbox scream a bit at gearchange/downshift sometimes (when clutch does not apply 100% at some moments) :).
I'd love to see that too, regardless of the circuit, would be spectacular images.
I can't believe some of these people think that playing a video game makes them a car expert
And I've seen at least 200 of them who were the incarnations of Jim Clark. No, wait, they were a lot better than Clark!
You know GT Academy is a thing right?
@Chase Wheeler
It's not like we have realistic simulators these days ...
That looks fun to drive!
Amazing!
agreed. I've been trying to get my gopro on the car for 2 years and either our mechanic or the officials have prevented me from sorting it out, so it is still way cool to see what it looks/sounds like in car.
what an epic lapping! this guy is so brave! i would be able to drive a car like him :D
The sound...the sound!!!
WOW great driving.
Workin that wheel! True racing requires talent not seen today. Cosworth!
funny cars and amazing driving!! thank for vidéo
One of the most beautiful cars in automotive history IMO, classic Lotus livery and all.
Just wish they put a little more effort in the video and maybe included some on- board telemetry with accel/decell and G meter stats.
I like how people think it's possible to get in a car designed for another time, another era and for a different style of driver and be as quick as they were, with no set up or running time. Rossi might not be sliding it like Clark or Hill but he's doing a damn sight better than I could ever hope to.
Glorious.
Great track. Now, imagine someone who knows the car going around. Very nice video.
No doubt in my mind the most beautiful racing car ever. Can you imagine driving this around Spa or Nurburgring with an early Cosworth engine when the power would come in abrubtly ?
Fair play to Rossi he's giving it some
Huge respect for anyone who can drive a '67 Formula 1 car.
Nice video.
Of course! See the link included above for the story. It looks great in print too. Just sayin'!
Great video, but is it understeering a hell of a lot or is he just being easy on the gas pedal? Cant see him balancing the car at all in the bends except after hard braking. Anyone got any input on this?
I want more!
this car breaks my heart.
Bellissimo! Grazie.
That make one hell of a nice noise!
Sure brings back the Grand Prix Legends for the PC memories!
Whoa! Twitchy! Music when the cosworth comes on the cam...
diocane il tacco punta !! come si fa a stuprare un' opera d' arte in questa maniera ??
You can tell paddle shifters have taken the finesse out of his left foot as he breaks the rear end loose on downshifts at high speed. Same for breaking traction on upshifts. Maybe the tires were a bit dry. I bet it taught him the true measure of vintage racing: Man over Machine. No computers.
I noticed it as well. You can even see the steering wheel shake when he wheel hops under braking at the end of the back straight. Rev-matching downshifts - not a skill he ever had to learn on his way to F1.
he is at circuit of the Americas
really nice
The Type 49 is synonym with JIM CLARK - By far the greatest driver ever - no doubt. He is and was the Best of the Best. No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark.
This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just four examples of his mesmeric unique genius...
who does the car belong to? and whats it doing in the US?
Wow this video is a testament to the benefits of downforce and just how squirrely a car is when it has none
Mostly tires and suspension
@Dan N lol! real racing guy here
Looks really fast in the long straight !
Wow, that thing understeers bad then oversteers out of the apex. Rossi is driving it great.Those guys had balls of steel to drive those cars, especially when there weren't things as helmets or seatbelts those days.
All kinds of understeer, all kinds of awesome too!
i cannot tell, maybe it is the camera angle n such, but is the lotus under steering like crazy? sure looks like it
thank you mister engineer
where are all the boxes for spectators that were there for F1 2012?
Completely agree on your statement. I was surprised at first that it was Rossi driving.. Does he even know who Jim Clark was?! And all the shifting was horrible to listen to. I was like: "Please please.. Be gentle. It's not a modern F1 car who you can torture like this.."
The only positive in this video is the actual enginesound when reving it up. And of course to see such a historical car again..
Awesome!
At the start of the video you can see him put the gear lever left and upwards. I guess he didn't pull away in 2nd gear, right? Logically 4th would be straight down from Neutral so I can't see why they would put 5th down too. Or do you mean the pattern was completely different back then? Because I thought this car is kept in shape with original parts.