The age of innocence in the history of motorsport

Eddie 2021-10-20 17:23:34

It will be screened in Germany on November 13, with classic Hollywood plots and real racing history re-enactments.

-Although the name is Ford vs. Ferrari, Ford/Ferrari/Shelby are all supporting roles, and the protagonist is actually Ken Miles. The protagonist is actually Jim Caviezel. Li Si of "Tracking"-a senior agent who specializes in killing and kicking is nearly middle-aged, panting and scrambled together regardless of class...

-Story background: Ford chose to start with racing and rejuvenated the brand in the post-war baby boom. Ford II wanted to acquire Ferrari, but was finally released by the Italians. I decided to give the Italians some color.

-The GT40 prototype came from Lola. The initial integration was unsuccessful. The problems focused on aerodynamics, cooling, Colotti gearboxes and Pirelli tires. The latter two were directly used from Ferrari, and the results did not match the high torque characteristics of the American engine. It ran in 1964. It's a mess, the original team is out, and Shelby takes over. The movie only confesses that the prototype car comes from the UK

-After Shelby took over, she basically redesigned the whole car and replaced it with a 7-liter nascar engine. Therefore, Ford and Ferrari are competing between two completely different design concepts: large displacement, low speed and high torque vs. small displacement. High speed and low torque. In the era when there was no sequential gearbox, the former reduced the number of shifts while also reducing the probability of making mistakes.

-By 1966, the patience of the second generation ancestor had reached its limit, and he ordered to win the championship: personally come to wave the flag, compete in a crowd of 13 cars (in the end only 3 cars, but the top 3), the cars are distributed to multiple teams Competing with each other, the second generation ancestor also told Shelby that he had made a brand and wrote "Ford won Le Mans in 1966"

-Ken Miles could have been the first and only person in history to win Sebring/Daytona/Le Mans at the same time. But Ford asked three cars to cross the line at the same time and was forced to slow down. ACO explained that the McLaren car set started late. , The longest total mileage to win the championship, but the photo shows that black #2 is already in front of #1 when crossing the line. The specific reasons are different. The plot arranges a villain

-Ken Miles was killed in a 200mph accident while testing the GT40 MKIV prototype. The movie conforms to historical facts. Maybe it is an option to make a happy ending like Quentin’s "Hollywood", but only Quentin dares to shoot like this.

-Ken Miles, the representative of the American spirit in the film, is actually British with a Birmingham accent. This is really MAGA...

-The symbol of the American spirit in the film. Ford's first Le Mans championship race car (GT40) was developed by the British (Lola), and the last Le Mans championship race car was also developed by the British (multimatic), which is also very MAGA... .

-Ford GT40 ended Ferrari's 6 consecutive championships with 4 consecutive Le Mans titles. To this day, Ferrari has never won a full Le Mans championship, and even the 333SP in the 90s that is booming at Le Mans seems to be cursed at Le Mans.

-Can this film be made by black Italians in Italy?

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Extended Reading
  • Miles 2021-10-20 19:01:50

    It was a surprise at all. It's not a brainless enthusiasm at all, and more discussed the pressures imposed by the bureaucracy in Ford on the real level. Although VS Ferrari, the small details are filled with respect for Ferrari's racing spirit. Bell's interpretation perfectly shows what it is like to fall into the enthusiasm for the profession. It’s just that the internal struggles in the early stage of the company wiped out the confrontational feeling of Le Mans, the final episode of Matt Damon. The ending of Matt Damon was also a bit light and flamboyant, and the overall character did not come out.

Ford v Ferrari quotes

  • [Henry Ford II enters the assembly plant]

    Henry Ford II: Shut it down, Mr. Beebe.

    [Beebe turns around and faces the head engineer]

    Leo Beebe: John.

    [head engineer nods and shuts down the assembly line]

    Henry Ford II: Hear that? That's the sound of the Ford Motor Company out of business.

    [Henry II walks around]

    Henry Ford II: IN 1899, my grandfather, Henry 'By God' Ford, was walking home from Edison Illumination after working a double shift. He was ruminating. That morning, he had himself an idea that changed the world. Sixty-five years, and 47 million automobiles later, what shall be his legacy? Getting it in the tail pipe from a Chevy Impala.

    [workers chuckle]

    Henry Ford II: Here's what I want you to do. Walk home.

    [workers go silent]

    Henry Ford II: While you're walking, I want you to ruminate. Man comes to my office with an idea, that man keeps his job. Rest of you, second-best losers... stay home. You don't belong at Ford.

  • [Miles works on his Shelby Cobra while an SCCA Official loads a fuel cell in the trunk and is unable to shut the trunk lid]

    Ken Miles: You all right?

    SCCA Official: Paragraph 15.4, section 2b of the SCCA standard dictates all AF cars must have minimum trunk space of 20 inches by 12 inches by six inches. Your trunk doesn't close. Ergo car fails standard.

    Ken Miles: Wait, wait, wait. What?

    SCCA Official: Ergo car is disqualified from said Class A competition.

    Ken Miles: Hold on a second. No, no, no. Look, look, look. Can I ask you a question, all right? When you were a little boy, did you think, 'When I grow up, I want to go to the fabled Willow Springs Raceway, and I want to enforce paragraph 15.4, section 2b of the SCCA regulations on luggage capacity'? Did you?

    SCCA Official: All right, that's it. I'm ruling you and your team disqualified from this race.

    [SCCA official places a sticker on the hood]