Ferrari racing through the streets of Paris
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04-14-2006 | 11:48 AM
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Ferrari racing through the streets of Paris
On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a DVD release a few years ago.
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a DVD release a few years ago.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2851488008488190547
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04-14-2006 | 01:56 PM
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04-14-2006 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Gilley
So true. can you imagine doing that in a Renault?
I had a renault, ok I am out of the closet now I was young in the Navy and was into experimenting, so any way that thing was the biggest heap of bathroom fondue I have ever seen. Oh Jaque what did you do. ewwwww!
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04-14-2006 | 09:16 PM
Woa. I'll be in Paris in about 3 weeks. Just need to get a good enough camera, and I'll ride like a demon.. oh.. and yeah, need to find a Ferrari too.. 
I just googled it, seems like the driver was Jacques Lafitte - thought initially might be Alain Prost - but seems like he was too young - only started F1 in 1980.
I just googled it, seems like the driver was Jacques Lafitte - thought initially might be Alain Prost - but seems like he was too young - only started F1 in 1980.