For those who are not used to listening to Le Mans, must be wondering what this is? But can’t talk about Ford GT without talking about Le Mans. Why this post will be clear to you at the end. So this is the Le Mans we call a Motorsport race, it’s been close to 100 years since this race started. The Le Mans competition is hosted on a race track near the city of Le Mans in France. Here the Southern Raceway is set up by closing the open road with a track built for racing and here is the full 24 hours or the car that runs most times over the day and the team that passes the finish line in order.
Competitors have to drive their car about 5000km. Here only 3 drivers are allowed to drive one vehicle and have to drive a full 24 hours with three drivers reducing stop time at a pit stop. The competition will be held in mid-June and the competition is on all day long so it has to be in a tough competition to minimize the dry weather conditions, rainfall disruptions and other disadvantages that can happen to the vehicle. This competition is under a huge amount of laws.
The primary objective of the Le Mans competition is to encourage companies and manufacturers to produce fuel efficiency,reliable cars that can run longer. So today we’re going to talk about the Ford GT was born with this game initially. It was the famous Ferrari company that dominated the Le Mans competition during the 1960s. Porsche and Alfa Romeo teams were also taking wins.
Mr. Henry Ford, founder of Ford Company, however, getting his team to the first place in this world famous tournament. But the Ford company didn’t have a lot of ability to manufacture vehicles for motor sport races.
So he is proposing to Mr Enzo Ferrari, CEO of Ferrari. Mr. Henry is leaving for Italy due to first liking the proposal. All documents are left out. There Mr. Ford’s proposal will be strongly rejected and the Ferrari company automobile as written in the contract.
Mr. Enzo rejected the sale of both divisions going to Motorsport. With the disgrace here Mr. Enzo in Kerry, coming to America empty handed over the idea that Ferrari will manufacture a Ford that can defeat.
There Mr. Henry is launching the project to build a Ferrari can defeatable car with the support of his best engineers and top people of his company. With the support of Lola and Aston Martin company, this new vehicle is being built and bringing the workshop to a London headquarters. After years of hard work they manufactured the Ford GT 40 and met each other with the Ferrari 275P at Le Mans Raceway in 1964 where the GT 40 didn’t get good response from European spectators. All hail the 275 P vehicle that claimed a huge amount of victory with an impressive finish. However in the first two rounds of the match all three Ford cars were out of the tournament while Ferrari is winning the tournament as usual.
Mr. Henry didn’t want to give up even after he saw all his dreams falling down before his eyes.
This time he supported Mr. Carol Shelby. He was very knowledgeable about Motorsport in America at that time, and also found various shortcomings in the GT40. Later a new GT40 with a new finish on the same vehicle to replace the GT40 which was very low in aerodynamics. Winning the Daytona 2000s, this new GT40 manages to bring hope to their team. Meanwhile Mr Enzo, who saw his opponent’s rise is working to bring the competition to a more sharp nature by building a new Ferrari.
The 330P and GT40 reunite at Le Mans in 1966, putting a sharp challenge to the Ferrari 330P. How long was the sharpness of the match, the demand for the two teams to rise up among the drivers.
However, two Ferrari crashed in the race and was left with a 330P and 3 Ford GT. The most crucial challenge of all three GTs from a Ferrari 330P staying in the first place in the last hour. But at the last minute a 330P tire explodes and the last Ferrari leaves the race. 23-hour Ford GT 3 car chasing Ford GT winning first 2nd and third places ending the 1966 Le Mans Tournament. From then to now, Ferrari and Ford will be shoulder to shoulder in the Le Mans tournament.
Ford vs Ferrari, a film that was originally produced the story, also says it’s upcoming screening.
Today this new Ford GT is called a 3.5l twin turbo charged car with 647bhp power. The vehicle is consisted of a carbon fiber body with an aluminium structure. So now you must have clear reason why this car was accepted as a legendary car in America today.