Running Late

[MOTIV8]

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.

Watch it here

[Doctor Sodways]

My mate has that DVD, an awesome feat for that peroid of time, i couldnt get over it when the ferrari mounted the kerb to get around the bus i think it was, definatly a good watch

[MOTIV8]

1978 or in 2006 I reckon it was and still is a great piece of driving and as impressive now as it was back then.

[Pretender]

Interesting, very foolish but good driving.
I love the way he picks a line but loses the tail so takes another direction a few times in the film. Looks like he collected a few birds as well.
Should have had the microphone mounted at the back for a better sound.
I wonder if they actually charged him.

[BigDaz]

crazy shit, like those 'getaway in stockholm' vids, they go good

[xlr8_87]

yep, the video that inspired getaway in stockholm
its got a name (this one) but i forget it, some good driving, but faster cars in getaway in stockholm(s)

[Doctor Sodways]

Anyone seen ghost rider, that guy is a farken nut, similar to getaway in stockholm, but on bikes, 3 or so movies, heaps of footage, better than getaway in stokholm

[giannetto]

is that the guy who runs from cops and shit?

[MOTIV8]

I like the video of Ari Vatanen in a peugot climbing Pikes Peak.

[Troy711]

Anyone seen ghost rider, that guy is a farken nut, similar to getaway in stockholm, but on bikes, 3 or so movies, heaps of footage, better than getaway in stokholm

ghost rider is a nutcase. we have one of his videos where he goes from stockholm to uppsala in just under 15 minutes doing an AVERAGE ot 270Km/h!

[MrFeelgood]

That was nuts, getaway from stockholm are ok but i'd say for the age of that footage they should be employing that film maker for the stockholm movies.

[jack.mc]

ghost rider is crazy - popping wheelstands at 300km/h and stuff. I love when he finds a cop car, does a massive burnout in front of them, and speeds away. I wonder if he's still alive? Getaway in stockholm is an awesome watch...

[Troy711]

i heard he is dead. killed in an aeroplane crash

[Doctor Sodways]

Gotta love the clips in the ghostrider movies where he toys with the volvo cop cars, take off flat chat on the back wheel, and then slow down and wait for them, and do it again, or the clips of the turbo hyabusa, that thing is mental

[TheForgotten]

man that driver's nuts. and good

[vn88calais]

does n e body know where i can get a clip of this? pls pm me...thanx Todd

[DavoTheGreat]

One of my favourite bits of the ghostrider series is the recent one where he dresses up as a cop on a K5 GSXR and chases other bikes and that M3 coupe... they were sh**ing themselves!

[Doctor Sodways]

I havnt seen those clips, need to get the new one now

[Bax]

Awesome. *gibberish to fill in space*

[BOV]

I swear he nearly hit 100s of piggeons ... the chick in the end was cute...

And yeah good vid... if he did that now in Australia hed be locked up i think lol

[maxy0987]

he'd be dead because he'd hit a pothole and launch himself into a tree or something

*grumbles about road quality*

[Bax]

And the government would replace his body with that of a <25 year old and use it to strengthen their anti hoon campaign.

[VS Omega]

Great video, thanks for sharing!