Video: Legendary Drivers, Legendary Track, Legendary Car!

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

This vintage film from the mid 1960’s brings absolute legends together: 1939 Grand Prix Champion Hermann Lang drives the 1937 Mercedes-Benz W125 Grand Prix car at the Nurburgring while 1962 Sports Car Champion Graham Hill narrates. Powered by a supercharged 5.7 liter inline-8 producing over 640hp, the W125 was the world’s most powerful car by far in 1937, and would not be surpassed for decades until the arrival of Can Am cars in the 1960’s. It was not until the 1980’s that Formula 1 cars reached this level of power again!
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