Amazon documentary - Le mans

[Hdale85]

Just got done watching this documentary on Amazon Prime, it's an Amazon original and have to say it was quite good. It follows 6 or so different teams through the 2015 Le mans series all the way up to the end. Thought some of you motor sports fans might be interested in taking a peek.

[wkhanna]

the 2017 race finished today.
i got the whole thing on my dvr.....watched about 8 hour (skipping commercials) so far....


i may see if i can get that.....i do not have prime.....maybe i can buy it?

[bigburner]

the 2017 race finished today.

... and it was won by a couple of young Kiwis. New Zealand hasn't enjoyed such success at Le Mans since Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon won the race back in 1966.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/motorsport/93816569/kiwis-dylan-hartley-and-earl-bamber-win-24-hours-le-mans-race

Nigel.

[Hdale85]

the 2017 race finished today.
i got the whole thing on my dvr.....watched about 8 hour (skipping commercials) so far....


i may see if i can get that.....i do not have prime.....maybe i can buy it?

I imagine you can rent/buy it from Amazon as well...not sure though. Might be streaming only though I imagine you have a streaming device these days though.

[wkhanna]

... and it was won by a couple of young Kiwis. New Zealand hasn't enjoyed such success at Le Mans since Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon won the race back in 1966.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/motorsport/93816569/kiwis-dylan-hartley-and-earl-bamber-win-24-hours-le-mans-race

Nigel.

Bruce was my hero when i was a little kid.....
i remember in 1970, crying at the dinner table when it came on the news that he had died .....i was 12 yrso

[Alaric]

Bruce was my hero when i was a little kid.....
i remember in 1970, crying at the dinner table when it came on the news that he had died .....i was 12 yrso

I was quite a bit older than 12, but I had the same reaction upon hearing John Britten had died.

[wkhanna]

pure genius

[bigburner]

The Britten V1000 motorcycle is on display in our national museum Te Papa in Wellington. It was purchased in 1995 with funds from the NZ Lottery Grants Board.

John Britten lived in my city Christchurch, about a mile from my house. I never met John but I met his wife a few times. We were members of a city gym I attended in the 1990s.

Nigel.

pure genius