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[–] 10 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I love the '66 movie Grand Prix, but the last race was so unrealistic... Jean Pierre Sarti stalls at the start and falls way behind. Then he roars off and passes motherfuckers like they are standing still! Runs all the way up to the lead pack... then, well... let's just say he didn't win. If his car was that much faster than everyone else's, how the fuck didn't he win every race? Still love the movie tho.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    That kind of thing happens all the time in real life. Last weekend, Max Verstappen started in 19th and finished 2nd. About a month ago in Monza, Kimi Antonelli went from 19th to 1st. Grand Prix was also based on a true story.

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  • [–] 2 points 18 hours ago

    That's over the course of a 2 hour race, when the difference in speed between the fastest and slowest car is about 1-2 seconds per lap on a 3 minute lap.

    Nobody passes another car like they're standing still. But, often a better car can brake just a bit harder and get better position on a corner. Or it can go just a bit faster on the straight and be half a car-length ahead at the end of the straight.

    The way these things are depicted in movies is more like the races you sometimes see where it's a pro racing driver vs 100 amateurs.

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  • [–] 1 point 21 hours ago

    I'm referring more to the way it was depicted in the film. He just ripped by everybody, even on the straights. IRL, coming up from the rear is a long battle. Also, I'm pretty sure the plot of the movie was entirely fictional.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    To underscore @ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip and @ohulancutash@feddit.uk's points, the come-from-behind aspect of seriously awesome driver is not to be underestimated.

    For example, there was some recent competition (Mythbusters? Can't find it in my history right now). In the competition, Hamilton (Verstappen? One of those badasses) was in a racing kart, all weighted to come up equally. The F1 driver was at the absolute rear of the grid, yet managed to beat everyone far under all analysts guesses.

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