SPARCO MARTINIHERI TAGE
COLLECTION
PricesTBC
sparco-official.comUnleash your inner CarlosReutemann,
Gerard Larrousse,Vic Elford – or,
for younger readers,perhaps your
innerValtteri Bottas orFelipe Massa- withthis new product range,the
result of a collaboration between
kit manufacturer Sparco and Martini
Racing.Based on established Sparco
products (theReplica Raci ng suit,
the Air Pro RJ-5i and RF-5Whelmets,
the Pro 2000 QRT and R100 seats,
and theIcon office chair) these items
that could bringone of motor racing’s
most evocative liveriesto your
cock pit – or, indeed, your living room.
LE MANS‘66
Price£9.99 (DVD)
£14.99(Blu-Ray)
£24.99(4K);
Streaming pricesvary
fox.co.ukSlickly mountedby Academy
Award-nominated director
James Mangold,Le Mans‘66- known asFordvs Ferrariin
overseas markets– offersa
lightlyfi ctionalised take on
the real-life 1960s grudge
matchbetweenFord and
Ferrari. Humiliated aftera
proposedacquisition of
Ferrari fell through, Blue Oval
executives went all-inon a
race programmeto cut the
Prancing Horsedown to size.
When the initial project came
up short, gritty sportscar
driverand tuner Carroll Shelby
(played here with relishby
Matt Damon)was
brought into
turn itaround,
aidedby prickly British ace
Ken Miles(ChristianBale, on
typicallyexcellentform).
Le Mans ‘66picked upfour
Oscar nominationsincluding
Best Picture. In that category
it lostout to the all-conquering
Parasitebut it didpick upBest
Film Editing and Best Sound
Editing, makingit thefi rst
fi lm based on motorracing
to win at thislevel since
John Frankeheimer’s seminal
GrandPrixin 1967.
As ever with suchfi lms,
purists and rivet-counterswill
bridle at the liberties taken
with history and the laws
of physics (ie the well-worn
Hollywood trope of changing
downa gear to overtake while,
er, running at top speed).
Everyone else willenjoy a
well-craftedsports/buddy
moviethat zips along with
vim andvigour whilea fi ne
cast makesthe most of the
sparkling dialogue.GP RACING APRIL 2020 105
SPARCO MARTINIHERI TAGE
COLLECTION
PricesTBC
sparco-official.comUnleash your inner CarlosReutemann,
Gerard Larrousse,Vic Elford – or,
for younger readers,perhaps your
innerValtteri Bottas orFelipe Massa
- withthis new product range,the
result of a collaboration between
kit manufacturer Sparco and Martini
Racing.Based on established Sparco
products (theReplica Raci ng suit,
the Air Pro RJ-5i and RF-5Whelmets,
the Pro 2000 QRT and R100 seats,
and theIcon office chair) these items
that could bringone of motor racing’s
most evocative liveriesto your
cock pit – or, indeed, your living room.
LE MANS‘66
Price£9.99 (DVD)
£14.99(Blu-Ray)
£24.99(4K);
Streaming pricesvary
fox.co.ukSlickly mountedby Academy
Award-nominated director
James Mangold,Le Mans‘66- known asFordvs Ferrariin
overseas markets– offersa
lightlyfi ctionalised take on
the real-life 1960s grudge
matchbetweenFord and
Ferrari. Humiliated aftera
proposedacquisition of
Ferrari fell through, Blue Oval
executives went all-inon a
race programmeto cut the
Prancing Horsedown to size.
When the initial project came
up short, gritty sportscar
driverand tuner Carroll Shelby
(played here with relishby
Matt Damon)was
brought into
turn itaround,
aidedby prickly British ace
Ken Miles(ChristianBale, on
typicallyexcellentform).
Le Mans ‘66picked upfour
Oscar nominationsincluding
Best Picture. In that category
it lostout to the all-conquering
Parasitebut it didpick upBest
Film Editing and Best Sound
Editing, makingit thefi rst
fi lm based on motorracing
to win at thislevel since
John Frankeheimer’s seminal
GrandPrixin 1967.
As ever with suchfi lms,
purists and rivet-counterswill
bridle at the liberties taken
with history and the laws
of physics (ie the well-worn
Hollywood trope of changing
downa gear to overtake while,
er, running at top speed).
Everyone else willenjoy a
well-craftedsports/buddy
moviethat zips along with
vim andvigour whilea fi ne
cast makesthe most of the
sparkling dialogue.