Grand Prix, Movie, 1966

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Also known as:

Голямата награда (Bulgaria)
A nagy verseny (Hungary)
Hahah Price (India)
Djayeze bozorg (Iran)
Guran Puri (Japan)
グラン・プリ (Japan)
Grande Prémio (Portugal)
Grand pri (Yugoslavia)
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1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport

1962 Alfa Romeo Giulia TI

1966 Alfa Romeo Spider 1600

1962 Austin A60 Cambridge

1962 Autobianchi Bianchina Quattroposti

Bedford J1 Ambulance

1957 Berliet GLB 5R

1959 Berliet TLR 10 M

1964 BRM P261

1966 BRM P261

Bugatti Type 50

1934 Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux

Chrysler Valiant

1962 Citroën 2CV AZL

1962 Citroën ID 19 Break

1966 Dino 206 S

1966 Ferrari 312

1965 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2

1966 Ferrari 330 GTC

1966 Ferrari 330 P3

1961 Fiat 1300

1965 Fiat 500 F

1963 Fiat 600 D

1964 Fiat 600 T

Fiat 642 N2

Fiat 682 RN2

1959 Fiat Campagnola AR 59

1963 Ford Consul Cortina MkI

1964 Gilera G50

1963 Hillman Minx Series V

1958 Lotus 16 [Type 16]

1966 Lotus 33

1958 Maserati 250F

Maserati 4CM

Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman [W100]

1963 Morris LD Ambulance

P&H

1963 Peugeot 404 Commerciale

1962 Renault Caravelle Coupé

1963 Renault Dauphine

Rolls-Royce Phantom II Hearse

1965 Shelby Cobra 427

1966 Shelby GT 350 H

1962 Simca Aronde P60 Montlhéry

1964 Triumph 2000 Mk1

unknown

1966 Volkswagen 1300 [Typ 1]

1961 Volkswagen Furgone T1 [Typ 2]

1966 Yamaha YM-1 305

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Raul1983 ◊ 2007-01-26 17:53	Grand Prix is now finally available in DVD quality
BeanBandit ◊ 2007-01-26 19:14	That is good news, being racing cars and James Garner fan.
John S ◊ 2007-05-17 00:19	Most of the GP cars in this film were made by (I think) Williams & Prichard using F2 chassis as a base. Excellent film though....
Alessandro58 ◊ 2010-05-02 16:00	I 've got the DVD and added now pictures of better quality and also some new vehicles. We should think also about an other distribution of of stars for the cars: as JohnS correctly says above, the cars driven by the actors are fake F1 cars. So they shoud get a **** star rating and the real F1 cars only * star. An example: Real F1 Ferrari: Fake F1 Ferrari: In a very short sceene, you can see on the left the real #17 F1 Ferrari during the Monaco GP, on right side the parc fermé of the film crew with all the fake F1 GP cars - among them the fake #17 Ferrari! -- Last edit: 2010-05-02 16:09:28
Alessandro58 ◊ 2010-05-02 18:06	Soon I will add the rest of the real F1 cars and all the fake F2 cars!
Gomselmash11 ◊ 2010-12-30 03:29	Sublime and impressive theme composed by Maurice Jarre (RIP) for this film, a lot excited. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXaq8CBWUz0
mgisbert ◊ 2011-05-15 23:46	The fake F2 cars ? :Honda RA272, dans le film c'est rare et bizarre le F1, qui pilote James Garner (Pete Aron).C'est possible ? savoir quel type F1 sort dans le film ?.Ritchie Ginther pilot officiel Honda pendant les années 1965-1966 Crédité dans le film, pilote lui ?.The real HONDA F1.1964-1965:V12 1.5 Lit.Transversal-RA 271. 1966 : V12 3 Litres RA272.Et 1967 RA273/RA300-Pilot John Surtees.La Honda dont disposait John Surtees pour le GP Monaco 1967 ètait dotée d'une nouvelle boîte à 5 vitesses, plus légére.Malgré cela, la Honda pesait encore 760 Kg.Puissance 380Cv. à 9.200 tr/mn.V 12 Longitudinal.Any Xassís Motor Neumàtics PILOTS 1964 Honda RA271 HondaRA271V12 D Ronnie Bucknum 1965 Honda RA272 HondaRA272EV12 G Richie Ginther Ronnie Bucknum 1966 Honda RA273 HondaRA273EV12 G Richie Ginther Ronnie Bucknum 1967 Honda RA273 HondaRA273EV12 F Honda RA300 John Surtees 1968 Honda RA300 HondaRA273EV12 F Honda RA301 HondaRA301EV12 John Surtees Honda RA302 HondaRA302EV8 G Jo Schlesser David Hobbs -- Last edit: 2011-05-15 23:56:52
Davidson ◊ 2012-02-07 16:01	Sorry to contradict 'mgisbert', but the car which Pete Aron (James Garner) drove in the film was not the Honda but was based on the new McLaren M2B http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_M2B Sadly, the new McLaren was unreliable (with the uncompetitive V8 Ford unit being replaced with a Serenissima unit), and most of the actual race scenes made use of other cars painted to represent the McLaren (white with a green stripe) including the Team Chamaco Collect BRM P261 of Bob Bondurant The scene pictured in this link shows Aron (Garner) in an F3 car mocked-up to look like the McLaren. Link to "badgergp.com" -- Last edit: 2012-02-07 16:04:09
macca ◊ 2012-03-15 12:03	Actually the 'Yamura' in the pic on that link is a Lotus-Climax 33 from 1965 in disguise - MGM had 3 of them, one faked as a Ferrari which is only seen in the garage/street scene before the French GP, and an un-modified one which is glimpsed during in-car shots at Monza. Garner was the only actor who drove a 'real' F1, though MGM also had a real BRM P261 that was driven by Ginther, Rindt or Phil Hill doubling for Stoddard. Most of the staged shots were indeed filmed using the Lotus 20-based fakes.
durango95 ◊ 2013-12-20 17:23	Just watched this the other day.. WHAT A FANTASTIC MONUMENT TO FILM MAKING AND RACE CAR DRIVING (they even used a GT-40 as the cameraman's car with the legendary Phil Hill driving it!.. and 5 years later when Le Mans was made with Steve McQueen they again used a GT-40 as the camera car)
AOLJU ◊ 2016-03-06 11:09	Where is the "Yamura"? It's not listed!
michail2003 ◊ 2017-05-11 10:01	Alessandro58 wrote Fake F1 Ferrari: Can someone reupload it
mike962 ◊ 2018-12-01 13:08	someopne should recap it in HD as Blu_Ray is out
CHAS8330 ◊ 2020-01-17 03:44	THE "HONDA" IN THE MOVIE GRAN PRIX WAS A LOTUS-20 FROM JIM RUSSELL RACE DRIVER SCHOOL. HE ALSO BUILT OTHERS OF THE FAKE CARS. I OWNED THE CAR AND RACED IT IN THE U.S. IN SCCA FORMULA "C". IT STILL HAD THE F-1 BODY, FAKE WHEELS, ETC. THE LAST I HEARD OF THE CAR IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN PA.
Gamer ◊ 2020-01-17 08:10	I don't get why people always think they need to scream this stuff instead of just normally saying it.
Baube ◊ 2020-01-17 08:22	well.. race cars are very noisy... I don't get why either.. good thing we're not a library...
dsl ◊ 2020-07-29 22:24	Apparently MGM used Ford GT40 chassis P/1027 as the camera car for location filming in Monaco; it may have been yellow.
Sunbar ◊ 2020-07-30 13:49	In glorious black and white, some references also mention Monza. White with a blue centre stripe is possible from a sales listing, although the centre stripe on the roof looks quite narrow in the photo. Probably painted white here. Ford GT40 ..."P/1027 was born as a 1965 production racing coupé and – upon completion in “Belgian Yellow” – was immediately shipped to Brussels for display at the 1966 Brussels Motor Show. It was then shipped back to Ford and repainted in white with a blue center strip when it was sold to the MGM Film Studio for use as one of the two film cars for John Frankenheimer’s film “Grand Prix” (the other film car was a Shelby Cobra), " https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/ford/gt-40/1965/558575 -- Last edit: 2020-07-30 13:58:48
chucknorrisfan ◊ 2022-08-07 15:26	New picture uploaded!
walter ◊ 2022-08-07 17:02	@chucknorrisfan: is that racecar really from that exact movie? How did all these users who uploaded pictures for this movie miss a 5 stars vehicle?
night cub ◊ 2022-08-11 23:07	walter wrote @chucknorrisfan: is that racecar really from that exact movie? How did all these users who uploaded pictures for this movie miss a 5 stars vehicle? Looks like most of the racecars were not entered. These are some of the other cars that were not listed that I found in clips of the movie: -- Last edit: 2022-08-11 23:09:56
993cc ◊ 2022-08-11 23:29	Keep in mind that this film had extensive footage cut from what was originally released in theatres and in the dvd's at least. Not sure about the blu-ray. I mean really extensive like whole races...
night cub ◊ 2022-08-11 23:49	That's good to know. Still there are only 3 cars listed from the races, I'm guessing many others were used/seen. This would be a good candidate for an update.
mike962 ◊ 2025-08-25 19:22	humungus one of few movies shot on Super Panavision 70 film so quality is very good and almost NO grain visible !! -- Last edit: 2025-08-25 19:25:59
humungus ◊ 2025-09-07 16:08	Grand Prix is two movies in one. One is a very exciting Formula 1 racing picture with spectacular photography looking breathtaking in amazing 70mm. No digital movie will ever look this good, and it's not even in Technicolor. The other movie, alas, is a complete and utter waste of said 70mm Cinerama as it focuses on the drivers' lives off track - which, you guessed it, is mostly impossibly tedious romantic drivel. The excitement of the racing footage can't make up for it, even if observing classic Formula 1 circuits like Monaco, Spa and Monza in completely unrecognizable shapes and forms adds to the fun. Observing the total lack of any and all safety measures around the circuits is nothing short of alarming, however. It looked more like a rally with Formula 1 (well, Formula 2...) cars rather than Formula 1 racing... Funny I should elect to watch this yesterday and work on it today, as I had no idea it ends with a race in Monza where an F1 race is taking place as I type. Anyway, upgraded to HD, corrected a few boneheaded ratings, and added a missing ambulance. Speaking of ratings, I honestly don't know what to do here: /vehicle_3695-BRM-P261-1964.html https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_3695-BRM-P261-1964.html /vehicle_1689843-BRM-P261-1966.html If this is actual race footage as suggested by the comments, then they can't possibly be vehicles as they are obviously not driven by movie characters and are also not shown for a particularly long time. The cars driven by the movie characters look decidedly different (Ferraris in particular), and they also seem to change from race to race. Yves Montand / J.P. Sarti's #17 in Monaco looks quite different from John Surtees' #17 that is listed (also in Monaco): Yves Montand / J.P. Sarti in #6 before and during a promotional stunt somewhere, possibly France (front end looks different from Surtees' #17): supposedly same #6 racing at the French Grand Prix (thumbs #1 and #2) and Spa (thumb #3): Yves Montand / J.P. Sarti retires in #4 in Zandvoort: Yves Montand / J.P. Sarti in a different #17 at Brands Hatch: Yves Montand / J.P. Sarti stalls on the grid in #4 in Monza: Antonio Sabato / Nino Barlini in #7 Ferrari in Spa: Antonio Sabato / Nino Barlini in #18 Ferrari at Brands Hatch: Antonio Sabato / Nino Barlini in #2 Ferrari in Monza: James Garner's #11 BRM in Monaco is different from the listed Jackie Stewart's #12 (also in Monaco; note that Garner was too tall to fit in the actual F1 car): James Garner in #24 "Yamura" in Spa: James Garner in #32 "Yamura" in Zandvoort: James Garner in #14 "Yamura" at Brands Hatch: James Garner doing his own stunt (gone wrong... see thumb #2) at Brands Hatch: James Garner banking in #32 in Monza: character Scott Stoddard's #12 BRM in Monaco (with a stunt driver who may or may not be Jackie Stewart as actor Brian Bedford couldn't drive) following James Garner in #11 and looking different than the listed #12: Brian Bedford / Scott Stoddard passing out in #4 BRM at Brands Hatch: Scott Stoddard ready to launch and banking in #28 in Monza: racemobile #8 in Monaco: racemobiles in Spa: racemobile #2 in Zandvoort: racemobiles at Brands Hatch: bonus miniatures in Monaco: > bonus Ferrari van in Spa: bonus Françoise Hardy, er, BP van/truck in Monza: bonus Agip weirdness and bonus bonus convertiblah in front of it in Monza: bonus scooters: > bonus menagerie in Monza: bonus painting, model, and photo:
mike962 ◊ 2025-09-07 16:13	^ this movie is remarkable on technical level as it did away with rear screen projection and camera undercranking you should check out Steve McQueen's Le Mans too /movie_67334-Le-Mans.html -- Last edit: 2025-09-07 16:13:17
humungus ◊ 2025-09-07 16:37	mike962 wrote ^ this movie is remarkable on technical level as it did away with rear screen projection and camera undercrankingl Yes, that's why the race footage is incredible and it's a shame the linking story is such tedium. mike962 wrote you should check out Steve McQueen's Le Mans too /movie_67334-Le-Mans.html It's on my to-see list. McQueen was apparently John Frankenheimer's first choice for Grand Prix, but he then felt McQueen would behave too much like a star, so he went with team player James Garner instead. McQueen apparently refused to speak with Garner for years as a result (they were neighbors, too) and signed on for a similar movie of his own to be filmed at the same time (which had an exclusive contract with Nurburgring, hence no footage from it in this movie), but delays on another movie he was making prevented him from taking part in any filming for the racing movie, which was then canceled as a result.
mike962 ◊ 2025-09-09 16:19	humungus wrote team player James Garner instead. McQueen. James Garner became involved in real racing after this movie see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdiqOEZpR0Y
humungus ◊ 2025-09-09 17:04	^ IMDb suggests fellow racing enthusiast Paul Newman was also considered for the part. Incidentally, that "AGIP weirdness" in my comment appears to be this Fiat:
mike962 ◊ 2025-09-09 18:16	^ Paul Newman did achieve for real what his rival McQueen achieved in movie only he finished 2nd overall at the 1979 Le Mans -- Last edit: 2025-09-09 18:28:36
humungus ◊ 2025-09-09 20:11

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Grand Prix, Movie, 1966

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