France's forgotten racetracks. A Quattroporte roadtrip.

[tdk]

Some may know I occasionally make films about historic motoring stuff. I've long been fascinated by abandoned or forgotten racetracks and was lucky enough, last year, to make 3 little films about 3 of my favourite circuits in France as part of a roadtrip. I also managed to blag keys for a new Quattroporte. I'm quite good at blagging. 

I do this for fun, so if you're expecting Clarkson, it might not be for you. Anyway, here's the first film;



Feedback, good and bad, most welcome.

[andrewbaran]

Nice! When can we expect the other two? Enjoyed watching, thanks for sharing!

[Sinky]

Very good as Usual.Thanks guys.

The sound of that Maserati !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Clement]

Oooooh yes! I'd been waiting for it

I'll be watching this immediately!! When I lived in Clermont-Fd I just loved driving up there in the mountains on my own, no Maser back then though.

[georgeb]

Good stuff.

I always think your vids should end with a cold beer though, like the MG one. It just makes a nice full stop!

[randywanger_]

Loved that, looking forward to the next one. Already planning a similar trip muself.

[tdk]

Feb 26, 2016 22:34:38 GMT georgeb said:

Good stuff.

I always think your vids should end with a cold beer though, like the MG one. It just makes a nice full stop!

This one originally did! We did an interview in a bar, over a beer, with  local man Bibendum (the Michelin man). It was really funny but it didn't make the final edit as it was a bit too daft.

The last of the three films ends up in a champagne house. I think you'll like that bit

[tdk]

Feb 26, 2016 15:07:05 GMT andrewbaran said:

Nice! When can we expect the other two? Enjoyed watching, thanks for sharing!

Thanks! The others are finished but I'm not sure about the release dates. I'll update this thread with them.

[tdk]

Feb 26, 2016 16:43:38 GMT Sinky said:

Very good as Usual.Thanks guys.

The sound of that Maserati !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks. We did drive in first with the windows down quite a lot. Just because.

BTW - Your username is the same as my Dad's nickname (from when he once didn't make the toilet in time!)

[tdk]

Feb 26, 2016 20:20:50 GMT Clement said:

Oooooh yes! I'd been waiting for it

I'll be watching this immediately!! When I lived in Clermont-Fd I just loved driving up there in the mountains on my own, no Maser back then though.

Thanks Clement. Sorry we couldn't catch up, I would have loved to have your classic next to our new Maserati. Yours is cooler, no doubt! 

The roads were so quiet. We had a comical car chase. A very French looking man driving an ancient 2CV drove past. It's shown very briefly in the intro. I said "we have to film that!" And chased after him, overtook on a tiny lane, then tried to explain that we loved his look and can we film him. I don't speak any French, he didn't speak English, we ended up miming. He was fantastic, had about 5 rusty 2CVs outside his farm, very French, very cool.

[richrolls]

Love it. Nice film. Nice car