For movies, very few movies restore the subject matter 100%. Because if the film wants to achieve a predetermined effect or achieve a certain inspiration, it must adopt some special treatment, or make a certain adaptation of the facts, otherwise it should become a boring documentary, right? "The King of Speed" is based on the story of Henry Ford II's unsuccessful attempt to acquire Ferrari, and after rubbing with Enzo Ferrari, he built a racing car until he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Due to the epidemic, in the past two days, while checking the information at home, I have brushed "Speed King" 3 times. This is to find out which plots in the movie are "cinematized", let's follow the progress of the movie to understand it one by one!
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Production line speech by Henry Ford II
In fact, under his jurisdiction, there are 20 team leaders on the production line who can give such speeches. There is no need to dispatch the company's top leadership.
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Lee Iacocca was involved in negotiations with Enzo Ferrari
It was true that a Ford delegation, at the direction of Henry Ford II, went to Maranello, Italy, to buy Ferrari, but Iacocca was not in the delegation.
As you know, Ferrari turned down Ford's takeover. Since then, Ford has set up a high-performance special vehicle operation team to create a GT car with the potential to win races such as Sebring and Le Mans. It wasn't until 1964 that Ford finally built the GT40 with the potential to compete for the title.
But in the Le Mans test in April of that year, the first GT40 crashed out of control. The next day, the other remaining vehicle also had an accident, but fortunately there were no casualties. Two months later at Le Mans, all Ford GT were withdrawn due to transmission problems. The next two matches were not completed. So the whole of 1964 was an embarrassment and shame for Ford.
By 1965, the film's missions Shelby and Miles joined in and began to perfect the GT40 car, as they did in the film. Minor tweaks to the racing car, replaced by their own tuned 289 engine, won the first race in 1965. But at Le Mans in 1965, all six Ford cars were withdrawn due to a variety of problems.
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Ford denied Miles the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans
Although Bibby did mention in history not to risk Miles at Le Mans, Ken Miles drove a Ford car to the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans and failed to finish the race due to a gearbox failure. There was no indication that Ford would object to his participation in Le Mans in 1966.
Although the Ford car still failed to finish the race, the excellent performance was obvious to all. Leo Bibby called the entire racing team to a meeting after the race, saying: "It's a meeting of victories and we're going to be back here next year and have the win. ”
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Shelby bet all of his money to get Miles to join the project
In the film, Bibby strenuously opposes Shelby asking Miles to join the Le Mans project, and Carol Shelby uses all of her business to make a bet with Henry Ford II that Ken Miles can drive the race. But in fact, such a bet did not occur.
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Miles and Shelby got into a fight while preparing for Le Mans
Shelby and Miles are smart, determined and passionate people. There will undoubtedly be times when they disagree, and this is mentioned in the movie. But I went through the data and found no evidence that they had a physical conflict.
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Shelby takes Ford II to experience a GT40 race car
In the film, Shelby locks Leo Bibi in his office and takes Henry Ford II gt40 MKII for a test ride. In reality, Ford has never tested the GT40, and even if it did, it would never have been possible to board a car without any protection.
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Shelby limits Miles with revs
During the race in the movie's plot, Shelby told Miles that the car could not go past 7,000 rpm. But in the final moments of the race, Miles was behind, when Shelby held up the "7000 + Go like hell" sign on the side of the track, allowing Ken Myers to let go of the run, here is obviously the protagonist's aura, at the last moment to unseal the protagonist's "invincible attributes".
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Ford won a legendary victory at Le Mans
The plots that have been set before do have fictional elements in them, but in the end, the main line of the whole movie is completely true. In 1966, Ford set up a special Le Mans Committee, composed of executives from various related departments. To enable the Ford GT project to break through the resistance encountered in previous years. Vehicle performance continues to improve, with horsepower to simulate real race conditions and lengths to improve engine stability. Another example is the brakes. Quick-release brake system proposed by Phil Remington in the film.
In the end, with the joint efforts of Ford engineers and team members around the world, such an iconic car was created, which also made this extraordinary victory one of the most famous stories in the history of racing. This film provides us with an opportunity to proudly look back on what the company has accomplished during that period and to recall everyone who contributed to the efforts of this project.
Although the content of the film does not exactly match the facts of Ford's development, Ford will always remember those who contributed to Ford, and will record their achievements in history and pass them on from generation to generation. In addition, we also see from the movie "King of Speed" that Ford is ostensibly holding its breath because of the failure of the acquisition, but in essence, the manufacture of sports cars is the only way for the Continuous Improvement of the Ford brand. It is also Ford's stubbornness in his bones that has made today's Ford.