Ford v Ferrari

The author was among a group invited by the Hunt family to a showing of the Ford v Ferrari  movie, which features stunt driving by ten-time racing champion Tony Hunt.

The movie is outstanding and highly recommended. While not 100 % historically accurate, it tells the story of the roles of Carroll Shelby (played by Matt Damon) and Ken Miles (played by Christian Bale)  in Ford's historic one-two-three victory at the 24 hours of LeMans in 1966.  

The film does not make use of the modern Hollywood computer generated imagery (CGI), all the stunt scenes were shot on film.   

On the movie theater plaza  before the showing of the film, Tony Hunt proudly displayed the continuation Shelby Cobra that he drove in the film and bought afterwards. 

Also on display was a street-legal replica of a Ford GT40 painted to represent the the 1968  LeMans winner driven by Pedro Rodriguez and Lucien Bianchi. 

All photos by the author