Johnny Herbert and the Mazda 787B reunited for a lap at Circuit de la Sarthe w/video

[Dinesh]

It was like two peas in a pod as Johnny Herbert got snug behind the wheel of a fully restored Mazda 787B for a lap around the Circuit de la Sarthe, reuniting one of the drivers with the only rotary-powered car to have won at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, achieving that feat way back in 1991.

Although it has been a while, Herbert showed no mercy to the recently restored race car, giving it a thorough workout as he flogged it around the track, letting the legendary 26B quad-rotor powerplant hit all the high octaves. The sound that engine makes as it shrills down the Mulsanne Straight is something you have to hear to understand.

Turn the volume to max and hit play for one of the most glorious sounds in the world of cars.

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Source: YouTube via WorldCarFans

 

[skazareth]

Re: Johnny Herbert and the Mazda 787B reunited for a lap at Circuit de la Sarthe w/vi

dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!

btw, i love the macho-sound when it idle instead of on Muslane Straight (almost similar to F1 and my wife when she yell, especially when her VTEC kicked in at 6000rpm).

i pray for mazda and the rotary.

 

[midz656]

Re: Johnny Herbert and the Mazda 787B reunited for a lap at Circuit de la Sarthe w/vi

rotary engine got vtec? valve also dont have how put vtec

 

[SundayDriver]

Re: Johnny Herbert and the Mazda 787B reunited for a lap at Circuit de la Sarthe w/vi

his wife vtec la bro... his wife....

 

[kelfo]

Re: Johnny Herbert and the Mazda 787B reunited for a lap at Circuit de la Sarthe w/vi

Woooooo.. Fantastic Car!!! I miss my RX7 already!

 

[DivineWind]

Re: Johnny Herbert and the Mazda 787B reunited for a lap at Circuit de la Sarthe w/vi

rotaries make such sweet sounds :proud:

 

[skazareth]

Re: Johnny Herbert and the Mazda 787B reunited for a lap at Circuit de la Sarthe w/vi

thanks SundayDriver.... let him dont get my joke and lecture me Engine 101 instead... i dun mind...

midz : oooww likeee thaaattt aaaahhh...