![]() ![]() ![]() Le Mans rules hold that in the event of a dead heat finish, the car that drove the furthest distance is the official winner regardless of overall standings in the race. The move achieves the desired photo opp, but Miles loses the championship he deserved on a technicality. In the film’s telling, once it becomes clear Ford will win, Ford executives, including Henry Ford II, realize that having all of its cars finish at the same time would make an excellent PR stunt - so they instruct driver Ken Miles (Bale) to slow down his pace to let the other two cars catch up. ![]() But there’s some additional drama in the “Ford v Ferrari” portrayal. The real life Le Mans ’66 ended with a historic finish: Ford trounced the frontrunner Ferrari as all three Ford cars crossed the finish line in a dead heat. Though, admittedly, it is fitting as the conclusion of a story that’s all about corporate meddling. (This post contains SPOILERS for “Ford v Ferrari,” starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale.)Ī good chunk of James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari” is devoted to a diligent recreation of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race, and it all leads to a climax that, if you don’t know anything about it, feels almost too strange to be real. ![]()
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