Looking for F1 Documentary "Supercar Mclaren: The Finest and the Fastest" by Duke

[wolowski]

I'm trying to find a place to watch the documentary called "Supercar Mclaren: The Finest and the Fastest" by Duke. I think it was on YouTube for a while under the title "Designing the McLaren F1," but it's no longer available.

Does anybody know of a site where this is still available online, or would anyone be willing to upload a copy of it that the have saved? Thanks!

[DataHunter]

I joined this site specifically to find this film. After waiting for quite some time, I'm glad someone has finally brought this up.

I saw the documentary in its entirety a few years ago, and it was indeed going under the title "Designing the McLaren F1." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBlY-VgLJc0) the description was as such: "A documentary I found that follows Gordon Murray around while he is designing the Mclaren F1"
the YouTube user who uploaded the film was tjon901
The documentary ran for 63 minutes, 28 seconds
(source: http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=us)

Duke Marketing did have the film pulled from YouTube, so I decided to contact them to request a copy of it. As it turns out, the film is "out of license", and is no longer available from Duke.

HI (DataHunter)

Thank you for your email.

Unfortunately, this title is out of licence and no longer available from Duke.

I am sorry we did not have better news.

Kind regards
(name redacted)

Amazon.com was recommended to me by Duke Video Support, and they even suggested that I search forums to find it.

HI (DataHunter)

Unfortunately, we do not have the information as to who may have taken up the licence.

I can only suggest contacting a relevant forum as one of the members may know where a copy is available, alternatively, you may find a copy via Amazon.

Kind regards
(name redacted)

A subsequent search of Amazon turned up nothing.

The only other forum I can find with any references to this film was from 2008 (http://www.bmwkraftur.is/spjall/view...hp?f=1&t=33667)

If anyone does have this film (and I figure that someone, somewhere, likely does), this is probably the best time and place to post it.

Apparently the copyright claim by Duke happened two years ago (source: https://www.youtube.com/user/tjon901/discussion in a comment from "hunke123")

[wolowski]

I am just about 100% certain that this is the right video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEKlZ0-8ZU0

It was just uploaded in the past week or so. It mentions Duke in the credits, and one scene in that video matches a screenshot I was able to find posted somewhere a while ago. It's a couple of minutes shorter, but I think that it may have just edited out some dead air at the beginning and the end of the video. Either way, this may be as good a source as we'll get on this for now.

I don't know if whoever put this new version up on Youtube posts here, but if so, a huge THANKS for uploading it.

[DataHunter]

I think that's the one! I'll have to watch it in full to be sure, but I think that's it.
I think there was a super-cheesy late 90's opening with "McLaren" "F1" and "240 mph" that went on for a bit until the film started. This film has the exact same opening.
How on earth did you manage to find it?

[wolowski]

Originally Posted by DataHunter

I think that's the one! I'll have to watch it in full to be sure, but I think that's it.
I think there was a super-cheesy late 90's opening with "McLaren" "F1" and "240 mph" that went on for a bit until the film started. This film has the exact same opening.
How on earth did you manage to find it?

This is definitely it, then.

I've been searching Youtube for a long time for McLaren F1 videos, searching by upload date and length. I about shit a brick when I spotted it the other day.

[DataHunter]

This is it. I distinctly remember the narrator saying "in hot rod terms." In my opinion, this is the Driving Ambition of video documentaries.