He is the Howard Hawks of his era, but even Hawks and his one racing film, Red Line 7000, couldn’t match up to the level of skill Mangold pours into Ford v Ferrari.
Decades ago, we saw James Caan in “Red Line 7000” (1965), James Garner in “Grand Prix” (1966), Paul Newman in “Winning” (1969), Steve McQueen in “Le Mans” (1971) and Burt Reynolds in “The Cannonball Run” (1981).