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Hello!
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And welcome to Top Gear.
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Tonight, we've got
Chris Harris and Sabine Schmitz
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in a motorsports fight to the death.
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And we've got Eddie Jordan,
in a surprisingly-tight race suit.
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Something for everyone.
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But first, I want to talk
about American stereotypes,
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because some people will tell you
that America doesn't do supercars.
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And I have to say
that is completely and totally...
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true, actually.
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Over the years, America's
made a lot of fast cars -
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Corvettes, Mustangs, Vipers -
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but we've always tended to leave
the mid-engined supercar thing
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to the Europeans.
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Well, watch out, Europe,
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because America's coming to git ya!
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This is the new Ford GT.
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Yes, it's American.
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Yes, it's a car.
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And, yes, it is super.
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And for starters, it looks great!
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In fact,
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I think it's the best-looking
American car this century.
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Hell, it might just be
the best-looking car this century.
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Not only does it look
like a proper supercar,
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the GT is made out
of proper supercar parts.
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This isn't some lump of iron
forged by a blacksmith.
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No, no. This is the real deal.
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It's got sophisticated
pushrod hydraulic suspension,
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a whipcrack double-clutch gearbox.
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Practically the whole thing is made
out of carbon fibre and aluminum.
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That's right, ALUMINUM.
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It's an American car
and we're in America,
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so it's aluminum.
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And all those cutting-edge
components are needed
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to manage 647 horsepower.
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That is Major League.
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Major League enough
to do 0-60 in three seconds flat.
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That's as quick as the Ferrari 488.
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That's as quick
as the McLaren 675 LT.
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That's as quick as...
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Well, that's quick.
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So it's got supercar acceleration,
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but those cars
both top out at 205mph,
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which is REALLY fast.
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The Ford GT, however...
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..216mph.
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It's the fastest Ford ever.
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REVVING
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Now, that kind of firepower
demands closer inspection.
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And that means no more
Pacific Coast Highway.
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What's that? I can't hear you.
I'm going through a tunnel!
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HE CHUCKLES
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No, the Ford GT needs a racetrack.
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Specifically,
my favourite racetrack...
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Laguna Seca.
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All right.
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Let's see what it can do.
So we put it in track mode.
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Hoh!
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That's nice.
Drops down with authority.
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All right. Ready? Here we go.
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Oh, the acceleration
is...enormous! Whoo!
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Ford have done some clever stuff
with software and fuel injection,
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which they say eliminates turbo lag.
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They keep the turbo spooled up, even
when my foot is off the throttle.
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So there's always power.
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ALWAYS!
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And there's plenty of grip, too.
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It's got an active wing out the back
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that keeps the back
stuck to the track.
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And it's got active flaps
under the nose
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to keep the nose stuck to the track.
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You stick all that together
and this thing is...
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..sticky.
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OK, here we come
into the Corkscrew at...
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- Ooh, - BLEEP! - That's quick.
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If you were to do that
through the Corkscrew at that speed
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in any other Ford - ever! -
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you would be out there in the weeds.
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And that's the thing
about this new GT.
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It's not like any other Ford, ever.
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See, here's what happens
when a big company like Ford
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tries to do a supercar.
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The designers come up
with a gorgeous, sleek concept,
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the engineers try to figure out
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a way to make it go
really, really fast
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and, then,
the departments get involved.
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There's the guy from
the Cup-Holders Department,
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who wants to make sure there's room
for his 30-ounce Big Slurp.
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Then there's the guy
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from the Sports And Leisure
Luggage Department,
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who wants to make sure
there's room for his golf sticks.
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And then there's the guy from the
Making Sure Fat Guys Fit Department,
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who wants to make sure
there's room for his...
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..fat guy.
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Now, after all their demands
have been met,
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you don't have a supercar any more.
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No, no, no. What you have...
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is an SUV.
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But the GT feels like
it's been crafted by specialists,
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who knew exactly what they wanted...
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and got it.
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Now, this is hydraulic steering.
No fancy electric. It's old school.
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It's got a great feel.
Turns in really sharp.
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TYRES SQUEAL
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Ferrari give you a lot of software
to help you do neater skids,
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but there's none of that here.
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In this one, you're on your own.
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TYRES SCREECH
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All on your own!
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Oh, my God, the balance is epic!
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LAUGHING: Wow!
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America can't do supercars?!
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Not from where I'm sitting.
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So, come on, what's not to like?
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Well, there is that motor.
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Yeah, it's big on power,
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but, by supercar standards,
it's kind of short on cylinders.
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This is a V6 -
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a 3.5-litre EcoBoost V6,
to be exact.
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And that could be a problem.
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Because this car
is inspired by the GT40,
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the greatest American
race car of all time,
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- powered by one
of the most iconic - V8s - ever.
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Created in the 1960s, its aim
was to end Ferrari's domination
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at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Up against Ferrari's
highly-strung V12s,
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Ford used the reliable brawn
of a seven-litre V8.
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It worked.
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The GT40 didn't just become
the first American car
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to win at Le Mans -
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it went one, two, three
and locked out the podium.
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Ferrari were humiliated.
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They'd never win Le Mans again.
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Now, listen to the internet
and the internet will tell you
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that Ford ditching the V8
in the new GT isn't just misguided,
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it's unpatriotic.
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But the original GT40 didn't
have a V8 because it was American -
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it had a V8 because it was
the right tool for the job.
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And so is this new V6.
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Yeah, sure,
Ford could have stuck a V8 in here,
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but that would have made the car
heavier, bigger,
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less aerodynamic, less agile.
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It's just got such a balanced feel.
So well sorted. It's just...
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I still have half a tank of fuel!
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Bunch of...
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As I was saying, the new GT doesn't
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it honours its history
by being quick.
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Last year, exactly half a century
after the original GT40
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spanked Ferrari at Le Mans,
this new GT won its class
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in a 24-hour race
and beat Ferrari again.
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What are you going to do?
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This car is SO special.
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Maybe it's the history,
maybe it's the pedigree.
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You know what? I'm just
going to shut up now.
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I'm just...
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Yeah.
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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Pretty special.
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- OK. - Pretty special, right?
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This car looks absolutely
stunning in that film,
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but I can't believe
I am saying this,
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it looks even better
in the studio, in the flesh.
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- The way you see
those scalloped sides. - Yeah, yeah.
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When we did the film, I had seen
photos, but when I saw it in person
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the first time, I just walked
around and around and around it.
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It is so good looking.
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It's a great piece of styling
and you were the first person,
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- outside the factory,
to drive it. - Er, right, yeah.
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Well, apart from the guy
who backed it off the truck
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on the Pacific Coast Highway.
He was technically the first,
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but then it was...
then it was little ol' me.
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I'm profoundly jealous.
I love driving cars first, Matthew.
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- You've taken over my role.
I'm gutted. - Whoa, whoa, hold on.
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You get to drive everything.
You drove the Ferrari FXX-K,
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you drove the Bugatti Chiron,
you drove the Volvo Estate
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in Kazakhstan. Come on, now.
You need to learn to share.
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You can't have them all.
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In this instance,
I can say that's fine.
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But one thing.
You didn't mention the price.
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Ah. No, I didn't,
because it is very expensive!
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It's about 400,000. About
�300,000. That's a lot of money.
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That's more than a 675LT,
more than a Ferrari 488.
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Enough to support
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this rather ordinary badge here?
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Yeah. I mean,
it's a better supercar.
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So because it is more expensive,
it's better?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Yeah. Look, for too long now,
America has been making cars
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that are good value for the money.
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They give you a lot of bang
for your buck.
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But that's
where we've been going wrong.
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Supercars aren't about
bang for your buck.
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You make it stupid expensive
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and people just
can't get enough of it.
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There's some logic in that.
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Can I ask one thing?
When you did the lowering...
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When you put it in track mode
and it... WHOOMPH!
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Please can I, um...? Come on.
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All right. Go on, have a go.
Here you go.
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- Watch this. This is great.
- You would, wouldn't you!
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ALL: Yes!
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You would. Watch this.
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This is the coolest thing.
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ENGINE EMITS LOW ROAR
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CHRIS CACKLES
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That is just awesome!
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And wait for it.
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Watch it go back up.
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Nice. That's fantastic.
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How do you get out?
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LAUGHTER
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Right. Well, while he figures
that out - Rory!
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And, really, it doesn't actually
matter how much the Ford GT costs,
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because they're only planning
to make 1,000 of them
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and they're sold out ten times over.
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Unlucky. That's right, unlucky.
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All right. Now, it's time
to welcome this week's guest.
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That's right.
He's won six Olympic gold medals.
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He's one of the fastest men
ever on two wheels
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and his legs make more torque
than a Ferrari F12.
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Please welcome Sir Chris Hoy.
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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How you doing, mate?
Hi, Matt, How's it going?
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- Welcome. - Thank you.
Hi, Rory. Thank you.
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Wow!
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This is exciting, isn't it?
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- That is a nice... That is
a nice welcome, yeah. - Fantastic.
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- So... - Great to be here.
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..over 500 pound-feet
of torque in those legs?
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- 700 newton metres, whatever that
is in the old... - That's a lot.
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It's quite a lot.
Less now. I'm retired now.
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- Less? - It's like a vintage car,
loses power over the years. - Got you.
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So maybe human figures
by this point, you think?
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Yeah, it's been a while since
I've tested them, but who knows?
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And you love your cars. What did
you drive down here in today?
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I drove down in an RS6 Estate.
Nice family car. Quite sensible.
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I hear it's been breathed on
just a little?
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A little bit.
It's got a loud exhaust
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and maybe a few little
extra horses in there.
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- But it's...
- It has 730 horsepower, dude.
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Yeah, well, you need them,
don't you? You need them.
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LAUGHTER
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Now, last year, you did something
I've always wanted to do -
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you raced at
the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Oh, it was unbelievable. Just
incredible. An amazing experience.
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It exceeded everything,
on every level,
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that I was looking forward to,
getting into it.
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Yeah, a huge amount of fun.
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Now, a couple of years ago,
you drove a Nissan GTR
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at the Goodwood Festival of Speed,
didn't you?
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How did that go?
You know what? We have a clip.
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- I knew you would bring this up!
- Let's look at this tape here.
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Nice. There we go.
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SCREECHING
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Oh!
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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Thanks for reminding me
about that one(!)
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I love the bow at the end!
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Well, you know, I sat in the car
afterwards and I just thought,
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"I wonder,
if I wait here long enough,
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"they might all just go home."
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Oh, horrendous.
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There's a corner called Molecomb,
it's a left-hander,
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and they all told me,
before I got there,
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"If you can see the corner,
or if you wait to brake
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"before you see the corner,
it's too late."
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I remember going
over the crest of the hill,
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seeing the corner, still flat,
and I thought, "Uh-oh."
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- You were committed, certainly.
- It was full commitment.
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At least I was...
I wasn't holding back.
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The worst thing was...
Not the worst thing,
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but one of the bad things
was it was the CEO,
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Andy Palmer's personal car, one of
only two NISMO GT-Rs in the country,
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brand-new,
he hadn't even driven it yet.
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And...
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- Nor would he ever! - Well, exactly.
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I saw him after
I got out of the car,
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and he was very good about it,
he said,
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"We can replace cars,
we can't replace people."
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He was quite happy,
because it showed
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how great the airbags
and the safety was.
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I went through four rows of
hay bales and came out unscathed.
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So you've raced at Le Mans.
What's next?
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I'm aiming to be the first person
to cycle across Antarctica.
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And also cycle to the South Pole
on the way to doing that.
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It's something
I never thought I'd do,
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it's completely out there,
quite a strange challenge,
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but it's a huge challenge,
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and to be the first person
to do that would be pretty cool.
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Hmm.
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That killed the conversation,
didn't it?
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LAUGHTER
No, no, I'm just...
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No, I think that's...
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Why would you do that?
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Why would I do it? Well...
301
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You know, it's not one of these
places you go to on holiday.
302
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No, you don't.
303
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You're not going to end up
at the South Pole by accident.
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I just, I like to do things
that challenge me, that push me.
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And to go somewhere
that I never thought
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I would ever get the chance to do,
or to go to,
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and to challenge myself in a way
I've never been challenged before.
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But, yeah, it's just...
Why not? I suppose is the answer.
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Is that something
you're going to do by yourself?
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No, we're trying to find somebody
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- that's stupid enough
to do it with me. - Good luck!
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We're chatting to
a few people just now.
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It's a big undertaking,
it will be a lot of training,
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a lot of preparation.
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We're going to Iceland soon
to test a new bike,
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we will actually design and build
a new bike for this project.
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Going to have to be able
to deal with
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minus whatever the temperatures
will be out there.
319
00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,880
- Yeah. - Apparently it's 25 degrees
cooler at the South Pole
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- than it is in Iceland,
which is pretty cold already. - Whoa.
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Maybe put a cab around it
and a motor, call it a truck!
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LAUGHTER
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I'd go with you, but I've got a
thing I've got to do, I couldn't...
324
00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,280
What do you say we take a look at
your training lap with Chris Harris?
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How did that go out there?
326
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It was... I'm going to get
my excuses in early, I think.
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It was greasy, wet.
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Chris was very good, though,
329
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he wasn't shouting at me,
he wasn't grumpy.
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You're a lot bigger than him.
LAUGHTER
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I assume what you're aiming for
is to knock Max Whitlock
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off the top of the leaderboard,
right? Gold versus gold?
333
00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,960
For the pride of my sport
versus gymnastics,
334
00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:29,560
it'd be great to be up there.
335
00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,400
Yeah, yeah. You're a sport
that has wheels.
336
00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,880
Yeah. I've got some advantage.
He'll be...
337
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Well, he's smaller, he's lighter,
338
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he takes good instruction
from his coaches,
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- he can learn routines,
so he should be good. - OK.
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- It was a good lap he set. - Very
modest. Is that how you really feel?
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Let's take a look.
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- Forget everything else, there are
two words that matter today. - OK.
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"Max" and "Whitlock".
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You have to beat him.
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Yeah, but he did it in the dry.
346
00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,920
Oh, God, you're like a real
racing driver - all the excuses.
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Let's go! First gear.
348
00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:05,880
- Over to the right-hand side.
- Get in, you bugger!
349
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There's several others in there.
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He's showboating now!
Over to the right.
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Braking hard at the hundred.
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- Oh, hundred? - Third gear.
- What the hell is that? - Third gear.
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A bit of pommel-horse work there.
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ONE PERSON APPLAUDING
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That is just...
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00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:39,200
TEARFULLY: That is just beautiful.
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00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,040
Oh, that...
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Oh!
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- Third gear. - Get it in third.
- There we go. That's fifth gear.
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00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,720
- Max didn't do that.
- Come on! Come on! - Fourth gear.
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Trail it all the way in
and get the thing tippy-toed.
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00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:00,320
- Carry it more... - Yeah, yeah.
363
00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,640
Good car control, that man!
364
00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,120
Over the line! We're in.
Star pupil.
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00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:12,040
- That was a bit better, that one.
- Star pupil!
366
00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,680
So you've taught me everything
you know? All the local knowledge?
367
00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,560
- Of course I have, I've told you
all my tricks. - Brilliant.
368
00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:18,800
HE MOUTHS
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APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
370
00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,640
Well done, man.
371
00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,000
That looked really good, though.
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00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,400
In those conditions,
with no distractions whatsoever...
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I just about locked up on the brakes
and went straight into him.
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00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,760
- He was lucky I didn't hit him. - Yeah!
- Could have been messy.
375
00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,960
Yeah, could have been.
Chris, what do you think?
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00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:42,480
Very, very high hopes.
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00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,600
I think he's the star pupil,
as I said in the car.
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00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,680
He's got all the car control.
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00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,440
If the conditions are there, I'm
expecting great things. No pressure.
380
00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:51,600
Thanks, mate.
381
00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,120
We'll get to your timed lap
a little bit later in the show.
382
00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:56,200
OK, now, moving on.
For the last few months,
383
00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,400
there's been an argument
brewing in the office -
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00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,240
who is Top Gear's quickest driver?
385
00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,600
Well, obviously, that's The Stig,
but who's second quickest?
386
00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,840
According to racing driver
Sabine Schmitz, it's...
387
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:08,960
Sabine Schmitz,
388
00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,040
and according to racing driver
Chris Harris, it's Chris Harris.
389
00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,160
So we decided to settle
the argument, once and for all.
390
00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:16,680
Sabine versus Chris.
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00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,680
All we needed was a place to race.
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00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:28,720
The Mojave Desert.
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00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,840
Once a year, this Californian
wilderness is transformed
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00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,160
into a sprawling city
of die-hard race fans.
395
00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,840
Whoo! This is what I call
a proper playground!
396
00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:43,840
Look at the size of it!
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00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,680
To decide which of us is quickest,
apart from The Stig,
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we'd been sent to
The King Of The Hammers -
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00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:56,280
one of the most-extreme
off-road events on the planet.
400
00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,160
Competing here
requires specialist skill.
401
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,520
High-speed, low-grip racing
across desert flats
402
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,360
meets complex technical rock crawls
403
00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:09,040
over near-vertical
boulder-strewn faces...
404
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,320
..where one mistake
can mean disaster.
405
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,960
Well, all I can say is...
406
00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,120
what a perfect place
for you to lose!
407
00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:24,040
What?! I'm not going to lose.
408
00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,080
Come on.
409
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,000
Welcome to Hammer Town.
410
00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:40,920
35,000 fans all gathered
to watch the motorsport equivalent
411
00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,400
of cage fighting.
412
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,920
And as if that wasn't
intimidating enough,
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00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,280
the next morning we'd been entered
into something called
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the Legends Class.
415
00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,800
And we'd be driving these.
416
00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:57,000
That is an Ultra 4 buggy.
417
00:21:58,080 --> 00:21:59,440
Holy moly.
418
00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:04,560
Over 100,000
of custom-made 500 horsepower
419
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,960
V8 off-roader with four-wheel drive,
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00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,120
long travel shocks
and 40-inch tyres.
421
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,720
One slight issue here, Sabine.
422
00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,240
- This is your vehicle. - Yeah.
423
00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,000
There are big dents in
the roll cage, and if I just, um...
424
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,880
Yeah, this vehicle's been
on its roof several times, Sabine.
425
00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,920
But that's standard, isn't it?
426
00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,760
- I'm not afraid.
- For you maybe, not for me.
427
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,440
I've never rolled a racing car
in my life.
428
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,600
I've rolled a couple.
429
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,880
Are you not worried by this?
430
00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:36,960
I can't wait, actually.
431
00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,480
Don't cry, Harris, please.
432
00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,400
This is so cool!
433
00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:42,600
Huh?
434
00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,400
Not convinced,
I went to find some reassurance
435
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,120
from the event organiser.
436
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,680
- So, Dave, you are literally King
of the Hammers. - Evidently, yeah.
437
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,680
- This is your event.
- This is my event, yeah.
438
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:03,200
The million-dollar question
for me is the inversion thing.
439
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,000
- Yeah, I heard you haven't
rolled before. - No.
440
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,880
Today's your day.
THEY LAUGH
441
00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,680
This is going into something knowing
that you're going to get hurt.
442
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,080
I'm not sure about this at all.
This is absolutely insane.
443
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,840
Neither one of these guys here
finished this race last year
444
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,920
because they both broke their backs
during the race
445
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,080
and had to be flown out.
446
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,560
Just drive as slow as you can.
447
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:24,640
Then you're safe.
448
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,360
Are you listening
to what he's saying?
449
00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:27,640
He said they broke their backs!
450
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:31,120
- Given what you know about
our driving background... - Yes.
451
00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:35,040
..give an honest assessment
of our chances in these things.
452
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,960
She's going to kill it,
you're not going to make it.
453
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,040
Anybody that can drive a van
around the Nurburgring
454
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,480
is willing to try different things.
455
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,280
Plus I heard she's
already been upside-down,
456
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:44,440
and you're worried about it.
457
00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,520
So you'll drive scared
and be upside-down anyway,
458
00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:47,800
she's going to kill it.
459
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:50,640
Hmm.
460
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:57,040
With Dave having been
no help whatsoever,
461
00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,200
we were given the afternoon
and a veteran driver each
462
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:04,080
to familiarise ourselves
with the cars and the terrain.
463
00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,360
I had been paired with former
X Games gold medallist
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00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:10,720
and legendary motivational speaker
Chris Ridgeway.
465
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,480
You're pretty much going to be OK.
466
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:21,000
While Dave had kindly offered Sabine
the help of his son, Bailey.
467
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,720
Ready for this crazy adventure?
468
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:24,480
SABINE LAUGHS
469
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,520
I'm in a little bit better shape
than Chris.
470
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,280
So first up were the desert flats.
471
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,240
Sounds straightforward.
472
00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,840
Bloody hell! Whoa!
473
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,160
That's insane!
474
00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,080
And I'm supposed
to do this myself, am I?
475
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,600
'In my defence,
I've never been a good passenger.
476
00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,560
'But, annoyingly,
Sabine was having a blast.'
477
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,600
Whooooo!
478
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,400
SHE LAUGHS AND SHRIEKS
479
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:09,640
Whooo!
480
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,080
- Having a good time? - Yes!
481
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,320
SHE LAUGHS
482
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:21,000
Soon, though, it was our turn
to take the wheel.
483
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:25,880
Ah, now we're talking!
484
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,720
This isn't like a street car
that you're used to driving.
485
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,800
- You've got to hammer the thing.
- Yeah.
486
00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,440
You're hard on the brakes,
hard on the throttle.
487
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,840
Full throttle, give it some gas.
488
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,480
OK, honey! Give it a little gas.
489
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:46,800
ENGINE ROARS
There you go!
490
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,080
Whoohoo!
491
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,680
The suspension is incredible.
492
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:58,520
But there is this lurking feeling
it could roll any time.
493
00:25:58,520 --> 00:25:59,800
That's correct.
494
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:03,360
Just as I was starting to
get the hang of it, though,
495
00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:05,200
I asked a stupid question.
496
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,320
Now, how many injuries have you had?
497
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,120
I've had a few.
498
00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:15,880
I start with the easy stuff,
like the broken arms and legs.
499
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,120
But, er...
500
00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:20,400
A rebuilt wrist,
and knees and ankles.
501
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,880
There was that one time
I got my leg cut off.
502
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,800
- What?! - Yeah.
503
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:26,840
Yeah, that was a bad day
at the office.
504
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,680
Oh, my Godfather.
505
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,240
And with that,
we made our way back to Hammer Town.
506
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,840
Where my confidence took
another blow.
507
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,480
I'm kind of up for anything
to do with going fast in cars,
508
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,200
but I'm not so sure about this.
509
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,120
I've just been ragdolled around
by some lunatic,
510
00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:50,800
and now I'm told that this happened
yesterday to some poor soul -
511
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:51,840
electrical fire.
512
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:54,840
He used the phrase,
"We barely got out."
513
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,400
I thought that was plastic.
514
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,840
That's aluminium, melted.
515
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,720
Um...
516
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,280
I think I've bitten off
more than I can chew here.
517
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,080
'It was clear
we needed more practice.
518
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,840
'But before we could head back out,
519
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,680
'we were told
we'd each be getting some help
520
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,240
'from a team manager.'
521
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:20,360
- I can't have Eddie. - I don't want
Eddie! - I don't want Eddie.
522
00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:22,520
- I don't... - I - don't want Eddie.
523
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,600
- Hello! - Hi! - Welcome to the desert.
- Hi, Eddie!
524
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,520
What a lovely surprise. Gentlemen.
525
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,080
- Edward. - Sabine, how are you?
Hello! Nice to see you.
526
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:32,640
- OK, so... - So I must be with...
527
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,760
- We've had a coin toss. You... - Yeah?
528
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:36,040
..are with Eddie.
529
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,480
Whoohoo! And I am with Sabine.
530
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,760
Come on, give me a hug.
531
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,240
Give me a hug.
Are we going to win?
532
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:44,560
Yes, we're going to win.
533
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,360
- He's nervous, isn't he?
- Guys. Here we go.
534
00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:50,680
- Along here, this is our line.
- That's it. That's fine, that's fine.
535
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,920
This is the line in the sand
right there.
536
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,640
- OK. Toes on the line.
- They are the enemy.
537
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,440
- OK, I've got you, Edward.
I've got you. - You sure? - Yeah.
538
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,760
- So it's on? - It's on, it's on.
- It's on.
539
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,640
So, heading back out
to our desert training area,
540
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,240
it was time to tackle rock crawling.
541
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:14,240
And with our team managers on board,
they got straight down to business.
542
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,120
You know what I have
a good feeling about?
543
00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:19,520
I am going to blank Matt LeBlanc.
544
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,120
Ha-ha! I'm not going to speak
to him.
545
00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:26,040
I'm just going to eyeball him, and
I'm just going to stare into him.
546
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,520
Stare into me?
547
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,280
That's...creepy.
548
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,040
Anyway, I had plans of my own.
549
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,120
We need to try to get in
Chris Harris' head a little bit.
550
00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:37,280
Ja? We need to try to ask him,
"Are you sure you will be OK?
551
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,120
"You sure you're going to be
all right?"
552
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,360
Because his confidence
is easy to shatter. OK. OK?
553
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,920
Actually, it wasn't my confidence
they needed to worry about.
554
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,000
SABINE SHRIEKS
555
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,600
We got bloody stuck!
SHE CHUCKLES
556
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,520
What on earth
have they got themselves into?
557
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,360
They are properly stuck.
558
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:07,600
Stuck?
559
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,760
No, no, no. This is Sabine Schmitz
we're talking about.
560
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:15,960
Both sides!
561
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,600
THEY CHEER
562
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,560
- Ha-ha! - Well, well, well.
How was that?
563
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,760
Did you enjoy your time
in the mountains, then?
564
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,120
- A little bit.
- Was there a problem with the car?
565
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,480
Well, we went the difficult way,
you went the easy way.
566
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,000
- We traced exactly the same route
as yours. - I don't think you did.
567
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,920
- And it's not "ROUT", it's "ROOT".
- Tell them they went a different way.
568
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,320
Surely...
They are the king of the practice,
569
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:49,880
we are the kings of the race.
570
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,320
Let's have a beer,
I am bloody thirsty.
571
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,360
- Nice job.
- Hanging around in the rocks.
572
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,200
Way to go,
right around that hard section.
573
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,200
Drive slowly and safe.
574
00:29:58,200 --> 00:29:59,280
I'm feeling good now.
575
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,480
- I'm done with them...
- We've done enough today.
576
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,760
I thought you were going
to ignore him and not talk to him.
577
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:05,040
- You said... - Oh.
578
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,640
You've just spent ten minutes
talking to him.
579
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,080
With our day's practice
drawing to a close,
580
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:18,880
we headed back to Hammer Town
581
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:23,040
and joined the thousands of fans
settling down for the night.
582
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,080
And with the next day's race
looming even larger,
583
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,240
Chris was a little preoccupied.
584
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:35,040
There are actually at least eight
other locals in our race tomorrow
585
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,520
and I'm looking at the runners
and riders here,
586
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:38,720
they're a bit good.
587
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,040
I think we're fighting over
penultimate and last.
588
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,680
I feel like your confidence
is a bit shattered.
589
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,040
You know they airlifted
four guys out of here today?
590
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,600
- Was it four or five?
- I know what you're trying to do.
591
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:50,960
What am I trying to do?
592
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,160
I care about you, I want you to know
what you're getting into.
593
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,680
What do you mean they airlifted
people out from here?
594
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,520
Big wrecks. I mean, full-on...
HE WHISTLES
595
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,280
Cartwheel wrecks, bad stuff.
596
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:02,520
SABINE LAUGHS
597
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,040
When you were managing F1 teams,
598
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,800
was there any, like, motivational
speeches before the race,
599
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,480
the night before,
anything you told them to do?
600
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,600
The drivers would be sent to bed,
at the latest, ten o'clock.
601
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,560
But prior to that,
they'd all have a massage.
602
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,720
- Massage? Massage? - A massage.
603
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:21,080
What type of...?
604
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,040
Well, I don't know -
that's between Eddie and Chris.
605
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,960
THEY LAUGH
606
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,600
If that's what he needs
to do for his driver,
607
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,520
that's what he does for his driver,
it's got nothing to do with us.
608
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,840
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
609
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:46,880
All right. Now, we'll see
the second half of that film
610
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:48,520
a little later on in the show.
611
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,840
Chris, have you done
any off-road driving?
612
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:52,080
Nothing like that.
613
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,800
I did drive a Dakar rally car
a few years ago in Morocco.
614
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,640
That was pretty cool.
615
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,480
But I drove Colin McRae's
616
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:04,040
1995 replica
World Championship-winning car
617
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,600
about three or four years ago,
618
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:10,880
on the final stage, where he won his
world title in Wales in the GB Rally
619
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,520
and that was amazing.
620
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,200
He's a massive, massive hero
of mine,
621
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:15,880
so that was a privilege to do that.
622
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,480
All right, guys,
have a look at this.
623
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,080
In the studio,
we've got a brand-new car
624
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,400
that's going to compete
in a brand-new race series
625
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,440
that's going to make F1 look
like the Stone Age.
626
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:29,720
700 horsepower, all carbon fibre,
and the best thing of all,
627
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:33,400
it was designed by the same guy
who did the Tron Light Cycles.
628
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:37,040
- Wow! That's really cool-looking.
- Yeah.
629
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:40,800
Just one tiny...tiny question -
630
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:42,320
where does the driver sit?
631
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,000
There is no driver.
This is a Robocar.
632
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,920
It's a self-racing racer.
633
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:48,440
Basically, in a couple of years,
634
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,840
20 of these things will be hooning
around the track,
635
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,640
competing against each other.
636
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,760
Robot versus robot.
How cool is that?
637
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,480
I genuinely don't understand it,
Rory.
638
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,160
So we're supposed to get excited
about one robot
639
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,080
racing another robot?
640
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,640
It's robots having a race.
641
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,960
What do you not
understand about that?
642
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,440
There's something fundamental
missing, dude - the driver!
643
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,120
AUDIENCE MURMURS IN AGREEMENT
644
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,320
We go to watch motor racing
645
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,480
to see gladiators
controlling machines,
646
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,000
going wheel to wheel.
647
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,760
Not to watch one processor having
a go at another bloke called Intel.
648
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,240
It just doesn't...
It's utterly meaningless.
649
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,760
It's a great-looking thing
and I'm sure it's fast.
650
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:25,920
What do you reckon?
651
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,200
- Yeah, I have to agree - sorry, Rory.
- All right.
652
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:32,240
I love innovation, new technology,
but it's about the human element.
653
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,840
You have to care about the person
that's driving it.
654
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:36,520
You know what you could do?
655
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,240
You could put some jockeys on it.
656
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,040
You know what I mean?
657
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:42,560
LAUGHING: Now you're talking!
658
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:44,640
Could put maybe some foot pegs
back here,
659
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,040
couple of clip-ons here,
get on the thing like this...
660
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:49,800
LAUGHTER
661
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:51,360
And off they go.
662
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:52,640
APPLAUSE
663
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,520
And then the last one
on the car wins.
664
00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,480
You could be the first one
to try it.
665
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,480
You know what? I'm good, I'm good.
666
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,040
So, over the last few weeks,
667
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:06,160
I've been serving up a whole bunch
of amazing electric cars
668
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,720
and Matt and Chris
keep batting them down
669
00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:10,600
because, well, they fear progress.
670
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,800
But there's a new Nissan that
I think could change their minds
671
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,800
and, earlier today,
I went out to meet it on our track.
672
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:21,560
This is the Nissan Blade Glider
and it's an electric concept car.
673
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,960
But here's the difference -
this one actually drives, fast.
674
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,360
And it's got three seats,
so it's the perfect way
675
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,200
to convert a couple of
electric car sceptics.
676
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,040
What is, er... What is this?
677
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,880
Gentlemen, behold the future.
What do you think?
678
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,120
What is it?
679
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:41,560
Well, it's the Blade Glider.
680
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,280
It actually drifts -
it's got a built-in drift mode.
681
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:45,600
It's made for skidding!
682
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,880
- Really? - That's very exciting,
but looks like you'd get
683
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,320
a grant on the NHS for it,
but other than that...
684
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,520
- So you say it drifts?
- Want to have a go?
685
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,280
Yes, I think we should drive it.
At least we might be drier inside.
686
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,240
- Oh, there's no roof.
- LAUGHING: No, there's no roof.
687
00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:00,360
- Now I've got your interest.
- You have.
688
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,160
If it drifts, of course,
I'm driving, Rory, not you.
689
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,240
- Sorry about that.
- Get in. Here we go.
690
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,760
How the hell do you shut the door?
691
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:14,160
Is there a button?
692
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:15,680
THEY LAUGH
693
00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:21,280
There you go. Oh, yeah. I mean...
694
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,040
- What's the horsepower? - 260-odd?
695
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:28,680
264 horses, gentlemen.
696
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,240
Top speed of at least 115mph.
697
00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:34,680
That's impressive.
698
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,040
For a garbage truck.
699
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,280
For a sports car, maybe not so much.
700
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,120
Where's the accelerator?
There we go.
701
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,520
Well, it feels pretty frisky
from the driver's seat, guys.
702
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,560
It just feels like it's ready
to drift, doesn't it?
703
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,560
Rory, you might be persuading me
704
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,280
about the validity
of electric cars here.
705
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,560
TYRES SCREECH
706
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:01,120
Yes!
707
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,040
THEY LAUGH
708
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:04,640
He loves it! He loves it.
709
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,760
I think he's having a good time!
710
00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:15,520
TYRES SCREECH
711
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:17,000
Whoa!
712
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,160
LAUGHTER
713
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:21,760
That's not bad.
714
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:23,960
For me, it's a philosophical point.
715
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,600
It's fun - I don't care about
all the cleverness.
716
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:28,640
Someone's just gone,
"Let's make it fun."
717
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,400
There you go, there you go.
718
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:31,680
It is fun.
719
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,360
All right, chuck it in here, fast.
720
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,120
Yes! Nice one!
721
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:43,480
Woohoo!
722
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,720
What do you call
an electric doughnut?
723
00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:50,280
That's the name of my new band.
724
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,160
THEY LAUGH
725
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,720
So what do we think?
726
00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:55,960
A winner?
727
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:57,640
Yeah, I think so. Chris?
728
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,000
- Thumbs up from me, definitely.
- Yeah. I like it.
729
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:01,840
All right -
one more lap before we go?
730
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:03,760
- Definitely. - Can I drive?
731
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,640
- No. - No. Where does it say,
"Traction control off"?
732
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,280
Good, right, let's go.
733
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,600
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
734
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,400
- Pretty fun. - There you go.
735
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,760
- I didn't think it was going
to be fun. - Oh, come on.
736
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,640
I know I convinced you guys
in the end,
737
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:22,760
but, Chris, what's your feeling
on electric cars?
738
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,760
Well, electric cars in general,
739
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,240
I thought the whole point
is it's about being eco-friendly,
740
00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:29,680
about being green and sensible.
741
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,680
- I mean, that looked like
a lot of fun. - Yeah.
742
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:34,480
- You could convert me, potentially.
- All right.
743
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,840
I was so convinced, honestly.
744
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,000
I don't really buy into
so much of it,
745
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,720
but the fun message -
that thing reeked of fun.
746
00:37:41,720 --> 00:37:42,880
It was wonderful.
747
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,080
- We were smiling, all three of us.
- Yeah, it was great.
748
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:46,600
The looks,
I think the jury's still out
749
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:47,960
on the looks of the thing, but...
750
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:49,320
And the doors. And the doors.
751
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,240
- And the roof. - Yeah.
752
00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:54,680
The door you can't reach to close
once you get in is difficult.
753
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:58,720
All right - now, I think it's time
to see how you did
754
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:00,480
in your timed lap around the track.
755
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:04,880
But before we do, after you finished
your time in the car with Chris,
756
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,720
you went out and had one more go
on your own, didn't you?
757
00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:09,360
- I did, yes. - What happened?
758
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,560
Well, I just like to think
that I was pushing,
759
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,520
trying to find the limits
of the car,
760
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:16,640
the track, the grip,
761
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,800
finding how far I could push it
762
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:22,680
and I essentially just touched the
outside kerb on the follow-through,
763
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,240
just enough so it started
to lose it.
764
00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:28,160
Thought I'd caught it,
but...yeah, didn't.
765
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:29,840
We have it on tape.
You want to see it?
766
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,880
- Have you? I thought you might!
- Let's take a look at that.
767
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,040
TYRES SCREECH
768
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,240
Oh!
769
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:42,680
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
AUDIENCE OOHS
770
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:46,640
Couple of points here.
771
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:48,680
LAUGHTER
772
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,800
First of all,
well done for not dying.
773
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,160
Yeah, yeah, that's good.
774
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,040
- Next, the way I see this... - Yeah.
775
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:57,000
..Michael Schumacher's race weekends
776
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,360
always started off with him
pushing too far, didn't it?
777
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,040
Always go too far, find the limits
778
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,960
- before you actually get into
the competitive aspect. - There we go.
779
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:05,600
- That's what you were doing.
- That's it.
780
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,000
You were getting rid of
all of those negative urges,
781
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,640
getting all the bad stuff
out the way,
782
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,840
ready for a perfect performance.
783
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,120
It's like auto mechanics.
784
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,920
You tighten the bolt till it snaps,
then you back off a quarter-turn.
785
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,200
LAUGHTER
786
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,960
But you did manage to eventually
complete a lap, yeah?
787
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:22,480
I got a lap in, but...
788
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,760
Yeah, well, it wasn't a perfect lap.
789
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,560
- Are you ready?
- I'm ready. Let's do it.
790
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,320
OK - who wants to see his lap?
791
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:30,720
AUDIENCE: Yeah!
792
00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:32,320
Here we go.
793
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,280
OK, off the line.
794
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,760
Bit of clutch riding,
but I think that was a good start.
795
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,520
This is the one, this is the one.
796
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,560
Bit of self-encouragement as well.
797
00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:45,840
Oh, yes - getting the car rotated
under brakes. That was fast.
798
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,240
- Third gear through there? - Yeah.
799
00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:50,240
Using all the track, and a little
bit more, too - that's good.
800
00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:51,840
Messy, messy.
801
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,520
A little bit of tail-wagging,
but that's fast.
802
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,000
Over-stopping the car.
803
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,000
Second through Chicago.
804
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,880
I love the way you put the wipers on
to make us think it's raining...
805
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:03,320
- LAUGHTER
- ..when it wasn't raining.
806
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,320
That was good gamesmanship,
I like that.
807
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,680
Now, flat-out down
the back straight,
808
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,680
braking between 150,
probably closer to the 50.
809
00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:12,800
Triggering those
hazard warning lights.
810
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,640
This line looks good to me.
811
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:15,760
Did you let the car roll out?
812
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,760
You didn't open the steering
as much as I thought.
813
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:18,960
Too much oversteer.
814
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:20,920
- You found grip on the inside,
didn't you? - Yeah.
815
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:22,960
So you'd been thinking there,
that was clever.
816
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:24,200
Down the back straight.
817
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:25,800
There's a cameraman,
try not to hit him.
818
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:26,840
Good idea(!)
819
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:28,440
So now, this turn point...
820
00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:31,160
- AUDIENCE OOHS
- That is rapid.
821
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:33,960
Woo-hoo-hoo!
822
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:35,400
Now, back through the tyre wall.
823
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,120
You're not lacking in the,
um...trouser department there.
824
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,440
OK, last two corners.
825
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:41,760
Be brave!
826
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,560
That's mega.
You're triggering those lights,
827
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:47,280
which shows maximum braking.
828
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,520
But now, over the line
and a bit of grass...
829
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:52,600
And a yump.
830
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,960
- Oh...!
- APPLAUSE
831
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,840
- That...was...dead impressive.
- Thank you.
832
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:03,920
Oh, thanks, mate.
833
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,240
That looked quick.
834
00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:08,400
That's the most committed
I've seen around here.
835
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,000
Absolutely, by far, yeah.
836
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,960
And the conditions weren't perfect.
837
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:16,760
- They were drier than your windscreen
wiper action suggested. - Come on!
838
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,360
I suppose, looking at it there,
I'm wondering...
839
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:21,040
Where could you have gone quicker?
840
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,240
It looked like you were
maxed out everywhere.
841
00:41:23,240 --> 00:41:25,080
I was pushing it,
but I made mistakes on,
842
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:26,440
I think, the first left-hander.
843
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,320
- Could have been a bit tighter there.
- Yeah.
844
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,080
And I could have used more width
of the track
845
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,160
going to that right-hander,
the follow-through.
846
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:33,640
- Yeah. - Possibly.
But if you go too far,
847
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:35,880
you touch the painted kerb
and you see what happened.
848
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:37,040
- Yes. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
849
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,440
I think it's a really,
really impressive effort.
850
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:40,760
Hopes are high.
851
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:42,880
- This is a big moment, I'm excited.
- Me too.
852
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,520
Top of our leaderboard
is still Max Whitlock,
853
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,800
the super gymnast, with the 1:39.5.
854
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,320
His double lay-in,
half-in, half-out,
855
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:54,800
has this almost...mournful quality
to it, it's just...
856
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,840
LAUGHTER
857
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,040
Anyway, that's besides the point.
858
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,680
He has two gold medals.
859
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:04,920
You have six gold medals.
860
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,520
So, on paper,
861
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,840
you should be three times
faster than him.
862
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:10,800
LAUGHTER
Is that correct?
863
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,520
- I'm twice his weight, though.
- That doesn't matter.
864
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,520
- All right. Are we ready?
- Let's do it.
865
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:21,120
Sir Chris Hoy, you did it...
866
00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:27,520
That's my favourite part.
867
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,160
- ..in one minute...
- Yes...
868
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:32,880
- 30...
- Yes...
869
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,920
- ..5.4. - Oh! - No!
870
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,320
- Really? Wow, thank you!
- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
871
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,960
Thank you, man.
Thank you very much, cheers.
872
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,680
- That is mega. - Thanks, man. Cheers.
873
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,640
Thank you. Thank you, mate.
874
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,040
Mate, you were amazing, really good.
875
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:53,800
Right to the top, man.
That is good! Way to go.
876
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,360
I didn't think that at all.
877
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,800
Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Chris Hoy.
878
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,280
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
879
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,960
- That will not be beaten
for some time. - No.
880
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,360
That will not be beaten
for some time.
881
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:11,200
That was driving the wheels off it,
as they say.
882
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,520
OK, now it's time to head back
to King of the Hammers.
883
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,240
Earlier, we saw Sabine and Chris
884
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:18,720
training for their big
off-road showdown,
885
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:23,920
aided by my words of encouragement
and Eddie's deep tissue massage.
886
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:26,480
But things were about
to get serious.
887
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:27,680
Really serious.
888
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,400
Race Day at King of the Hammers.
889
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,600
Sabine and Chris would soon be
competing in an off-road race
890
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:48,560
to claim the coveted title
891
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,520
of Top Gear's Fastest Driver
Apart From The Stig.
892
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:57,640
But after some overenthusiastic
practice the day before...
893
00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:59,280
Left, left!
894
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:00,640
- Come on.
- CLANKING
895
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:02,600
- I don't think it liked that.
- CLANKING
896
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,280
..Team Jordan had issues.
897
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,040
- What have you done here?
- What have I done?
898
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:11,280
The vehicle has let itself down.
899
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:12,720
Are you joking me?
900
00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:15,720
This was brand-new,
running perfectly.
901
00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:19,400
You don't turn left
when I tell you to turn left,
902
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:21,360
you break the machine.
903
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:22,720
You're a car wrecker.
904
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:24,960
How did anyone ever drive for you?
905
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:28,160
Very easy - they didn't do
silly things like this.
906
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,360
Years ago,
I would have said to the driver,
907
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,360
"You are a complete dick."
908
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,360
I'm supposed to have a positive
mental vibe from you,
909
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:37,400
you're beating me up.
910
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:40,280
Course I'm beating you up,
because I don't want the same again.
911
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,760
I need you to believe.
Find that commitment...
912
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,600
I like Eddie. He's so cool.
913
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:47,680
You're going to win.
914
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:51,120
Just feel the vibes.
Feel the good vibes inside you.
915
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:54,760
Don't talk to me. Don't talk to me.
916
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:56,200
I am not talking to him.
917
00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:00,120
- He's not a nice man...
- You look concerned.
918
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:01,400
You look a little concerned.
919
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:03,680
At the moment, I don't have
a vehicle to go in the race, do I?
920
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:05,760
Yes, we have this. Look. It's magic.
921
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,240
This is the car. Look at this.
922
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:10,240
Ooh, it's got a Texas flag on it.
923
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,720
Get out of here.
924
00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:15,920
I love it when you act like
you don't like me, it's great.
925
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:17,760
- I hate you. - You don't hate me...
926
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:21,720
- I like Sabine. - I am not
a proper lady. - You are a scumbag.
927
00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:24,120
- A scumbag? - You're trying
to damage my man's head.
928
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:26,440
- Scumbag! Hold on.
- It's damaged already.
929
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:28,200
- You're a scumbag. - Scumbag?
930
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:33,720
'Old people are funny.
931
00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:36,600
'But with the atmosphere heavy
with prerace tension,
932
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:40,360
'it was soon time for our drivers
to make their way to the track -
933
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:41,720
'if you could call it that.'
934
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:46,280
The race would start
on the choppy desert floor
935
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:49,560
with Eddie and I keeping watch
from a high vantage point.
936
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:51,360
Here, our drivers would
battle the dust
937
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:53,840
to reach the unforgiving
rock face beyond.
938
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:58,840
After a brutal uphill scramble,
a perilous ledge,
939
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:00,920
ending in a do-or-die descent
940
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,880
and a chance to get the hammer down
back on the flats.
941
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,560
Negotiating another
short boulder pass,
942
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:11,680
a fast sequence of banked turns
and flat-out jumps
943
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:13,960
completes the lap.
944
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:17,240
And they'll be doing all of that
eight times.
945
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:21,320
So before the race
was due to begin,
946
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:24,600
we headed out with our drivers
to offer some encouragement
947
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,720
at the toughest stage of all,
the Rock Wall...
948
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,360
..towering over 200 feet above us.
949
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:36,720
Oh, my Jesus...
950
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:40,480
- I mean, what the - BLEEP?
EDDIE CHUCKLES
951
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:47,240
So the part that's tricky here
is if you're right behind someone,
952
00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:49,120
you've just got
to single-file up it.
953
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:53,200
- I guess you could maybe try
that side on the right... - Oh, God.
954
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:56,040
..to pass someone, but what do
you do when you get to this?
955
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:59,000
You've just got to check up
and go single file, right?
956
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,680
Yeah. So just do it.
957
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:04,720
Unlike the previous day's
boulder crawl,
958
00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:07,560
during the race,
these loose rock scrambles
959
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,760
would have to be attacked at speed.
960
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:11,480
Whoa...whoa...
961
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:13,080
And on near-vertical faces,
962
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:15,920
rolling the car
was a very real danger.
963
00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:21,920
But at least Sabine
was in full control.
964
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:23,520
SHE SCREAMS
965
00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:25,800
The steering wheel came off.
966
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:27,240
- BLEEP - hell!
967
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:31,480
- BLEEP - hell!
968
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:32,680
Oh, man.
969
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:36,800
- BLEEP - hell!
970
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:40,240
I don't want to have
the steering wheel come off.
971
00:47:40,240 --> 00:47:42,200
What have we got ourselves into,
here?
972
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:56,680
Top man.
973
00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:59,120
Nice and easy. You're OK.
974
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:01,680
'Having reached the top
of the rock wall, though,
975
00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:04,920
'there was still the small matter
of getting back down...'
976
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:07,480
This is mental.
977
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:10,360
Oh!
CLANKING
978
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:12,600
THUDDING
Oh!
979
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,120
'..quickly learning that
this was a race about bravery
980
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:16,280
'as much as speed.'
981
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:17,400
Can we go back now?
982
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:19,240
CHRIS LAUGHS
983
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:23,280
We decided we had offered
our drivers enough encouragement
984
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:25,520
and headed back to the pits.
985
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:27,960
I'm glad I'm not in the car with you
for the race.
986
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:30,760
Oh...this is crazy.
987
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:35,600
'And after some final tweaks
to the cars,
988
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:37,920
'we said our last goodbyes
to Sabine and Chris.
989
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:40,760
'Well, not our last goodbyes, but...
You know what I mean.'
990
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,760
It was time for them
to take their places
991
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:49,200
out of the way
at the back of the grid.
992
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,480
Because in this Legends Class race,
993
00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:55,720
they were pitted against some of
the best talent in Hammer history -
994
00:48:55,720 --> 00:48:58,440
all hardened veterans in an event
995
00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:00,960
where simply finishing
is an achievement.
996
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,440
From the sport's fastest female,
997
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,400
to mavericks
998
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:07,520
and seasoned warriors.
999
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:10,920
So really, this was a race
within a race.
1000
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:14,120
Schmitz versus Harris.
1001
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:16,360
Oof!
1002
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:17,520
Serious business.
1003
00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:24,600
- It's crazy.
- You can't believe this, can you?
1004
00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:26,240
OK, we're getting close.
1005
00:49:26,240 --> 00:49:29,560
You stay focused
and you stay out of the roost, OK?
1006
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:31,080
Strategy.
1007
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:34,360
Usual thing,
just jump the start, if you can.
1008
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:37,920
Make sure you put the guy
beside you into the wall.
1009
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:39,880
The rest follows on from there.
1010
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:41,600
OK, Harris.
1011
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:44,160
I am on a mission
and I just want to beat you.
1012
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:47,200
All I can ever think
about on the grid
1013
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:49,880
is the fact that I wish
I'd had another wee.
1014
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,480
The desert would wait no longer.
1015
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:57,240
Eight laps of off-road endurance.
1016
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:00,880
Let the battle commence.
1017
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:04,880
ANNOUNCER: Three, two, one...go!
1018
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:09,720
Damn it!
1019
00:50:09,720 --> 00:50:11,280
Oh, what a start.
1020
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:14,720
- So much - BLEEP - in my face.
1021
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:20,840
Good one, my man. Go on, Chris.
1022
00:50:23,240 --> 00:50:25,240
I don't see anything.
1023
00:50:25,240 --> 00:50:26,320
You're OK, Sabine.
1024
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:28,360
Keep going, keep going.
I know the dust is bad.
1025
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:31,720
Just think about it as
the Nurburgring in the Stone Ages.
1026
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:33,240
SHE LAUGHS
1027
00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:37,600
'Despite the dust, we were both off
to a promising start,
1028
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:40,600
'but that Rock Wall was looming.'
1029
00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:41,720
Oh, God.
1030
00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:48,200
Rocks being thrown in my face.
1031
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:50,200
I can't see where I'm going.
1032
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:51,720
This is horrendous.
1033
00:50:51,720 --> 00:50:55,880
'But, somehow, we weren't just
in a two-car race at the back.'
1034
00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:57,560
There's Chris in fourth place.
1035
00:50:57,560 --> 00:50:59,760
Go on, Chris. Go on, my son!
1036
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:02,960
'No, we were right in the mix.'
1037
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:04,280
Whoo!
1038
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:06,280
- CRASH!
- Oh! I hit them.
1039
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:08,520
- Where's Sabine? - Woo-hoo-hoo!
1040
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:11,400
Oh, look at that!
1041
00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:16,440
Come on, Chris.
1042
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,880
At the top of the wall,
they were up with the pros,
1043
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:23,680
which should have given them
some real confidence.
1044
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:26,200
Oh, my God,
what am I doing this for?
1045
00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:29,160
This is crazy.
1046
00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:33,440
Oh, my God - just let it go,
let it go, man.
1047
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:34,840
Let it go!
1048
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:38,640
'Back down on the desert floor...
1049
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:41,520
'..Sabine was on my tail.
1050
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:45,800
'And as we tore through the rest
of the course...'
1051
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:47,440
Whoo...
1052
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:48,760
hoo!
1053
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:52,120
'..we saw what Hammer racing
was really all about.'
1054
00:51:53,240 --> 00:51:54,800
Come on!
1055
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:57,720
'Off-road open warfare.'
1056
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:00,680
Let's see where my man is.
1057
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:02,200
- He's in third. - Third?!
1058
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:03,360
Go on, Chris.
1059
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:05,400
'Survival of the fittest.'
1060
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:07,400
Oh, my heavens. That was close.
1061
00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:16,880
'But as the laps piled on...'
1062
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:20,080
Come on, Sabine. Push, push, push!
1063
00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:22,600
'..they weren't just battling
the other racers.'
1064
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:25,360
No, you're not coming past me,
you American...!
1065
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:28,600
These rocks are really crazy.
1066
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:30,160
I need to turn right.
1067
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:31,880
'The course was fighting back, too.'
1068
00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:34,160
- Uh-oh. - Hang on a second.
- She's stuck.
1069
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:40,400
Reverse, just a little bit.
Not much, maybe five feet.
1070
00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:43,880
'Snared by the rocks
on the worst part of the course,
1071
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,840
'Sabine was losing precious time...'
1072
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:49,360
Turn the wheels all the way
to the right and go forward.
1073
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:55,280
'..and the rest of the pack
were getting away.'
1074
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:06,720
All right, try to go slow,
backwards.
1075
00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:08,360
Straight back, slow.
1076
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:11,000
Back little a bit more,
a little bit more.
1077
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:13,240
You might have to come off
that ledge.
1078
00:53:13,240 --> 00:53:17,000
'One wrong instruction from me
and she could roll.'
1079
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:18,400
All right, stop right there.
1080
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,680
Turn the wheels the other way
and go forward. To the right.
1081
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:29,680
There you go.
1082
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:34,200
Atta girl. Yeah! Good girl.
1083
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:39,360
You're a star, you're a star.
All right.
1084
00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:40,600
That's OK.
1085
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:41,760
"That's OK"?
1086
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:45,520
Oh, she lost a lot of time there.
1087
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:47,960
'Back up and running,
to hunt down Chris,
1088
00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:51,360
'Sabine would need wring out
all 500 horsepower
1089
00:53:51,360 --> 00:53:53,440
'from her 6.4-litre V8.'
1090
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:54,920
Keep your pace, keep your pace.
1091
00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:56,280
Holy crow...
1092
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:00,040
THUDDING
Oh, BLEEP!
1093
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:09,560
As she tried to reel him back in,
1094
00:54:09,560 --> 00:54:12,600
Chris, already on his second car
of the event,
1095
00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:14,200
was now in trouble again.
1096
00:54:15,720 --> 00:54:17,640
I've got a gearbox issue, I think.
1097
00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:21,760
I can't get into second.
1098
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:27,680
Never mind the second gear,
you're doing brilliant, keep going.
1099
00:54:29,120 --> 00:54:32,320
I've got a transmission issue, now.
1100
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:34,160
'Despite Eddie's encouragement,
1101
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:36,920
'losing gears at this stage
was a serious issue.'
1102
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:39,640
Beautiful, beautiful.
Power, power, power, power.
1103
00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:42,360
'And, entering the final stages
of the race,
1104
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:46,240
'Sabine was pushing hard
to hunt down Chris.'
1105
00:54:46,240 --> 00:54:48,320
Come on, Chris,
keep that power going.
1106
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:50,720
This is so strong, just make sure
you look after the car.
1107
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:54,120
'But with Chris's car still
just about holding together,
1108
00:54:54,120 --> 00:54:57,640
'Hammer racing claimed
another victim.'
1109
00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:00,880
Oh, no. The car's smoking, we've
got smoke coming out of the back.
1110
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:02,960
- The car's on fire.
- Holy BLEEP!
1111
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:09,680
That looked like some bad smoke
coming out of Sabine's car.
1112
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:13,960
'So near the finish,
Sabine was determined to keep going.
1113
00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:16,360
'But with the smoke
only getting worse,
1114
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:18,680
'as team manager, I had no choice.'
1115
00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,680
All right, Sabine,
pull off, pull off.
1116
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:22,480
Pull off to the left.
1117
00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:24,440
Stop, stop, stop!
1118
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:25,760
Way off the circuit.
1119
00:55:27,240 --> 00:55:28,560
Get out of the car.
1120
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:31,240
You're in a safe spot to get out,
just get out.
1121
00:55:31,240 --> 00:55:32,680
Just get out.
1122
00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:38,720
Whaa!
1123
00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:41,080
Is she all right?
1124
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:42,600
Yeah, she's out. She's OK.
1125
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:46,240
HE WHISTLES
1126
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:56,880
With Sabine safe,
but out of the race...
1127
00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:59,000
The big trick is now to finish.
1128
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,520
..to claim the title
of fastest driver,
1129
00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:04,200
I had just half a lap to go.
1130
00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:07,760
All I could do was hold on and hope.
1131
00:56:09,680 --> 00:56:11,080
Oh, my Lord.
1132
00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:14,000
My legs are knackered,
my arms are knackered.
1133
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:17,760
I've got a mouth full of rocks
and I've got one gear.
1134
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:19,160
Oh! That nearly went over.
1135
00:56:20,760 --> 00:56:22,680
Come on, more power, more power.
1136
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:25,840
'This had been one of
the toughest races of my life.
1137
00:56:28,720 --> 00:56:30,200
'Bashed up.'
1138
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:31,280
Oh!
1139
00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:32,520
'Bruised.'
1140
00:56:32,520 --> 00:56:34,200
Oh, blimey.
1141
00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:35,480
'Battered.'
1142
00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:36,680
Oh...!
1143
00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:40,200
Last corner.
1144
00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:41,840
'And finally...'
1145
00:56:41,840 --> 00:56:45,200
You beauty! You beauty!
1146
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:47,560
'..over.'
1147
00:56:49,680 --> 00:56:51,040
I can safely say...
1148
00:56:52,080 --> 00:56:53,760
..I'm not sure
if I could do that again.
1149
00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:02,680
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1150
00:57:02,680 --> 00:57:06,400
- Yes. - Congratulations to Chris.
1151
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:10,120
He finished fourth overall.
Amazing performance.
1152
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:14,200
And with that, I am delighted
to award you the prize
1153
00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:17,720
for Top Gear's Fastest Driver
Apart From The Stig.
1154
00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:20,080
Congratulations.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1155
00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:26,400
Um, I'm not sure I can...
1156
00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:28,280
I'm not sure I can accept that,
Rory.
1157
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:30,400
Of course you can accept it.
You earned it, you won!
1158
00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:32,080
- You're a winner.
- I'll take the award,
1159
00:57:32,080 --> 00:57:34,640
but the trophy is absolutely horrid.
1160
00:57:34,640 --> 00:57:36,120
It's of a pigeon.
1161
00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:39,160
Eddie, how did that event compare
to what you've seen in F1?
1162
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:41,160
Terrifying, absolutely.
1163
00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:43,600
I had no idea
what I was letting myself in for.
1164
00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:45,400
It was horrific.
1165
00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:49,040
Formula 1, poles apart,
don't even compare the two.
1166
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:51,480
SABINE: I think so.
Quite different,
1167
00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:53,840
but between the dust
and the boulders
1168
00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:56,080
and the transmission problems
and, er...
1169
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:57,280
well, the fire,
1170
00:57:57,280 --> 00:58:00,880
I'm not sure that's the best way
to determine who was fastest.
1171
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:04,120
- I'm really glad that we decided
to do best two out of three. - Right.
1172
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:05,280
I'm sorry?
1173
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:06,720
LAUGHTER
1174
00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:08,640
We decided it was the best of three?
When?
1175
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:10,520
Yes, I did. Yeah.
1176
00:58:10,520 --> 00:58:13,520
Yeah, I mean, you're up for
another challenge, right, Sabine?
1177
00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:16,240
Yeah.
Different cars, different course?
1178
00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:17,880
Yeah, bring it on.
1179
00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:21,440
I need a car that's well prepared,
which doesn't break down
1180
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:23,360
and I'll take that little trophy
1181
00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:25,320
from that little racing driver
over there.
1182
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:27,360
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1183
00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:34,440
- Chris Harris, do you accept
that challenge? - Sabine...
1184
00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:37,840
It will be a pleasure to beat you
on another continent.
1185
00:58:37,840 --> 00:58:41,200
Maybe this continent
is named Nurburgring?
1186
00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:43,760
- AUDIENCE OOHS
- Let's...let's see...
1187
00:58:43,760 --> 00:58:46,480
Oh, that's worrying.
Let's see what happens.
1188
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:49,680
Sounds like it's on.
OK, on next week's show,
1189
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:53,440
a very green, very noisy Mercedes.
1190
00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:57,480
- And a revolutionary road trip
across Cuba. - See you then.
1191
00:58:57,480 --> 00:58:59,240
- Good night. - Good night. - Good night.
1192
00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:01,480
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE