0:00:12 > 0:00:16Tonight, I try a classic Jaguar on our track,
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Hammond has a blast in Mazda's new MX5...
0:00:20 > 0:00:24and James says, "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow."
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
0:00:31 > 0:00:33APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Thank you, everybody, thank you so much, thank you!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Hello, good evening.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Thanks, everyone.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Now, a couple of years ago, Jaguar gave us the F-Type convertible
0:00:45 > 0:00:49and now there's the F-Type coupe.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51You can have it with a choice of two V6 engines
0:00:51 > 0:00:56or, for £85,000, a thumping great V8.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59So guess which one I've been driving?
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Beautiful, isn't it?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Beautiful enough to cause dribbling.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29And aggressive as well.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Snarly.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Angry.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39And unlike the soft-top F-Type,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43it comes with a boot, into which you can put many things.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48All you could get in the boot of a convertible is a peaked cap.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52But in here, there's room for every conceivable type of hat,
0:01:52 > 0:01:53all at the same time.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56A boater, a fez, a pith helmet, a trilby,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59one of James's special hats,
0:01:59 > 0:02:03and there's still room leftover for a Busby.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04There you go.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12And the good news keeps on coming.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Because Jaguar has fiddled around with the supercharged V8
0:02:16 > 0:02:21so it now produces 542 horsepower.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34That is 54 more than you get in the convertible,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38which means this has a top speed of a million.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41It is outrageously fast.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45I mean, that is 160mph.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49And I've got 17 hats in the boot.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57But even more impressive than the speed is the way this car is made.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03They haven't simply bolted on a roof - the whole side is new.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04And this is it.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08It's one piece of aluminium and it only weighs...
0:03:08 > 0:03:10three and a bit kilograms.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13And because it's one piece, there's more strength,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17more safety and less flex.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21And less flex means better handling.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I thought the convertible was good, but this...
0:03:36 > 0:03:38this is even better.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43It's actually got tougher springs than the convertible
0:03:43 > 0:03:46which doesn't do much for the ride but...
0:03:46 > 0:03:48God, it makes it fun to drive out here.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01It is like driving around in some poetry.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Ted Hughes poetry, but poetry nevertheless.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11This actually has an electronic differential, which can overheat
0:04:11 > 0:04:14if you go too mad. But...
0:04:14 > 0:04:16providing you stay within the parameters
0:04:16 > 0:04:20of reasonable common sense, it's fabulous.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25I just don't know of another car quite like this.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31And that's half throttle.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Yes, you're good!
0:04:37 > 0:04:42So, it's pretty and violent and fast
0:04:42 > 0:04:45and more practical than you might imagine.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Inevitably, however, there are a few niggles.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Number one, at oblique junctions, it's really hard to see
0:04:56 > 0:04:58if anything is coming.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02So pull up here at the edge of our runway and look.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08The only way I can pull out safely is by crossing my fingers
0:05:08 > 0:05:10and hoping for the best.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- CAR HONKS HORN - Ah!
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Stupid idiot!
0:05:17 > 0:05:19There are other issues too.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22If you push the seat all the way back,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24and if you're tall, you'll want to,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27the leather squeaks on the bulkhead - can you hear that?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30LEATHER SQUEAKS
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Really irritating.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37And then there's the control system, which is touch screen.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Now that sounds fine
0:05:39 > 0:05:43but it's so bumpy in here, at low speeds particularly,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45that it's very difficult to get your finger
0:05:45 > 0:05:47to go in the right place.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51If you're not very careful when you try to change the radio station,
0:05:51 > 0:05:54you can end up altering the colour of the interior lighting
0:05:54 > 0:05:59or engaging Mad Mode on the dynamic driving system.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Aah! I wanted Classic FM!
0:06:06 > 0:06:11But the biggest problem with this car is that it never stops shouting.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13ENGINE ROARS
0:06:13 > 0:06:17You can push this button here to quieten the exhaust system
0:06:17 > 0:06:19but every time you go near the throttle,
0:06:19 > 0:06:21it all bursts back into life again.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24ENGINE ROARS
0:06:25 > 0:06:28This car's a little bit like a child that can play the violin.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30For five minutes, it's fine.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35But after a month, you might start to suggest that if it doesn't stop,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38you will shove the sound box right up its...
0:06:38 > 0:06:40CAR ACCELERATES
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Peace and quiet?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49That's not something this car can ever do.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Happily, however, there's another new Jaguar which is a bit less...
0:06:59 > 0:07:00louty.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10A few years ago, we tested this, the Eagle Speedster.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15And now the company that created it has come up with something else.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22It's called the Low Drag GT
0:07:22 > 0:07:26and it's a re-creation of a one-off racing E-Type prototype
0:07:26 > 0:07:29that Jaguar made in 1960.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Except re-creation is the wrong word,
0:07:43 > 0:07:47because what Eagle has actually done is taken the basic design
0:07:47 > 0:07:52and the spirit of the original and then brought them up to date.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Think of it, then, as a Georgian house with Wi-Fi.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00And perhaps one of those Georgian Clooney coffee machines.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Let's start with the engine.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Like the original, it's a twin cam straight six.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14But unlike the original, it has fuel injection rather than carburettors.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16So it works.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22It's made from aluminium rather than cast iron, so it's light.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26It also has cooling so it doesn't overheat.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29And it's bigger than the original...
0:08:29 > 0:08:31ENGINE REVS
0:08:31 > 0:08:33..which means it's more powerful.
0:08:37 > 0:08:44The original car had 3.8 litres and produced 265 horsepower.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47This has 4.7 litres
0:08:47 > 0:08:52and produces 345 horsepower!
0:08:52 > 0:08:54So it's faster...
0:08:54 > 0:08:56MUCH faster!
0:09:00 > 0:09:03To give you an idea of what a rocket ship this car is,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I'm going to have a drag race
0:09:05 > 0:09:09with Toyota's idea of a modern-day sports car -
0:09:09 > 0:09:11the GT-86.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Right, so a child of the '60s versus the 21st century.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:09:20 > 0:09:23CAR ENGINES REV
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Three, two, one, go!
0:09:31 > 0:09:33It's a smoking start.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35And we are away.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37That's incredible.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Janis Joplin is punching Justin Bieber in the face.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47And there's the finishing line.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Yeah, it's an easy victory.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54I've always said things were better in my day,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56apart from the rickets.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59And the diphtheria. And this proves it.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02It's even pretty good in the corners.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19I'm not going to say this feels modern because it doesn't.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26The F-Type would run rings around it.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27But crucially...
0:10:28 > 0:10:31..it doesn't feel as old as me,
0:10:31 > 0:10:33which is what it is.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39But it's not the handling or the power
0:10:39 > 0:10:45or the 170-mile-an-hour top speed that impresses most.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47It's the attention to detail.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52I mean, because this car has a five-speed gearbox
0:10:52 > 0:10:55rather than the four-speeder you got in the original,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Eagle has even made a special gear knob to reflect that
0:10:58 > 0:11:01with a five on it.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03I'd have just used Tipp-Ex.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07And look at these sun visors.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11They're fabulous and somebody had to make them and the bracket
0:11:11 > 0:11:13and the bolts that hold it together and the hinge.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17That's, that's just...
0:11:17 > 0:11:20It's all just too incredible for words.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23And there's more.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28The wheels - they look like they're made out of steel
0:11:28 > 0:11:30and they came from a motorist discount store,
0:11:30 > 0:11:35but actually they were specially made by hand out of magnesium.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38And because the body is Eagle's own design,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40this windscreen had to be specially made.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Now that meant going to a glassmaker
0:11:43 > 0:11:47and saying can you make ONE windscreen?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49One!
0:11:49 > 0:11:51It cost £15,000.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53And the back window?
0:11:53 > 0:11:56That was £15,000 as well.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00As a result of all this,
0:12:00 > 0:12:04the Low Drag GT is quite a lot more expensive than the F-Type
0:12:04 > 0:12:09and it's less nimble and it's more slow.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11But I know which I'd rather have.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22CHEERING
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Thing is, though...
0:12:28 > 0:12:31..the tragedy is that the only people who know
0:12:31 > 0:12:33how to make a windscreen like this,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36a one-off, are all now in their 70s and 80s
0:12:36 > 0:12:40and when they retire, they will take their skills with them.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Which means that in the very near future,
0:12:41 > 0:12:44it just won't be possible to make a car like this.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47No, I know and that'll be a real shame, it really will.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49One thing I've been trying to work out,
0:12:49 > 0:12:51cos you didn't actually say it in the film,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54if that windscreen cost £15,000,
0:12:54 > 0:12:56how much is it for the whole car?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- A lot. - LAUGHTER
0:12:58 > 0:13:00How much a lot?
0:13:00 > 0:13:01£840,000.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Ooh, that is a lot.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- No, but that does include VAT, I should be clear on that.- Yeah.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Nevertheless, you'll have to agree the F-Type does represent
0:13:09 > 0:13:10better value for money.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13It does - especially the V6, which is the one I'd buy.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Because the V8, I mean as I said in the film,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19it just never shuts up - it would drive you mad.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Yeah, it would, something never shuts up,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25shouting constantly all day long(!)
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Rah, rah! With opinions and noise.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Well, I'm just saying, I mean it'll drive you mad.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I can be quiet.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Yeah, but only when you're asleep
0:13:34 > 0:13:38and thankfully I'm not there for that so...
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Listen, I have just decided that I don't want to talk to you any more.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47But what I do want to do is find out how fast that F-Type
0:13:47 > 0:13:48goes round our track.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53And that of course means handing it over to our tame racing driver.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58Some say that he wishes there was someone he could talk to
0:13:58 > 0:14:00about his mis-sold PPI.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06And that he spent all week making a stairlift for Madonna.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09All we know is he's called The Stig!
0:14:09 > 0:14:11CHEERING
0:14:11 > 0:14:15And he's off, an un-smoky start, which is a surprise,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17but very shouty, which isn't.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Up to the first corner, lots of squealing from the Pirelli tyres
0:14:21 > 0:14:24but he's keeping it all in check nicely.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27That is neat.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30# Not a cloud in the sky
0:14:30 > 0:14:33# Got the sun in my eyes... #
0:14:33 > 0:14:36An appropriate slice of The Carpenters there
0:14:36 > 0:14:38on this crisp, dry day.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Very together through Chicago.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Let's see if there are any tail-happy antics
0:14:43 > 0:14:45round the Hammerhead.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Into the second part... No, nothing so far.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52No, that is incredibly neat again.
0:14:52 > 0:14:58# I'm on the top of the world looking down on creation... #
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Now a chance to unleash noisy, supercharged fury,
0:15:02 > 0:15:05through the Follow Through, he's right on the edge there,
0:15:05 > 0:15:09that won't raise the pulse of either of The Stig's hearts.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Hard on the optional carbon ceramic brakes
0:15:13 > 0:15:16for the second-to-last corner, through Gambon
0:15:16 > 0:15:18and across the line!
0:15:18 > 0:15:20APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Right, then.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24What did it do?
0:15:26 > 0:15:301.21.6 - which is as fast as a Audi R8 V10
0:15:30 > 0:15:34and a Cayman GTS and... What are you doing?
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- I'm being quiet. - What?- I'm being quiet.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- This is...- I'm letting you know what it's like to sleep with me.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42LAUGHTER
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Oh!
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Oh...
0:15:46 > 0:15:47And now the news.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50And a couple of weeks ago, we reported that Ferrari were
0:15:50 > 0:15:53warming to the idea of a test to see which is the fastest -
0:15:53 > 0:15:58the Ferrari "The Ferrari", the McLaren P1 or the Porsche 918.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00And the good news is...
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Ferrari have warmed.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04They have indeed. There are a few stipulations -
0:16:04 > 0:16:08they've said that the test must happen on neutral ground,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10which is fine, it's what McLaren wanted as well.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12They've also said it must be a factory-prepared car
0:16:12 > 0:16:14which was a sticking point with McLaren,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17but McLaren are now saying, "That's OK, that's fine."
0:16:17 > 0:16:19And that means, ladies and gentlemen, this...
0:16:19 > 0:16:24I think the most important test this century is now going to happen.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26CHEERING
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- Oh, that is good. - I'm telling you honestly,
0:16:31 > 0:16:32we should go and sort out Ukraine,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35cos after this, it'd be a walk in the park.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37So when are we going to do it?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- What, sort out Ukraine? - No. The race.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Oh, the race, well, as soon as Porsche can find us a car.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- Find us a car?- Mm.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Well, they made 918.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- I know, they've obviously lost them. - Have they?- Yes, they're now saying,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51"We haven't actually got one at the moment,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53"but as soon as we do have one, we'll let you have it."
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Then we can go ahead and see which of those three incredible cars
0:16:56 > 0:16:59is the fastest. I cannot wait, I really cannot wait.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01That's excellent, looking forward to that.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04So that is good news. Er, now, not such good news.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07You may have heard in the news last week that Top Gear
0:17:07 > 0:17:11was attacked by Labour's transport spokesman, a Mr Dugher.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15He says that Top Gear is not representative
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- of the motoring public in Britain. - No!- I know!
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- We're not representative?- I know cos only this series, we have,
0:17:22 > 0:17:27if you think about it, we've raced a hovercraft across St Petersburg.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- How representative is that?- Very.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31We've turned a Porsche into an ambulance,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- we've driven a Bentley up the side of an iron-ore mine...- Exactly.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- ..in Australia.- Exactly. Did he not enjoy these features?
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Difficult to say because he says he doesn't watch Top Gear.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Well, hang on, how does he know if we're representative or not
0:17:45 > 0:17:46if he doesn't watch it?
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- It's a good question. He may have special powers.- OK.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51He could be a witch.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55- The Tories aren't much better, are they?- Nice balancing work.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56- Good work, thank you.- Thank you.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00This is excellent - BBC even playing field.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02The Tory transport bloke, he said that he didn't support the idea
0:18:02 > 0:18:05of an 80mph speed limit on the motorway
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- because of the road casualties on one road in his constituency.- Mm.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Which is the Derbyshire dales... - Yeah.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14..which doesn't have any motorways in it.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16That's cos he's not a witch,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- he's an idiot.- All right, OK. - That's the difference.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22The annoying thing is, though, that actually if you look behind
0:18:22 > 0:18:24the anti-Top Gear prejudice,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Dugher is actually talking a deal of sense.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Because he says that when they're deciding on transport policy,
0:18:30 > 0:18:34every government, Labour and Tory, they talk to anti-car lobby,
0:18:34 > 0:18:36the... You know the cyclists and the ramblers
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- and the bus drivers and so on and so forth.- Yeah, and he's right.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41He is right which is ridiculous.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43He also says that all the people who make the decisions
0:18:43 > 0:18:46are in central London and have no idea what it's like
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- for people trying to get around in the regions.- And he's right on that.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I know, and the tragedy is we're telling him he's right
0:18:51 > 0:18:54and he's not watching cos he's tuned into the Midwife thing
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- on the other side. - Almost certainly, yeah.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Which, incidentally, is not representative of midwifery.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- Have you watched it?- No, never.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I'm a witch as well. I know these things.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Ooh, now you may remember a little while back
0:19:10 > 0:19:13we made some ambulances, OK? And James turned up
0:19:13 > 0:19:16to make his ambulance out of a Cosworth-powered hearse, yes?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Do you remember that? - CROWD:- Yes.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Somebody else, it turns out, is also using a Cosworth-powered hearse
0:19:21 > 0:19:22as a hearse - got a picture.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27The same thing happened to you. It's a design fault.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- I could have warned them. - Yes, exactly.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- I have news!- What news?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- Vauxhall has a new car!- No!- Wow.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Yes! And here it is...
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Wow!
0:19:38 > 0:19:40They have called it the Viva.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- Viva?!- They've brought the name back, yeah, Viva.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- Does anybody remember the original Viva?- Oh, yeah.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Anyone...? You're probably too young. Let me remind you, OK?
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- There's a picture of it here, the original one.- Oh, God.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Look at it!- Look at its silly little wheels.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- A style-free car.- It is ridiculous.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Interesting, though - if they were going to revive a name
0:19:59 > 0:20:02from Vauxhall's heritage and all that, why would they choose Viva?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I know, cos they had some great names. They had Cresta,
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- they had Victor.- Viceroy.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09They did a car called the Prince Albert.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11No.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- No, it was the Prince Henry. - No, it's Prince Albert.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19No, Prince Albert, that's... It's a ring they put through your chap.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- What, Vauxhall put it through your...?- No, no!
0:20:22 > 0:20:23People who for, I don't know why,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26but they do, it's a ring they put through their chap.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27I thought it was a rod.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Look, whatever it was, it's not a Vauxhall.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- It wasn't a Vauxhall, they didn't... - Right, that's cleared that up,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37there was no Vauxhall Prince Albert.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Oh, now it's the Geneva Motor Show is currently on actually,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43which is an opportunity for all the carmakers
0:20:43 > 0:20:45to demonstrate new concepts,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48all of which have ridiculously large wheels
0:20:48 > 0:20:51that will never see the light of day in production.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Got some of them here for you.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56We have the Infinity Q60. Look at the wheels on that,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- that's never going to happen in real life.- No.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- Nissan Sway. Again, no.- No.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03- Look at the Audi Prologue. - God.- No.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06The idea is we look at that, we go, "Wow, that's fantastic."
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Then of course the accountants step into the mix
0:21:08 > 0:21:11and the accountants say you can't have 46" rims.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14And you end up with a car that actually looks like this.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Supercar news from Geneva - a couple I want to talk about.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23There's this, it's called the EXP10 Speed 6.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Oh, so EXP won against Speed.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Oh, it's like football results, EXP - 10...
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- Speed - 6.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35That's actually well spotted. Two-seater sports coupe.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38And they say, and I'm quoting now, that "It is..."
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Er, make sure I get the quote right.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42"..unmistakably a Bentley."
0:21:42 > 0:21:45But if you look at it from the side,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48I think you'll agree that is unmistakably an Aston Martin.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- Er, it is.- Yes.- That's an Aston Martin.- Exactly.- Yes, it is.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Well, meanwhile, actually, the real Aston Martin have come up with this,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59which is an 800 horsepower, it's a track day car,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01but they've called it the Vulcan.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02- The Vulcan?- The Vulcan.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05So it only takes off from RAF Waddington
0:22:05 > 0:22:08and then it refuels in the Ascension Islands and then carries on...
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- Um...- No, let's not go there.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13I don't think... Leave that.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Have you seen this?
0:22:15 > 0:22:19It's a Fiat 500, it's a limited edition thing they're doing.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22But what puzzles me is they've chosen to put an image
0:22:22 > 0:22:25of the original 500 on the side of it, that's the original.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28That's just idiotic cos that's like saying "Look how fat I've become!"
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Well, yeah. It's...
0:22:30 > 0:22:32You don't see Eamonn Holmes sunbathing with a diagram
0:22:32 > 0:22:35on his belly of what he used to look like as a teenager, do you?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38"Look at me! I used to be only this thin and now I'm enormous."
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Which is what they've done. I don't know what that's for.
0:22:41 > 0:22:47Now, let's move on and it is time now to talk about the Mazda MX5.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52When this, the original model, came out 25 years ago,
0:22:52 > 0:22:56it immediately saved the small roadster from extinction
0:22:56 > 0:23:00and went on to become THE most successful two-seater sports car
0:23:00 > 0:23:02of all time.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07But now there's a new MX5 and I went to Humberside to drive it.
0:23:11 > 0:23:17Before I do that, though, time for a quick refresher with the original.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23The reason this car was so brilliant is that it's light,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25it's small and it's simple.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Mazda were perfectly open about
0:23:29 > 0:23:34cribbing all the best bits from '60s MGs and Lotus Elans
0:23:34 > 0:23:37and leaving out all the worst bits.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42The recipe wasn't complicated - small engine at the front,
0:23:42 > 0:23:43rear wheel drive
0:23:43 > 0:23:47and a perfect 50/50 weight distribution.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50They were so obsessed with that last point,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53they even moved the battery to the boot.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56There isn't a lot on this car but everything that is
0:23:56 > 0:24:01is done well. The gear change - short snappy throws from gear to gear
0:24:01 > 0:24:03and a little click as it goes in.
0:24:04 > 0:24:0725 years on
0:24:07 > 0:24:12and this is still in the top five all-time great gear changes...
0:24:12 > 0:24:14if there is such a thing.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20God, these things were good
0:24:20 > 0:24:23which means that the brand-new MX5 has got a lot to live up to,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25a helluva lot.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Well, here it is.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35And on paper, the signs are good.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37It's still usefully small.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41It's still got an engine at the front and drive to the rear.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45And since prices start at around £19,000,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48it's still more affordable than most sports cars.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Another encouraging sign is that they've resisted the temptation
0:24:59 > 0:25:01to give it a bigger engine.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04The biggest you can get is two litres
0:25:04 > 0:25:07and the one I'm in is a 1.5.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10That means nought to 60 in just under nine seconds,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13about the same as the original,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16and a top speed of 125,
0:25:16 > 0:25:19which is absolutely fine.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22In fact, it's good news.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26An MX5 shouldn't be a snorting monster of a thing,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29it's a car for driving into the countryside
0:25:29 > 0:25:31on a nice sunny day to find a nice pub for lunch.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35And it's great!
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Squeezing every last drop out of this little 1.5 litre engine.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Use all the engine's got and... Come on!
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Whip the pony a bit.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Then there's the handling.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54The front suspension is still double wishbones,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57the weight distribution is still balanced perfectly,
0:25:57 > 0:25:5850/50 front to rear.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06Immediately, you can just sense everything is in the right place,
0:26:06 > 0:26:10the relationship between where it all sits in the car is correct.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16This car isn't about wrestling a monster through turns
0:26:16 > 0:26:18and being relieved when you survive.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21I'm not trying to win a fight,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24it's human being and machine working together.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28That - the way it changes direction there, turn in...
0:26:31 > 0:26:33..it feels so nimble.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42The reason the new MX5 is so nimble is because
0:26:42 > 0:26:46whilst most cars get fatter with every new generation,
0:26:46 > 0:26:51this one is almost 100 kilos lighter than the car it replaces.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55100kg, that's...
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Well, it's nearly an entire Jeremy Clarkson.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01That's a significant weight saving.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Mazda has achieved this feat by employing something called
0:27:04 > 0:27:07the gram strategy.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13Now this is not to be confused with the business plan from Scarface.
0:27:13 > 0:27:19What it means in Mazda-land is shaving off a gram here and there.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23For instance, in any car, there's bits of the glass that you can't see
0:27:23 > 0:27:26hidden inside the body, hidden inside the doors.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Glass is heavy.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32So Mazda have made holes and taken out pieces of that glass.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35And if you just shave off a gram here and there,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38those grams add up to become kilograms.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41But despite the minimalism,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44you don't feel like you're sitting in a prison cell.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47It's a nice place to be. I've got, well, everything I need.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Touch screen, sat nav, it interfaces with my telephone,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54all of that stuff... It's a car.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57So far, then, all is well.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59But before I get too carried away,
0:27:59 > 0:28:03there are a couple of not-so-good things about this new MX5.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08The first problem is not really the car's fault at all
0:28:08 > 0:28:12but I should mention it. It's the image of the MX5.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16Put it this way, if your business is called A Cut Above,
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Fringe Benefits or Hair Apparent,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21this has long been the choice of car for you.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25But if you run a magazine called Belt-Fed Machine Gun Enthusiast,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27you'd probably want to look elsewhere.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30The second problem is the looks.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31I can see what they've done -
0:28:31 > 0:28:33they've given a cute little car a frown,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35it's the whole angry puppy thing -
0:28:35 > 0:28:39but I'm just not quite sure, yet.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44But, you know what?
0:28:44 > 0:28:50These are tiny ripples in what is otherwise an ocean of brilliance.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Oh, I love this thing - it's brilliant.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57It's pure fun.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59It's made of fun.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02ENGINE ROARS
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Listen to that!
0:29:05 > 0:29:08I know when I get back to the studio, Jeremy's going to be standing there
0:29:08 > 0:29:10pointing at an Alfa Romeo 4C
0:29:10 > 0:29:13saying, "This is the lightweight car to have."
0:29:13 > 0:29:15But it's 50 grand!
0:29:15 > 0:29:17And they make a fuss about it being light.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19This is just simple.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29I love this. I'm just made up with this.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:29:38 > 0:29:40See? There you are.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43I, I knew it. I knew you'd do that.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I said so in the film.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48But, look, the fact is you could buy two MX5s -
0:29:48 > 0:29:51no, two and a half - for the price of one Alfa.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Yes, but the Alfa Romeo is lighter.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54How do you know?
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Every time we ask Alfa how much it weighs,
0:29:56 > 0:29:58they send us a different number.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01They did, cos they're not troubled with specific details like that.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04If you build a car that's as much fun as this
0:30:04 > 0:30:06with a carbon-fibre tub chassis,
0:30:06 > 0:30:09you take it for a drive, you don't weigh it.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12When Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14he didn't say, "I wonder how much that weighs..."
0:30:14 > 0:30:18The whole point of the Alfa, we're told, is its lack of weight,
0:30:18 > 0:30:21that's why they tell us it feels a bit flimsy and a bit brittle
0:30:21 > 0:30:24and it hasn't got power steering because it's so light.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26But then they won't tell us how light it actually is.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Because they're too busy having fun.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Mazda made that and then went, "I wonder how many horsepower
0:30:30 > 0:30:33"it produces? Let's put it on a rolling road and weigh it."
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Why don't they just make the figures up?
0:30:35 > 0:30:36That's what the Italians always do.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- LAUGHTER - They do!
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Right, once Alfa finally give us the convertible version of this,
0:30:41 > 0:30:44let's get it together with the Mazda and we'll sort out which is best.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49Good idea, but now we must put a Star in our Reasonably Priced Car.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Now, my guest tonight came to fame as a boy,
0:30:52 > 0:30:56and then he was a sort of blue monster, and then he was a zombie -
0:30:56 > 0:31:00all of which means I don't know what he looks like in real life.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05So, ladies and gentlemen, somewhere over there is Nicholas Hoult!
0:31:05 > 0:31:06APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:31:06 > 0:31:08You! It's you.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11It is you.
0:31:11 > 0:31:12How are you and your...?
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Very well, very well.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- That's actually you?- This is it.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Your ears, your nose... Excellent, have a seat.
0:31:20 > 0:31:21Yes, yes, yes. Thank you.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25No, cos you very rarely see you as you.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Yeah, I have a habit of wearing a lot of make-up.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- LAUGHTER - In films, not in real life. Generally.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35To remind you, this was you in About A Boy, obviously, when you were...
0:31:35 > 0:31:36- AUDIENCE: Aww!- Yeah.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- Sweet is the word I'm looking for. - Thank you.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- And then you were blue. - Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Again, hard to recognise you now from...
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Is this a good thing? Does the anonymity...?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Well, I did sneak around.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52I did get off on the streets in that costume a little bit.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Um, I ran across a golf course at one point.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57I went hooning it. Three people were playing,
0:31:57 > 0:31:59and I went running across this golf course,
0:31:59 > 0:32:00and they turned and saw that coming
0:32:00 > 0:32:03and they were like, "Oh, Lord, it's happening."
0:32:03 > 0:32:04LAUGHTER
0:32:04 > 0:32:07And I pulled up and said, "Remember to swing through the ball,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09"keep your eye on the back of it at all times,"
0:32:09 > 0:32:11then I turned around and ran off again.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12And you could see them just so confused.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Was that while you were actually filming or is that something
0:32:15 > 0:32:16you keep at home for fun?
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- Well, I've got the feet from that at home.- Have you?
0:32:19 > 0:32:20Yeah. Well, actually, no, I haven't,
0:32:20 > 0:32:23my mum kept them, cos she likes to wear them as slippers.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24LAUGHTER
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Now, you've been, even from when you were a boy-boy,
0:32:27 > 0:32:30you've been a petrolhead since you were that age?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32I have, yeah. I grew up watching this show.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- So, you were watching this as a... When you were in About A Boy?- Yeah.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38God, that makes me feel about a thousand.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39Cos it's weird, I haven't changed...
0:32:39 > 0:32:43I mean, you've changed a lot, but I'm exactly the same now
0:32:43 > 0:32:44as I was when we first started.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46So you must have been thrilled, then,
0:32:46 > 0:32:49if you were a car enthusiast from a young age,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52to have been offered a part in the new Mad Max movie, I presume,
0:32:52 > 0:32:54which is - as we know from the early ones -
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- a lot of cars.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59That was supposed be an Australian accent - rubbish.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Yeah, cos I loved the original films.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04And then, it's the weirdest thing, you'd be there on set,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06and they'd have these armadas of all these vehicles
0:33:06 > 0:33:08that they'd specially made for the shoot,
0:33:08 > 0:33:10all these V8s, V12s, all roaring.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13And you'd be sitting there in your car, and flames of all these other
0:33:13 > 0:33:16cars would go flying past you, guys on bikes, and you just get chills.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19But the only problem with it is you can't hear anything
0:33:19 > 0:33:21cos the engines are all so loud.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23You'd sit there, and then you'd see the camera
0:33:23 > 0:33:25kind of come into your periphery,
0:33:25 > 0:33:27and then you'd hear a bang on the roof,
0:33:27 > 0:33:29and that was maybe someone saying their line.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31So you're just kind of guessing when to act, essentially.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32Just hoping for the best,
0:33:32 > 0:33:35not knowing exactly where you were in the film.
0:33:35 > 0:33:36We've actually got a clip.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Let's have a look at the new Mad Max movie.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39My name is Max.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Oh, what a day! What a lovely day!
0:34:20 > 0:34:22APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:34:26 > 0:34:29That does look like my kind of film, I think all our kinds of films.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32We would... Yeah, I'll be queuing up for that one.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35But the car has survived, the Mad Max...? It's a Ford Falcon.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37That's still there. It gets adapted a little bit in this one.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40This was amazing, like, the attention to detail in all of these.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43My car, they had four versions of it, because they had to flip
0:34:43 > 0:34:46and roll and do all sorts of stuff, but each one had, like,
0:34:46 > 0:34:48my character's name, Nux, engraved into the brake pad
0:34:48 > 0:34:50and all these sorts of things.
0:34:50 > 0:34:51When you got in there everything worked
0:34:51 > 0:34:55and had a reason to be there, they'd had really thought about everything.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58So there's no CGI in this, then? It really is roll a car over?
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Yeah, they were really going for it, yeah.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Well, I mean, that just sounds like my idea of heaven.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04It was... Yeah, you think it's your idea of heaven
0:35:04 > 0:35:06until they're crashing trucks into the back of you.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08And you do the first take and you're like,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11"Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry about it, do it faster, go for it."
0:35:11 > 0:35:13And then the next time you turn around mid-scene,
0:35:13 > 0:35:16you look over your shoulder and there's this truck flying at you,
0:35:16 > 0:35:19and you're like - "Boof!" - getting thrown around inside, trying to act.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21You are quite accident prone on films, are you not?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Cos when you were on X-Men... Cos you've got Fassbender on...?
0:35:24 > 0:35:25Yeah, Fassbender.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Cos he told some amazing stories of what you got...
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Racing golf buggies when he was...
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Oh, yeah, him and James crashed a golf buggy and caused
0:35:31 > 0:35:34quite a lot of damage to themselves and one of the cars on set.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35Yeah, he did mention that.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38You didn't get involved in the golf buggy racing?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Well, they took them away after that.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42We'd do a little bit of golf buggy racing.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44So then, our next one, on the last film
0:35:44 > 0:35:47me and James went and bought BB guns and we'd shoot each other.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49So you'd be riding to set in the morning,
0:35:49 > 0:35:51you'd put your goggles on, load your clip,
0:35:51 > 0:35:53you'd get out of the car and then, before you knew it,
0:35:53 > 0:35:55there were three people, like, chasing you to your trailer.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- Shooting you? - Yeah, but then we had to stop that
0:35:58 > 0:35:59cos people got shot in the face.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01- LAUGHTER - And you'd bleed.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I was going to say it would leave an ugly mark.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Yeah, it would welt or bleed, so we got told we weren't allowed
0:36:06 > 0:36:08- to do that any more, either, so... - Aw!
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Don't know what we're going to do on the next one.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Is that why you've now taken up knitting?
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Yeah!
0:36:14 > 0:36:15Oh, the knitting, yeah.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18On Mad Max, there was a lot of hanging around,
0:36:18 > 0:36:20so one of make-up artists was knitting one day
0:36:20 > 0:36:23and I was like, "That seems like a good way to kill time."
0:36:23 > 0:36:24So, I'd sit there, sit there knitting,
0:36:24 > 0:36:27and then getting really frustrated with myself when I'd mess up,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29like, storming around the set being like,
0:36:29 > 0:36:31"Argh! Can someone fix my...
0:36:31 > 0:36:32"knitting?"
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- LAUGHTER - "Please."
0:36:34 > 0:36:36And then they'd fix it up, I'd go, "Thank you,"
0:36:36 > 0:36:38and I'd go back off to my corner and sit there.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41I started, like, taking orders from other people.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42LAUGHTER
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- And then...- Beast can knit.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Two of the girls on Mad Max asked for hats,
0:36:46 > 0:36:47and I was like, "OK."
0:36:47 > 0:36:50I had one day off and I was like, "I've got to make these hats."
0:36:50 > 0:36:52So I knitted straight for ten hours that day
0:36:52 > 0:36:53without really stopping.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55And then I quit, I haven't knitted since, cos I was like,
0:36:55 > 0:36:57this is too much, it's not fun any more.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Have you heard of Call Of Duty? That's brilliant for killing time.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03I kill weeks with Call Of Duty. Knitting? Well, there we are.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Now, it's time to get on to your cars,
0:37:04 > 0:37:07cos we've established you like a car, and you've driven many.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09You've driven a Murcielago, haven't you?
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Yeah, I got to drive one in Singapore.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13I was shooting a film in Singapore last year.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15That's a beast, it was proper Lambo beast days.
0:37:15 > 0:37:16Yeah, it shifted.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19But your first car wasn't any of those things.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20It was similar.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21It was a Fiat Grande Punto.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- Punto?- In red, yeah.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24It's a mean car.
0:37:24 > 0:37:261.4 litres of mayhem. It was good, I enjoyed it.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27- 1.4?- Yeah.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Whoa, that's a beast.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32And then, presumably, in a Fiat Punto,
0:37:32 > 0:37:35police interruptions in your driving...?
0:37:35 > 0:37:36Yeah, yeah, one.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38I've never got a speeding ticket on anything,
0:37:38 > 0:37:41not on my bike, nothing, apart from in the Punto.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43LAUGHTER
0:37:43 > 0:37:45And the max speed on that thing is 103,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48and I think I was doing under that. I'm pretty sure.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51And I suddenly saw the blue lights and I was like, "Oh, no."
0:37:51 > 0:37:52Pulled over, and he was like,
0:37:52 > 0:37:54"I've been chasing you for a while now,
0:37:54 > 0:37:57"and I had to do 120, maybe 130 to catch up with you,
0:37:57 > 0:37:59"so you were definitely doing faster than that."
0:37:59 > 0:38:00And I was like, "Well...
0:38:00 > 0:38:02"the logic is off."
0:38:02 > 0:38:03He said he was doing 120 to catch you up
0:38:03 > 0:38:05so you must have been doing more than that?
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Yeah, and I was like, "This doesn't make any sense.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10"Of course you were going faster than me, you were chasing me."
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Did you say you had a bike?
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Yeah. Yeah, a Ducati 899.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Not interested in bikes. Anyone interested in bikes?
0:38:18 > 0:38:19AUDIENCE: Yeah.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20Oh, God! Um...
0:38:20 > 0:38:22LAUGHTER
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Erm...do you ride it?
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Yeah, I ride it around, it's lovely.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Um...
0:38:28 > 0:38:29Is it...? What colour is it?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31It's white.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Yeah.
0:38:33 > 0:38:34LAUGHTER
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Can we stop talking about bikes now? I want to talk about his laps.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41- Oh, no!- No, no. You know last week we had Gillian Anderson here?
0:38:41 > 0:38:44And she did set a new record of 22 practice
0:38:44 > 0:38:47or attempts at the fastest time. Do you know how many you did?
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Uh, no, I wasn't...
0:38:49 > 0:38:50- 24!- Did I?!
0:38:50 > 0:38:52LAUGHTER
0:38:52 > 0:38:55No, but, you know, I had lots going on, so...
0:38:55 > 0:38:59But it is... It's an awful thing to say, I know,
0:38:59 > 0:39:01but it was a beautiful day today.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02Well, yeah, it looked beautiful -
0:39:02 > 0:39:05strong headwinds throughout the whole lap, so...
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Not a breath of wind, just a crisp, cool, sunny,
0:39:08 > 0:39:10beautiful, perfect day for a car to go...
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Yeah, that's what everyone kept on saying.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15And I was sitting there in the car and I was sweating,
0:39:15 > 0:39:19and everyone's first thing out their mouths was, "Perfect day for it."
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- Yeah.- And you're like, "Oh..."
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Anyway, who would like to see Nicholas's lap?
0:39:23 > 0:39:24AUDIENCE: Yes.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26- Let us have a look. - HE GROANS
0:39:28 > 0:39:30TYRES SQUEAL
0:39:30 > 0:39:31- Loves it!- Vigorous.- Loves it!
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Race mode engaged.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Idiot driving - perfect.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Well, we shall see.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40Coming up to the first...
0:39:40 > 0:39:41Oh, crikey!
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Oh, God almighty, that is quick.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46It looks quick but I don't know if it actually is.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- That does look quick through there. - It felt like I was going as fast as I could.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Up to third, hang it out, turn it in.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57And, I have to say, sometimes we say
0:39:57 > 0:39:59if you go slowly it looks quick but...
0:39:59 > 0:40:02I saw Ricciardo bouncing up and down.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04I don't know if that helps the speed.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09No, cos normally when a car is apparently going slowly
0:40:09 > 0:40:12it's sometimes quick, but this looks faster than normal.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14And that's very nicely done.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18That was a gear change.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Strong winds.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Not visible on screen.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Flat through there, obviously.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Oh, that is right to the edge!
0:40:30 > 0:40:33And that's cutting it fine nicely.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35And now just two corners left.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Coming in on a shallow angle,
0:40:38 > 0:40:43but no real problems with the second to last, Gambon.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45A lot of understeer there, but across the line!
0:40:45 > 0:40:47APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Ah-ha!
0:40:52 > 0:40:53What do you think, then?
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Where do you think you've come on the board?
0:41:00 > 0:41:01Huh.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03I'd, I'd, I mean...
0:41:03 > 0:41:07Obviously, for X-Men bragging rights, I'd like to be somewhere
0:41:07 > 0:41:09around Hugh Jackman, but that's really high up.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10Where's Hugh?
0:41:10 > 0:41:13He's 1:46.1.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16I'd like to be in the late 1:40s somewhere.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Late 1:40s. Well, let's have a look.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20I don't know.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Nicholas Hoult, you did it in 1...
0:41:22 > 0:41:23Oh.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25..40...
0:41:25 > 0:41:27OK, that's all right.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32..4...
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- Ooh!- Oh, that's good.
0:41:34 > 0:41:35Told you it looked quick.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42Ah!
0:41:42 > 0:41:43..7.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- AUDIENCE GROANS - Oh!
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Tenth off, a tenth off.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:41:50 > 0:41:51But there...
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Come on. Come on.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59That is a tenth...
0:41:59 > 0:42:00Olly Murs is like...
0:42:01 > 0:42:03But that is a very...
0:42:03 > 0:42:05I mean, it looked quick.
0:42:06 > 0:42:07It looked quick.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10It's really difficult to get a lap where everything goes right.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13No, that is... That's a time to be proud of, 1:44.7.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15- Thank you so much for coming. - Thank you.
0:42:15 > 0:42:16Absolute pleasure to have you here.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Ladies and gentlemen, Nicholas Hoult!
0:42:19 > 0:42:21APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Now, a few series ago, the three of us
0:42:30 > 0:42:32tried our hand at amateur Rallycross,
0:42:32 > 0:42:35and we decided that, pound for pound,
0:42:35 > 0:42:37it is the most exciting sport in the world.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41And, because we enjoyed the amateur event so much,
0:42:41 > 0:42:43the logical next step was for one of us
0:42:43 > 0:42:47to take it to a professional level.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Clearly, there was only one steely-eyed helmsman
0:42:50 > 0:42:52to take on this challenging job.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Him. LAUGHTER
0:43:01 > 0:43:04When we did our amateur Rallycrossing,
0:43:04 > 0:43:07we raced here, at Lidden Hill in Kent,
0:43:07 > 0:43:11and our cars were plucked from the pages of the classifieds
0:43:11 > 0:43:12for just a few quid.
0:43:15 > 0:43:16Well, the venue is the same.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19This is where the event will be taking place tomorrow.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21The car, though...
0:43:22 > 0:43:23That's a bit of a step up.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27It starts out as a VW Polo,
0:43:27 > 0:43:30but then becomes this -
0:43:30 > 0:43:32a 2-litre turbo-charged Tornado
0:43:32 > 0:43:37with 600 horsepower and more torque than a Ferrari 458.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44And, to keep the drivers on their toes,
0:43:44 > 0:43:47helping hands such as traction control, ABS
0:43:47 > 0:43:50and electronic differentials are banned.
0:43:52 > 0:43:53Now, I know what you're thinking -
0:43:53 > 0:43:55you're thinking, "That's not a racing car,
0:43:55 > 0:43:58"it's merely a vehicle providing Top Gear viewers with hilarious
0:43:58 > 0:44:00"Captain Slow cockups." But no,
0:44:00 > 0:44:02I might actually be OK at this.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09For starters, the circuits are small and easy to learn.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12The cars do have four-wheel drive.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14And then there's the calibre of the drivers.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17One of them is the son of the bloke who owns this track,
0:44:17 > 0:44:21and another is just a presenter on American Top Gear.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24And it's the Top Gear chap - Tanner Foust -
0:44:24 > 0:44:27who has kindly offered to train me for this event.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31Is it really 600 horsepower, or is that bar talk?
0:44:31 > 0:44:33It's a full-on six.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35It's 300 horsepower per litre,
0:44:35 > 0:44:380-100 km in 1.9 seconds.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41It's quicker than a Formula One car off the line.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43- Wow.- Then the other things about it, you know,
0:44:43 > 0:44:47you've got all-wheel drive, it's amazingly stable,
0:44:47 > 0:44:50you'll see a jump and it just completely absorbs them,
0:44:50 > 0:44:52it's like marshmallow.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54It's mostly carbon fibre, Kevlar underneath.
0:44:54 > 0:44:55There's a lot of contact.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57I think it's the only sport in the FIA
0:44:57 > 0:45:00where there's not a rule saying you can't hit other cars.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02- So you can hit other cars? - It happens, yeah.
0:45:02 > 0:45:07'Tanner then pointed out the most important thing on the dashboard.'
0:45:07 > 0:45:11This switch here, this is the monster switch right here.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14This is the one that is the ALS, for the anti-lag system.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17- This is for the turbo chargers? - Yeah.- Yes.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Once you flip that switch, all hell breaks loose.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23Now every time you lift off the throttle, it's shooting flame
0:45:23 > 0:45:26through the turbo, keeping it spinning over 200,000 rpm.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Mm.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30And it's a very violent thing,
0:45:30 > 0:45:33and that's really what makes this car work.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35- OK.- Once you cross the finish line,
0:45:35 > 0:45:38you flip that off and then it's a normal car again.
0:45:38 > 0:45:39So that, remember that...
0:45:39 > 0:45:42It's really weird talking to someone who is a Top Gear presenter
0:45:42 > 0:45:44but who is really helpful.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47- Usually it's sarcasm and stupidity...- We're team-mates.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50..but you're being informative, helpful, encouraging -
0:45:50 > 0:45:52it's quite nice.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56'Tanner then offered to take me for a demonstration run.'
0:45:58 > 0:46:01I did mean to tell you, actually, I fell off a horse quite recently.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04- OK. - And the bones are still a bit sore,
0:46:04 > 0:46:06so try not to, you know, snap me in half or anything like that.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08OK.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11ENGINE STARTS
0:46:13 > 0:46:15Hold the brakes, then lets it all off...
0:46:18 > 0:46:19- Holy- BLEEP!
0:46:22 > 0:46:23Ow, ow, ow, ow!
0:46:27 > 0:46:29Aaaaaaaargh!
0:46:42 > 0:46:43Ow, ow, ow!
0:46:47 > 0:46:50'45 seconds later, my spin in the Rallycross tumble dryer
0:46:50 > 0:46:52'came to a merciful end.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57'And then it was my turn to drive.'
0:46:59 > 0:47:02Full throttle, and release the clutch a little...
0:47:06 > 0:47:08Faster, faster, faster, faster.
0:47:08 > 0:47:09'For the next few hours...'
0:47:09 > 0:47:10Brake and full throttle.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12'..my new friend from American Top Gear
0:47:12 > 0:47:14'gave me some excellent tuition.'
0:47:17 > 0:47:20Second gear, second gear, brake.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22No, wrong way.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23Brake, brake, brake, brake, brake.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26That way, that way. Brake, brake, brake, brake, brake.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30Sorry about that, by the way.
0:47:30 > 0:47:31Hey, no harm, no foul.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34'He then took the time to explain
0:47:34 > 0:47:38'the considerable complexities of the racing.'
0:47:38 > 0:47:41So, there's 12 cars, and then there's 5 heats.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43- Right. - But there's four laps in each heat.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45You won't just drive once, you go twice.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47Like, maybe two or three times.
0:47:47 > 0:47:52So, it's 50 points for the guy in first, 45 and then 40.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55Then there's two semifinals...
0:47:55 > 0:47:58'Tanner said that, no matter how I did in the heat,
0:47:58 > 0:48:00'I'd be in one of the semifinals.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03'Then he explained the joker lap.'
0:48:03 > 0:48:06But in every one of these you do the joker lap once,
0:48:06 > 0:48:09which is the long outside,
0:48:09 > 0:48:10outside of turn one,
0:48:10 > 0:48:12with a bit of a jump on the way in there.
0:48:12 > 0:48:16- OK, so I have to take the joker lap once per race?- Exactly.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19Here's the thing with the jokers - at least three seconds slower.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21Ideally, you would take the joker lap sometime
0:48:21 > 0:48:24if you're behind somebody and you need to get free track.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26And what if you forget?
0:48:26 > 0:48:28That's why the spotter is critical.
0:48:28 > 0:48:29What's a spotter?
0:48:29 > 0:48:33So, on top of this building there'll be one spotter per car
0:48:33 > 0:48:36that'll be on the radio, in your headset,
0:48:36 > 0:48:38and they'll be able to talk to you while you're driving,
0:48:38 > 0:48:40when to take the joker, who's behind you,
0:48:40 > 0:48:41what position you're in,
0:48:41 > 0:48:44give you information that you need while you're on the track.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46It's quite a responsible job, the spotter, then.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48- Yeah, they have to pay attention. - Yeah.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51I think I've... Can you just go through that again,
0:48:51 > 0:48:52to make sure I've got it?
0:48:52 > 0:48:5512 cars total, we're all here to race 5 times, 4 laps each,
0:48:55 > 0:48:5730-second penalty if you take the joker more than once...
0:49:01 > 0:49:05The next morning, as all the other teams prepared for race day,
0:49:05 > 0:49:10I was in Tanner's garage getting to know a bit more about my car.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13Look at the size of this.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15That's not a standard air filter, obviously.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18- None of that is standard, this isn't standard...- May?
0:49:20 > 0:49:22- Morning.- Morning.
0:49:22 > 0:49:23What are you doing here?
0:49:23 > 0:49:26Well, we're told you need spotters, apparently - we are your spotter.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28No, no, no, no. No.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31Spotting is a genuinely important job.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33You have to say who's in front of you, who's behind you...
0:49:33 > 0:49:35- Well, nobody's behind you, obviously.- Funny(!)
0:49:35 > 0:49:37When to do the joker lap - do you know about the joker?
0:49:37 > 0:49:40- Is there a jump?- There's a jump. - And we tell you when to do that?
0:49:40 > 0:49:42- Yeah, so when do I do it? - Now!- I don't know.
0:49:42 > 0:49:44- Which lap do I do the joker lap on? - I don't know.- Well, exactly.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46- How many laps are there?- Four.
0:49:46 > 0:49:47I mean, can I just...?
0:49:47 > 0:49:50I got out of bed this morning at 5:15 to be here.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52He stayed in a Ramada Inn last night with Lenny Henry.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55And this is how ungrateful he is.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58Seriously, I've done a minimal amount of practice yesterday,
0:49:58 > 0:49:59and I don't want two Muppets helping me.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01I'm sorry to be rude, but no.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03James, James! Your door's not shut properly.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05- Good spot, good spot, Hammond. - Yeah.
0:50:05 > 0:50:09Since I seemed to be stuck with Pinky and Perky,
0:50:09 > 0:50:12we went to watch some of the other drivers in the first race.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16They don't half start off close together, don't they?
0:50:16 > 0:50:19- You could crash by there!- Yeah. - This'll be you.
0:50:41 > 0:50:45'Yesterday with Tanner, I thought maybe a podium was a possibility.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47'But, now I was watching the real racing...
0:50:49 > 0:50:51'..I decided to aim a bit lower.'
0:50:52 > 0:50:55I think maybe a better personal ambition would be
0:50:55 > 0:50:57not to be lapped.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59- Does that happen a lot in this? - I don't think it's ever happened.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02You can't be lapped in Rallycross, it's only four laps.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08So, in four laps, if they're doing a 50-second lap,
0:51:08 > 0:51:13if you're more than 12 seconds a lap slower than them,
0:51:13 > 0:51:16you're in the Guinness Book of Records as the first person
0:51:16 > 0:51:19EVER to be lapped in Rallycross.
0:51:20 > 0:51:25'On that sobering thought, James lined up for his first heat,
0:51:25 > 0:51:29'which featured drivers of a higher calibre than he'd been expecting.'
0:51:30 > 0:51:32Petter Solberg is an extremely good,
0:51:32 > 0:51:35former world champion rally driver,
0:51:35 > 0:51:36- and a world champion at this.- Yes.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39Timmy Hansen is 22.
0:51:39 > 0:51:43He was third in European Rallycross last year.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46- And James May.- James May, 52-year-old piano player!
0:51:47 > 0:51:49Interested in lathes!
0:51:49 > 0:51:52'As the drivers prepared for the off...'
0:51:52 > 0:51:53ENGINE REVS
0:51:53 > 0:51:56'..we were testing the comms.'
0:51:56 > 0:51:58MUSIC: If You're Looking For A Way Out by Odyssey
0:51:58 > 0:52:01- Put him in the mood. - Yeah. Yeah, I'd say that.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06Turn the radio down, you're blowing my ears out.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11Gosh, why did I agree to this?
0:52:11 > 0:52:14I've got Petter Solberg next to me and a load of drivel in my ears.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20- Oh, this is unbelievably exciting. - Is he going?
0:52:20 > 0:52:23- He's going, he's going!- Oh, my God. James, it's about to start.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28They've started, they've started.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30They've started, James! They've started!
0:52:33 > 0:52:36Quite muddy there, James, it is quite muddy.
0:52:36 > 0:52:37Shut up!
0:52:40 > 0:52:44James? James, so that you know, the car behind you is French.
0:52:46 > 0:52:50- That was good spotting there, Jeremy. - Shut up, you two!
0:52:50 > 0:52:53'Whilst James bumbled around at the back,
0:52:53 > 0:52:56'the other four drivers were giving us a sensational show.'
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Oh, big accident!
0:53:19 > 0:53:21But how can he still be going?
0:53:30 > 0:53:33'As the others entered their fourth and final lap,
0:53:33 > 0:53:34'James was being caught.'
0:53:37 > 0:53:41Gas! And brake!
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Turn in.
0:53:43 > 0:53:46Hang your arse out, James. Hang your arse out.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48Seagull, James, I've spotted a seagull.
0:53:48 > 0:53:49Shut up!
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Inside line, inside line.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56'Amazingly, though, he got away with it.'
0:53:57 > 0:53:59Yes! You haven't been lapped.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02Ha, ha! I wasn't lapped!
0:54:02 > 0:54:05I'd like to see those other two Muppets do that!
0:54:05 > 0:54:07I hope we weren't distracting to him.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10No, I shouldn't think so, he knows we're there, we're with him.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12- It was reassuring noises.- It's like racing in the car with him,
0:54:12 > 0:54:15- it's like we're all three in the car, all with steering wheels.- Exactly.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18'As the winner of the heat, Petter Solberg, celebrated,
0:54:18 > 0:54:21'we went to check on James's times.'
0:54:23 > 0:54:27- He was 32 seconds off Petter Solberg's time.- Yeah.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29Eight seconds a lap slower.
0:54:29 > 0:54:33Right. Should we give him a strong team talk, or should we support him?
0:54:33 > 0:54:35He just needs to learn to drive faster...
0:54:35 > 0:54:37- Faster than the other people.- Yeah.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39Well, faster than himself would help.
0:54:41 > 0:54:44'I was determined to do better in the next heat.'
0:54:49 > 0:54:53'But my spotters were even more useless than in the first one.'
0:54:53 > 0:54:55What time have you got to go tonight?
0:54:55 > 0:54:56Uh, well, I just want to beat the traffic.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59Which bit of the M4 do you go down?
0:54:59 > 0:55:01Uh, off, at junction 15.
0:55:01 > 0:55:02That is near the M5, isn't it?
0:55:02 > 0:55:05- No, no, 17 is Chippenham. - It's Bristol.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07Shut up, you two!
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Now for the joker.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15It's definitely 17, is Chippenham.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18I can't believe you don't know, you do that...
0:55:18 > 0:55:21Yeah, but I don't go to 17, I go to 15, so that's Marlborough...
0:55:21 > 0:55:22Shut up!
0:55:22 > 0:55:24- ..and...- Argh!
0:55:24 > 0:55:27'No thanks to my colleagues, I managed to finish
0:55:27 > 0:55:30'another four-lap heat without being lapped.'
0:55:30 > 0:55:33Ho-ho! Come on!
0:55:33 > 0:55:34Fantastic.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38'But then it was time for the semifinal,
0:55:38 > 0:55:41'and I realised I had a bigger problem.'
0:55:42 > 0:55:44- The semifinal is six laps.- Oh-ho!
0:55:44 > 0:55:45So it's half as long again.
0:55:45 > 0:55:49And I've worked out, my good laps - of which I've done maybe two -
0:55:49 > 0:55:51were sort of four seconds off the pace.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53But quite a few of my slightly cocked up ones
0:55:53 > 0:55:55were sort of eight to nine seconds off.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57So, in a six-lap race...
0:55:57 > 0:55:58- Six-lap race...- Yeah.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00..eight seconds, that's 48 seconds,
0:56:00 > 0:56:03and it's a 50... it's a 50-second lap.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06- Oh, ho-ho! You're in danger! - It'll be very, very close.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08- This will be quite close. - This is the test.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13'With this terrifying maths playing on my mind,
0:56:13 > 0:56:15'I took my place on the grid.'
0:56:15 > 0:56:17Do us proud, James, do us proud.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19Don't let us down.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22Right, here we go, semifinal, six laps.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25So, if you'd like to place your bets...
0:56:31 > 0:56:34'I decided to get my joker out of the way on lap one...'
0:56:39 > 0:56:42'..which, obviously, my eagle-eyed spotters noticed.'
0:56:43 > 0:56:47James, you were 11 seconds slower than the lead car on that lap.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50But, wait, did he do the joker?
0:56:50 > 0:56:51Oh, he might have done.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56'Up front, Tanner was fighting for the lead,
0:56:56 > 0:56:58'and the racing was intense.'
0:57:05 > 0:57:07'Meanwhile, a bit further back,
0:57:07 > 0:57:09'I was managing to stay out of danger.'
0:57:12 > 0:57:15Right, down to second, keep the power, keep the inside line!
0:57:19 > 0:57:21That's not bad, that's genuinely not bad.
0:57:28 > 0:57:31'When James still had two laps to go,
0:57:31 > 0:57:34'we realised he was about to be stabbed in the back
0:57:34 > 0:57:36'by his new best friend.'
0:57:39 > 0:57:42- That is Tanner. - Is that Tanner on his tail?
0:57:42 > 0:57:44James, it's actually Tanner behind you.
0:57:48 > 0:57:49I've got to hold him off!
0:57:57 > 0:58:02James, do not let American Top Gear lap British Top Gear.
0:58:04 > 0:58:05I'm getting that wrong!
0:58:07 > 0:58:08Come on!
0:58:10 > 0:58:12Well, he's right up behind you, James!
0:58:12 > 0:58:14Make your car wide!
0:58:14 > 0:58:16Make it as wide as I don't know what.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21He's right there. Argh!
0:58:21 > 0:58:22Aargh!
0:58:22 > 0:58:24On the inside, stay on the inside, go on the inside!
0:58:24 > 0:58:26Inside!
0:58:29 > 0:58:31- Oh!- Oh, James he's going to...!
0:58:39 > 0:58:41Aargh! Aargh!
0:58:45 > 0:58:46Rubbish.
0:58:48 > 0:58:49- Let's gloat at him there. - Studio, yeah.
0:58:49 > 0:58:52- Studio. Back to the studio. - Back to the studio,
0:58:52 > 0:58:53- we'll gloat at him there.- Yeah.
0:58:53 > 0:58:56Cos I want to get home, frankly, I don't want to be around...
0:58:56 > 0:58:57APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:58:57 > 0:59:01So, he'll go here, first person ever to be lapped in Rallycross.
0:59:01 > 0:59:04- Nice, though - name in print. - Yeah, exactly.
0:59:04 > 0:59:08Anyway, we have to say, even with him in it,
0:59:08 > 0:59:10Rallycross is brilliant.
0:59:10 > 0:59:13It is fabulous to watch because, basically,
0:59:13 > 0:59:15from the start line to the finish line,
0:59:15 > 0:59:17all the drivers drive as fast as they can.
0:59:17 > 0:59:20Yes, that's it. There's no conserving their tyres,
0:59:20 > 0:59:22there's no looking after the fuel consumption,
0:59:22 > 0:59:24there are no stewards with moustaches going...
0:59:24 > 0:59:26- BRUMMIE ACCENT: - .."Oh, no, you've bumped into him,
0:59:26 > 0:59:28"you've got to spend ten seconds on the naughty step."
0:59:28 > 0:59:30I tell you what Formula One is -
0:59:30 > 0:59:32Formula One is like having some money
0:59:32 > 0:59:35and putting in an ISA so that it matures in a tax-free way.
0:59:35 > 0:59:38Rallycross is like having some money and going to the pub with it.
0:59:38 > 0:59:41- Yeah, just blow it on one big night out, all at once.- Exactly.
0:59:41 > 0:59:42Can I just say...?
0:59:42 > 0:59:44No, you'll make yourself look more ridiculous.
0:59:44 > 0:59:45You will, he's right.
0:59:45 > 0:59:47And, on that bombshell, it is time to end.
0:59:47 > 0:59:50Thank you so much for watching - goodnight!