Top Gear Lap Times

[kramerman]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has a complete list of the lap times that they have on TG?

I actually wrote into TG and asked them if they could display a list on their website or something, but until now there has been no reply. I'm wondering if any has ever found, or maybe created by themselves a list of TG lap times?

It would be cool, cos then you could use it to compare cars with other cars and stuff like that.

Ideas guys?

[TT]

It won't be to hard I think just watching at a couple of episodes, if only somebody has time :D

[oscargarza88]

i saw a list a while ago on the supercars forum but now i dont know, and hwat ive been doing is downloading the vids and when they put the lap times just press pause and read all the times

[kramerman]

Yeah but they never really scroll through from top to bottom, and sometimes there are new additions, and I don't have all the TG episodes! hahhhahaha :)

[godspeed06]

yea, can someone please post a list. that was a great request, i've been wanting to know that for a while. i only have a few vids with the lap times posted and i can only see about five times.

[Zonda11]

Well, i'll try a few and then others members can add to it and re-arrange it.

Here it goes: ( Some of the faster times)

Zonda 1:23.8
Koenigsegg 1:23.9
Noble 30 1:25
Gallardo 1:25.8
911 GT3 1:27.2
TVR (350C?) 1: 27.5
M3 CSL 1:28
EVO VIII 1:28.9
Murcie 1:29
NSX 1:33.2
Volkswagen R32 1:33

[godspeed06]

thanks... i was hoping someone would come through. :D

[kramerman]

Radical 1:19.1
Murcielago 1:23.7
Zonda 1:23.8
Koenigsegg 1:23.9
XTR 1:23
Noble (3L) 1:25
Gallardo 1:25.8
911 GT3 1:27.2 (W)
TVR (350C?) 1: 27.5
M3 CSL 1:28 (W)
MG SV 1:28.6
EVO VIII 1:28.9
Murcie 1:29
Alpina Z8 1:29
Impreza STI 1:30.1
Aston Martin DB7GT 1:30.4
Audi S4 1:30.9
911 Turbo 1:31.0 (W)
Vauxhall VX220 Turbo 1:31.3
BMW M3 1:31.8
Mazda RX-8 1:31.8
Nissan 350Z 1:31.8
Focus RS 1:32.2
Espirit V8 1:32.5
Audi TT V6 1:32.7
NSX 1:33.2 (W)
Noble (2.5L) 1:33.1 (W)
AMG SL55 1:33.2 (W)
Golf R32 1:33.3
Ferrari 575M 1:35.2 (W)
Lotus Elise 111S 1:35.6 (W)
Aston Martin Vanquish 1:36.2 (W)
Renault Clio V6 1:36.2 (W)
Bentley Arnage T 1:40 (W)


I thought I had watched the clip where Richard took Jeremy's SL55 and passed it to the Stig for a drive, but I can't seem to find the clip anymore. Does anybody know which episode it was in, or perhaps it was with another car?

[Zonda11]

Good Job , adding on ! WOW!

[Zonda11]

I didn't think the Murcielago ran that fast of a time, but i could be wrong. I'll look to see if I can find the SL55 video in the morning,,,,,I think its definitely with another car.

[FPVPSI]

Yep the Murcielago ran faster then the Zonda! It woz done in the sort of Lambo special episode. If you want it pm me! we'll work some thing out! :D Richard never drives Jerermy's SL55! He just steals the keys and give them to the STIG, he does the driving! hehehehe! :D :D :D

[yg60m]

The Murcielago posted 2 times, the first was 1:29 and it was the first Stig, the same that posted the Zonda time. It seems the new Stig is "a bit" faster than the old one so I would be curious to see what time he coud set with the Zonda, the Koeniggsegg and so ... ???? :idea:

[kramerman]

Heh.. I forgot to say that I took the times willy nilly from whatever episodes I could find.. so that might mean that some are from the older season etc...

And I realised that in the older season they didn't give the decimal points for the times.. but when they changed to the larger board, they magically appeared so I put in whatever I could see from the quick shots they gave at the board :)

[Zonda11]

The video where the stig drives Jerermy's Merc is "The best of top gear 2002" if that helps any. The video is rather long and the stigs drive is right at the end of the video.

[McP]

The TG lap time of Jeremy’s SL55 (license plate KV02 EUC) is 1.33, it was raining and the track was very wet.
Yes they drove the Lamborghini twice, once the old and once the new Stig, the difference in time is caused by the wet track (wet; old stig).
In the old TG (of years ago) they would test a lot of cars head to head (on the same day, same weather), this imo is much more realistic then is new setup:
The British weather ruins everything :(

[frodefe]

The problem (as I see it) is that both 911's were tested in the wet
- the 911 GT3 would do app. 1.21 in the dry......

[kramerman]

Thanks to another post I managed to get the best of 2002 clip and it's pretty funny how the SLR was stolen for the stig to drive.. heh..

Anyways, just continue adding on the times whenever anyone gets anything new eh? :) Thanks to all that are here.

[hgt]

And don't forget about very first and last places with Harrier and Lambo LM002 respectively. I dunno the lap times though....... somebody????? :)

[McP]

Fastest time ever: Sea Harrier FA2 in 31.2 seconds and
slowest ever: Lambo LM, time: Clarkson ‘it ran out of fuel…..’

[Zonda11]

They ran out of gas?....WoW
Someone was having to much fun to bother looking. I guess that would be funny, but would also look bad on the show. :(

[cho_888]

nar it was a joke. This lambo weighs heaps and has a 6L V12 i think. thus you dont get very far on one tank

[DinoGuan]

wow, awsome list, and yea a head to head comparison would be alot better, but wow some of the wet times are pretty incredible.

[acastroo]

wont u all wish they ran an enzo or at least an F50 (or an F50 GT1 8) )?!?!?
the day the stig take a spin in one of those i will just end up crazy :shock:

[JoeHahn]

Radical 1:19.1
Murcielago 1:23.7
Zonda 1:23.8
Koenigsegg 1:23.9
XTR 1:23
Noble (3L) 1:25
Gallardo 1:25.8
911 GT3 1:27.2 (W)
TVR (350C?) 1: 27.5
M3 CSL 1:28 (W)
MG SV 1:28.6
EVO VIII 1:28.9
Murcie 1:29
Alpina Z8 1:29
Impreza STI 1:30.1
Aston Martin DB7GT 1:30.4
Audi S4 1:30.9
911 Turbo 1:31.0 (W)
Vauxhall VX220 Turbo 1:31.3
BMW M3 1:31.8
Mazda RX-8 1:31.8
Nissan 350Z 1:31.8
Focus RS 1:32.2
Espirit V8 1:32.5
Audi TT V6 1:32.7
NSX 1:33.2 (W)
Noble (2.5L) 1:33.1 (W)
AMG SL55 1:33.2 (W)
Golf R32 1:33.3
Ferrari 575M 1:35.2 (W)
Lotus Elise 111S 1:35.6 (W)
Aston Martin Vanquish 1:36.2 (W)
Renault Clio V6 1:36.2 (W)
Bentley Arnage T 1:40 (W)


That's nuts. Its unlucky the GT3 was in the wet or that baby would be close to the Zonda :D

[McP]

The GT3 did run on a wet track:
http://home.planet.nl/~nottheone/gt3_w1.jpg
http://home.planet.nl/~nottheone/gt3_w2.jpg

But the track was even wetter when the Gallardo drove:
http://home.planet.nl/~nottheone/gallardo_w1.jpg
http://home.planet.nl/~nottheone/gallardo_w2.jpg.

The Power of 4wd 8), Gallardo fastest road car ever tested on the TG track :?:

[mazmazmaz1]

The Zonda and Murcielago performed on the same day in same conditions so why didnt they repeat the zonda's lap timing

[Zonda11]

The Zonda and Murcielago performed on the same day in same conditions so why didnt they repeat the zonda's lap timing

My guess is that Its not easy to get a Zonda in England ---especially more than once.

[Kangaroo Boy]

you forgot the monaro-1.33.9(w)

[mcostalos]

What about the Z4 and M5.... Didn't they test those???

[TT]

What about the Z4 and M5.... Didn't they test those???

The Z4 did it in 1:37.7 (wet track).. the E39 M5 wasn't tested on their track

[DeMoN]

yeah lambo beat the zonda, i was amazed... it was fater than gallardo too.

[Dirk]

You guys forgot the military aircraft :D

[mcostalos]

That's shit for the Z4... I would have expected to be at least around the 1:31 with the 350z/M3/RX8... C'Mon... What do ya think??

[Tomerville]

Who do you guys think the Stig is anyway?

[saadie]

donno .. it may be tiff or damon hill they both got f-1 experience .......

[kompak]

yup in that episodes.......the cameraman were laughing when Stig taking corner with the Lambo LM....you can hear it

[moan786]

lol @ some of you guys speculating right lemme set the record straight here,
the stig is none other than Perry Mcarthy its even been stated elsewhere on jabbas world (get his autobiography its an awesome read trust me) , if u dont know who Perry Mcarthy is then please go for a google....

Secondly there is no old and new stig that whole killing off the stig routine was done by the programmes producers to wring out as much "tv drama" as possible there has only ever been one stig, wether or not Perry returns for the upcoming series remains to be seen.

Thirdly the Lambo Murcielago tested that posted a quicker time was different to the one they tested first time round. The one that got the better time had an E-gear which Lamborghini Uk (who suppled the car) specifically requested a second test be done as they feel that it had underperformed the first time and suggested they use the f1 style transmission as it was quicker .

Fourthly im not surprised the Zonda got beaten as the track that they use on Top Gear is specially designed by Lotus to test their cars and if any of you know anything about Lotus you'll know that their cars are known for their pin point precision handling and kart like manoeuvrability , hence why there are lots of tight turns and very few straights or long sweeping corners that would favour the Zonda. Jeremy himself stated that the Murcielago was quicker during the corners (prob due to the awd id think) and that the Zonda made up the difference on the straights .

just some lil facts to digest on :lol:

[kramerman]

Hi all who are following this post,

sorry for the lack of updates. A lot of things happened in the past month and i haven't been able to keep up with the internet. Anyways, perhaps this topic can be closed down because i'm sure there have been more lap times but no one wants to add them on anyways. I will continue to try my best if there is anyone interested but now it's just harder and harder to continue downloading the vids.

Peace all.

[Anonymous]

They ran out of gas?....WoW
Someone was having to much fun to bother looking. I guess that would be funny, but would also look bad on the show. :(

Jeremy's sarcasm i'm afraid, it didn't really he was just having a laugh it didn't really run out :wink:

[sheruken]

Hey TT and other Fellow members, "sorry" I posted a new topic without checking topics in other threads just like the statistics say - " Our users have posted a total of 158055 articles within 10600 topics "
It wasnt easy to go through all and decide, but I assure it wont happen again.

Anyway this I feel is a very interesting topic and to keep it interesting enough, I feel we should have the best times only, as in Under 1 min 26 for Dry and Under 1 min 30 for Wet. As I could only recall -

Dry Best Laptime :
Radical SR3 - 1:19.?
Porsche Carrera GT - 1:19.8
Mercedes McLaren SLR - 1:20.9
Westfield XTR - 1:22.6
Lamborghini Murcielago - 1:23.7
Pagani Zonda - 1:23.8
Koenigsegg - 1:23.9
Noble 3.0 - 1:25.0
Lamborghini Gallardo - 1:25.8

Wet Best Laptime :
Lotus Exige - 1:26.4 *
Porsche GT3 - 1:27.2
BMW M3 CSL - 1:28.0

It would be greatly appreciated if ya'll contribute the laptimes that I've missed!
Thank you!

[TT]

Hey TT and other Fellow members, "sorry" I posted a new topic without checking topics in other threads just like the statistics say - " Our users have posted a total of 158055 articles within 10600 topics "
It wasnt easy to go through all and decide, but I assure it wont happen again


Hehe, I did a serach for "lap times" and it took 30 seconds to find this topic :D don't be scared by the numbers next time ;)

[sheruken]

Hehe, I did a serach for "lap times" and it took 30 seconds to find this topic don't be scared by the numbers next time

Roger that! :)
Infact thanks for pointing out on the search facility!
(And as I said - it wont happen again!)

Thank you

[sheruken]

Hey TT, just a thought, I posted a new topic and I got like 8-10 replies in 10 mins and I posted the same thing in this topic and its nearly 24 hours (not exactly) but nearly - and I havent had a single reply to it! :(
I dont think this topic is under the right section.. It aint no trivia I guess. Would you please consider unlocking the Topic (TopGear Power Lap Times) on the General Chat, Section ?
Coz this idea of updating this thread isnt working, and I really would like to know the Fast LapTimes on the TG Test-Track!

Just give it a thought atleast, and do reply your suggestion! :D

[TT]

Ok, moved to "car chat"

[sheruken]

Thank you Tweety - oops :oops: TT! :D
Appreciated..

Okay guys, please post the Best laptimes (Dry) Under - 1 min 26 seconds and Best laptimes (Wet) Under - 1 min 30 seconds if you can recollect the ones besides these.. :

Dry Best Laptime :
Radical SR3 - 1:19.?
Porsche Carrera GT - 1:19.8
Mercedes McLaren SLR - 1:20.9
Porsche GT3-RS - 1:22.3 *
Ferrari Modena 360CS - 1:22.3 *
Westfield XTR - 1:22.6
Lamborghini Murcielago - 1:23.7
Pagani Zonda - 1:23.8
Koenigsegg - 1:23.9
Noble 3.0 - 1:25.0
Mitsubishi Evo8 MR FQ 320 - 1:26.0 *

Wet Best Laptime :
Lamborghini Gallardo - 1:25.8 **
Lotus Exige - 1:26.4
Porsche GT3 - 1:27.2
BMW M3 CSL - 1:28.0

[danroz]

Has anyone noticed that the new stig is really fast compared to the old stig...I think they should re do all the cars with the new stig

[kteo2003]

well for me this lap times thing doesn't mean a lot...i have said it and before but i think in top gear are "pushing"some cars...there are a lot examples for that..i don't know if there is a new stig but also for me it seems that the new goes a little bit faster...also i am curious about this track....i mean what kind of track is it and if it can really shows what a car can do or if it helps some type of cars(RWD,AWD,FWD)..

[T-Bird]

It was designed by Lotus and it used to be a Runway so it helps the Lotus elise/exige the most

[levensnevel]

A very interesting thread

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=101328&f=23&h=0

and to put eveything into perspective, taken directly from the "Radical" website :
qte...
road-legal* SR3 Tracksport has lapped the BBC's Top Gear test circuit in 1 minute 15 seconds, eight seconds faster than it's nearest rival, the Pagani Zonda. The same car lapped EVO magazine's test track in the wet, 11 seconds faster than a Porsche GT3's dry lap time. ...unqte

Radical ???
http://www.radicalmotorsport.com/range/sr3/sr3.php

[amanthapar]

lol frodefe
if the 911 gt3 RS did 1:22... how to do expect the 911 gt3 go do it in 1:21
dont assume things if u dont know much abt cars...
i hate it when NEWBIEs like u just starting ranting on and on...

[amanthapar]

danroz
..yeah i think so too...
but it wont make sooooo much of a difference..probably 1-2sec at the most..

[danroz]

1-2 seconds is alot in racing land

[findleybeast]

another significant thing that helped the murc in the second test is the fact that the stig dropped the clutch, which neither clarkson nor the stig did the first test. it got a much faster start that time. my thought is that the first car might have been privately owned, and they didn't want to submit the clutch to excess wear.

[yg60m]

A very interesting thread

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=101328&f=23&h=0

and to put eveything into perspective, taken directly from the "Radical" website :
qte...
road-legal* SR3 Tracksport has lapped the BBC's Top Gear test circuit in 1 minute 15 seconds, eight seconds faster than it's nearest rival, the Pagani Zonda. The same car lapped EVO magazine's test track in the wet, 11 seconds faster than a Porsche GT3's dry lap time. ...unqte

Radical ???
http://www.radicalmotorsport.com/range/sr3/sr3.php


Thank you leven, always good links and accurate comments :wink: :D

[McP]

Dry Best Laptime :
......
Lamborghini Gallardo - 1:25.8

Wet Best Laptime :
Lotus Exige - 1:26.4 *
Porsche GT3 - 1:27.2
BMW M3 CSL - 1:28.0
The Gallardo run was on a wet track, see pictures in earlier post (page 2).

[Igorionia]

+ Ferrari 360CS
Porsche GT3 RS
Mitsubishi EvoVIII MR
Subaru WRX STi (some new version)
not shure in time (someone?)

[sheruken]

The Gallardo run was on a wet track, see pictures in earlier post (page 2).

Thank you McP, I had taken the Gallardo time from the board, and they hadnt marked (w) on it, so I put it in dry laptime, but have edited now and put few newer laptimes like 360CS / GT3-RS / EvoVIII etc.

[PATo355]

The Gallardo run was on a wet track, see pictures in earlier post (page 2).

Thank you McP, I had taken the Gallardo time from the board, and they hadnt marked (w) on it, so I put it in dry laptime, but have edited now and put few newer laptimes like 360CS / GT3-RS / EvoVIII etc.

Actually the gallardo was moist ... not wet right ?

[sheruken]

Actually the gallardo was moist ... not wet right ?

It was similar to Murcielago's first run with Zonda, though when I saw the video myself It wasnt raining but the track was a completely damp. Specially on the corners (so benefit of the doubt goes to McP :P )

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

There is another lap missing as well....about the Volvo S60Rs time....which was 1.38.9 as far as i know...and the lasts....Rover ZT260s time as well.....which was 1.37.6...and ill notice the Renault Clio RSs time when downloading the last broadcasted Top Gear

[HeilSvenska]

I was bored one day and I watched past Top Gear episodes.
AND
Here is what i believe is the most complete list of Top Gear lap times...so far

Mind you that some parts of this list is from other lists and there are some repeats, such as Focus RS has two different lap times in the show. I don't know why, but still...

British Royal Navy Sea Harrier FA-2 0:31.2
Radical SR3 1:19.1
Porsche Carrera GT 1:19.8
Mercedes Benz McLaren SLR 1:20.9
Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale 1:22.3
Porsche 911 GT3 RS 1:22.3
Westfield XTR2 1:23
Lamborghini Murciélago 1:23.7
Pagani Zonda C12S 1:23.8
Koenigsegg CC8S 1:23.9
Noble M12 GTO 3L 1:25
Lamborghini Gallardo 1:25.8 (W)
Mitsubishi Evo VIII MR FQ-320 1:26
Lotus Exige 1:26:9 (W)
Porsche 911 GT3 1:27.2 (W)
TVR 350C 1:27.5
BMW M3 CSL 1:28 (W)
MG SV 1:28.6
MTM Bimoto 1:28.7
Mitsubishi Evo VIII 1:28.9
Lamborghini Murcielago 1:29 (W)
Alpina Z8 1:29
A.S. One 1:29.4
Subaru Impreza Sti WRX WR1 1:29.4
Autodelta 147 GTA 3.7 1:30
Subaru Impreza Sti 1:30.1
Aston Martin DB7 GT 1:30.4
Audi S4 1:30.8
Porsche 911 Turbo 1:31.0 (W)
Vauxhall VX220 Turbo 1:31.3
Honda NSX Type-R UK 1:31.6 (W)
BMW M3 1:31.8
Mazda RX-8 1:31.8
Nissan 350Z 1:31.8
Lotus Espirit V8 Anniversary 1:31.9
Ford Focus RS 1:32.2
Lotus Espirit V8 Anniversary 1:32.5
Audi TT V6 1:32.7
Noble M12 GTO 2.5L 1:33.1 (W)
Jeremy's Mercedes Benz SL55 AMG 1:33.2 (W)
Honda NSX Type-R 1:33.2 (W)
VW Golf R32 1:33.3
MG ZT260 1:33.7
Renault Clio Cup 185 1:33.8
Ford Focus RS 1:33.8
Holden Monaro 1:33.9 (W)
Volvo S60 R 1:35.0
Ferrari 575M Maranello 1:35.2 (W)
Alfa 147 GTA 1:35.6
Lotus Elise 111S 1:35.6 (W)
Aston Martin Vanquish 1:36.2 (W)
Renault Clio V6 1:36.2 (W)
Honda Civic Type-R 1:36.5
BMW Z4 1:37.7 (W)
Saab 9-5 HOT Aero 1:37.9
Mazzer ??? 1:38.6 (W)
Subaru Impreza 1:39.4
Bentley Arnage T 1:40.8 (W)

[bmagni]

/\/\/\/\/\/\ is the murcielago in wet slower than the csl in wet ??? did u write that correctly ???

[HeilSvenska]

yup. that's why Top Gear had a second run in dry conditions

[dons5]

u cant use these to compare exactly how 2 close cars are like for example CS and RS the only way to compare is
1) if the same driver does at least 20 or 30 laps back to back in each car
2) not a standing start because certain cars perform very differently on starts and this isnt drag racing and u do one start a race we want lap times, and when u do lap times the start has nothing to do with it cause u should be rolling by the line from ur previous lap, or at least have all cars cross the line at the same speed
3) the cars bein compared have to be driven on the same day as little time between the two tests as possible becuase we want as little change as possible to weather and track conditions
4) change the whole track all together, we need to try to find something with the perfect mix of direction changes, braking, straights, long corners, short corners everything
5) test cars like 959,F40.F50,Enzo.Maserati, they choose so many stupid cars that ppl dont even care about like a stupid Volvo, test old cars to compare to new oneslike 355 compared to 360, Diablo to Murcie, Clk-GTR to SLR etc
6) make sure its always the same driver, theres no way of knowing but hopefully there honest when they same its always the same guy
7)always push everycar as hard as possible

[HeilSvenska]

Great Idea (s) but it's kind of hard to do that in an hour long TV show. You're obviously not familiar with Top Gear.

At least Top Gear does fulfill some of those demands

1) all cars were driven by two people, total, who are professional racing drivers.

2) the Top Gear track is designed by Lotus, the same company who brought the Seven and Elise, which is being continuously hailed as the world's best handling road car.

and by the way, I do care about all the stupid cars on the show. One thing about being a car enthusiast is to be open minded and

Clk-GTR to SLR is more of contrasting than comparing.

besides, the Top Gear test new cars when they come out. It's been on the air for over a decade. It won't go back to 959 or CLK-GTR or F40. Not only are they dated, they would cost Top Gear a fortune.

[amanthapar]

the lapt times are just a rough estimate .... !!!

[dons5]

well thats what we wanna see we wanna see an F40 struggling to keep up with an F50 and all that kinda stuff, if it costs a fortune thats not my problem, im jus sayin what ppl wanna see