Top Gear - S10 EP9 - 9th December, 2007 - Discussion

[vexor]

Jeremy, Richard and James enter a 24 hour endurance race in what turns out to be one of their toughest challenges to date. James tries the new Fiat 500 on the mean streets of Budapest and the Ferrari 430 Scuderia hammers around the test track.

9pm start time

[stmoritzer]

all of the 3 parts are very interesting :good:

[chest3r]

Nice to see we don't have to wait one more year to see a Scuderia review 8-)

[ferrari550]

jeremy mentioned that he was supposed to drive the scuderia around the track this week for filming but someone crashed it before he got a chance. I wonder if they will have a replacement for him ready in time?

[Svensson]

Sounds nice, but I could swear I heard Jeremy say during the news in last episode that they were supposed to be filming the 430 Scuderia feature this week, but because some idiots have crashed, it's not gonna happen. Let's hope they can still film it in time...

[stmoritzer]

^LOL, kind of a double post.

[Svensson]

:-P This doesn't count!

[saadie]

sounds cool .. .8-)

[martin100]

Sounds once again fabulous :drool: I also hope that they manage to film the Scuderia review in time... I want to hear Jeremy say that it is the best Ferrari ever :-D

[blue8]

Jeremy already declares that the Scuderia is his current favorite Ferrari in the January 2008 issue of Top Gear :-)

[vexor]

bit of a change to this episode, there will be no Ferrari F430 Scuderia but instead will be the Ascari A10

[chest3r]

So there will be no Scuderia this season ? :crying::crying:

[vexor]

I don't know about season but just not for this episode... well at least from the previews that's what i'm being led to belive

[SafirXP]

scuderia... mmm... i'm already fantasizing the exhaust notes! the endurance race should be a good feature with those guys driving!

[Svensson]

That's what I thought... no 430 Scuderia.


First of all, Top Gear is still on BBC Two this Sunday, but it's on at 9pm instead of the usual 8pm.

So that's 9 O'CLOCK. PM. An hour later than usual.

Which is probably quite fortunate, considering that the star in the reasonably priced car is none other than Lily's sweary dad Keith Allen, so expect a Morse Code style beep fest come the repeat on Wednesday (which is on at the normal time of 7pm).

The Stig takes out the mightily impressive Ascari A10 for a power lap, and James races some yoofs on BMXs in Budapest. They're on the bikes, he's in a Fiat 500.

And as you might remember Jeremy saying on last week's show, the big news is that this Sunday sees the three of them take part in their first ever competitive event, the punishing Britcar 24 hour race at Silverstone, using the fuel that they started growing last season.

It promises to be one hell of a show.

Will be nice to see what the TG Team can do in the 24H race with their BMW 330dti Sport.

http://www.racepads.co.uk/images/news/Silverstone24hr_07/TG_Clarkeson.jpg

[m0ng0l01dz]

Will be nice to see what the TG Team can do in the 24H race with their BMW 330dti Sport.

I just want see them get along for 24 hours:!::-P

[SafirXP]

1st i somehow amazingly forgot that it aired & then this wait of hours thanks to my 256kbps connection! & now i hear about the 430!!!

saw the bloody ascari in jeremy's video!!! but i'm lookin forward to the endurance racing & the fiat! oh well... any TG episode is better than no TG!

[volkoff]

It wasnt SO great. The race story wasnt very involving 'couse it was evident that they dont have a lot of chanses. If the Stig wasnt there they provably would finish in last place, if finish at all. The only impresive thing is how long this car stayed alive.
The ascari was pretty gorg and funny. I totaly agree with Jezza - its a good family car, almost perfect.

Also somebody may get a kick in da butt, from the producers ))

[HeilSvenska]

It wasnt SO great. The race story wasnt very involving 'couse it was evident that they dont have a lot of chanses. If the Stig wasnt there they provably would finish in last place, if finish at all.

That was the whole point. That's what made it so great because they were bunch of guys with (frankly, a huge budget) very very little chance of finishing, but they did! And it gives us amateurs hope of participating in such events sometimes in our pitiful little lives. I say this was one of the best things Top Gear has ever done including the epic races, the rocket, and the Polar expedition.

[m0ng0l01dz]

I'm sort of more scared now than ever. If I was on a track with the hamster, I'd take out an additional insurance policy.

[redbaron]

I really enjoyed the item about the Ascari. I reminded me about 1,5 year ago when I spoke to Klaas Zwart (owner of Ascari). Back than the item about the KZ1 was just broadcasted. I congratulated him with the respectable time around the track. He immediately told me that the A10 would be much faster and probably even the fastest around the track. And 1,5 year later it happened, so it were not only words, they have done it!

[SafirXP]

hey it wasnt that bad... esp the endurance racing. the rest was a bit dull imo!

[volkoff]

And it gives us amateurs hope of participating in such events sometimes in our pitiful little lives.

Dude, your live is pitty only if that is the way you consider it.

The polar expedition was realy cool, as well the african safari, but this race thing only demonstrated that if you got a frankly huge budget and a pro racing driver in your team, you may participate in some race.
Yep, great and very fresh news.

IMHO of course.

[graywolf624]

Contrary to the other reviews I actually liked this episode. Well other then the star in a reasonably priced car that I've never heard of and was so boring if you were drunk youd suddenly find yourself sober.

The Ascari review was quite funny and the car itself is quite impressive. I wish we could have seen some more of the technical bits, but still some fantastic camera work there. The car itself is very cool, and man can it go around the track. It really suprised me that it was that quick. Ascaris right to track usage also makes this car a definite contender.

The 500 versus biker race was a bit boring to be honest. I have no interest in the 500 and honestly they were not in the right spots to shoot the bikers. Also the whole thing was missing a sense of urgency like most of the other challenges. (real or imaginary urgency not withstanding). Just about the only intesting thing about the whole review was the snowy background to the car. They could have done some interesting shots had they had a nice car.

Anyway, this all brings us to silverstone. A bit I enjoyed tremendously. Now granted it does show the level of talent (or rather lack there of) of the top gear team, but it was still cool to see them out there swapping paint and to see other race cars as well. Now granted they never stood a chance to begin with, but still a nice touch. Hamster must be cursed.