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TGTV preview: Veyron vs jet fighter There are just six days to go until the new series of Top Gear returns to your Sunday night on BBC Two. Throughout the week, we'll be counting down to lift-off with sneak previews of the biggest challenges, races and stunts that you can look forward to in the new series. And races don't come much bigger than this one: the Bugatti Veyron against the RAF's new Eurofighter Typhoon jet. See, when Jeremy raced Richard and James across Europe - him in a Veyron and the other two in a washing-machine-with-a- propellor-on-the-front - a few of the boys from the RAF got a bit upset that it wasn't a fair fight. They had a point, in fairness - the finest piece of automotive engineering in history versus a clattery Cessna 182 was only ever going to end one way. So the RAF offered up their base for a proper race: a two-mile sprint between the Veyron and a jet fighter. That's a mile to the end of the runway and back for the Veyron, while the jet plane - being able to fly and all - had to go a mile straight up in the air and then, well, a mile straight back down again. A fair fight? Of course not. A close race? You'll just have to wait until Sunday to find out. The new series of Top Gear starts this Sunday at 8pm on BBC2.