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Hello, and welcome to Top Gear.
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We've got a proper treat
of a show lined up for you.
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Tonight, each of us gets to do something
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truly extraordinary and I'm talking
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proper bucket list stuff.
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I drive the world's rarest supercar.
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Chris drives an actual time machine,
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and Fred drives to Lincolnshire.
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Living the dream
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But, we kick off with a review.
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Isn't that right, Christopher?
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Yes.
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There's
a new supercar out there
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from Aston Martin and it's
like no supercar seen before
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and rather irritatingly
they sent Patrick McGuinness
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to drive it.
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Meet Victor,
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a hulking, brooding brute of a machine.
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That's part 80s muscle
car, part futuristic racer.
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It is seriously powerful,
it's seriously rare.
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It's everything you could possibly want
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from a supercar.
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Just look at it, this might
be the best looking car
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I've ever seen.
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In fact, I think he might
be the best looking thing
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I've ever seen.
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And when I said it was
powerful, I wasn't lying
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836 horsepower and when
I said it was rare,
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this is the only one
that will ever be built.
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And the man who owns it
has kindly lent it to us.
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Okay, better be careful, ish.
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Oh my word.
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This is not right, it's gone
mad, it's gone absolutely mad.
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Up front, the Victor's
packing a stonking great V12.
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Weighing in at a massive 7.3 litres.
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No turbos for efficiency,
no hybrid for economy.
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Victor is an absolute old school monster.
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As for how fast this
monster will run though,
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because it's a one-off,
nobody quite knows.
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But what I can tell you, is this...
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It'll get past sixty in
first gear, 90 in second.
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120 in third,
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and I've still got three gears to go.
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Geez Louise.
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So in conclusion, nought to
sixty, very, very small number
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max speed, very, very big number.
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Right, enough of that now,
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time to give the old ticker a rest.
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So, what on earth is this Victor then?
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The wild performance is pure 21st century,
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but the way it goes about
it is savagely primitive.
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Take the interior, a steering wheel
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from the Millennium
Falcon, but a gear knob,
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from an old Walnut tree,
none of it makes sense.
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Until that is, you understand
the decades of Aston history,
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that have been poured into it.
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Think of the Victor as Aston
Martin's Greatest Hits.
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This is the ultimate compilation.
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The looks are pure old school muscle.
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In fact, the designers
took inspiration from this,
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their 1970s race car
nicknamed 'The Muncher'.
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Then we went to the 1980s
and the V8 Vantage road car
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and looking at this, you can already see
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the family resemblance.
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Then underneath we go
all 21st century Aston
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with a 177 supercar.
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Same chassis, same engine,
but with extra power.
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And to finish it all off, same
steering wheel and suspension
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as the Vulcan racer.
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Of course, to put it another way,
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you might say the Victor
is just a big mash-up
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of reheated Aston
leftovers, but trust me...
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Get properly stuck in and you soon find
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that as leftovers go, these
are very, very tasty.
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Man! Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho!
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Whoo!
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That'snow what we're talking about! COR!
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The steering, the ride, the
way it puts its hammer down.
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This doesn't feel like a mash
up, this thing is proper.
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Woo-hoo-hoo!
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Yaaay!
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That is mad!
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But, it isn't half as mad
as what the thing costs.
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Now, let's be honest, you're
not gonna be disappointed
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that this thing's very expensive.
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Well, trust me, you're
not gonna be disappointed.
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Because the Victor costs 4 million pounds.
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And who cares? They've only made one.
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All right, if you're gonna
be all boring and rational,
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you could for the price of one Victor,
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have 20 new McLarens and go just as fast.
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But forget boring and rational,
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it's a supercar,
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it's not supposed to make sense.
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Come on.
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Oh my word!
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But let's face it,
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these bonkers, crazy expensive supercars
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are meant to be ridiculous,
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they're meant to be daft.
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I absolutely love this car.
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And the Victor, well, it's
the daftest of the lot.
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Do you know what? I love
that stuff like this exists.
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And I love that I got
the chance to drive it.
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But most of all, I love that
it's still in one piece.
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Victor, it's been a pleasure.
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Absolute work of art.
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Stunning.
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That for me is what an
Aston Martin Should look like.
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It's a muscle car.
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It does look amazing,
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but even for a one off, 4 million
quid? That's bonkers, Pad.
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Yeah, but the price
literally doesn't matter.
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They're only making this
one and it's already sold.
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So you can't even buy it, just enjoy it.
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Right, I'm not comfortable saying this,
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but I agree with McGuinness.
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It may be a load of old
Aston bits underneath,
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but when it looks like this.
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It's brilliant.
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Exactly.
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And now we must move on
because Freddie Flintoff
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has an itch to scratch.
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I thought that had cleared up.
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I do feel the need
to explain now, Paddy,
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Because ever since I started Top Gear
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there's one thing I've wanted to do.
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I've wanted to learn to race properly,
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to become a qualified racing driver,
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kind of like what Chris does.
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Ooh, so you're saying that I'm your idol?
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I am not saying that at all
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get that straight out of your head.
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What I wanted to know was,
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can you turn the middle-aged ex-cricketer
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with a dodgy knee into a
proper serious racing driver?
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So I went to find out.
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I've had a fascination with speed
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ever since I can remember
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whether it's cars or cricket balls,
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I want everything to be fast.
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It's dangerous, you feel vulnerable,
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you feel alive.
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Rather than say, why do
you wanna drive fast?
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Why would anybody not want to?
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To become a racing driver,
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first, you need a license,
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and that means you have to take a test.
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Mine would be in just two days
time, so to get up to speed,
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I'd be getting a crash course
in racing from the experts.
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Ginetta is a British road
and race car manufacturer,
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one whose driver development program
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has produced the likes of W
Series champion, Jamie Chadwick
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and McLaren F1 star Lando Norris.
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This is a company with
a serious reputation.
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One that I'd be trying my best not to ruin
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as I arrived at the Blyton Park test track
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to meet top trainer, Mike Simpson.
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Wow, hi Mike, this is
proper then, isn't it?
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It is, morning, Fred.
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How are you doing?
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All right.
Welcome
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I've done a few
track days and you turn up
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and there's some nice cars out,
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but these are proper racing cars.
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This is what we do for a living.
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When we start off 14
year old kids actually,
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straight from Karting
or school in the G40.
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Not going in that, am I?
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You're not going in that,
we're gonna skip a step
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and go straight into the GT4 level G55,
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which is a thoroughbred race car.
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Have you seen this show before, Mike?
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I have, yeah, yeah.
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Have you seen me in a car?
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I have, yeah.
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That's why I'm here.
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Oh good.
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Yeah.
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Just thought we should clear that up.
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No, it's fine, I trust you.
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It's not often
I hear them words
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near a car.
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The G55 GTA is designed
to give drivers like me
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the first test of a proper race car.
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Its 3.7-litre V6,
produces 270 horsepower,
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which doesn't sound like a lot,
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but coupled to a full race spec gearbox
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in a car that weighs just 1100 kilos,
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it gives you plenty to think about.
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Oh my word.
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Go on, Fred.
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I'm going for me racing License.
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When I started this job,
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this is one thing I wanted to do.
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It goes, doesn't it?
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I don't know why I didn't
expect it to be so fast.
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But I've got two days
before I go for me test.
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It's brilliant.
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But at the same time,
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I'm aware that I've put meself
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under quite a bit of pressure.
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Down to third.
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The other thing for me is,
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I wanna be decent at it,
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so I'm gonna have a real go at this.
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Nose in.
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Your line discipline's very good.
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Yeah don't be fooled,
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I'm not a complete muppet.
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Getting to grips with the car
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on a damp and slippery track,
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Mike needed to see what he
was really working with.
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And that meant going solo, to
lay down my first lap time.
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Rome wasn't built in a day.
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Preston might have been.
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Three, two, one, go!
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Whoa!
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That was a messy start.
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We're on the gas.
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Don't chase it now 'cause
you've had a bad start.
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Now get braking.
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Get off the brakes, I'm in
hot here, can it hold it?
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Oh, I've held it, I've held it!
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I felt I was going too
fast, but we're all right.
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Yes, there we go.
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We've got the nose of the car.
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1:24.07.
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We can work with that for sure.
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Baseline established,
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it was time for the
real training to begin.
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Second, off the brake. Feed it in.
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Go!
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Hard now, in a straight line.
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Now we're talking.
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So you wanna be braking about now,
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start to come away from
the brake, on the power.
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Woohoo!
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Go on, lad.
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I did feel a
bit twitchy at sometimes,
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but I got out of it, but,
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where is he? Not 100%
sure how I got out of it.
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Control the throttle now.
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Yes, now, brilliant.
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He's going well done, and
I'm going, yeah, cheers mate.
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Not a clue.
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Squeeze the power.
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Start to wind the steering off.
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Go, go, go!
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Off the brake, second.
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Feed it in, catch it if
you need to, catch it.
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So close.
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It's starting to look quite aggressive,
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where before you sort of had a lift,
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and then braked a bit and
then braked a bit more,
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where now you're flat out, bang.
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Yeah.
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And that's how a racing driver acts.
259
00:15:20,718 --> 00:15:22,418
I think I need to get faster,
260
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but in a controlled manner.
261
00:15:25,078 --> 00:15:27,658
And I know I've only been
doing it for a morning,
262
00:15:27,758 --> 00:15:30,538
but now I've only got
a day and a half left.
263
00:15:33,238 --> 00:15:35,018
And just
to add to the pressure,
264
00:15:35,118 --> 00:15:38,198
the afternoon session would be soaking.
265
00:15:40,318 --> 00:15:41,578
You wouldn't be
able to pitch at the Lords,
266
00:15:41,678 --> 00:15:42,418
would you, like this?
267
00:15:42,518 --> 00:15:43,818
Oh I'd be well gone by now.
268
00:15:43,918 --> 00:15:46,138
We're cricket, we don't do rain.
269
00:15:49,638 --> 00:15:50,618
A little bit aggressive on turning.
270
00:15:50,718 --> 00:15:52,458
Just turned it a little sharp there.
271
00:15:55,918 --> 00:15:56,978
That was a kerb wasn't it?
272
00:15:57,078 --> 00:15:57,938
Yeah, bit of kerb.
273
00:15:58,038 --> 00:16:00,538
The biggest challenge of Fred's
going to be to understand
274
00:16:00,638 --> 00:16:02,578
how much you can ask of the car.
275
00:16:06,598 --> 00:16:07,958
So we need to go through a
little bit of pain out there
276
00:16:08,038 --> 00:16:09,818
and make some mistakes, for him to feel it
277
00:16:09,918 --> 00:16:11,338
and figure out where he needs to be.
278
00:16:14,158 --> 00:16:14,898
Nearly.
279
00:16:14,998 --> 00:16:18,258
What, nearly hit the barrier?
280
00:16:20,479 --> 00:16:21,699
Argh.
281
00:16:21,799 --> 00:16:24,199
He will be a racing
driver by the end of this.
282
00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:28,699
Day two of training.
283
00:16:28,799 --> 00:16:32,219
And with just 24 hours to
go until the license test,
284
00:16:32,319 --> 00:16:35,619
Harris wanted to check in on my progress.
285
00:16:35,719 --> 00:16:37,379
I was so pleased when I
saw the sun this morning,
286
00:16:37,479 --> 00:16:38,319
when I opened my curtains.
Yeah.
287
00:16:38,399 --> 00:16:40,739
It's like don't want no more rain.
288
00:16:40,839 --> 00:16:42,339
Here he is.
289
00:16:42,439 --> 00:16:44,299
Look at him, boy racer.
290
00:16:44,399 --> 00:16:45,699
Popping and banging, all right.
291
00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:46,579
Andrew.
292
00:16:46,679 --> 00:16:47,459
How are you?
293
00:16:47,559 --> 00:16:48,419
Good how are you?
294
00:16:48,519 --> 00:16:49,539
Really good, actually, really good.
295
00:16:49,639 --> 00:16:50,379
Enjoyed it?
296
00:16:50,479 --> 00:16:51,719
I've enjoyed it more than
I thought it was gonna.
297
00:16:51,799 --> 00:16:53,979
I thought I'd like it,
but I've really liked it.
298
00:16:54,079 --> 00:16:56,459
Okay, weather today's barmy, yesterday?
299
00:16:56,559 --> 00:16:58,259
Oh it was dreadful, it
was dreadful.
300
00:16:58,359 --> 00:16:59,059
Excuse book.
301
00:16:59,159 --> 00:17:00,019
It was bouncing down, wasn't it?
302
00:17:00,119 --> 00:17:00,919
You're working on the excuse
book, I like it, mike.
303
00:17:00,999 --> 00:17:02,539
I'm just giving you facts,
I'm just giving you the facts.
304
00:17:02,639 --> 00:17:05,179
He did a great job, and we
put him through his paces.
305
00:17:05,279 --> 00:17:06,379
It was a test of me skills.
306
00:17:06,479 --> 00:17:08,379
Did you find yourself having
to take it quite seriously
307
00:17:08,479 --> 00:17:09,939
or more serious than you expected?
308
00:17:10,039 --> 00:17:11,059
I was really focused.
309
00:17:11,159 --> 00:17:12,539
There's no messing about really.
310
00:17:12,639 --> 00:17:13,699
What I didn't do,
311
00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:16,059
I didn't just go gung-ho at the start.
312
00:17:16,159 --> 00:17:16,859
I started easy.
313
00:17:16,959 --> 00:17:19,819
Normally what you do is you
go 110% and then ramp it back.
314
00:17:19,919 --> 00:17:21,739
Back, yeah, I went
the other way this time.
315
00:17:21,839 --> 00:17:22,899
Okay, well I'm loving this.
316
00:17:22,999 --> 00:17:24,539
Well, Fred, at the end of this
317
00:17:24,639 --> 00:17:26,179
and I can't believe I'm saying it.
318
00:17:26,279 --> 00:17:26,979
Say it.
319
00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:27,839
You're gonna be a racing driver.
320
00:17:27,919 --> 00:17:32,920
Well, you know cricketer,
boxer, musical theatre, actor,
321
00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:34,740
philanthropist.
322
00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:36,820
What's that word for-
323
00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:37,660
Philanthropist.
324
00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:38,500
That's the one, charity.
325
00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,060
Yeah, yeah.
326
00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,460
What's the one where he does businesses?
327
00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,580
Entrepreneur.
328
00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:46,940
Right? I'm gonna leave you to it.
329
00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:48,420
No, no, no, no, you're not.
330
00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,060
Why?
You're going to put a lap down,
331
00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:51,020
so I've got something to aim at.
332
00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:54,220
Okay, so what lap time did
he manage yesterday in the wet.
333
00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:56,660
He did a one minute 24.7.
334
00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:58,180
Go and get ready.
335
00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,580
I was gonna have a cup of
coffee, but now I'm... okay.
336
00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:01,740
Want us to warm the
car up for you, Chris?
337
00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:02,540
Yes please, Fred.
338
00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,260
That's what was racing
drivers do, isn't it?
339
00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:06,360
Come on, Fred.
340
00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,400
Three, two, one, go!
341
00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,980
Oh, he's having a right
go here, look at him.
342
00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:24,340
This is fast, isn't it?
343
00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,660
Second gear at the chicane,
so he got a good exit.
344
00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:29,780
This is a technical little
bit, gotta get an apex,,
345
00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,540
sacrifice a bit in the middle.
346
00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,140
Then going for it and
open as soon as possible.
347
00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:36,880
I'm standing back.
348
00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:38,741
I don't wanna be anywhere near this.
349
00:18:38,841 --> 00:18:39,581
Oh.
350
00:18:44,281 --> 00:18:46,741
I've always had respect for
Chris Harris, 'course I have.
351
00:18:46,841 --> 00:18:48,981
Probably even more so now.
I've been doing a bit of this,
352
00:18:49,081 --> 00:18:51,141
'cause he bangs on about it, doesn't he?
353
00:18:51,241 --> 00:18:54,941
Me and Paddy just humour him, where now,
354
00:18:55,041 --> 00:18:56,341
I'm starting to think, fair play, Chris.
355
00:18:56,441 --> 00:18:58,841
You're actually really
good at this, aren't you?
356
00:19:00,721 --> 00:19:01,461
Hazard a guess?
357
00:19:01,561 --> 00:19:03,341
13, 14, somewhere there.
358
00:19:03,441 --> 00:19:04,341
No, you're quicker than that.
359
00:19:04,441 --> 00:19:05,181
What?
360
00:19:05,281 --> 00:19:06,221
1'11?
Yeah.
361
00:19:06,321 --> 00:19:07,541
Probably seven, eight.
362
00:19:07,641 --> 00:19:09,221
I think I've given you
something to aim for.
363
00:19:09,321 --> 00:19:10,741
If I get anywhere near
that, I'll be over the moon.
364
00:19:10,841 --> 00:19:11,801
I know, that's a
serious challenge is that.
365
00:19:11,881 --> 00:19:13,581
He's saying it's quick.
366
00:19:13,681 --> 00:19:14,381
No, no, you'll get in there.
367
00:19:14,481 --> 00:19:16,481
Well, yeah, we've got some work to do.
368
00:19:17,321 --> 00:19:21,021
Harris, had just
gone round 13 seconds faster
369
00:19:21,121 --> 00:19:23,161
than anything I've managed so far.
370
00:19:24,281 --> 00:19:27,061
But now, with a dry track to play with,
371
00:19:27,161 --> 00:19:29,461
it was time to see how
close Mike could get me
372
00:19:29,561 --> 00:19:31,741
to that 1'11 benchmark.
373
00:19:33,881 --> 00:19:35,881
There's a hell of a lot more grip.
374
00:19:38,761 --> 00:19:41,221
The hardest bit is, I've
gotta put it all together
375
00:19:41,321 --> 00:19:44,421
in one lap and then do it
again and again and again.
376
00:19:45,481 --> 00:19:48,302
That was a 15 zero.
377
00:19:48,402 --> 00:19:50,382
Little quick, catch it,
catch it, catch it, catch it.
378
00:19:53,602 --> 00:19:56,202
Racing requires consistency.
379
00:19:57,802 --> 00:20:01,142
And with training time almost
up, the only way to get that
380
00:20:01,242 --> 00:20:04,962
would be to head out on my own and focus.
381
00:20:06,802 --> 00:20:09,942
Three, two, one, go.
382
00:20:15,562 --> 00:20:18,622
Little bit of a touch on
the brake, bring it round.
383
00:20:18,722 --> 00:20:20,542
One of the things I've found
is if I talk through it.
384
00:20:20,642 --> 00:20:23,422
Mind that kerb, it's the
big one, mind that puddle.
385
00:20:23,522 --> 00:20:27,582
Almost commentating me own
driving, it helps me concentrate.
386
00:20:27,682 --> 00:20:31,062
Into fifth, now on the brake.
387
00:20:31,162 --> 00:20:32,382
And I'm thinking about what gear I'm in,
388
00:20:32,482 --> 00:20:34,102
my speed going into corners, my lines.
389
00:20:34,202 --> 00:20:36,442
If I talk through it,
I'm almost planning it.
390
00:20:37,482 --> 00:20:40,062
Don't go chasing Harris, just drive.
391
00:20:40,162 --> 00:20:42,062
This is a very
different Andrew Flintoff.
392
00:20:42,162 --> 00:20:43,502
It's measured and controlled.
393
00:20:43,602 --> 00:20:45,222
Now out.
394
00:20:48,922 --> 00:20:50,922
Go go go.
395
00:20:51,562 --> 00:20:52,662
What did he get?
396
00:20:52,762 --> 00:20:53,902
1:13:08.
397
00:20:54,002 --> 00:20:54,742
That's not bad.
398
00:20:54,842 --> 00:20:56,022
It's not bad at all.
399
00:20:56,122 --> 00:20:57,382
Go!
400
00:20:59,443 --> 00:21:01,543
Better start.
401
00:21:01,643 --> 00:21:05,323
I've had a correction,
keep concentrating.
402
00:21:06,523 --> 00:21:07,543
This looks nice.
403
00:21:07,643 --> 00:21:08,383
This is quick.
404
00:21:08,483 --> 00:21:10,483
Go on, Fred.
405
00:21:12,243 --> 00:21:13,463
13:09.
406
00:21:13,563 --> 00:21:14,303
Go!
407
00:21:17,283 --> 00:21:18,043
I think that was really good.
408
00:21:18,123 --> 00:21:19,543
Yeah.
409
00:21:19,643 --> 00:21:21,143
Not too shabby.
410
00:21:21,243 --> 00:21:21,983
Nice.
411
00:21:22,083 --> 00:21:23,383
I think there was less
messing about there.
412
00:21:23,483 --> 00:21:25,263
Yeah.
413
00:21:25,363 --> 00:21:26,303
Don't back off.
414
00:21:29,163 --> 00:21:31,263
I think that was a better lap.
415
00:21:31,363 --> 00:21:32,383
13:07.
416
00:21:32,483 --> 00:21:35,463
So that's where he's at, 13:07.
417
00:21:35,563 --> 00:21:37,303
It's three laps within
a tenth and a half.
418
00:21:37,403 --> 00:21:38,583
That's impressive actually.
419
00:21:41,883 --> 00:21:43,023
So that's it, training's over.
420
00:21:43,123 --> 00:21:44,383
Top job as far as I'm concerned.
421
00:21:44,483 --> 00:21:46,103
The fact that you were
consistent is everything.
422
00:21:46,203 --> 00:21:48,143
That's right, and that's
what a racing driver's job is.
423
00:21:48,243 --> 00:21:49,703
Consistency is how you win a race.
424
00:21:49,803 --> 00:21:51,943
The next stage now
is to get the license.
425
00:21:52,043 --> 00:21:54,463
It's gotta be official, exam time.
426
00:21:54,563 --> 00:21:56,563
I'm gonna SWOT up tonight, Chris.
427
00:22:05,443 --> 00:22:08,544
My test would
take place the next afternoon
428
00:22:08,644 --> 00:22:10,644
at Donington Park.
429
00:22:13,044 --> 00:22:16,224
The exam itself is split into two parts.
430
00:22:16,324 --> 00:22:19,504
Practical, and first up, theory.
431
00:22:24,764 --> 00:22:25,504
Hello.
432
00:22:25,604 --> 00:22:27,264
Hello.
433
00:22:27,364 --> 00:22:28,304
My name is Stuart Jones,
434
00:22:28,404 --> 00:22:30,904
I'm your examining instructor today.
435
00:22:31,004 --> 00:22:32,024
Hey Stu, I'm Fred.
436
00:22:32,124 --> 00:22:35,304
I'd be lying if I said I
wasn't a little bit nervous.
437
00:22:35,404 --> 00:22:38,104
I've learnt all the facts, I hope.
438
00:22:38,204 --> 00:22:40,264
First section,
second section, third section,
439
00:22:40,364 --> 00:22:41,624
you have to get a hundred percent.
440
00:22:41,724 --> 00:22:42,464
Yep.
441
00:22:42,564 --> 00:22:44,104
Fourth section, you've got to get five
442
00:22:44,204 --> 00:22:47,504
out of the eight questions right, okay.
443
00:22:56,844 --> 00:22:59,904
I've been looking to find
out what else I can revise
444
00:23:00,004 --> 00:23:02,924
for the other questions,
and it seems you can't.
445
00:23:04,044 --> 00:23:05,704
It's the first time I've been in a forum,
446
00:23:05,804 --> 00:23:06,784
trying to find out,
447
00:23:06,884 --> 00:23:09,464
but no, they just say it's common sense
448
00:23:09,564 --> 00:23:11,564
and things you should know.
449
00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:14,324
The things that I should know
450
00:23:15,164 --> 00:23:16,344
aren't quite right sometimes.
451
00:23:27,285 --> 00:23:29,105
Are we confident?
452
00:23:29,205 --> 00:23:30,145
Relatively.
453
00:23:30,245 --> 00:23:32,225
All right, well we'll put
that in for marking now,
454
00:23:32,325 --> 00:23:33,905
and then we'll go get suited up
455
00:23:34,005 --> 00:23:35,665
and we'll go do our practical.
456
00:23:35,765 --> 00:23:39,625
Okay, yeah, thank you.
457
00:23:39,725 --> 00:23:42,125
I was banking on that
being the easy bit.
458
00:23:43,205 --> 00:23:44,945
This is the hard bit now, on the track.
459
00:23:45,045 --> 00:23:46,905
And look at the weather,
the clouds are coming in.
460
00:23:47,005 --> 00:23:47,825
We don't need none of that.
461
00:23:47,925 --> 00:23:50,265
It looks like the end
of the world down there.
462
00:23:50,365 --> 00:23:52,365
We need to get out, and,
463
00:23:52,685 --> 00:23:54,945
yeah, this is the bit
I'm more nervous about.
464
00:23:58,485 --> 00:24:01,865
The practical test plays
out over three laps.
465
00:24:01,965 --> 00:24:05,225
Stuart will be assessing
every aspect of my driving,
466
00:24:05,325 --> 00:24:07,225
looking to make sure I had the control
467
00:24:07,325 --> 00:24:10,545
not to pose a risk to
myself or other racers.
468
00:24:11,845 --> 00:24:13,905
Things that will fail you instantly
469
00:24:14,005 --> 00:24:16,105
is if I have to take control of the car,
470
00:24:16,205 --> 00:24:18,205
if you run off the circuit,
471
00:24:18,925 --> 00:24:20,905
if you miss a flag or a light
472
00:24:21,005 --> 00:24:24,545
and I have to tell you
about it, or if you kill me.
473
00:24:26,245 --> 00:24:29,306
Okay, that's an instant failure
474
00:24:29,406 --> 00:24:30,906
and I will haunt you afterwards.
475
00:24:34,366 --> 00:24:37,566
Okay, green light tells
us that the track is live.
476
00:24:39,166 --> 00:24:42,626
Okay, make sure you check
for other people on circuit.
477
00:24:42,726 --> 00:24:43,826
We're all good.
478
00:24:47,726 --> 00:24:49,906
Stuart, would
give me a couple of laps
479
00:24:50,006 --> 00:24:52,006
to get to know the track.
480
00:24:53,646 --> 00:24:55,846
And then we'd begin.
481
00:24:57,606 --> 00:24:58,626
Right, you're on your test.
482
00:24:58,726 --> 00:25:00,346
Go, go, go, go, go!
483
00:25:00,446 --> 00:25:02,186
Three good laps, Fred.
484
00:25:02,286 --> 00:25:06,146
I'm coming in, at
this one, coming around.
485
00:25:06,246 --> 00:25:07,746
Little bit of a lift and in.
486
00:25:07,846 --> 00:25:09,066
On the brake.
487
00:25:09,166 --> 00:25:10,106
Drop gear.
488
00:25:10,206 --> 00:25:12,986
On to the brake, drop down,
look for the apex, seen it,
489
00:25:13,086 --> 00:25:14,466
going in.
490
00:25:14,566 --> 00:25:18,746
Onto the accelerator,
braking, looking out there.
491
00:25:18,846 --> 00:25:22,066
To fourth, gonna clip
this Kerb, bit of a lift.
492
00:25:22,166 --> 00:25:23,706
Coming out, coming out.
493
00:25:23,806 --> 00:25:24,506
Feeding it.
494
00:25:24,606 --> 00:25:26,626
One more lap Fred.
495
00:25:26,726 --> 00:25:29,806
Onto the brake, now I'm turning in.
496
00:25:30,726 --> 00:25:32,266
Down into third.
497
00:25:32,366 --> 00:25:35,186
Coming round, coming
round, now I'm out of it,
498
00:25:35,286 --> 00:25:36,306
get on, get on, get on.
499
00:25:36,406 --> 00:25:38,747
I can see the apex, I'm coming in.
500
00:25:38,847 --> 00:25:40,227
Middle of the track.
501
00:25:40,327 --> 00:25:42,467
I'm on it.
502
00:25:42,567 --> 00:25:45,347
Okay, pit lane this
time, pit lane this time.
503
00:25:45,447 --> 00:25:47,807
Nice and easy into pit lane.
504
00:25:56,527 --> 00:25:58,647
Okay, so from a practical point of view,
505
00:26:00,487 --> 00:26:02,787
you were definitely consistent.
506
00:26:02,887 --> 00:26:03,667
I was watching you,
507
00:26:03,767 --> 00:26:05,027
your head's moving all the time,
508
00:26:05,127 --> 00:26:05,907
which is superb.
509
00:26:06,007 --> 00:26:07,387
You're looking through the corner,
510
00:26:07,487 --> 00:26:08,507
you're looking at your mirrors,
511
00:26:08,607 --> 00:26:10,507
you're very aware of what's going on.
512
00:26:10,607 --> 00:26:11,907
You ticked all the boxes
513
00:26:12,007 --> 00:26:13,747
for you to pass your practical tests.
514
00:26:13,847 --> 00:26:14,587
We just need to see
515
00:26:14,687 --> 00:26:17,067
whether we've got you
through your theory now.
516
00:26:17,167 --> 00:26:19,167
Okay.
517
00:26:21,087 --> 00:26:23,087
All right, all right.
518
00:26:23,447 --> 00:26:25,507
So, section one.
519
00:26:25,607 --> 00:26:27,607
Yeah.
520
00:26:28,367 --> 00:26:29,507
You got 15 right.
521
00:26:29,607 --> 00:26:30,347
Yes.
522
00:26:30,447 --> 00:26:32,867
And you needed to get 15
right, so that was a pass.
523
00:26:32,967 --> 00:26:35,507
Section two, you got three right,
524
00:26:35,607 --> 00:26:36,827
and you needed to get three right.
525
00:26:36,927 --> 00:26:37,707
Oh thank God for that.
526
00:26:37,807 --> 00:26:39,627
It didn't sound many, three, did it?
527
00:26:39,727 --> 00:26:40,987
Section three.
528
00:26:41,087 --> 00:26:43,787
Again, you got all the
questions right on that.
529
00:26:43,887 --> 00:26:46,887
On your last one, which is
sort of your general knowledge.
530
00:26:48,768 --> 00:26:50,388
I'm pleased to say you passed.
531
00:26:50,488 --> 00:26:53,508
Oh get in! No, high
five it, high five it, Stu.
532
00:26:53,608 --> 00:26:56,108
Get in, I can race! Come on!
533
00:26:56,208 --> 00:26:58,028
I didn't pass me driving
test till third time.
534
00:26:58,128 --> 00:26:59,828
Oh, he tells me that now.
535
00:26:59,928 --> 00:27:00,828
Brew time?
536
00:27:00,928 --> 00:27:02,928
Oh, of course, I'll make them.
537
00:27:03,568 --> 00:27:05,148
Here he comes.
538
00:27:05,248 --> 00:27:06,868
Has anybody asked for a racing driver?
539
00:27:06,968 --> 00:27:08,508
I don't know, I don't know.
540
00:27:08,608 --> 00:27:10,188
I don't know.
Well done, well done.
541
00:27:10,288 --> 00:27:11,048
Thank you, thank you.
542
00:27:11,128 --> 00:27:13,128
I'm so relieved.
543
00:27:14,888 --> 00:27:18,068
Yeah, I actually drove
all right there as well.
544
00:27:18,168 --> 00:27:21,428
But to get a racing license is one thing.
545
00:27:21,528 --> 00:27:25,528
To call yourself a racing
driver is a whole new game.
546
00:27:40,648 --> 00:27:44,108
This is the GT Cup Championship,
547
00:27:44,208 --> 00:27:48,148
a Pro-Am series that sees
grids of over 30 cars
548
00:27:48,248 --> 00:27:50,248
racing side by side.
549
00:27:51,168 --> 00:27:53,308
For my first ever race,
550
00:27:53,408 --> 00:27:56,868
I'd be sharing a track with
Lambos, Porsches McLaren's
551
00:27:56,968 --> 00:27:58,969
and Astons.
552
00:27:59,609 --> 00:28:03,789
And raising the stakes even
higher, the car I'd be driving
553
00:28:03,889 --> 00:28:05,889
had gone up a level too.
554
00:28:07,609 --> 00:28:09,609
It's called the GT4.
555
00:28:10,609 --> 00:28:12,949
It looks a lot like the old GTA,
556
00:28:13,049 --> 00:28:17,749
but this one has a hundred
more horsepower, bigger brakes,
557
00:28:17,849 --> 00:28:20,489
more aero and slick tyres.
558
00:28:22,009 --> 00:28:26,129
What all that meant was free
practice was an eye opener.
559
00:28:27,529 --> 00:28:29,529
Cars everywhere.
560
00:28:30,649 --> 00:28:32,589
Come on, go on, off you go.
561
00:28:32,689 --> 00:28:34,869
Oh, you .
562
00:28:34,969 --> 00:28:37,309
He was giving me nothing, that lad.
563
00:28:40,929 --> 00:28:44,149
I was battling then, I
really was, meself, the car,
564
00:28:44,249 --> 00:28:45,789
everything that's going on.
565
00:28:47,649 --> 00:28:49,649
Didn't see you.
566
00:28:55,409 --> 00:28:57,409
Come on, Fred, you're better than this.
567
00:28:59,009 --> 00:29:01,009
I expected it to be hard.
568
00:29:02,449 --> 00:29:03,189
Not this hard.
569
00:29:05,369 --> 00:29:07,369
Jesus.
570
00:29:08,090 --> 00:29:10,030
Feeling way out of my depth,
571
00:29:10,130 --> 00:29:12,030
and about as far from competitive
572
00:29:12,130 --> 00:29:14,070
as I'd been since we started.
573
00:29:14,170 --> 00:29:17,390
Mike was doing his best to find
some good in my performance.
574
00:29:17,490 --> 00:29:18,870
Wait for that front to bite.
575
00:29:18,970 --> 00:29:20,790
So you did a 14.5.
576
00:29:20,890 --> 00:29:22,030
It's good, good progress.
577
00:29:22,130 --> 00:29:24,190
You started on a 23, so good progress.
578
00:29:24,290 --> 00:29:26,290
Yeah.
579
00:29:26,930 --> 00:29:31,030
A two minute 14 second lap
time was all well and good,
580
00:29:31,130 --> 00:29:33,070
but it didn't take a genius to work out
581
00:29:33,170 --> 00:29:35,590
that to even get up to
the back of the pack,
582
00:29:35,690 --> 00:29:38,530
I'd need to find nearly 10 seconds.
583
00:29:39,370 --> 00:29:40,630
I'm in the deep end, aren't I here?
584
00:29:40,730 --> 00:29:42,590
I need to start swimming.
585
00:29:42,690 --> 00:29:45,090
At the minute I'm treading water, I think.
586
00:29:46,410 --> 00:29:49,390
But with qualifying up
next, which would decide
587
00:29:49,490 --> 00:29:52,230
where in the pack I'd
be starting the race.
588
00:29:52,330 --> 00:29:53,630
In all honesty,
589
00:29:53,730 --> 00:29:56,410
I was just fighting to
keep my head above water.
590
00:30:00,930 --> 00:30:02,230
Oh, too much speed.
591
00:30:02,330 --> 00:30:03,350
Calm yourself down.
592
00:30:03,450 --> 00:30:07,790
You're driving like a road
car, you don't like that.
593
00:30:07,890 --> 00:30:09,390
Think like a driver.
594
00:30:09,490 --> 00:30:11,030
You're no longer a cricketer.
595
00:30:11,130 --> 00:30:13,130
That ship has sailed, son.
596
00:30:15,410 --> 00:30:17,811
One's off, he's got his
bonnet open as well.
597
00:30:20,771 --> 00:30:23,371
Oh, you absolute .
598
00:30:28,171 --> 00:30:30,951
Making it through just about unscathed.
599
00:30:33,491 --> 00:30:36,411
I had qualified two places
off the back of the grid.
600
00:30:38,691 --> 00:30:40,071
For the race itself,
601
00:30:40,171 --> 00:30:42,231
me and Harris will be driving as a team,
602
00:30:42,331 --> 00:30:45,131
each getting a 25 minute
stint at the wheel.
603
00:30:47,091 --> 00:30:49,031
As I would be heading out first,
604
00:30:49,131 --> 00:30:50,711
while the pit crews were hard at work,
605
00:30:50,811 --> 00:30:53,071
prepping the cars for the main event,
606
00:30:53,171 --> 00:30:55,811
I went to compare notes with my teammate.
607
00:30:58,451 --> 00:31:00,271
It was just a bit of a sensory overload.
608
00:31:00,371 --> 00:31:02,351
You know, you've got all these
people, all these cars,
609
00:31:02,451 --> 00:31:03,711
all these noises.
610
00:31:03,811 --> 00:31:05,671
I don't know if embarrassed
is the right word,
611
00:31:05,771 --> 00:31:07,831
but you've got all these
people there for you.
612
00:31:07,931 --> 00:31:10,391
And then you're thinking,
am I doing all right here?
613
00:31:10,491 --> 00:31:13,791
Let's face it, normally,
in your other life,
614
00:31:13,891 --> 00:31:16,751
you just rock up, smash it, it's easy,
615
00:31:16,851 --> 00:31:20,631
'cause you can just deploy
ball skills, coordination,
616
00:31:20,731 --> 00:31:21,711
bit of confidence.
617
00:31:21,811 --> 00:31:23,511
This is a bit more involved, isn't?
618
00:31:23,611 --> 00:31:24,351
There's a lot more going on.
619
00:31:24,451 --> 00:31:25,191
You can't just...
Yeah.
620
00:31:25,291 --> 00:31:27,192
It's inconceivable
that you'd just rock up
621
00:31:27,292 --> 00:31:29,032
and smash this.
622
00:31:29,132 --> 00:31:30,792
If your noggin isn't quite engaged,
623
00:31:30,892 --> 00:31:32,032
and you're a reasonable driver,
624
00:31:32,132 --> 00:31:35,692
that can be difference between
10 positions on a race day.
625
00:31:37,332 --> 00:31:39,232
What's your trademark?
626
00:31:39,332 --> 00:31:40,752
Follow the person that's fast.
627
00:31:40,852 --> 00:31:41,592
Yeah.
628
00:31:42,772 --> 00:31:44,952
Is that it?
Yeah.
629
00:31:45,052 --> 00:31:46,552
You're like the lad who
copied homework, aren't you?
630
00:31:46,652 --> 00:31:48,652
Oh, absolutely.
631
00:31:56,292 --> 00:31:57,392
What I really wanted
632
00:31:57,492 --> 00:32:00,232
was to see how close I could get
633
00:32:00,332 --> 00:32:02,512
to a competitive time.
634
00:32:02,612 --> 00:32:04,852
One minute, boys, till
we start queuing up.
635
00:32:07,812 --> 00:32:09,952
Yeah, all good.
636
00:32:10,052 --> 00:32:13,152
Maybe, if I could somehow stay in touch,
637
00:32:13,252 --> 00:32:17,432
I might even give Harris the
chance to fight for places,
638
00:32:17,532 --> 00:32:19,652
but that was just the wishlist.
639
00:32:22,972 --> 00:32:26,192
The only real question
was, would all the training
640
00:32:26,292 --> 00:32:28,232
and the testing and the practice
641
00:32:28,332 --> 00:32:30,892
count for anything when it mattered?
642
00:32:32,292 --> 00:32:34,352
You can see
just how warm it is here
643
00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:37,413
at Snetterton as the cars are
heading out onto the grid.
644
00:32:40,693 --> 00:32:42,233
A lot of cars for little, Snetterton.
645
00:32:42,333 --> 00:32:44,853
Lot's of very, very, very fast cars.
646
00:32:50,373 --> 00:32:53,053
Here they come, the big
boys are coming through.
647
00:33:02,653 --> 00:33:04,633
This is bonkers.
648
00:33:04,733 --> 00:33:07,013
How do I get myself
into these situations?
649
00:33:08,333 --> 00:33:10,333
Need a wee.
650
00:33:11,533 --> 00:33:12,953
Hey, Fred, all looking good?
651
00:33:13,053 --> 00:33:14,513
Yeah, all good thanks mate.
652
00:33:14,613 --> 00:33:15,833
Stay out of trouble on that first lap.
653
00:33:15,933 --> 00:33:17,673
Let them all go off around you,
654
00:33:17,773 --> 00:33:19,233
just stay out of trouble
on that first lap.
655
00:33:19,333 --> 00:33:21,333
Will do, boss.
656
00:33:22,173 --> 00:33:25,033
Come on, Freddie lad, time to shine.
657
00:33:25,133 --> 00:33:27,233
See what you've got.
658
00:33:29,613 --> 00:33:30,333
So whilst they head
659
00:33:30,413 --> 00:33:31,233
on their final formation lap,
660
00:33:31,333 --> 00:33:33,633
let's guide you through the
grid and the starting drivers.
661
00:33:33,733 --> 00:33:35,273
Don't stall it, don't
stall it, don't stall it,
662
00:33:35,373 --> 00:33:37,453
he's rolling, he's rolling, he's rolling.
663
00:33:38,293 --> 00:33:40,993
He's away, go on, Frederick.
664
00:33:41,093 --> 00:33:41,853
This is
where we see number 3,
665
00:33:41,933 --> 00:33:44,433
Charlotte Gilbert starts
alongside car number 19,
666
00:33:44,533 --> 00:33:45,793
which is James Hillary.
667
00:33:45,893 --> 00:33:48,674
The 17th row of the grid is
number 6, Alex Stevenson,
668
00:33:48,774 --> 00:33:49,594
alongside car number 10,
669
00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:52,034
it's a new entry for
the Team HARD Ginetta,
670
00:33:52,134 --> 00:33:54,614
in the hands of Freddie Flintoff.
671
00:33:55,854 --> 00:33:57,674
Oh, there's a bit of
traffic out on this course.
672
00:33:57,774 --> 00:33:59,774
Look at all the cars!
673
00:34:00,734 --> 00:34:02,734
Ohh nerves.
674
00:34:03,214 --> 00:34:04,594
I'd love it if there
was a heart rate monitor.
675
00:34:04,694 --> 00:34:07,514
This is a man who famously is ice cool,
676
00:34:07,614 --> 00:34:09,714
but I suspect he's up in the 150s now.
677
00:34:09,814 --> 00:34:11,814
Dripping with sweat.
678
00:34:13,294 --> 00:34:15,234
We come round these
corners for the next time
679
00:34:15,334 --> 00:34:17,334
we're gonna be off.
680
00:34:18,614 --> 00:34:19,734
They
start to get themselves
681
00:34:19,814 --> 00:34:21,434
into neat two by two order.
682
00:34:21,534 --> 00:34:25,254
Red, red, red,
red, red, red, red, red.
683
00:34:26,614 --> 00:34:29,874
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
684
00:34:29,974 --> 00:34:34,554
Round 8 of the 2021 GT Cup
Championship gets underway.
685
00:34:34,654 --> 00:34:36,714
Just keep them in me sight.
686
00:34:36,814 --> 00:34:38,194
Contact,
and that's John Seal
687
00:34:38,294 --> 00:34:40,994
who's gone into the back of John Dillon.
688
00:34:41,094 --> 00:34:42,914
And they're all at it, these lads.
689
00:34:43,014 --> 00:34:44,794
Braking, braking.
690
00:34:44,894 --> 00:34:47,234
They stay in their packs, Freddie-boy.
691
00:34:54,654 --> 00:34:56,654
Come on, Fred.
692
00:34:58,775 --> 00:35:00,755
I'd survived the first lap,
693
00:35:00,855 --> 00:35:04,595
but with that 2:14 practice
run still ringing in my ears,
694
00:35:04,695 --> 00:35:06,515
it was time to get my head down
695
00:35:06,615 --> 00:35:08,355
and use the rest of my stint
696
00:35:08,455 --> 00:35:10,855
to see how much faster I could go.
697
00:35:13,095 --> 00:35:15,095
Get in your rhythm.
698
00:35:15,655 --> 00:35:17,595
Hanging on there, geez!
699
00:35:17,695 --> 00:35:19,695
That was a fastest I've taken that.
700
00:35:20,695 --> 00:35:21,755
Ohh, come on.
701
00:35:21,855 --> 00:35:24,235
40.6, first sector, that's
his quickest first sector.
702
00:35:24,335 --> 00:35:25,315
You have the weekend already.
703
00:35:25,415 --> 00:35:26,355
Yeah.
704
00:35:26,455 --> 00:35:27,455
That's as quick as some
of these up here, look.
705
00:35:27,535 --> 00:35:28,635
Yeah.
706
00:35:28,735 --> 00:35:31,515
Russell, you little git.
707
00:35:31,615 --> 00:35:32,795
Oh, I don't know what, stay there you,
708
00:35:32,895 --> 00:35:34,995
stay there, stay there.
709
00:35:35,095 --> 00:35:37,095
Come on!
710
00:35:38,615 --> 00:35:40,615
02'08.5 Wow!
711
00:35:42,255 --> 00:35:44,255
Oh, well done lads.
712
00:35:45,495 --> 00:35:47,495
Power, come on.
713
00:35:52,855 --> 00:35:54,875
He's just been overtaken
by a couple of cars,
714
00:35:54,975 --> 00:35:57,115
but crucially, for Fred, he
can see what's ahead of him
715
00:35:57,215 --> 00:35:59,195
and he starts to follow stuff.
716
00:35:59,295 --> 00:36:02,315
And when he's got something
to follow, he goes quicker.
717
00:36:02,415 --> 00:36:04,755
If we could just have a car in front of us
718
00:36:04,855 --> 00:36:07,676
with an Australian batsman on
the back of it, he'd be at it.
719
00:36:07,776 --> 00:36:08,536
He'd break that record, wouldn't he?
720
00:36:08,616 --> 00:36:10,116
He'd be at it like a rat.
721
00:36:10,216 --> 00:36:11,356
He would.
722
00:36:11,456 --> 00:36:13,196
Okay, Fred, there's
about 15 minutes remaining,
723
00:36:13,296 --> 00:36:14,596
pace is good.
724
00:36:14,696 --> 00:36:15,756
Thanks mate.
725
00:36:15,856 --> 00:36:19,156
The clock was ticking down
to my handover to Harris
726
00:36:19,256 --> 00:36:21,896
and I was starting to find my stride.
727
00:36:25,456 --> 00:36:26,156
Wow.
728
00:36:26,256 --> 00:36:26,996
Mega, that's really
729
00:36:27,096 --> 00:36:27,996
39.4
730
00:36:28,096 --> 00:36:28,996
I mean look up here.
731
00:36:29,096 --> 00:36:29,956
In the first sector.
732
00:36:30,056 --> 00:36:31,036
39s up here look.
733
00:36:31,136 --> 00:36:33,136
This is a mega lap, this.
734
00:36:34,336 --> 00:36:36,336
Come on, don't tense.
735
00:36:38,376 --> 00:36:39,916
He's hanging on here, isn't he?
736
00:36:47,216 --> 00:36:48,156
02'05.
737
00:36:48,256 --> 00:36:48,956
That's amazing.
738
00:36:49,056 --> 00:36:49,796
That's perfect.
739
00:36:49,896 --> 00:36:51,876
That's his best lap by two seconds.
740
00:36:51,976 --> 00:36:53,156
Another two seconds, yeah.
741
00:36:53,256 --> 00:36:55,516
Come on, Fred, 2:05.7,
742
00:36:55,616 --> 00:37:00,616
so fastest lap was your fastest lap ever.
743
00:37:01,176 --> 00:37:02,716
Freddie Flintoff
has done a fantastic job
744
00:37:02,816 --> 00:37:04,076
over the course of this weekend,
745
00:37:04,176 --> 00:37:07,736
and he's picked up more
and more and more pace.
746
00:37:09,256 --> 00:37:10,996
But this is racing
747
00:37:11,096 --> 00:37:13,676
and I was about to be reminded
748
00:37:13,776 --> 00:37:17,437
that your luck can change in an instant.
749
00:37:24,657 --> 00:37:25,837
Cars playing up.
750
00:37:25,937 --> 00:37:28,437
Okay mate, we've
got about 6
751
00:37:28,537 --> 00:37:31,957
till your stop, just hold out till then.
752
00:37:32,057 --> 00:37:34,457
Just getting into it, argh.
753
00:37:47,337 --> 00:37:50,177
And into the
pit lane they start to pour.
754
00:37:52,097 --> 00:37:53,157
Well, he's just done a 2:08,
755
00:37:53,257 --> 00:37:55,037
but the car went past
and didn't sound so good.
756
00:37:55,977 --> 00:38:00,977
Come on, stay with
me, baby, stay with me.
757
00:38:04,217 --> 00:38:05,757
Box this lap, Fred, box this lap.
758
00:38:05,857 --> 00:38:07,857
Box, box, box.
759
00:38:14,777 --> 00:38:16,897
Into the pit
lane comes Freddie Flintoff.
760
00:38:21,017 --> 00:38:23,437
How bad's the engine, Fred? Is it dead?
761
00:38:23,537 --> 00:38:24,277
As soon as you get in fifth
762
00:38:24,377 --> 00:38:25,097
and you get your foot to the floor,
763
00:38:25,177 --> 00:38:28,158
when it gets to the top end
it just starts misfiring.
764
00:38:28,258 --> 00:38:32,258
Just see how you think, Chris, argh.
765
00:38:39,498 --> 00:38:40,258
Chris Harris at the wheel
766
00:38:40,338 --> 00:38:43,158
of the GTA Ginetta, could
make his way into the race.
767
00:38:49,378 --> 00:38:50,358
Oh, I've got a big old misfire.
768
00:38:50,458 --> 00:38:54,638
This is gonna be a fairly
torrid few laps I think.
769
00:38:59,578 --> 00:39:01,658
Yeah, this is undrivable now.
770
00:39:04,618 --> 00:39:06,898
So sorry, but that is not drivable.
771
00:39:12,498 --> 00:39:14,778
Just two
laps into Harris's stint.
772
00:39:18,058 --> 00:39:20,058
Got nothing.
773
00:39:20,538 --> 00:39:22,538
It's just died.
774
00:39:23,498 --> 00:39:25,898
Our race was over.
775
00:39:27,938 --> 00:39:29,938
Here he is, he's gone.
776
00:39:31,058 --> 00:39:33,238
Ohh, what a disappointment.
777
00:39:33,338 --> 00:39:35,338
Sorry, Fred.
778
00:39:36,178 --> 00:39:38,519
Retirement
for the number 10 Ginetta.
779
00:39:38,619 --> 00:39:41,199
A sorry end to the weekend
for Freddie Flintoff
780
00:39:41,299 --> 00:39:43,299
and Chris Harris.
781
00:39:43,619 --> 00:39:48,159
So that is the other side
of racing for Andrew Flintoff.
782
00:39:48,259 --> 00:39:53,259
Sometimes it happens like
that, but Fred did so well,
783
00:39:53,779 --> 00:39:56,079
actually, it is what it is, isn't it?
784
00:39:56,179 --> 00:39:57,159
And I'm really pleased for him.
785
00:39:57,259 --> 00:39:58,719
I don't feel that sad at all.
786
00:39:58,819 --> 00:39:59,559
Strange feeling.
787
00:39:59,659 --> 00:40:01,699
Normally I'll be throwing my
helmet around, but I'm not.
788
00:40:10,619 --> 00:40:12,679
So that was disappointing.
789
00:40:12,779 --> 00:40:16,219
But selfishly, I'm actually quite pleased.
790
00:40:19,379 --> 00:40:22,479
All my career, I've struggled with debuts.
791
00:40:22,579 --> 00:40:24,279
I've never thought I've
done myself justice
792
00:40:24,379 --> 00:40:26,039
when I've done something
for the first time.
793
00:40:26,139 --> 00:40:28,919
I reckon this is my best
debut I've ever had.
794
00:40:29,019 --> 00:40:31,239
And we didn't finish,
whether that's a reflection
795
00:40:31,339 --> 00:40:32,399
of how bad the other ones are,
796
00:40:32,499 --> 00:40:35,499
or how well this one went, I don't care.
797
00:40:37,699 --> 00:40:40,079
From where I was, so nervous,
798
00:40:40,179 --> 00:40:41,319
not wanting to put me foot down
799
00:40:41,419 --> 00:40:44,079
and worrying about the limits of the car.
800
00:40:44,179 --> 00:40:46,119
I was hoping that something'd
happen at some point
801
00:40:46,219 --> 00:40:48,960
where it'd all be put
together, and it seemed to.
802
00:40:49,060 --> 00:40:51,480
I can race, come on.
803
00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:53,880
You know, I'm still not the fastest.
804
00:40:53,980 --> 00:40:55,000
I'm probably still one of the slowest,
805
00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:57,880
but from where I started, for
me that was an achievement.
806
00:40:57,980 --> 00:41:01,760
And for a moment, probably
two or three laps out there,
807
00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:03,860
I did feel like a driver.
808
00:41:10,340 --> 00:41:13,600
I'm not gonna spray any champagne.
809
00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:15,700
But what a weekend.
810
00:41:24,620 --> 00:41:25,360
Gutted.
811
00:41:25,460 --> 00:41:26,720
Me too.
Gutted.
812
00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:28,840
So much fun, so much fun.
813
00:41:28,940 --> 00:41:29,680
That is racing.
814
00:41:29,780 --> 00:41:32,120
Gutted.
Ohhh.
815
00:41:32,220 --> 00:41:33,360
I'm gutted for you.
816
00:41:33,460 --> 00:41:35,200
Look, you didn't finish the race,
817
00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:36,880
but look how happy you both are.
818
00:41:36,980 --> 00:41:39,520
Fred, how did it feel
to be a racing driver?
819
00:41:39,620 --> 00:41:41,720
I'll tell you what, Pad, I loved it.
820
00:41:41,820 --> 00:41:43,040
I didn't think it'd be that hard.
821
00:41:43,140 --> 00:41:45,680
I've got a new found
respect for racing drivers.
822
00:41:45,780 --> 00:41:46,480
Yeah.
823
00:41:46,580 --> 00:41:48,240
And although this lad is not me idol,
824
00:41:48,340 --> 00:41:49,920
I've got more respect
for what this lad does.
825
00:41:50,020 --> 00:41:52,080
He can drive.
Oh, he can do a little bit.
826
00:41:52,180 --> 00:41:53,880
Now listen, is there any chance
827
00:41:53,980 --> 00:41:55,800
you two'll ever finish a race?
828
00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:57,521
We had it in Baha, we had it in this one.
829
00:41:57,621 --> 00:41:59,201
You've got to
be able to finish a race.
830
00:41:59,301 --> 00:42:00,061
Oh, yeah, we'd like to, we'd like to.
831
00:42:00,141 --> 00:42:00,861
You've gotta be able to do it boys.
832
00:42:00,941 --> 00:42:01,681
And I hate to say it,
833
00:42:01,781 --> 00:42:02,921
I'm behind the wheel
when it breaks always.
834
00:42:03,021 --> 00:42:03,761
Yeah, there you go.
835
00:42:04,701 --> 00:42:05,961
Do you wanna do the
next one with me, Pad?
836
00:42:06,061 --> 00:42:07,321
Yes.
Yes.
837
00:42:07,421 --> 00:42:09,041
Thank you.
838
00:42:09,141 --> 00:42:10,121
You're unbelievable.
839
00:42:10,221 --> 00:42:11,281
You just said, you break the cars.
840
00:42:11,381 --> 00:42:12,561
Flipping turncoat you are.
841
00:42:14,101 --> 00:42:15,841
Chris, what do you make
of Fred's performance?
842
00:42:15,941 --> 00:42:17,321
He did a great job, but most of all,
843
00:42:17,421 --> 00:42:19,321
we finally saw the professional sportsman.
844
00:42:19,421 --> 00:42:21,081
The eyes changed, they changed.
845
00:42:21,181 --> 00:42:22,281
Yeah.
Dangerous, he was.
846
00:42:22,381 --> 00:42:25,041
And now we must move on because this year
847
00:42:25,141 --> 00:42:27,801
marks the 40th anniversary
of one of the most famous
848
00:42:27,901 --> 00:42:31,441
and strangest cars ever made.
849
00:42:34,741 --> 00:42:37,301
The superstar celebrating the big 4-0.
850
00:42:40,621 --> 00:42:45,621
is the unmistakable, the
timeless, DMC DeLorean.
851
00:42:49,701 --> 00:42:53,561
Yes, it was four decades
ago, back in 1981,
852
00:42:53,661 --> 00:42:56,481
that this stainless steel wedge
853
00:42:56,581 --> 00:42:58,901
arrived back from the future.
854
00:43:03,901 --> 00:43:07,842
It would, of course, become
the greatest movie car
855
00:43:07,942 --> 00:43:09,562
of all time,
856
00:43:09,662 --> 00:43:12,722
but not even Hollywood could
have dreamed up the story
857
00:43:12,822 --> 00:43:14,202
of its creation.
858
00:43:14,302 --> 00:43:18,162
A story of supermodels and drug deals,
859
00:43:18,262 --> 00:43:21,722
the story of a man who
would stop at nothing
860
00:43:21,822 --> 00:43:24,102
to change the course of history.
861
00:43:26,222 --> 00:43:29,382
That man was John Zachary DeLorean.
862
00:43:30,302 --> 00:43:31,282
A genius engineer,
863
00:43:31,382 --> 00:43:33,682
born and raised in Detroit,
864
00:43:33,782 --> 00:43:36,682
working at General Motors in the 1950s,
865
00:43:36,782 --> 00:43:40,462
he would go on to develop
Pontiac's legendary GTO.
866
00:43:42,702 --> 00:43:46,342
This was the man that arguably
invented the muscle car.
867
00:43:48,262 --> 00:43:50,042
And in a world of grey suits,
868
00:43:50,142 --> 00:43:53,982
DeLorean was a sharp-dressing,
swaggering, playboy.
869
00:43:55,022 --> 00:43:56,642
He hung out with the stars.
870
00:43:56,742 --> 00:43:58,602
He married models.
871
00:43:58,702 --> 00:44:02,802
He even treated himself
to a brand new chin.
872
00:44:02,902 --> 00:44:04,842
Probably to be
successful as an executive
873
00:44:04,942 --> 00:44:07,402
you have to have a certain amount of ego.
874
00:44:07,502 --> 00:44:09,282
That ego, though, didn't sit well
875
00:44:09,382 --> 00:44:12,722
with the buttoned-up world
of boardroom bureaucracy.
876
00:44:12,822 --> 00:44:14,822
DeLorean wanted more.
877
00:44:19,263 --> 00:44:20,723
So in the 70s,
878
00:44:20,823 --> 00:44:23,803
he stomped off to form
his own car company,
879
00:44:23,903 --> 00:44:28,323
one with a grand vision
to create an affordable,
880
00:44:28,423 --> 00:44:31,503
exciting and ethical sports car.
881
00:44:32,383 --> 00:44:35,703
One that he said would live forever.
882
00:44:36,623 --> 00:44:38,623
Not lacking confidence, our John.
883
00:44:43,703 --> 00:44:45,523
He wanted a car that was striking.
884
00:44:45,623 --> 00:44:48,003
I remember him saying to me
very early on in the program,
885
00:44:48,103 --> 00:44:49,043
that there were three things
886
00:44:49,143 --> 00:44:51,483
that were absolutely sacrosanct.
887
00:44:51,583 --> 00:44:53,963
One was the stainless steel body,
888
00:44:54,063 --> 00:44:55,563
the other was the rear engine,
889
00:44:55,663 --> 00:44:57,663
and the third were the gull-wing doors.
890
00:44:59,303 --> 00:45:02,123
To sort the styling, in 1975,
891
00:45:02,223 --> 00:45:04,683
DeLorean turned to the legendary designer
892
00:45:04,783 --> 00:45:07,083
behind some of the most beautiful Ferraris
893
00:45:07,183 --> 00:45:11,303
and Maseratis ever made,
Giorgetto Giugiaro.
894
00:45:13,583 --> 00:45:16,283
DeLorean wanted his car
to look like nothing
895
00:45:16,383 --> 00:45:18,383
that had gone before.
896
00:45:18,743 --> 00:45:21,923
Suffice to say, Giugiaro obliged.
897
00:45:22,023 --> 00:45:26,023
And all DeLorean needed now
was somewhere to build it.
898
00:45:28,144 --> 00:45:31,204
Scouring the globe for juicy tax breaks,
899
00:45:31,304 --> 00:45:34,404
he almost did a deal in Puerto Rico,
900
00:45:34,504 --> 00:45:36,724
but he ended up on the
other side of the Atlantic,
901
00:45:36,824 --> 00:45:40,724
here in Belfast.
902
00:45:45,064 --> 00:45:46,404
In the late 70s,
903
00:45:46,504 --> 00:45:50,604
Belfast was in the grip
of sectarian violence.
904
00:45:50,704 --> 00:45:52,324
The Labour government of the day
905
00:45:52,424 --> 00:45:55,884
reckoned that creating
jobs was key to peace,
906
00:45:55,984 --> 00:45:59,184
so DeLorean was welcomed with open arms.
907
00:46:00,584 --> 00:46:03,244
You know, there's complete
euphoria about this factory.
908
00:46:03,344 --> 00:46:06,024
In nearly every household
there's an application form.
909
00:46:07,384 --> 00:46:09,644
Ever the
optimist, DeLorean told them
910
00:46:09,744 --> 00:46:13,564
he'd build a factory from
scratch in a muddy bog
911
00:46:13,664 --> 00:46:17,604
on the outskirts of the city
and that he'd deliver the car
912
00:46:17,704 --> 00:46:20,824
to market in just two years.
913
00:46:22,584 --> 00:46:24,404
It was an insane timeframe.
914
00:46:24,504 --> 00:46:26,364
Getting a car from concept to the road
915
00:46:26,464 --> 00:46:28,444
normally takes about five years,
916
00:46:28,544 --> 00:46:30,444
and that's assuming you've
got a functioning factory
917
00:46:30,544 --> 00:46:32,004
and a trained workforce.
918
00:46:32,104 --> 00:46:34,104
DeLorean had neither.
919
00:46:35,864 --> 00:46:37,885
What's more, that muddy bog
920
00:46:37,985 --> 00:46:41,885
that the factory was to be
built on was in Dunmurry,
921
00:46:41,985 --> 00:46:44,245
a site sandwiched between Protestant
922
00:46:44,345 --> 00:46:46,345
and Republican neighbourhoods.
923
00:46:47,745 --> 00:46:51,485
We adopted a positive
discrimination policy
924
00:46:51,585 --> 00:46:54,165
to make sure that we
got a 50/50 workforce.
925
00:46:54,265 --> 00:46:55,405
And we had a workforce
926
00:46:55,505 --> 00:46:58,245
that worked together alongside each other.
927
00:46:58,345 --> 00:47:01,505
There was not one iota of
problem inside the plant.
928
00:47:04,825 --> 00:47:07,965
So, improbably the
factory, which is still here,
929
00:47:08,065 --> 00:47:10,445
came together with barely a hitch.
930
00:47:10,545 --> 00:47:14,405
The problem was the car was
nowhere near ready to be built,
931
00:47:14,505 --> 00:47:16,765
but DeLorean had a solution for that too
932
00:47:16,865 --> 00:47:19,485
and it took him to the
very other side of the UK,
933
00:47:19,585 --> 00:47:22,885
to Norfolk, the home of Lotus.
934
00:47:24,225 --> 00:47:28,245
Wanting his car to be as sharp
to drive as it was to look at,
935
00:47:28,345 --> 00:47:31,485
DeLorean turned to the
best in the business,
936
00:47:31,585 --> 00:47:36,045
Lotus boss, seven-time Formula
1 Constructors' Champion,
937
00:47:36,145 --> 00:47:37,005
Colin Chapman.
938
00:47:40,625 --> 00:47:42,365
Colin Chapman had built up Lotus.
939
00:47:42,465 --> 00:47:45,165
It was selling cars in
every country in the world.
940
00:47:45,265 --> 00:47:47,486
They were high-performance sports cars
941
00:47:47,586 --> 00:47:49,526
which were acclaimed worldwide.
942
00:47:49,626 --> 00:47:51,726
And Colin had achieved everything
943
00:47:51,826 --> 00:47:53,806
that John DeLorean wanted to be.
944
00:47:53,906 --> 00:47:57,186
So he knew that if Colin
Chapman took on the job
945
00:47:58,506 --> 00:48:01,486
and said that he could
do it, he would do it.
946
00:48:01,586 --> 00:48:03,526
Chapman was
soon to learn, though,
947
00:48:03,626 --> 00:48:05,726
that while DeLorean has been busy selling
948
00:48:05,826 --> 00:48:08,046
his cutting-edge sports car dream,
949
00:48:08,146 --> 00:48:11,826
the actual prototype was
woefully underdeveloped.
950
00:48:13,586 --> 00:48:16,606
It turned out it had
no space for a fuel tank,
951
00:48:16,706 --> 00:48:18,246
it had no space for a spare wheel.
952
00:48:18,346 --> 00:48:20,446
There were a number of different things
953
00:48:20,546 --> 00:48:22,866
that the basic packaging had to address.
954
00:48:26,666 --> 00:48:27,966
As luck would have it, though,
955
00:48:28,066 --> 00:48:31,786
Chapman already had a car
to base the DeLorean on,
956
00:48:32,626 --> 00:48:35,546
his world-class Lotus Esprit.
957
00:48:37,066 --> 00:48:40,686
And using its chassis and
a modified fibreglass body,
958
00:48:40,786 --> 00:48:43,146
the new car began to take shape.
959
00:48:44,426 --> 00:48:47,406
But in order to achieve that all-essential
960
00:48:47,506 --> 00:48:49,366
car of the future look,
961
00:48:49,466 --> 00:48:53,386
DeLorean wanted that body
clad in stainless steel.
962
00:48:54,466 --> 00:48:57,367
In essence, it was
building the same type of car
963
00:48:57,467 --> 00:48:58,767
that we were used to at Lotus
964
00:48:58,867 --> 00:49:01,327
but you had to finish
up with a set of panels
965
00:49:01,427 --> 00:49:02,967
that were all beautifully matched.
966
00:49:03,067 --> 00:49:05,627
That presented a huge problem in itself.
967
00:49:10,427 --> 00:49:12,007
But against all the odds,
968
00:49:12,107 --> 00:49:14,687
John DeLorean and his team delivered.
969
00:49:14,787 --> 00:49:18,687
In January, 1981, 40 years ago,
970
00:49:18,787 --> 00:49:20,787
the DeLorean landed.
971
00:49:23,387 --> 00:49:25,327
Sleek and sharp-edged
972
00:49:25,427 --> 00:49:29,087
and clothed in that beautiful
bare stainless steel.
973
00:49:29,187 --> 00:49:31,867
The DeLorean looked truly space-age.
974
00:49:36,347 --> 00:49:39,247
It was an extraordinary achievement.
975
00:49:39,347 --> 00:49:40,087
To this day,
976
00:49:40,187 --> 00:49:43,227
no car has ever reached production faster.
977
00:49:44,467 --> 00:49:48,507
John DeLorean had realised
his sports car dream,
978
00:49:50,387 --> 00:49:52,947
but there was just one problem.
979
00:49:55,027 --> 00:49:57,027
It was terrible.
980
00:49:59,787 --> 00:50:01,967
So bad that sitting here right now,
981
00:50:02,067 --> 00:50:04,927
I don't quite know where to begin.
982
00:50:05,027 --> 00:50:07,028
But let's begin with the engine.
983
00:50:08,868 --> 00:50:11,288
DeLorean was gonna use the rotary engine
984
00:50:11,388 --> 00:50:15,568
from the Mazda RX-7, cost and
expediency meant he didn't.
985
00:50:15,668 --> 00:50:17,668
Bad decision.
986
00:50:18,828 --> 00:50:20,528
What he ended up with was a V6
987
00:50:20,628 --> 00:50:23,648
that had been jointly
developed by Renault, Peugeot
988
00:50:23,748 --> 00:50:28,748
and Volvo, producing a not
very exotic 130 horsepower.
989
00:50:31,228 --> 00:50:32,288
The thing weighed quite a lot
990
00:50:32,388 --> 00:50:34,208
because of the stainless steel panels,
991
00:50:34,308 --> 00:50:37,128
so performance was terrible.
992
00:50:37,228 --> 00:50:40,368
With this manual gearbox
it would do nought to 60
993
00:50:40,468 --> 00:50:41,248
in nine and a half seconds,
994
00:50:41,348 --> 00:50:43,768
but it was slower with
the three-speed automatic
995
00:50:43,868 --> 00:50:45,868
that most Americans wanted.
996
00:50:46,508 --> 00:50:48,908
So, it wasn't a performance car at all.
997
00:50:53,228 --> 00:50:55,228
Good Lord.
998
00:50:56,228 --> 00:50:58,848
It wasn't a very refined car either.
999
00:50:58,948 --> 00:51:01,088
In throwing it together so fast,
1000
00:51:01,188 --> 00:51:03,448
the engineers had had
to build the DeLorean
1001
00:51:03,548 --> 00:51:05,748
with whatever they could
lay their hands on.
1002
00:51:06,868 --> 00:51:09,408
The brakes come from a Ford Cortina,
1003
00:51:09,508 --> 00:51:14,608
the glove box from a
Volkswagen, the door locks,
1004
00:51:14,708 --> 00:51:18,469
Austin Allegro, Gear knob, Renault Feugo.
1005
00:51:19,989 --> 00:51:23,089
You're not really robbing
from royalty, are you?
1006
00:51:23,189 --> 00:51:25,509
And then there's the handling.
1007
00:51:27,949 --> 00:51:29,949
Oh my God.
1008
00:51:31,429 --> 00:51:33,429
It's terrible.
1009
00:51:36,069 --> 00:51:38,209
Halfway through the corner,
if you just back off,
1010
00:51:38,309 --> 00:51:41,809
it wants to oversteer immediately.
1011
00:51:41,909 --> 00:51:43,329
Wow.
1012
00:51:43,429 --> 00:51:44,969
I mean, it's relatively controllable,
1013
00:51:45,069 --> 00:51:47,889
but on a public road, good God,
1014
00:51:47,989 --> 00:51:50,549
it's an accident waiting to happen.
1015
00:51:53,029 --> 00:51:56,229
And it would be an
expensive accident at that.
1016
00:51:59,349 --> 00:52:02,409
In 1981, when this was launched in the US,
1017
00:52:02,509 --> 00:52:05,349
it was the same price as a Porsche 911.
1018
00:52:07,269 --> 00:52:09,849
DeLorean's dream of this
affordable sports car,
1019
00:52:09,949 --> 00:52:13,609
well, it was over before it had even begun.
1020
00:52:13,709 --> 00:52:15,709
It was too expensive.
1021
00:52:16,549 --> 00:52:18,409
But, instead of stopping to work
1022
00:52:18,509 --> 00:52:20,169
on the car's flaws,
1023
00:52:20,269 --> 00:52:23,169
in a move designed to show
the world that all was well,
1024
00:52:23,269 --> 00:52:25,790
DeLorean ramped up production.
1025
00:52:27,430 --> 00:52:30,190
This was to prove a poor decision.
1026
00:52:32,230 --> 00:52:34,690
It was a bad time to
be launching a new car.
1027
00:52:34,790 --> 00:52:39,270
World markets had gone to
hell in a hand basket in '81,
1028
00:52:39,550 --> 00:52:41,690
there was a massive oil crisis.
1029
00:52:41,790 --> 00:52:43,290
There were people knifing each other
1030
00:52:43,390 --> 00:52:45,850
in the gas queues in Los Angeles.
1031
00:52:45,950 --> 00:52:48,490
DeLorean sales are
falling faster than most
1032
00:52:48,590 --> 00:52:51,250
in a thoroughly depressed US car market.
1033
00:52:51,350 --> 00:52:54,530
It meant, of course, that we
needed financial help again.
1034
00:52:54,630 --> 00:52:57,770
But the political
landscape in the UK had changed.
1035
00:52:57,870 --> 00:53:00,850
The DeLorean backing
Labour government was out
1036
00:53:00,950 --> 00:53:04,830
and the Conservatives were
in, led by Margaret Thatcher.
1037
00:53:05,750 --> 00:53:08,170
To say that she was unenthusiastic
1038
00:53:08,270 --> 00:53:11,770
about putting more money in,
would be an understatement.
1039
00:53:11,870 --> 00:53:13,090
There was no way
1040
00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:15,250
that any more money was
coming from government.
1041
00:53:15,350 --> 00:53:18,970
So it was really down to John in the main
1042
00:53:19,070 --> 00:53:22,030
to find ways to raise investment.
1043
00:53:24,350 --> 00:53:27,090
And things were about to get worse.
1044
00:53:27,190 --> 00:53:29,930
In a last ditch attempt
to keep the business afloat,
1045
00:53:30,030 --> 00:53:31,370
DeLorean started to do deals
1046
00:53:31,470 --> 00:53:34,750
with people you really
don't want to do deals with.
1047
00:53:35,831 --> 00:53:40,171
In October, 1982, in a
Los Angeles hotel room,
1048
00:53:40,271 --> 00:53:43,951
John DeLorean was arrested
in an FBI drug sting,
1049
00:53:44,951 --> 00:53:49,951
apparently doing a deal to
shift 25 kilos of cocaine.
1050
00:53:51,191 --> 00:53:53,451
In the factory, there was
a mix of disillusionment
1051
00:53:53,551 --> 00:53:56,411
that he could possibly
have done such a thing,
1052
00:53:56,511 --> 00:53:59,891
but there was also this
secondary element of
1053
00:53:59,991 --> 00:54:01,371
many of them considering John
1054
00:54:01,471 --> 00:54:03,051
to be the equivalent of Robin Hood,
1055
00:54:03,151 --> 00:54:05,291
the saviour who was prepared to do anything
1056
00:54:05,391 --> 00:54:07,391
to salvage their jobs.
1057
00:54:10,431 --> 00:54:11,331
Any comments?
1058
00:54:11,431 --> 00:54:12,571
The American, John DeLorean.
1059
00:54:12,671 --> 00:54:13,611
In court this morning,
1060
00:54:13,711 --> 00:54:14,691
John DeLorean was told-
1061
00:54:14,791 --> 00:54:16,811
At his trial two years later,
1062
00:54:16,911 --> 00:54:20,411
DeLorean pleaded that he was
a victim of FBI entrapment.
1063
00:54:20,511 --> 00:54:22,991
He was found not guilty.
1064
00:54:24,191 --> 00:54:25,971
Car maker John DeLorean has been cleared
1065
00:54:26,071 --> 00:54:27,411
of all charges against him
1066
00:54:27,511 --> 00:54:30,431
at the end of his drug-trafficking
trial in Los Angeles.
1067
00:54:31,511 --> 00:54:33,331
But the damage had been done.
1068
00:54:33,431 --> 00:54:36,371
Having built just 9,000 cars,
1069
00:54:36,471 --> 00:54:39,151
the DeLorean motor company was dead.
1070
00:54:40,511 --> 00:54:45,151
John DeLorean's dream was over.
1071
00:54:49,392 --> 00:54:52,492
And that might have been
that for the DeLorean story,
1072
00:54:52,592 --> 00:54:57,592
the car and its creator
destined to fade into obscurity.
1073
00:54:59,312 --> 00:55:03,832
And then, a year after
DeLorean's trial, this happened.
1074
00:55:07,472 --> 00:55:08,732
Watch this, watch this.
1075
00:55:08,832 --> 00:55:12,592
Back to the Future
was a global blockbuster.
1076
00:55:14,472 --> 00:55:17,372
The time-traveling
DeLorean's flux capacitor
1077
00:55:17,472 --> 00:55:19,292
and flaming tire trails
1078
00:55:19,392 --> 00:55:22,632
made it an instant Hollywood superstar.
1079
00:55:25,352 --> 00:55:28,152
Hah! 88 miles per hour.
1080
00:55:37,032 --> 00:55:38,852
I'm a Back to the Future obsessive.
1081
00:55:38,952 --> 00:55:42,272
I must watch them every other
week with one of my kids.
1082
00:55:43,552 --> 00:55:47,312
This is, for me, the
ultimate film star car.
1083
00:55:49,432 --> 00:55:52,092
88 miles an hour was the number
1084
00:55:52,192 --> 00:55:54,372
that just lodged in all of our heads.
1085
00:55:54,472 --> 00:55:56,573
And there's that famous speedometer.
1086
00:55:56,673 --> 00:55:58,093
And of course it only goes to 85.
1087
00:55:58,193 --> 00:56:00,813
I've never understood why they did that.
1088
00:56:02,753 --> 00:56:05,553
So why choose the DeLorean?
1089
00:56:06,873 --> 00:56:09,813
Well, to use the immortal
words of Dr. Emmett Brown,
1090
00:56:09,913 --> 00:56:13,493
"If you're going to make a
time machine out of a car,
1091
00:56:13,593 --> 00:56:15,593
why not do it with some style?"
1092
00:56:16,433 --> 00:56:17,653
What a line.
1093
00:56:22,433 --> 00:56:26,293
Ironically, had Back to the
Future arrived a bit sooner
1094
00:56:26,393 --> 00:56:28,653
in this space-time continuum,
1095
00:56:28,753 --> 00:56:32,293
it might actually have saved the DeLorean.
1096
00:56:32,393 --> 00:56:36,013
As it was, this most famous of cars
1097
00:56:36,113 --> 00:56:40,973
will go down in history as a
victim of bad luck, bad timing,
1098
00:56:41,073 --> 00:56:43,273
and a bad boy boss.
1099
00:56:46,953 --> 00:56:49,773
But you know what? When
you're driving this car,
1100
00:56:49,873 --> 00:56:50,853
none of it really matters
1101
00:56:50,953 --> 00:56:54,253
because it's instantly recognisable.
1102
00:56:54,353 --> 00:56:56,453
Even 40 years after it was launched,
1103
00:56:56,553 --> 00:56:59,173
people know exactly what it is.
1104
00:56:59,273 --> 00:57:04,053
And 40 years from now they'll
still know exactly what it is
1105
00:57:04,153 --> 00:57:07,134
because it's the time machine.
1106
00:57:14,674 --> 00:57:18,774
In fact, perhaps John
DeLorean did build a car
1107
00:57:18,874 --> 00:57:20,974
that would live forever,
1108
00:57:21,074 --> 00:57:24,314
just not quite the way he imagined.
1109
00:57:35,954 --> 00:57:36,814
Yeah.
1110
00:57:36,914 --> 00:57:40,534
The most recognisable film car of all.
1111
00:57:40,634 --> 00:57:44,734
I'll tell you, amazing story.
1112
00:57:44,834 --> 00:57:46,654
Amazing eyebrows.
1113
00:57:46,754 --> 00:57:47,494
Oh yeah.
1114
00:57:47,594 --> 00:57:48,694
And what a chin.
1115
00:57:48,794 --> 00:57:51,294
I can't believe how
futuristic it looks, even now.
1116
00:57:51,394 --> 00:57:52,894
Yeah, I don't know they did it.
1117
00:57:52,994 --> 00:57:54,574
I reckon they shaved a bit round here
1118
00:57:54,674 --> 00:57:55,774
and then reshaped it.
1119
00:57:58,034 --> 00:57:59,734
Huh?
It's the car, not the chin.
1120
00:57:59,834 --> 00:58:01,654
Oh, I'm sorry, sorry.
1121
00:58:01,754 --> 00:58:04,174
All right then, I suppose
if you want attention,
1122
00:58:04,274 --> 00:58:07,574
outside Harrods, forget your
Bugattis and your Paganis,
1123
00:58:07,674 --> 00:58:09,214
get yourself a failure from Belfast.
1124
00:58:10,154 --> 00:58:11,014
made out of old Lotus bits.
1125
00:58:11,114 --> 00:58:14,454
And no question, the
second greatest movie car
1126
00:58:14,554 --> 00:58:15,295
of all time.
1127
00:58:16,235 --> 00:58:17,495
Don't even go there, that is the greatest.
1128
00:58:17,595 --> 00:58:18,335
Excuse me.
1129
00:58:18,435 --> 00:58:19,175
Yeah.
1130
00:58:19,275 --> 00:58:20,855
James Bond? DB5?
1131
00:58:20,955 --> 00:58:22,895
Oh, relax, lads, relax.
1132
00:58:22,995 --> 00:58:23,735
What about Herbie?
1133
00:58:23,835 --> 00:58:24,895
Ooh, Herbie.
1134
00:58:24,995 --> 00:58:25,715
Show a bit of love, show
a bit of love for the bug.
1135
00:58:25,795 --> 00:58:26,535
Herbie!
1136
00:58:26,635 --> 00:58:28,695
Does the DB5 have a flux capacitor?
1137
00:58:28,795 --> 00:58:29,975
Does Herbie have a flux capacitor?
1138
00:58:30,075 --> 00:58:31,415
No, game over.
1139
00:58:31,515 --> 00:58:32,895
Listen, you go back in time
1140
00:58:32,995 --> 00:58:35,175
every time you open
your wardrobe to the 70s
1141
00:58:35,275 --> 00:58:35,975
by the looks of things.
1142
00:58:37,195 --> 00:58:39,575
You should go back in time
and visit your hair.
1143
00:58:39,675 --> 00:58:42,135
It's come back, no need for that.
1144
00:58:43,115 --> 00:58:44,415
We must leave it there
1145
00:58:44,515 --> 00:58:45,255
because we're out of time time.
1146
00:58:45,355 --> 00:58:47,975
Next week it's all about the youth,
1147
00:58:48,075 --> 00:58:51,695
as we try to find the best first
cars for brand new drivers.
1148
00:58:51,795 --> 00:58:53,375
We're gonna need a TikTok account.
1149
00:58:53,475 --> 00:58:54,575
Thanks so much for watching.
1150
00:58:54,675 --> 00:58:55,415
Good night.
1151
00:58:55,515 --> 00:58:56,255
How dare you.
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