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And coming up in this week's show: 11 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,640 Abbie is sideways on ice in a 911 Turbo... 12 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,320 ...Richard drives Jim Clark's beautiful Lotus 25... 13 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,680 ...and I nearly fall over. 14 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:35,800 (CHEERING) 15 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,680 That... 16 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,520 -Exciting looking show. -Right. 17 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,560 That is all to come. Now... 18 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,120 Hang on a minute. Does that mean Howard and Adrian aren't coming on? 19 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,840 -No. Haven't got time. -(LAUGHTER) 20 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,560 We actually begin with the French. 21 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,920 Er... now, they don't make a sports car very often, 22 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,200 but when they do, literally nobody buys it. 23 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,320 We've had the Venturi Atlantique, 24 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,120 and then there was the Matra Murena, 25 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,880 and then there was the Simca Sport. 26 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,560 And all of them fell down the back of the sofa of history. 27 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,360 Yeah, yeah, but you're conveniently forgetting to mention 28 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,800 the best of the French sports car makers. 29 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,880 That's like saying the best of the airborne plagues. 30 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,440 -No. -The best of the... 31 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,080 No, it isn't. There is one French maker 32 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,600 that's been consistently good at making sports cars, 33 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,840 and they've made a new one, and I've been testing it. 34 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,600 JAMES: It's called the A110, 35 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:44,440 and it's made by Alpine, 36 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:46,160 a French sports car firm 37 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,360 who have a history of hitting the spot. 38 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,480 The original A110, for example, 39 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:58,160 won the World Rally Championship in 1973. 40 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,960 And it's that car that gives the new one 41 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,040 not only its name but also its looks. 42 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,320 So, what we have here 43 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,600 is a small, pure, no-nonsense sports car 44 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:25,200 aimed squarely at the Porsche Cayman and the Audi TT. 45 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,880 And this, unfortunately, is where the problems begin. 46 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:36,600 You see, this launch version of the Alpine costs £51,000. 47 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,200 £51,000. 48 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,240 Now, for £1,000 more, you can have the TT RS. 49 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,000 That's the one Clarkson was driving in the last series. 50 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,080 And that's more powerful, and it's faster. 51 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,280 And the Porsche Cayman you buy for £51,000 52 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,000 is also more powerful than this, and it's a Porsche. 53 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,080 Whereas this is an Alpine. 54 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,240 That's something you're going to have to explain when you're down the pub. 55 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,480 Even the engine sounds a bit lame. 56 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,880 I don't mean the noise it makes, 57 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,840 I mean when somebody asks you, "What's that got, then, mister?" 58 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:20,760 Because the answer is, "A four-cylinder 1.8-litre turbo, sonny!" 59 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,880 For over £50,000. I mean, is that it? 60 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,120 Also, I'm not sure about the looks. 61 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:37,360 The original 1960s version was a masterpiece. 62 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,800 But for me, this modern reboot doesn't quite work. 63 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,680 The problem, I think, is that on modern cars 64 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,320 there are rules about things like how high the headlights are above the ground, 65 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,360 how forgiving the bonnet is if you run into a pedestrian. 66 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:00,560 And once you stretch modern legislation over 1960s design language, 67 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,800 you end up with a sort of slightly lame tribute act. 68 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,920 So, is there anything good to report? 69 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,240 Well, thankfully, yes. 70 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,920 For starters, although Alpine is owned by Renault, 71 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:22,800 this car is not just a hot Mégane dressed up in some fancy suit. 72 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,800 The A110 is in fact a mid-engined, rear-drive sports car 73 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,560 designed from scratch, on a clean sheet of paper. 74 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,440 The body and the chassis are made entirely of aluminium. 75 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,360 And the reason for that is simple - its lightness. 76 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,680 And from that starting point, the Alpine engineers 77 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,760 nerded their way through the rest of the car 78 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,200 and shaved off every spare gram they could find. 79 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,960 The seats, for example, are half the weight 80 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,360 of the ones you'll find in any hot Renault. 81 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,720 The handbrake is built into the main callipers, 82 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:06,000 rather than being separate, saving another 2.5 kilos. 83 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,840 Even the stereo is a bespoke, lightweight design. 84 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,120 And then there's this boot at the front, 85 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,520 which is just deep enough for a small suitcase like this one. 86 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,600 But now I think about it, putting the suitcase in there would just add weight. 87 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,600 So what I would do is just pack my overnight stuff straight in there. 88 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:27,600 The only downside is that in the morning, 89 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,280 I have to go outside if I want a fresh pair of pants. 90 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,480 So, thanks to Alpine's fanatical diet regime, 91 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:43,000 this car is 300 kilos lighter than a Cayman or an Audi TT. 92 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,200 And that has a profound effect. 93 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,680 Suddenly, it doesn't really matter 94 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,680 that you've only got 1.8 litres and 248 horsepower. 95 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,880 This thing absolutely zips along. 96 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:04,880 Nought to 60, four and a half seconds. 97 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,120 Top speed limited to 155 miles an hour. 98 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,120 And then, when you get to a corner... 99 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,600 (TYRES SCREECH) 100 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,440 ...you find out just how agile this thing is. 101 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:32,680 (LAUGHS) 102 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,920 It's like driving a feather. 103 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,960 (TYRES SCREECH) 104 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,880 (CHUCKLES) 105 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,320 It is like a cartoon car. It should come with those little bubbles saying... 106 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,880 But even though the A110 is built to minimalist principles, 107 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:02,240 you never feel like you're in some miserable, 108 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,240 Spartan track-day car. 109 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,040 It has air-con, sat-nav, 110 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,680 phone connectivity - 111 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,560 all the modern things you want. 112 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,960 This whole lightness and smallness thing 113 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:23,520 cascades down in a sort of waterfall of pure joy. 114 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,120 Lower weight means you don't need such big tyres, 115 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:27,720 you don't need so much grip. 116 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,480 That gives the car more feel. 117 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:35,680 Low weight means you use less fuel, you make lower emissions. 118 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,640 It's just win-win-win-win all the way. 119 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,760 This is actually the most intelligent car I've driven for years. 120 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,600 And I love it for that. I love it. 121 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,760 (CHEERING) 122 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,000 Thank you. 123 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:06,400 Erm... 124 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,960 So... So despite the ordinary engine, 125 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,880 the looks that you're not sure about, 126 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,440 and the high price, you liked it? 127 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,240 I did. I loved it, yeah. 128 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,320 -Yes, but would you buy one? -I have. 129 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:22,960 (LAUGHTER) 130 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,840 -You've bought one of those? -I have. 131 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:26,720 And actually, so has Gordon Murray. 132 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,400 I've brought a picture of him along. Him. 133 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,280 He designed the McLaren F1, so he knows. 134 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:35,640 Yeah, so it's the sports car of choice for old men with terrible shirts. 135 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,520 -So that's good to know. JEREMY: Evidently. 136 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:42,200 But, now let's see how fast it goes round the Eboladrome, shall we? 137 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,480 And she's off. 138 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,840 Brisk start, and a parp from the exhaust on the up-change. 139 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,040 Immediately onto the Isn't Straight. 140 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:55,480 And actually, that's not hanging around. 141 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,280 Perhaps James was right about the benefits of... 142 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,040 whatever it was he was saying. 143 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,520 Howling round the final bend of the Isn't. 144 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:09,760 Dropping down now into Your Name Here. 145 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:11,600 Scrubbing off speed in a hurry. 146 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,880 Torturing those tyres, but that does look pretty nimble. 147 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,760 Now, the canter back down the Isn't, picking up speed. 148 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:23,600 Dab of brakes at the mid-point. 149 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,520 Now much harder on the brakes, 150 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,880 flicking down the seven-speed box for Old Lady's House. 151 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:32,760 Any understeer? 152 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,840 No, not bad for a mid-engined car 153 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:36,880 with no weight over the nose. 154 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,760 I actually rather like the styling of this, 155 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,480 and I'm right. 156 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,600 Just Field of Sheep to go now. 157 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,200 Here we are. 158 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,840 And oh, yes, that's an exuberant drift to finish, 159 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:50,200 and across the line! 160 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,400 Very good. 161 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,440 Very good. Good driving, on form. 162 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,120 (RICHARD MUTTERS) 163 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,640 Right. 164 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,800 Right, let's see where it goes on our lap board. 165 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,800 Will it go in the top ten? 166 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:07,840 Oh, dear, no, it doesn't. 167 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:09,320 Sorry, May, that is dismal 168 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,000 for a mid-engined car. It is. 169 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:15,040 It isn't about things like lap times. I told you before. 170 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,240 He who is first shall be last, 171 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,400 and the last shall be first. 172 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,240 -Yes, but it's 15th. -It is, yeah. 173 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,520 -It is, it is. (LAUGHS) -So? 174 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:27,040 It's the Romain Grosjean of cars, that is. 175 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:28,600 -Romain who? -Grosjean. 176 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,840 -Who's he? -He's a French racing driver. 177 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,080 The 15th best Formula One driver in the world, in fact. 178 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,880 -You'd like him. -I already do. 179 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,800 Good. Good, so we've sorted that out. 180 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,600 It's time for us to move on, because right now it is time 181 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:45,080 for us to scrump an apple of chat 182 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,680 from the orchard of intercourse, 183 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,800 which is on Conversation Street. 184 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:52,760 (JAZZ PLAYING) 185 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,960 -I like that one. -I thought you would. 186 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,520 -I like that one a lot. -That's so up your street. 187 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:05,480 Um...right now, lots of people these days 188 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,240 are buying old cars, 189 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,040 and we think we can see why. 190 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,960 Yeah, because an old Jaguar E-Type, or Alfa Spider, 191 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,960 is far more interesting to look at than any modern car, 192 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,440 and it won't depreciate. 193 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,160 In fact, it'll make you money. 194 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,200 Yeah, the trouble is, though, you get into your old car, 195 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,200 and it's crap. 196 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:25,680 He's absolutely right, 197 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:27,720 we forget how terrible old cars were, really. 198 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,080 I mean, if you go more than 40 miles an hour, 199 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,040 the windscreen wipers part company with the windscreen. 200 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,360 -Yes. -And the headlamps are like candles in jam jars. 201 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,760 -And the demister doesn't. -No, it doesn't. 202 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,440 -And the heater doesn't. -No. 203 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,320 And everything else rattles, and the brakes don't work. 204 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,480 -Exactly. -That's old cars, they were... 205 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,640 I speak from experience. I've got a 40-year-old Ferrari, a 308. 206 00:12:47,680 --> 00:12:52,320 Apart from all those things, it's catastrophically slow. You wouldn't believe it. 207 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,760 I pull away from lights, and people behind honk because they think, 208 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:56,360 -"That's a Ferrari, that'll... Oh." -Yeah. 209 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,920 They honk? Doesn't that happen in any car you drive? 210 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,240 -No, no, no-- -"Oh, get out of the way!" 211 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:02,520 Pretty much. 212 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:03,800 -But it is unbelievable just how poor it is. 213 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,240 RICHARD: Very slow. 214 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,720 But that's the exact point we're trying to make here. 215 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,640 There are now loads of companies who will take an old car 216 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:12,680 and then gently modernise it. 217 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,280 Got some examples here of what we're on about. 218 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,200 There's this, which is the Singer Porsche, 219 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,640 I'm obviously not very interested in that. 220 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,720 These two are, but I couldn't care less. 221 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,840 Then you've got the Eagle, er...E-Type Speedster, 222 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,240 one of the best-looking cars I've ever seen. 223 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:31,240 That's an actual E-Type, and one of the most beautiful to drive. Absolute honey. 224 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,760 Yeah, there's a company in Germany now, and they are modernising lightly. 225 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,800 Remember those old Mercedes Pagoda SLs? 226 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:38,840 -Oh, yeah. -They're putting AMG engines in. 227 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,880 What, mo... That's got a modern AMG engine in it? 228 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,320 RICHARD: Do you want to have a look at the engine? Another shot. 229 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,080 -Hang on. JEREMY: There it is, look at that! 230 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,880 RICHARD: That is a car. JEREMY: I see you like that. 231 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:50,840 -Very, very much. -I've got something you'll like more. 232 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,080 -Have you? -Mm-hm. 233 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,080 RICHARD: Oh, my God! 234 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,160 JEREMY: That is an old '68 Dodge Charger. 235 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,120 -You used to have one. -I did. 236 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:04,360 But someone has put in that a 1,000-horsepower modern-day Hellcat engine. 237 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:05,920 Aw! 238 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:07,480 -I mean... -I... 239 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,480 I need some time alone... 240 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,320 -with that picture. -It's just... 241 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,800 JEREMY: That is such a good idea, this, I think. 242 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,520 It is actually, and it's a very good point. 243 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:21,000 We all think we would like a Jensen Interceptor, don't we? 244 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,560 But the fact is it won't go, 245 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,200 it won't stop if it ever does go, the brakes won't work, 246 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:26,800 all the rest of it - terrible thing. 247 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,280 But here is a Jensen Interceptor, 248 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,880 but that has modern brakes, has a modern cooling system, 249 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,320 and it has the engine from a Corvette. 250 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,080 No, it does. I've actually driven that very car, and it's epic. 251 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,560 Well, that one isn't anymore, because somebody wrapped it round a fence in Goodwood. 252 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,320 -Spoiled it. -But it was epic before that. 253 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,560 -It's a fantastic car, it really, really is. -(SQUEAKING) 254 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,680 I'd like to explain, by the way, that squeaking noise 255 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,760 is not James thinking, it's... 256 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:49,840 (JEREMY LAUGHS) 257 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,200 ...it's the wind. 258 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,520 -It's quite a breezy day. -It's a breezy day. 259 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:57,320 And we decided to base ourselves in a tent because we're mad. 260 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:58,800 -And on a hill. -And on a hill. 261 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:00,120 But I think the problem 262 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:01,960 with all of these reimagined cars 263 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,360 is that they're expensive, they're too expensive. 264 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,440 That Mercedes Pagoda SL, that's £300,000, 265 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,960 those Singer Porsches, £400,000, 266 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,600 that E-Type Speedster, 650 grand - it's just crazy. 267 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,160 The problem is that the companies who are doing this kind of work, 268 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,840 they know they can charge that kind of money, 269 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:20,880 cos the customers that come to their workshops 270 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,640 invariably arrive in a helicopter 271 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:28,120 with a Ukrainian girlfriend and Lewis Hamilton's watch. 272 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,360 And the fact is, if you're gonna dress up like that 273 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,080 and act like that, if you're gonna show off, 274 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:33,800 you'll get ripped off, that's the way it is. 275 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,600 -They charge accordingly, don't they? -That's asking for it. 276 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,280 What you should do is ring them up and say, 277 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,360 "Could you collect me from the station?" That'd be better. 278 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,680 No, the bus stop. "Pick me up from the bus stop, 279 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,560 I've come to look at these cars you're making." 280 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,120 I've just had a thought. Right, picture this. 281 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,840 An original Opel Manta A. Remember the one? 282 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,840 -The round taillights? -Yeah...yeah, black bonnet. 283 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,960 But with the engine from a modern Vauxhall VXR in it. 284 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,840 So I just find some blokes that'll do that for me, 285 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:03,080 I do that on the phone, and then I go and visit them on the bus in a tracksuit. 286 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,840 And you'll get charged 50 quid. 287 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,600 Well, probably 40, cos I need a tenner to get home on the bus. 288 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:08,680 (LAUGHTER) 289 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:10,520 Ooh, now. (CLEARS THROAT) 290 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,280 There's a new electric car 291 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,440 from, you're not going to believe this... 292 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,800 -Kalashnikov. -Really? 293 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:20,480 Yeah, the people who make AK-47s are going to start making electric cars. 294 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:21,760 I like the sound of that. 295 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,560 Do you want to see a picture of it? Here it is. 296 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,560 RICHARD: Ah. JAMES: Oh. 297 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,040 No, don't laugh, because from the back it's actually worse. 298 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,720 -There you go. RICHARD: You're right, it is. 299 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,320 Now, I assumed that it would have eight moving parts, 300 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,240 that you could bury it in a bog for three months 301 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,320 and that it would only jam if Richard Hammond used it. 302 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:42,920 Yes, all right. 303 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,440 But they say it has revolutionary technology. 304 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,640 Does it? Does it have central locking, and loading? 305 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,040 More importantly, can you fire it in the air at weddings? 306 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:53,640 You probably would. 307 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,640 "Exam results, children," they go out and do that. 308 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,840 No, but I think the idea of driving a car called a Kalashnikov... 309 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,880 -It sounds brilliant. -Oh, yeah, pretty good. 310 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,520 Yeah. "What are you driving these days, Rich?" 311 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,440 -"Well, it's a Kalashnikov." -There you go. 312 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:07,880 -There you go. -The problem is, 313 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,960 I reckon they're gonna sell a lot of T-shirts 314 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,160 and mugs and hats with the name on, 315 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,080 but not many actual cars. 316 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:16,680 -Like Ferrari? -Basically Ferrari, yeah. 317 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,200 JEREMY: Oh, er, here's one. 318 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,920 There's a story I got from the Dorset Echo, 319 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,520 which is a local newspaper in Dorset. 320 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:27,480 And, um... I think it wins the award for unnecessary reporting, 321 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:29,520 because it's about a crash that happened 322 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,760 between a motorcyclist and a tank. 323 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,720 Happened... Yeah, happened near that army base down there. OK, and it says, 324 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,560 "The motorcyclist sustained a suspected fracture to his arm and leg." 325 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:41,560 And here's the line they probably didn't need: 326 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,440 "The driver of the tank was uninjured." 327 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,080 -Oh, was he? -No? 328 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,920 Well, he was lucky to get away with that, wasn't he? 329 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,680 - (LAUGHTER) - Was he really? 330 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,000 I suspect he got back to base and went, "I hit a what?" 331 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,320 "Did I?" 332 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,320 Good conversation here, I think. Very good conversation. 333 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:01,680 Because they've announced a new type of motor racing championship for women. 334 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,720 It's called the W Series, OK? 335 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,880 And the idea is is that potentially quite good, you know, 336 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:10,720 women racing drivers can take part in this series. 337 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:12,640 Cars are all exactly the same, 338 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,000 you're invited to take part, 339 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,040 and the prize money is £1.1 million. 340 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,720 So, it's, you know, fairly incentivised. 341 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,240 There's actually been a lot of discussion about it, 342 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,320 or actually debate, I should say. 343 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:27,000 Cos some people are saying it's sexist to have a women-only championship. 344 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,800 But if you think about it, you've got women-only football, and rugby 345 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,720 and hockey - all Olympic sports, pretty much, 346 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,240 are segregated between men and women, 347 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,080 so I can't see why motor racing should be different. 348 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,000 Not all sports, though. Men and women compete 349 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,400 directly against each other in dressage. 350 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,800 Yeah, but that's not a sport. It isn't. 351 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,080 That's just sitting on a horse while it tries to look camp. 352 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,080 (LAUGHTER) 353 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:48,800 All right, then, they can... 354 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,640 JAMES: He's right. 355 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:52,280 -(LAUGHS) -It is, though. 356 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:53,800 You're right, actually. 357 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,880 There's no segregation, then, between men and women 358 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:57,720 in sailing, they compete against each other. 359 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:01,320 That's not a sport either, is it? Sailing is a job. 360 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,080 You have to pull pieces of rope-- 361 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:04,880 -All right, then! -It's manual labour. 362 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:06,800 It's manual labour. It's not a sport. 363 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:08,800 There's a world of difference between any of that 364 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,080 and single-seater car racing. 365 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:12,720 Why, though? Why is it? 366 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,400 Is it, "Oh, well, you need manly strength to do it?" 367 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,480 Cos you don't, anyway, cos even an F1 car 368 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,040 has power steering these days. 369 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,400 But I was driving a single-seater race car the other day, 370 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,640 I can't remember what or where but it had slick tyres. 371 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,760 After three laps, my neck muscles had... I was like this. 372 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,560 I hadn't got the strength to lift my head up, 373 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:32,040 I had to wait for the next corner to roll over the other way. 374 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,280 Now, I know, you know, Navratilova and the Williams girl, 375 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,040 you wouldn't want to arm-wrestle either of them, 376 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,800 so women can build up their muscles to compensate for that. 377 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,280 So, wait, are you saying that there should be segregation 378 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,440 with women and men in motor sport? 379 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:44,880 Well, it doesn't really matter what I think. 380 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,520 The fact is, it's 43 years since there was a... 381 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,320 a girl in a Formula One motor race. 382 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,720 43 years. Something's going wrong, they're not making it. 383 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,000 I think it's grass roots. It happens early on. 384 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,800 I think too many mothers put their little daughters on ponies 385 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,320 and not into go-karts. 386 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,320 No, not entirely. 387 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,280 Some girls do go karting, cos Abbie, our driver, 388 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,040 she was karting since she was a little nipper. 389 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,080 Well... I think what this series is all about, 390 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,080 it's not about segregation, it's about encouraging women 391 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,240 to go car racing, which I think is a good idea. 392 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,560 Yeah, I think it is, but I think it has to start early on. So, 393 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,520 little girls, it's time to get off your ponies, 394 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,280 and get into a go-kart. 395 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:25,800 And I can tell you actually, from some experience of horses, 396 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,400 the good thing is, when you walk out in the morning, 397 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,160 you'll find that your go-kart 398 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,560 hasn't crapped itself and died in the night. 399 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,720 So it's better than your horse. 400 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,000 You'll also find out that go-karts are more fun 401 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:39,880 than going on "an horse", they just are. 402 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,400 Yes, yes. And you'll find also 403 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,680 that a go-kart won't pop its long, stupid head up 404 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:46,920 over the stable door and look at you, 405 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,080 and you know it's thinking, it's trying to say to you, 406 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,040 "Yeah, your wife, she's back here with me, in here." 407 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,320 Er... she's given me breakfast in bed, 408 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,800 crapped myself last night, but she's clearing that up with a garden fork." 409 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,000 And then it says, "And my penis is a bit dirty. 410 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,720 She'll be sorting that out for me later on." 411 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,040 Then your wife's head will pop up over the stable door 412 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,800 and she'll say, "Don't look at him like that, he'll think you don't like him," 413 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,560 and you'll say, "I know!" 414 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:14,880 (LAUGHTER) 415 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,800 If I could speak horse, I would tell him, "I hate you. 416 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,480 I hate the way you steal my wife and my money 417 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,640 and my status around here." 418 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,200 And then one day, you'll have a conversation with your wife, and she'll say, 419 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:31,440 "Darling, I need a trailer to move my special horse around to wonderful places 420 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,280 because these fields are too small for him 421 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,640 to exercise his magnificent, muscled legs." 422 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,200 And you'll say, "OK, I'll get you a trailer." 423 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:39,720 Then she'll say, "I need a special car 424 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,880 to tow the special trailer to carry the special horse." 425 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,280 So you'll get one. And then one day, she'll say, 426 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,920 "I need a lorry, a great big lorry, 427 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,320 to carry my great, big magnificent horse around the country, 428 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:53,720 and the lorry must have a kitchen and a bed in it 429 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,520 so I can sleep close to my horse, 430 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,680 closer to my horse than I am to you." 431 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,440 And at that moment, your head will bow and your heart will break, 432 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,960 because you know you have lost, and the horse has won. 433 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,880 -(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) JAMES: That's very good. 434 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,120 That is, um... 435 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,120 -Slightly off. -We trod on the H-bomb. 436 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,920 Every time you mention the horse word to him, he's off. 437 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:20,640 Oh, did it again! 438 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,000 I think we probably end... Well, it's not Conversation Street, 439 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:24,600 that was Rant Street from Hammond. 440 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,240 -Sorry about that. -Let's move it on, shall we? 441 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,920 There's a new off-road four-wheel drive Lamborghini. 442 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,080 It's called the Urus, and to find out if it's any good, 443 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:35,280 I took The Grand Tour to Sweden, 444 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,760 armed with some questions. 445 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,560 Here's my first big question: 446 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,320 If you build a car to tackle terrain like this, 447 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:57,760 can it still be a proper Lambo? 448 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,480 Well, the Urus certainly looks 449 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,320 like a jacked-up supercar. 450 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,520 With its swivel-eyed styling, 451 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,520 it appears to be every inch a Lamborghini. 452 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:22,760 But is it? 453 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:27,320 To make this car, Lambo's engineers 454 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:31,280 had a good rummage around in Volkswagen's parts bin. 455 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,200 So the engine, a four-litre V8, is from a Porsche Panamera. 456 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,880 The rear axle and air suspension 457 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,280 is from a Bentley Bentayga. 458 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,080 The platform on which it sits, 459 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:47,040 and a lot of the dashboard, is from an Audi SQ7. 460 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:51,480 So, does that mean this isn't really a Lamborghini at all? 461 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,640 (ELECTRONIC BLEEP) 462 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,600 (ENGINE REVVING) 463 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,400 Well, it does 0-60 in 3.6 seconds. 464 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:19,440 And it has a top speed of 189. 465 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:28,440 So, it has the performance you'd expect. 466 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:32,680 But there's other stuff you wouldn't expect. 467 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,560 This is the first Lamborghini to use turbocharging, 468 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,960 and the first to have an automatic gearbox. 469 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,880 What that combination means is there's a very slight 470 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,200 and rather un-Lamborghini-ish gap 471 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,680 between putting your foot down and it getting going. 472 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,720 And when it does get going, 473 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,000 there are no screaming histrionics. 474 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,680 Sure, there's a bit of popping and banging from the back. 475 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,160 But you can't hear that inside, 476 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,400 where everything is muted and refined. 477 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,080 Perhaps that's why all the writing 478 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,600 down here is in Latin. 479 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,360 This is a Lamborghini for emeritus professors. 480 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,480 (ENGINE ROARS) 481 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,480 I can see the Pope in one of these. 482 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,240 So, it's quiet and a bit hesitant. 483 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:29,880 And it has snazzy diffs 484 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:31,880 and a clever traction-control system. 485 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:36,880 And the biggest carbon brakes ever fitted to a road car. 486 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:38,840 So it's safe as well. 487 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:42,560 However, there's no getting around the fact 488 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,800 that I'm currently driving on snow and ice 489 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:51,680 in a car that has 641 horsepowers 490 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,960 rampaging around underneath its bonnet. 491 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,920 (ENGINE REVVING) 492 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:02,120 Which means that, actually, it's not that safe at all. 493 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,560 Ooh, God above. 494 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:09,680 Concentrating. 495 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,320 Twitchy and it's scary! 496 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:19,840 It's like I've been put in charge 497 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,600 of all of the world's physics, 498 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,360 while I'm in a phone box full of wasps. 499 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,360 Ee! Stop, leave me alone! 500 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,360 I'm doing tides and gravity... Agh, stop! 501 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,360 This car, then, it sits right at the moment 502 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:40,040 where excitement stops and terror begins. 503 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,760 That is Lambo land, that is. (CHUCKLES) 504 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,360 Shit! 505 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,880 So, the Urus looks and feels like a Lamborghini. 506 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,480 It's also practical. The boot is massive. 507 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,240 And inside, there's space for five six-footers. 508 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:09,760 It's a nice place to be as well. 509 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,360 And all that's great. 510 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:16,840 But does it work off-road? 511 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,720 To find out, I'm going to try and drive it 512 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,640 to the top of this ski resort. 513 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,360 Now, it's wearing these tyres, 514 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,400 which have no studs in them, or spikes. 515 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,920 And I'm wearing these, 516 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:36,680 which are not delicate Italian driving shoes. 517 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,720 Not sure this is gonna go well. 518 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:42,880 Problems actually get worse when you're in here 519 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,520 because there's no manual locking differentials, 520 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,240 there's no low-range gearbox. 521 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,880 All you can do is fire it up... 522 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,560 and then put the drive system into snow mode. 523 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,320 Is... Is that snow? 524 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:00,080 Is "Neve" Latin for snow? 525 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,600 Think it might be. So, let's see if that works. 526 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,480 Here we go. 527 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,160 Mustn't hit a skier, mustn't hit a skier. Oh, it's moving. 528 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:13,080 (CHUCKLES) 529 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,920 The 165,000-pound Lamborghini 530 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,840 is driving up a ski slope. 531 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,360 Those turbo chargers may be a little bit annoying 532 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,400 on the road, but here they're giving me 533 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:32,160 the low-down torque that I need to get up this hill. 534 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,080 And I've got an inclinometer, 535 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,720 like you used to get in an old Mitsubishi Shogun. 536 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:40,760 (CHUCKLES) 537 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,600 This is actually quite impressive, it's just dropped down into first. 538 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,560 (ENGINE REVVING) 539 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,520 Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! 540 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,400 Hello, bewildered-looking skiers. 541 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:10,760 I cannot believe that this is a 2.4-ton car... 542 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,760 on normal road tyres, and it's doing this. 543 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,680 Come on, come on, come on, you can do it. Come on. 544 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,920 Come on, come on. Come on. 545 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,200 Oh, hang on a minute. 546 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,440 -(ENGINE REVVING) -Yeah. 547 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:35,480 Yeah, I now can believe it's a 2.4-ton car on normal road tyres cos it's stuck. 548 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,720 -(ENGINE REVVING) -No. 549 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,720 -(COMPUTER BEEPS) -Oh. 550 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,040 Right. 551 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,520 So, what we've established so far is that, 552 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,560 yes, it is a Lamborghini. 553 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,480 Feels exciting like a Lamborghini... should. 554 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,520 And, um... I meant this. 555 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,200 And, er... it's good off-road as well, 556 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:00,080 but just not quite as good as a Range Rover. 557 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,200 Which leaves us with one more thing to answer: 558 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,040 Is it a good laugh? 559 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,600 What we've done is use a snow plough 560 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,760 to create a racetrack on this frozen lake. 561 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:24,480 And this is what we have planned. 562 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,720 I'm going to try and overtake this, 563 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,480 a four-wheel drive Porsche 911 Turbo, 564 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:36,120 which is being driven by The Grand Tour's racing driver Abbie Eaton. 565 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,600 -Have you seen this crack? -I hadn't noticed that before. 566 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,120 Look at the state of this! 567 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:42,880 ABBIE: You're the heavier car, aren't you? 568 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,480 Hm, that's 2.4 tons, and I weigh half a ton. 569 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,440 Are you not worried about that? 570 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,840 I haven't got my seatbelt on, so if it goes under, I can get out straightaway. 571 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:54,640 -Seriously? -Yeah. 572 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,520 JEREMY: Before the duel began, 573 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,920 I had a few practice laps on my own. 574 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:07,560 Oh, heavens. 575 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,000 Come on, turn! 576 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,640 Whoops, I'm going off a bit. 577 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,600 Ooh! 578 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,520 Ah, my Urus is a bit twitchy. 579 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,320 Sort of thing you'd say to your doctor. 580 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:27,920 Right, flick it in there. 581 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:31,800 Now go the other way, and power. 582 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:36,280 Oh, yeah. 583 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,440 Mouse in, lion out. 584 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,120 That's what they say in Sweden. 585 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:47,840 (CHUCKLES) 586 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:52,040 I'm making my own fog now! 587 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:56,720 It may not be able to get as far up a ski slope as a Range Rover, 588 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:58,680 but for doing this, 589 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:01,800 it's better. 590 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,760 (LAUGHS) 591 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,080 But, would it be good enough 592 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,440 to get past Abbie in that Porsche? 593 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,760 There she is. 594 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,520 There she is! 595 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:19,160 (CHUCKLES) 596 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,640 The bell has sounded, the race is on. 597 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,120 Now we'd find out what's what 598 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,600 on our specially designed track. 599 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,640 Right, round the Bell End. 600 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:41,720 Now down the Shaft... 601 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,880 to what we're calling the Parabollocka. 602 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,280 I've raced against a few dicks in my time but never on one. 603 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,480 I should be able to get her, for heaven's sake, come on! 604 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,720 She, of course, has four- wheel-steering, same as I do. 605 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,440 Oh, she has got better braking than I have. 606 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,480 Now, give me 641 horsepower! 607 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,280 Oh, yeah. 608 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,920 You know I said it was a bit hesitant sometimes? 609 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,040 Well, in Corsa mode, it isn't. 610 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,080 It's bob-on, this. Bob-on! 611 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,720 Ooh, she's gone wide, is there a chance here? 612 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:44,720 Come on! 613 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,560 Now, now! 614 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:53,880 Bollocks. 615 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,840 Come on now, Jeremy. 616 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,720 Come on! 617 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,720 Come on, you can have her! 618 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,160 Come on! 619 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,400 For lap after lap, the big heavy Urus 620 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,680 clawed at the rear end of the 911 Turbo. 621 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:27,880 Oh, God. Nearly! 622 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:30,160 Now. 623 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:35,480 But eventually, I had to admit defeat. 624 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,160 I can't get past that 911, and that's just an end of it, 625 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:39,880 but I can keep up. 626 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,640 And in an off-road car... 627 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,760 that is fairly astonishing. 628 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,480 It really is. 629 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,960 Certainly, I can believe Lamborghini's claim 630 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,680 that this is the fastest off-road car... 631 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,600 in the world. 632 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,640 (APPLAUSE) 633 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,400 -That was quite good fun. -Looked like fun, yeah. A nice day out. 634 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,160 -I got paid for that. -That was your job. 635 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,160 That is work. Doing that is my work. 636 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,880 Um... it probably won't be 637 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,320 the fastest off-road car in the world for very long, though, 638 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,880 because both Aston Martin and Ferrari have got, er... 639 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,160 -big SUVs coming out this year. -Yeah. Yeah. 640 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,560 Whatever. Thing is, could you really tell people 641 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,480 that you have a Urus? 642 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:34,600 Cos it... it sounds like a minor alien out of Star Trek . 643 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:36,800 -Yeah. -But it does work as a Lamborghini. 644 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,880 Yeah. But no. 645 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,560 Well, this is excellent consumer advice. 646 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,080 -I'm glad we... -Yeah, it's very clear, very clear. 647 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:45,640 The thing is, after I made that film, 648 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,560 which was quite good fun, 649 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,320 I came home and I thought, the trouble is 650 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,640 it could do with being a bit more Aventador-ish. 651 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,440 It could do with being a bit more mad. 652 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,080 Are you saying you changed your mind? 653 00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:58,760 -Yes. -Oh, great. 654 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:00,960 So, Prime Minister Clarkson returns from the summit: 655 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,280 "I've declared war, but on the plane home 656 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,640 I had another think about it and I'm not so sure now. 657 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,760 -I've changed my mind." -Exactly, that's what I've done. 658 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,040 Good, well, since we're in such a sensible frame of mind, 659 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,080 I'd like to move things on now, 660 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,080 um, with a brief history lesson. 661 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,920 (ENGINES REVVING) 662 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:31,200 RICHARD: On April the 7th, 1968, 663 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,280 a racing driver was killed in a Formula Two race 664 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:35,880 in Hockenheim, Germany. 665 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:42,760 Sadly, the driver's death was not a surprising occurrence, 666 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,440 because such was the danger of the sport back then, 667 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,800 he was one of 127 racing drivers 668 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,880 who would die at the wheel that year alone. 669 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,560 This time, though, the death sent shockwaves 670 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,520 through the motorsport world, 671 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:03,880 because it had just lost the man who was unquestionably 672 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,880 the greatest racing driver of his day, 673 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:11,120 and who many argue is still the greatest of all time. 674 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,160 NEWSREADER: Jim Clark has died in an accident 675 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,920 during a Formula Two race in West Germany. 676 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,200 JACKIE STEWART: It was a terrible shock to everybody. 677 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:28,080 It really knocked us all back. 678 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,040 If there was anybody who was not gonna have 679 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,520 a fatal accident it was Jim Clark. 680 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,920 Because he drove in such a way 681 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,160 that he just didn't do the mistakes 682 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:39,640 that other drivers did. 683 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,200 In California, a radio station broadcaster 684 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,880 announcing the news of Clark's death 685 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:52,560 asked his listeners to turn on their headlights as a mark of respect... 686 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,200 and the freeways lit up. 687 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,640 Such a huge global fuss 688 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,680 would not have sat easily with Clark, 689 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:06,120 because this shy, modest man, 690 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,120 the son of a Scottish sheep farmer, 691 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,880 was never one to trumpet his own skills. 692 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,200 JIM CLARK: I started as an amateur 693 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:17,960 with no idea or no intention of becoming World Champion, 694 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,440 But, er... it was, I was curious to find out, 695 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,400 um... what it was like to drive a car fast, 696 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,040 to drive on a certain circuit, 697 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:29,080 to drive a certain type of car. 698 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,920 Having cut his teeth in sports car racing 699 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:33,480 in the late '50s, 700 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,040 Clark's speed and talent 701 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,080 was spotted by Lotus boss Colin Chapman, 702 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:41,560 who signed him for his Formula One team in 1960. 703 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:49,920 Clark soon set the motorsport world alight. 704 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,320 Especially in this car... 705 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,480 The Lotus 25. 706 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:00,840 In which, in 1963... 707 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,640 he won his first F1 World Championship. 708 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,080 Oh, my God! 709 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:15,080 I am sitting where Jim Clark sat. 710 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,040 (LAUGHS) This is electrifying! 711 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,400 These were not powerful cars. 712 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,640 They only made 210 brake horsepower 713 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,040 from one and a half litres, 714 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:38,160 but they were still good for 180 miles an hour. 715 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:41,840 Oh, ho! 716 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:47,200 Thanks to its revolutionary monocoque chassis, 717 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,000 the 25 was stiffer and lighter 718 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,160 than any other F1 car. 719 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:56,080 Which meant it wasn't just fast on the straights, 720 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,320 but quicker through the corners too. 721 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,000 And in the 1963 season, 722 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,920 Clark used it to win a record seven 723 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,320 out of the ten Grands Prix. 724 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,280 COMMENTATOR: Winner is Jim Clark. 725 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,560 Nobody could possibly catch him now. 726 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:19,880 But 1963 was just a warm-up for what was to come. 727 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,880 To get a true picture of Clark's genius, 728 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,320 we must look at another year. 729 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,480 1965. 730 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:31,480 When he hit heights no driver had reached before, 731 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,480 or has done since. 732 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:40,480 A modern Formula One driver does 21 races a year 733 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,760 and often complains that's too many. 734 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:47,880 In 1965, Jim Clark raced in 63 races. 735 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,080 Some of these cars look similar, 736 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:50,840 but they are all completely different. 737 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,960 In a car like this, he'd do Formula One Championship. 738 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,320 He raced in the British Formula Two Championship, 739 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,760 and the French Formula Two Championship in this car. 740 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:01,520 He raced in the Tasman Series, 741 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,280 a sort of Australian Grand Prix for Down Under, in this car. 742 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,160 And then there's this Lotus Cortina, 743 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,840 in which he decided to race in touring cars. 744 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:12,000 And then if all that wasn't enough, 745 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:15,000 he decided to go for the Indy 500. 746 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:22,600 First up was the Tasman Series in Australasia. 747 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:24,000 Out of the 15 races, 748 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,880 Clark won 11 and took the crown. 749 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:33,440 Then it was back to Europe for the British and French Formula Two Championships, 750 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:36,640 both of which he won. 751 00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:38,440 REPORTER: Jim Clark led from the start. 752 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,480 Winner is Jim Clark. 753 00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:43,760 RICHARD: And in between the F2 races, 754 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,160 he was jumping into his Lotus Cortina 755 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,640 and racking up touring car victories. 756 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,040 And, on top of all that, 757 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:53,440 there was America. 758 00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:58,000 (ROAR OF ENGINE) 759 00:41:58,040 --> 00:41:59,440 REPORTER: The Indianapolis 500 760 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:00,520 has been called the greatest 761 00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,600 spectacle in racing. 762 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:03,840 (TYRES SCREECH) 763 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,160 RICHARD: America's most prestigious race 764 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:08,520 would be a tough challenge. 765 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:12,160 Oval racing at higher average speeds than he was used to 766 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,160 against seasoned Indy veterans. 767 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:18,880 For the Indy 500, 768 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:20,640 Clark raced a specially developed Lotus 769 00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:24,120 producing just shy of 500 horsepower. 770 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,600 However, although he already had 771 00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:29,120 a Formula One world title to his name, 772 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:33,560 the Scotsman's CV cut no ice with the sniffy Indy officials 773 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,520 who made the upstart from across the pond 774 00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,920 take a rookie driving test before he could compete. 775 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:41,800 (ROAR OF ENGINES) 776 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,360 Come Indy weekend, 777 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,360 the upstart from across the pond 778 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,560 qualified on the front row. 779 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:52,960 And then... 780 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:56,160 in the race itself... 781 00:42:56,160 --> 00:43:00,000 Clark, up against America's finest oval racers, 782 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:03,760 won by just over two minutes. 783 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,920 (CHEERING) 784 00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:15,040 REPORTER: Jim Clark, first European to win at Indianapolis since 1916, 785 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:19,880 set a new record of 150.686 miles per hour. 786 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:23,640 RICHARD: So, what was it that made Clark so good? 787 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:28,840 What was it that made him capable of winning in any type of car? 788 00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:33,440 Jimmy was an absolute natural driver, 789 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:35,160 and he did it without thinking. 790 00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,320 He didn't know why he was driving 791 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,360 in this style the way he did. 792 00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,320 (ROAR OF ENGINE) 793 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:44,880 In the period that we're talking about, 794 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:48,240 we had one and a half-litre cars, 200 horsepower. 795 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:52,120 If you drove the car too hard you would scrub the speed off 796 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:55,080 and if you lose a bit of speed, 797 00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,120 it's very difficult to actually make it up again. 798 00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:58,760 And that's what Jimmy had, 799 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,040 the knack of keeping the momentum of the car going. 800 00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:04,960 I don't think that any of the modern drivers 801 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:09,960 could have driven the car anywhere near as quickly as Jimmy did, 802 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,080 because he was just so precise. 803 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:22,000 RICHARD: Besides a supernatural ability to coax speed out of the car, 804 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,920 Clark also possessed another vital skill. 805 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:27,880 A lot of very good racing drivers 806 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,920 died in Lotuses, 807 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:33,920 because the Lotus was a very fragile car. 808 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,360 But Jim Clark was so smooth 809 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:40,160 that he never put too much stress 810 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:43,240 on the areas of a car that would give up. 811 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:46,680 In Barcelona, in practice... 812 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:48,520 he came in after ten laps. 813 00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:50,280 We'd done ten. He said, 814 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:51,920 "There's something on the left rear. 815 00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:53,720 Something, something. 816 00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,760 I can feel something on the left rear. It's...it's not right." 817 00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,000 We looked over, we checked everything. 818 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:00,800 Everything felt good. 819 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,640 He said, "No, there's something wrong." 820 00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:08,200 So, that night I took the left rear suspension to pieces, 821 00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:10,880 and lo and behold one of the wheel bearings 822 00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:14,320 has just started to wear. 823 00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:18,080 I don't know how anybody could ever feel that. But he did. 824 00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:21,280 BILLY COWE: After the race, when you stripped his car down, 825 00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:24,520 and you stripped his co-driver's car down, 826 00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:26,360 you could always tell which parts 827 00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:28,080 came off Jimmy's car 828 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:29,360 and which parts came off 829 00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:30,960 the other driver's car. 830 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,880 Because the parts off Jimmy's car 831 00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:35,840 were more or less pristine. 832 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:39,560 RICHARD: But don't think for a minute 833 00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:41,400 that Clark was one of those drivers 834 00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:44,400 that could only win in a perfect car. 835 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,560 One year at Spa, for example, 836 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:52,280 he was leading the race when his gearbox started to let go. 837 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:56,560 Did he give up? Nope. 838 00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,600 Instead, he drove the rest of the race, 839 00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:02,680 and we're talking 160 miles an hour in the wet... 840 00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:04,560 with one hand on the steering wheel 841 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,680 and the other holding the gear lever in place. 842 00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:15,320 And he still won. 843 00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,040 By nearly five minutes. 844 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,720 As the 1965 season rolled on, 845 00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:42,960 Clark, having won both Formula Two championships, 846 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,800 the Tasman Series, 847 00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:47,720 and the Indy 500, 848 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:51,840 now faced one remaining challenge. 849 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:55,280 The biggest challenge, the Formula One world title. 850 00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:57,280 (ROAR OF ENGINE) 851 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,520 For the F1 races, Clark would be driving 852 00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:05,360 a modified version of the Lotus 25 - 853 00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:07,000 the car that had taken him 854 00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:09,400 to the World Championship two years earlier. 855 00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:15,200 But as amazing as the 25 was, 856 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:17,160 there was no getting round the fact 857 00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:21,800 that by 1965 it was a three-year-old design, 858 00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:25,760 and the updated version only had minor changes. 859 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:27,360 So how would Jim cope? 860 00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:34,840 At the season's opening race in South Africa, 861 00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:36,320 up against such legends 862 00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:38,680 as Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, 863 00:47:38,720 --> 00:47:42,920 and reigning World Champion John Surtees... 864 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:46,120 Clark won by half a minute, 865 00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:50,200 and did so while suffering from a slipped disc. 866 00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,200 Next up was Spa, 867 00:47:54,240 --> 00:47:56,680 and then the French Grand Prix: 868 00:47:56,720 --> 00:48:01,040 both of which he also won. 869 00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:03,840 REPORTER: His Lotus may be a car with an old engine, 870 00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:05,600 but as far as the opposition are concerned, 871 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:08,680 it is just out-distancing all. 872 00:48:08,720 --> 00:48:12,000 RICHARD: Behind the wheel, Clark was becoming untouchable. 873 00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:17,640 Jimmy would go out beginning of the practice session 874 00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:20,520 and do a very, very quick lap. 875 00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:22,640 And come back, sit on the wall. 876 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,280 You know, there's no point in wearing the car out. 877 00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:27,920 And then wait and see what everybody else has done, 878 00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:29,280 and go out and blitz it. 879 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:33,240 If he wasn't on pole position, 880 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:35,400 there was a problem with the car. 881 00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:37,240 RICHARD: Next up was Silverstone. 882 00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:40,520 And here, it looked like business as usual 883 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:43,880 with Clark leading the pack. 884 00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:46,800 However, in the closing stages, 885 00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:50,120 his engine was starting to lose oil pressure 886 00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:54,440 and was in danger of detonating under cornering G-forces. 887 00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:57,600 COMMENTATOR: While Clark is driving with no oil pressure on his gauge, 888 00:48:57,640 --> 00:48:59,440 Hill, storming up behind, breaks the lap record 889 00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,000 in his efforts to pass. 890 00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:04,000 So instead of driving the car through the corner 891 00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,880 he just switched it off, coasted through the corner. 892 00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:09,400 When he was through the corner, switched it back on again, 893 00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:12,000 did the rest of the lap - and he won the race. 894 00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:18,040 RICHARD: Eventually, the F1 circus 895 00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:19,720 arrived at the Nurburgring, 896 00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:23,000 a circuit where Clark had never won. 897 00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:25,560 REPORTER: For the Flying Scot, tense moments before the start. 898 00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:27,000 Victory in the German Grand Prix 899 00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:28,880 and he'd be World Champion. 900 00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:30,840 (ENGINES REV AND ROAR) 901 00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:37,360 RICHARD: Leading from pole, 902 00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:40,840 Clark finally broke his Nurburgring jinx, 903 00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:42,800 winning the race, and with it 904 00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:45,640 the Formula One world title. 905 00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:48,480 (APPLAUSE) 906 00:49:55,240 --> 00:49:59,360 So, let's just sum up Clark's season of 1965. 907 00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:01,800 Of the 63 races he contested, 908 00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:04,600 he won a staggering 31 of them, 909 00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:07,600 and was on the podium a further eight times. 910 00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:11,120 He was now seen as the greatest racing driver of all time, 911 00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:13,600 in demand the world over. 912 00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:15,520 Yet this shy Scotsman 913 00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:17,880 chose to mark the year's achievements 914 00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:21,200 with a modest celebration at his hometown 915 00:50:21,240 --> 00:50:23,160 back in Scotland. 916 00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:30,000 (SOUNDTRACK OVER SPEECH) 917 00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:39,400 The next two years by contrast were a disaster, 918 00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:41,840 with multiple mechanical failures 919 00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:43,800 denying him another championship. 920 00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:54,200 However, in 1968, 921 00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:56,080 driving the Lotus 49, 922 00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:58,680 another game-changer from Colin Chapman, 923 00:50:58,720 --> 00:51:03,200 Clark took the first win of the year in South Africa 924 00:51:03,240 --> 00:51:06,880 and looked set for another dominant season. 925 00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:09,680 Congratulations, Jim, this was an absolutely splendid effort. 926 00:51:09,720 --> 00:51:11,000 OK, thank you very much. 927 00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:13,840 And then, on the weekend of April the 7th, 928 00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:17,000 Clark had a choice of two races he could compete in, 929 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:18,440 one at Brands Hatch, 930 00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:21,720 the other a Formula Two race at Hockenheim. 931 00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:24,720 Fatefully, he entered the German race. 932 00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:33,680 April the 7th is a... is a bad day for me. 933 00:51:33,720 --> 00:51:35,600 He wasn't happy. 934 00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:39,280 It was freezing cold and damp... misty. 935 00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:42,960 We could not get any heat into the tyres. 936 00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:46,760 Couldn't get any temperature in them no matter what we did. 937 00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:48,240 Jimmy said to me before the race: 938 00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:50,280 "Do not expect anything from me today. 939 00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:55,280 Just keep me informed with the pit board where I am, how many laps to go." 940 00:51:57,760 --> 00:51:59,720 That's the last thing he said. 941 00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:04,720 (ENGINES REVVING) 942 00:52:11,720 --> 00:52:16,640 RICHARD: On lap five, Clark's car suddenly speared off the track 943 00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,160 at 170 miles an hour. 944 00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:26,480 I got to the scene, and they took me through the undergrowth to this... 945 00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:29,920 There's no Armco. There's Tarmac, trees. 946 00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:31,200 Literally. 947 00:52:31,240 --> 00:52:32,920 And the sheer path. 948 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:36,120 And I just saw what was left of a car... Oh. 949 00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:41,520 There was nothing to see. 950 00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:44,080 I said, "Where's the engine gearbox? What's going on? 951 00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:46,320 What's happened?" They said, "That's..." 952 00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:50,520 It was about 35 yards away through the saplings. 953 00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:52,680 It just cut the saplings down. 954 00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:56,040 And I said, "Where's, where's the driver? Where's Jimmy?" They said, "No." 955 00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:01,560 When you've just... lost... 956 00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:04,560 the best driver in the world, 957 00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,880 what the hell do you do? 958 00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:10,120 Jim Clark, he's a god. 959 00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:12,480 And the first time I saw him, my God, it's... 960 00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:15,320 I can't believe it. And you're actually talking to him. 961 00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:17,720 It was awe-inspiring. 962 00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,280 Life is worth living. 963 00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:25,360 It's... 964 00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:27,560 for me, it's tearful. 965 00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:31,240 I'm sorry. 966 00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:37,520 RICHARD: According to the medical report, 967 00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:40,720 Clark died instantly of a broken neck 968 00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:45,080 and the crash was later put down to a deflating tyre. 969 00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:48,840 When he died, he was just 32. 970 00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:54,320 But in his short career he had racked up some truly incredible achievements. 971 00:53:56,000 --> 00:54:00,120 In Formula One, he won 25 of his 73 races, 972 00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:04,040 which in percentage terms puts him way ahead of Hamilton, Vettel, 973 00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:05,440 and even Schumacher. 974 00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:07,560 In pole positions, he had 33. 975 00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:09,160 Which again, in percentage terms, 976 00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:11,680 makes him second best of all time, 977 00:54:11,720 --> 00:54:14,080 just behind Fangio. 978 00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:15,600 Then there are the Grand Slams: 979 00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:19,240 that's where a driver gets pole position, fastest lap, 980 00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:22,640 the win and leads every lap of the race. 981 00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:25,640 Schumacher has five Grand Slams to his name. 982 00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:27,280 Senna, four. 983 00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:29,760 Jim Clark, eight. 984 00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:32,480 That's more than any other driver in history. 985 00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:38,000 You might imagine that a man with such skills 986 00:54:38,040 --> 00:54:40,840 would be rated highly by other drivers. 987 00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:43,440 And you'd be right. 988 00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,440 I was invited to a cocktail party for Fangio, 989 00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:49,880 and he said to me, "In my opinion, 990 00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:53,160 Jimmy Clark was the greatest racing driver ever." 991 00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:55,240 And coming from Fangio, 992 00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:58,400 there's no better compliment than that. 993 00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:00,560 And the five-time World Champion 994 00:55:00,600 --> 00:55:02,760 was not the only South American 995 00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:04,720 who idolised the Scotsman. 996 00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:08,880 At Clark's old school in Edinburgh, 997 00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:12,800 there's a plaque commemorating his achievements. 998 00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:16,520 And in 1991, the reigning World Champion 999 00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:19,360 made a special pilgrimage to the school 1000 00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:23,160 to pay his respects. 1001 00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:27,520 Of Clark, Senna said simply, "He was my boyhood hero. 1002 00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:30,880 He was the best of the best." 1003 00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:34,200 And like Senna, Clark died when he was driving 1004 00:55:34,240 --> 00:55:36,840 at his absolute peak. 1005 00:55:36,880 --> 00:55:39,880 Like Senna, who knows how many more races 1006 00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:42,680 and championships he could have racked up? 1007 00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:53,040 He was the benchmark. That was it. 1008 00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:57,440 Most of what I was able to do in motor racing was done... 1009 00:55:57,480 --> 00:56:00,280 by the manner in which Jim Clark drove, 1010 00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:02,160 and... I just followed him. 1011 00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:05,400 BILLY COWE: He was a gentleman. 1012 00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:09,320 He was a gentleman, and a gentle man . 1013 00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:11,200 It's a pity he's not around now, because... 1014 00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:15,160 it'd be nice to have him. 1015 00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:25,920 RICHARD: He was an amazing man. 1016 00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:28,960 -Just incredible. -All of that's amazing. 1017 00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:30,480 Yeah. 1018 00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:32,280 What I find truly amazing 1019 00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:35,080 is how many championships he took part in. 1020 00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:37,920 I mean, can you imagine Lewis Hamilton 1021 00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:39,720 getting out of his Formula One car and saying, 1022 00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:41,120 "I haven't got time for any interviews, 1023 00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:42,920 cos I've got to go and do a touring car race." 1024 00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:44,640 -Just wouldn't. -And he did. 1025 00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:46,880 The other thing worth remembering is back in the early '60s, 1026 00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:50,680 if you went to Australia, if you flew to Australia that meant eight stops. 1027 00:56:50,720 --> 00:56:53,480 And there were no flat beds. There weren't even any movies. 1028 00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:56,680 And let's not forget he'd get off that aeroplane, 1029 00:56:56,720 --> 00:56:58,640 do a race, win it - obviously, 1030 00:56:58,680 --> 00:57:00,880 then get on another aeroplane straight away to France 1031 00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:03,880 -to win a race there. -No, it is astonishing. 1032 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:05,880 I mean, everybody has a favourite racing driver. 1033 00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:07,960 I'm sure everybody here does as well. 1034 00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:10,320 It's, you know, it's the Senna, Schumacher, 1035 00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:12,280 Villeneuve, Romain Grosjean... 1036 00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:14,600 -(LAUGHTER) -...Fangio. 1037 00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:18,280 But if you use maths to measure a driver's greatness, 1038 00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:22,240 you have to conclude it was Jim Clark. 1039 00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:24,240 -Good night. -(MOUTHS) 77627

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