New series of Top Gear tonight

As one of the “haters” I really enjoyed that.

Obviously had to fast forward through the news and the star/car bit but otherwise very enjoyable.

The Imola bit was great.

fast forward through the news and the star/car

snap
I tend to flick channels when this is on.

Love the Lamborghini, especially the blue stuff coming out of the exhaust.

Was I the only one to say “Who the ******** is that’ when the ‘star’ appeared?

(I am old)

Jolly good show tonight, 3 cars i’d be lucky to get in matchbox form but i don’t give a monkeys.

If you don’t like it, fine….i’ve got the rest of the week to read books and discuss fine wine, tonight i want to stare at gearboxes and brake calipers, sue me. Who knows, i may even look at some boobs later and play Call of Duty, it’s something to do with freedom of choice. If you don’t like it don’t watch it, nobody is forcing you, just stop moaning that other people do.

Birdsong was excellent, double whammy with Top Gear as the warm up…

What a waste of an hour! I cant think of a single redeeming feature in the whole show…

Honestly if I was a tax payer & not sat in my Cayman Island Villa right now I would be seething with anger!

Clarksons a a complete plum with eyebrows that Emmet Brown would be proud of..

And the moaning starts even before thr programme is aired…

I take it that you won’t be tuning in, then?

I haven’t watched it yet, I went by the link in the trailer towards the start of the thread.

Fastest Formula 1 Racing Lap of Imola – 1:25.5

Clarksons Fastest lap of Imola (in a production car) – 1:59.1

Now that’s pretty impressive I reckon !!?

Love the program-makes me wish I had a TV.

Fastest Formula 1 Racing Lap of Imola – 1:25.5

Clarksons Fastest lap of Imola (in a production car) – 1:59.1

Now that’s pretty impressive I reckon !!?

That is bloody impressive, it was some awesome driving too.

What a waste of an hour! I cant think of a single redeeming feature in the whole show…
Honestly if I was a tax payer & not sat in my Cayman Island Villa right now I would be seething with anger!
Clarksons a a complete plum with eyebrows that Emmet Brown would be proud of..

And you’re a whiney little girl who seems to think their opinion counts for something.
Newsflash: it doesn’t.

I wish they’d drop the star in a car. Its too long and tedious. Some clearly didn’t have any interest in cars before coming on plus on William, come on. An auto? Is he THAT interested in driving?

I thought it was a good episode, but only because of the cars. The ingrediants are a bit tired now and whilst the dynamic between the three presenters is entertaining at times it’s not enough to tune into. Live pause, make a cup of tea then return with a few minutes buffer to fast forward through the ‘star in a car’ bit… 9/10 guests are of no interest at all.

I think the best feature due in this series will be the choice of ambulance to get Jez to hospital when he gives birth. It only took one profile shot but I reckon we’re only a couple of weeks away!

And James May- his is high up like an engourged liver 😮

Did I hear them correctly say they were faster than an F1 car on the start/finish straight?
How does that work then?

worth it just to see the Lambo’s front discs glowing red hot, amazing!

richmars – Member
Did I hear them correctly say they were faster than an F1 car on the start/finish straight?
How does that work then?
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Gearing I assume.

I like how instead of it being about blowing up Caravan’s and fast line straights on the same bloody runway they actually made it about cars. I bet some people were bored rigid watching. Interesting how they showed how impractical such cars can be on Italian city roads..

Fastest Formula 1 Racing Lap of Imola – 1:25.5

1:20.411 – M Schumacher – Ferrari (2004)

Down in the 19s for qually

Did I hear them correctly say they were faster than an F1 car on the start/finish straight?
How does that work then?

Depending on the circuit they are geared for between 180 & 195 mph. What they are about is reaching that speed as quickly as possible (acceleration/traction), holding it there for as long as possible (breaking as late as they can for a turn) and the highest speed through the turn (downforce).

An F1 car is always a compromise to get around the whole circuit as fast as they can not just outright speed. If they were not then who knows what they’d do 250-300mph???

Excellent program by the way. Did I see in the preview clips a XF and Focus banging door handles?

Gearing I assume.

I guess so, but isn’t Imola a ‘fast’ low down-force track, so you would imagine the gearing in an F1 car is optimised for top speed (for the straights).

Fastest Formula 1 Racing Lap of Imola – 1:25.5

1:20.411 – M Schumacher – Ferrari (2004)

Quite right.

Although, as much I admire google usage, it doesn’t make it any less impressive that a fat, unfit, middle aged amateur managed under 2 minutes in a production road car though does it.

I wish they’d drop the star in a car. Its too long and tedious. Some clearly didn’t have any interest in cars before coming on plus on William, come on. An auto? Is he THAT interested in driving?

I was thinking the same too

Bit more on how they got J C on a bike would have been interesting

Although, as much I admire google usage

or even my 2004 F1 year book 🙄

I guess so, but isn’t Imola a ‘fast’ low down-force track, so you would imagine the gearing in an F1 car is optimised for top speed (for the straights)

It’s quite technical these days with a good bit of wing needed

The F1 Honda managed well over 400kph at Bonneville without wings and taller gearing but I don’t think it was stupidly tall

And you’re a whiney little girl who seems to think their opinion counts for something.

Do you really think I have a villa in the Cayman Isles?

Hook.

Line.

Sinker.

😉

nealglover – Member
Quite right.

Although, as much I admire google usage, it doesn’t make it any less impressive that a fat, unfit, middle aged amateur managed under 2 minutes in a production road car though does it.

Quite, but I think Richard did a pretty good job considering how raw that Noble looked – thought he was **** when it started getting squirrely under braking. Did well to keep it straight!

I guess so, but isn’t Imola a ‘fast’ low down-force track, so you would imagine the gearing in an F1 car is optimised for top speed (for the straights)
It’s quite technical these days with a good bit of wing needed

The F1 Honda managed well over 400kph at Bonneville without wings and taller gearing but I don’t think it was stupidly tall
Well yes – given the effort in putting in a box that is geared for higher speeds rather than acceleration they could easily make an F1 car that has vastly quicker top speeds than a road car but TG won’t have bothered explaining that, just stating a rather broad *fact* based on normal F1 set-ups. I assume that an F1 car’s top speed differs from track to track based on the optimal gearing and downforce set-up required.

Quite right.

Although, as much I admire google usage, it doesn’t make it any less impressive that a fat, unfit, middle aged amateur managed under 2 minutes in a production road car though does it.

Well, it’s still impressive but obviously since the margin is bigger it’s a bit less impressive. Nice sideways swipe at someone “knowing stuff” though.

And you’re a whiney little girl who seems to think their opinion counts for something.
Newsflash: it doesn’t.

WHOOOOOOOSH!

Love the Lamborghini, especially the blue stuff coming out of the exhaust.

This did get me into a little trouble with mrs rkk01 last night…
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On seeing the flames popping off the Lambo’s exhaust, 10 YO daughter exclaims that Mum’s car does that when Dad is driving…. 😳

Big scowl from mrs rkk01

Big grin from 11 YO son, though 8)

Oh, and TG – I thought last night was good. The cars made the show.

The presenters are becoming more and more irksome. May and Clarkson seem to have morphed from middle age to old age since the last series. Both looked pretty decrepid last night….

… although as said, hats off to all three for the guts displayed at Imola

The presenters are becoming more and more irksome

I was thinking, Last of the summer wine was a better description 😉

I wish they’d drop the star in a car. Its too long and tedious.

i agree, they should actually go a bit 5th gear and review more normal cars as a section instead of star in a car, but still take the p*ss.

Did I hear them correctly say they were faster than an F1 car on the start/finish straight?
How does that work then?

The circuit layout changed after F1 left.

The F1 cars used to have to negotiate a very tight left/right chicane just before the start/finish line, it’s now a very fast left/right kink which is pretty much flat out. The TG guys mentioned not lifting as they passed the pits as the production crew could hear if they did.

Clarkson’s looking rougher than I remember these days (not that he was ever easy on the eye :p ). Enjoyed most of the episode though, it’s an entertainment show not a car review show (similar to What Car vs Top Gear magazines, one is practical but boring to read, the other is an enjoyable read).

Thoroughly enjoyed it, looking forwards tot he rest of the series 🙂

Running over 200mph on the Nardo bowl and those lap times at Imola take some skill & bravery, there is more to them than is let on.

It was good – better than I was expecting – but not brilliant. The 3 supercar thing is something that’s always going to work well – trouble is, they can’t do that every week, so doubtless it will soon start getting silly (though to be fair, the trailers actually mostly looked good).

Depending on the circuit they are geared for between 180 & 195 mph. What they are about is reaching that speed as quickly as possible (acceleration/traction), holding it there for as long as possible (breaking as late as they can for a turn) and the highest speed through the turn (downforce).

It’s only really gearing in a secondary sense – do you not think they might put in a taller top gear if it would have some advantage? IIRC they hit the limiters in top only at Monza, and not for that long there. All down to aero – an F1 car is like a brick in that respect due to all those wings. Those supercars have a lot less drag – though the lack of downforce means they’re also a lot slower through the turns.