Abbie Eaton Races Clarkson and Hammond in a Broken Old Renault | The Grand Tour

Take a professional racing driver and put them in a battered, old and slightly broken car... can they still race? Who will win when Clarkson and Hammond are challenged to beat Abbie Eaton to the finish line in Azerbaijan?
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[@thegrandtour]

What's you favourite race on The Grand Tour? 🤔

[@mohamadbbbb1611]

This one

[@MausOfTheHouse]

The one in Switzerland. Not because of the crash but because the race is genuinely interesting

[@ftldesignbureau7891]

@@mohamadbbbb1611 same

[@StigDesign]

All :D

[@SteveRogers-qz9bd]

Countach vs Testarossa

[@granatmof]

The older I get, the more I come to appreciate James May's perspective on vehicles. Reliability and comfort means a lot more than top speed that has to be tweaked every weekend and can only be experienced on a track.

[@DR-JOHN-DEJAVU-1984]

Do you still believe in the fuel mileage alongside it though? Because you can get a really good fuel-mileage car that makes you feel good financially.

[@Serby665]

Yes, because James May is old, and the older you get, the closer to his opinion you are. 😂😂😂

[@raymondkanga]

@@Serby665 😂😂😂😂 Yeah

[@annafihoq72]

Jeremy doesn't seem to understand although he is quite old.

[@ilmaio]

And yet, May's garage is filled by Ferraris. It's not sportscar are meaningless, it's that you are eager to rationalize the fact you can't afford one, like everybody else. Also GT cars are for long motorway trips. And impress girls. Go to a nightclub in Dusseldorf downtown, pick up a model and drive her to Montecarlo. You will find the rusty Renault quite lacking, in compare with the Bentley.

[@bicyclist2]

James May showing his genius once again. I completely agree with him, on the point he was trying to prove. I haven't seen this episode before. Thanks.

[@R53.charlie]

Not exactly real, Maybe there, but not in the uk🤷🏼‍♂️ that test wouldn’t work in the uk

[@natsterjam]

@@R53.charlie I disagree my friend! I have been saying this exact thing for years! Drive like a lunatic and you might get to your destination a few seconds or maybe a minute or two quicker and in the proccess put yourself and others at risk, spend more on fuel and just prove what a dipshit you are! I live in the UK and have witnessed this many many times in my 40 odd years of driving! Peace bro.

[@R53.charlie]

@@natsterjam it depends where it is, and where you’re going, if you’re talking backroads, it makes a difference, motorways and dual carriageways, not so much, but then it also depends on when you’re doing the test, at 10pm, it’ll be a huge difference on a dual carriageway, but at 5pm it’ll be too busy to drive fast🤷🏼‍♂️

[@natsterjam]

@@R53.charlie Sorry bud, my many years experience driving lorries, vans and cars for hundreds of thousands of miles all over our UK and 2 other countries disagrees with you. Back roads or not there is very little difference in destination arrival time what ever car you have, what ever you drive like. The traffic dictates the travel time and not the car type or driving style. Even if you attempt to drive like a speed freak and over take at every opportunity the travel time is ALWAYS pretty much the same. I get that when you say the over all time is influenced by time of day and road type but I stand by my experience, peace again bro.

[@R53.charlie]

@@natsterjam you’re entitled to your opinion🤷🏼‍♂️ I do understand where you’re coming from, but if you’re sitting at an average of 50mph on country lanes for 10miles, or averaging closer to 80mph for 10miles, it’d take 7.5mins rather than 12mins, as long as there’s no traffic around, or not much at least, there is a difference in time taken in my opinion👍

[@anthonyuchello2031]

Really a brilliant challenge by James.

[@milenkogt]

Abbie laughing at 0:49 is the best. They struck gold getting her on the Grand Tour. Glad she recovered from her accident as well.

[@MrUtah1]

0:49 for those who want the timestamp

[@callmeshaggy5166]

And for those unaware of her accident, she broke her back hitting a sausage kerb at CotA.

[@alecjones4135]

I was absolutely heart broken when I heard about Abbies accident. I wish Abbie and her family all the best.

[@markselby9352]

What happened?

[@lalnablehector1285]

@@markselby9352 Broke her back due to a sausage curb on a stupid American race track sending her car about 6ft in the air. There's a video on the drive tribe channel about it.

[@vanilakung7563]

@@lalnablehector1285 Spa is not in US

[@youraverageotaku1093]

@@vanilakung7563 It wasn't Spa tho was it

[@youraverageotaku1093]

@@lalnablehector1285 She broke her back coming back down onto another sausage curb

[@jacobp249]

I love the superposition of a high production car show with relatable problems like driving on crappy roads and being stuck in traffic

[@emiliospowerballer1441]

But people buy fast cars to drive then fast. If you live in the mountain and your village is like this, which actually reminds me of Sicily, then an Aston Martin would be useless and nightmare to live with. The point here is that you buy a car for your needs, not for what your bank account affords. One can't also drive this Citroen off road, so why even buy a Citroen to go off road. Its simple, you buy what you need.

[@sandorbence2067]

Well who really cares how these super expensive cars drive? If you have the money to buy you can try all and if you don't it is not dor you anyway. Same with hypercars, they can throw the usual metrics at you (power, 0-60, top speed etc) but you won't knoe what it feels like unless you try. And most people eill never try. That's why Iike these type of videos better rather than some guy just babbling about 20 minutes how great it is. Also why I like videos like Doug makes, more interesting to see the finer details and interesting/strange ideas in these cars.

[@davidcolin6519]

@@emiliospowerballer1441 And thus you demonstrate that you completely and totally missed the point. It is not that "You buy what you need" it is that supercars are only barely quicker than a crapped out old Renault, that a supercar is just as prone to getting stuck behind trucks and other vehicles. I mean, FFS, it was explicitly pointed out in the video! Unfortunately, very few people really do buy the car of their needs. You only need to drive around almost any English village or town to see the number of expensive cars parked outside crappy houses because the owners believe that their cars are some sort of pointer to their personal character, rather than a demonstration that they are incapable of basic critical thinking.

[@emiliospowerballer1441]

@@davidcolin6519 And thus why I said 'buy what you need'. All cars face the problems you just described, whether they be a 20 year old Renault or a brand new Ferrari. Different cars offer different usabilities. I don't believe it comes down to peoples personalities when it comes to owning a car. Its ones budget which offers this flexibility. Makes sense?

[@davidcolin6519]

@@emiliospowerballer1441 Makes sense, but it really, really doesn't happen in the vast majority of cases.

[@googleblockedme5543]

Clarkson should have known better. He knows that rental cars are the fastest and so crappy cars are in the same category

[@thatfriggingbathroom2656]

Both Clarkson and Hammond would have known that May is right but just admitting that wouldn't make good tv

[@tomazikov]

This is a great way to prove that as James May said the speed of travel is dictated by external factors not how much power does the vehicle have and I completely agree with him on that. I think that most cars like this in this film are made for making the journey more comfortable not faster beacase other than on German autobahn there is nowhere where you can use all that power (legally that is, illegally you can do it anywhere there is enough space and on tv shows )

[@caprise-music6722]

Yep. It’s like that time on TG where Clarkson admitted the Porsche 911 was faster then Ferrari on public roads. Great challenge by May

[@dankykang7101]

Except in America, where those speed cameras are banned and we can go as fast as we can until your caught and slapped with a felony speeding charge

[@pauloj1983]

@@dankykang7101 wait, why are speed cameras banned?

[@colmreynolds9869]

@@pauloj1983 who would ever vote for speed cameras?

[@pauloj1983]

Gee, I don’t know. Maybe people whose family members and children get killed by a speeding driver, but you know, freedumb and all.

[@TommyNowDoesGaming]

Clarkson: Sometimes my genius is almost frightening May: Hold my Renault

[@gyost8147]

Perfect real world race. I've had this argument so many times. Nice to see it demonstrated in a humorous little clip.

[@mofayer]

Same, I've been arguing that it's useless speeding on city highways because at most you'll make up 1min and lose it when you will roll up to a stoplight.

[@hedlund]

Abbie's wall boop gets me every single time. Sublime production, this.

[@JUDGERAMBO]

Hope Abbie is doing well.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

She could probably beat these guys in a hospital bed.

[@Bahamuttiamat]

broken

[@pietvanvliet1987]

yea. Get well soon Abby!

[@ghomerhust]

yeah poor thing was looking to be stuck in that body cast for a fair while. i hope she's coping alright

[@Obsidian762]

I wish her a speedy and total recovery. Being in that body cast must be miserable. Image being unable to scratch itches. That's torture, but Abbie is the resilient sort. She'll be back in the driver's seat soon enough!

[@MisterMac4321]

I wish they'd feature Abbie more often. On the rare occasions they've given her anything to do other than just drive she displays a really good sense of humor which could definitely add to the show.

[@grahamspellman2442]

She has a broken back rn

[@mofayer]

I can't recall a single funny thing she said, if she ever said anything.

[@nuttbag6658]

she has never talked in the show

[@heresjohnny602]

It's nasty business her breaking her back but let's not pretend it makes her a better presenter than she is.

[@liamweaver2944]

@@mofayer "I've raced against a few dicks in my life, but never on one."

[@indrajithg]

I wish Abby a speedy recovery, and wish we see more of her on Grand Tour as well as Drive Tribe. She's amazing. ❤️

[@neoanderson7]

I remember this challenge. The torture poor Abbie had to endure. Speaking of, I hope her recovery is going quick. Here’s hoping everything goes speedy and you’ll be back in a race car pronto. 💐

[@mikebarton]

This reminded me. I was once on a winding road in New Zealand. My friend was driving the two of us in her elderly Nissan Sentra. A "boy racer" flew by us in his tricked up Skyline. My friend, who has some car racing experience, said she could catch, and overtake, him WITHOUT breaking the 100km/h speed limit. I was a little doubtful. Sure enough, on every bend boy racer slowed noticeably. Enough for us to catch up. Then he'd disappear on the straighter parts of the road. Finally, after about 15km, he didn't manage a particularly sharp bend and my friend got ahead of him. When the road finally straightened he overtook us and disappeared. Not for long though. Going through the next town we saw him at a petrol station. My friend went and stopped alongside him and in a very cheery voice shouted over "good morning, lovely day for a drive". Silence and I do mean silence, from him. Then his two passengers, two women, burst into fits of laughter and yelled to him "go on mate, talk to her".

[@EnforcerX71]

Best wishes to Abbie BTW, she recently broke her back during a race.

[@lovecwtchgamerl6500]

Aww I hope she's doing okay

[@chaitanyarao5546]

@@criticalevent screw sausage kerbs, they don't deserve to be on any track surface and should be banished to the deepest depths of hell. Any FIA official advocating their use should be thrown to the dogs

[@whoarewe7515]

Watching a interview with her about it a fella did the same thing at the same corner the very next day.

[@alecjones4135]

Just remove the sausage kerbs and start actually policing track limits. How many time this season was only curtain corners had track limits mean while the others didn't. FIA needs to get their shit together for next year.

[@MLB9000]

@@criticalevent the worst thing is that another driver hit the same kerb the next day and got exactly the same injury. There’s also many examples of similar kerbs throwing cars up into the air and over barriers into crowds and marshals. They should definitely be banned.

[@The_Endo]

Abby is a boss! Hope you are recovering quickly!!

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Been wanting them to do this for so long when they were in Top Gear. One person (most likely May) drive an old slow car, the other two drive fast cars. Race to a destination that has these exact everyday driving problems.

[@ciptapradja2814]

May would lose. He was lost....

[@someguy4915]

They've done that several times before including through London several times.

[@ciptapradja2814]

@@someguy4915 the stig riding a tube?

[@someguy4915]

@@ciptapradja2814 Stig on public transport, Clarkson in a ridiculous boat, Hammond driving/falling off of his bike while May drove a somewhat normal car, at least not a car aimed at speed. They showed that, at least in London, the car is slower than all the other modes of travel, regardless of how expensive it is. Though May driving it 'like a christian saint' also didn't help him get there faster :P

[@davela79]

@@someguy4915 the also did the same sort of race through St Petersburg May in a car beat Hovercraft Clarkson, bicycle Hammond & Public transport Stig

[@RVarrun]

One of the best segments of the Grand Tour

[@ChadGatling]

Eaton is awesome. Love that she's on the show. Keep bringing her back.

[@cattycats4]

show is supposed to be about entertainment, she is as entertaining as james mays socks

[@JETZcorp]

My first car was a minivan that my parents passed down to me. As soon as I could, I bought up to an older, lowered muscle car. Devastatingly faster. I thought I'd be able to get to work faster. Turns out it actually looks slightly longer, since the van could take bumps and potholes like a rally car, and the Dodge couldn't.

[@AnubisX1]

Loved this race, also James is a genius. I've ended up watching more of his showd. I also hope we get to see more of abbie in any new grand tours

[@DJ_NOOB]

Get well Abbie!!! I love the stall at the start of the race. So funny.

[@chrishalemusic]

Abbie is brilliant! I agree with Jeremy! Her laugh was so good

[@wildgoose419]

The geese watching Hammond's car go by was so funny.

[@theahearn2658]

It cannot be overstated how truly great the show really is.

[@theseageek]

Abbie is absolutely lovely, wishing her the best and a speedy recovery ❤️🙏

[@michaelrawson6261]

What a brilliant race, May was spot on and Abbie was an absolute legend in this! I know she isn't wearing one in this, but I noticed whilst watching Abbie drive when wearing her helmet, she has possibly the most beautiful eyes... ... in the WORLD!!!

[@barryburton7755]

Eyes eyes she's stunning mate top to her bottom lol

[@timothydraper3687]

I have it on good authority that even gay men appreciate her eyes.

[@Mark-mu4pj]

Clarkson "That's not in good condition" May "it wasn't very expensive" lol 😂

[@FunkyMonk6]

Thanks for the subtitles I don’t need to watch the video now.

[@jayjayb89]

0:41 "Arrrrr we're in trouble now" 😂 😂 😂 Hammond fully cracked me up

[@thegrandtour]

He does come up with some absolute belters 👀 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJq9q6l3f9WNqZY

[@jayjayb89]

@@thegrandtour Must be a Birmingham thing 😂😂

[@TheAziz]

Abbie had enough time in that 2 minute gap to take off her hoodie and still won

[@redrb26dett]

Heater probably stuck on lol

[@owainnewton326]

I love the fact that after stalling it the first time, Abbie put her foot to the floor for the second attempt 😆

[@jasonh.8754]

That's called: "Not Making The Same Mistake Twice" - something that the fairer sex is actually quite good at...

[@Smetkowski24]

5:06 "Took 30 units of currency away and I now have this hat" 😄

[@marmite5599]

Thats about £13/$18 apparently

[@jonmath4182]

Obviously that gave Clarkson a loss of some money, but I don't understand what kind of excuse did that give for his loss of the race

[@cloosat]

we need more Abbie

[@Perkele_Itse]

Some say that May is still on the way.

[@jonmath4182]

May is coming next year

[@TommyNowDoesGaming]

Does that mean he's coming on?

[@twistedjosh14]

I've never had a crush on a racing driver before... until they brought abbie on this show. Wishing her a speedy recovery.

[@PaulMcElligott]

I had one before Abbie. R.I.P. Sabine Schmitt.

[@tyronewhitehead3123]

This is exciting. More races please

[@ciaranburke3243]

Excellent well done Abbey, the 3 stoogies hadn't a hope 👏😂😂

[@CarverAndrew]

Abbie - rule the World!

[@Beksization]

This is the old Top gear and we love it. Continue the good work gentlemen.

[@chrispy816]

You are my favorite trio! I love Top Gear and GT on Amazon. Wish you guys all the best! I am going to start rewatching Top Gear. That episode when one of you were on that American flag bike in Vietnam was hilarious. 😂

[@revolver265]

Heard Abbie got injured recently :( hopefully they make a speedy recovery so we can have more awesome races like this one!

[@notroll1279]

Captain Slow bought the ideal car for Abby's part: very used, softly sprung with enough ground clearance, pretty narrow and just strong enough to make the inclines and the occasional overtake. And - helpful as well - not tempting corrupt police.

[@davidmccready6471]

I remember having a silver one of those USX898Y with a red interior, cost me £400 second hand. It had a dodgy alternator and bump in one tyre, quick trip to the scrappy and I was sorted. I ran it for 2 years then traded it in for a Renault 21.

[@15oleg44]

My first car (and some of the following) was an old Corsa with 54 hp. Not the fastest on open roads, but in heavy traffic it yelled at everyone else: "Get out of my way! If I want to switch lanes I will!" Worked perfectly. :D

[@SteveRogers-qz9bd]

I subscribe to Amazon Prime video just to watch this show, when the subscription runs out I don't even care, when it re-releases an episode of The Grand Tour, I subscribe again

[@bernlin2000]

4:02 That was just awesome, Abbie is brilliant!

[@lumpyfishgravy]

Acceleration is like a committee meeting. It gives the impression of progress, but is no good if you can't follow through.

[@fluffyfeetbmf]

Her hitting that building, and that bench🤣🤣🤣

[@muskiet8687]

A while ago, I saw a similar race on Dutch television, where they had two identical cars start in the city of Arnhem to race to a finish about 50 km's away. One car was allowed to drive as quick as possible while the other had to stick to speed limits. The "slower" car arrived with a relaxed driver within about two minutes after the "fast" car arrived with a tired driver which really does prove the point that in the real world, it's just not worth driving fast.

[@gauravrasal2947]

This is by far the most logical video/segment in this show's history... Especially when you consider Jeremy Clarkson is a part of it 😂

[@IntyMichael]

This was exactly my first car back in the 80s. Bordeaux red Renault 9 GTL 60hp. ;)

[@amplify3735]

i wish this a new 2021 show they are just magic together

[@altergreenhorn]

4:31 gooses literary turned after hamster, for shure thinking what an idiot 😂

[@Jishnumon.M]

3:35 aa Bentley sound... Uff powliii...🤙🤙

[@fatbelly27]

This is no surprise. I once did this with my sister. She set off in a 60bhp Skoda Citigo. I followed in an Octavia 1.8tsi. I overtook her on an uphill dual carriageway stretch but every time we went to a single carriageway twisty bit she was right behind me again.

[@Big_Black_Dick]

so many people try to replicate wat u guys do and they try to replicate the chemistry u guys have together 🤦🏽‍♂️ it never works lol u guys are totally unique and ur show is just brilliant, without u folks top gear is nothing

[@SuperSirbone]

We need more Abbie in The Grand Tour

[@tyronewhitehead2737]

Loved this can we have more racing please

[@indigoskywalker]

fantastic idea James

[@RandyWillcox]

This is the best thing I've seen in days. 😂

[@DavidJSWayne]

SO COOL Love the new season it's just soooo goood!!!!

[@sameerhasan6183]

Wife: Why do you want this ridiculously powerful car? Me: I DONT WANT OUR KIDS TO BE GLUE SNIFFERS...

[@BA-gn3qb]

Abbie makes any place the Garden of Paradise 😍😍

[@sundarramanv]

Man, I miss this show badly. Unimaginable entertainment.

[@vanyasphonecollection4074]

I love Lada! Nice to see them see real cars!

[@tiadanama1998]

2:02 best advice from Clarkson

[@bobibest89]

That Aston is the best looking GT car I've ever seen.

[@liquidleopard4495]

Having Abbie drive a busted old car is one thing, but couldn't you at least clean the windows for her???

[@Lucky_Logan]

Damn, Abbie is damn gorgeous. And she’s a car girl? Damn she single? Lmao 😂🤣 I need her in my life 😂🤣

[@thezanzibarbarian5729]

45 years ago when I'd just past my driving test, by dad _(RIP!)_ said that the average speed of a car over just a few thousand miles would only be about 30 mph. _I thought he was mad!_ But he wasn't wrong. The last car I had that could show the average speed over the miles done on the trip meter was reading 32 mph over a distance of about 1,500 miles.

[@callmeshaggy5166]

This reminds me of the Top Gear segment where a BMW M3 or something chased a Prius (again or something) going full-throttle over several laps, and it showed the Prius got 16mpg while the BMW got 19mpg.

[@colmreynolds9869]

Looks like he proved that having a supercar can make you faster than a spirited teenager but only if you are on a road.

[@anantgopal]

Love it

[@OriruBastard]

Even the geese are like; Is he an idiot?

[@sergionuno]

My father had a Renault 9GTL just like this one, same color and everything. And yeah, i drove it like Abby when i was a teenager. 😂

[@Koup_TV_]

I've totally forgotten about this Renault. Haven't seen one in ages

[@jesaiah2002]

I love this ep

[@BigFingerRo]

This reminds me of one of my neighbours. We live in a zone a fair bit away from the city, and we mostly have these quaint, but terribly impractical cobblestone roads. VERY rough on the suspension, they are, so most people have 4x4s, but it doesn't do much anyway. And even so, knowing all this, this man got himself a Viper. His reasoning being that people would get sick of the roads soon and we'd get normal roads. Poor sap can't even use his car on weekends because his car is just too low and going anywhere with it means having to either scratch his car to hell and back, or go impossibly slow.

[@MACHOO179]

Really love this TV Trio.

[@riaanpotgieter475]

I had a Renault 9 GTL.....my first car!!! Was an awesome car!!! Fuel efficient and indestructible!!! I loved that car!!!!! ❤️🌹😼😎

[@kierkier2368]

It is facts that cheap old cars are faster in daily use. You can go through roads must quicker regardless of how bad the roads are, take greater risk since minor scratches and dmg isnt a concern and you can park the car anywhere safely.

[@_RM99]

Doctor : Khabib Clarkson isn't real, he can't hurt you Khabib Clarkson : 5:10

[@Matt561]

I was so happy to see Abbie

Abbiiiiiiieeeee! :D Guess I need to check on the state of the Grand Tour.

[@swoopy287]

😆 aw miss watching these trio

[@faypack3087]

He owes Claeb every thing and Jezzar knows it. Prayers for all 💙❤

[@thomasjenkins1264]

2:42 background music is WFO from the 2010 Medal of Honor soundtrack

[@erik_crimson]

I like Abbie and her little octopus

[@mikef3300]

“Which means that there’s less chance of them becoming glue sniffers”. Jeremy Clarkson

[@charlotted6247]

Ah, I do so love James May!

[@D2B2W]

So James has pointed out every single Top Gear and Grand Tour race was pointless for using an expensive/fast car

[@josecarvlho356]

Ahaha amazing video , this remindes me why i love old cars hahaha and the world worst way to loose money is to buy a new car hahahaha.

[@newworldorder6541]

What episode/season is this again forgot and really want to watch it again.

[@anth5189]

It kind of proves that speed cameras are for revenue raising and NOT safety. Why would you have them on perfectly good highways where you could no doubt go faster safely, and not have any on crappy roads that are more dangerous and you will drive faster to make up time.

[@pineapplehead2196]

Damn jeremy has been to the crazy mountains and back

[@theamazingtattletale8983]

That little car got some serious power under its bonnet

[@armaniusmaximus]

LOL!! Loved it!

[@garymyambo4176]

Had to take my BMW X2 for detailing and had to use a Renault Kwid as a rental car in the meantime. And I noticed I'm usually faster and arriving early when I was using the rental car.🚗 😅