The Stig takes the F1-style Lotus round the track | Top Gear - BBC

[@gold333]

I'd love to see an F1 car with 1986 power, 1992 car and tire width, 1993 electronics and 2004 aero.

[@AnarchistMetalhead]

2008 aero ;)

[@BabaDerBaer80]

+gold333 I would already be pleased with V10 engines...

[@appelpower1]

And 2000-2005 sound.

[@Gurkan8994]

1 for 4 this season

[@CountFisco]

gold333 RB6 has most aero of all time

[@mpa1931]

4 seconds off an F1 car from 2004 driven by an F1 driver is actually quite sublime.

[@mobyhuge4346]

Tbf the F1 car did it in mixed conditions

[@fastmclaren71]

We all know F1 cars on wets are around 10 seconds a lap slower per lap. These are demo worn wets by the look as well. I think its safe to say if the Grand Prix car was on softs on a dry track, 15 seconds is a more realistic gap.

[@acookiegimme4894]

"Not quite the sound of an F1 car' That did not age well

[@fh5102]

*age

[@acookiegimme4894]

@@fh5102 oops

[@superlight1999]

@@acookiegimme4894 it's not even an f1 car. That's a car for track use only. Ever heard why Ferrari FXX can't be driven on the public road?

[@superlight1999]

@@khoado2060 it's not an F1 car god dammit 🤦

[@nicculessman4069]

hehe buoi he’s talking about the new v6s

[@craigozland]

The Renault F1 a few years ago did in 59 seconds on a partially wet track. So the F1 car would be more than 3 seconds quicker on a dry track.

[@pitmie]

Correct. Sadly these days they make F1 slower than before...2014's F1 car with 1.6 litre V6 is around 7seconds++ slower per lap than F1 of decade ago (2004). Probably this T125 is nearly as 'slow' as current F1 car...

[@somethingsomethinggr]

pitmie That's if you compare race laps which would be inaccurate since there's no longer refuelling and they race on full fuel tanks now. Compare the qualifying laps and the difference is around 3 seconds. Still too much though.

[@craigozland]

MrBadumtish Not sure if I was clear with what I said. The Renault F1 that lapped this circuit on Top Gear is a lot quicker than this car. A lot more than 3 seconds. The track was wet when the Renault F1 did it's lap. Have a look at F1 times for that era car on wet and dry track and you will know what I am saying.

[@craigozland]

Sorry MrBadumtish, I think I don't understand the flow of the name tags in replies yet.

[@somethingsomethinggr]

craigozland My original comment was a response to pitmie's original comment about the comparison of the T125 to modern F1 cars. You do know that the car in this video is not an actual F1 car right? The T125 is a track car based on an F1 car that anyone with enough money can buy. It doesn't have an F1 engine or gearbox. It has a 3.5L engine with 640 bhp that revs just over 10 000 rpm with a 6 speed gearbox and can only do 186 mph. A current 1.5L v6 turbo F1 car would be faster than a T125 around a track.

[@SpeedyMcCool417]

1:07 Stig's happy face.

[@tellrich9105]

GP2 engine GP2 engine (Fernando Alonso Japan GP

[@sierraacharlie]

1:07

[@dylnbxtr]

Clarkson makes a pretty good point about tyre temperature and soft compounds. You wouldn’t really think about the fact that it would require a few laps just to get some temp in, for 1 lap.

[@RRVCrinale]

Reminds me of a clip of Senna demonstrating his skills behind the wheel of a kart for a TV show in Japan. He spent the first part of his session driving around the track in the opposite direction because he needed temp in the tires, then once he finished his warmup lap, he whipped right around and gunned it. The difference in pace was stark.

[@HECKproductions]

the stig seemed really uncomfortable probabaly because the track is too small for that kind of car

[@jackass5066]

It was jean alesi driving

[@nicolasgarcia248]

@@jackass5066 nah..Alesis hands are allways at 11 and 1 oclock ...i think he was Perry mcarty (Andrea moda driver)

[@JoshuaPlays99]

@@nicolasgarcia248 There's literally only one way to hold that steering wheel.

[@nicolasgarcia248]

@@JoshuaPlays99 ap01 prost alesi....are you Shure?

[@jackass5066]

@@nicolasgarcia248 They obviously couldn't make it too obvious that it was Jean alesi but the car/open wheeler came with jean alesi.

[@dylnbxtr]

“Not quite the sound of an F1 Car” 😂😂😂 Little did he know what was ahead.

[@bartholemewthesecondjr162]

We are in the dark ages

[@bfapple]

@@bartholemewthesecondjr162 They sound way way better in real life.

[@frzzzdtm]

@@bfapple kinda agree,there are so many people say the same. yeah maybe better than 2014 sound

[@bfapple]

@@frzzzdtm I’ve been to Silverstone for V8s and V6. I actually think the V6T sounds better.

[@Concodroid]

@@bfapple Yeah, it seems to be much better now. I think it mostly comes down to hearing it irl vs digitally, because digitally it seems that the v6t is by far the least liked engine. Modern v6t, anyway

[@Larroseba]

0:16 Ayrton Senna: I don't see a problem there

[@mohammed_the_train_spotter]

Underrated comment

[@pXmTS]

Verstappen and Schumacher also want to talk with the person, who made the discission not to drive in the rain

[@bfapple]

@@pXmTS 9/10 wet races, Hamilton will win.

[@hu2tait374]

@@bfapple 2021 Hungary

[@bfapple]

@@hu2tait374 Bottas nuked everyone, so it’s rather irrelevant.

[@Master1906]

1:15 - You can clearly see the diffuser in action

[@Concodroid]

Nice catch!

[@adamdickinson2894]

Think about stig, imagine his job being able to to drive all these amazing cars

[@roddydykes7053]

Adam Dickinson yeah I’ve read his book, a lot of his stunt jobs sound hard as hell, and you really only get one crack at it cause you can’t be wrecking super expensive cars

[@Daisudori]

u know its multiple guys right

[@paffomi5110]

Daisudori It has been multiple (but fairly few) people over the course of several years

[@nswhorse]

What about that poor bugger, The Ben Collins? One 3 car test, and then sacked.

[@eun5oo280]

@@nswhorse You mean Perry McCarthy? Ben did it for 7 years until his identity was revealed.

[@dmb1892]

I miss Clarkson's top gear so much.

[@brammichielsen6091]

dmb1892 me too

[@kycklinglampa]

go and watch the grand tour then?

[@fcbfan7945]

kycklinglampa It's not the same :(. (still better than the new top gear)

[@sparksk8er]

TGT season 2 ;)

[@projectjt3149]

Too bad he crossed the line

[@bryanmasis1595]

New reasonably priced car??

[@thogu9341]

@anonymous for basically an f1 car...

[@YaseenAli-zn9ej]

Bryan Masis dude a real f1 car is worth 30 million

[@superlight1999]

@@YaseenAli-zn9ej because it's not a real f1 car that's why it's cost under a million.

[@YaseenAli-zn9ej]

Syafiq Kaiser yeah ik

[@jeremytheimer7443]

it is reasonably priced.

[@appelpower1]

1:52 Damnit, I was about to make that same joke in the comments, only with a competitive car and the 2015 Manor.

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

somehow a f2 car from 2010 is still faster than a 2019 Williams FW42

[@TNTHammer]

@@KitKitChanIsaac and F2 today is faster than F1 in 2014...

[@SeahawkSTRIKE]

RIP Manor

[@Altern8One]

​@@KitKitChanIsaac: Or HAAS VF-21

[@tralalaklak]

that exit speed is just mindblowing

[@nickdrivesamiata7767]

And now the KZbinr Casey Putsch owns this exact car! For those who don't know who he is, he runs a non profit called Genius Garage that allows engineering students to design, develope, and test race cars to get hands on with their education in a very fun and rewarding environment.

[@HirschPower]

I knew I wasn’t the only one who came here to discuss that!

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

He built a real Batmobile too.

[@therealjuralumin3416]

i bet you that was Jean Alesi driving

[@davidanderssonify]

it was

[@MrEc145]

No it was Ben Collins

[@esotarious]

Definitely Alesi. They mention time and time again that most F1 drivers take the first corner wide, and the same applies here. Ben always took a tighter line if you watch some of his power laps.

[@cianlynch6494]

Räikkönenfanbenny Collins was sacked when this was made

[@TheAventadorSV]

Nope Susan Boyle

[@dylano468]

GP2 engine GP2 engine (Fernando Alonso Japan GP

[@Huntresa]

It was actually desgined with the help of a driver from GP2 Series, and he says it has ALOT more grip then a GP2 car, also it has Ground Effect!

[@CaenFilms]

imagine having a TV show and you could ask someone like Lewis Hamilton or Fangio to drive whatever car you wanted to talk about lol

[@MikeCR31]

Actually the grooves also provided a greater transition period into Intermediates from Dry weather tyres, so there was a safety benefit there - that said, it also limited the cornering speed significantly which I believe was the main issue. But you're definitely right about the time gain with slicks! What I'd give to see an F2004 on slicks...

[@souloftheage]

Could you?. Many try. Few succeed. The power to weight ratio is unbelievable...and scary for most

[@Oplix]

British humor is the greatest. I love you guys.

[@PeterKKraus]

Schumi thinking the whole time..."Never sign with Lotus"

[@TeamOdiffat]

? He wasn’t driving

[@antonman1234]

This isn't shumi

[@superlight1999]

Never signed with Lotus? Lots of winning before happen to be Lotus team.

[@donadoni468]

@@antonman1234 it actually was Schumi

[@theultimatef1geek463]

@@donadoni468 Nope he Wasn't. He only drove HIS FXX once on TG.

[@D3HuC]

This one looks prettier than modern F1 cars. Modern ones look like BMW 740Li long and nonproportional

[@blainy-o93]

+D3HuC That's probably because it's based on a 2011 GP2 car, not a 2015/16 F1 car...

[@peenutben]

the 2017 cars look amazing

[@charliemurphy5507]

D3HuC You are crazy

[@Malc180s]

Nah they looked awful

[@jujiide6922]

jonny j I loved the Ferrari and the Mercedes. They're still the fastest cars ever man

[@Veilside1000HP]

Amazing how Kimi Raikkonen can be #3 right now with a Lotus car, if you give him a better car I think he might we world champion.

[@stevesolo16]

There are more affordable engines available to build F1 cars of ten years ago. Judd v8 and v10s, and Cosworth v8 are used by private teams in BOSS GP series that make the same power as today. The advantage todays F1 is in Aero and the lighter weight of the package.

[@KevinNguyenWho]

Seriously, people need to stop moaning about the V6s. I was against it in the beginning, but after seeing the action the 2014 cars have provided; I'd rather have proper racing than noise.

[@NillerMann]

I'd rather have proper racing AND noise!

[@KretinoSantino]

V6 isn't the case, revlimiter is. And I don't see proper racing.

[@kuhne]

Epic, proper, incredible racing!!!.....between the two Mercedes cars. Of course every now and again they fail and it makes for a good race

[@DAVE0DENIS01]

proper racing? i never knew seeing one team is proper racing yes sure Daniel has won 3 races but it is going to be hard for any other driver to win. yes sure that happened with the v8's not as much but it still happened but if they wanted to make it more interesting they should have put the turbo's in the v8's and the eers unit because they would be going faster and it wouldn't just be Mercedes winning and not just red bull.

[@kuhne]

DAVE0DENIS01 I don't mind it that much as long as both Mercedes have a good race, the problem is when Red Bull was on top Vetel was alone because Mark Webber would manage to lose even if he had a jet in there.

[@umarhaneef6371]

0:34 Little did Jeremy know that's what F1 was going to sound in the future

[@AlexanderWolle]

"GP2 Engine! GP2" Arggghhh!"

[@SiQuemaCuhh]

Man how I wish this show still existed with these three hosts. There isn’t any other automotive show (besides theirs new show on Amazon now) that is any good. They made 3 host work better than I’ve seen. Man I wish I could have seen Max,Fernando,Lando,Carlos,Charles all come do a hot lap. how time flies, I remember being a 13 enjoying such an adult show. BBC y’all did some magic with this show. What a shame, what a shame.

[@Abyss375]

It would have been more relevant to compare it with a modern day GP2 car.

[@hanslindquist4183]

I ❤ that sound.

[@TheQuestionTheAnswer]

"about the same pace as a current Lotus F1 car" 😂😂

[@PG-20]

1:15 If you cut that corner in an actual F1 car, you'd spin off into one of those 747's

[@matthewcoupeofficial]

“not quite the sound of an F1 car” eight years later.....

[@krisztiankovacs1014]

wait until they make the F1 cars full-electric o.o

[@JohlBrown]

the fog out the back of the wing when he goes over the ditch at follow through

[@johnarmstrong2679]

Still the best Top Gear commentators. Miss the original series. Clarkson irreplaceable!

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

I always remember having a black F1 Lotus with my Scalextric.. Great fun.

[@CameronEvansVincerlab]

More like the 2019 Williams F1 car. Am I right?

[@trife86]

No

[@johnllie]

Lmao in todays standards yes

[@lnascar7401]

LOTUS T125 ❤️❤️❤️

[@LednacekZ]

Hammond and May laughing at the end and having no idea what Clarkson just said

[@WayneRandall]

Most of us, including James and Richard, knew exactly what he said. It was you and six other blokes that missed it. You should watch more old Top Gear.

[@connor6984]

Hey, that’s a Rodin Fzed

[@daithihalleran7279]

You already know it's Michael Schumacher when he can do this

[@antonsamuelsson1317]

No

[@panchox7909]

i think this time is jean alesi.. look the work of the hands... and the head angle in the apex

[@adammclaughlin845]

Ironically it may not have sounded like an F1 car at the time - but it does now.

[@0510wa]

This stig was one heck of a driver

[@teemas10]

The 2006 Renault had a V10 (V8 I think in this car) . Also more down-force due to the FIA wanting to slow the cars down. (2009 regulations were changed)

[@sethburgess8211]

The 06 Renault had a V8, As per the regs. 2009 rule changes were to make it easier to follow another car without a massive aero drop off not to slow the cars down.

[@jacksonp.928]

Yeah, but the Renault that was on the show was a 2005...Faster than a 2006 car....

[@sethburgess8211]

Jackson P. cool story brotato

[@jacksonp.928]

Calm down....

[@schumifan78]

The 2006 Renault F1 had a 2.4L v8, as did every other car on the grid in 2006..

[@MikeCR31]

Thing is though there's a lot more to the current pace than that. Downforce is significantly greater at the front and rear than 04/05 era cars due to the change in regulations regarding height of the rear wing and the distance between the track and the front wing - the latter having a considerable increase in downforce gain. That said the miniature planes designed to funnel area and cancel out vortexes to improve aero efficiency are no longer allowed, same with double diffusers. It's complex!

[@redluca56]

The 59 second lap Renault is in a completely different league to the current F1 cars which have 150 less horsepower, plus the T125 is on a par with GP2 and Formula Renault 3.5 cars.

[@stephencrompton4352]

[insert vacuum cleaner joke about V6 F1 cars]

[@ultrapornobomber]

That´s so amazing! Those F1 cars are so fast! In my opinion, it´s so impressive, that they´re about 45sek faster than the supercars like Lambo and so on!!!

[@filippodardi2180]

It's more like 20ish seconds faster, but impressive nonetheless :)

[@ilmaio]

Weights 1/3. What did you expect?

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Current-gen cars (2021) could probably get sub-50s. Sad to think that if this iteration of TG was still on, we would've probably found out too.

[@jakubkrcma]

J+J+R = the TRUE Top Gear

[@Paulkassiopi97]

great car the stig was pleased as punch,great cars as always on top gear,

[@petercallaghan9851]

Sadly it was raining! We;ll, fuck me, it's England. Thanks for deporting my G-g-g-g-g-g-g-grandad to the penal colonies. It's been sunshine, surf and paradise ever since!

[@Knosken39]

I’ve heard Stig prefers Ferrari but you know how hard it is working with Ferrari

[@nj3005]

He crashes less than Maldonado

[@evann5451]

That’s not hard

[@ZeldaACFan17]

0:36 that's the sound of "GP2!"

[@ZeldaACFan17]

GP2 is now Formula 2

[@wdowa94]

NOW F1 car! Imagine F1 in top gear :D

[@VideosTubeCh]

how about top gear in f1

[@bulleto8192]

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[@E-Brightvoid]

Would love to hear Ben Collins thoughts on that wild machine

[@roastingminer6919]

Sounds better than the modern vacuum cleaner Disappointed

[@chompette_]

@iVodafone has some extra ground effects i think. or a big diffuser, not sure but theres something unlimited about the underfloor aero :)

[@alexgallardo6257]

GP2 engine, GP2 engine! AAAARGHH!!!

[@155salvo]

Ragazzi che manico questo Stig!!!!

[@xsilentbulletsx]

it would be nice to see every driver from f1 take their car around the track and have a little competition, every team puts up 50,000 and the winner takes all and donates it to a charity.

[@filippodardi2180]

Ahahah, that would have been really nice :)

[@johnnyboy3949]

That sounds so much better then today’s F1 cars and it isn’t even an F1 car

[@eduardomunoz3344]

I LOVE f1

[@calvinv3478]

Genius garage has this car on their channel

[@alirezaafshar8857]

I’m just sitting on my couch in 2020 and I’m just wondering how uncomfortable the audience must be for just standing there and watching 3 dudes talk about cars for hours on end, like could top gear not afford to buy chairs😂😂

[@arteonyx]

at least tgt got benches

[@z32twinturbo13]

The way he just pushes the car. Hollyshit man

[@thevinceberry]

Would you buy this Lotus or the Enzo FXX, or P1 GTR ? I think all cost 1 million+ and you can't keep it at your garage

[@colejones6312]

Lotus:)

[@boomstick900]

I would buy that white/gold blue/black dress.

[@XTrollxArchX]

P1 GTR

[@BURZUMskyline]

this lotus costs more than 1 million

[@karlpeart4320]

***** no it costs 650,000

[@Juniper458]

Sounds almost like a Cosworth DFV! Amazing sound!

[@dinisssousa]

The f1 car is super fast in top gear track.

[@dinisssousa]

...

[@karlpeart1752]

Incredible machine

[@PungaDeGunoi]

i want to see sting on RB7 :)

[@andreasjohnsson8854]

The F1 car is made for tracks like that

[@MrDragonballzjp]

sounds like a GP2 engine, not much of an F1

[@Tobias611]

Jeffrey Pluemjit because it isn't a f1 car,it's just designed like one

[@Dendynugrohoo]

Jeffrey Pluemjit it is a GP2

[@ajw1045]

It doesn't sound like a gp2 and it isn't a gp2.

[@projectjt3149]

The steering wheel looks like GP2 steering wheels as well. But, it seems there's more downforce on the T125. From what Alesi mentioned about the car, it may be because they did put ground effect on this car.

[@MikeCR31]

That was meant to say funnel 'air' by the way! .. But yeah, weight regulations, gearboxes, KERS, DRS, exhausts, engine covers... There's vastly more to the per lap performance of the car than simply how much fuel, what size engine, and even the rev limit. Factoring in the different circuits it's easy for a modern F1 car to be faster in one sector than in 04/05 then slower in the next. Losing traction control doesn't make them slower either, it just requires greater finesse on part of the driver.

[@chaoszombie9995]

I did this in Forza 6! I got 1:30.09 in the e23.

[@dazburnside7340]

Nearly as slow as the reasonably priced car

[@chaoszombie9995]

:P

[@Turbyo]

I'll give it a try myself.

[@Turbyo]

55.9

[@frosts1956]

this car is so much slower than the one in fm6

[@reanetsemashoene1725]

I love how stig can drive anything

[@ignatberkut9263]

вери гуд

[@F1addict09]

People are forgetting the 2004 cars time around the top gear test track was set in damp conditions

[@ryukenhondaraiden]

i think around the 00's williams made a couple lap records too with the bmw engine cars

[@bugsbugs42]

You are right, but this car is built to GP2 specs, it will have a 4.0 v8, rev to 10,500rpm and have around 650bhp. Also the bodywork is near identical to GP2 and overall its lap speed is equivalent.

[@alexanderwingeskog758]

As we know who this Stig is it must have been little dream come true... as for most of us petrolheads :-)

[@CharlieTMZ]

LOL at his face 0:23

[@theburkett67]

He called the pile of tires in the turn, "Chicago". LOL

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

The corner’s name is Chicago

[@theburkett67]

@@Shakes-Off-Fear Well, I did not know that. It makes perfect sense now. lol

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Check out its times around Yas Marina, not even close. Perhaps competitive with the first gen GP2s, but definitely not the Dallara built chassis. I'd say it's on par with the old F3000s, very similar spec.

[@Huntresa]

I guess you didnt hear Jean Alesi when he says the floor guarantees 60% downforce, thats not something a flat floor does, also he says it when they compare it to the 90s which also had flat floors so yeah this is more then a flat floor. Its prob the same as the new World Series By Renault Car which also runs modern ground effect.

[@TrackDominantRacer]

There's a guy i always see at my local track day with one of these. he twin turboed it... WHERE DOES HE PUT HIS BALLS!!!

[@stevendasiilva]

but the f1 car they had before was the 2004 renault with the V10, so it was like maybe 850/900HP

[@redluca56]

It has 900 horsepower compared to the T125 which had 640. No I meant in saying that it was the same as a current Lotus F1 car. All the factors are different.

[@cocorocks88]

They do, but its not an official FIA series. Check the FIA website, GP2 isn't on the list of FIA championship, they scrutineer/run the on track events for convenience since they're already there running F1.

[@rodracer4567]

Its louder than an actual F1 car today

[@oldben1800]

Stig drove that will some balls my god

[@derbyjr]

Damn... that’s about as fast as the 2019 Williams!

[@tedarmavan]

FW42 was such a tractor… same for SF1000

[@TheJusticeCross]

What is the time ? The Renault F1 was in 0'59, here it does in 1'03 ?

[@Lolzilol123]

He hasn't changed the way he holds the wheel - if you look closely at the segment with Clarkson driving this car, you can see Alesi driving the car and holding his hands in the '10 and 2' position.

[@F-Man]

I noticed that we really didn't get a clear shot of the driver's hand positioning on the wheel (The one shot we did get was a bit too short to tell for sure). Jean Alesi had a very distinctive grip on the wheel. He used more of a 10-2 position rather than the more traditional 9-3. If it was Jean driving, showing his hands would be a dead giveaway.

[@Montreal95]

@vonPelger The Renault did it on dry tires and there was a clear dry line on the track. A current F1 car which is slightly faster than the 2005 Renault would do it in ~57 sec.