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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home The Stig gets behind the wheel of the F1-style T125 and puts it through it's paces on the Top Gear track.
In this episode, Jeremy Clarkson and James May embark on a trip to the British seaside in two new electric cars, taking an impromptu and thoroughly informative visit to Lincoln along the way.
Richard Hammond meets the world's most extraordinary rally team and another celebrity guest hits the track in the Reasonably Priced Car. Plus the Lamborghini Aventador flexes its muscles on the track.
Top Gear | Series 17 Episode 6 | BBC Two
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[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@SpeedyMcCool417]

1:07 Stig's happy face.

[@tellrich9105]

GP2 engine GP2 engine (Fernando Alonso Japan GP

[@sierraacharlie]

1:07

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Master1906]

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

[@Concodroid]

Nice catch!

[@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

[@MPHammer]

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

[@SeahawkSTRIKE]

RIP Manor

[@Altern8One]

​@@KitKitChanIsaac: Or HAAS VF-21

[@goldgamercommenting2990]

As you can see stig is born for this The actor for the stig is an F1 driver and as you can see… the F1 not only made stig adaptable but crushed a few records

[@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.

[@ThatRedNismo]

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

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

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

[@reanetsemashoene1725]

I love how stig can drive anything

[@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!

[@AlexanderWolle]

"GP2 Engine! GP2" Arggghhh!"

[@Oplix]

British humor is the greatest. I love you guys.

[@155salvo]

Ragazzi che manico questo Stig!!!!

[@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

[@eduardomunoz3344]

I LOVE f1

[@Juniper458]

Sounds almost like a Cosworth DFV! Amazing sound!

[@sonnylindfield3771]

That was awesome.

[@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.

[@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

[@karlpeart1752]

Incredible machine

[@0510wa]

This stig was one heck of a driver

[@NN-ug8ll]

"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

[@Paulkassiopi97]

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

[@JohlBrown]

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

[@Abyss375]

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

[@dylano468]

GP2 engine GP2 engine (Fernando Alonso Japan GP

[@shcaskey]

I bet he enjoyed that ride!!

[@undisturbednaturalworldd3102]

hello-iwe never seen a car go that fast -thanks 4 t vid

[@daithihalleran7279]

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

[@antonsamuelsson1317]

No

[@adammclaughlin845]

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

[@gnarStache]

need me one of these

[@HimboJimbo]

I miss these guys

[@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.

[@alexgallardo6257]

GP2 engine, GP2 engine! AAAARGHH!!!

[@E-Brightvoid]

Would love to hear Ben Collins thoughts on that wild machine

[@Barettix]

RIP great mr. Gambon

[@wdowa94]

NOW F1 car! Imagine F1 in top gear :D

[@VideosTubeCh]

how about top gear in f1

[@bulleto8192]

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[@PungaDeGunoi]

i want to see sting on RB7 :)

[@bucketslash11]

good point

[@connor6984]

Hey, that’s a Rodin Fzed

[@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.

[@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.

[@lnascar7401]

LOTUS T125 ❤️❤️❤️

[@carsismeZ06]

Look at the venturi tunnels on that thing!

[@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

[@CameronEvansVincerlab]

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

[@trife86]

No

[@johnllie]

Lmao in todays standards yes

[@oldben1800]

Stig drove that will some balls my god

[@stevesolo2952]

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.

[@matthewcoupeofficial]

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

[@krisztiankovacs1014]

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

[@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?

[@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.

[@never_around0010]

That was nice

[@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!

[@roastingminer6919]

Sounds better than the modern vacuum cleaner Disappointed

[@RedfishCarolina]

Dayum he carved Gambon like a scalpel.

[@umarhaneef6371]

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

[@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..

[@nj3005]

He crashes less than Maldonado

[@evann5451]

That’s not hard

[@z32twinturbo13]

The way he just pushes the car. Hollyshit man

[@nibberboy1130]

I miss them

[@ignatberkut9263]

вери гуд

[@dinisssousa]

The f1 car is super fast in top gear track.

[@dinisssousa]

...

[@panchox7909]

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

[@dbmontage]

Nice lap Michael

[@johnarmstrong2679]

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

[@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.

[@Astragon64]

stick is so lucky

[@xismxist]

yeah, that too :P

[@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 :)

[@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

[@derbyjr]

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

[@tedarmavan]

FW42 was such a tractor… same for SF1000

[@panchox7909]

@lcville hi hehe! that's true, but that's oversteer is spectacular and so "alesi" , however i didnt' have seen many videos from stig,. regards

[@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

[@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

[@chompette_]

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

[@GiveMeABloodyUser]

@12scoots34 man i dont know.. i hold myself tight when it comes to corners.. this curb absolutely shreds the underneath of the car

[@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.

[@AlexYeets]

thoses were much definitely words

[@bernandoalfonso1852]

Hard on the brakes!!!

[@nodafy]

It's basically just a GP2 car before it became F2

[@ryukenhondaraiden252]

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

[@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!!!

[@rvind92g]

@Georgeous129 The Renault F1 which came down to the Top Gear track a few years back did its time on a wet track. According to Top Gear time deductions, remove 4 seconds from the actual time to get the time if it did it on perfect conditions. So around 55 seconds. It's a bit hard to do a sub-50 in the V8 cars.

[@MATTierial]

I love Lotuses :D

[@claudiocalarezi2610]

Incrível...

[@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!

[@F1addict09]

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

[@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.