TOP GEAR STAR DRIVES CRAIG LOWNDES' V8 SUPERCAR - Colour

[@themoviehobbit355]

Love when James may said that was the best hot lap he’s ever had. Makes me feel proud of Holden’s even more

[@lukedorrington9712]

It is hardly a Holden. They resemble the shape. And it stops there.

[@andysmith4734]

He didn't say it was the best hot lap he's ever had, you muppet.

[@tanthaman]

@@lukedorrington9712 hater

[@Matt_Wilson01]

@@tanthaman he isn’t a hater you 🤡 he is a realist, there’s nothing “Holden” about that car except the shell, educate yourself kid

[@johnnyjrotten59]

@@lukedorrington9712 Yep , Not a Holden - V8 supercars was Skaife and Co Driver based concept as it was more about their vanity than the cars and boy Skaife was vain - They wanted it to be about who was the best driver where the punter wanted it to be about the cars. V8 supercars ruined Holden and Ford as a bloke could not buy one so may as well get a AUDI, or some ricer - Is a reason why the 70s cars are worth so much more than a 2000s one and they were hardly built for longevity.

[@mrpachino6014]

Thats what I love about Aussies..They are good people happy to share their experiences and toys with others. From a kiwi brother. :)

[@423FGFDFHFHV]

Is there a youtube video that shows TOP GEAR STAR DRIVES CRAIG LOWNDES' V8 SUPERCAR because this one doesn't.

[@wooly1950]

Should be called Blokes getting out of Craig Lowndes V8 Car......Super !!!!!

[@lesliebarker5657]

Clarkson drove through car.

[@giocattolo0126]

Yes, i did like it and make it LOL likes. You're welcome

[@andeeznation]

Clarkson didnt drive it lol

[@Skippy-id9yt]

@@andeeznation yeah he did theres footage of him driving from inside he looks squished up.....lol

[@Showmetheevidence-]

The V8 supercar drivers are the real stars!!

[@davidkeep6526]

The memories of hot laps with Mark Larkham in his Mitre 10 car at the first ever Darwin event will top the list of life thrills forever ! No amount of muscle car blats can prepare you for the earth shaking rawness and sheer physical effort required to hold yourself upright and to stop your head bashing the roll cage ! And don't even think of waving to your mate at the pits ! And all thru it Mark is talking to you and explaining suspension adjustments ! Brilliant !😎👍

[@lukeguilfoyle2425]

Wow, lucky man that would’ve been awesome to go for a thrash around Hidden Valley with Larko!

[@warrenjensen4670]

2:30 James May "What's this do?" Craig, perpetual nice guy "That's...hahaha!"

[@TassieLorenzo]

"who's idea was it to put the roll cage across the middle of the windscreen" Larry Perkins' actually. :)

[@ls1pr3dator9]

And it saved Lowndes life in 06

[@jaykecraig6708]

Speedyway drivers in the 70s actually

[@jasonfleming6447]

It's called the Larry bar.

[@peterbarber7613]

@@ls1pr3dator9 in 05

[@Biggertonka]

lowndes, one of the true decent blokes left in this world.

[@egyptology22]

That's a big call

[@BeamRider100]

Rollcage across the windscreen, that's called a Larry-bar as Larry Perkins cars first had it. Makes a huge difference for front end cage stiffness.

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

also reduces the chance of a wheel and tyre entering the cabin.

[@mint_au]

@@BornAgainCynic0086 this^^^^^

[@Pault17]

There is almost no point to this video. Why didn't they show the lads inside the car while on the laps?

[@aaronleverton2400]

Because this is B-roll footage. Obviously.

[@skylined5534]

You got to hear all that v8 goodness... what's not to like?

[@mint_au]

@@skylined5534 we clicked on the vid expecting to hear them talking and reactions if not we would e have looked up lowndes’s Vodafone be commodore raw footage

[@S2Sturges]

That's at the Holden track up near Jacob's Well.... Very cool

[@basingold3651]

To answer your question Jeremy, it was Larry Perkins idea to put the roll bar across the windscreen. Hence the reason it was called the "Larry bar"

[@lemiwinks7794]

basjon ingold didn't lowndes cop a tyre in the windshield at Bathurst mid 2000s? lucky it was there

[@basingold3651]

Lemiwinks Yes in 2005

[@jarnosaarinen4583]

Yes that bar is the reason Lowndes is breathing!

[@R3V0LV3R45]

Yep it’s ironic that JC would mention the bar that saved the life of the bloke who was driving him.

[@andrewdods2236]

Isn't it just ? Proper British irony ...

[@BadDriversOfTheIllawarra]

Clarkson and Lowndes plus a Commodore, EPIC!!!!

[@SVPSkins]

Im no Holdon fan (Ford myself) but god that thing sounds amazing

[@bennichols1113]

I'm sorry you lost a great enemy.

[@benos4x4adventures49]

I Just want A lift to the Shops..which way ya going...LOL 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@4x4Tinny]

Well theres 4 minutes of my life I'll never get back!

[@kdobbinhale]

There is 10 more seconds mate.

[@pillockbrain]

For once Motor-Mouth Wanker Clarkson had little to say.. these edited clips were a bit of a disappointment, I hoped to see some fast laps with the Poms driving...

[@lorditsprobingtime6668]

SCOTTI BOY. And his wife says he exaggerates way too much lol.

[@lukew2072]

"I just want a lift to the shops mate what way are you going?" "that way."" yeah cool I jump in if that's alright." lolololololol

[@turbo-anet]

I didn't see that, I was marshalling there. They have been limited in previous years, must have upped the ratios slightly. Still, they can be quicker than 310km/h.

[@Lolzilol123]

At Bahurst this year, Will Davison only barely, if at all, hit the limiter into the chase (3.15 diff I believe, which would be about 306 km/h). I don't think the V8's are as quick as the GT3's even if they were unlimited.

[@peterbarber7613]

Lolzilol. They have had limiters for years and most of the top drivers are on the limiter into the chase

[@ReplyNI]

Love V8 Supercars! Best racing on tv.

[@v8sainter]

it is the Paul Morris V8 SuperSchool track - which i think is near Jacob's well.

[@stiksoldier]

@imtangent yes theres almost no insulation as the drivers run a cool suit during races

[@turbo-anet]

Also note that he probably means the Bathurst lap when the V8s are limited by gearing to 299.9km/h, while the Ferrari is not.

[@Epicbusinesstools]

@imtangent The other point is that it was really hot on the day that they were doing the film-shoot, so it was easy to get the temperature up.

[@michaelmarshall1713]

This is the outtakes from the Australian Show with The main two from the UK it would seem ?

[@MrNeilRoberts]

I think someone deleted the actual lap footage ? 😮

[@keithingram1872]

CRAIG!!!! YOU ARE A TRUE LEGEND!!! MUCH EESPECT MY BROTHER

[@christianhorner001]

Who were the old blokes with the V8 supercars driver stars?

[@mrrberger]

0:50 to stop the Kangaroos on the mountain coming though and hitting you!

[@kingawags]

I did get a laugh from 'what does this do?' though.. Almost got him.

[@markhormann]

And WHERE was the actual footage of Clarkson & May driving... was it censored or something (still a cool video all the same)?! ;-(

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

Hey people, this footage is just a B part and this is just a promo shoot for the Australian Top Gear Live, with the Original Top Gear boys here to help launch it.

[@Jason-rs6co]

was this the trailer for the video

[@lorditsprobingtime6668]

I was hoping it would be at the Bathurst track. I've driven and ridden around it but always aware that when it's open as a public road they are just waiting for idiots to play race driver on it and there goes your license, so always at speed limits. I also thought for that it should be a really hot lap with each of the Top Gear crew and sensors in their suits to know when (not if) they crapped themselves. My bet would be coming down through the bends down off the mountain. You can watch that race as much as you like but you'll never get any idea what that must be like at their speeds till you've actually driven down it. After trying to imagine whipping through those tight bends at that speed and it being a steeper downhill run than it looks on telly that's the part where I'd soil myself if I was in the car with Craig or any of the other top drivers. Right now I'm on our Gold Coast where the Super Cars will be racing on the streets here this weekend in the big GC600, I'm not going for health reasons this year though.

[@colinstewart1432]

Because it's so well known, possible penalties for racing on bathurst public roads include but not limited to A : having your balls lowered into a live toaster. And B : Being pelted with cyanide - coated hedgehogs . After that they get really serious 🤣🤣🤣

[@lorditsprobingtime6668]

@@colinstewart1432 Echidnas! We aint got no hedgee hogs here in OZ. Having your nuts shoved into a live hot toaster sound more appealing to me than going for a run with one of the better drivers around that track. It is an awesome track but, bloody scary, and I have done a bit of racing myself. Bathurst is something different, something good but scary as hell too.

[@colinstewart1432]

@@lorditsprobingtime6668 I reckon you're right there. I'd still like a drive round there with one of the top drivers though. 👍

[@lorditsprobingtime6668]

@@colinstewart1432 I have no way of knowing if you're in Australia or if so, whether you've ever been around that track but, it is kinda legendary for good reasons. I can't think of any other track quite like it, it's very fast in places, near 200 mph fast! It's shockingly tight, twisty and bloody steep going down through the very tight twisty's coming down off the mountain and despite having some racing experience myself, I'd be staining my pants, even if I was driving, if I was doing it at race speeds. If you're not personally experienced with it, and I did grew up religiously watching what way back was the Hardie Ferodo 500 (miles back then) and yet was completely surprised by just how insane these guys are to be screaming around there, especially that twisty section coming down, holy crap it's so much steeper and tighter than you ever could realise just watching the race. The record (unless it's been broken since) is 2.03 which is just NUTS!!! I honestly can not get my head around covering that whole long circuit in that tiny amount of time. There's plenty of videos about racing around there but if you want to see a pretty good example of a VERY fast qualifying solo lap you could search for a vid by a channel called "IWrocker" titled " NASCAR Fan Reacts to the ACTUAL Bathurst FASTEST Lap Record " which gives a 'pretty' good idea. The same guy has another one titled " American Reacts to Walking On Mount Panorama - It's Huge!! - Bathurst, Australia " which 'helps' give you a bit of an idea how crazy the track is. It's nearly 600 foot of elevation change from top to bottom, a lap is 6.213km around and can be as steep as 1 in 6.13 which somehow doesn't sound that much but, drive around it and for me, especially the run down off the mount and that stretch which has destroyed SO MANY cars seems impossible when you actually drive down it, even at legal road speeds, the speeds they fly down it just seems utterly impossible. I do agree it would be a huge adrenalin buzz going on a hot lap with one of the top drivers, just not for me, I'd have died of a heart attack about 3 seconds after he took off. Getting around that track in barely over 2 minutes after having been around it and seeing exactly how tight, how twisty AND how insanely fast it is in places just does not seem even possible.

[@colinstewart1432]

@@lorditsprobingtime6668 Thanks for that I appreciate it. As it happens, I'm in UK.👍

[@MrGarbezzy]

"There r 3 things I want from this car in my car. The brakes those feet n those hands." lol. Funniest response I heard.

[@terryrumble8500]

They should have waited untill Bathurst and taken them each for a hot lap around the track at full noise. Would have liked to see each of there faces and watching them trying to hang on 😂😂😂 and to appreciate how good our aussie driver's and supercars really are and to see why Bathurst is the best race track in the world.

[@MyMadmaz]

living out in the cane field area was a quiet day until you could hear the sound of V8 in the air

[@mammo8369]

how can that be when at the recent bathurst race on the weekend, the cars were doing 310km plus down the main hill ?

[@MrSealion59]

What are Shane's glasses?

[@Epicbusinesstools]

Is this the HDT track at Jacob's Well Q!d?

[@prooverkll019]

At 3:20 does that second guy look like Roman Atwood

[@TrackRecord3455]

I thought this track was Norwell on the GoldCoast

[@debbiethemadbee]

@thomasandy I'm guessing he's doing Aus next year as he and James alternate. James is doing this year like last year and Hammond did the two years before last. So I'm guessing it's Richard's turn next year.

[@failtolawl]

those sound... so... amazing

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

@mammo8369 There is no Carrera GT racing in Australia. Unless you mean the GT3 CUP in which case - no they do not lap faster. GT3's are production based then V8 Supercars are as close as you can get to an open wheel formula in a tin top. I'd love to know which track they are 2.5 seconds slower (and source). A full monocoque chassis and a race built engine and gear box means they are going to beat any production based vehicle. Even Tony Quinns Noble M12 is well off the pace of the V8s

[@BryonLape]

Why didn't they show Clarkson's lap?

[@uwot9021]

Where is this from I haven't seen this before

[@raininglemons9435]

Australia. V8 supercar. thats a really one one though. thats a proper aussie car

[@SuburbanConan]

Who drove what to where now????

[@TheFridge]

Whose idea was it to put the roll cage across the windscreen? Larry Perkins, hence the name - The Larry bar. Has saved at least one life...

[@sedoble]

@TheBarryviper yes it's "Kenny"

[@andeeznation]

60 degrees? No fucking way!! At 40 im dying

[@lovegun6990]

@scotty688 yea i know what you mean when he first started when 888 was better electrical he was happy to sign autographs but know he doesn't do any of that which sucks

[@markflynn2294]

How about actually showing them during the lap, not before and after. Hearing their comments during the lap would've been more interesting.

[@Mr1800hillbilly]

I know, I was totally devastated not one piece of in-car racing lap footage!! What a waste of a unique experience with some of the greats in that awesome sounding machine! 👎👎

[@peterdatechmen5506]

Copyright would deny the Clarkson driving bit being shown as it was all for their show

[@TheTorri98]

Was this in a Top Gear episode?

[@tazman3124]

@mammo8369 the carrera gt isnt a rotary? Porsche have never made a rotary engined car.

[@Colhard]

Pity about the sound quality

[@vlfreak]

voda crew laughing, clapping and pointing while v8sc revs in the background = lowndes being a hoon as only he can :D

[@Daimo988]

gahh....show us clarksons full lap! damn

[@thomasandy]

where is hammond?

[@mammo8369]

so what was the whole point to your reply ????

[@MrSilverfish12]

The guy at 0:30 acted in The Bourne Legacy!!! LOL

[@aussiefirie]

Shayne Jacobson?

[@AVportau]

pffft.... no actual footage of James or Jeremy driving the 888?... you just become PedalCarTVNews to me.

[@MelodyMan69]

Shane did not lose much weight...

[@rhyssiebert9884]

iv taken a hot lap with one of those its fucking mental

[@lozzieelizadesigns05]

Ah watching supercar videos night before Bathurst

[@lpBren]

@r1inoz Shane Jacobson, presenter in Top Gear Australia

[@truckeemick2486]

i wish i had some too shane. nice?

[@selfmedikasie]

thats Where i live!!! 5 min drive near jacobs well

[@looking8030]

Thank god it’s in colour 😂

[@jermstaallen4913]

Yeah can we at least see the footage of them in it doing the laps and Clarkson driving it 🤷‍♂️

[@karenking3004]

Where was Hammond, his cuteness?

[@davegoldspink5354]

Pity they never showed the laps.

[@racerguy6979]

Ummm. Never seen them drive. Im so confused

[@raceyrache8463]

I would’ve liked to see Ben Collins give it a drive. Then you would really see his skill

[@azzajames7661]

All I know is,.... "He's called the Stig" 😜

[@michaellivesey4354]

He tried Bathurst a few years ago...he got in everyone's way..top drivers wanted to kill him

[@drabhand]

At 0.55 Clarkson realises he's about to shit himself and Lowndsy laughs.

[@joneff9713]

So that's all we get then?

[@jacksonhenry2586]

The words Super and Commodore should never be in the same sentence

[@skitz2813]

When Shane thought top gear Australia was going to take off lol

[@TheNickchriss]

Well it's not often Jeremy is quiet.

[@Addaz669]

Shane Jacobsen should be the next presenter of Top Gear!!! How good would that be? Have an aussie in the hot seat.

[@AusJMR85]

i had to keep turning the volume up and down.. annoying.. but good footage

[@turbo-anet]

It's not about me making up my mind, it's about you being able to read and understand physics. The gearing is limiting. Gears have ratios. In V8 supercars they are limited by the ratio to stop excessive and unsafe speeds. Take the insults to some other internet battle keyboard warrior.

[@blainesellars1548]

This one these videos were u go why is this guy filming u leave here saying to yourself this could’ve been a lot a better

[@willrobinson4089]

Where's 'HAMMOND'!?

[@IN2Fookes88]

It's about safety. The V8 Supercars cannot maintain the high speeds of the GT cars because of handling. Hence why they are slower, yet the drivers are getting the most of the cars.

[@mammo8369]

@UltimateFighting666 someone removed there comments in fear of humiliation....CHECK MATE !!

[@deanthiessen7306]

Auto shows dont have stars ,they have hosts!

[@christidmas3995]

That was like ordering a nothing burger and getting just that.HOPELESS.

[@michaelandrew4488]

Who the F edited this ?

[@turbo-anet]

Keep up with the conversation, or read it again before replying, either way. The V8 supercar could be faster than the Ferrari if the ratios were allowed to be changed. The COTF will set new records next year either way.

[@Brosk1s]

They are real Fords and Holdens just that they were taken from the factory when they were still chassis and stuff and made into V8 Supercars with bigger engines, METAL panels and modifyed to go to 300km/hr

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

Every car workshop should have a Clarkson...he is a complete tool.

[@whyyoulidl]

This needs YTP'ing...

[@memberHD]

@cosmictywlite you have no idea

[@JayJay-_]

Lowndesy needs a bar across the middle of his windscreen.. to stop the kangaroos!

[@Helljumper774]

funny part i want lift to the shop what way u going lol

[@mrp510]

On TV Lowndes comes across as a nice guy...well, I've got news for you.

[@garethburke9943]

Yes CL LEGEND

[@karru_06denis81]

Richard Hammond Did Or Didn't Went To Australia With Jeremy Clarkson And James May, There's 2 Different Types Of Top Gear Casts, U.K Casts And Aussie Casts, More Than 2, No? Alright.

[@koitorob]

Three actually mate. Britain, Australian, and Yankydoodle!