Truck Driving Challenge Part 1: Rig Stig & Power Slide | Top Gear | BBC

Part 1 of 3 truck challenge videos. In this first video Top Gear's very own 'Rig Stig' - The Stig's lorry driving cousin - shows the the Top Gear boys how to do a power slide in a long haul truck. They are then asked to drive valuables to a race circuit. Cue many broken things.
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[@sumairb9978]

"the gear lever's gone up my arse" "right, okay" That crew member said that as if it happens everyday

[@FerroequinologistofColorado]

Yea that's one way to put it

[@defaultclips3487]

Runaway train Productions of the year by the new year of the year by the year of

[@FerroequinologistofColorado]

Kevin Thompson what?

[@rpldjlsej]

jSumair Bawa

[@BalimaarTheBassFish]

bro. its clarkson. it probably does.

[@cecosim]

"After the gear leaver had been removed from Jeremy's bottom, we moved on to the next challenge" has to be one of my top 10 favorite lines from Top Gear

[@armands3153]

"Right, okay."

[@josephj807]

CLARKSON!!! Has to be the best

[@darljunnquinicot8488]

"That's hundreds of miles." "No, it's here you idiot, it's just over there" 😂😂😂

[@crazyjoe4247]

As soon as I saw this the video played it

[@Sanket.vjadhav]

@@crazyjoe4247 exactly same happened to me 😂

[@Bammer2001]

3:33

[@ChillToMusic87]

😂

[@CaptainAmercia]

​@@Sanket.vjadhav Same thing happened to me

[@TJSaw]

"Why are you doing that?" "Because I can't see where I'm going." "But didn't you think of that when you put it on? "No." The most Top Gear conversation ever.

[@hugo2762]

Jeremy doesn't do thinking.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

"The Alpine handling course? That's hundreds of miles." "No, it's not the actual alp-- it's HERE, you idiot. It's just over there."

[@unknownuser8836]

Its top gear we dont do thinking here

[@merdcubed]

Jeremy:'Yeah the gear level has gone up my ass' Rescue: 'RIght...Ok'

[@TraustiGeir]

jakub wojciechowski That medic has clearly seen worse...

[@DystopicEdits]

jarrard rabbecci You have issues.

[@Zoso7050]

KousakaDystopic Because he quoted the video? Okay.

[@dreamchaser1757]

+KousakaDystopic u r so dumb

[@DystopicEdits]

Zoso7050 I wasn't even referring to the guy that quoted the video. Read the comment again.

[@TheLTG]

i love the part where it's like "Oh , this is brilliant" *scratches May's lorry* "OI!"

[@liamultraracer2060]

Not funny

[@bossmansal67]

@@liamultraracer2060 You must be fun at parties

[@liamultraracer2060]

^ this guy is a fuckin snowflake getting mad for me saying something isnt funny.

[@paytondev]

@LiamUltraRacer ur gay lol

[@liamultraracer2060]

^this guy too. Best bit is hes probs the gayest waffle stomper here.

[@applejuice5272]

3:17 "The suspension linkage has come off..." *"On your leg?"* "No! On the lorry!" 😂

[@local38on-tv]

I like how leisurely the stig looked while driving, it’s like he was driving around town normally

[@davecommentator]

"Rig Stig" has been doing that in lorries on tracks for decades....

-"If a lorry driver can do that, why isn't he a brain surgeon?" -"Scale"

[@AanShovon]

didnt get it

[@zynifi]

@@AanShovon same

[@thavien5630]

Hahaha that was a good one!

[@NunOfDoloresDei]

Please explain

[@Carrack090]

Scale refers to the size of ones ability to do things. In this case, a brain surguon deals with significantly smaller things.

[@BountyHunterLetsPlaysOnGoogle]

stigs got way too many cousins. I think theres something funky going on in the family.__.

[@moki1547]

they're Catholic

[@FerroequinologistofColorado]

Yeah you have a point

[@tomschumann2308]

WYO Garage

[@user-gn7wj2iw2z]

Wish he had a Greek and an albanian cousin

[@johnathankrausrig9237]

He learned how to smoke rubber from his father :'D

[@nightw4tchman]

The only lesson I ever took from this episode was to let the lorry go every time. I drive professionally and I always let the lorry go first in every circumstance.

[@TraustiGeir]

Thank you!

[@nubreed13]

Yeah this and seeing safety videos of big rigs crashing when cars get too close are why I give a lot of space between me and a big truck

[@Life_OfEdgar]

6:21 dat bang from the car doe

[@MichaelFlatman]

after the gear lever was removed from jeremys bottom we moved on

[@maartenswinnen6314]

lol

[@paytondev]

I loved the calm music that was playing while May said that lol

[@girl-xk2db]

"the gear lever, it's gone up my arse." "right, ok"

[@NSE465]

Biggest pullout ever

[@troydondada2308]

lllllmmmmmaaaaaooooo

[@DitzyClouds]

the magnum looks actualy cool in all mat black

[@aidansweeney9667]

Like Renault trucks? Their cars are ok, not great, but ok, but the trucks are just poop.

[@Twiggy163]

Ditzy Clouds But will be hot as hell during the summer. Oh wait, Britain... never mind.

[@aidansweeney9667]

Lennart yes, lots of rain over there. not very much where I live in the us, near the atlantic ocean.

[@Twiggy163]

Aidan Sweeney no, the US at the Atlantic coast is hot as hell: NYC was hot as hell and the subway even worse. Columbia (SC) was hot AND humid. I diededed (well atleast it was a shock) when I got off the plane. Some part of my shoes may still be on the deck of the aircraft carrier at Patriots point in Charleston.

[@aidansweeney9667]

Lennart I said I lived near it, not on it. I live about, meh, 400-500 miles into the coast.

[@pyrophiliac0727]

as a truck driver this is one of my favorite episodes.

[@jamesh1208]

There is a German site called autostrada.tv/blog/top-gear-season-12-episode-1/57317/ has like all the early episodes even the first series without James may and a fat man instead i think...

[@TippiGordon]

3:30 May: "That's hundreds of miles." Clarkson: "It's here, you idiot." And I'm dead.

[@DreamPen]

You gotta admit, Rig Stig's skills and that awesome music track does make truck racing look really, really cool.

[@SledgerFromTDS.]

Actually I want to Chat to you about something.

[@BierBart12]

The lorry having one of the most powerful engines you could get in one helps too

[@k.postma3339]

Does anyone know the music btw?

[@davidrenton]

@@k.postma3339 AC/DC Highway to Hell

[@bigguy1943]

It's Highway to hell By AC/DC

[@shubhankarbhingare8807]

I love James's laughter at 5:48 ... Its genuinely cracking him up.

[@floatingnecc4842]

It's like some combination of a goose and a human

[@GLA741]

@@floatingnecc4842 🤣💀🤣💀🤣💀🤣💀🤣💀🤣💀🤣💀 X 1000 100% but for me at first it sounded like a clown car horn or nose with a human laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TDSWar]

@@floatingnecc4842 he’s now a goose lol

[@damer4life528]

H: You know, it could just be a faulty bracket that holds the... J: NO!

[@markedmanmist]

😂🐴😂🐴😂🐴😂🐴😂🐴

[@smeshsmesh9695]

Clarkson: Dying Also Clarkson: refusing to put on seatbelt

[@vauxhallfan676]

Lorry don't have seat belts in them

[@NSAhitLIST]

@@vauxhallfan676 Yes they do however, a goods transport driver is not required to wear a seat belt.

[@vauxhallfan676]

@@NSAhitLIST oh okay mister [redacted] that's good to know thank you

[@dbclass4075]

@@vauxhallfan676 Old models, yes. Newer models have them as standard.

[@vauxhallfan676]

@@dbclass4075 ahhhhhh that does make fair sense Thanks!

[@jasonbaylor9865]

"After the gear lever had been removed from Jeremy's bottom, we moved on to the next challenge" classic top gear

[@Kleavers]

I lost it when Jeremy fell of his chair trying to turn the wheel :D

[@humanofrandom]

***** lorry does not have seatbelt

[@pauldoherty9212]

fikri piky yes they do

[@jenniferstuits550]

same that had me dying :)

[@nj3005]

Kleavers he had something up his “arse”

[@alexanderwingeskog758]

1G (or more ofc) is pretty good traction with when turning but I wonder if that was 1.1 or something... Good traction these trucks!

[@Twiggy163]

"Let the lorry go, always let the lorry go!" I try to, James. I try to. In traffic jams lorries are also the best thing to drive behind since they try to maintain a constant speed instead of filling the gaps.

[@TraustiGeir]

Lennart You are a kind and thoughtful driver. Thank you.

[@supersonicdickhead374]

+Lennart find a truck doing the speed you like and sit behind him, he pushes the air for you and hides you from radar

[@supersonicdickhead374]

Lennart trucks do it to each other

[@supersonicdickhead374]

Lennart I have friends who drive trucks and I've ridden along sometimes.

[@MrByambaa602]

Twig how many windshield have you gone through?

[@lil_lyrix]

"So James, what do you reckon? You can do that?" "Piece of cake." *Famous last words*

[@JamaicanCastle]

How hard _can_ it be?

[@somebody7205]

4:22 they knew what they were doing giving Jeremy that trailer

[@Davemcfc]

You can often tell how old the episodes are by Hamsters dress sense and hair...

[@Zargabaath]

God that necklace though.

[@carlosmakgato8404]

😂😂😂true. He's the only one who's fashion sense has changed up with the times over the years. Other two have always dressed the same.

[@shoqwavebeats8745]

Actually, they all dress like it's the 70z or 80z

[@ogkush3508]

He's a tool always ruined TopGear for me, smug little man.

[@subie1019]

He did have a hair transplant. Jeremy was right

[@roadrunner6181]

3:06 hahah :D J.C : "yeah the gearlever has gone up my ass" medic: "right, okay"

[@BBaker-fr4op]

Firing Clarkson: THE WORST decision to be made in the history of entertainment

[@davidmiatke6758]

Yeah I think they may have realised that by now!!!

[@233Deadman]

At the same time, you can't exactly let your employees get away with twatting another employee.

[@destituteanddecadent9106]

@@233Deadman I know, it's like when you're into someone and you really wanted to make it work but turns out they're a downright racist or homophobe or something and for the sake of principle you can't let it slide. Such a shame for the BBC.

[@oscarpeters5309]

no, it was the right choice

[@local38on-tv]

@@oscarpeters5309 and now modern British top gear is amassing 1 quarter of the views they did when Jeremy and the gang was on it, so a mistake

[@futurecat]

1:46 - Hammond's doghouse with silhouette girl motif cracks me up.

[@pixiesnow7636]

0:14 "Technically, you can't power slide anything." LOL

[@KevinKickChannel]

The fact that he says "technically" makes it even funnier

[@rainierbagatsing1073]

James may got roasted by Richard Hammond

[@chronos7295]

top gear uk will always be better then any other top gear

[@pbfloyd13]

best motoring international.

[@eyalrud3]

Not anymore

[@FerroequinologistofColorado]

Absolutely

[@pbfloyd13]

Runaway train Productions not

[@FerroequinologistofColorado]

pbfloyd13 top gear uk is the best top gear hands down

[@theartoftimelapsemore424]

Jeremy's truck is a 1992 Renault AE Magnum Hammond's truck is a 1994 ERF EC11 May's truck is a 1997 Scania P/R94D

[@bungerroyale112]

5:47 arguably James's best laugh ever

[@legitgamer4346]

5:48 James laughs like a seal

[@pinut187]

LegitGamer434 seals don’t laugh

[@elmokelmu]

Toy Duck + normal Laugh

[@lharless105]

pinut187 r/whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

[@dildonicbeast3738]

Ranger Stark 04 pls don’t link reddit outside of reddit

[@snoepjes]

😂

[@RedSunzaw11]

As a guy who drove a rig for many years, this is hilarious!

[@whovianhistorybuff]

Did your lorry ever try to insert its gear lever in you?

[@suganth8418]

@@whovianhistorybuff 😂

[@darthravo]

Hahaha captain slow indeed @ 1:26

[@stratfordbaby]

2:58 Jezza was a lot thinner then. The good old days!!!!

[@casehamatojones1369]

I *love* how Richard joins in with the horn beeping; not realising Jeremy has been injured, aha. !

[@AidanFarren-Hart]

5:48 - James has the best laugh ever! 😆

[@baranamin5679]

0:32 Hamond triyng to hold him self 😂

[@clarehughes1543]

Richard to James: “Well technically you can’t power slide anything” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cayden2443]

7:32 "Somebody get a move on up there if I have to start from the beginning of my gears again I'll kill myself"

[@jozsefpusztai5479]

Can you imagine anyone else saying "the gear lever has gone up my ass" on TV?

[@febbra2]

And a paramedic saying it's okay?

[@ab-zd3ue]

?

[@Technobitz]

József Pusztai elmo

[@ShinobuSakurazaka]

Trust me, we've seen far worse.

[@nubreed13]

On that 70s show red used to threaten to put his foot up people's asses all the time

[@avishkarnaik2606]

5:13 *If a lorry driver can do that.....why is he not the brain surgeon....* *The scale😂😂*

[@Jason_The_Stooge]

He's got a point now that I think about it

[@ironsaber2]

all the things that Clarkson did for the show and they fire him

[@ironsaber2]

RagnarisFellhanded Clarkson apologized many ti9mes for his actions and he finally came and spoke out about what actually happened. he said his doctor told him he most likely had cancer when they found a lump on his tongue and that he had to go in immediately but he said no top gear comes first and when after a long day on set having had nothing at all that day, his mother dying recently and his second marriage falling apart he snapped when they could not even give him hot food. i am not excusing what he did but there are 2 sides to every story

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

he beat up a producer cos he didnt get his steak.

[@nightwolf48nm]

Actually the producer was an ass hole before the indecent. Many employees from Top Gear's film crew and writing crew complained about him saying he was rude and a bit of a dick. The punch wasn't just over a lunch it was built up over season after season disagreement. And it wasn't just one lunch the producer was holding back the entire crews lunch. Producer could have very well deserved it.

[@commandercoop2921]

***** Well how about the fact he sued the BBC for "racial discrimination"??? He no longer even works there and is trying to get money from a company, AND Clarkson. And Mcdonalds? Oh come on, the guy did not do his job. If i told you to buy a ford, and you came back with a BMW, its called "not doing your job"

[@Porsche996driver]

ironsaber2 he was a creative genius. Or as Dr Evil said “The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.”

[@crazyd3mon968]

I told my Dad about their struggles with the amount of gears they had to go through and he cracked up laughing because he was a truck driver for years and can vouch that on occasion it can be nightmare.

[@kcooga]

6:38 OI

[@Klamath2046]

‘The suspension linkage has come off’ ‘Of your leg?’

[@harrytelfer7298]

5:47 Dat laugh doe

[@prod.kenshi]

So true!!

[@Exponaut_R-01]

It sounds like someone’s alternating between his laugh and a toy horn.

[@nj3005]

Harry Breeg sounds like my dogs squeky toy

[@brxkensoul7663]

Harry Breeg Lol

[@siddeshh]

That's looks like the result of daily smoking

[@JaseWolf]

"After the gear lever had been removed from Jeremy's bottom..." XD

[@hannahmcgahan8920]

Lmao!

[@jmreeves89]

As an American truck driver, I really appreciate this.

[@nga187]

schlecht

[@ossiecrick3883]

Only these three can save Britain from the HGV driver shortage

[@YouAreBreathing]

They should have played Euro Truck Simulator 2. After I started playing that game, I have more respect for big rig drivers.

[@pokechat89789780]

You have no idea how many times I lost money in that game because some pillock overtakes me, and then flat out stops.

[@deserteagle1010]

You are breathing Fact!

[@biboKralle]

You are breathing Play "big rigs" instead!

[@JustAHD]

Oh really ETS 2 Never got released on 2009.

[@disident1978]

Thanks bro....

[@JonesNate]

5:44 -- This is why you always do a "tug test" before you try pulling away. And you also check the pin to make sure it's all the way in. And that's not a euphemism; you actually need to make sure the latch pin is fully engaged. Otherwise, 5:44 is what happens.

[@TraustiGeir]

Not to mention if there's a fault with the air supply.

[@chrischen6664]

@@TraustiGeir make sure that it didn't run out of love

[@_BN2196]

Also don't be afraid to back in with force. If it feels and sounds like you backed into a wall when hitching a trailer it's (most likely) in. The noise you hear should be the jaws locking around the shank of the kingpin

[@jaidenitsamealdeal5134]

3:07 Clarkson:the gear lever is up my arse The first aid man:right ok

[@tsukanahibayashi4140]

5:48 HUAHEHUAHEHUAHEHUA lol that laugh never gets old

[@largol33t1]

2:47 - LMAO!! Only Jeremy Clarkson can fall out of his chair when trying to power slide a lorry!

[@jayj227]

7:33 Lorry Driving explained in a sentence

[@themakaluchez1582]

5:43 I have never laughed so hard😂

[@Ngatiatimothy]

2:36 my goodness Hammond is such a child😂😂😂

[@p0ng_w33n]

"Why didn't you think of that when you put it on?" "NO" i love this show so much

[@ardenunger2932]

3:06 Paramedic: "Is there something wrong with your leg as well?" Jeremy: "Right, the gear lever has got up my ass."

[@sumairb9978]

*roight, okay*

[@pihlajafox]

Up in to the ass of Timo

[@thebigfellacole3757]

The double take by Jeremy when he stepped out was amazing 😂

[@weylinwest9505]

"The gear lever has gone up my a**." "Alright, okay."

[@matthaeusrex5627]

"God that's hundreds of miles" "No it's over there you idiot"

[@TheRomichou]

3:17: JC: "I lost the suspension thing, it just came off" Hammond: "on you leg ?" JC " no, on the lorry" XD !! You can't imitate these guys, The new top gear is not going to go anywhere without them

[@adamprowse3272]

‘Now I’ve been overtaken by someone who’s now slowed down!’ I’ve been driving trucks for 3 weeks now and this is already the bane of my life.

[@evanmacdonald9632]

Is it just me or is the funniest part when the car collides with the wall of the trailer? 😂😂

[@stuartbarclay7940]

2:09 Hammond: Ah, me bonnet! Driven over my own bonnet! XD!

[@3dgar7eandro]

0:50 Isn't this the best!!! Seems like the Stig just have eaten Hamilton 😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👌👌

[@snoepjes]

IM WHEEZING😂💀😂

[@XGrimzukiX]

2:50 I feel like we’ve all done that weird walk of pain before.

[@rayzoandkereko8939]

حتى في سنة 2022مزلت اشاهد مقاطع برنامج توب قير احسن برنامج بريطاني واحسن ثلاثي واروع سيناريوهات رافقني هذا البرنامج ايام مرضي ولازلت اعيد مشاهدة مقاطعه يذكرني بايام تحزنني

[@sammycalizario1]

2:29 me in gt6 and gta 5 honking acidentally while turning

[@agentburningbutters3655]

I remembered when this first aired on tv, I was so young that I thought the trucks were trains Absolute blithering nostalgia!

[@michaelerb9143]

"I've been overtaken by someone, and now they've slowed down!" Welcome to my world. Try having them do that, when the truck, trailer, and freight weigh 80,000lbs. That is always a real highlight of the day!

[@DocDewey]

I feel you

[@callmequaz9052]

And then it's your fault when you rear end them and you're a careless driver.

[@boringtrainfilms8513]

I love how during the trailer hookup sequence, there are just random air brake sounds everywhere

[@deezynar]

The guy w/ the car in the semi-trailer might have to hit all the gears, but the other 2 are empty and light enough to skip some gears. You can start in 2nd, go to 4th, etc. It really depends on the engine & tranny set-up. I don't think they were double clutching either, it helps with the changes. After you get some experience you learn to shift without the clutch. This episode is good because it shows that heavy trucks require a variety of skills not used or needed by the average driver.

[@joeyscerbo7776]

Why couldn’t Hammond just back up to it and press T

[@rinofagerlund2371]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@2Str0k3]

At work i just press T and the light and ebs cables and air lines attach when i hook up. Why make a fuss.

[@matthew1562]

Maybe he skipped tutorial

[@nasen2727]

Maybe he activated the advanced hitching system...?

[@wolvesgaming8528]

I press Y on my controller to hitch up the trailer

[@CrispyGFX]

The 'WHAP' the car in the trailer makes when it hits the front gets me every time.

[@lockstockandtwosmoke]

The run away bit got me him legging it haha

[@ajmalkhan91]

One of the best show in the world

[@DimitriTFrost]

the Stig sure has a lot of cousins

[@onilovni1234]

5:26 I dream of the day where I'll meet somebody who can reach a level of communication this high with me!

[@ninjadin777]

*cracks* James:Oi!!!

[@smartalec2001]

"James had gone for a gay and friendly look... AND I HADN'T." - Clarkson

[@24matteus]

HAHAHA! James May's laugh at 05:48! He sounds like a squeaky toy horn. Funny, but weird. Love Top Gear.

[@rocketracer111]

Couldn't have been said better! xD

[@1ksubschallengewithonlyegg420]

3:49 that flying Lotus. Wow!!

[@victorymansions]

Jeremy's Renault that looks like a D-day bunker reminds me of 'Duel'.

[@roeltiesmoeltie]

man, I'm so glad we got this show every week in Holland, every Friday we've got a double episode, it's just pure magic!

[@SFFRN19]

Hello sir How are you 12 years later..?

[@myst1cshadow]

Hello sir How are you 13 years later..?

[@Lemminjoose]

I love these guys "I couldn't see where i was going" "and you didn't think of that when you put it on?" "no"

[@niclikescakes]

We have to talk about the air that lotus got, that was insane.

[@kaidenbrennfoerder4304]

1:05 God...imagine getting hit by that...

[@aidaaliten8817]

Squash

[@norton996]

Love the hookups. It REALLY helps to try to pull out after you hear the click of the fifth wheel pin. If the tractor moves and the trailer does not you are not hooked up. And heck yes I hate when cars pass me while I am getting onto the freeway. And then drive slower than I will be going as soon as I get up to speed.

[@a64738]

That happens with my driving my Ford Transit box van, from behind it looks like a full size lorry. Car pass me and then slow down right after and then proceeds to drive 20km/h under the limit rest of the day... But at least I do not have a speed limiter so it is not that hard to drive past them.

[@thefrosty1925]

7:16 Me in ETS2 with the damn AI..

[@baltod4978]

First to know what you're talking about.

[@thefrosty1925]

Balto D It is a truck simulator out for PC

[@samulivainionpaa9338]

SteelRodent1456 I don't know what ETS2 have you been playing but it does have ai for sure

[@twotailedavenger]

And that's why the transmission in ATS is set to automatic by default.

[@ILKOSTFU]

same

[@maemae6312]

The pure silence of the car rolling down the trailer and then the bang just cracked me up

[@justinpole3160]

"have you done something to your leg?" "Yes the gear stick has gone up my arse" "Right, ok"

[@boralb2]

"The gear lever has gone up my ass" "Oh okay" Lol

[@s4n714g000]

I VERY RARELY laugh this hard at youtube videos, Top Gear just kills me, this show is gold.

[@djangdjang1976]

Soooo much fun watching these challenge episode's !!

[@tranz2deep]

"Scale." Possibly the best (and briefest) deadpan ever done by the Hamster.

[@cayden2443]

7:38 "Somebody better get a move on, if I have to start all over again I'll kill myself." 😂😂