1 00:00:11,072 --> 00:00:15,080 Tonight, Cameron Diaz in our reasonably priced car. 2 00:00:15,115 --> 00:00:19,088 I repeat, Cameron Diaz in our reasonably priced car. 3 00:00:19,123 --> 00:00:22,569 Sorry, Stig, totally BLEEPing it up! 4 00:00:22,604 --> 00:00:26,016 And she's brought Tom Cruise along! 5 00:00:33,052 --> 00:00:34,564 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 6 00:00:34,599 --> 00:00:36,333 Hello and welcome! 7 00:00:36,368 --> 00:00:38,068 That is later. 8 00:00:39,092 --> 00:00:40,550 That is later. 9 00:00:40,585 --> 00:00:41,973 But now... 10 00:00:42,008 --> 00:00:45,017 we start once again with a letter. 11 00:00:45,052 --> 00:00:49,044 It's from some Swedish youths and it says, "Dear Top Gear, 12 00:00:49,079 --> 00:00:51,989 "we are some Swedish youths, 13 00:00:52,024 --> 00:00:55,076 "and we've been given the run of a whole ski resort 14 00:00:55,111 --> 00:00:56,989 "for a weekend. 15 00:00:57,024 --> 00:00:59,064 "Do you a race fancy having?" 16 00:01:01,064 --> 00:01:04,060 Plainly this was a job for Richard Herring. 17 00:01:08,008 --> 00:01:10,025 This is Riksgransen, 18 00:01:10,060 --> 00:01:13,542 the world's northernmost ski resort. 19 00:01:13,577 --> 00:01:16,989 120 miles INSIDE the Arctic Circle. 20 00:01:17,024 --> 00:01:22,020 It's so far north that the ski season doesn't finish here until June, 21 00:01:22,055 --> 00:01:24,969 when the rest of us are on the beach. 22 00:01:25,004 --> 00:01:29,020 I'm here to defend the honour of the car against some extreme snowmobilers 23 00:01:29,055 --> 00:01:32,061 who are so extreme they're... still in bed. 24 00:01:32,096 --> 00:01:36,036 Still, meanwhile, let's meet the car I've chosen to take them on with. 25 00:01:40,088 --> 00:01:43,017 It's the Volkswagen Touareg. 26 00:01:43,052 --> 00:01:48,064 A big off-roader that for many years we've... absolutely hated. 27 00:01:48,099 --> 00:01:51,064 We tested it when it first came out, seven years ago. 28 00:01:51,099 --> 00:01:54,009 And we didn't like a lot of things about it. 29 00:01:54,044 --> 00:01:59,052 The ride, the gearbox, the fact you couldn't see out of the back. 30 00:01:59,087 --> 00:02:01,037 We didn't like the ridiculous thirst, 31 00:02:01,072 --> 00:02:04,040 and we didn't like that some of the design felt like 32 00:02:04,075 --> 00:02:06,096 they'd done the most un-German thing possible. 33 00:02:06,131 --> 00:02:08,056 A half-arsed job. 34 00:02:13,004 --> 00:02:15,005 But this is the brand new Touareg. 35 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,024 And already I can report many improvements. 36 00:02:18,059 --> 00:02:21,008 You can, for instance, see out of the back. 37 00:02:22,052 --> 00:02:24,017 The ride is much smoother. 38 00:02:24,052 --> 00:02:28,040 The gearbox, the old one changed according to a geological timescale. 39 00:02:28,075 --> 00:02:30,052 This new eight-speed affair 40 00:02:30,087 --> 00:02:31,096 is a big improvement. 41 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,092 The Touareg also looks more Golf-like than the old one. 42 00:02:38,127 --> 00:02:41,005 And besides the full off-road hardware, 43 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:45,040 standard kit includes sat-nav, electric leather seats, 44 00:02:45,075 --> 00:02:50,012 climate control, and a ten-speaker stereo system. 45 00:02:51,072 --> 00:02:53,061 But we've come here to race 46 00:02:53,096 --> 00:02:56,064 so none of that is important right now. 47 00:02:56,099 --> 00:02:59,075 What is important is that the new Touareg 48 00:02:59,110 --> 00:03:02,052 weighs 200 kilograms less than the old one. 49 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,040 Which makes it altogether more sprightly. 50 00:03:07,048 --> 00:03:10,048 This is a 3.5 litre V6 turbo diesel. 51 00:03:10,083 --> 00:03:12,033 Cost, L37,000, 52 00:03:12,068 --> 00:03:14,977 0 to 60 in 7.8 seconds, 53 00:03:15,012 --> 00:03:17,048 so it's faster than the old one. 54 00:03:17,083 --> 00:03:18,057 Top speed, 136 mph. 55 00:03:18,092 --> 00:03:21,000 So you're better off there, too. 56 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,096 All in all, I think this is the machine to take the snowmobilers on 57 00:03:26,131 --> 00:03:28,049 in our big race. 58 00:03:28,084 --> 00:03:31,044 Which, as they're still in bed playing computer games, 59 00:03:31,079 --> 00:03:32,088 will happen tomorrow. 60 00:03:41,032 --> 00:03:42,045 So, race day. 61 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,024 And I'll confess, I went to bed last night 62 00:03:45,059 --> 00:03:46,025 full of confidence. 63 00:03:46,060 --> 00:03:50,064 And then, in the middle of the night, I sort of got cold feet about it. 64 00:03:50,099 --> 00:03:54,080 So I got up, got dressed, came downstairs, and I made... this. 65 00:03:57,024 --> 00:03:58,965 It's still a Touareg. 66 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,028 But one built to take on the infamous Dakar. 67 00:04:02,063 --> 00:04:03,981 The toughest rally in the world. 68 00:04:04,016 --> 00:04:07,546 With a carbon fibre body, bionic suspension, 69 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:11,830 and a twin-turbo, 300 horsepower, diesel engine, 70 00:04:11,865 --> 00:04:16,450 it can do 130 mph over just about any terrain. 71 00:04:16,485 --> 00:04:20,286 It's also the first diesel ever to win the Dakar. 72 00:04:20,321 --> 00:04:24,088 Which is odd, given that I built it only last night. 73 00:04:26,048 --> 00:04:29,072 But no matter, I think this is probably the better tool 74 00:04:29,107 --> 00:04:31,024 to see off those snowmobilers, 75 00:04:31,059 --> 00:04:33,032 who have finally emerged. 76 00:04:36,068 --> 00:04:39,064 They are Daniel Bodin and Dan Lang. 77 00:04:39,099 --> 00:04:40,049 Local snowmobile legends 78 00:04:40,084 --> 00:04:45,052 whose racing skills have won them silver medals at the X-Games. 79 00:04:48,088 --> 00:04:51,092 Best let them get it out of their system. 80 00:04:54,004 --> 00:04:56,024 'Eventually the teenagers calm down long enough 81 00:04:56,059 --> 00:04:58,044 'for me to explain the race route 82 00:04:58,079 --> 00:05:00,977 'across the ski resort. ' 83 00:05:01,012 --> 00:05:02,981 Right, we're going to start from here. 84 00:05:03,016 --> 00:05:05,088 Then we're going to move around here, sweep around there, 85 00:05:05,123 --> 00:05:07,092 down there, then eventually we'll finish 86 00:05:07,127 --> 00:05:09,591 with a sprint across the ice lake, 87 00:05:09,626 --> 00:05:12,056 end up, finish line, at the ski shop. 88 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,080 So, that's 12 gruelling miles down ski slopes, 89 00:05:16,115 --> 00:05:20,052 through forests, and across frozen water. 90 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,021 Yeah? Happy? 91 00:05:23,056 --> 00:05:25,560 Yeah. Fine with that. OK. Good. 92 00:05:25,595 --> 00:05:28,064 Um... where is here, exactly? 93 00:05:28,099 --> 00:05:30,036 It's up there. 94 00:05:37,048 --> 00:05:39,056 Oooh. Yeah! 95 00:05:39,091 --> 00:05:41,029 ENGINES REV 96 00:05:41,064 --> 00:05:43,008 All right. Fair enough. 97 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:50,016 Ooh, erm, I guess, 3... 2... 1... go? 98 00:06:00,036 --> 00:06:01,040 Right, come on. 99 00:06:02,036 --> 00:06:04,993 0 to 60 in this, about six seconds. 100 00:06:05,028 --> 00:06:10,028 This thing has more torque than a Lamborghini Gallardo. 101 00:06:10,063 --> 00:06:11,072 Have they got that? No! 102 00:06:15,028 --> 00:06:18,044 'We plunged out of the clouds neck and neck. ' 103 00:06:21,012 --> 00:06:25,004 I have taken the precaution of fitting it with studded snow tyres. 104 00:06:25,039 --> 00:06:26,096 Obviously I did that. 105 00:06:32,008 --> 00:06:34,024 Come on! Find grip! 106 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,016 Blimey! Where have they...? 107 00:06:40,012 --> 00:06:41,049 'The snowmobilers promptly vanished 108 00:06:41,084 --> 00:06:45,084 'because whilst I had to stick to the ski runs, 109 00:06:45,119 --> 00:06:47,056 'they didn't. ' 110 00:07:03,020 --> 00:07:06,068 Come on, you've crossed the desert, you can do this. 111 00:07:09,088 --> 00:07:12,076 'As it turned out, the Dakar was as fast on snow 112 00:07:12,111 --> 00:07:14,068 'as it would be on sand. ' 113 00:07:14,103 --> 00:07:16,028 Oh, yes! That worked! 114 00:07:16,063 --> 00:07:17,965 I thank you! 115 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,038 'So when I hit the lower slopes, 116 00:07:20,073 --> 00:07:22,076 'we were still neck and neck. ' 117 00:07:31,008 --> 00:07:33,076 'I then decided to take a short cut. 118 00:07:33,111 --> 00:07:35,000 'Which went well. ' 119 00:07:37,072 --> 00:07:39,000 Oh! Oh! 120 00:07:41,048 --> 00:07:43,084 This is going to cost me time! 121 00:07:45,028 --> 00:07:46,072 Move, move, move! 122 00:07:55,056 --> 00:08:01,024 'Despite my cock-up, I was just ahead as we entered the forest stage. ' 123 00:08:01,059 --> 00:08:02,017 Yee-hah-hah! 124 00:08:02,052 --> 00:08:04,056 Keep up with that, then, boys! 125 00:08:07,064 --> 00:08:10,052 'But the teenagers were able to whizz off between the trees. ' 126 00:08:13,064 --> 00:08:15,064 Come on! Where the hell are they? 127 00:08:19,072 --> 00:08:24,008 'Which meant they had the lead as we reached the final part of the race, 128 00:08:25,032 --> 00:08:28,044 'a six-mile dash across the frozen lake. ' 129 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:31,053 Ooh, tree. 130 00:08:31,088 --> 00:08:33,088 Come on, come on! 131 00:08:37,008 --> 00:08:38,041 Yes, finally! 132 00:08:38,076 --> 00:08:42,000 I've got the top speed of best part of 130 mph. 133 00:08:42,035 --> 00:08:45,008 This is where I have the advantage. 134 00:08:47,004 --> 00:08:49,080 'But up ahead, the snowmobilers could still hit 90 mph. 135 00:08:51,056 --> 00:08:54,080 'So I'd have to give it everything to close the gap. ' 136 00:08:57,036 --> 00:09:01,020 This is where the race is won or lost. 137 00:09:01,055 --> 00:09:02,068 This thing's got some grip! 138 00:09:06,004 --> 00:09:08,076 I'm just floating over this stuff. 139 00:09:14,092 --> 00:09:16,556 'With less than four miles to go 140 00:09:16,591 --> 00:09:19,020 'the snowmobilers were still ahead. ' 141 00:09:19,055 --> 00:09:20,040 Where are they?! 142 00:09:22,064 --> 00:09:27,036 'But then, joy of joys, the snow on the ice started to thin out. ' 143 00:09:27,071 --> 00:09:28,045 Ha-ha-ha-ha! 144 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,040 Their machines will have problems on this 145 00:09:31,075 --> 00:09:34,057 because the belts themselves overheat 146 00:09:34,092 --> 00:09:38,044 running on straight ice, so they can't give it everything. 147 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,064 'And sure enough, they started slowing down. ' 148 00:09:42,099 --> 00:09:44,096 I'm going to catch them! 149 00:09:49,064 --> 00:09:51,973 That's them! That's them! Oh, yes! 150 00:09:52,008 --> 00:09:55,064 Oh, yes! What do you think of that? Yee-hah-hah-hah! 151 00:10:00,048 --> 00:10:02,041 'The snow on the lake thickened again, 152 00:10:02,076 --> 00:10:05,028 'and the snowmobilers were back in the game. 153 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,981 'But now the Touareg had the edge. ' 154 00:10:11,016 --> 00:10:13,550 That, I think, is the finish line. That's it! 155 00:10:13,585 --> 00:10:16,049 This thing has conquered sand and desert, 156 00:10:16,084 --> 00:10:20,024 now it's conquered snow, mountains and frozen lakes. 157 00:10:20,059 --> 00:10:21,052 I'm going to win! 158 00:10:23,096 --> 00:10:26,060 Yes! Yes! 159 00:10:26,095 --> 00:10:28,989 Ha-ha! 160 00:10:29,024 --> 00:10:33,060 I did it! It's won through! 161 00:10:33,095 --> 00:10:34,096 What a machine! 162 00:10:36,044 --> 00:10:38,008 You've got to be...! 163 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,048 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 164 00:10:45,088 --> 00:10:48,028 I could've done that. I could've done that. 165 00:10:50,028 --> 00:10:51,029 What?! 166 00:10:51,064 --> 00:10:53,029 Did you... did you win that? 167 00:10:53,064 --> 00:10:57,000 Yes. Yes, I did. I'll admit they did finish with a bit more of a... 168 00:10:57,035 --> 00:10:58,020 flourish, thing, there, 169 00:10:58,055 --> 00:10:59,017 but I won. 170 00:10:59,052 --> 00:11:01,989 I'm not really interested in whether you won or not, 171 00:11:02,024 --> 00:11:05,028 I'm interested in that bit where they said that their tracks, 172 00:11:05,063 --> 00:11:07,037 on their snowmobiles, got hot, 173 00:11:07,072 --> 00:11:08,977 cos they were running on ice. 174 00:11:09,012 --> 00:11:12,000 Yes. And they told you that? Yeah, it's the friction. 175 00:11:12,035 --> 00:11:13,072 Ice generates a lot of friction, 176 00:11:13,107 --> 00:11:14,049 so they heat up. 177 00:11:14,084 --> 00:11:16,088 If you slide over ice in your clothes, 178 00:11:16,123 --> 00:11:17,981 they'll actually burn off you. 179 00:11:18,016 --> 00:11:21,088 Do they also tell you things like, Jimi Hendrix was in Abba? 180 00:11:21,123 --> 00:11:24,089 No! It's... Did theysay that a Volvo 244 181 00:11:24,124 --> 00:11:27,021 holds the lap record at the Nurburgring? 182 00:11:27,056 --> 00:11:31,052 No, stop, it's true, and you know full well it is. Let's do the news. 183 00:11:31,087 --> 00:11:35,009 No. What I'm going to do is put a piece of ice down the front 184 00:11:35,044 --> 00:11:39,030 of your trousers, to see if it sets fire to your gentleman's sausage. 185 00:11:39,065 --> 00:11:43,016 No! I'm not saying ice is hot, just, it can create a lot of friction! 186 00:11:43,051 --> 00:11:47,044 This is science, and you don't understand that. 187 00:11:47,079 --> 00:11:50,012 So leave it, it's true. OK? Yes. Yeah. 188 00:11:50,047 --> 00:11:51,013 Anyway, let's do the news. 189 00:11:51,048 --> 00:11:54,965 Oh, now, hey. This is an important piece of news. 190 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,032 A lot of people imagine the most dangerous time of year to drive 191 00:11:58,067 --> 00:12:00,036 is... November, or perhaps February, 192 00:12:00,071 --> 00:12:01,997 dark nights, fog, ice. 193 00:12:02,032 --> 00:12:06,004 But we were talking about this and we think THE most dangerous time 194 00:12:06,039 --> 00:12:07,061 to drive a car, is roundabout now. 195 00:12:07,096 --> 00:12:12,088 Sunny skies, light breezes, girls wearing short skirts. 196 00:12:12,123 --> 00:12:14,985 Dangerous. Very dangerous. 197 00:12:15,020 --> 00:12:17,096 Cos the thing is, you can't notlook. No. You actually can't. 198 00:12:17,131 --> 00:12:19,613 You can't physically not look. You have no choice. 199 00:12:19,648 --> 00:12:22,061 There are other things you can choose not to do. 200 00:12:22,096 --> 00:12:27,080 It's easy not to use your mobile while driving, easy not to drive after 18 pints of lager, 201 00:12:27,115 --> 00:12:30,085 but you're driving along and, " There's a girl, mustn't look... 202 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,056 "I'm looking, I'm looking, I've crashed, I'm still looking!" 203 00:12:33,091 --> 00:12:35,973 Do you have any idea what we're on about? 204 00:12:36,008 --> 00:12:39,025 I drove through Soho the other night, honestly, 205 00:12:39,060 --> 00:12:42,044 you know Linda Blair in the Exorcist? My head was just... 206 00:12:42,079 --> 00:12:44,080 spinning around! 180 degrees! Crashing into lampposts, 207 00:12:44,115 --> 00:12:46,060 letterboxes, and other cars! 208 00:12:46,095 --> 00:12:48,057 It's impossible not to! 209 00:12:48,092 --> 00:12:50,061 The thing is, we know that Germaine Greer 210 00:12:50,096 --> 00:12:53,012 is actually an avid viewer of Top Gear, and... 211 00:12:53,047 --> 00:12:55,076 Is she? No, she really is. In your mind. 212 00:12:55,111 --> 00:12:56,061 No, she is! 213 00:12:56,096 --> 00:13:00,050 Anyway, she will be annoyed about this but the fact is, 214 00:13:00,085 --> 00:13:03,969 what we're trying to say is we can't help it, it's natural, 215 00:13:04,004 --> 00:13:07,020 I mean, in the last three days I've nearly had two quite serious accidents... 216 00:13:07,055 --> 00:13:09,965 Even James May is susceptible to it! Even me! 217 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,056 That's proof! Yeah, but it was roadworkers he was looking at! Ha-ha! 218 00:13:13,091 --> 00:13:17,981 Actually, do you not think there is here a case for the burka? 219 00:13:18,016 --> 00:13:22,000 Aaah. Because the problem goes away... The burka? No. No, honestly. 220 00:13:22,035 --> 00:13:24,021 The burka doesn't work. 221 00:13:24,056 --> 00:13:27,029 Cos I was in a cab in Piccadilly the other day, OK? 222 00:13:27,064 --> 00:13:30,989 A woman in a full burka crossing the road in front of the cab, 223 00:13:31,024 --> 00:13:35,020 tripped over the pavement, went head over heels... Base over apex. Yeah. 224 00:13:35,055 --> 00:13:39,040 And up it came, red G-string, stockings... 225 00:13:39,075 --> 00:13:42,040 Mate, that did NOT happen! 226 00:13:42,075 --> 00:13:44,049 I promise! I promise! 227 00:13:44,084 --> 00:13:49,064 No! It did! Did you see thisincident on DVD or pay per view? 228 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,044 The taxi driver will back me up on that. He will. 229 00:13:55,079 --> 00:13:57,969 He was in the cinema with you? 230 00:13:58,004 --> 00:14:00,021 That never happened. It did! Never happened. 231 00:14:00,056 --> 00:14:04,008 Next week, Jeremy visits a hospital, and a nurses top falls off. 232 00:14:04,043 --> 00:14:06,045 In Jeremy's mind. 233 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:10,056 Now, normally, OK, normally I wouldn't bring this up. 234 00:14:10,091 --> 00:14:14,032 But Citroen UK has appointed a new sales director, OK? 235 00:14:14,067 --> 00:14:17,020 And his name is Charles Peugeot. 236 00:14:17,055 --> 00:14:19,061 No, it isn't! 237 00:14:19,096 --> 00:14:22,989 I have photographic proof, from Citroen, 238 00:14:23,024 --> 00:14:26,061 "Charles Peugeot". It is! What were they thinking?! 239 00:14:26,096 --> 00:14:30,088 What's his e-mail address going to be, charles. peugeot@citroen? 240 00:14:31,096 --> 00:14:32,977 So stupid! 241 00:14:33,012 --> 00:14:35,068 Hang on, hang on, what if there are lots of people 242 00:14:35,103 --> 00:14:37,048 called Charles Peugeot working at Citroen? 243 00:14:37,083 --> 00:14:39,028 So he ends up being charles... 244 00:14:40,088 --> 00:14:43,048 .. charles. peugeot405. 245 00:14:44,064 --> 00:14:47,546 Sorry, it wasn't worth it. 246 00:14:47,581 --> 00:14:50,993 APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH 247 00:14:51,028 --> 00:14:56,985 Hey, now, as we know, there's a lot of chat around at the moment 248 00:14:57,020 --> 00:15:03,005 about cars that can run on biofuels or on electricity or on hydrogen. 249 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:08,080 But we wondering, "I wonder if it would be possible to make a car that ran on cheese and onion crisps?" 250 00:15:08,115 --> 00:15:10,009 LAUGHTER 251 00:15:10,044 --> 00:15:11,965 Corn beef salad. 252 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,044 And do you know what? We found a Porsche, or rather, Hammond has, 253 00:15:16,079 --> 00:15:17,053 that can. 254 00:15:17,088 --> 00:15:21,008 This is it. And the first thing you'll notice is it's covered 255 00:15:21,043 --> 00:15:24,997 in this space-age foil stuff. 256 00:15:25,032 --> 00:15:29,076 Back here, there's this massive wing, all very traditional Porsche, 257 00:15:29,111 --> 00:15:32,013 but, under here, nothing. 258 00:15:32,048 --> 00:15:36,080 Because this is the first mid-engine 911. 259 00:15:36,115 --> 00:15:38,024 And what an engine it is. 260 00:15:51,072 --> 00:15:54,021 So right now it's running on Frosties 261 00:15:54,056 --> 00:15:57,530 and one of those chocolatey croissant things 262 00:15:57,565 --> 00:16:00,969 and a cup of coffee. But it could equally run on 263 00:16:01,004 --> 00:16:04,052 fish and chips I had last night or a big bag of Quavers. 264 00:16:04,087 --> 00:16:07,064 Really anything that the driver can eat. 265 00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:10,985 OK, first corner coming up. 266 00:16:11,020 --> 00:16:13,021 The good thing about this, of course, 267 00:16:13,056 --> 00:16:16,040 plenty of time to be precise about your lines. 268 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,969 CHEERING 269 00:16:21,004 --> 00:16:21,981 It's amazing! 270 00:16:22,016 --> 00:16:23,068 It's absolutely superb. 271 00:16:25,008 --> 00:16:25,977 Fabulous. 272 00:16:26,012 --> 00:16:31,032 It is a completely convincing 911,really, isn't it?It is. It was made in Austria - 273 00:16:31,067 --> 00:16:34,041 sadly, it is a one-off. It lives in a museum now. 274 00:16:34,076 --> 00:16:37,016 But it's fabulous and I did do a whole lap in it. 275 00:16:37,051 --> 00:16:39,033 What was your time? Well, I did it in... 276 00:16:39,068 --> 00:16:43,048 18 minutes... and 37 seconds! Yeah! LAUGHTER 277 00:16:43,083 --> 00:16:46,020 CHEERING 278 00:16:51,020 --> 00:16:54,028 It's down here. It's down here. 279 00:16:54,063 --> 00:16:55,052 But I'm proud. 280 00:16:57,056 --> 00:16:58,068 Well done. 281 00:16:58,103 --> 00:16:59,045 Thank you. 282 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,977 Since we're on the subject of the lap board, 283 00:17:02,012 --> 00:17:07,024 we thought we would take a moment to share some happy memories of an old friend. 284 00:17:14,024 --> 00:17:18,084 If you look back at all the amazing things we've done with the Bugatti Veyron... 285 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,041 HE LAUGHS 286 00:17:20,076 --> 00:17:25,000 .. you could be forgiven for thinking it's the fastest car on the planet. 287 00:17:27,044 --> 00:17:30,033 The fact is, though, it isn't, you see, 288 00:17:30,068 --> 00:17:33,973 because this car will do 253 miles per hour, 289 00:17:34,008 --> 00:17:37,080 but there's now a car in America called the Shelby Ultimate Aero... 290 00:17:39,088 --> 00:17:43,588 .. that will do 256 miles per hour. So that, officially, 291 00:17:43,623 --> 00:17:48,088 is the world's fastest production car, not this old knocker. 292 00:17:48,123 --> 00:17:51,032 The Germans are not pleased. 293 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,052 So, behind closed doors, in the Bugatti skunk works, 294 00:17:59,087 --> 00:18:01,000 they've created this... 295 00:18:07,084 --> 00:18:09,993 It's called the Super Sport. 296 00:18:10,028 --> 00:18:14,052 It's the Veyron's last hurrah and it's been built with just one purpose... 297 00:18:16,016 --> 00:18:21,024 To be the undisputed fastest production car ever made. 298 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:31,032 On this car, the 0-60 time is the same as it is on the standard Bugatti Veyron - 299 00:18:31,067 --> 00:18:35,553 2.5 seconds. But after that, all is utterly changed. 300 00:18:35,588 --> 00:18:40,005 0-100 miles per hour now takes just 4.5 seconds, 301 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:45,973 which is the same as the 0-60 time of a Porsche 911 GT3. 302 00:18:46,008 --> 00:18:53,004 And this will go on to an alleged top speed of 258 miles per hour. 303 00:18:57,028 --> 00:19:00,096 Naturally, that means the Super Sport has more power. 304 00:19:02,056 --> 00:19:06,050 The standard Veyron famously has 1,000 horsepower. 305 00:19:06,085 --> 00:19:10,009 The Super Sport's version has 1, 200 horsepower. 306 00:19:10,044 --> 00:19:14,084 So why, you might wonder, does it need the power of a Golf GTI 307 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:18,056 added to it, just to do another five miles per hour? 308 00:19:18,091 --> 00:19:20,989 Well, the reasons are quite complicated 309 00:19:21,024 --> 00:19:24,076 and I've been barred by the producer from explaining them properly. 310 00:19:24,111 --> 00:19:29,004 So here instead is the primary school explanation. 311 00:19:34,084 --> 00:19:40,032 Well, the issue is the air, which has genuine substance once you're trying to move through it. 312 00:19:42,016 --> 00:19:45,550 The faster you go, the thicker the air effectively becomes. 313 00:19:45,585 --> 00:19:49,049 At 100 miles per hour, it's like aerosol whipped cream, 314 00:19:49,084 --> 00:19:55,004 but at 200 miles per hour, it's more like a very thick treacle. 315 00:19:55,039 --> 00:19:57,521 And at 250 miles per hour, it's like... 316 00:19:57,556 --> 00:20:00,004 trying to drive through a fruitcake. 317 00:20:04,004 --> 00:20:09,056 And cutting through the fruitcake requires more than just brute force, 318 00:20:09,091 --> 00:20:14,012 which is why this Veyron has a new super slippery body. 319 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,041 And a new super high price. 320 00:20:20,076 --> 00:20:24,036 Up from L1 million to L1.6 million. 321 00:20:26,064 --> 00:20:30,001 Anyway, big, fast Shelby American car thingy, 322 00:20:30,036 --> 00:20:35,044 your gauntlet has now been picked up by the one they call de langsamer - 323 00:20:35,079 --> 00:20:38,092 the Slow One. Captain Slow, to you. 324 00:20:40,052 --> 00:20:45,072 The setting for this judgement day run is Volkswagen's top-secret test track... 325 00:20:45,107 --> 00:20:48,017 at Ehra-Lessien - a massive complex 326 00:20:48,052 --> 00:20:54,052 built in a former Cold War no-fly zone near the old East German border. 327 00:20:54,087 --> 00:20:59,053 At its heart is this 13-mile oval-shaped track, 328 00:20:59,088 --> 00:21:05,017 which includes this 5.5-mile arrow-straight straight. 329 00:21:05,052 --> 00:21:11,044 It's one of very few places on earth where you can actually max a Bugatti Veyron. 330 00:21:17,044 --> 00:21:20,058 Nothing was left to chance by the Bugatti boffins. 331 00:21:20,093 --> 00:21:23,037 We even had to wait until the middle of the day 332 00:21:23,072 --> 00:21:29,036 when the air was at its thinnest before I was finally given the all-clear to run. 333 00:21:29,071 --> 00:21:32,001 There's one thing making me slightly apprehensive. 334 00:21:32,036 --> 00:21:36,013 I said, "How long do the tyres last at 258 miles per hour?" 335 00:21:36,048 --> 00:21:41,080 And they said, "Well, we know how long they last at 248 miles per hour - it's 37 miles. " 336 00:21:41,115 --> 00:21:44,993 I said, "Yeah, but what about 258 miles per hour?" 337 00:21:45,028 --> 00:21:50,072 What they actually said to me was, "Ask an admiral how deep his submarines can really go. 338 00:21:50,107 --> 00:21:53,032 "He doesn't know until they try it. " 339 00:21:58,044 --> 00:22:03,028 As I ventured onto the track, I was quite glad that they aren't ordinary tyres, 340 00:22:03,063 --> 00:22:06,977 but ones that cost L20,000 a set. 341 00:22:07,012 --> 00:22:11,012 I do feel a nervousness about that extra five miles per hour. 342 00:22:14,004 --> 00:22:18,504 It takes me beyond the known borders of car performance. 343 00:22:18,539 --> 00:22:23,004 I'm hanging my ass over the ragged edge like Chuck Yeager. 344 00:22:25,088 --> 00:22:27,016 Anyway, concentrate. 345 00:22:28,028 --> 00:22:30,993 'The super-accurate speedo read in kilometres 346 00:22:31,028 --> 00:22:36,045 'so the magic number we'd be looking for is 414 kilometres per hour. ' 347 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:41,072 If I reach maximum speed, I'll be drinking fuel at the rate of 1.7 gallons a minute. 348 00:22:41,107 --> 00:22:46,072 The radiators will be sucking through four tonnes of air an hour. 349 00:22:46,107 --> 00:22:50,565 Just before the 5.5-mile straight is some steep banking, 350 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:55,024 which I'd have to enter at exactly 125 miles per hour. 351 00:22:56,040 --> 00:23:00,020 Then I have to change down as I pass a series of bollards, 352 00:23:00,055 --> 00:23:04,000 ready to give it the beans as I come out the other end. 353 00:23:05,036 --> 00:23:07,020 Here we go. Here's the banking. 354 00:23:08,092 --> 00:23:11,024 Here comes the first bollard. 355 00:23:12,068 --> 00:23:14,036 Change down one. 356 00:23:16,024 --> 00:23:19,020 Here's a bollard. Change down two. 357 00:23:20,048 --> 00:23:24,028 Here's a bollard. Change down three times. 358 00:23:24,063 --> 00:23:27,036 Godspeed, Captain Slow! 359 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,973 Whoa! 360 00:23:31,008 --> 00:23:33,072 Bloody hell, look at the speed of that! 361 00:23:35,020 --> 00:23:39,044 Doing 258... 260.. I'm going faster than I can speak! 300! 362 00:23:39,079 --> 00:23:40,060 320! 363 00:23:42,036 --> 00:23:47,024 That is amazing! It's so stable. I'm already up to 340. 364 00:23:50,068 --> 00:23:51,092 Bloody Nora! 365 00:23:54,048 --> 00:23:57,048 It's unbelievable! Look how fast everything's going past! 366 00:23:59,028 --> 00:24:00,965 There's 400. 367 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,016 'In Queen's English, that's 248 miles per hour. ' 368 00:24:08,008 --> 00:24:09,048 Come on, come on, come on! 369 00:24:11,088 --> 00:24:13,005 I'm past my old record. 370 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,048 'Now we were into the unknown. ' 371 00:24:20,020 --> 00:24:21,088 Slightly twitchy. 372 00:24:28,056 --> 00:24:30,024 Come on! Come on! 373 00:24:31,072 --> 00:24:35,088 Yes! I think I may have whupped your ass. 374 00:24:37,048 --> 00:24:38,033 Whoo-hoo! 375 00:24:38,068 --> 00:24:40,068 'And the speedo kept climbing. ' 376 00:24:54,020 --> 00:24:55,072 417! 377 00:24:59,012 --> 00:25:00,088 HE LAUGHS 378 00:25:03,056 --> 00:25:05,044 HE LAUGHS 379 00:25:07,024 --> 00:25:08,064 Whoo-hoo! 380 00:25:10,044 --> 00:25:12,032 Bloody hell, that was exciting. 381 00:25:20,068 --> 00:25:21,985 CHEERING 382 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:24,016 Hang on. No, no, wait! 383 00:25:24,051 --> 00:25:25,036 No! 384 00:25:26,036 --> 00:25:27,045 I'm sorry... 385 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:33,096 Are you seriously suggesting that now we open the Guinness Book of World Records 386 00:25:33,131 --> 00:25:37,036 and it says, "Fastest man on earth - James May?" 387 00:25:37,071 --> 00:25:39,989 LAUGHTER Not exactly. 388 00:25:40,024 --> 00:25:43,993 What do you mean, not exactly? Well, after I'd done my run, 389 00:25:44,028 --> 00:25:48,024 Bugatti sent a test driver out, because they thought he'd like a crack at it, 390 00:25:48,059 --> 00:25:49,064 and this is what happened. 391 00:25:49,099 --> 00:25:51,013 So there he goes. 392 00:25:51,048 --> 00:25:54,064 He's got to do a run in each direction and take an average. 393 00:25:54,099 --> 00:25:56,072 There's my old record already gone. 394 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:02,036 As we can see, the speedo is still climbing. 395 00:26:02,071 --> 00:26:03,041 There's him celebrating. 396 00:26:03,076 --> 00:26:06,056 I added my congratulations soon afterwards. 397 00:26:06,091 --> 00:26:08,016 Damn him! 398 00:26:10,060 --> 00:26:14,040 So he obviously did it both w ays,which you have to do. Yup. 399 00:26:14,075 --> 00:26:20,012 What was his average, then? 431 kilometres per hour. 400 00:26:20,047 --> 00:26:25,028 What's that in Church of England?267... 401 00:26:25,063 --> 00:26:25,997 Oooh. 402 00:26:26,032 --> 00:26:29,032 In a car with windscreen wipers? And a CD player! 403 00:26:29,067 --> 00:26:31,061 In a road car? That's staggering. 404 00:26:31,096 --> 00:26:36,004 We ought to find out, really, how fast this goes round the track. 405 00:26:36,039 --> 00:26:37,060 Anybody want to see that? 406 00:26:37,095 --> 00:26:39,005 Yes! 407 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:43,044 OK, that, of course, means handing over to our racing driver. 408 00:26:43,079 --> 00:26:47,048 Some say the Scottish released him a little bit too soon. 409 00:26:47,083 --> 00:26:49,060 LAUGHTER 410 00:26:50,096 --> 00:26:54,048 And that he spent all week pushing an effigy 411 00:26:54,083 --> 00:26:58,000 of Rubens Barrichello through his desk fan. 412 00:26:58,035 --> 00:26:59,029 LAUGHTER 413 00:26:59,064 --> 00:27:02,048 What we know is, he's called the Stig! 414 00:27:04,092 --> 00:27:09,044 And he's off and just look how fast that thing fires off the line - 415 00:27:09,079 --> 00:27:11,005 smoking all four tyres. 416 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:17,000 OK, first corner. Simply flies into those, almost cartoonishly fast. 417 00:27:17,035 --> 00:27:18,001 Just sensational. 418 00:27:18,036 --> 00:27:21,000 "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees 419 00:27:22,028 --> 00:27:25,020 And in the midst of this ferocious speed 420 00:27:25,055 --> 00:27:27,017 still has a stereo to listen to. 421 00:27:27,052 --> 00:27:30,037 Takes it gently round Chicago, now popping off the limiter, 422 00:27:30,072 --> 00:27:35,020 Hammerhead, air brake goes vertical generating 0.7G of braking - 423 00:27:35,055 --> 00:27:37,969 same as the actual brakes of a Fiesta. 424 00:27:38,004 --> 00:27:42,032 50 kilos lighter than the original Veyron but still a heavy car. 425 00:27:42,067 --> 00:27:44,041 # Staying alive, staying alive... # 426 00:27:44,076 --> 00:27:48,080 Your brain honestly can barely take in how fast this thing is. 427 00:27:48,115 --> 00:27:52,048 What's really weird is it hardly makes any noise. Listen! 428 00:27:52,083 --> 00:27:54,989 Just staggering. Two corners to go. 429 00:27:55,024 --> 00:27:59,965 Here we go. Using all the grip of those 20 grand tyres. 430 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,052 This is the Stig on maximum attack and there he is, across the line! 431 00:28:03,087 --> 00:28:05,077 CHEERING 432 00:28:05,112 --> 00:28:07,068 So... 433 00:28:12,048 --> 00:28:15,045 Here's the old Veyron 1.18.3. 434 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,072 We're expecting this to bea little bit faster. Yup. 435 00:28:18,107 --> 00:28:21,029 But is it fast enough... ? Well, look at these. 436 00:28:21,064 --> 00:28:25,000 These are the ones - 17s. The Gumpert, the Ascari and so on. 437 00:28:25,035 --> 00:28:27,096 Well, this one, the Super Sport, did it in 1... 438 00:28:29,048 --> 00:28:30,536 .. 16.8. 439 00:28:30,571 --> 00:28:31,989 Oh! 440 00:28:32,024 --> 00:28:33,540 Fastest car ever... 441 00:28:33,575 --> 00:28:35,021 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 442 00:28:35,056 --> 00:28:37,997 .. ever... to go round our track. 443 00:28:38,032 --> 00:28:44,012 Now it's time to put a star in our reasonably-priced car. 444 00:28:44,047 --> 00:28:46,040 We had a bit of a problem, if we're honest, 445 00:28:46,075 --> 00:28:48,036 because we had Jedward booked. 446 00:28:48,071 --> 00:28:49,973 LAUGHTER 447 00:28:50,008 --> 00:28:54,000 At the last minute, they pulled out. So we rang Cameron Diaz... 448 00:28:54,035 --> 00:28:55,021 LAUGHTER 449 00:28:55,056 --> 00:29:00,000 We did. We said, "Would you mind awfully coming on the show?" She said, "Sure. Love to. 450 00:29:00,035 --> 00:29:02,000 "But only if I can bring Tom Cruise. " 451 00:29:02,035 --> 00:29:03,053 LAUGHTER 452 00:29:03,088 --> 00:29:06,566 So, ladies and gentlemen, here on this... 453 00:29:06,601 --> 00:29:10,044 pokey motoring show on BBC Two... LAUGHTER 454 00:29:10,079 --> 00:29:11,096 Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise! 455 00:29:11,131 --> 00:29:14,000 CHEERING 456 00:29:18,072 --> 00:29:21,044 How are you? Fine, yourself? How are you? 457 00:29:21,079 --> 00:29:24,040 CHEERING DROWNS SPEECH 458 00:29:28,052 --> 00:29:30,056 Do have a seat. 459 00:29:34,020 --> 00:29:37,052 Thank you. That's a bitof a reaction! I know! It was a lot of fun. 460 00:29:37,087 --> 00:29:40,001 Can I just say, what staggers me is, sitting here, 461 00:29:40,036 --> 00:29:45,088 it's almost like I've been joined by the genetic blueprint for the human race with these two. 462 00:29:45,123 --> 00:29:47,025 What do you think?LAUGHTER 463 00:29:47,060 --> 00:29:51,013 In design, in evolution, we'll reach a point where they look like this. 464 00:29:51,048 --> 00:29:57,024 Cos how do you know...? You embark on acting when you're in your late teens. 465 00:29:57,059 --> 00:30:00,043 How do you know that later on in life 466 00:30:00,078 --> 00:30:03,028 you aren't going to become, well... 467 00:30:04,076 --> 00:30:07,064 For instance, Tom, why don't you have ear hair? 468 00:30:07,099 --> 00:30:10,017 Next time I come on the show I'll be like this. 469 00:30:10,052 --> 00:30:13,064 And then it'll go at the back... Curling it and trimming it. 470 00:30:13,099 --> 00:30:16,041 Cos it's not like either of you have taken care of yourself. 471 00:30:16,076 --> 00:30:22,012 You've broken every bonein your body over the years. I've broken my nose a couple of times 472 00:30:22,047 --> 00:30:27,032 and fingers and my leg and toes, ribs. 473 00:30:27,068 --> 00:30:29,037 And you do your own stunts. 474 00:30:29,072 --> 00:30:34,068 You are proud of the fact that youdo a lot of jumping up and downand falling off things. Yeah, 475 00:30:34,103 --> 00:30:35,587 I do most of them. 476 00:30:35,622 --> 00:30:37,072 Do they hurt? Yeah. 477 00:30:37,107 --> 00:30:38,993 LAUGHTER 478 00:30:39,028 --> 00:30:41,977 Yes, some of them REALLY hurt. 479 00:30:42,012 --> 00:30:46,096 And you would have thought you would have looked in a mirror and thought, 480 00:30:46,131 --> 00:30:49,045 "I'm quite good looking, I'd better take care of this. " 481 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:54,096 How many times have you broken yournose? Well, it started very early, I was 11. 482 00:30:54,131 --> 00:30:57,020 I broke my nose four times since I was 11. 483 00:30:57,055 --> 00:30:59,036 Four? Yes. Four times. Four times. 484 00:30:59,071 --> 00:31:02,020 BLEEP finds my face. 485 00:31:02,068 --> 00:31:05,048 It just does. Can you say thaton television here? 486 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,096 OK. 487 00:31:17,048 --> 00:31:19,530 Now, the new movie, Knight And Day, 488 00:31:19,565 --> 00:31:21,977 my kind of film, I have to say. 489 00:31:22,012 --> 00:31:26,000 Everything explodes, lots of close-ups of Cameron, 490 00:31:26,035 --> 00:31:26,977 and you're funny. 491 00:31:27,012 --> 00:31:32,024 Is this comedy, is this a new... Obviously not for you. She was so funny. 492 00:31:32,059 --> 00:31:33,973 I've done a few comedies. 493 00:31:34,008 --> 00:31:38,040 You had the gentleman juicein your hair. Yes, I did. 494 00:31:38,075 --> 00:31:40,021 One of the great comedy moments of our time. 495 00:31:40,056 --> 00:31:43,092 It didn't take very long for it to get there either. 496 00:31:43,127 --> 00:31:46,060 It just was a very quick... LAUGHTER 497 00:31:46,095 --> 00:31:51,041 What I meant was... No... 498 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:56,028 This is why I love Cameron, I have to tell you. It's so much fun working with her. 499 00:31:56,063 --> 00:31:59,981 Yeah. No, but I love comedy. The comedy stuff... 500 00:32:00,016 --> 00:32:04,080 I started with Risky Business and I've always had comedic elements in different characters. 501 00:32:04,115 --> 00:32:09,061 I've had some intense films over the years and I really want to do some comedy now. 502 00:32:09,032 --> 00:32:14,008 We've put a trailer together. OK. So let's have a look at that. 503 00:32:14,043 --> 00:32:15,545 I want to talk about this guy. 504 00:32:15,580 --> 00:32:17,048 He was some sort of secret agent. 505 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,033 Oh, no, no, no... Hi, June. Who are you? 506 00:32:23,068 --> 00:32:26,028 This is the guy. I'm the guy. It's the guy. I'm the guy! 507 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,049 For your own safety, please stay in the booth. 508 00:32:29,084 --> 00:32:33,084 What are you talking... Stay there, or I kill myself and then her. 509 00:32:33,119 --> 00:32:35,004 Rodney... Rodney! 510 00:32:35,092 --> 00:32:39,040 Shot you through and through, Nowhere near the femoral artery. It's all good. 511 00:32:39,075 --> 00:32:42,000 Might even get a promotion. Good? 512 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,088 On your own, your life expectancy is like here. 513 00:32:49,123 --> 00:32:52,092 With me, it's here. With me, without me. 514 00:32:59,068 --> 00:33:01,092 On three. Ready? Uh-huh. One... 515 00:33:06,028 --> 00:33:09,044 Sorry, I panicked. What numberwould you like? Three. 516 00:33:09,079 --> 00:33:11,072 Let's just stick with three. It's good. OK. 517 00:33:11,107 --> 00:33:14,044 CHEERING 518 00:33:18,016 --> 00:33:19,076 Um... 519 00:33:22,012 --> 00:33:26,004 I'm sorry about this. You look great in it but the thing is, 520 00:33:26,039 --> 00:33:29,084 in the movie, you restore muscle cars for a living. 521 00:33:29,119 --> 00:33:32,096 This is pornography. What? 522 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,985 What is it you have to check in at the airport? 523 00:33:39,020 --> 00:33:43,973 Triple Deuce. A carburetor. A Triple Deuce carburetor. 524 00:33:44,008 --> 00:33:48,068 Do you find this as well?When girls start talking about... About cars and engines. 525 00:33:48,103 --> 00:33:50,036 Ohhhhhh...! 526 00:33:51,060 --> 00:33:55,020 Could you say a six-barrel carburettor for a '66 Vette? 527 00:33:55,055 --> 00:33:58,072 A six-barrel carburetor for a '66 Vette. 528 00:34:01,068 --> 00:34:04,032 I'm actually having a crisis. 529 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:11,009 Do you put a lot of effort into choosing the cars you use in movies? 530 00:34:11,044 --> 00:34:16,044 For example, in this movie, was there a lot of effort went into the cars that were used? 531 00:34:16,079 --> 00:34:20,001 It's fun. We all sit around and talk about which cars 532 00:34:20,036 --> 00:34:26,041 and motorcycles. We look at the train and we line up a bunch of bikes 533 00:34:26,076 --> 00:34:31,084 and we look at the stunts that we're going to develop, if there's going to be a lot of jumps. 534 00:34:31,119 --> 00:34:33,095 We used the Ducati on this one. 535 00:34:33,130 --> 00:34:35,037 You were on cobbled streets... 536 00:34:35,072 --> 00:34:40,052 We needed a lighter motorcycle, we needed something I could hold Cameron around. 537 00:34:40,087 --> 00:34:44,000 That's a stunt I've been wanting to do for many, many years. 538 00:34:44,035 --> 00:34:45,049 LAUGHTER 539 00:34:45,084 --> 00:34:48,080 Have Cameron, you know... It's not just you in this, 540 00:34:48,115 --> 00:34:50,997 you were doing your own stuntsas well. Yes. 541 00:34:51,032 --> 00:34:55,024 There's this great scene where the GTO, the daddy of muscle cars, 542 00:34:55,059 --> 00:34:58,981 and you're flicking it around allover the place. It's a lot of fun. 543 00:34:59,016 --> 00:35:04,012 One of the things was, you often see actors coming on, saying, "Yeah, I did my own stunts", 544 00:35:04,047 --> 00:35:09,008 so I thought it would be a good ideato say, "Come on, Cameron,take me out on the track. " Yeah. 545 00:35:09,043 --> 00:35:13,076 Anybody want to see... I do. AUDIENCE: Yeah. Let's have a look at this. 546 00:35:17,044 --> 00:35:20,032 This is just about as good as life gets, really. 547 00:35:22,064 --> 00:35:25,000 It's going. You've got it. 548 00:35:30,072 --> 00:35:33,052 CHEERING 549 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,084 Thank you, Jeremy. 550 00:35:35,119 --> 00:35:37,013 See? You see? 551 00:35:37,048 --> 00:35:41,096 All you've got to do is go like this and "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" 552 00:35:41,131 --> 00:35:42,977 Yeah. 553 00:35:43,012 --> 00:35:45,084 How much fun is that? I was vomiting. 554 00:35:47,032 --> 00:35:51,084 What cars do you drive to the shops in? What are you everyday cars? 555 00:35:51,119 --> 00:35:55,068 Right now, I mostly... I drive a lot of motorcycles right now. 556 00:35:55,103 --> 00:35:57,557 Bikes? Recently, a lot ofmotorcycles. He does. 557 00:35:57,592 --> 00:36:00,808 So what have you got? Let's run through them. 558 00:36:00,843 --> 00:36:03,467 I have a '34 Indian. 1934, that my wife bought me 559 00:36:03,502 --> 00:36:06,092 that used to belong to Steve McQueen. There you go. 560 00:36:06,127 --> 00:36:08,057 That's actually it, is it? Yep. 561 00:36:08,092 --> 00:36:12,029 That was Steve McQueen's old Indian? Yeah. What I'm interested in, 562 00:36:12,064 --> 00:36:18,028 this Virus, it looks the mostincredible bike I've ever seen. It is incredible. 563 00:36:18,063 --> 00:36:21,077 That bike is beautiful. Where's it made? Italy. 564 00:36:21,112 --> 00:36:24,057 And you have to be measuredfor this, do you? Yes. 565 00:36:24,092 --> 00:36:28,004 They do your measurements and build it to your specifications, 566 00:36:28,039 --> 00:36:30,012 my height and weight and how I like to ride. 567 00:36:30,047 --> 00:36:31,057 So it's a tailored bike. 568 00:36:31,092 --> 00:36:33,965 Yeah, that's a tailored bike. 569 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:38,528 Do you like bikes, Cameron?No, I don't. I ride on the back of them very well. 570 00:36:38,563 --> 00:36:43,056 It's a good way of dealing withthe paparazzi if you've got... The helmet on. 571 00:36:43,091 --> 00:36:46,088 I wear a helmet when I drive my Prius You've got a Prius?! 572 00:36:47,088 --> 00:36:50,993 I love the PriusLAUGHTER 573 00:36:51,028 --> 00:36:55,080 So what cars... I thought it wasyour favourite car. It IS my favourite car. 574 00:36:55,115 --> 00:36:58,088 Is that what you drive in and out of town? We expect it. 575 00:36:58,123 --> 00:37:00,060 I'm married to my Prius. 576 00:37:01,060 --> 00:37:03,096 Love it. 577 00:37:06,020 --> 00:37:11,001 I discovered you had a Mustang Celine, the tuned Mustang. 578 00:37:11,036 --> 00:37:15,032 The other Mustang that I'm interested in of yours is your P-51, 579 00:37:15,067 --> 00:37:18,547 which is a WWll fighter rather than a car. 580 00:37:18,582 --> 00:37:21,993 I just love... I grew up and we travelled a lot 581 00:37:22,028 --> 00:37:26,005 and every time we travelled I had a picture of a Spitfire and a P-51. 582 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:31,076 As a little boy I'd fall asleep looking at the pictures of airplanes on my wall 583 00:37:31,111 --> 00:37:33,037 and I always wanted to fly it. 584 00:37:33,072 --> 00:37:39,013 Years later I got my licence and started flying aerobatics 585 00:37:39,048 --> 00:37:42,969 just to train on taildraggers so that one day I could fly a P-51. 586 00:37:43,004 --> 00:37:48,040 Have you ever been in those fast jets that you flew in Top Gun? Yes. You flew in the F-... 15, yeah. 587 00:37:48,075 --> 00:37:50,049 I flew in the F-14. The Navy one. 588 00:37:50,084 --> 00:37:54,997 I flew also in the F-16 in Korea. Can I just ask... 589 00:37:55,032 --> 00:38:00,076 This is really embarrassing, because it's Tom Cruise... Did you puke? 590 00:38:01,028 --> 00:38:02,056 Yes, I did. 591 00:38:04,092 --> 00:38:06,985 I had three flights in one day. 592 00:38:07,020 --> 00:38:11,026 Actually, when you see the film, some of the shots are in the airplane 593 00:38:11,061 --> 00:38:15,032 and we were doing heavy air combat manoeuvres. My pilot's name was Bozo 594 00:38:15,067 --> 00:38:20,008 and I had the bag right there, so I leaned down to fill the bag 595 00:38:20,043 --> 00:38:24,965 and as I leaned down, he pulled up, went right up. 596 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:30,004 My head was on the floor and I'm trying to hit the mic and I'm going 597 00:38:30,039 --> 00:38:35,048 "Mother! Mother! " My head is banging on the floor, 598 00:38:35,083 --> 00:38:36,981 pulling up... 599 00:38:37,016 --> 00:38:40,540 I finally came up and I said, "What are you doing?" 600 00:38:40,575 --> 00:38:44,064 He says, "Well they don't call me Bozo for nothing. " 601 00:38:45,060 --> 00:38:50,025 Anyway, obviously, you came here 602 00:38:50,060 --> 00:38:54,080 to see how fast you could driveour reasonably priced cararound our track. Absolutely. 603 00:38:54,115 --> 00:38:58,060 You're 33 films, you're 30, I think this is the peak of your career now. 604 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,060 I'm thinking of maybe Cameron's lap first of all. 605 00:39:04,095 --> 00:39:08,084 Yeah? Ladies first? Good idea?AUDIENCE: Yes! 606 00:39:08,119 --> 00:39:10,008 OK, let's have a look. 607 00:39:13,024 --> 00:39:16,024 So we're off, and that's a good start. 608 00:39:16,059 --> 00:39:17,076 That's a good look. 609 00:39:17,111 --> 00:39:18,981 Here we go. 610 00:39:19,016 --> 00:39:21,061 How do you manage to suit a helmet? 611 00:39:21,096 --> 00:39:25,040 Nobody looks good in a helmet. She looks good in a helmet. 612 00:39:29,012 --> 00:39:31,000 That's perfect. 613 00:39:32,096 --> 00:39:35,048 Ugh, that's fifth. 614 00:39:36,032 --> 00:39:38,048 These BLEEP English gears. 615 00:39:40,052 --> 00:39:44,088 They're Korean, actually. To be honest, they're Korean gears. 616 00:39:47,044 --> 00:39:50,012 Sorry, Stig, totally BLEEP it up. 617 00:39:51,092 --> 00:39:55,064 He's never heard that word. No?He doesn't know it exists. 618 00:39:55,099 --> 00:39:58,020 Now, did you keep it in the lines? 619 00:40:00,060 --> 00:40:01,096 Poetry, in essence. 620 00:40:01,131 --> 00:40:04,032 BLEEP me! 621 00:40:05,020 --> 00:40:06,092 Corner. 622 00:40:07,072 --> 00:40:10,012 BLEEP 623 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,000 Some of this is broadcastable. 624 00:40:15,056 --> 00:40:17,061 Was that flat out through there? 625 00:40:17,096 --> 00:40:21,037 Are you flat out? You didn'tlift off? It's flat out. 626 00:40:21,072 --> 00:40:25,040 Flat out, and then that's a beautiful line through there. 627 00:40:26,088 --> 00:40:31,020 The traditional cee'd understeer and there we are, across the line. 628 00:40:31,055 --> 00:40:33,032 APPLAUSE 629 00:40:33,068 --> 00:40:35,028 Very good. 630 00:40:39,024 --> 00:40:41,965 What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? 631 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:48,008 Tell me, tell me, what is my time? I think we'll look at Tom's lapfirst, shall we? 632 00:40:50,072 --> 00:40:54,012 Who wants to see Tom's lap? AUDIENCE: Yeah. 633 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,540 TYRES SQUEAL 634 00:40:57,575 --> 00:41:00,000 Nice start. 635 00:41:01,056 --> 00:41:04,036 And coming up now to the first corner. 636 00:41:04,071 --> 00:41:06,044 That's a serious looking face. 637 00:41:06,088 --> 00:41:09,076 I'm going, "Is this third gear? "That's what I kept doing. 638 00:41:09,111 --> 00:41:11,993 That's quite an interesting line through there. 639 00:41:12,028 --> 00:41:16,016 The Formula 1 drivers come out really wide but Stig thinks that's right. 640 00:41:16,051 --> 00:41:18,012 See if I can get this to turn right. 641 00:41:19,036 --> 00:41:22,044 Let's have a look. Ooh, that's... 642 00:41:23,036 --> 00:41:25,041 That's a lesson in how to do it. 643 00:41:25,076 --> 00:41:28,056 Now Hammerhead. This is the hardest corner of the lot. 644 00:41:28,091 --> 00:41:31,061 Did you stay in the lines like Cameron did? 645 00:41:31,096 --> 00:41:34,032 No. You see, Cameron, you can grin there. 646 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:38,076 Now, we're flat out here all the way to the end. 647 00:41:41,032 --> 00:41:43,012 Nice gearbox 648 00:41:44,096 --> 00:41:46,064 Flat through there. 649 00:41:46,084 --> 00:41:48,080 Yeah, and flat through the next bit. 650 00:41:50,064 --> 00:41:54,024 That's so much fun. It is good. This one's really fun too. 651 00:41:54,068 --> 00:41:56,072 And then... 652 00:41:56,092 --> 00:41:59,076 This is awesome. You got it right that time. 653 00:42:09,092 --> 00:42:11,092 We could have killed you! 654 00:42:11,127 --> 00:42:13,048 CHEERING 655 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,045 What if we'd actually killed you? 656 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:24,076 I felt the wind come underneath. I was feathering like a kite. 657 00:42:25,008 --> 00:42:26,017 "I'm on two wheels!" 658 00:42:26,052 --> 00:42:30,024 Thank God you managed to get it backon all four wheels again. It was great fun. 659 00:42:30,059 --> 00:42:33,965 So what do we think? Fastest man's a wizard, Rupert Grint at 1:45.5 660 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:40,004 Slowest in the dry laps is Nick Robinson, Political Editor for the BBC. 661 00:42:40,039 --> 00:42:43,523 He did it it 1:49.9. So, Cameron, ladies first. 662 00:42:43,558 --> 00:42:47,008 This is the piece of paper with the times on it. 663 00:42:47,043 --> 00:42:49,068 Good luck. Thanks, buddy. 664 00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:54,072 Cameron Diaz, you did it in one... 665 00:42:54,107 --> 00:42:55,088 forty... 666 00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:01,048 five... 667 00:43:05,004 --> 00:43:07,028 two. CHEERING 668 00:43:17,076 --> 00:43:18,568 Wow! 669 00:43:18,603 --> 00:43:20,060 Yes! 670 00:43:23,064 --> 00:43:25,012 Well done, you. 671 00:43:33,076 --> 00:43:34,989 Yes! 672 00:43:35,024 --> 00:43:41,036 Now, that's a magnanimous face but, let's be honest, you're quietly crapping yourself. 673 00:43:42,096 --> 00:43:46,076 Oh, my God. 1:45.2, I doubt. 674 00:43:49,004 --> 00:43:50,973 Oh, just give it over. 675 00:43:51,008 --> 00:43:56,044 Give it over! Give it to him! Even Tom Cruise leans forward. 676 00:43:56,079 --> 00:43:59,036 "I'm not interested. I'm not interested. " 677 00:44:00,016 --> 00:44:03,008 Tom Cruise, you did it in one... 678 00:44:04,048 --> 00:44:06,068 forty... OK. 679 00:44:06,103 --> 00:44:08,088 SHE WHISPERS 680 00:44:09,052 --> 00:44:12,076 four. AUDIENCE WHOOPS 681 00:44:14,004 --> 00:44:16,024 CHEERING 682 00:44:20,056 --> 00:44:22,053 You Americans. 683 00:44:22,088 --> 00:44:26,000 APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH 684 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:42,052 When I was on two wheels, I thought, "I don't know what's going to happen. " 685 00:44:42,087 --> 00:44:46,024 Two wheels is obviously the fastest way... 686 00:44:47,072 --> 00:44:50,032 You are a man who likes racing, but that's quick. 687 00:44:50,067 --> 00:44:52,013 When the two wheels were going through... 688 00:44:52,048 --> 00:44:55,020 I'm not going to come off and they said, "This is it. " 689 00:44:55,055 --> 00:44:57,060 So I was thinking, "If I go through on the side, 690 00:44:57,095 --> 00:44:59,008 does the time still count?" 691 00:44:59,043 --> 00:44:59,977 LAUGHTER 692 00:45:00,012 --> 00:45:02,049 It was... That was a breathtaking thing. 693 00:45:02,084 --> 00:45:05,072 My whole day has just been... It's been just... Wow. 694 00:45:05,107 --> 00:45:07,017 Such an honour to meet you, Tom. 695 00:45:07,052 --> 00:45:11,012 This was the best day. Cameron, thank youvery much for making me sick. 696 00:45:11,047 --> 00:45:14,027 What's that? Thank youfor making me feel sick. 697 00:45:14,062 --> 00:45:16,973 Oh, you are so welcome Ladies and gentlemen... 698 00:45:17,008 --> 00:45:20,036 Thank you so much. Thank you all. Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. 699 00:45:20,071 --> 00:45:23,020 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 700 00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:30,044 Thank you so much. That was so much fun. 701 00:45:32,096 --> 00:45:34,005 Came to see a show about cars 702 00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:37,024 and you get to see Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. 703 00:45:37,059 --> 00:45:39,080 They're great. Staggering. 704 00:45:40,084 --> 00:45:45,021 Anyway, anyway... slight change of mood. 705 00:45:45,056 --> 00:45:49,036 Had he lived, Ayrton Senna would have celebrated 706 00:45:49,071 --> 00:45:51,989 his 50th birthday earlier this year. 707 00:45:52,024 --> 00:45:55,060 The weird thing is, I was talking about this to my 14-year-old son, 708 00:45:55,095 --> 00:45:58,096 and he went, "Oh yeah, was he that racing driver that got killed?" 709 00:45:58,131 --> 00:46:00,025 That makes me feel really old. 710 00:46:00,060 --> 00:46:03,001 I know, it's awful, but the thing is, I said to him, 711 00:46:03,036 --> 00:46:08,080 "If you'd seen his funeral, you'd know he was a bit more than that. " 712 00:46:11,044 --> 00:46:14,084 'One of the world's greatest motor racing drivers, Ayrton Senna, 713 00:46:14,119 --> 00:46:16,021 'has died after a crash... ' 714 00:46:16,056 --> 00:46:18,060 'Senna, three times a world champion, 715 00:46:18,095 --> 00:46:20,064 'suffered massive head injuries... ' 716 00:46:20,099 --> 00:46:21,049 GERMAN COMMENTARY 717 00:46:21,084 --> 00:46:24,965 'A million people lined the streets of his home city... 718 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,044 'The Brazilian government has called in full military officers... ' 719 00:46:28,079 --> 00:46:32,052 'His home country has declared three days of mourning. ' 720 00:46:33,096 --> 00:46:37,048 I think I was nine years old and I was racing that weekend 721 00:46:37,083 --> 00:46:41,052 and I just came in from a heat or a practise session 722 00:46:41,087 --> 00:46:43,977 and my dad was working away on the car 723 00:46:44,012 --> 00:46:47,072 and I remember him telling me. I remember going round to the back of the car 724 00:46:47,107 --> 00:46:51,009 and just... balled my eyes out. At nine years... 725 00:46:51,044 --> 00:46:54,088 I remember it like it was yesterday. Exactly where I was, what spot. 726 00:46:54,123 --> 00:46:56,060 I could take you there right now. 727 00:46:57,056 --> 00:47:00,536 In Brazil, they remember Ayrton Senna as a sporting hero 728 00:47:00,571 --> 00:47:03,981 who gave a way millions to help underprivileged children. 729 00:47:04,016 --> 00:47:08,068 Elsewhere in the world, though, we remember him best for this... 730 00:47:15,064 --> 00:47:17,012 'And Senna goes through. ' 731 00:47:19,004 --> 00:47:20,064 'Senna goes through again!' 732 00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:38,993 Ayrton Senna did race in Formula 1 733 00:47:39,028 --> 00:47:43,044 from 1984- to his death at Imola in 1994. 734 00:47:43,079 --> 00:47:46,025 'Ayrton Senna wins at Monaco. ' 735 00:47:46,060 --> 00:47:51,036 In that time, he won the world championship three times. 736 00:47:53,012 --> 00:47:57,000 The figures suggest that Schumacher and Fangio were better, 737 00:47:57,035 --> 00:48:02,004 but the people who know, they tell a different story. 738 00:48:02,084 --> 00:48:06,068 I think, Senna, I would put him in number one. 739 00:48:06,103 --> 00:48:08,563 For me, Senna is number one. 740 00:48:08,598 --> 00:48:10,989 For me, he was number one. 741 00:48:11,024 --> 00:48:13,061 I would Ayrton Senna as number one. 742 00:48:13,096 --> 00:48:16,578 For me, Ayrton Senna undoubtedly was the number one. 743 00:48:16,613 --> 00:48:20,060 I would put him number one. He was the greatest driver. 744 00:48:20,095 --> 00:48:23,965 If you ask me, I put Senna as well in number one. 745 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,076 Martin Brundle, who races against the Brazilian for 11 years, 746 00:48:27,111 --> 00:48:30,052 is well qualified to explain why Senna 747 00:48:30,087 --> 00:48:32,061 was the ultimate drivers driver. 748 00:48:32,096 --> 00:48:37,082 He had a God given talent that I haven't witnessed anywhere else. 749 00:48:37,117 --> 00:48:41,580 I sixth sense of where the grip was before he turned into a corner. 750 00:48:41,615 --> 00:48:46,044 If you look at this Lotus, even when it's going in a straight line, 751 00:48:46,079 --> 00:48:50,013 it is dancing. Absolutely. And there. 752 00:48:50,048 --> 00:48:53,052 You look at these and you think, I can't do that. 753 00:48:54,068 --> 00:48:55,985 I think Senna has the ability 754 00:48:56,020 --> 00:49:00,017 to be able to drive completely on the limit. 755 00:49:00,052 --> 00:49:05,008 Some of the laps he did, we know were, were unbelievable. 756 00:49:10,084 --> 00:49:13,017 And this is just... This is manic. Look at this. 757 00:49:13,052 --> 00:49:16,068 How he reads those two guys, he's absolutely on it, isn't he? 758 00:49:16,103 --> 00:49:17,965 This is... Look at that. 759 00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:21,053 'Senna was so good at banzai last minute qualifying laps 760 00:49:21,088 --> 00:49:27,072 'that in his Formula 1 career, he won an incredible 65 poll positions. 761 00:49:27,107 --> 00:49:30,020 Had had this gift to just go and find... 762 00:49:30,055 --> 00:49:31,993 We could all find a tenth or two, 763 00:49:32,028 --> 00:49:35,032 the really great drivers could go and find half a second 764 00:49:35,067 --> 00:49:37,000 or three quarters of a second. 765 00:49:37,035 --> 00:49:38,049 'Ayrton Senna... ' 766 00:49:38,084 --> 00:49:41,045 However, Senna could do even better than that. 767 00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:47,036 In Monaco in 1988, he out qualified his teammate, the great Alain Prost, 768 00:49:47,071 --> 00:49:50,060 by a scarcely believable one and a half seconds. 769 00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:12,044 Nobody, in the end, wanted to spoil Senna's poll lap. 770 00:50:12,079 --> 00:50:15,025 When you saw the day-glow McLaren 771 00:50:15,060 --> 00:50:18,037 and the very bright helmet of Ayrton Senna, 772 00:50:18,072 --> 00:50:21,052 he would come through and we literally jumped out of the way. 773 00:50:21,087 --> 00:50:24,032 You didn't want to be the one they talked about as having 774 00:50:25,024 --> 00:50:27,084 blown the lap that the whole of the Grand Prix venue 775 00:50:27,119 --> 00:50:28,977 was looking forward to. 776 00:50:29,012 --> 00:50:33,024 'But it wasn't just out and out speed that made Senna special. ' 777 00:50:36,016 --> 00:50:41,052 He was so good because he was working so hard on details. 778 00:50:41,087 --> 00:50:43,080 I brought the car also there and there, 779 00:50:43,115 --> 00:50:45,571 but he went in the fine details. 780 00:50:45,606 --> 00:50:47,993 That's why he was fantastic. 781 00:50:48,028 --> 00:50:51,048 The worst is here. The worst is the second chicane. 782 00:50:51,083 --> 00:50:52,057 Beneath the first chicane. 783 00:50:52,092 --> 00:50:57,050 But it is because the asphalt goes like this in the third chicane 784 00:50:57,085 --> 00:51:02,008 and it's like this. In the second chicane it's, you're coming bumpy. 785 00:51:02,043 --> 00:51:04,052 If I think back to when I was his test driver 786 00:51:04,087 --> 00:51:05,997 at the beginning of the '94 season, 787 00:51:06,032 --> 00:51:09,524 after the second day he had a small incident and tweaked his neck 788 00:51:09,559 --> 00:51:12,795 and that was it. The test was over as far as he was concerned. 789 00:51:12,830 --> 00:51:16,032 Er, I came in the following day and he was there! I thought, 790 00:51:16,067 --> 00:51:18,049 "OK, "he must have made a miraculous recovery," 791 00:51:18,084 --> 00:51:21,542 but in fact he was just there to listen to what I was saying to 792 00:51:21,577 --> 00:51:25,000 the engineers, to work out whether he could trust my feedback. 793 00:51:25,035 --> 00:51:27,053 When I compare that being Nigel Mansell's test driver, 794 00:51:27,088 --> 00:51:31,036 he would set a lap time and then he would bugger off to the golf course. 795 00:51:33,068 --> 00:51:37,058 Another weapon in Senna's armoury was his utter ruthlessness. 796 00:51:37,093 --> 00:51:41,048 'Prost having a look, Senna driving him into the pit wall. ' 797 00:51:41,083 --> 00:51:43,561 'Schumacher trying to take Ayrton Senna. 798 00:51:43,596 --> 00:51:46,040 'Let's see if the Brazilian moves across. 799 00:51:46,075 --> 00:51:47,985 'Indeed he did. ' 800 00:51:48,020 --> 00:51:53,060 He often used to put us in a position, erm, that you were going to have an accident 801 00:51:53,095 --> 00:51:55,095 and he would leave it up to you to decide 802 00:51:55,130 --> 00:51:57,061 whether to have that accident or not. 803 00:51:57,096 --> 00:52:02,024 Martin experienced this psychological warfare first of all 804 00:52:02,059 --> 00:52:05,009 when racing against Senna in Formula 3. 805 00:52:05,044 --> 00:52:08,092 Look, I've got a great big lead here and he launches in from nowhere 806 00:52:08,127 --> 00:52:13,025 and then... parks on my shoulder. 807 00:52:13,060 --> 00:52:17,050 I couldn't get out of the car until they lifted his car off the top of mine. 808 00:52:17,085 --> 00:52:21,040 When he wanted to overtake, he'd go on the inside and put the car in a place... 809 00:52:21,075 --> 00:52:23,977 If you tried to take the corner, you're going to hit him. Yes. 810 00:52:24,012 --> 00:52:28,032 He would put you in a compromising position and leave you to make that decision. 811 00:52:28,067 --> 00:52:32,017 And if you didn't run into to him, psychologically you're buried and finished. 812 00:52:32,052 --> 00:52:36,080 He would then know that every time after that it showed your wheel, you'll jump out of the way. 813 00:52:36,115 --> 00:52:40,080 'He's got Mansell all over him. He has no reason to stay out... ' 814 00:52:40,115 --> 00:52:45,013 'Even the giants from Senna's era respected his toughness. ' 815 00:52:45,048 --> 00:52:49,088 I don't think there was any qualifying session or any race he went into the wasn't prepared 816 00:52:49,123 --> 00:52:51,029 to put it on the line. 817 00:52:51,064 --> 00:52:55,534 'All over the back, he's having a look and he's inside Mansell. ' 818 00:52:55,569 --> 00:53:00,004 He was the toughest driver and the most ferocious driver to, um, 819 00:53:00,039 --> 00:53:02,061 protect his area or space. 820 00:53:02,096 --> 00:53:04,969 'Senna - all his skills involved. 821 00:53:05,004 --> 00:53:10,008 'He's got a much, much slower car and clapped out tires on his car. 822 00:53:10,043 --> 00:53:13,567 'Mansell's got fresh rubber on. All the grip in the world. 823 00:53:13,602 --> 00:53:17,057 'Blocking away and sliding a lot. Senna's knocking it down. ' 824 00:53:17,092 --> 00:53:23,032 'Mansell weaving this way and that way, but Senna won't let him past. 825 00:53:23,067 --> 00:53:25,989 'He's got the racing line and he's going to keep it. ' 826 00:53:26,024 --> 00:53:31,080 This will to win reached it's peak at the Japanese Grand Prix in 1990. 827 00:53:31,115 --> 00:53:35,012 Here, Senna would be world champion providing his arch rival, 828 00:53:35,047 --> 00:53:38,041 Alain Prost, now at Ferrari, failed to finish. 829 00:53:38,076 --> 00:53:43,024 So, at the first corner, he made sure Prost failed to finish. 830 00:53:43,059 --> 00:53:45,013 'Alain Prost has taken the advantage, 831 00:53:45,048 --> 00:53:47,566 'Senna is trying to go through on the inside, 832 00:53:47,601 --> 00:53:50,084 'and it's happened immediately! This is amazing! 833 00:53:50,119 --> 00:53:52,989 'Senna goes off at the first corner. ' 834 00:53:53,024 --> 00:53:56,072 'Yes, and that makes Ayrton Senna world champion this year. ' 835 00:53:56,107 --> 00:54:00,033 He doesn't even try to break? No, no, no. At that point... 836 00:54:00,068 --> 00:54:04,000 when they are back there, Senna, if he wanted to stay in the race, 837 00:54:04,035 --> 00:54:07,020 you'd have seen two puffs of blue smoke from his front tires. 838 00:54:07,055 --> 00:54:09,559 That gap was always going to disappear. 839 00:54:09,594 --> 00:54:12,029 He was driving into a disappearing wedge. 840 00:54:12,064 --> 00:54:16,548 After the crash, he showed absolutely no contrition. 841 00:54:16,583 --> 00:54:20,997 When there is a gap, you either commit yourself, 842 00:54:21,032 --> 00:54:25,064 as a professional racing driver that is designed to win races, 843 00:54:25,099 --> 00:54:29,005 or you come second or you come third or you come fifth. 844 00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:33,000 I am not designed to come third, fourth or fifth. I race to win. 845 00:54:33,035 --> 00:54:35,068 If you no longer go for a gap that exists, 846 00:54:35,103 --> 00:54:37,096 you're no longer a racing driver. 847 00:54:39,024 --> 00:54:41,965 Strangely, Senna had a big heart. 848 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:46,016 He was a devote Christian capable of extraordinary compassion. 849 00:54:49,008 --> 00:54:52,021 When fellow racing driver Erik Comas crashed in 1992, 850 00:54:52,056 --> 00:54:57,052 Senna stopped and risked his own life running across the track to help. 851 00:54:58,072 --> 00:55:01,044 That's the paradox of Ayrton Senna, isn't it. 852 00:55:01,079 --> 00:55:03,981 In that he was clearly a fantastic human being. 853 00:55:04,016 --> 00:55:08,969 And he cared about people in Brazil, he cared about racing drivers. 854 00:55:09,004 --> 00:55:15,021 I mean he was mortally hurt when Ratzenberger died the day before he died. 855 00:55:15,056 --> 00:55:21,004 But then he would crash Alain Prost off the race track and put both their lives at risk. 856 00:55:22,032 --> 00:55:25,965 As a man, Ayrton Senna was hard to fathom, 857 00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:30,024 but when it rained it was easy to spot his talents as a driver. 858 00:55:30,059 --> 00:55:33,076 'And Senna is a wet weather master!' 859 00:55:38,032 --> 00:55:40,977 This is Donnington in 1993. 860 00:55:41,012 --> 00:55:46,012 The track is wet and Senna, in an inferior McLaren, is in trouble at the start. 861 00:55:46,047 --> 00:55:49,048 'Coming up well Senna is crowded out and down to fifth position. 862 00:55:49,083 --> 00:55:52,037 'Wendliger is up into third place ahead of Schumacher 863 00:55:52,072 --> 00:55:57,997 'Prost leads, Hill second, and Ayrton Senna is up to fourth position ahead of Schumacher. 864 00:55:58,032 --> 00:56:03,088 'Challenging Wendliger as they go round the right-hander into the old hairpin. Senna is up to third. 865 00:56:03,123 --> 00:56:06,061 'A quite brilliant couple of corners by Ayrton Senna. 866 00:56:06,096 --> 00:56:10,068 'Tremendous stuff. He muscled his way back into the contention at Redgate. 867 00:56:10,103 --> 00:56:14,585 'He's going inside Damon Hill and Senna into second place already. ' 868 00:56:14,620 --> 00:56:19,068 'So, two retirements already... and Senna goes through into the lead! 869 00:56:19,103 --> 00:56:22,036 'He's past Alain Prost so... ' And that was it. 870 00:56:22,071 --> 00:56:25,013 One lap, fifth to first. Yeah. 871 00:56:25,048 --> 00:56:30,000 If you want to have 40 seconds of, what is Ayrton Senna the racing driver all about? 872 00:56:30,035 --> 00:56:32,005 There it is in a nutshell. Yeah. 873 00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:34,985 After the race, though, he was completely calm. 874 00:56:35,020 --> 00:56:40,044 Driving with slicks in damp and really slippery conditions 875 00:56:40,079 --> 00:56:42,037 was... was tremendous. 876 00:56:42,072 --> 00:56:48,084 Conditions like this is gambling and it's taking chances that pays off 877 00:56:48,119 --> 00:56:51,016 and I think we gambled good. 878 00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:57,024 Of course you have to remember that Senna was doing his gambling in cars 879 00:56:57,059 --> 00:57:00,020 that were like wild ferocious animals. 880 00:57:03,024 --> 00:57:06,981 This McLaren MP44, in which he won eight races 881 00:57:07,016 --> 00:57:11,060 and his first world championship, had very little down force, 882 00:57:11,095 --> 00:57:16,000 a manual gear box and 1,200 horse power. 883 00:57:16,035 --> 00:57:19,025 450 more than the F1 cars of today. 884 00:57:19,060 --> 00:57:23,042 It is the last of the turbo charged monsters. 885 00:57:23,077 --> 00:57:27,024 One of the greatest racing cars ever made. 886 00:57:27,059 --> 00:57:30,531 And today, it's going to rumble again 887 00:57:30,566 --> 00:57:34,004 in the hands of Senna's number one fan. 888 00:57:35,036 --> 00:57:36,040 I'm nervous. 889 00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,088 There it is. Wooooo! 890 00:57:42,040 --> 00:57:45,048 I can't believe that, um... Oh, jeez... 891 00:57:45,083 --> 00:57:47,049 LEWIS GIGGLES 892 00:57:47,084 --> 00:57:51,042 You've just got back from the Canadian Grand Prix this morning? Yeah. 893 00:57:51,077 --> 00:57:55,000 I couldn't sleep. Really? I slept like an hour or so on the flight. 894 00:57:55,035 --> 00:57:58,040 I couldn't get to sleep... Cos you get to drive Senna's MP4? 895 00:57:58,075 --> 00:58:01,559 I just can't imagine what it's going to be like. 896 00:58:01,594 --> 00:58:05,009 I just have this... I have this sound in my head 897 00:58:05,044 --> 00:58:09,016 of the car roaring and going through Monaco streets when he's one handed. 898 00:58:11,084 --> 00:58:15,032 I'm going to go one handed and see what it's like round one of the corners. 899 00:58:15,067 --> 00:58:17,008 Let's go, let's go. Can I go? 900 00:58:18,060 --> 00:58:20,536 ENGINE ROARS 901 00:58:20,571 --> 00:58:23,012 LAUGHS GLEEFULLY 902 00:58:25,016 --> 00:58:27,064 Ooh, it's BLEEP. 903 00:58:29,092 --> 00:58:31,084 LAUGHS EXCITEDLY 904 00:58:31,119 --> 00:58:33,076 Woo-hoo-hoo! 905 00:58:38,020 --> 00:58:41,985 Oh, yeah! Whoa-ho-ho-ho, my God! 906 00:58:42,020 --> 00:58:47,038 The racing back in the mid '80s was, I mean there's an incredible 907 00:58:47,073 --> 00:58:52,056 scene with Nelson Pike overtaking Senna on full opposite lock. 908 00:58:52,091 --> 00:58:54,985 Very little in the way of safety, 909 00:58:55,020 --> 00:58:58,048 very little in the way of aerodynamic grip. 910 00:59:00,044 --> 00:59:02,033 Manual gearboxes, 1,200 horse power. 911 00:59:02,068 --> 00:59:06,070 Yeah, and the cockpit, you could almost punch through it. 912 00:59:06,105 --> 00:59:10,037 So you think, jeez, you're driving around at those speeds, 913 00:59:10,072 --> 00:59:14,052 your wheel falls off, the mechanic makes a mistake, you're dead. 914 00:59:14,087 --> 00:59:16,561 It's phenomenal and I can't even contemplate 915 00:59:16,596 --> 00:59:19,001 what it would have been like, but, er... 916 00:59:19,036 --> 00:59:23,040 So that's why I think you have even more respect for the guys that did it back then. 917 00:59:23,075 --> 00:59:29,044 You had to be, back in the '80s... Crazy. 918 00:59:34,088 --> 00:59:38,969 You know, you've got your Mansells, Pikes, Prost... 919 00:59:39,004 --> 00:59:43,048 The drivers were... It's justthe right time... incredible and you think that shining out 920 00:59:43,083 --> 00:59:46,049 from all of those drivers in that great era... 921 00:59:46,084 --> 00:59:49,016 Yep... Senna rose to the top. Senna rose to the top. 922 00:59:52,024 --> 00:59:54,088 I don't want to go in. Let's do another lap! 923 00:59:56,052 --> 01:00:00,088 I loved the fact that he would fight for what he truly believed in. 924 01:00:00,123 --> 01:00:04,088 It's just everything! He puts everything into getting that lap 925 01:00:04,123 --> 01:00:08,048 and he had no fear. That's what I loved about it. 926 01:00:12,016 --> 01:00:14,028 I love this car! 927 01:00:14,063 --> 01:00:15,555 I love it. 928 01:00:15,590 --> 01:00:17,013 Come on. 929 01:00:17,048 --> 01:00:18,977 LEWIS SIGHS That's amazing. 930 01:00:19,012 --> 01:00:23,965 Oh, it' so much... It's nothing like the car I drive nowadays. 931 01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:28,044 But just to know the commitment and to get used to driving this car 932 01:00:28,079 --> 01:00:32,028 on the limit, I just... I just couldn't imagine it, man. 933 01:00:36,028 --> 01:00:38,048 It's one of the best days of my life. 934 01:00:38,083 --> 01:00:40,045 I just feel so blessed, you know. 935 01:00:40,080 --> 01:00:43,092 I dreamed my whole life of driving that car. 936 01:00:43,127 --> 01:00:45,052 My whole, my whole life. 937 01:00:46,060 --> 01:00:50,004 I just, er, just ticked off one of my dreams. 938 01:00:58,096 --> 01:01:04,024 I'll be honest with you, I was never a Senna fan. 939 01:01:04,059 --> 01:01:05,981 I always thought Gilles Villeneuve 940 01:01:06,016 --> 01:01:08,061 was the greatest racing driver of them all, but... 941 01:01:08,096 --> 01:01:12,061 to make this film, I've watched hours and hours and hours of footage 942 01:01:12,096 --> 01:01:19,092 and the thing is, Villeneuve was spectacular on a number of occasions... 943 01:01:22,052 --> 01:01:26,080 Senna, he was spectacular every single time he got in a car. 944 01:01:44,084 --> 01:01:47,542 There's an amazing film coming out in the next year 945 01:01:47,577 --> 01:01:51,000 and I urge you all to go and see it. It's fantastic. 946 01:01:51,035 --> 01:01:52,084 But for now, goodnight. 947 01:01:53,324 --> 01:02:01,014 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd http://www.addic7ed.com/ 948 01:02:19,049 --> 01:02:22,004 E- mail subtitling@bbc. co. uk