Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Comedian Eddie Izzard, tells how he could fly a Spitfire and suggests that satellite navigation should swear at drivers to get their attention.
Money for the restoration was raised by the phone calls from voters.
Restoration Rip-Off: Phone voters elect Paddy Hopkirk’s Mini Cooper as the winner of the Restoration Rip-Off Project. The bobsled won with 59.68 seconds whilst the Evo came in under 1.02.24. He drove it around the track in exactly 59 seconds.Ĭhallenge: Can a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Rally car beat a bobsleigh? May was in the car, driven by rally expert Henning Solberg, with Hammond and a professional team in the bobsled. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII FQ340 against the original more powerful Audi Quattro rally car the Evo wins and makes it 2-1 for the showroom cars.Ĭhallenge: Can a Formula 1 car (specifically Fernando Alonso’s Renault R24) get around the track in under a minute? Alonso wasn’t on hand to drive, so the Top Gear team gave it to The Stig to drive. Noble M400 against the 4-times Le Mans winning car, the less powerful Ford GT40 a photo finish sees the GT40 win by half a second. Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Eddie Izzard.Ĭhallenge: Are today’s showroom cars faster than race cars from “not that long ago”? Three pairs made up of one classic racer and one showroom car race against the clock in the Stig’s hands:įord Focus RS against a more powerful 1970’s Ford Escort RS1600 rally car the RS takes the win with ease.The Stig attempts a sub-1:00 power lap in a Renault F1 car.Jeremy & Richard race a Mitsubishi Evo WRC against a bobsled.The boys race a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti against a plane / train to Verbier.