1 00:00:51,342 --> 00:00:54,006 *THE GRAND TOUR* Season 03 Episode 05 Episode Title: "An Itchy Urus" 2 00:01:00,849 --> 00:01:02,607 Hello! Hello! 3 00:01:03,239 --> 00:01:05,020 What a surprise! 4 00:01:05,332 --> 00:01:06,747 Thank you. 5 00:01:07,294 --> 00:01:09,348 Thank you very much. 6 00:01:09,646 --> 00:01:11,088 Thank you so much. 7 00:01:11,174 --> 00:01:13,134 - Thank you. - Thank you. 8 00:01:14,131 --> 00:01:16,086 Thank you very much. 9 00:01:16,586 --> 00:01:20,420 Welcome. And coming up in this week's show: 10 00:01:21,586 --> 00:01:25,357 Abbie is sideways on ice in a 911 Turbo... 11 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:29,834 ...Richard drives Jim Clark's beautiful Lotus 25... 12 00:01:30,351 --> 00:01:32,857 ...and I nearly fall over. 13 00:01:35,534 --> 00:01:37,329 That... 14 00:01:37,415 --> 00:01:39,215 - Exciting looking show. - Right. 15 00:01:40,225 --> 00:01:42,912 That is all to come. Now... 16 00:01:42,998 --> 00:01:46,045 Hang on a minute. Does that mean Howard and Adrian aren't coming on? 17 00:01:46,131 --> 00:01:48,975 No. Haven't got time. 18 00:01:49,209 --> 00:01:51,724 We actually begin with the French. 19 00:01:51,810 --> 00:01:53,781 Er... now, they don't make a sports car very often, 20 00:01:53,866 --> 00:01:57,350 but when they do, literally nobody buys it. 21 00:01:57,789 --> 00:02:01,045 We've had the Venturi Atlantique, 22 00:02:01,171 --> 00:02:04,467 and then there was the Matra Murena, 23 00:02:04,553 --> 00:02:06,975 and then there was the Simca Sport. 24 00:02:07,170 --> 00:02:11,600 And all of them fell down the back of the sofa of history. 25 00:02:11,732 --> 00:02:14,568 Yeah, yeah, but you're conveniently forgetting to mention 26 00:02:14,654 --> 00:02:16,661 the best of the French sports car makers. 27 00:02:16,746 --> 00:02:19,224 That's like saying the best of the airborne plagues. 28 00:02:19,310 --> 00:02:21,341 - No. - The best of the... 29 00:02:21,426 --> 00:02:23,266 No, it isn't. There is one French maker 30 00:02:23,352 --> 00:02:25,421 that's been consistently good at making sports cars, 31 00:02:25,506 --> 00:02:29,086 and they've made a new one, and I've been testing it. 32 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:42,242 It's called the A110, 33 00:02:42,468 --> 00:02:44,617 and it's made by Alpine, 34 00:02:44,703 --> 00:02:46,283 a French sports car firm 35 00:02:46,369 --> 00:02:49,195 who have a history of hitting the spot. 36 00:02:50,986 --> 00:02:53,341 The original A110, for example, 37 00:02:53,426 --> 00:02:58,021 won the World Rally Championship in 1973. 38 00:02:58,106 --> 00:02:59,821 And it's that car that gives the new one 39 00:02:59,906 --> 00:03:04,563 not only its name but also its looks. 40 00:03:14,531 --> 00:03:16,181 So, what we have here 41 00:03:16,266 --> 00:03:19,758 is a small, pure, no-nonsense sports car 42 00:03:19,883 --> 00:03:25,061 aimed squarely at the Porsche Cayman and the Audi TT. 43 00:03:25,146 --> 00:03:29,399 And this, unfortunately, is where the problems begin. 44 00:03:30,786 --> 00:03:36,555 You see, this launch version of the Alpine costs £51,000. 45 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,061 £51,000. 46 00:03:38,146 --> 00:03:42,497 Now, for £1,000 more, you can have the TT RS. 47 00:03:42,583 --> 00:03:45,438 That's the one Clarkson was driving in the last series. 48 00:03:46,466 --> 00:03:49,742 And that's more powerful, and it's faster. 49 00:03:50,650 --> 00:03:53,219 And the Porsche Cayman you buy for £51,000 50 00:03:53,305 --> 00:03:56,861 is also more powerful than this, and it's a Porsche. 51 00:03:56,946 --> 00:03:59,391 Whereas this is an Alpine. 52 00:03:59,539 --> 00:04:02,734 That's something you're going to have to explain when you're down the pub. 53 00:04:05,941 --> 00:04:08,758 Even the engine sounds a bit lame. 54 00:04:09,786 --> 00:04:11,741 I don't mean the noise it makes, 55 00:04:11,826 --> 00:04:14,701 I mean when somebody asks you, "What's that got, then, mister?" 56 00:04:14,786 --> 00:04:20,524 Because the answer is, "A four-cylinder 1.8-litre turbo, sonny!" 57 00:04:20,706 --> 00:04:24,250 For over £50,000. I mean, is that it? 58 00:04:28,266 --> 00:04:31,981 Also, I'm not sure about the looks. 59 00:04:32,066 --> 00:04:37,181 The original 1960s version was a masterpiece. 60 00:04:37,266 --> 00:04:41,344 But for me, this modern reboot doesn't quite work. 61 00:04:46,106 --> 00:04:48,541 The problem, I think, is that on modern cars 62 00:04:48,626 --> 00:04:52,398 there are rules about things like how high the headlights are above the ground, 63 00:04:52,484 --> 00:04:55,261 how forgiving the bonnet is if you run into a pedestrian. 64 00:04:55,422 --> 00:05:00,336 And once you stretch modern legislation over 1960s design language, 65 00:05:00,506 --> 00:05:04,008 you end up with a sort of slightly lame tribute act. 66 00:05:05,426 --> 00:05:08,078 So, is there anything good to report? 67 00:05:09,146 --> 00:05:11,578 Well, thankfully, yes. 68 00:05:13,266 --> 00:05:16,633 For starters, although Alpine is owned by Renault, 69 00:05:16,826 --> 00:05:22,703 this car is not just a hot Mégane dressed up in some fancy suit. 70 00:05:23,039 --> 00:05:26,969 The A110 is in fact a mid-engined, rear-drive sports car 71 00:05:27,055 --> 00:05:30,930 designed from scratch, on a clean sheet of paper. 72 00:05:35,386 --> 00:05:38,301 The body and the chassis are made entirely of aluminium. 73 00:05:38,386 --> 00:05:41,221 And the reason for that is simple - its lightness. 74 00:05:41,306 --> 00:05:43,541 And from that starting point, the Alpine engineers 75 00:05:43,626 --> 00:05:45,797 nerded their way through the rest of the car 76 00:05:45,883 --> 00:05:49,578 and shaved off every spare gram they could find. 77 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,227 The seats, for example, are half the weight 78 00:05:54,313 --> 00:05:57,344 of the ones you'll find in any hot Renault. 79 00:05:57,524 --> 00:06:00,047 The handbrake is built into the main callipers, 80 00:06:00,203 --> 00:06:05,861 rather than being separate, saving another 2.5 kilos. 81 00:06:05,946 --> 00:06:10,644 Even the stereo is a bespoke, lightweight design. 82 00:06:12,066 --> 00:06:14,001 And then there's this boot at the front, 83 00:06:14,086 --> 00:06:17,669 which is just deep enough for a small suitcase like this one. 84 00:06:17,755 --> 00:06:21,481 But now I think about it, putting the suitcase in there would just add weight. 85 00:06:21,566 --> 00:06:25,461 So what I would do is just pack my overnight stuff straight in there. 86 00:06:25,546 --> 00:06:27,481 The only downside is that in the morning, 87 00:06:27,566 --> 00:06:30,611 I have to go outside if I want a fresh pair of pants. 88 00:06:34,306 --> 00:06:37,361 So, thanks to Alpine's fanatical diet regime, 89 00:06:37,446 --> 00:06:43,331 this car is 300 kilos lighter than a Cayman or an Audi TT. 90 00:06:44,666 --> 00:06:47,531 And that has a profound effect. 91 00:06:50,706 --> 00:06:52,561 Suddenly, it doesn't really matter 92 00:06:52,646 --> 00:06:56,755 that you've only got 1.8 litres and 248 horsepower. 93 00:06:56,864 --> 00:07:00,211 This thing absolutely zips along. 94 00:07:02,620 --> 00:07:05,302 Nought to 60, four and a half seconds. 95 00:07:06,986 --> 00:07:10,958 Top speed limited to 155 miles an hour. 96 00:07:15,346 --> 00:07:17,716 And then, when you get to a corner... 97 00:07:20,546 --> 00:07:24,271 ...you find out just how agile this thing is. 98 00:07:33,706 --> 00:07:36,251 It's like driving a feather. 99 00:07:44,826 --> 00:07:49,263 It is like a cartoon car. It should come with those little bubbles saying... 100 00:07:56,552 --> 00:07:59,880 But even though the A110 is built to minimalist principles, 101 00:07:59,966 --> 00:08:02,121 you never feel like you're in some miserable, 102 00:08:02,206 --> 00:08:04,571 Spartan track-day car. 103 00:08:05,700 --> 00:08:07,921 It has air-con, sat-nav, 104 00:08:08,006 --> 00:08:10,541 phone connectivity - 105 00:08:10,626 --> 00:08:13,357 all the modern things you want. 106 00:08:15,386 --> 00:08:17,841 This whole lightness and smallness thing 107 00:08:17,926 --> 00:08:23,381 cascades down in a sort of waterfall of pure joy. 108 00:08:23,466 --> 00:08:26,001 Lower weight means you don't need such big tyres, 109 00:08:26,086 --> 00:08:27,601 you don't need so much grip. 110 00:08:27,686 --> 00:08:30,341 That gives the car more feel. 111 00:08:30,426 --> 00:08:35,561 Low weight means you use less fuel, you make lower emissions. 112 00:08:35,646 --> 00:08:39,013 It's just win-win-win-win all the way. 113 00:08:39,546 --> 00:08:44,325 This is actually the most intelligent car I've driven for years. 114 00:08:45,386 --> 00:08:48,333 And I love it for that. I love it. 115 00:09:02,746 --> 00:09:04,521 Thank you. 116 00:09:04,641 --> 00:09:06,001 Erm... 117 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:11,824 So... So despite the ordinary engine, 118 00:09:11,958 --> 00:09:13,801 the looks that you're not sure about, 119 00:09:13,886 --> 00:09:16,521 and the high price, you liked it? 120 00:09:16,607 --> 00:09:18,101 I did. I loved it, yeah. 121 00:09:18,186 --> 00:09:20,919 - Yes, but would you buy one? - I have. 122 00:09:22,906 --> 00:09:24,721 - You've bought one of those? - I have. 123 00:09:24,806 --> 00:09:26,581 And actually, so has Gordon Murray. 124 00:09:26,666 --> 00:09:28,281 I've brought a picture of him along. Him. 125 00:09:28,366 --> 00:09:31,141 He designed the McLaren F1, so he knows. 126 00:09:31,226 --> 00:09:35,461 Yeah, so it's the sports car of choice for old men with terrible shirts. 127 00:09:35,546 --> 00:09:37,989 - So that's good to know. - Evidently. 128 00:09:38,075 --> 00:09:42,531 But, now let's see how fast it goes round the Eboladrome, shall we? 129 00:09:43,626 --> 00:09:44,927 And she's off. 130 00:09:45,013 --> 00:09:48,721 Brisk start, and a parp from the exhaust on the up-change. 131 00:09:48,935 --> 00:09:50,921 Immediately onto the Isn't Straight. 132 00:09:51,006 --> 00:09:54,974 And actually, that's not hanging around. 133 00:09:55,426 --> 00:09:58,161 Perhaps James was right about the benefits of... 134 00:09:58,246 --> 00:10:00,901 whatever it was he was saying. 135 00:10:01,048 --> 00:10:04,503 Howling round the final bend of the Isn't. 136 00:10:04,669 --> 00:10:09,302 Dropping down now into Your Name Here. 137 00:10:09,388 --> 00:10:11,481 Scrubbing off speed in a hurry. 138 00:10:11,566 --> 00:10:15,513 Torturing those tyres, but that does look pretty nimble. 139 00:10:15,886 --> 00:10:20,357 Now, the canter back down the Isn't, picking up speed. 140 00:10:21,325 --> 00:10:24,333 Dab of brakes at the mid-point. 141 00:10:25,763 --> 00:10:27,638 Now much harder on the brakes, 142 00:10:27,724 --> 00:10:30,721 flicking down the seven-speed box for Old Lady's House. 143 00:10:30,911 --> 00:10:32,661 Any understeer? 144 00:10:32,794 --> 00:10:34,982 No, not bad for a mid-engined car 145 00:10:35,068 --> 00:10:36,721 with no weight over the nose. 146 00:10:36,806 --> 00:10:39,681 I actually rather like the styling of this, 147 00:10:39,766 --> 00:10:41,341 and I'm right. 148 00:10:41,426 --> 00:10:44,396 Just Field of Sheep to go now. 149 00:10:44,546 --> 00:10:46,061 Here we are. 150 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:48,888 And oh, yes, that's an exuberant drift to finish, 151 00:10:49,001 --> 00:10:50,726 and across the line! 152 00:10:51,506 --> 00:10:53,261 Very good. 153 00:10:53,346 --> 00:10:55,321 Very good. Good driving, on form. 154 00:10:57,086 --> 00:10:58,802 Right. 155 00:10:59,546 --> 00:11:02,681 Right, let's see where it goes on our lap board. 156 00:11:02,766 --> 00:11:05,333 Will it go in the top ten? 157 00:11:05,565 --> 00:11:07,520 Oh, dear, no, it doesn't. 158 00:11:07,786 --> 00:11:09,536 Sorry, May, that is dismal 159 00:11:09,622 --> 00:11:11,861 for a mid-engined car. It is. 160 00:11:11,946 --> 00:11:14,921 It isn't about things like lap times. I told you before. 161 00:11:15,006 --> 00:11:17,121 He who is first shall be last, 162 00:11:17,206 --> 00:11:19,261 and the last shall be first. 163 00:11:19,346 --> 00:11:21,121 - Yes, but it's 15th. - It is, yeah. 164 00:11:21,206 --> 00:11:23,771 - It is, it is. - So? 165 00:11:23,919 --> 00:11:27,114 It's the Romain Grosjean of cars, that is. 166 00:11:27,239 --> 00:11:28,888 - Romain who? - Grosjean. 167 00:11:28,974 --> 00:11:30,721 - Who's he? - He's a French racing driver. 168 00:11:30,806 --> 00:11:34,036 The 15th best Formula One driver in the world, in fact. 169 00:11:34,153 --> 00:11:36,171 - You'd like him. - I already do. 170 00:11:36,257 --> 00:11:37,880 Good. Good, so we've sorted that out. 171 00:11:37,959 --> 00:11:40,825 It's time for us to move on, because right now it is time 172 00:11:40,911 --> 00:11:44,896 for us to scrump an apple of chat 173 00:11:45,029 --> 00:11:47,564 from the orchard of intercourse, 174 00:11:47,649 --> 00:11:50,684 which is on Conversation Street. 175 00:11:56,869 --> 00:11:58,844 - I like that one. - I thought you would. 176 00:11:58,929 --> 00:12:01,927 - I like that one a lot. - That's so up your street. 177 00:12:02,247 --> 00:12:05,732 Um... right now, lots of people these days 178 00:12:05,818 --> 00:12:07,104 are buying old cars, 179 00:12:07,189 --> 00:12:09,216 and we think we can see why. 180 00:12:09,341 --> 00:12:12,216 Yeah, because an old Jaguar E-Type, or Alfa Spider, 181 00:12:12,302 --> 00:12:15,013 is far more interesting to look at than any modern car, 182 00:12:15,099 --> 00:12:16,521 and it won't depreciate. 183 00:12:16,607 --> 00:12:18,310 In fact, it'll make you money. 184 00:12:18,450 --> 00:12:21,622 Yeah, the trouble is, though, you get into your old car, 185 00:12:21,739 --> 00:12:23,534 and it's crap. 186 00:12:24,269 --> 00:12:25,544 He's absolutely right, 187 00:12:25,629 --> 00:12:27,974 we forget how terrible old cars were, really. 188 00:12:28,060 --> 00:12:29,964 I mean, if you go more than 40 miles an hour, 189 00:12:30,049 --> 00:12:33,099 the windscreen wipers part company with the windscreen. 190 00:12:33,185 --> 00:12:36,224 - Yes. - And the headlamps are like candles in jam jars. 191 00:12:36,309 --> 00:12:38,644 - And the demister doesn't. - No, it doesn't. 192 00:12:38,729 --> 00:12:40,304 - And the heater doesn't. - No. 193 00:12:40,389 --> 00:12:42,204 And everything else rattles, and the brakes don't work. 194 00:12:42,289 --> 00:12:44,344 - Exactly. - That's old cars, they were... 195 00:12:44,429 --> 00:12:47,524 I speak from experience. I've got a 40-year-old Ferrari, a 308. 196 00:12:47,609 --> 00:12:52,184 Apart from all those things, it's catastrophically slow. You wouldn't believe it. 197 00:12:52,269 --> 00:12:54,624 I pull away from lights, and people behind honk because they think, 198 00:12:54,709 --> 00:12:56,244 - "That's a Ferrari, that'll... Oh." - Yeah. 199 00:12:56,329 --> 00:12:58,804 They honk? Doesn't that happen in any car you drive? 200 00:12:58,889 --> 00:13:01,124 - No, no, no... - "Oh, get out of the way!" 201 00:13:01,209 --> 00:13:02,384 Pretty much. 202 00:13:02,469 --> 00:13:03,684 But it is unbelievable just how poor it is. 203 00:13:03,769 --> 00:13:05,104 Very slow. 204 00:13:05,189 --> 00:13:07,604 But that's the exact point we're trying to make here. 205 00:13:07,689 --> 00:13:10,524 There are now loads of companies who will take an old car 206 00:13:10,609 --> 00:13:12,544 and then gently modernise it. 207 00:13:12,629 --> 00:13:15,164 Got some examples here of what we're on about. 208 00:13:15,249 --> 00:13:18,064 There's this, which is the Singer Porsche, 209 00:13:18,149 --> 00:13:19,524 I'm obviously not very interested in that. 210 00:13:19,609 --> 00:13:21,604 These two are, but I couldn't care less. 211 00:13:21,689 --> 00:13:24,704 Then you've got the Eagle, er... E-Type Speedster, 212 00:13:24,789 --> 00:13:27,104 one of the best-looking cars I've ever seen. 213 00:13:27,189 --> 00:13:31,104 That's an actual E-Type, and one of the most beautiful to drive. Absolute honey. 214 00:13:31,189 --> 00:13:34,644 Yeah, there's a company in Germany now, and they are modernising lightly. 215 00:13:34,729 --> 00:13:36,664 Remember those old Mercedes Pagoda SLs? 216 00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:38,724 - Oh, yeah. - They're putting AMG engines in. 217 00:13:38,809 --> 00:13:41,719 What, mo... That's got a modern AMG engine in it? 218 00:13:41,829 --> 00:13:44,337 Do you want to have a look at the engine? Another shot. 219 00:13:44,422 --> 00:13:46,202 - Hang on. - There it is, look at that! 220 00:13:46,288 --> 00:13:48,744 - That is a car. - I see you like that. 221 00:13:48,829 --> 00:13:50,986 - Very, very much. - I've got something you'll like more. 222 00:13:51,071 --> 00:13:52,944 - Have you? - Mm-hm. 223 00:13:53,029 --> 00:13:54,944 Oh, my God! 224 00:13:55,029 --> 00:13:57,044 That is an old '68 Dodge Charger. 225 00:13:57,129 --> 00:13:58,891 - You used to have one. - I did. 226 00:13:58,977 --> 00:14:04,633 But someone has put in that a 1,000-horsepower modern-day Hellcat engine. 227 00:14:04,719 --> 00:14:05,784 Aw! 228 00:14:05,869 --> 00:14:07,469 - I mean... - I... 229 00:14:07,563 --> 00:14:09,814 I need some time alone... 230 00:14:10,989 --> 00:14:13,184 - with that picture. - It's just... 231 00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:15,469 That is such a good idea, this, I think. 232 00:14:15,555 --> 00:14:17,404 It is actually, and it's a very good point. 233 00:14:17,489 --> 00:14:20,864 We all think we would like a Jensen Interceptor, don't we? 234 00:14:20,949 --> 00:14:22,424 But the fact is it won't go, 235 00:14:22,509 --> 00:14:25,064 it won't stop if it ever does go, the brakes won't work, 236 00:14:25,149 --> 00:14:26,684 all the rest of it - terrible thing. 237 00:14:26,769 --> 00:14:29,144 But here is a Jensen Interceptor, 238 00:14:29,229 --> 00:14:31,764 but that has modern brakes, has a modern cooling system, 239 00:14:31,849 --> 00:14:34,321 and it has the engine from a Corvette. 240 00:14:34,453 --> 00:14:37,305 No, it does. I've actually driven that very car, and it's epic. 241 00:14:37,391 --> 00:14:39,069 Well, that one isn't anymore, because somebody 242 00:14:39,154 --> 00:14:40,670 wrapped it round a fence in Goodwood. 243 00:14:40,756 --> 00:14:42,607 - Spoiled it. - But it was epic before that. 244 00:14:42,693 --> 00:14:44,561 It's a fantastic car, it really, really is. 245 00:14:44,646 --> 00:14:46,564 I'd like to explain, by the way, that squeaking noise 246 00:14:46,649 --> 00:14:48,624 is not James thinking, it's... 247 00:14:49,809 --> 00:14:51,064 ...it's the wind. 248 00:14:51,149 --> 00:14:53,404 - It's quite a breezy day. - It's a breezy day. 249 00:14:53,489 --> 00:14:57,184 And we decided to base ourselves in a tent because we're mad. 250 00:14:57,269 --> 00:14:58,778 - And on a hill. - And on a hill. 251 00:14:58,864 --> 00:15:00,099 But I think the problem 252 00:15:00,185 --> 00:15:01,997 with all of these reimagined cars 253 00:15:02,083 --> 00:15:04,528 is that they're expensive, they're too expensive. 254 00:15:04,622 --> 00:15:07,567 That Mercedes Pagoda SL, that's £300,000, 255 00:15:07,669 --> 00:15:09,824 those Singer Porsches, £400,000, 256 00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:13,464 that E-Type Speedster, 650 grand - it's just crazy. 257 00:15:13,549 --> 00:15:16,372 The problem is that the companies who are doing this kind of work, 258 00:15:16,551 --> 00:15:18,703 they know they can charge that kind of money, 259 00:15:18,789 --> 00:15:20,989 cos the customers that come to their workshops 260 00:15:21,075 --> 00:15:23,755 invariably arrive in a helicopter 261 00:15:23,942 --> 00:15:28,239 with a Ukrainian girlfriend and Lewis Hamilton's watch. 262 00:15:28,325 --> 00:15:30,356 And the fact is, if you're gonna dress up like that 263 00:15:30,442 --> 00:15:31,964 and act like that, if you're gonna show off, 264 00:15:32,049 --> 00:15:33,684 you'll get ripped off, that's the way it is. 265 00:15:33,769 --> 00:15:36,464 - They charge accordingly, don't they? - That's asking for it. 266 00:15:36,549 --> 00:15:38,372 What you should do is ring them up and say, 267 00:15:38,458 --> 00:15:40,031 "Could you collect me from the station?" 268 00:15:40,116 --> 00:15:41,263 - No. - That'd be better. 269 00:15:41,349 --> 00:15:43,357 No, the bus stop. "Pick me up from the bus stop", 270 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:44,842 I've come to look at these cars you're making." 271 00:15:44,927 --> 00:15:47,388 I've just had a thought. Right, picture this. 272 00:15:47,474 --> 00:15:49,810 An original Opel Manta A. Remember the one? 273 00:15:49,896 --> 00:15:51,724 - The round taillights? - Yeah... yeah, black bonnet. 274 00:15:51,809 --> 00:15:55,294 But with the engine from a modern Vauxhall VXR in it. 275 00:15:55,380 --> 00:15:57,497 So I just find some blokes that'll do that for me, 276 00:15:57,583 --> 00:16:02,817 I do that on the phone, and then I go and visit them on the bus in a tracksuit. 277 00:16:03,122 --> 00:16:04,704 And you'll get charged 50 quid. 278 00:16:04,789 --> 00:16:07,484 Well, probably 40, cos I need a tenner to get home on the bus. 279 00:16:08,966 --> 00:16:10,384 Ooh, now. 280 00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:12,144 There's a new electric car 281 00:16:12,229 --> 00:16:14,466 from, you're not going to believe this... 282 00:16:14,575 --> 00:16:16,664 - Kalashnikov. - Really? 283 00:16:16,749 --> 00:16:20,435 Yeah, the people who make AK-47s are going to start making electric cars. 284 00:16:20,521 --> 00:16:21,817 I like the sound of that. 285 00:16:21,903 --> 00:16:24,444 Do you want to see a picture of it? Here it is. 286 00:16:24,529 --> 00:16:26,424 - Ah. - Oh. 287 00:16:26,509 --> 00:16:30,247 No, don't laugh, because from the back it's actually worse. 288 00:16:30,333 --> 00:16:32,604 - There you go. - You're right, it is. 289 00:16:32,689 --> 00:16:36,325 Now, I assumed that it would have eight moving parts, 290 00:16:36,411 --> 00:16:39,104 that you could bury it in a bog for three months 291 00:16:39,302 --> 00:16:41,326 and that it would only jam if Richard Hammond used it. 292 00:16:41,411 --> 00:16:42,784 Yes, all right. 293 00:16:42,869 --> 00:16:46,304 But they say it has revolutionary technology. 294 00:16:46,389 --> 00:16:49,504 Does it? Does it have central locking, and loading? 295 00:16:49,955 --> 00:16:52,290 More importantly, can you fire it in the air at weddings? 296 00:16:52,422 --> 00:16:53,504 You probably would. 297 00:16:53,589 --> 00:16:55,703 "Exam results, children," they go out and do that. 298 00:16:55,805 --> 00:16:58,704 No, but I think the idea of driving a car called a Kalashnikov... 299 00:16:58,789 --> 00:17:01,328 - It sounds brilliant. - Oh, yeah, pretty good. 300 00:17:01,446 --> 00:17:03,852 Yeah. "What are you driving these days, Rich?" 301 00:17:03,938 --> 00:17:06,304 - "Well, it's a Kalashnikov." - There you go. 302 00:17:06,389 --> 00:17:07,634 - There you go. - The problem is, 303 00:17:07,719 --> 00:17:09,843 I reckon they're gonna sell a lot of T-shirts 304 00:17:09,929 --> 00:17:12,044 and mugs and hats with the name on, 305 00:17:12,129 --> 00:17:13,904 but not many actual cars. 306 00:17:13,989 --> 00:17:16,544 - Like Ferrari? - Basically Ferrari, yeah. 307 00:17:16,894 --> 00:17:18,875 Oh, er, here's one. 308 00:17:18,961 --> 00:17:20,804 There's a story I got from the Dorset Echo, 309 00:17:20,889 --> 00:17:23,384 which is a local newspaper in Dorset. 310 00:17:23,469 --> 00:17:27,344 And, um... I think it wins the award for unnecessary reporting, 311 00:17:27,429 --> 00:17:29,404 because it's about a crash that happened 312 00:17:29,489 --> 00:17:31,624 between a motorcyclist and a tank. 313 00:17:31,709 --> 00:17:35,604 Happened... Yeah, happened near that army base down there. OK, and it says, 314 00:17:35,689 --> 00:17:39,464 "The motorcyclist sustained a suspected fracture to his arm and leg." 315 00:17:39,549 --> 00:17:41,404 And here's the line they probably didn't need: 316 00:17:41,489 --> 00:17:43,324 "The driver of the tank was uninjured." 317 00:17:43,409 --> 00:17:44,984 - Oh, was he? - No? 318 00:17:45,069 --> 00:17:47,804 Well, he was lucky to get away with that, wasn't he? 319 00:17:47,889 --> 00:17:50,544 Was he really? 320 00:17:50,629 --> 00:17:52,884 I suspect he got back to base and went, "I hit a what?" 321 00:17:52,969 --> 00:17:55,144 "Did I?" 322 00:17:55,229 --> 00:17:57,633 Good conversation here, I think. Very good conversation. 323 00:17:57,719 --> 00:17:59,567 Because they've announced a new type 324 00:17:59,653 --> 00:18:01,564 of motor racing championship for women. 325 00:18:01,649 --> 00:18:03,584 It's called the W Series, OK? 326 00:18:03,669 --> 00:18:06,633 And the idea is is that potentially quite good, you know, 327 00:18:06,719 --> 00:18:10,711 women racing drivers can take part in this series. 328 00:18:10,797 --> 00:18:12,504 Cars are all exactly the same, 329 00:18:12,589 --> 00:18:13,884 you're invited to take part, 330 00:18:13,969 --> 00:18:16,904 and the prize money is £1.1 million. 331 00:18:16,989 --> 00:18:19,492 So, it's, you know, fairly incentivised. 332 00:18:19,578 --> 00:18:21,189 There's actually been a lot of discussion about it, 333 00:18:21,274 --> 00:18:22,946 or actually debate, I should say. 334 00:18:23,032 --> 00:18:26,864 Cos some people are saying it's sexist to have a women-only championship. 335 00:18:26,949 --> 00:18:29,781 But if you think about it, you've got women-only football, and rugby 336 00:18:29,867 --> 00:18:31,742 and hockey - all Olympic sports, pretty much, 337 00:18:31,828 --> 00:18:33,391 are segregated between men and women, 338 00:18:33,477 --> 00:18:35,048 so I can't see why motor racing should be different. 339 00:18:35,133 --> 00:18:36,992 Not all sports, though. Men and women compete 340 00:18:37,078 --> 00:18:39,284 directly against each other in dressage. 341 00:18:39,369 --> 00:18:41,624 Yeah, but that's not a sport. It isn't. 342 00:18:41,709 --> 00:18:44,924 That's just sitting on a horse while it tries to look camp. 343 00:18:47,069 --> 00:18:48,644 All right, then, they can... 344 00:18:48,729 --> 00:18:50,504 He's right. 345 00:18:50,589 --> 00:18:52,164 It is, though. 346 00:18:52,249 --> 00:18:53,624 You're right, actually. 347 00:18:53,709 --> 00:18:55,764 There's no segregation, then, between men and women 348 00:18:55,849 --> 00:18:57,604 in sailing, they compete against each other. 349 00:18:57,689 --> 00:19:01,224 That's not a sport either, is it? Sailing is a job. 350 00:19:01,309 --> 00:19:02,984 You have to pull pieces of rope... 351 00:19:03,069 --> 00:19:04,764 - All right, then! - It's manual labour. 352 00:19:04,849 --> 00:19:06,704 It's manual labour. It's not a sport. 353 00:19:06,789 --> 00:19:08,742 There's a world of difference between any of that 354 00:19:08,828 --> 00:19:10,904 and single-seater car racing. 355 00:19:10,989 --> 00:19:12,584 Why, though? Why is it? 356 00:19:12,669 --> 00:19:15,264 Is it, "Oh, well, you need manly strength to do it?" 357 00:19:15,349 --> 00:19:17,364 Cos you don't, anyway, cos even an F1 car 358 00:19:17,449 --> 00:19:18,904 has power steering these days. 359 00:19:18,989 --> 00:19:21,284 But I was driving a single-seater race car the other day, 360 00:19:21,369 --> 00:19:23,524 I can't remember what or where but it had slick tyres. 361 00:19:23,609 --> 00:19:26,624 After three laps, my neck muscles had... I was like this. 362 00:19:26,709 --> 00:19:28,404 I hadn't got the strength to lift my head up, 363 00:19:28,489 --> 00:19:31,904 I had to wait for the next corner to roll over the other way. 364 00:19:31,989 --> 00:19:34,144 Now, I know, you know, Navratilova and the Williams girl, 365 00:19:34,229 --> 00:19:35,924 you wouldn't want to arm-wrestle either of them, 366 00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:38,704 so women can build up their muscles to compensate for that. 367 00:19:38,789 --> 00:19:41,164 So, wait, are you saying that there should be segregation 368 00:19:41,249 --> 00:19:43,304 with women and men in motor sport? 369 00:19:43,389 --> 00:19:44,764 Well, it doesn't really matter what I think. 370 00:19:44,849 --> 00:19:47,404 The fact is, it's 43 years since there was a... 371 00:19:47,489 --> 00:19:50,144 a girl in a Formula One motor race. 372 00:19:50,229 --> 00:19:52,604 43 years. Something's going wrong, they're not making it. 373 00:19:52,689 --> 00:19:54,884 I think it's grass roots. It happens early on. 374 00:19:54,969 --> 00:19:58,704 I think too many mothers put their little daughters on ponies 375 00:19:58,789 --> 00:20:00,164 and not into go-karts. 376 00:20:00,249 --> 00:20:02,144 No, not entirely. 377 00:20:02,229 --> 00:20:05,144 Some girls do go karting, cos Abbie, our driver, 378 00:20:05,229 --> 00:20:07,391 she was karting since she was a little nipper. 379 00:20:07,477 --> 00:20:09,235 Well... I think what this series is all about, 380 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,610 it's not about segregation, it's about encouraging women 381 00:20:11,696 --> 00:20:13,555 to go car racing, which I think is a good idea. 382 00:20:13,641 --> 00:20:16,404 Yeah, I think it is, but I think it has to start early on. So, 383 00:20:16,489 --> 00:20:19,404 little girls, it's time to get off your ponies, 384 00:20:19,489 --> 00:20:21,382 and get into a go-kart. 385 00:20:21,468 --> 00:20:25,623 And I can tell you actually, from some experience of horses, 386 00:20:25,709 --> 00:20:28,284 the good thing is, when you walk out in the morning, 387 00:20:28,369 --> 00:20:30,211 you'll find that your go-kart 388 00:20:30,305 --> 00:20:33,125 hasn't crapped itself and died in the night. 389 00:20:33,629 --> 00:20:35,584 So it's better than your horse. 390 00:20:35,669 --> 00:20:37,864 You'll also find out that go-karts are more fun 391 00:20:37,949 --> 00:20:39,764 than going on "an horse", they just are. 392 00:20:39,849 --> 00:20:41,284 Yes, yes. And you'll find also 393 00:20:41,369 --> 00:20:44,859 that a go-kart won't pop its long, stupid head up 394 00:20:44,945 --> 00:20:46,784 over the stable door and look at you, 395 00:20:46,869 --> 00:20:49,904 and you know it's thinking, it's trying to say to you, 396 00:20:49,989 --> 00:20:52,924 "Yeah, your wife, she's back here with me, in here." 397 00:20:53,009 --> 00:20:55,224 Er... she's given me breakfast in bed, 398 00:20:55,309 --> 00:20:59,704 "crapped myself last night, but she's clearing that up with a garden fork." 399 00:20:59,929 --> 00:21:02,273 And then it says, "And my penis is a bit dirty. 400 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:05,584 She'll be sorting that out for me later on." 401 00:21:05,669 --> 00:21:08,172 Then your wife's head will pop up over the stable door 402 00:21:08,258 --> 00:21:11,644 and she'll say, "Don't look at him like that, he'll think you don't like him," 403 00:21:11,729 --> 00:21:13,484 and you'll say, "I know!" 404 00:21:14,829 --> 00:21:17,724 If I could speak horse, I would tell him, "I hate you." 405 00:21:17,809 --> 00:21:21,344 I hate the way you steal my wife and my money 406 00:21:21,429 --> 00:21:23,504 "and my status around here." 407 00:21:23,589 --> 00:21:25,995 And then one day, you'll have a conversation 408 00:21:26,081 --> 00:21:27,354 with your wife, and she'll say, 409 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:31,304 "Darling, I need a trailer to move my special horse around to wonderful places" 410 00:21:31,389 --> 00:21:33,383 because these fields are too small for him 411 00:21:33,469 --> 00:21:35,524 "to exercise his magnificent, muscled legs." 412 00:21:35,609 --> 00:21:37,828 And you'll say, "OK, I'll get you a trailer." 413 00:21:37,914 --> 00:21:39,584 Then she'll say, "I need a special car 414 00:21:39,669 --> 00:21:41,898 to tow the special trailer to carry the special horse." 415 00:21:41,984 --> 00:21:44,164 So you'll get one. And then one day, she'll say, 416 00:21:44,249 --> 00:21:46,930 "I need a lorry, a great big lorry," 417 00:21:47,055 --> 00:21:50,164 to carry my great, big magnificent horse around the country, 418 00:21:50,249 --> 00:21:53,584 and the lorry must have a kitchen and a bed in it 419 00:21:53,669 --> 00:21:55,404 so I can sleep close to my horse, 420 00:21:55,489 --> 00:21:57,544 "closer to my horse than I am to you." 421 00:21:57,629 --> 00:22:00,324 And at that moment, your head will bow and your heart will break, 422 00:22:00,409 --> 00:22:03,824 because you know you have lost, and the horse has won. 423 00:22:03,909 --> 00:22:06,294 That's very good. 424 00:22:09,189 --> 00:22:11,454 That is, um... 425 00:22:14,069 --> 00:22:16,406 - Slightly off. - We trod on the H-bomb. 426 00:22:16,492 --> 00:22:19,203 Every time you mention the horse word to him, he's off. 427 00:22:19,289 --> 00:22:20,383 Oh, did it again! 428 00:22:20,469 --> 00:22:23,062 I think we probably end... Well, it's not Conversation Street, 429 00:22:23,148 --> 00:22:24,484 that was Rant Street from Hammond. 430 00:22:24,569 --> 00:22:27,367 - Sorry about that. - Let's move it on, shall we? Right. 431 00:22:27,453 --> 00:22:30,164 There's a new off-road four-wheel drive Lamborghini. 432 00:22:30,266 --> 00:22:33,281 It's called the Urus, and to find out if it's any good, 433 00:22:33,367 --> 00:22:35,516 I took The Grand Tour to Sweden, 434 00:22:35,602 --> 00:22:38,422 armed with some questions. 435 00:22:49,469 --> 00:22:51,444 Here's my first big question: 436 00:22:51,529 --> 00:22:55,204 If you build a car to tackle terrain like this, 437 00:22:55,289 --> 00:22:58,828 can it still be a proper Lambo? 438 00:23:07,309 --> 00:23:09,364 Well, the Urus certainly looks 439 00:23:09,449 --> 00:23:12,195 like a jacked-up supercar. 440 00:23:14,589 --> 00:23:16,384 With its swivel-eyed styling, 441 00:23:16,469 --> 00:23:19,312 it appears to be every inch a Lamborghini. 442 00:23:21,189 --> 00:23:22,669 But is it? 443 00:23:25,269 --> 00:23:27,204 To make this car, Lambo's engineers 444 00:23:27,289 --> 00:23:31,144 had a good rummage around in Volkswagen's parts bin. 445 00:23:31,229 --> 00:23:35,084 So the engine, a four-litre V8, is from a Porsche Panamera. 446 00:23:35,169 --> 00:23:37,764 The rear axle and air suspension 447 00:23:37,849 --> 00:23:40,144 is from a Bentley Bentayga. 448 00:23:40,229 --> 00:23:41,964 The platform on which it sits, 449 00:23:42,049 --> 00:23:46,904 and a lot of the dashboard, is from an Audi SQ7. 450 00:23:46,989 --> 00:23:52,125 So, does that mean this isn't really a Lamborghini at all? 451 00:24:09,637 --> 00:24:14,272 Well, it does 0-60 in 3.6 seconds. 452 00:24:16,029 --> 00:24:19,999 And it has a top speed of 189. 453 00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:28,304 So, it has the performance you'd expect. 454 00:24:28,389 --> 00:24:32,544 But there's other stuff you wouldn't expect. 455 00:24:32,629 --> 00:24:35,464 This is the first Lamborghini to use turbocharging, 456 00:24:35,549 --> 00:24:38,824 and the first to have an automatic gearbox. 457 00:24:38,909 --> 00:24:41,784 What that combination means is there's a very slight 458 00:24:41,869 --> 00:24:44,104 and rather un-Lamborghini-ish gap 459 00:24:44,189 --> 00:24:48,239 between putting your foot down and it getting going. 460 00:24:51,509 --> 00:24:53,624 And when it does get going, 461 00:24:53,709 --> 00:24:56,864 there are no screaming histrionics. 462 00:24:56,949 --> 00:25:00,239 Sure, there's a bit of popping and banging from the back. 463 00:25:03,189 --> 00:25:05,064 But you can't hear that inside, 464 00:25:05,149 --> 00:25:08,264 where everything is muted and refined. 465 00:25:08,349 --> 00:25:09,984 Perhaps that's why all the writing 466 00:25:10,069 --> 00:25:12,464 down here is in Latin. 467 00:25:12,549 --> 00:25:15,264 This is a Lamborghini for emeritus professors. 468 00:25:17,429 --> 00:25:20,039 I can see the Pope in one of these. 469 00:25:24,869 --> 00:25:28,104 So, it's quiet and a bit hesitant. 470 00:25:28,189 --> 00:25:29,744 And it has snazzy diffs 471 00:25:29,829 --> 00:25:32,133 and a clever traction-control system. 472 00:25:32,219 --> 00:25:36,784 And the biggest carbon brakes ever fitted to a road car. 473 00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:39,399 So it's safe as well. 474 00:25:40,789 --> 00:25:42,464 However, there's no getting around the fact 475 00:25:42,549 --> 00:25:46,016 that I'm currently driving on snow and ice 476 00:25:46,102 --> 00:25:51,544 in a car that has 641 horsepowers 477 00:25:51,629 --> 00:25:54,864 rampaging around underneath its bonnet. 478 00:25:58,629 --> 00:26:02,679 Which means that, actually, it's not that safe at all. 479 00:26:04,309 --> 00:26:06,119 Ooh, God above. 480 00:26:08,549 --> 00:26:10,239 Concentrating. 481 00:26:11,949 --> 00:26:14,879 Twitchy and it's scary! 482 00:26:18,437 --> 00:26:20,133 It's like I've been put in charge 483 00:26:20,219 --> 00:26:21,867 of all of the world's physics, 484 00:26:21,953 --> 00:26:24,919 while I'm in a phone box full of wasps. 485 00:26:25,509 --> 00:26:27,586 Ee! Stop, leave me alone! 486 00:26:27,672 --> 00:26:30,919 I'm doing tides and gravity... Agh, stop! 487 00:26:32,398 --> 00:26:35,263 This car, then, it sits right at the moment 488 00:26:35,349 --> 00:26:39,904 where excitement stops and terror begins. 489 00:26:39,989 --> 00:26:42,820 That is Lambo land, that is. 490 00:26:43,475 --> 00:26:44,995 Shit! 491 00:26:52,189 --> 00:26:56,439 So, the Urus looks and feels like a Lamborghini. 492 00:26:58,349 --> 00:27:02,086 It's also practical. The boot is massive. 493 00:27:02,179 --> 00:27:06,549 And inside, there's space for five six-footers. 494 00:27:07,999 --> 00:27:10,529 It's a nice place to be as well. 495 00:27:10,873 --> 00:27:13,043 And all that's great. 496 00:27:14,859 --> 00:27:17,109 But does it work off-road? 497 00:27:19,767 --> 00:27:22,482 To find out, I'm going to try and drive it 498 00:27:22,669 --> 00:27:24,703 to the top of this ski resort. 499 00:27:24,828 --> 00:27:27,224 Now, it's wearing these tyres, 500 00:27:27,309 --> 00:27:29,304 which have no studs in them, or spikes. 501 00:27:29,389 --> 00:27:31,784 And I'm wearing these, 502 00:27:31,869 --> 00:27:36,544 which are not delicate Italian driving shoes. 503 00:27:36,629 --> 00:27:39,279 Not sure this is gonna go well. 504 00:27:40,589 --> 00:27:42,984 Problems actually get worse when you're in here 505 00:27:43,070 --> 00:27:46,384 because there's no manual locking differentials, 506 00:27:46,469 --> 00:27:48,144 there's no low-range gearbox. 507 00:27:48,229 --> 00:27:51,367 All you can do is fire it up... 508 00:27:51,530 --> 00:27:55,047 and then put the drive system into snow mode. 509 00:27:56,229 --> 00:27:58,242 Is... Is that snow? 510 00:27:58,383 --> 00:28:00,639 Is "Neve" Latin for snow? 511 00:28:01,632 --> 00:28:04,484 Think it might be. So, let's see if that works. 512 00:28:04,589 --> 00:28:05,937 Here we go. 513 00:28:06,303 --> 00:28:09,593 Mustn't hit a skier, mustn't hit a skier. Oh, it's moving. 514 00:28:14,223 --> 00:28:18,234 The 165,000-pound Lamborghini 515 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,399 is driving up a ski slope. 516 00:28:24,069 --> 00:28:26,508 Those turbo chargers may be a little bit annoying 517 00:28:26,609 --> 00:28:28,304 on the road, but here they're giving me 518 00:28:28,389 --> 00:28:32,719 the low-down torque that I need to get up this hill. 519 00:28:34,589 --> 00:28:35,984 And I've got an inclinometer, 520 00:28:36,069 --> 00:28:39,279 like you used to get in an old Mitsubishi Shogun. 521 00:28:43,389 --> 00:28:46,504 This is actually quite impressive, it's just dropped down into first. 522 00:28:53,509 --> 00:28:56,079 Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! 523 00:28:59,349 --> 00:29:01,959 Hello, bewildered-looking skiers. 524 00:29:05,149 --> 00:29:10,624 I cannot believe that this is a 2.4-ton car... 525 00:29:10,709 --> 00:29:13,319 on normal road tyres, and it's doing this. 526 00:29:16,309 --> 00:29:18,584 Come on, come on, come on, you can do it. Come on. 527 00:29:18,669 --> 00:29:21,479 Come on, come on. Come on. 528 00:29:25,109 --> 00:29:27,104 Oh, hang on a minute. 529 00:29:27,189 --> 00:29:30,304 Yeah. 530 00:29:30,389 --> 00:29:36,039 Yeah, I now can believe it's a 2.4-ton car on normal road tyres cos it's stuck. 531 00:29:36,469 --> 00:29:38,624 No. 532 00:29:38,748 --> 00:29:41,318 Oh. 533 00:29:42,490 --> 00:29:43,730 Right. 534 00:29:44,241 --> 00:29:47,236 So, what we've established so far is that, 535 00:29:47,322 --> 00:29:49,257 yes, it is a Lamborghini. 536 00:29:49,343 --> 00:29:53,099 Feels exciting like a Lamborghini... should. 537 00:29:53,185 --> 00:29:55,384 And, um... I meant this. 538 00:29:55,469 --> 00:29:57,104 And, er... it's good off-road as well, 539 00:29:57,189 --> 00:30:00,639 but just not quite as good as a Range Rover. 540 00:30:03,069 --> 00:30:06,104 Which leaves us with one more thing to answer: 541 00:30:06,189 --> 00:30:08,599 Is it a good laugh? 542 00:30:10,029 --> 00:30:12,504 What we've done is use a snow plough 543 00:30:12,589 --> 00:30:16,319 to create a racetrack on this frozen lake. 544 00:30:20,829 --> 00:30:24,344 And this is what we have planned. 545 00:30:24,429 --> 00:30:26,624 I'm going to try and overtake this, 546 00:30:26,709 --> 00:30:30,344 a four-wheel drive Porsche 911 Turbo, 547 00:30:30,429 --> 00:30:35,984 which is being driven by The Grand Tour's racing driver Abbie Eaton. 548 00:30:36,069 --> 00:30:39,464 - Have you seen this crack? - I hadn't noticed that before. 549 00:30:39,549 --> 00:30:40,984 Look at the state of this! 550 00:30:41,069 --> 00:30:42,784 You're the heavier car, aren't you? 551 00:30:42,869 --> 00:30:46,927 Hm, that's 2.4 tons, and I weigh half a ton. 552 00:30:47,021 --> 00:30:49,304 Are you not worried about that? 553 00:30:49,389 --> 00:30:52,744 I haven't got my seatbelt on, so if it goes under, I can get out straightaway. 554 00:30:52,829 --> 00:30:55,199 - Seriously? - Yeah. 555 00:30:55,709 --> 00:30:58,384 Before the duel began, 556 00:30:58,469 --> 00:31:01,701 I had a few practice laps on my own. 557 00:31:05,629 --> 00:31:07,424 Oh, heavens. 558 00:31:07,509 --> 00:31:09,559 Come on, turn! 559 00:31:11,669 --> 00:31:14,199 Whoops, I'm going off a bit. 560 00:31:16,123 --> 00:31:17,563 Ooh! 561 00:31:19,109 --> 00:31:22,384 Ah, my Urus is a bit twitchy. 562 00:31:22,607 --> 00:31:24,879 Sort of thing you'd say to your doctor. 563 00:31:26,429 --> 00:31:28,479 Right, flick it in there. 564 00:31:30,069 --> 00:31:32,359 Now go the other way, and power. 565 00:31:34,989 --> 00:31:36,357 Oh, yeah. 566 00:31:39,389 --> 00:31:41,999 Mouse in, lion out. 567 00:31:42,709 --> 00:31:44,679 That's what they say in Sweden. 568 00:31:47,789 --> 00:31:51,787 I'm making my own fog now! 569 00:31:51,918 --> 00:31:56,553 It may not be able to get as far up a ski slope as a Range Rover, 570 00:31:56,709 --> 00:31:59,239 but for doing this, 571 00:31:59,869 --> 00:32:01,704 it's better. 572 00:32:06,109 --> 00:32:07,984 But, would it be good enough 573 00:32:08,069 --> 00:32:10,999 to get past Abbie in that Porsche? 574 00:32:13,669 --> 00:32:15,624 There she is. 575 00:32:15,709 --> 00:32:17,424 There she is! 576 00:32:21,669 --> 00:32:25,199 The bell has sounded, the race is on. 577 00:32:27,789 --> 00:32:30,024 Now we'd find out what's what 578 00:32:30,109 --> 00:32:33,159 on our specially designed track. 579 00:32:34,589 --> 00:32:37,199 Right, round the Bell End. 580 00:32:40,149 --> 00:32:42,279 Now down the Shaft... 581 00:32:43,669 --> 00:32:46,439 to what we're calling the Parabollocka. 582 00:32:51,349 --> 00:32:54,839 I've raced against a few dicks in my time but never on one. 583 00:32:59,069 --> 00:33:02,039 I should be able to get her, for heaven's sake, come on! 584 00:33:03,829 --> 00:33:07,279 She, of course, has four- wheel-steering, same as I do. 585 00:33:10,029 --> 00:33:12,999 Oh, she has got better braking than I have. 586 00:33:14,869 --> 00:33:18,039 Now, give me 641 horsepower! 587 00:33:21,909 --> 00:33:24,144 Oh, yeah. 588 00:33:24,229 --> 00:33:28,479 You know I said it was a bit hesitant sometimes? 589 00:33:29,229 --> 00:33:31,599 Well, in Corsa mode, it isn't. 590 00:33:35,589 --> 00:33:38,639 It's bob-on, this. Bob-on! 591 00:33:40,869 --> 00:33:43,624 Ooh, she's gone wide, is there a chance here? 592 00:33:43,709 --> 00:33:44,709 Come on! 593 00:33:47,669 --> 00:33:49,469 Now, now! 594 00:33:52,269 --> 00:33:53,744 Bollocks. 595 00:33:53,829 --> 00:33:56,399 Come on now, Jeremy. 596 00:34:02,109 --> 00:34:03,629 Come on! 597 00:34:04,450 --> 00:34:07,060 Come on, you can have her! 598 00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:10,068 Come on! 599 00:34:18,829 --> 00:34:22,264 For lap after lap, the big heavy Urus 600 00:34:22,349 --> 00:34:25,624 clawed at the rear end of the 911 Turbo. 601 00:34:25,709 --> 00:34:28,439 Oh, God. Nearly! 602 00:34:28,778 --> 00:34:29,858 Now. 603 00:34:31,434 --> 00:34:35,109 But eventually, I had to admit defeat. 604 00:34:35,195 --> 00:34:37,790 I can't get past that 911, and that's just an end of it, 605 00:34:38,142 --> 00:34:40,472 but I can keep up. 606 00:34:40,869 --> 00:34:43,484 And in an off-road car... 607 00:34:43,569 --> 00:34:46,115 that is fairly astonishing. 608 00:34:46,711 --> 00:34:48,921 It really is. 609 00:34:52,709 --> 00:34:55,864 Certainly, I can believe Lamborghini's claim 610 00:34:55,949 --> 00:34:59,239 that this is the fastest off-road car... 611 00:34:59,709 --> 00:35:02,159 in the world. 612 00:35:08,549 --> 00:35:11,264 - That was quite good fun. - Looked like fun, yeah. A nice day out. 613 00:35:11,349 --> 00:35:13,064 - I got paid for that. - That was your job. 614 00:35:13,149 --> 00:35:15,719 That is work. Doing that is my work. 615 00:35:16,549 --> 00:35:18,744 Um... it probably won't be 616 00:35:18,829 --> 00:35:21,224 the fastest off-road car in the world for very long, though, 617 00:35:21,309 --> 00:35:23,784 because both Aston Martin and Ferrari have got, er... 618 00:35:23,869 --> 00:35:26,064 - big SUVs coming out this year. - Yeah. Yeah. 619 00:35:26,149 --> 00:35:28,464 Whatever. Thing is, could you really tell people 620 00:35:28,549 --> 00:35:30,344 that you have a Urus? 621 00:35:30,429 --> 00:35:34,464 Cos it... it sounds like a minor alien out of Star Trek. 622 00:35:34,549 --> 00:35:36,704 - Yeah. - But it does work as a Lamborghini. 623 00:35:36,789 --> 00:35:38,744 Yeah. But no. 624 00:35:39,458 --> 00:35:41,424 Well, this is excellent consumer advice. 625 00:35:41,509 --> 00:35:43,944 - I'm glad we... - Yeah, it's very clear, very clear. 626 00:35:44,029 --> 00:35:45,544 The thing is, after I made that film, 627 00:35:45,629 --> 00:35:47,424 which was quite good fun, 628 00:35:47,509 --> 00:35:49,224 I came home and I thought, the trouble is 629 00:35:49,309 --> 00:35:52,544 it could do with being a bit more Aventador-ish. 630 00:35:52,629 --> 00:35:55,304 It could do with being a bit more mad. 631 00:35:55,389 --> 00:35:56,984 Are you saying you changed your mind? 632 00:35:57,069 --> 00:35:58,624 - Yes. - Oh, great. 633 00:35:58,709 --> 00:36:00,864 So, Prime Minister Clarkson returns from the summit: 634 00:36:00,949 --> 00:36:03,144 "I've declared war, but on the plane home" 635 00:36:03,229 --> 00:36:05,504 I had another think about it and I'm not so sure now. 636 00:36:05,589 --> 00:36:07,901 - "I've changed my mind." - Exactly, that's what I've done. 637 00:36:07,987 --> 00:36:10,167 Good, well, since we're in such a sensible frame of mind, 638 00:36:10,253 --> 00:36:11,984 I'd like to move things on now, 639 00:36:12,069 --> 00:36:14,639 um, with a brief history lesson. 640 00:36:27,749 --> 00:36:31,104 On April the 7th, 1968, 641 00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:34,184 a racing driver was killed in a Formula Two race 642 00:36:34,269 --> 00:36:36,439 in Hockenheim, Germany. 643 00:36:37,662 --> 00:36:42,217 Sadly, the driver's death was not a surprising occurrence, 644 00:36:42,552 --> 00:36:46,187 because such was the danger of the sport back then, 645 00:36:46,405 --> 00:36:50,640 he was one of 127 racing drivers 646 00:36:50,749 --> 00:36:54,439 who would die at the wheel that year alone. 647 00:36:56,029 --> 00:36:58,464 This time, though, the death sent shockwaves 648 00:36:58,549 --> 00:37:00,384 through the motorsport world, 649 00:37:00,469 --> 00:37:03,784 because it had just lost the man who was unquestionably 650 00:37:03,869 --> 00:37:06,784 the greatest racing driver of his day, 651 00:37:06,869 --> 00:37:11,679 and who many argue is still the greatest of all time. 652 00:37:16,829 --> 00:37:19,064 Jim Clark has died in an accident 653 00:37:19,149 --> 00:37:22,784 during a Formula Two race in West Germany. 654 00:37:22,869 --> 00:37:25,144 It was a terrible shock to everybody. 655 00:37:25,229 --> 00:37:27,944 It really knocked us all back. 656 00:37:28,029 --> 00:37:29,944 If there was anybody who was not gonna have 657 00:37:30,029 --> 00:37:32,424 a fatal accident it was Jim Clark. 658 00:37:32,509 --> 00:37:34,824 Because he drove in such a way 659 00:37:34,909 --> 00:37:38,024 that he just didn't do the mistakes 660 00:37:38,109 --> 00:37:40,199 that other drivers did. 661 00:37:41,850 --> 00:37:44,885 In California, a radio station broadcaster 662 00:37:45,189 --> 00:37:47,744 announcing the news of Clark's death 663 00:37:47,829 --> 00:37:52,464 asked his listeners to turn on their headlights as a mark of respect... 664 00:37:52,549 --> 00:37:55,759 and the freeways lit up. 665 00:37:57,949 --> 00:38:00,504 Such a huge global fuss 666 00:38:00,589 --> 00:38:03,584 would not have sat easily with Clark, 667 00:38:03,669 --> 00:38:05,984 because this shy, modest man, 668 00:38:06,069 --> 00:38:08,024 the son of a Scottish sheep farmer, 669 00:38:08,109 --> 00:38:11,439 was never one to trumpet his own skills. 670 00:38:12,429 --> 00:38:14,144 I started as an amateur 671 00:38:14,229 --> 00:38:17,864 with no idea or no intention of becoming World Champion, 672 00:38:17,949 --> 00:38:21,304 But, er... it was, I was curious to find out, 673 00:38:21,389 --> 00:38:24,264 um... what it was like to drive a car fast, 674 00:38:24,349 --> 00:38:25,944 to drive on a certain circuit, 675 00:38:26,029 --> 00:38:28,944 to drive a certain type of car. 676 00:38:29,029 --> 00:38:31,824 Having cut his teeth in sports car racing 677 00:38:31,909 --> 00:38:33,344 in the late '50s, 678 00:38:33,429 --> 00:38:34,944 Clark's speed and talent 679 00:38:35,029 --> 00:38:37,984 was spotted by Lotus boss Colin Chapman, 680 00:38:38,069 --> 00:38:42,119 who signed him for his Formula One team in 1960. 681 00:38:45,229 --> 00:38:49,824 Clark soon set the motorsport world alight. 682 00:38:49,909 --> 00:38:52,879 Especially in this car... 683 00:38:54,789 --> 00:38:57,039 The Lotus 25. 684 00:38:58,469 --> 00:39:01,399 In which, in 1963... 685 00:39:02,469 --> 00:39:06,199 he won his first F1 World Championship. 686 00:39:10,509 --> 00:39:11,944 Oh, my God! 687 00:39:12,029 --> 00:39:15,639 I am sitting where Jim Clark sat. 688 00:39:17,989 --> 00:39:21,599 This is electrifying! 689 00:39:25,669 --> 00:39:28,959 These were not powerful cars. 690 00:39:29,749 --> 00:39:32,544 They only made 210 brake horsepower 691 00:39:32,629 --> 00:39:34,904 from one and a half litres, 692 00:39:34,989 --> 00:39:38,719 but they were still good for 180 miles an hour. 693 00:39:40,349 --> 00:39:41,749 Oh, ho! 694 00:39:43,989 --> 00:39:47,144 Thanks to its revolutionary monocoque chassis, 695 00:39:47,229 --> 00:39:49,904 the 25 was stiffer and lighter 696 00:39:49,989 --> 00:39:52,024 than any other F1 car. 697 00:39:52,109 --> 00:39:55,964 Which meant it wasn't just fast on the straights, 698 00:39:56,049 --> 00:39:58,879 but quicker through the corners too. 699 00:39:59,469 --> 00:40:01,864 And in the 1963 season, 700 00:40:01,949 --> 00:40:04,824 Clark used it to win a record seven 701 00:40:04,909 --> 00:40:07,184 out of the ten Grands Prix. 702 00:40:07,269 --> 00:40:09,184 Winner is Jim Clark. 703 00:40:09,269 --> 00:40:12,119 Nobody could possibly catch him now. 704 00:40:14,669 --> 00:40:19,744 But 1963 was just a warm-up for what was to come. 705 00:40:19,829 --> 00:40:22,784 To get a true picture of Clark's genius, 706 00:40:22,869 --> 00:40:25,224 we must look at another year. 707 00:40:25,309 --> 00:40:27,344 1965. 708 00:40:27,429 --> 00:40:31,384 When he hit heights no driver had reached before, 709 00:40:31,469 --> 00:40:34,039 or has done since. 710 00:40:36,469 --> 00:40:40,344 A modern Formula One driver does 21 races a year 711 00:40:40,429 --> 00:40:42,664 and often complains that's too many. 712 00:40:42,749 --> 00:40:47,744 In 1965, Jim Clark raced in 63 races. 713 00:40:47,829 --> 00:40:49,079 Some of these cars look similar, 714 00:40:49,165 --> 00:40:50,666 but they are all completely different. 715 00:40:50,829 --> 00:40:53,824 In a car like this, he'd do Formula One Championship. 716 00:40:53,909 --> 00:40:56,224 He raced in the British Formula Two Championship, 717 00:40:56,309 --> 00:40:59,624 and the French Formula Two Championship in this car. 718 00:40:59,709 --> 00:41:01,424 He raced in the Tasman Series, 719 00:41:01,509 --> 00:41:05,144 a sort of Australian Grand Prix for Down Under, in this car. 720 00:41:05,229 --> 00:41:07,064 And then there's this Lotus Cortina, 721 00:41:07,149 --> 00:41:09,744 in which he decided to race in touring cars. 722 00:41:09,829 --> 00:41:11,904 And then if all that wasn't enough, 723 00:41:11,989 --> 00:41:15,559 he decided to go for the Indy 500. 724 00:41:17,189 --> 00:41:22,464 First up was the Tasman Series in Australasia. 725 00:41:22,549 --> 00:41:23,904 Out of the 15 races, 726 00:41:23,989 --> 00:41:27,744 Clark won 11 and took the crown. 727 00:41:27,836 --> 00:41:30,779 Then it was back to Europe for the British 728 00:41:30,865 --> 00:41:33,759 and French Formula Two Championships, 729 00:41:34,296 --> 00:41:36,381 both of which he won. 730 00:41:36,549 --> 00:41:38,999 Jim Clark led from the start. 731 00:41:39,389 --> 00:41:41,344 Winner is Jim Clark. 732 00:41:41,429 --> 00:41:43,664 And in between the F2 races, 733 00:41:43,749 --> 00:41:46,064 he was jumping into his Lotus Cortina 734 00:41:46,149 --> 00:41:49,199 and racking up touring car victories. 735 00:41:50,109 --> 00:41:51,944 And, on top of all that, 736 00:41:52,029 --> 00:41:53,999 there was America. 737 00:41:57,949 --> 00:41:59,304 The Indianapolis 500 738 00:41:59,389 --> 00:42:00,424 has been called the greatest 739 00:42:00,509 --> 00:42:02,464 spectacle in racing. 740 00:42:03,789 --> 00:42:06,064 America's most prestigious race 741 00:42:06,149 --> 00:42:08,384 would be a tough challenge. 742 00:42:08,469 --> 00:42:12,064 Oval racing at higher average speeds than he was used to 743 00:42:12,149 --> 00:42:14,719 against seasoned Indy veterans. 744 00:42:17,109 --> 00:42:18,744 For the Indy 500, 745 00:42:18,829 --> 00:42:20,544 Clark raced a specially developed Lotus 746 00:42:20,629 --> 00:42:23,984 producing just shy of 500 horsepower. 747 00:42:24,069 --> 00:42:26,464 However, although he already had 748 00:42:26,549 --> 00:42:29,024 a Formula One world title to his name, 749 00:42:29,109 --> 00:42:33,424 the Scotsman's CV cut no ice with the sniffy Indy officials 750 00:42:33,509 --> 00:42:36,384 who made the upstart from across the pond 751 00:42:36,469 --> 00:42:39,824 take a rookie driving test before he could compete. 752 00:42:43,069 --> 00:42:45,224 Come Indy weekend, 753 00:42:45,309 --> 00:42:47,264 the upstart from across the pond 754 00:42:47,349 --> 00:42:50,119 qualified on the front row. 755 00:42:50,949 --> 00:42:52,824 And then... 756 00:42:52,909 --> 00:42:55,984 in the race itself... 757 00:42:56,069 --> 00:42:59,904 Clark, up against America's finest oval racers, 758 00:42:59,989 --> 00:43:04,319 won by just over two minutes. 759 00:43:10,869 --> 00:43:14,944 Jim Clark, first European to win at Indianapolis since 1916, 760 00:43:15,029 --> 00:43:19,744 set a new record of 150.686 miles per hour. 761 00:43:19,829 --> 00:43:23,544 So, what was it that made Clark so good? 762 00:43:23,629 --> 00:43:29,399 What was it that made him capable of winning in any type of car? 763 00:43:30,349 --> 00:43:33,304 Jimmy was an absolute natural driver, 764 00:43:33,389 --> 00:43:35,024 and he did it without thinking. 765 00:43:35,109 --> 00:43:37,224 He didn't know why he was driving 766 00:43:37,309 --> 00:43:39,264 in this style the way he did. 767 00:43:43,229 --> 00:43:44,784 In the period that we're talking about, 768 00:43:44,869 --> 00:43:48,104 we had one and a half-litre cars, 200 horsepower. 769 00:43:48,189 --> 00:43:52,024 If you drove the car too hard you would scrub the speed off 770 00:43:52,109 --> 00:43:54,944 and if you lose a bit of speed, 771 00:43:55,029 --> 00:43:57,024 it's very difficult to actually make it up again. 772 00:43:57,109 --> 00:43:58,664 And that's what Jimmy had, 773 00:43:58,749 --> 00:44:01,944 the knack of keeping the momentum of the car going. 774 00:44:02,029 --> 00:44:04,864 I don't think that any of the modern drivers 775 00:44:04,949 --> 00:44:09,864 could have driven the car anywhere near as quickly as Jimmy did, 776 00:44:09,949 --> 00:44:12,639 because he was just so precise. 777 00:44:16,789 --> 00:44:21,904 Besides a supernatural ability to coax speed out of the car, 778 00:44:21,989 --> 00:44:25,784 Clark also possessed another vital skill. 779 00:44:25,869 --> 00:44:27,784 A lot of very good racing drivers 780 00:44:27,869 --> 00:44:29,784 died in Lotuses, 781 00:44:29,869 --> 00:44:33,824 because the Lotus was a very fragile car. 782 00:44:33,909 --> 00:44:37,224 But Jim Clark was so smooth 783 00:44:37,309 --> 00:44:40,024 that he never put too much stress 784 00:44:40,109 --> 00:44:43,144 on the areas of a car that would give up. 785 00:44:43,229 --> 00:44:46,544 In Barcelona, in practice... 786 00:44:46,629 --> 00:44:48,424 he came in after ten laps. 787 00:44:48,509 --> 00:44:50,144 We'd done ten. He said, 788 00:44:50,229 --> 00:44:51,824 "There's something on the left rear." 789 00:44:51,909 --> 00:44:53,584 Something, something. 790 00:44:53,669 --> 00:44:56,664 "I can feel something on the left rear. It's... it's not right." 791 00:44:56,749 --> 00:44:58,904 We looked over, we checked everything. 792 00:44:58,989 --> 00:45:00,664 Everything felt good. 793 00:45:00,749 --> 00:45:02,544 He said, "No, there's something wrong." 794 00:45:02,629 --> 00:45:08,064 So, that night I took the left rear suspension to pieces, 795 00:45:08,149 --> 00:45:10,784 and lo and behold one of the wheel bearings 796 00:45:10,869 --> 00:45:14,184 has just started to wear. 797 00:45:14,269 --> 00:45:17,944 I don't know how anybody could ever feel that. But he did. 798 00:45:18,029 --> 00:45:21,184 After the race, when you stripped his car down, 799 00:45:21,269 --> 00:45:24,384 and you stripped his co-driver's car down, 800 00:45:24,469 --> 00:45:26,264 you could always tell which parts 801 00:45:26,349 --> 00:45:27,944 came off Jimmy's car 802 00:45:28,029 --> 00:45:29,264 and which parts came off 803 00:45:29,349 --> 00:45:30,864 the other driver's car. 804 00:45:30,949 --> 00:45:33,764 Because the parts off Jimmy's car 805 00:45:33,849 --> 00:45:36,399 were more or less pristine. 806 00:45:37,549 --> 00:45:39,444 But don't think for a minute 807 00:45:39,529 --> 00:45:41,304 that Clark was one of those drivers 808 00:45:41,389 --> 00:45:44,959 that could only win in a perfect car. 809 00:45:46,109 --> 00:45:48,424 One year at Spa, for example, 810 00:45:48,509 --> 00:45:52,839 he was leading the race when his gearbox started to let go. 811 00:45:54,469 --> 00:45:56,424 Did he give up? Nope. 812 00:45:56,509 --> 00:45:58,504 Instead, he drove the rest of the race, 813 00:45:58,589 --> 00:46:02,544 and we're talking 160 miles an hour in the wet... 814 00:46:02,629 --> 00:46:04,464 with one hand on the steering wheel 815 00:46:04,549 --> 00:46:08,239 and the other holding the gear lever in place. 816 00:46:13,869 --> 00:46:15,879 And he still won. 817 00:46:17,869 --> 00:46:20,599 By nearly five minutes. 818 00:46:36,389 --> 00:46:39,584 As the 1965 season rolled on, 819 00:46:39,669 --> 00:46:42,864 Clark, having won both Formula Two championships, 820 00:46:42,949 --> 00:46:45,664 the Tasman Series, 821 00:46:45,749 --> 00:46:47,624 and the Indy 500, 822 00:46:47,709 --> 00:46:51,704 now faced one remaining challenge. 823 00:46:51,789 --> 00:46:55,184 The biggest challenge, the Formula One world title. 824 00:46:59,909 --> 00:47:02,424 For the F1 races, Clark would be driving 825 00:47:02,509 --> 00:47:05,224 a modified version of the Lotus 25 - 826 00:47:05,309 --> 00:47:06,904 the car that had taken him 827 00:47:06,989 --> 00:47:09,959 to the World Championship two years earlier. 828 00:47:11,829 --> 00:47:15,064 But as amazing as the 25 was, 829 00:47:15,149 --> 00:47:17,064 there was no getting round the fact 830 00:47:17,149 --> 00:47:21,664 that by 1965 it was a three-year-old design, 831 00:47:21,749 --> 00:47:25,664 and the updated version only had minor changes. 832 00:47:25,749 --> 00:47:27,919 So how would Jim cope? 833 00:47:31,229 --> 00:47:34,704 At the season's opening race in South Africa, 834 00:47:34,789 --> 00:47:36,224 up against such legends 835 00:47:36,309 --> 00:47:38,584 as Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, 836 00:47:38,669 --> 00:47:42,824 and reigning World Champion John Surtees... 837 00:47:42,909 --> 00:47:45,984 Clark won by half a minute, 838 00:47:46,069 --> 00:47:50,759 and did so while suffering from a slipped disc. 839 00:47:51,989 --> 00:47:54,064 Next up was Spa, 840 00:47:54,149 --> 00:47:56,584 and then the French Grand Prix: 841 00:47:56,669 --> 00:48:00,904 both of which he also won. 842 00:48:00,989 --> 00:48:03,704 His Lotus may be a car with an old engine, 843 00:48:03,789 --> 00:48:05,504 but as far as the opposition are concerned, 844 00:48:05,589 --> 00:48:08,544 it is just out-distancing all. 845 00:48:08,629 --> 00:48:12,559 Behind the wheel, Clark was becoming untouchable. 846 00:48:14,829 --> 00:48:17,544 Jimmy would go out beginning of the practice session 847 00:48:17,629 --> 00:48:20,384 and do a very, very quick lap. 848 00:48:20,469 --> 00:48:22,504 And come back, sit on the wall. 849 00:48:22,589 --> 00:48:25,144 You know, there's no point in wearing the car out. 850 00:48:25,229 --> 00:48:27,824 And then wait and see what everybody else has done, 851 00:48:27,909 --> 00:48:29,839 and go out and blitz it. 852 00:48:31,549 --> 00:48:33,144 If he wasn't on pole position, 853 00:48:33,229 --> 00:48:35,264 there was a problem with the car. 854 00:48:35,349 --> 00:48:37,144 Next up was Silverstone. 855 00:48:37,229 --> 00:48:40,424 And here, it looked like business as usual 856 00:48:40,509 --> 00:48:43,744 with Clark leading the pack. 857 00:48:43,829 --> 00:48:46,664 However, in the closing stages, 858 00:48:46,749 --> 00:48:50,004 his engine was starting to lose oil pressure 859 00:48:50,089 --> 00:48:54,304 and was in danger of detonating under cornering G-forces. 860 00:48:54,389 --> 00:48:57,464 While Clark is driving with no oil pressure on his gauge, 861 00:48:57,549 --> 00:48:59,344 Hill, storming up behind, breaks the lap record 862 00:48:59,429 --> 00:49:00,864 in his efforts to pass. 863 00:49:00,949 --> 00:49:03,864 So instead of driving the car through the corner 864 00:49:03,949 --> 00:49:06,744 he just switched it off, coasted through the corner. 865 00:49:06,829 --> 00:49:09,304 When he was through the corner, switched it back on again, 866 00:49:09,389 --> 00:49:12,559 did the rest of the lap - and he won the race. 867 00:49:15,309 --> 00:49:17,904 Eventually, the F1 circus 868 00:49:17,989 --> 00:49:19,624 arrived at the Nurburgring, 869 00:49:19,709 --> 00:49:22,864 a circuit where Clark had never won. 870 00:49:22,949 --> 00:49:25,464 For the Flying Scot, tense moments before the start. 871 00:49:25,549 --> 00:49:26,904 Victory in the German Grand Prix 872 00:49:26,989 --> 00:49:28,784 and he'd be World Champion. 873 00:49:35,789 --> 00:49:37,264 Leading from pole, 874 00:49:37,349 --> 00:49:40,704 Clark finally broke his Nurburgring jinx, 875 00:49:40,789 --> 00:49:42,704 winning the race, and with it 876 00:49:42,789 --> 00:49:46,199 the Formula One world title. 877 00:49:55,149 --> 00:49:59,224 So, let's just sum up Clark's season of 1965. 878 00:49:59,309 --> 00:50:01,704 Of the 63 races he contested, 879 00:50:01,789 --> 00:50:04,464 he won a staggering 31 of them, 880 00:50:04,549 --> 00:50:07,464 and was on the podium a further eight times. 881 00:50:07,549 --> 00:50:11,024 He was now seen as the greatest racing driver of all time, 882 00:50:11,109 --> 00:50:13,464 in demand the world over. 883 00:50:13,549 --> 00:50:15,384 Yet this shy Scotsman 884 00:50:15,469 --> 00:50:17,784 chose to mark the year's achievements 885 00:50:17,869 --> 00:50:21,104 with a modest celebration at his hometown 886 00:50:21,189 --> 00:50:23,719 back in Scotland. 887 00:50:34,589 --> 00:50:39,264 The next two years by contrast were a disaster, 888 00:50:39,349 --> 00:50:41,724 with multiple mechanical failures 889 00:50:41,809 --> 00:50:44,359 denying him another championship. 890 00:50:51,229 --> 00:50:54,064 However, in 1968, 891 00:50:54,149 --> 00:50:55,944 driving the Lotus 49, 892 00:50:56,029 --> 00:50:58,584 another game-changer from Colin Chapman, 893 00:50:58,669 --> 00:51:03,064 Clark took the first win of the year in South Africa 894 00:51:03,149 --> 00:51:06,744 and looked set for another dominant season. 895 00:51:06,829 --> 00:51:09,584 Congratulations, Jim, this was an absolutely splendid effort. 896 00:51:09,669 --> 00:51:10,904 OK, thank you very much. 897 00:51:10,989 --> 00:51:13,704 And then, on the weekend of April the 7th, 898 00:51:13,789 --> 00:51:16,904 Clark had a choice of two races he could compete in, 899 00:51:16,989 --> 00:51:18,344 one at Brands Hatch, 900 00:51:18,429 --> 00:51:21,624 the other a Formula Two race at Hockenheim. 901 00:51:21,709 --> 00:51:25,279 Fatefully, he entered the German race. 902 00:51:30,829 --> 00:51:33,584 April the 7th is a... is a bad day for me. 903 00:51:33,669 --> 00:51:35,464 He wasn't happy. 904 00:51:35,549 --> 00:51:39,144 It was freezing cold and damp... misty. 905 00:51:39,229 --> 00:51:42,824 We could not get any heat into the tyres. 906 00:51:42,909 --> 00:51:46,624 Couldn't get any temperature in them no matter what we did. 907 00:51:46,709 --> 00:51:48,144 Jimmy said to me before the race: 908 00:51:48,229 --> 00:51:50,184 "Do not expect anything from me today. 909 00:51:50,269 --> 00:51:55,839 Just keep me informed with the pit board where I am, how many laps to go." 910 00:51:57,208 --> 00:51:59,818 That's the last thing he said. 911 00:52:11,629 --> 00:52:16,544 On lap five, Clark's car suddenly speared off the track 912 00:52:16,629 --> 00:52:19,719 at 170 miles an hour. 913 00:52:23,073 --> 00:52:26,188 I got to the scene, and they took me through the undergrowth to this... 914 00:52:26,274 --> 00:52:29,629 There's no Armco. There's Tarmac, trees. 915 00:52:29,744 --> 00:52:30,899 Literally. 916 00:52:31,149 --> 00:52:32,804 And the sheer path. 917 00:52:32,889 --> 00:52:36,679 And I just saw what was left of a car... Oh. 918 00:52:39,549 --> 00:52:41,384 There was nothing to see. 919 00:52:41,469 --> 00:52:43,984 I said, "Where's the engine gearbox? What's going on?" 920 00:52:44,069 --> 00:52:46,224 What's happened?" They said, "That's..." 921 00:52:46,309 --> 00:52:50,384 It was about 35 yards away through the saplings. 922 00:52:50,469 --> 00:52:52,544 It just cut the saplings down. 923 00:52:52,629 --> 00:52:56,599 And I said, "Where's, where's the driver? Where's Jimmy?" They said, "No." 924 00:52:58,337 --> 00:53:01,907 When you've just... lost... 925 00:53:02,709 --> 00:53:04,464 the best driver in the world, 926 00:53:04,549 --> 00:53:06,396 what the hell do you do? 927 00:53:07,949 --> 00:53:09,984 Jim Clark, he's a god. 928 00:53:10,069 --> 00:53:12,344 And the first time I saw him, my God, it's... 929 00:53:12,429 --> 00:53:15,224 I can't believe it. And you're actually talking to him. 930 00:53:15,309 --> 00:53:17,624 It was awe-inspiring. 931 00:53:17,709 --> 00:53:20,839 Life is worth living. 932 00:53:22,869 --> 00:53:24,896 It's... 933 00:53:25,309 --> 00:53:28,119 for me, it's tearful. 934 00:53:29,189 --> 00:53:31,149 I'm sorry. 935 00:53:35,029 --> 00:53:37,424 According to the medical report, 936 00:53:37,509 --> 00:53:40,584 Clark died instantly of a broken neck 937 00:53:40,669 --> 00:53:44,984 and the crash was later put down to a deflating tyre. 938 00:53:45,069 --> 00:53:48,704 When he died, he was just 32. 939 00:53:48,789 --> 00:53:54,879 But in his short career he had racked up some truly incredible achievements. 940 00:53:55,721 --> 00:53:59,796 In Formula One, he won 25 of his 73 races, 941 00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:03,826 which in percentage terms puts him way ahead of Hamilton, Vettel, 942 00:54:03,912 --> 00:54:05,227 and even Schumacher. 943 00:54:05,313 --> 00:54:07,308 In pole positions, he had 33. 944 00:54:07,394 --> 00:54:08,949 Which again, in percentage terms, 945 00:54:09,149 --> 00:54:11,584 makes him second best of all time, 946 00:54:11,669 --> 00:54:13,944 just behind Fangio. 947 00:54:14,029 --> 00:54:15,504 Then there are the Grand Slams: 948 00:54:15,589 --> 00:54:19,144 that's where a driver gets pole position, fastest lap, 949 00:54:19,229 --> 00:54:22,504 the win and leads every lap of the race. 950 00:54:22,589 --> 00:54:25,544 Schumacher has five Grand Slams to his name. 951 00:54:25,629 --> 00:54:27,184 Senna, four. 952 00:54:27,269 --> 00:54:29,624 Jim Clark, eight. 953 00:54:29,709 --> 00:54:33,039 That's more than any other driver in history. 954 00:54:34,829 --> 00:54:37,904 You might imagine that a man with such skills 955 00:54:37,989 --> 00:54:40,744 would be rated highly by other drivers. 956 00:54:40,829 --> 00:54:43,304 And you'd be right. 957 00:54:43,389 --> 00:54:46,344 I was invited to a cocktail party for Fangio, 958 00:54:46,429 --> 00:54:49,744 and he said to me, "In my opinion, 959 00:54:49,829 --> 00:54:53,064 Jimmy Clark was the greatest racing driver ever." 960 00:54:53,149 --> 00:54:55,104 And coming from Fangio, 961 00:54:55,189 --> 00:54:58,264 there's no better compliment than that. 962 00:54:58,349 --> 00:55:00,464 And the five-time World Champion 963 00:55:00,549 --> 00:55:02,664 was not the only South American 964 00:55:02,749 --> 00:55:05,279 who idolised the Scotsman. 965 00:55:06,589 --> 00:55:08,784 At Clark's old school in Edinburgh, 966 00:55:08,869 --> 00:55:12,704 there's a plaque commemorating his achievements. 967 00:55:12,789 --> 00:55:16,384 And in 1991, the reigning World Champion 968 00:55:16,469 --> 00:55:19,264 made a special pilgrimage to the school 969 00:55:19,349 --> 00:55:23,024 to pay his respects. 970 00:55:23,109 --> 00:55:27,424 Of Clark, Senna said simply, "He was my boyhood hero. 971 00:55:27,509 --> 00:55:30,744 He was the best of the best." 972 00:55:30,829 --> 00:55:34,104 And like Senna, Clark died when he was driving 973 00:55:34,189 --> 00:55:36,389 at his absolute peak. 974 00:55:36,537 --> 00:55:39,784 Like Senna, who knows how many more races 975 00:55:39,869 --> 00:55:43,239 and championships he could have racked up? 976 00:55:47,827 --> 00:55:52,622 He was the benchmark. That was it. 977 00:55:52,754 --> 00:55:57,069 Most of what I was able to do in motor racing was done... 978 00:55:57,232 --> 00:56:00,027 by the manner in which Jim Clark drove, 979 00:56:00,269 --> 00:56:02,719 and... I just followed him. 980 00:56:03,448 --> 00:56:05,163 He was a gentleman. 981 00:56:05,787 --> 00:56:08,818 He was a gentleman, and a gentle man. 982 00:56:09,269 --> 00:56:11,759 It's a pity he's not around now, because... 983 00:56:13,545 --> 00:56:15,719 it'd be nice to have him. 984 00:56:23,509 --> 00:56:25,784 He was an amazing man. 985 00:56:25,869 --> 00:56:29,068 - Just incredible. - All of that's amazing. 986 00:56:29,154 --> 00:56:30,344 Yeah. 987 00:56:30,429 --> 00:56:32,144 What I find truly amazing 988 00:56:32,229 --> 00:56:35,131 is how many championships he took part in. 989 00:56:35,217 --> 00:56:37,784 I mean, can you imagine Lewis Hamilton 990 00:56:37,869 --> 00:56:39,712 getting out of his Formula One car and saying, 991 00:56:39,798 --> 00:56:41,024 "I haven't got time for any interviews, 992 00:56:41,109 --> 00:56:43,009 cos I've got to go and do a touring car race." 993 00:56:43,095 --> 00:56:44,504 - Just wouldn't. - And he did. 994 00:56:44,589 --> 00:56:46,915 The other thing worth remembering is back in the early '60s, 995 00:56:47,001 --> 00:56:50,756 if you went to Australia, if you flew to Australia that meant eight stops. 996 00:56:50,842 --> 00:56:53,631 And there were no flat beds. There weren't even any movies. 997 00:56:53,717 --> 00:56:56,564 And let's not forget he'd get off that aeroplane, 998 00:56:56,649 --> 00:56:58,504 do a race, win it - obviously, 999 00:56:58,589 --> 00:57:01,162 then get on another aeroplane straight away to France 1000 00:57:01,248 --> 00:57:03,865 - to win a race there. - No, it is astonishing. 1001 00:57:03,951 --> 00:57:05,951 I mean, everybody has a favourite racing driver. 1002 00:57:06,037 --> 00:57:08,146 I'm sure everybody here does as well. 1003 00:57:08,232 --> 00:57:10,224 It's, you know, it's the Senna, Schumacher, 1004 00:57:10,309 --> 00:57:12,184 Villeneuve, Romain Grosjean... 1005 00:57:12,269 --> 00:57:14,464 Fangio. 1006 00:57:14,549 --> 00:57:18,184 But if you use maths to measure a driver's greatness, 1007 00:57:18,269 --> 00:57:22,124 you have to conclude it was Jim Clark. 1008 00:57:22,209 --> 00:57:24,146 Good night. 1009 00:57:24,232 --> 00:57:26,107 Sync corrections by srjanapala