1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,040 (gentle music) 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,200 (upbeat music) 3 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,200 (crowd cheering) 4 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:39,100 - Hello and welcome to "Top Gear", 5 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,460 where tonight us three are putting our bodies 6 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,580 on the line in the name of research. 7 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:46,420 Chris Harris pops on the old fireproof pants 8 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,860 for a wrestle with Mercedes' new F1 car for the road. 9 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,620 Freddie Flintoff straps on the old crash helmet 10 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,860 as he takes on motorsport's answer to cage fighting. 11 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,500 And I slip on the old smoking jacket and slippers 12 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,140 for a waft around in the super swanky new Range Rover. 13 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:03,500 - Taking one for the team there, Pad. 14 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:04,460 - Selfless, Fred. 15 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,260 - But, we kick off by talking about good intentions. 16 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:09,580 Explain, Christopher. 17 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:10,900 - So you know sometimes, 18 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,620 maybe late in an evening after a small shandy, 19 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:14,860 you make a rash promise 20 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:18,700 to do something important and worthy like join the gym? 21 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:20,340 - Or reading Paddy's autobiography 22 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:21,740 forced on you six months ago. 23 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,340 - Keep it, Fred. 24 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,220 There's still plenty left. 25 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:27,140 - No likey, no likey. 26 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:28,540 - Exactly. 27 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:29,380 - Fascinating. 28 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:30,860 - And you wake up in the morning and think, 29 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:33,020 "What have I got myself into here?" 30 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,600 Well, Mercedes knows the feeling. 31 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,320 (dramatic music) 32 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,380 Five years ago, Mercedes announced 33 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,540 it was gonna do something properly exciting: 34 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,200 take the engine from Lewis Hamilton's Formula 1 car 35 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,360 and put it into a road car. 36 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,340 A great idea, but as Merc quickly found out, 37 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,580 almost impossible to actually achieve. 38 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,340 The project's been a bit of a disaster. 39 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,420 Years have gone by, deadlines came and went, 40 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,500 CEOs were shown the door, and then everything went quiet, 41 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,460 until recently when Mercedes phoned and said, 42 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,060 "Remember that road car we put Lewis' F1 engine in? 43 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:18,800 "Well, it's finished." 44 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,720 Here, at long last, is the AMG ONE. 45 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,380 Fashionably late to the tune of three years, 46 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,060 this is two-and-a-half million pounds' worth 47 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:39,220 of Mercedes F1 know-how poured into a car 48 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,280 that you can legally drive on the road. 49 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,620 Ooh. 50 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,580 The car that many thought would never happen 51 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,340 is finally here. 52 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:56,260 Wow. 53 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:57,540 And the only question now 54 00:02:57,640 --> 00:03:02,040 is what on earth is it like from behind the wheel? 55 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:07,120 So I've just started off in full electric mode. 56 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,880 Here we go, coming out onto track. 57 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:16,040 In a car with a modern, there's the engine, 58 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,780 I tell you what, it's noisy in here, 59 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,640 much noisier inside than outside. 60 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:28,660 There it goes. 61 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,220 It just keeps revving. 62 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,400 The noise is sensational. 63 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:37,440 It is a mighty, mighty experience. 64 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,680 F1 rules state that teams can only use 1.6-litre V6 engines, 65 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,940 so that's what's sitting at the heart of the AMG ONE, 66 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,800 a V6 engine that can spin up to a stratospheric 11,000 RPM. 67 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,660 So I have about 560 horsepower from the engine, 68 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,380 and the rest, which adds up to over 1000 horsepower, 69 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,880 is coming from electric motors. 70 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,460 Nought to 60, 2.9 seconds, 71 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,860 the top speed 219 miles an hour. 72 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,580 They sound enormous numbers, don't they? 73 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,380 But of course, that's not much quicker 74 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,580 than some high-end supercars. 75 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,620 The ONE hasn't been conceived to sit 76 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,340 at the top of a deck of Top Trumps, though. 77 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,880 Think of it instead as a challenge. 78 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,060 With the AMG ONE you actually have five motors. 79 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,120 You've got that internal combustion engine, that's a motor, 80 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,700 two motors on the front wheels, 81 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:41,500 and a motor coming off the crank as well, 82 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,180 and the fifth one's actually in the turbocharger 83 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:47,000 to help it reduce lag. 84 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,180 Putting all of this together 85 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:53,460 is pretty much automotive Everest, 86 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,780 an engineering mountain so great 87 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,760 that Mercedes engineers just had to see if they could. 88 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,200 It's not like anything I've driven before. 89 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,660 So, the powertrain just stopped, 90 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,400 the engine stopped and it then just restarted itself. 91 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,460 Assuming Mercedes engineers 92 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,380 weren't intending unexpected pit stops 93 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,020 to be part of the owner experience, 94 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,540 the early signs were 95 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,800 that there was still a bit of mountain left to climb. 96 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,180 So the problem was twice during full-braking 97 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:38,460 when I was on a downshift and the revs went high, 98 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,740 the auto blip would blip the throttle 99 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:43,840 and then the engine would just cut. 100 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,420 Quite why the engine is cutting out under braking 101 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,480 turns out to be a tricky problem to diagnose, 102 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,620 so much so, in fact, that Mercedes wheels out 103 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,760 a second car to get us back up and running. 104 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:05,640 So, where were we? 105 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:16,540 Racing cars have to comply with a million regulations, 106 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,220 but road cars, well, they have to comply 107 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,780 with a million totally different regulations. 108 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,260 Put the two together, 109 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,960 this must be the most complicated road car ever made. 110 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:30,280 No wonder it's having some teething problems now. 111 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:32,580 The chassis's the bit that I'm finding 112 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,680 a little bit tricky at the moment. 113 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,340 Whatever I do, I've got this understeer. 114 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,440 I can't really get rid of it. 115 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,540 And the bigger problem is, while they've been trying 116 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,220 to get it all working out on track, 117 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,460 you get the feeling Mercedes hasn't had the chance 118 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,080 to sort all the other stuff that makes a road car liveable. 119 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,260 The noise, again I come back to it, 120 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,720 is so extreme I've actually put some ear plugs in. 121 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,020 I'm just bolted straight into the chassis 122 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:06,740 and the engine's bolted to that, 123 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:09,580 so I'm kind of connected to the vehicle 124 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,220 in a way you aren't in most supercars. 125 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,380 The steering wheel is a strange shape. 126 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,620 The seating position, I'm not so sure, really. 127 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:19,180 The seat is fixed, the pedals move, 128 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,060 but someone tall is gonna struggle in this thing, 129 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,100 and the seat, there's not much support, 130 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,200 I'm kinda moving around in it. 131 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,900 And how do you maintain a Formula 1 engine on the road? 132 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,180 Well, Mercedes is saying that you'll need 133 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,420 an engine rebuild every 30,000 miles. 134 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:37,940 It doesn't seem unreasonable. 135 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,040 But it will cost you 700,000 pounds. 136 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,800 Or at least it will if you get that far. 137 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,500 Oh, right, so the aero limit is now coming on. 138 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,600 So it just stops at 145Ks. 139 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,560 Oh dear, I tell you what, 140 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,340 it's not been an easy day for the AMG ONE. 141 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,620 The second car now has an issue 142 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,180 with the sensor on its active rear wing, 143 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,600 which in turn has triggered a speed limiter on the engine. 144 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:11,880 I tell you what, if you paid two and a half million quid 145 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:13,960 for it you wouldn't be over the moon. 146 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,620 But, after a lot more head scratching, 147 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:18,860 to get around all the bugs 148 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,420 in the drivetrain and aero systems, 149 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:25,360 the fix that the engineers come up with is a promising one. 150 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,660 Putting the AMG ONE into its most extreme drive mode 151 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,620 would force the car to deploy maximum aero 152 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,880 and maximum performance for one last run. 153 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,260 That mode is the same one Lewis Hamilton uses 154 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:50,320 in F1 qualifying, and it's called Strat 2. 155 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,480 Oh, that's quite serious. 156 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,820 God, it's fast through there. 157 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,620 Whoo. 158 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,100 That's where the aero really is working. 159 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,460 The concept just makes me grin while I'm sitting here. 160 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:29,560 This is the engine that genuinely won World Championships. 161 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,600 And that noise, what a noise. 162 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,620 When that incredible engine 163 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,260 and those ridiculously aggressive wings 164 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,980 actually start working together, 165 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,280 this car finally starts to make some sort of sense. 166 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,180 Do you know what, once you're in it, 167 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,140 it feels so much more special, 168 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:56,300 'cause that engine's unlike 169 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,820 anything I've ever driven before. 170 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:03,860 And it's 1.6 litres, get your head round that. 171 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,260 And I love the fact that it revs to eleven, 172 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,360 nothing revs to eleven. 173 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:16,100 The AMG ONE, then, might well be a flawed machine, 174 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,620 but that doesn't stop it being one 175 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:22,720 of the most fascinating, intriguing cars I've ever driven. 176 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,940 There was a word for this sort of project years ago, 177 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:28,420 it was called a folly, 178 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,060 something that was just so fraught with difficulties 179 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,160 you wonder why someone would bother. 180 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,740 I suppose I have to ask myself, do I think it was worth it? 181 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:40,300 Because it's not the best-driving 182 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:44,380 or fastest supercar I've driven, let alone hypercar. 183 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,100 But there's just something so appealing about it. 184 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,700 When it's up and running, when it's up and running, 185 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,640 it's unlike any other driving experience I've had. 186 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:58,660 And at the end of it all, 187 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,080 this is an engine from a Formula 1 car, 188 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,840 and that's probably enough for me. 189 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,520 (cheering and applauding) 190 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,060 - So it didn't work. 191 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:29,620 - It didn't work some of the time. 192 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,420 But when it wasn't not working, 193 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:33,980 well, it was just fascinating. 194 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:34,820 - It's amazing looking. 195 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,300 - Yeah but, Chris, it didn't work. 196 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,300 Now, ambition's a great thing, Christopher, 197 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,100 but you've gotta accept, if something's not working 198 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,180 it's not working. 199 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,400 Back in the '90s I got a perm. 200 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:47,940 - Stop it. 201 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,720 - I woke up the next day, I looked like Barbra Streisand. 202 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:52,820 It didn't work. 203 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:53,740 - I bet that perm didn't cost you 204 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:55,220 two and a half million quid, though, did it? 205 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:56,740 - It didn't, no, it didn't. 206 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:58,540 - Only with you two could I get into a conversation 207 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,180 around this wonderful car and his hair. 208 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:02,820 It's a wonderful vehicle, it really is. 209 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:04,540 And isn't sort of heroic failure 210 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,020 so much more romantic than unheroic success? 211 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,220 - Well, I've had a few myself, Chris, yeah. 212 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,140 - But honestly, I love the concept. 213 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,300 I love the fact they had the ambition to go and do it. 214 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,180 Mercedes-Benz of all companies asked, 215 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,700 "Why not put a Formula 1 engine in a road car?" 216 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:19,540 - I love it. 217 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,060 - Well, I think they've given us a few reasons why not. 218 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:24,260 But, we're moving on. 219 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:25,900 Fred, what's the news? 220 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,860 - So, last year I got my race licence, 221 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,340 and since then I've been badgering the producers 222 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,580 to let me get stuck into some proper, serious motorsport. 223 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:34,740 The other day they said, 224 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,340 "How'd you fancy doing a bit of F1?" 225 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,100 Well, if you think I'm up to it, why not? 226 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,280 And they said, "No, not that F1, this F1." 227 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:48,860 F1 stock cars. 228 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,220 Established right here in the UK, 229 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,260 it's billed as the world's toughest 230 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,360 full-contact motor sport, 231 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,860 an oval racing series where fighting your way 232 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:04,200 through the field takes on a whole new meaning. 233 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:16,580 First impressions, 234 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:18,940 I don't think it's your Jenson Buttons this, is it, 235 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,660 and, you know, your Lando Norrises. 236 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,860 This is like men with big hands 237 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,560 and dirty outfits and overalls and mud. 238 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:34,600 My debut would be in less than 48 hours. 239 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,640 Why did I not expect it to be that fast? 240 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,580 So, it was just as well the man tasked 241 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:45,540 with getting me across the line 242 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:50,740 was F1 stock car legend Frankie Wainman Junior. 243 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,100 - [Announcer] Junior Wainman. 244 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,420 - [Freddie] With three World Championships 245 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,620 and eight British titles under his belt, 246 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:00,580 there is no one more qualified to get me race-ready 247 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:02,680 than Frankie Junior. 248 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,380 - Nice to meet you, Freddie. Frankie Wainman. 249 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,460 - I was right about the hands, they're like sausages. 250 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:10,560 I don't know where to start. 251 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,780 I've seen a little bit of it on YouTube. 252 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:14,140 Didn't know what to expect. 253 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,980 But then when I've seen it just now, 254 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:18,420 it's an eyeful, isn't it? 255 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,140 - Yeah, this is the easy bit. 256 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:21,180 - Seriously? 257 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:22,540 - It's the other cars that's the problem. 258 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:23,620 - We'll worry about them after. 259 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,460 But this car, it's not even straight. 260 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,920 - Obviously everything's built just to go left. 261 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,440 - These cars are built for purpose. 262 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,660 Heavy-duty roll and impact protection bars 263 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:41,160 keep everything in place when the racing gets physical. 264 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,580 Underneath the armour, a naturally aspirated 265 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:51,680 race-tuned Chevy V8 sends a whopping 740 horsepower 266 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,080 through a simple two-speed gearbox. 267 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,380 Helping to keep that all planted firmly on the track, 268 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,480 that massive wing set up high on the roof. 269 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,020 What type of speeds are you getting up to? 270 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:07,780 - Depending on the size of the track, 271 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,420 probably 80, 90 mile an hour 272 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:10,260 on some of them. - Really? 273 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:11,160 - Yeah, and bear in mind, this is full contact. 274 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,340 So, you're not only doing them speeds 275 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,500 but somebody could just punt you off the end at that speed. 276 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,260 - Have you hurt yourself doing this, Frankie? 277 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,100 - Erm, it's just bangs and knocks, really. 278 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,980 I mean, I've been at the front of this job for 35 years, 279 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:27,340 I've been and done everything, 280 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,300 and so when the two guys are squabbling at the top 281 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,820 to win the championships, you get put in the whirl. 282 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:33,260 - Yeah? - Yeah. 283 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:34,940 No, the cars are built to take it. 284 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:36,300 Yeah, you'll be winded for a few laps, 285 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,400 but you just get on with it and. 286 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:40,420 - Right. 287 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,680 Full contact could wait. 288 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:45,540 Wow. 289 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,700 The first job, here we go, was to head out solo, 290 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,320 we're off, and try to get a feel for the car. 291 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,640 Whoa, unbelievable. 292 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,180 Just finding me feet. 293 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,020 - That's it, Fred, just nice and steady, 294 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,120 you'll feel your way around. 295 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,840 - Wow, there's some power in this. 296 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,660 A quick lap in F1 stock cars, 297 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:14,980 right, come on, 298 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,480 is all down to the drift. 299 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,480 Whoa. 300 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,620 The oval track's loose, slippery surface 301 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:42,020 means you have to carry as much speed as possible 302 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,060 into the corners while keeping a smooth line 303 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,400 as you slide around, there we go, for a fast exit. 304 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,960 This is absolutely bonkers. 305 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,500 I don't know if I'm enjoying it, liking it, or what. 306 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,840 And I'm only on my own on the track. 307 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,740 When I got my race licence, 308 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:06,000 I was driving a lightweight, modern GT car. 309 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,200 Getting to grips with a crude, no-frills stock car 310 00:17:12,120 --> 00:17:14,260 was totally different. 311 00:17:14,360 --> 00:17:16,140 The car's not built for someone my size. 312 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,240 I'm on loose ground. 313 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,640 I can't really change the gears properly. 314 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,220 I can't move 'cause I'm strapped in that tight. 315 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:28,280 Yeah, some people pay good money for that, not this fella. 316 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,820 Piling on the practise laps, though, 317 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,540 sliding the big V8 pile-of-scaffolding around the track 318 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,180 was just starting to feel more familiar. 319 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,460 There go you, there you go. 320 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,560 I'm kind of enjoying it. 321 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:52,540 I'm not even gonna style it out. 322 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,640 I'm kind of petrified as well. 323 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,500 And I'm finding, like it is with anything 324 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,960 with this racing lark, smooth is best. 325 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:04,620 - That's better. 326 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:05,860 You're picking the throttle a bit slower 327 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,300 and that's more control. 328 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,440 - But more control means more speed. 329 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:15,440 And that means when the mistakes do happen, they hit hard. 330 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,560 Whey, whoa. 331 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:30,680 Oh, wow. 332 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,020 (bleep) Winded, jeez. 333 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:39,120 - That's one dent in the fence. 334 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,900 - The moment you think, "You know, I've got this," 335 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,940 that's when you come unstuck. 336 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:46,020 I see what you mean about contact. 337 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:47,220 - Yes. 338 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:48,060 Did you feel that? 339 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,260 - Yeah, I did. 340 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:53,180 It hit me, then here and then my head as well. 341 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:54,460 - It's a dangerous sport. 342 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,740 You know, if you wanna win you've gotta get hurt. 343 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:58,420 That's just life, unfortunately. 344 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,760 But it's brutal, it is brutal. 345 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,820 - To get me back on track, 346 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:07,280 Frankie took to his own car to lead me round. 347 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,800 There we go, nice and smooth. 348 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,380 And with an expert's line to follow, that's better, 349 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:24,100 things finally started to click, nice. 350 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,200 Totally different now. 351 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,660 I'm turning the car with the brake, 352 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,320 whereas before I was trying to use the accelerator. 353 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,760 Even the crashes got better. 354 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,040 I'm all good, all good, ready for impact. 355 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,240 It's all right if you brace yourself. 356 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,800 End of day one, it's a bit mixed, to be honest. 357 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:59,900 I feel I'm getting better, but I'm acutely aware 358 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,340 of what I'm getting myself into now, I think. 359 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,140 Come on, keep going. 360 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:05,620 Keep concentrating. 361 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,460 Driving the track solo is one thing. 362 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,300 The next job was to find out 363 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,960 what it was like with competition. 364 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,440 Here we go, keep driving, keep driving. 365 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,900 This is King's Lynn's Adrian Flux Arena, 366 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,080 the epicentre of the F1 stock car universe. 367 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:32,660 Yeah, I think this is the upper level 368 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:33,820 from the last place, innit? 369 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,060 That was like a training track, put your stabilisers on. 370 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,160 And then now this is the real deal. 371 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,100 With my first race now just a few hours away, 372 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,860 Frankie was stepping the training up a gear. 373 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,820 And to give me a bit of inspiration. 374 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,920 - There you go, look. 375 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,480 - Overnight, his team had been busy on my car. 376 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,060 Look at it. It's amazing. 377 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,300 There'll be no guessing who's in this, then, will there?. 378 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,220 - Just in case there isn't. 379 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:06,580 - Wow. 380 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:07,720 I'll tell you what, if you're behind this 381 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,420 you're gonna be embarrassed in the race, aren't ya? 382 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,620 Look at that, three lions. 383 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:13,460 That's lovely, Frankie. 384 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:14,740 - Good, right. 385 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:15,660 - Right, I'll go get me kit on. 386 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,100 - Get yourself suited up and we'll get you some laps. 387 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:17,980 - Make the most of track time. 388 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,080 - No worries. 389 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,260 - Reunited with my old shirt number, 390 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:25,500 and with my own custom livery, 391 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,920 I was definitely starting to look like a competitor. 392 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:33,820 Now I needed to know how to drive like one. 393 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,420 Here we go, onto the King's Lynn track. 394 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,220 And to do that, Frankie Junior 395 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,160 had drafted in some help from a fellow racer, 396 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:45,980 I can hear another car coming in, 397 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,220 his son, Frankie Junior Junior. 398 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,740 Bloomin' heck, two Frankies and a Fred. 399 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,080 Whoa, nice to meet you too. 400 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,240 Let's go then. 401 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,960 Whoa, he's not messing about, Frankie Junior. 402 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:13,000 - What you've gotta remember, Fred, 403 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:14,740 this is a full-contact sport. 404 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,340 You've got your lines and everything good now, 405 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:17,900 we've got some speed. 406 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,900 - This is completely different. 407 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,700 I'm just trying to be smooth. 408 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,900 - We just need to look at a few of the manoeuvres 409 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,060 that you might be receiving 410 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,300 or you might need to give passing slower cars. 411 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:30,380 - Yeah. 412 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:31,660 - First of all we've got the push. 413 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:32,460 - Yeah. 414 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,140 - Which is into the corner, 415 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,240 hit, and then up the inside and go. 416 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:41,120 - Whoa, bloomin' heck. 417 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:42,700 - So you gotta hit 'em. 418 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:44,800 - Yeah, physical contact. 419 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,660 - Whoa, all right then, it's a father-son tag team. 420 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,180 You want some? 421 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,520 I'll go and get my dad, eh? 422 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,500 - Next one is the nerf into the side rail, 423 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:58,340 middle of the corner. 424 00:22:58,440 --> 00:22:59,740 So this car's sat here, 425 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,140 just a hit on the middle of the side rail there, 426 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,760 just unbalances their car and then you're through. 427 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,680 - Go on then. 428 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 Oh, he's pushing me. 429 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,020 You're using them for your position. 430 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:18,100 - Correct. 431 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,300 - Right, next one we have is the last bender, 432 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,420 which is, you go to this car's winning the race, 433 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:25,780 you've got to have a dive. 434 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,880 - You have to, yeah. 435 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,100 Wow, that was a heavy hit. 436 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,500 Whoa, this is a rough sport. 437 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:42,540 - It's easy with these, though, innit. 438 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,820 - Oh yeah, it don't hurt or anything with these. 439 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:45,660 - You good? 440 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:46,520 - Yeah, good, can I have that car? 441 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,000 - Yes, that's you. - Thank you. 442 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:51,940 All right, put it into practise. 443 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,020 - He's gonna be up against sort of 30 cars in a race. 444 00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:56,300 You know, they're gonna be hitting him, 445 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,400 he's gonna be hitting them. 446 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,180 - It's a rough ride. 447 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,300 - He needs to get used to a bit of contact. 448 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:08,980 - This is racing now. 449 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,560 Come on, Frank, let's be having you. 450 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,420 It's getting rough, this. 451 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,820 It's getting proper toasty. 452 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,780 This is so good. 453 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:27,440 That last session then, for about six or seven laps, 454 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:30,020 I wasn't worrying about the car 455 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:32,620 or me position or anything else apart from racing, 456 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:34,720 and I felt in it. 457 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:36,980 Whoa, they're all at it. 458 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:38,380 I don't think it's something you'll ever get used to, 459 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,060 a car crashing into you, but you, 460 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:41,700 I think I was learning how to handle it better. 461 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:43,220 I was keeping me line. 462 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:44,420 I was managing to control the car 463 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,380 and keeping it pretty much where I wanted it to be. 464 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,260 Whoa, get away, get away. 465 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:50,980 And I think giving enough back 466 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,880 so that people know I'm around and not get pushed about. 467 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,080 No way, not today, Frank. 468 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:04,860 - You were getting in there then proper, weren't ya? 469 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:06,020 - I was enjoying it. 470 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:07,220 I actually felt in it. 471 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:08,060 - Yeah, yeah. 472 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,020 - I'm racing, and actually for the first time 473 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:14,220 since I've been here I was looking, I wasn't here. 474 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:15,220 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 475 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,060 From watching you then you could see 476 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,020 that you were more intent on racing us than the car, 477 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:21,100 if that makes sense? 478 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,900 You knew where you were going round the track 479 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,140 and you just wanted to beat us, 480 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,620 and that's how it should be, yeah, it's good. 481 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:27,980 - Part of me thinks, yeah, 482 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,220 if I can drive like that I'm gonna be all right in a race. 483 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:32,260 But part of me thinks as well 484 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:33,120 there's gonna be far more cars out there, 485 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,200 there's a target on me back, 486 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,700 but I could spend the next three days going round 487 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,420 and I don't know if I'd be ready. 488 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,520 I think I've just gotta get into it now. 489 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,000 Training was done, 490 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,480 the stock car carnival was rolling into King's Lynn, 491 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,680 and things were getting real. 492 00:25:58,560 --> 00:25:59,300 It's a bit different, innit? 493 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:00,160 You've got all the crowd here, 494 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,540 a lot of people hanging around the car everywhere you go. 495 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:04,700 I just have to concentrate on my drive 496 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,380 and not get too worried about the cars around me. 497 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,100 And if I get hit I get hit, 498 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,180 but just concentrate on what I'm doing, that's me plan. 499 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,420 I've got a gum shield as well this time. 500 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:15,820 Everyone was asking have I got a gum shield, 501 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:16,620 so I said, why, and they say, 502 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,700 "So you don't bite your tongue off." 503 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,800 I'd like me tongue. 504 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,460 As a rookie, I'd be starting out 505 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,800 with a sixteen-lap race against a field of fifteen drivers. 506 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,020 And as the least experienced of the lot, 507 00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:34,000 I'd be starting at the front of the grid. 508 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,060 It's quite handy, because all the crowd 509 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,300 and everyone knows what class the drivers are. 510 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,620 You know, you start with the red tops, for the best drivers, 511 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,140 and then you go blue, then it's yellow. 512 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,740 Now, here we go, this is my category, 513 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,860 complete novices have white tops. 514 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,360 So I'm hoping I can hold me own, maybe catch a few yellows. 515 00:26:58,600 --> 00:26:59,340 Here we go. 516 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,020 Up to now, my racing career 517 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,840 had been plagued with mechanical failures. 518 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,300 I was praying that this would be the race where, 519 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,040 for once, I'd see the chequered flag. 520 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:13,740 Here we go. 521 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:14,580 We're in it now. 522 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:15,860 - [Announcer] Good afternoon, everyone. 523 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,780 Welcome here to the Adrian Flux Arena. 524 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,540 And taking part in the meeting this afternoon 525 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:22,980 out there in car number 11 526 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,300 it is none other than Freddie Flintoff. 527 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,020 - Nearly time, nearly time, 528 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:29,800 the waiting's the worst bit, the worst bit, 529 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,360 waiting to race, waiting to bat, waiting for anything. 530 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:36,980 - [Announcer] We are all set to go. 531 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,700 It's over to you, Mr Starter, here we go. 532 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,700 - To avoid a massive pile-up on turn one, 533 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,200 F1 stock car races have rolling starts. 534 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,260 Here we go. 535 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:49,780 I'm a little bit nervous. 536 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:50,740 - We're on the rolling lap now. 537 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,000 He needs to slow down a little bit. 538 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,480 He looks a bit keen. 539 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,700 - [Announcer] It's green flag out on the raceway. 540 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:02,060 Away we go with this. 541 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,940 - We're green, we're going. 542 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,580 - Get round, get round, get round. 543 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,300 There we go. 544 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:11,620 - [Announcer] Flintoff leading the way, 545 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,380 319 Sheldon there in second. 546 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,480 - Got good pace there. 547 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,980 - This is a different proposition. 548 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,940 Get round, get round. 549 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,540 - That's it, that's it. 550 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:30,820 - [Announcer] Flintoff, then, leads currently 551 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:32,300 at the end of the opening lap. 552 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,620 - As starts go, it had been a good 'un, 553 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,280 not just keeping the lead but starting to build it. 554 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:44,260 - He's actually pulling away, 555 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,260 he just needs to steady up a little bit. 556 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,180 Steady, steady. 557 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,580 That's it, that's it. 558 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,700 - Go, go, go. 559 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,060 Oh, you, (bleep) too early. 560 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,820 Never mind, get round, get round. 561 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:00,920 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 562 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:05,500 - [Announcer] Well, Flintoff rattles round the wall. 563 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,600 - He's doing good. 564 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,380 - Nice and smooth, nice and smooth. 565 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:19,480 Six laps in, this was turning into the drive of my life. 566 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,460 - He's keeping real good pace, real good pace. 567 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,220 - Okay, it wasn't perfect. 568 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:31,180 - Use the wall. 569 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:32,900 - Using the wall. 570 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,420 - But it was getting the job done. 571 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,620 That hurt but I needed it. 572 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:37,700 The trouble with starting 573 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:39,900 from the front of a packed grid, though. 574 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,780 - Come on. 575 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:42,740 Come on. 576 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:44,660 - Is that even the smallest mistake, 577 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,840 keep it smooth, can mean disaster. 578 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,180 - [Announcer] Oh, and he's flicked himself 579 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:59,140 out of the lead, Flintoff. 580 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,240 - Ah, Freddie. 581 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:03,180 - No. 582 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,280 The spin was bad enough. 583 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:11,440 But it was the T-bone that followed that sealed the deal. 584 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,100 - [Announcer] So it's all left kicking off. 585 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:19,380 - Whoa, easy lad. 586 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,480 Car's gone, car's gone. 587 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:30,100 (bleep) The car's (bleep) gone. (bleep) 588 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,200 No, please. 589 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:34,460 - He led that proper then 590 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,140 for at least six laps, really good. 591 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,620 - So annoying. 592 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,420 I was having it as well. 593 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,100 I was at the front, I had one mistake, 594 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,760 I was still in it and me car's cut out, again. 595 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:52,160 My first stock car race had ended like the rest of them: 596 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,780 back at the pits with nothing to show for it 597 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,060 but another DNF. 598 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,580 It's always a mechanical, me, innit, always a mechanical. 599 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,560 Baja, mechanical; Ginetta, mechanical. 600 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:06,500 Oh, always a mechanical. 601 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,060 Oh well. 602 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,720 Might go and sit down for a bit, me head's banging. 603 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,920 But I couldn't rest for long. 604 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:20,380 Keen to race again, and having led for half my first race, 605 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,500 Frankie thought I was safe enough 606 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,340 to get a taste of the big leagues. 607 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,800 So while Team Wainman raced to fix the damage to my car 608 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,240 and the evening's race meet gathered pace, 609 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:38,240 I headed down the paddock in search of inspiration. 610 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:40,940 How old are you? 611 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:41,780 - I'm 20. 612 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:42,580 - 20 and world champion? 613 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,140 - Yeah. 614 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,780 - You can't stop smiling, can you, and why not? 615 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:46,620 - No, I can't. 616 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:47,900 - And why not? 617 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:48,980 Any tips? 618 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,460 - Try and race your own race. 619 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:51,420 That's what you gotta do. 620 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:52,640 - That's the thing, you get sucked in sometimes 621 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:56,020 about other cars, don't you, you forget what you're doing. 622 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:57,780 Gotta try and get round. 623 00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:58,800 - Concentrate on what's in front of you, 624 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:00,100 try and keep the car straight 625 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:01,400 and obviously just be gentle with that throttle 626 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,780 because it's a lot of power under you. 627 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,820 - Just hit everything in front of you. 628 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,140 - Hit everything in front of me? 629 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,660 I've tried that but it's usually a wall. 630 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,260 - Yeah, and me, but yeah, no, 631 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,840 just keep your wheels straight and you'll be fine. 632 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,540 - With a head full of advice, 633 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:21,800 it was time to get ready to race. 634 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:26,300 The last round of the night would be a 10 lap sprint, 635 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,620 where, a solo rookie, I'd be lining up 636 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,620 on a mixed grid of intermediates and pros, 637 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,400 including both Frankies. 638 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:40,140 This wouldn't be a battle for podiums or silverware. 639 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,720 For me, this battle had a much simpler goal. 640 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,860 I wanna finish a race and then walk away, 641 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,740 ideally in one piece, car's in one piece, 642 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,020 with a grin on me face. 643 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,120 No chance, is there, not a chance. 644 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,780 - [Announcer] We are ready to go with this one. 645 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:01,880 Over to you, Mr Starter. 646 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,980 - Here we go again, come on, Freddie lad. 647 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:10,460 Let's see what you got. 648 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,180 Having been drawn in fourth place, 649 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:17,140 this would be my first start from the middle of the pack, 650 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,480 or to put it another way, right in the thick of it. 651 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:26,100 - [Announcer] The green is out. 652 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,200 We are away and racing. 653 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,380 - Get round, get round. 654 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,100 - [Announcer] That's Flintoff in 11 in fourth at the moment. 655 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,380 - Bit wide, but we're all rightthough. 656 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,620 Surrounded by topflight racers like Frankie, 657 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:45,380 I just had to race my race, hold my nerve, 658 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,640 come on, concentrate, and hope for the best. 659 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,860 Hold your line. 660 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:57,020 This is crazy, Frankie's right behind me. 661 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,120 Oh, we've got a nudge. 662 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,400 He's right there. 663 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,420 - [Announcer] Callenjal gets through, as is Flintoff. 664 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,660 Flintoff's coming back at him on the inside. 665 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,800 Can't quite make it stick that time. 666 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,900 - Cars were spinning out all over the field. 667 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,300 Oh, come on. 668 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:24,400 But a bit of skill, oh, 669 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:28,000 and a lot of luck, blooming heck, that was close, 670 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,260 somehow kept me clear of the carnage. 671 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:38,360 Whoa, that was a bit of a slapper. 672 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,340 Go on then. 673 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,420 As the laps counted down, 674 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,420 I couldn't drop my guard for a second. 675 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,980 The only trouble is to concentrate. 676 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,560 A spin or a crash now was not an option. 677 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,920 Go on, go on, come on, you've got this. 678 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,920 Keep going, do not give it away now. 679 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,620 Do not give it away. 680 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:13,700 - [Announcer] So back through we go, the last lap. 681 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:14,900 - Here we go, last lap. 682 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,000 Come on, you got this. 683 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,480 Hang in there, son, hang in there, come on. 684 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,160 Last corner, last corner. 685 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:32,540 Finish this race. 686 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,220 Here it is, the chequered flag. 687 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,660 [Announcer] And the chequered flag out. 688 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,820 - Oh, I've finished. 689 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,060 I've finished a race. 690 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,240 First time in my history. 691 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,680 Yes please, I'll take that all day long, 692 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,960 every day of the week and twice on a Tuesday. 693 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,660 (applause) 694 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,820 All right, as ambitions go, 695 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,320 it hadn't been an especially grand one. 696 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,800 But walking away from F1 stock cars with a finish 697 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,500 had been plenty good enough for me. 698 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,500 Thanks so much, thanks Frankie, you're a legend. 699 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,260 Come here, you? 700 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,900 Cheers, Junior. 701 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,760 (crowd cheering) 702 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,420 - That looked utterly brutal, Fred. 703 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:34,780 So in your sporting career, 704 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,580 you've had cricket balls bowled 705 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,180 at your head by angry Australians, 706 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,140 you've been punched in the head by an angry American boxer, 707 00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:44,780 and you've been headbutted by a Norwegian bobsleigh run. 708 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:48,540 Where does this sort of rank on your personal pain scale? 709 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:49,780 - This'll come in at number two. 710 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,500 Cricket's still the most painful, 711 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,600 but that's mainly emotional. 712 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:55,780 It's harder than boxing. 713 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,140 When I hit the wall for the first time, 714 00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:00,940 my shoulder, my head and my ribs hurt more 715 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:02,500 than any punch that I've felt. 716 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,860 Honestly, it is the most brutal thing ever. 717 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:08,140 - I've gotta say, watching it, though, it was amazing. 718 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:12,580 Forget sensible F1, I'm into the bonkers F1: 719 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:14,740 drive to hopefully survive. 720 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,340 - Yeah, and I'm not sure I would have done 721 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:17,380 without the help of these two. 722 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:18,820 Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up 723 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,160 for Frankie Junior and Frankie Junior Junior. 724 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,100 Without you I was done. 725 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,780 I've gotta say, I'm glad I've done it, 726 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,140 but now I've done it, I'm done. 727 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:32,700 I'm retiring from another sport. 728 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,580 - A short but glorious career. 729 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:36,420 - Thank you, Paddy, thank you. 730 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,300 - Fella on cameras, come with me for a little walk, 731 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:43,180 'cause I want to talk about this, the Range Rover. 732 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,220 This one's been knocking around for a decade now, 733 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,380 and it's still the absolute business. 734 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,460 But that hasn't stopped Land Rover cooking up a new one 735 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,320 and they say it's even better. 736 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,980 (dramatic music) 737 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:03,560 Introducing the all-new Range Rover. 738 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,460 And straight away, you'll notice 739 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,600 it looks like a Range Rover. 740 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,700 But they reckon this Range Rover 741 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:20,320 now has more luxury and more refinement than ever before. 742 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,280 This is a car, then, with plenty to shout about. 743 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:31,360 Thing is though, it doesn't. 744 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:34,260 Listen to that. 745 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:36,360 Got to listen carefully. 746 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,200 Can you hear it? 747 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,900 Exactly, nothing. 748 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,500 Complete silence. 749 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,020 That's because the good people at Land Rover 750 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:49,700 have pulled out all the stops 751 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,480 to make this the quietest Range Rover ever. 752 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:57,740 Take the exterior. 753 00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,860 Every millimetre of the bodywork 754 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:03,440 has been smoothed out to reduce wind noise, 755 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,780 while the structure has been made stiffer 756 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:10,040 than ever before to reduce vibration. 757 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,500 And if any sound at all does make its way into the cab, 758 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:19,660 you've got thirty-five noise-canceling speakers in here. 759 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,760 There's even a couple in the headrest. 760 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,060 There could be an earthquake going on out there, 761 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,160 (disruptive noises) 762 00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:31,420 you'd be totally oblivious. 763 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,900 In fact, the Range Rover will keep you isolated 764 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:36,580 from just about anything 765 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:40,120 the noisy, dirty outside world can throw at you. 766 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,980 Every time you put the news on these days, 767 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,820 there's another virus out there to get us. 768 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:50,740 What we need is a weapons-grade air-con system 769 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:55,060 that filters out all those nasty bacteria and viruses, 770 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,320 which is exactly what this has got. 771 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,340 Nothing is getting in here. 772 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:06,720 I am not kidding, either, this car will stop Covid. 773 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,100 And when it comes to what powers 774 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,740 the world's most comfortable face mask, 775 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:18,340 you won't be surprised to hear there are plenty of options. 776 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,660 Petrol, diesel, a plug-in hybrid 777 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,580 that'll do fifty-odd miles on battery power alone. 778 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,700 There's even an all-electric version due out soon. 779 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,300 But from the driver's seat, 780 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,260 it doesn't really matter what you've got under the bonnet. 781 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:38,240 It's all very quiet and all very peaceful. 782 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:40,660 Once you've got past all the ways 783 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,660 they've tried to make the new Range Rover 784 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,280 feel as un-car-like as possible, though, 785 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,340 it turns out they've also done some work 786 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:53,480 on the small matter of actually driving the thing. 787 00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:00,620 The sat nav is constantly talking to the suspension 788 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:04,220 to warn it about any lumps and bumps in the road ahead 789 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,680 so it can engage the anti-roll system. 790 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,140 It isn't exactly a Lotus 791 00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:16,660 but as far as two-and-a-half tonne cruise liners go, 792 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,580 this is pretty impressive. 793 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:22,100 As is the rear-wheel steer, which gives this thing 794 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:26,260 a turning circle of under 11 metres. 795 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:28,360 That's Volkswagen Golf territory. 796 00:41:33,720 --> 00:41:38,140 But what definitely isn't Volkswagen Golf territory 797 00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:40,660 is what this cleverer, posher-than-ever 798 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,700 Range Rover now costs. 799 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:47,800 These start at 100,000 pound, start. 800 00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:54,220 Now, if you chuck in a juicier engine, 801 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:56,540 and smatter it with all the trimmings, 802 00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,380 you could be north of 200,000 pounds. 803 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:04,480 200,000 pounds for a Range Rover. 804 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:07,860 The world's gone mad. 805 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:11,180 Especially as however much it costs, 806 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,300 because it's a Range Rover, 807 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,060 this sharp-suited city slicker 808 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:20,200 still needs to do the business when the going gets tough. 809 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:28,180 So, to put it through its paces, I headed to Wales 810 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:32,200 to meet up with Harris for a spot of light off-roading. 811 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,240 This is the King of Britain, 812 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:46,080 the toughest all-terrain competition in the country, 813 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:52,700 a race where custom-built, high-performance buggies 814 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:56,720 tackle a torture chamber of extreme terrain. 815 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,440 And rocking up on warm-up day ahead of the big race, 816 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:08,460 it was just the place to see 817 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,780 what the Range Rover is really made of. 818 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:13,380 - What's the total build for this then? 819 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:14,620 Couple of 100 grand, or is it more? 820 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:18,940 - Oh, there he is, the big lad, 821 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,580 just talking to men in overalls. 822 00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,680 He could not be happier. 823 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:25,460 - Is it a spec chassis or have you? 824 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:27,060 - Yeah, it's basically, it's what they call 825 00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:28,180 a Miller pro chassis. 826 00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:30,280 - Yeah. 827 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:32,620 - Good morning. 828 00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:35,600 - What have you got us into here, Patrick? 829 00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:37,740 What are you playing at? 830 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:39,840 - Just the King of Britain, 831 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,180 the toughest off-roader there is. 832 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:46,860 - Look, I'm aware of what it is, utterly brutal. 833 00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:51,180 How are we planning to get around that in this? 834 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:52,700 - I'll put some off-road tyres on her. 835 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:53,540 - That's it. 836 00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:54,380 - That's the one. 837 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,140 And I've been swanning around all morning, 838 00:43:56,240 --> 00:43:59,020 so you can drive, in you get. 839 00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:00,220 - These thing struggle. 840 00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:02,320 - Whatever, just get yourself in. 841 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,700 - So, the course that the King of Britain runners 842 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:12,140 would be spending the next day hammering around 843 00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:15,980 covers gravel tracks, muddy crawls, 844 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,400 boulder fields and water crossings. 845 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:23,620 And with the pros already out giving it all a good look, 846 00:44:23,720 --> 00:44:25,940 McGuinness's plan was that we would now 847 00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:29,560 also try to tackle one lap of the course. 848 00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:35,140 As off-road tests go, it would be a thorough one. 849 00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:37,460 Fail and we'd have to conclude 850 00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,980 that Land Rover's mighty flagship 851 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,720 is now just too posh and too plush. 852 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:50,880 Right, now before we set off, let's get the seat coolers on. 853 00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:52,380 - Oh yeah. 854 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:53,620 - Nice and cool. 855 00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:54,460 - That's lovely. 856 00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:55,300 - Bottom of the back. 857 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,880 But anyhow, we've got the V8 in, 500 horsepower, 858 00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:01,720 let's see what she can do. 859 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:05,220 - Jesus, it goes. 860 00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:07,320 - Oh ho ho, does it. 861 00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:17,740 0-60 in 4.4 seconds, top whack around about 150, 862 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,840 it's a beast, this thing. 863 00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:25,160 The thing about the Range Rover is 864 00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:27,380 it's always made off-roading 865 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:29,380 feel like you're in a Rolls Royce. 866 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:30,180 That's it, isn't it? 867 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:31,900 You're not aware of what's going on outside. 868 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:35,240 - Although I'm not sure about this interior for off-roading. 869 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:43,980 Oh, there we are, that'll get it. 870 00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:46,180 - This is just effortless, mate. 871 00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:48,060 - Beautiful. - Effortless. 872 00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:50,160 - And, you hear that? 873 00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:51,260 - What? 874 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:53,360 - Exactly. 875 00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:57,740 - Gravel tracks are easy pickings, though. 876 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,020 With the course now heading down through the trees, 877 00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:02,420 we could start exploring 878 00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:06,160 the Range Rover's arsenal of off-road tech. 879 00:46:07,240 --> 00:46:08,460 - Here we go. 880 00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:11,860 Fourteen inches of ground clearance this'll give us, Chris. 881 00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:13,960 - Handy for the school run. 882 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:19,960 Oh, that was a big scrape. 883 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:27,000 There we go. 884 00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:30,320 - So far, so good. 885 00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:33,360 - Oh my lord, Pad, this looks a bit steep, what's this? 886 00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:35,240 I can't even see down there, what is it? 887 00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:36,220 - Stop, stop, stop. 888 00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:37,460 - Stop what? 889 00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:39,560 - L descent mode. 890 00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:42,500 Look at that, wahey, 891 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:46,260 it'll never go above two miles per hour there now. 892 00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:47,380 That is heaven. 893 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:48,780 - I love technology. 894 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:50,880 - Nothing's testing it yet. 895 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,540 Do you know what, I've not checked on this actually. 896 00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:56,340 - What? 897 00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:57,820 - It's got the old massage seats. 898 00:46:57,920 --> 00:46:58,860 - Has it? - Shall I have a look? 899 00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:02,260 Oh, there it is, massage. 900 00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:04,360 Now are you ready, sir? 901 00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:08,120 (pleasurable moaning) 902 00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:13,780 In the King of Britain. 903 00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:16,660 - In fact, what with the onboard rubdown 904 00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:20,460 and the Rangie so quietly going about its business outside, 905 00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,900 so far it was easy to forget 906 00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:25,000 that we were off-roading at all. 907 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:30,340 - Do you ever remember in an old Hammer horror episode, 908 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:31,860 they were driving down the road like this 909 00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:33,700 and all of a sudden it gets really foggy 910 00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:34,780 and they're in this village 911 00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:36,180 and everyone's like you and Flintoff, 912 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,700 all teeth are all messed up and yellow, 913 00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:40,060 then they escape in the end, 914 00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:41,260 and they drive out through the fog 915 00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:43,540 and you're like thank God and they're away, 916 00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:45,980 and they were from the Damned, have you never seen that? 917 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:46,820 - No. 918 00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:48,540 - Oh, it's a belter. 919 00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:50,780 - But, before I could regale Harris 920 00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:52,900 with any more horror classics, 921 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:54,940 the King of Britain's circuit decided 922 00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:58,420 it was time we head down a dried-up stream. 923 00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:01,420 Let's put the old rock crawl on. 924 00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:03,020 That's that. 925 00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:06,000 And change the camera angles for you. 926 00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:09,260 - So there is a camera underneath the car. 927 00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:10,100 - Yeah. 928 00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:12,940 Some engineer has come up with that, some boffin, 929 00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:15,040 no one will ever use it. 930 00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:17,020 No one's ever gonna come up to you 931 00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:19,500 and go, "Good job on that, I use that." 932 00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,080 - Yeah, but they have done an amazing job, though. 933 00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:35,820 - That's a lovely plant, isn't it? 934 00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:36,660 What is that? 935 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:37,480 Is it a plant or a tree that? 936 00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:39,020 - That's a Buddleia. 937 00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:41,740 - A Buddleia, how do you know these things? 938 00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:44,980 - They're beautiful, but they're rampant. 939 00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:46,260 They're like you on television. 940 00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:47,360 Once they start off they are everywhere, 941 00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:50,020 That's it, you can't stop them, yeah. 942 00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,260 - Once again, we had to concede 943 00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:54,460 that Land Rover's luxobarge 944 00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:56,580 was taking the course in its stride. 945 00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:58,680 - Just so impressive, this thing. 946 00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,260 - But, while the rest of the King of Britain runners 947 00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:06,700 tore their way through the Welsh hills ahead of us, 948 00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:11,680 that dried-up stream turned into a dried-up river. 949 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,740 We are not going in that. 950 00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,840 - It can't go down there. 951 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:22,880 It can't be going down there. 952 00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:25,060 - Hold on, before you go, 953 00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:26,220 I'm gonna have to do a bit of spotting. 954 00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:27,080 I know we've got the underneath camera, but. 955 00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:28,020 - So what you're saying 956 00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:28,960 is you'd rather be out of the vehicle. 957 00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:31,180 - Yes, right, let's do it. 958 00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:32,900 - Oh God, do you wanna swap? 959 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,140 - No thanks. 960 00:49:35,240 --> 00:49:37,240 Right, oh dear. 961 00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:39,260 You hear me? 962 00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:41,500 - Yes, it's never going down there, is it? 963 00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:43,600 - No, no, you're alright. 964 00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:46,020 Left hand down. 965 00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:47,340 Right, whoa, not too much. 966 00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:48,220 Right hand. 967 00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:50,260 Yeah, keep coming. 968 00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:52,360 Go on. 969 00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:55,700 It's alright, just a little love bite, keep coming. 970 00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:57,700 - That sounded horrible. 971 00:49:57,800 --> 00:50:00,800 - Yeah, keep coming, you're alright. 972 00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:05,340 - Go on, you've passed it there. 973 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:07,900 Right, straighten up, whoa, whoa. 974 00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,180 Straight down now, come on. 975 00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:12,020 - You're looking the wrong way. 976 00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:14,700 - I have to move out your way. 977 00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:16,800 Go on, you're clear. 978 00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:18,140 Keep coming at that. 979 00:50:18,240 --> 00:50:20,740 Tell you what, it's amazing, this. 980 00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:21,980 - Left hand down? 981 00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:24,080 - Come on. 982 00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:26,440 Go on, yes, go on. 983 00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:31,340 Oh, don't go too far back. 984 00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:33,440 - This is horrendous. - Come on, Chris. 985 00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:35,460 You're up. 986 00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:37,560 - Oh Jesus. 987 00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,380 The Rangie was holding its own. 988 00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:42,820 - Over here, over you come, right hand down, son. 989 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:46,660 - But our crawl through the rocks was taking time. 990 00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:47,940 That's horrendous. 991 00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:50,040 - Oh, that's a fair old bit. 992 00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:53,420 - Enough time, it turned out, 993 00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:57,500 for the proper racers to start coming around again. 994 00:50:57,600 --> 00:50:59,580 What's that noise? 995 00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:01,680 What the hell is that? 996 00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:05,400 Where's he going? 997 00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:19,020 - Jeez, hey, has he got cooling seats? 998 00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:21,120 No he has not, up you get. 999 00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:24,460 Give it some, give it some, Chris. 1000 00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:26,560 Give it some, go on. 1001 00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:30,020 - Whoa, there we go. 1002 00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:31,260 - There we go. 1003 00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:32,100 - There she goes. 1004 00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:33,380 - That's the one. 1005 00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:35,340 - I cannot believe it got up there. 1006 00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:38,420 I can't believe it got up there. 1007 00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:40,520 - Fantastic. 1008 00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:45,400 So, rock crawl mode definitely works. 1009 00:51:47,240 --> 00:51:49,340 And deciding it was best that we clear out the way 1010 00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,680 before any more kings of Britain came galloping past, 1011 00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:55,300 we got back on the gravel 1012 00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:58,700 and set off for the last stage of the course. 1013 00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:00,800 Look at that, 50 miles an hour, 1014 00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:03,580 you're barely aware of it, are you? 1015 00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:04,380 - Fifty miles an hour. 1016 00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:06,480 - I know, on rough ground. 1017 00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:09,120 - Little bit of splash. 1018 00:52:11,240 --> 00:52:12,820 - They're just so capable, aren't they? 1019 00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:14,920 It's outrageous how good it is. 1020 00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:19,980 - But if you are an engineer at Land Rover, 1021 00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:23,220 and you're putting in the long hours developing stuff, 1022 00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:25,180 and you're thinking, "Never gonna get used." 1023 00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:25,980 - I know. 1024 00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:26,820 - It's crazy. 1025 00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:29,340 - It's like your rich barrel of humour. 1026 00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:31,660 You only give us a little bit of it. 1027 00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:33,780 Most of it's just not necessary. 1028 00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:36,620 - Oh dear, dear, dear. 1029 00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:39,340 Whether it ever gets used or not though, 1030 00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,620 the truth is the Range Rover 1031 00:52:41,720 --> 00:52:44,360 had cleared every hurdle we'd thrown at it. 1032 00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:48,460 And with one last obstacle to conquer, 1033 00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:52,420 the time had come to take back the reins. 1034 00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:55,660 Now look, you've done the lion's share of the driving. 1035 00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:58,660 I don't think you fully appreciate everything 1036 00:52:58,760 --> 00:52:59,460 about this motor. 1037 00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:02,220 And I'm saying get yourself in business class 1038 00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,180 and leave this bit to McGinty. 1039 00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:05,300 Let's go, come on. 1040 00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:06,220 - Who's McGinty? 1041 00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:08,320 - That is me. 1042 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:10,100 You've been grafting there. 1043 00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:12,720 Time for you to relax in business class, my friend. 1044 00:53:14,720 --> 00:53:15,780 Right. - Oh yes. 1045 00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:17,880 - Oh, it's good to be back. 1046 00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:24,960 Here we go. 1047 00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:35,620 Oh, this is steep. 1048 00:53:35,720 --> 00:53:37,620 Oh, don't worry about that. 1049 00:53:37,720 --> 00:53:40,900 - Oh you're having a laugh, Pad, have you seen this? 1050 00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:42,000 Look at this, look at this, look at this. 1051 00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:44,140 - I'm a bit preoccupied at the minute. 1052 00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:46,300 - Oh, you just keep off-roading. 1053 00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:47,380 I've got a screen. 1054 00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:49,480 - Oh my word. 1055 00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:57,200 - Oh, look at that, electric cup holders. 1056 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,400 - Roll up your tights, madam, we're going in. 1057 00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:04,760 Whoa. 1058 00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:10,660 - What have you done there? 1059 00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:12,760 - Little wipers on. 1060 00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:15,060 - You can do that, 1061 00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:17,160 if it keeps going like that, that's amazing. 1062 00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:27,260 - Ah, look at that, it's your great granddad. 1063 00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:28,740 - This is a great looking car, 1064 00:54:28,840 --> 00:54:30,460 but that's still the best-looking Range Rover. 1065 00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:33,280 - Look at that, wahey, fantastic. 1066 00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:46,140 - Right, the finish line, McGuinness, come on. 1067 00:54:46,240 --> 00:54:48,820 - Here we go, not far now. 1068 00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:50,980 So there you have it. 1069 00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:53,060 Can the most expensive, 1070 00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:56,740 most luxurious Range Rover ever made 1071 00:54:56,840 --> 00:54:59,360 still cut it in the great outdoors? 1072 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:05,880 Well, you'd have to say the results speak for themselves. 1073 00:55:07,320 --> 00:55:10,220 - Oh there it is, there it is. - Here we go, here we go. 1074 00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:12,440 - Over the line, over the line, come on. 1075 00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:16,440 - Wahey, there we go. 1076 00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:20,820 - That is remarkable. 1077 00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:23,000 - What a machine this is. 1078 00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:25,660 - Can we also be vaguely patriotic? 1079 00:55:25,760 --> 00:55:27,460 We don't do many things better than everyone else, 1080 00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:30,780 but we still make the best 4X4 in the world, don't we? 1081 00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:32,880 - 100%. 1082 00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:42,400 (crowd cheering) 1083 00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:45,860 - I'll tell you what, it's very impressive. 1084 00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:46,660 - Amazing. 1085 00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:49,780 - Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely. 1086 00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:53,740 - Strong work, lads, and the Range Rover did you proud. 1087 00:55:53,840 --> 00:55:55,540 But I've got one tiny issue. 1088 00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:57,920 How much is this one as tested? 1089 00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:00,300 - 150 grand. 1090 00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:02,140 - Whoa, that's a lot of money. 1091 00:56:02,240 --> 00:56:03,340 That is a lot of money. 1092 00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:04,900 - But it's an off-roader and it's a limo. 1093 00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:06,940 It's two cars for the price of one. 1094 00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:09,700 And price aside, it is the very best of British. 1095 00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:10,660 If you can afford it, 1096 00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:13,100 nothing does the job better than a Range Rover. 1097 00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:13,960 - I'll give you that. - Absolutely, 1098 00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:15,300 and we can all agree on that one. 1099 00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:16,860 Well, that's it for tonight, 1100 00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:19,420 but tune in next week when him and him 1101 00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:21,500 mess around in a bunch of hot hatches, 1102 00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:23,180 and I conduct a little experiment 1103 00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:25,660 with the help of F1 ace, Lando Norris. 1104 00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:26,660 - Ahem, name dropper. 1105 00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:28,760 - I'll just pick that up. 1106 00:56:29,680 --> 00:56:31,620 See you then, thanks for watching, goodnight. 1107 00:56:31,720 --> 00:56:34,280 (upbeat music)