Top Gear to the Britcar 24 Hours

[drmchsraj]

-- Top Gear has made an entry to this years Britcar 24 Hours at Silverstone.

Presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond will take to the wheel of the Team Top Gear BMW 330 Dti Sport (yes, a diesel!).

-- There entry is amongst the 61 so far recieved by Silverstone and the EERC for the 24 Hour race.

-- The Stig is driving too.
-- They use the full Silverstone layout?

-- CLASS 4 DIESEL (GREEN)
SPONSOR VEHICLE
78 0 Jeremy Clarkson Team Top Gear BMW 330 Dti Sport
James May
Richard Hammond
Stig

-- Other rumours include that the car is going to be ran on bio diesel. The top
gear crew said they where gonna make there own bio diesel last series. (They grew rapeseed which is converted to bio diesel )

 

[drmchsraj]

Apt Sponsors, indeed Note how the 'rude' words were perfectly fit on the doors.

 

[drmchsraj]

--> Updates: Team Top Gear have been involved in an accident on the Hanger Straight with Richard Hammond at the wheel. Blew a right front tyre. Now 46th, was 35th.

-- In other news, apparently a car rolled. I think it was the #49. The lap time was recorded too: 16 minutes, 3 seconds.

-- After almost 20 hours, Team Top Gear is 42nd having completed 300 laps.

 

[drmchsraj]

Race over. 39th overall, class podium. Duller Motorsport BMW wins by 29 laps.
Clarkson takes the chequered flag.

trivia: Fiona Leggate is racing a Honda Civic for a team that has never failed to finish. They've just retired.

 

[drmchsraj]

Photos credited and copyright of Martyn Hoyer. The pics are SO top gear!

Note the Gay Pride flag next to May's name

 

[slydrite]

haha....let's see the full 'sponsor' pics from the doors :laughing

:cool and funny, but not moto related, which is what General is about...

edit...nevermind,....you did it.... :laughing

 

[Eisernkreuz]

:rofl Those guys are great.

 

[Kestrel]

Hahah I love it - Stig in a helmet and all.

 

[drmchsraj]

not moto related

Yes it is too...them brits 'ave no decent motoroads and JC HATES motorcycles!
(jk. the Britcar is a real serious race though)

 

[Chotu-Mama]

I know it's very late but whatever happened to Tiff Needle???

 

[drmchsraj]

In the last decade he got booted off and JC took his place. Tiff has a little more racing experience than Jeremy so he went to Channel 5(?) and started another show on his own - The 5th Gear.
Check out www.finalgear.com to watch/dl episodes!