1 00:00:05,910 --> 00:00:08,230 (TRAIN WHISTLE) 2 00:00:13,070 --> 00:00:14,710 (ENGINE DRONING) 3 00:00:53,390 --> 00:00:54,910 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 4 00:00:59,430 --> 00:01:01,910 -(CHEERING) -Thank you. 5 00:01:01,950 --> 00:01:04,110 Thank you, everybody. 6 00:01:04,150 --> 00:01:06,470 -(WHISTLING) -Thank you. 7 00:01:12,790 --> 00:01:15,190 -(RENEWED CHEERING) -Thank you. 8 00:01:15,230 --> 00:01:17,110 -We're back! -(CHEERING) 9 00:01:17,150 --> 00:01:18,910 We are back! 10 00:01:20,550 --> 00:01:23,710 Thank you very much, everyone, and welcome. 11 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:26,830 Welcome to our permanent new home 12 00:01:26,870 --> 00:01:30,270 here in the green heart of England-land. 13 00:01:30,310 --> 00:01:33,630 -(CHEERING) -Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah! 14 00:01:36,830 --> 00:01:41,870 Can I just say, it's not so much green as inconvenient. 15 00:01:41,910 --> 00:01:43,390 Why is it inconvenient? 16 00:01:43,430 --> 00:01:45,550 Well, Jeremy, tell the ladies and gentlemen 17 00:01:45,590 --> 00:01:49,030 why you decided to put our tent precisely here. 18 00:01:49,070 --> 00:01:52,590 Ah, it is exactly here because this spot 19 00:01:52,630 --> 00:01:56,350 is exactly half way between May's house and Hammond's house. 20 00:01:56,390 --> 00:01:58,070 So there is no squabbling 21 00:01:58,110 --> 00:02:00,510 over who had the longest commute. 22 00:02:00,550 --> 00:02:02,830 Yes, but your house is just over there. 23 00:02:02,870 --> 00:02:05,070 -(LAUGHTER) -I can see it, just there. 24 00:02:05,110 --> 00:02:07,710 I haven't got a house. You may remember you blew it up. 25 00:02:07,750 --> 00:02:09,590 Oh, all right, your backup house. 26 00:02:09,630 --> 00:02:11,950 Yeah, your spare house is just there. 27 00:02:11,990 --> 00:02:16,230 Let's not get bogged down with whose house is the nearest. 28 00:02:16,270 --> 00:02:18,350 It's yours. Definitely yours. 29 00:02:18,390 --> 00:02:20,950 -Is that your cat? -(LAUGHTER) 30 00:02:20,990 --> 00:02:22,950 The point is... 31 00:02:22,990 --> 00:02:25,510 Oh, hang on, Jezza, you've got a parcel. 32 00:02:25,550 --> 00:02:27,390 (LAUGHTER) 33 00:02:27,430 --> 00:02:29,310 No, I can tell there's a man putting one of those 34 00:02:29,350 --> 00:02:32,270 "I can't be arsed to ring the doorbell" cards through the letterbox. 35 00:02:32,310 --> 00:02:35,310 The tent is located here, yes. 36 00:02:35,350 --> 00:02:38,190 But this is still very much The Grand Tour. 37 00:02:38,230 --> 00:02:40,430 The globe is still our playground, 38 00:02:40,470 --> 00:02:42,990 as you will see from this short clip 39 00:02:43,030 --> 00:02:46,910 of what's coming up over the next 11 weeks. 40 00:02:46,950 --> 00:02:49,550 ♪ THE WHO: Won't Get Fooled Again 41 00:02:55,910 --> 00:02:58,150 OK, it's time now and... 42 00:02:58,190 --> 00:03:01,150 nobody's ever said this on a car show before, 43 00:03:01,190 --> 00:03:02,750 to save the world. 44 00:03:12,910 --> 00:03:14,510 (CLATTERING) 45 00:03:15,550 --> 00:03:16,870 Morning, shoppers. 46 00:03:16,910 --> 00:03:20,350 ♪ We'll be fighting in the streets ♪ 47 00:03:20,390 --> 00:03:24,030 -♪ With our children at our feet ♪ -Oh, my giddy aunt! 48 00:03:24,070 --> 00:03:29,230 ♪ And the morals that they worship will be gone ♪ 49 00:03:29,270 --> 00:03:31,150 Holy shit. 50 00:03:31,190 --> 00:03:35,230 ♪ I'll tip my hat to the new constitution ♪ 51 00:03:35,270 --> 00:03:38,470 -Here they come! -♪ Take a bow for the new revolution ♪ 52 00:03:38,510 --> 00:03:42,070 -♪ Pick up my guitar and play ♪ -Oh, here we go again! 53 00:03:42,110 --> 00:03:45,390 -♪ Just like yesterday ♪ -(LAUGHING) 54 00:03:45,430 --> 00:03:48,230 ♪ Then I'll get on my knees and pray ♪ 55 00:03:48,270 --> 00:03:52,550 Way. Get out of the way. I'm in a race. 56 00:03:52,590 --> 00:03:55,030 ♪ We don't get fooled again ♪ 57 00:03:56,590 --> 00:03:58,510 ♪ Don't get fooled again ♪ 58 00:03:58,550 --> 00:04:00,190 Extending fuel nozzle. 59 00:04:00,230 --> 00:04:01,950 We are pumping gas! 60 00:04:01,990 --> 00:04:03,230 (EXPLOSION) 61 00:04:04,630 --> 00:04:06,310 Have we got to drive up there? 62 00:04:09,510 --> 00:04:13,430 Fire service is now available in your area. 63 00:04:13,470 --> 00:04:16,630 (RICHARD LAUGHS) Charge! 64 00:04:18,670 --> 00:04:20,830 I'm better than him. 65 00:04:23,670 --> 00:04:26,630 -Bollocks! -(THEY LAUGH) 66 00:04:32,710 --> 00:04:36,590 -(EXPLOSION) -You're gonna have to work a bit harder, Jaguar! 67 00:04:39,390 --> 00:04:41,110 (MUSIC ENDS) 68 00:04:41,150 --> 00:04:44,190 (CHEERING) 69 00:04:44,230 --> 00:04:47,470 We've been busy. We have been very busy. 70 00:04:48,870 --> 00:04:52,470 Anyway, that... that is all to come. 71 00:04:52,510 --> 00:04:54,390 This, however, is now. 72 00:04:54,430 --> 00:04:56,550 And we have an important job to do. 73 00:04:56,590 --> 00:04:58,670 An important question to answer. 74 00:04:58,710 --> 00:05:02,310 Which is better? The past, the present, or the future? 75 00:05:02,350 --> 00:05:04,510 By which I mean, which is better - 76 00:05:04,550 --> 00:05:09,230 petrol power, hybrid power, or electrical power? 77 00:05:09,270 --> 00:05:13,550 Now, to do this, we are going to use the Lamborghini Aventador S, 78 00:05:13,590 --> 00:05:17,990 which has a petrol engine and is therefore from the pages of ancient history. 79 00:05:18,030 --> 00:05:20,470 And that will be driven by our resident Neanderthal. 80 00:05:20,510 --> 00:05:23,630 (LAUGHTER) 81 00:05:23,670 --> 00:05:26,230 Representing the present day, we have the Honda NSX, 82 00:05:26,270 --> 00:05:27,790 which is a modern hybrid. 83 00:05:27,830 --> 00:05:32,030 And that, obviously, will be driven by somebody crisp and contemporary. 84 00:05:32,070 --> 00:05:33,830 -Me. -Yeah! 85 00:05:33,870 --> 00:05:35,230 -(LAUGHTER) -Yeah. 86 00:05:35,270 --> 00:05:38,030 And I shall be driving something from the future. 87 00:05:38,070 --> 00:05:40,230 An all-electric supercar from Croatia. 88 00:05:40,270 --> 00:05:42,710 JEREMY: We know how that ends. -Yeah. 89 00:05:42,750 --> 00:05:44,030 -(LAUGHTER) -Yeah. 90 00:05:44,070 --> 00:05:45,670 And... And... 91 00:05:45,710 --> 00:05:47,190 And while we're on... 92 00:05:47,230 --> 00:05:50,630 (APPLAUSE) 93 00:05:50,670 --> 00:05:54,590 And while... while we are on the subject of me, 94 00:05:54,630 --> 00:05:57,510 I decided to take charge of where we would do this test. 95 00:05:57,550 --> 00:06:01,710 I'm tired of these two picking places that I don't like or understand. 96 00:06:01,750 --> 00:06:03,830 Which is why this week The Grand Tour 97 00:06:03,870 --> 00:06:05,590 is off to Switzerland. 98 00:06:33,630 --> 00:06:37,070 Well, here it is. The Rimac Concept One. 99 00:06:38,710 --> 00:06:40,830 The world's first electric supercar. 100 00:06:40,870 --> 00:06:42,870 (ENGINE WHIRRING) 101 00:06:45,790 --> 00:06:51,230 And listen to that. The hills are alive with the sound of, well, nothing. 102 00:06:54,150 --> 00:06:55,710 It's amazing. 103 00:06:57,710 --> 00:07:00,230 (ENGINES ROARING) 104 00:07:00,270 --> 00:07:03,350 At least it was until they turned up. 105 00:07:03,390 --> 00:07:05,750 -Listen to that. -(ENGINES ROARING) 106 00:07:15,590 --> 00:07:18,950 JEREMY: Look, everything was better in the past. 107 00:07:18,990 --> 00:07:21,590 Christopher Wren was a better architect 108 00:07:21,630 --> 00:07:25,030 than those numpties you see on Grand Designs. 109 00:07:25,070 --> 00:07:29,470 Bob Seger could belt out a better tune than Justin Bieber. 110 00:07:29,510 --> 00:07:33,510 And this Lamborghini is better than Hammond's lady shaver. 111 00:07:33,550 --> 00:07:35,870 It just is - in every way. 112 00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:43,070 (COMPUTER BLEEPING) 113 00:07:43,110 --> 00:07:45,350 JAMES: No, the present is best. 114 00:07:45,390 --> 00:07:48,630 Everything in the world now is better than it was a minute ago. 115 00:07:48,670 --> 00:07:51,830 Everything in the world now is better than it's going to be in another minute, 116 00:07:51,870 --> 00:07:53,350 because we don't know what that is yet. 117 00:07:53,390 --> 00:07:55,510 It might be the nuclear holocaust. 118 00:07:55,550 --> 00:07:58,470 Human kind can only live in the present, 119 00:07:58,510 --> 00:08:01,550 and that's why you need a Honda NSX. OK? 120 00:08:04,230 --> 00:08:08,870 The NSX is by far the cleverest of the three cars here. 121 00:08:08,910 --> 00:08:11,390 Because of its dual powertrain. 122 00:08:15,070 --> 00:08:16,910 It has the dependability, 123 00:08:16,950 --> 00:08:19,350 the availability, of fossil fuels. 124 00:08:19,390 --> 00:08:23,790 And the magic and helpfulness, if you like, of electricity. 125 00:08:23,830 --> 00:08:27,030 It's a hybrid and it really is rather brilliant. 126 00:08:30,390 --> 00:08:32,590 RICHARD: They probably think this is 127 00:08:32,630 --> 00:08:37,270 some sort of Eastern European electric milk float in a supercar suit. 128 00:08:37,310 --> 00:08:39,150 Well, they're wrong. Very wrong. 129 00:08:46,710 --> 00:08:50,070 I have four massive electric motors here. 130 00:08:50,110 --> 00:08:51,990 One for each wheel. 131 00:08:52,030 --> 00:08:56,070 So I'm in a 1,241 brake horsepower, 132 00:08:56,110 --> 00:08:58,070 all-electric supercar. 133 00:09:00,270 --> 00:09:03,230 The speed in this is other-worldly, 134 00:09:03,270 --> 00:09:06,070 because it's achieved so silently. 135 00:09:06,110 --> 00:09:09,430 It's funny, isn't it? I'm shouting but I don't need to. 136 00:09:09,470 --> 00:09:10,950 I could talk quietly. 137 00:09:10,990 --> 00:09:12,870 Even when I'm accelerating hard. 138 00:09:12,910 --> 00:09:15,830 (WHIRRING) 139 00:09:15,870 --> 00:09:17,990 I know the Rimac is very pretty. 140 00:09:18,030 --> 00:09:19,470 I can see that. 141 00:09:19,510 --> 00:09:21,390 And I know it's very fast. 142 00:09:21,430 --> 00:09:25,070 But I also know... it can't do this. 143 00:09:25,110 --> 00:09:27,150 (ENGINE ROARING) 144 00:09:36,630 --> 00:09:38,670 Oh, my God! 145 00:09:45,790 --> 00:09:49,230 That is a six-and-a-half-litre V12. 146 00:09:51,150 --> 00:09:54,390 Turning petrol into noise. (CACKLES) 147 00:10:07,070 --> 00:10:08,790 Come on, Hammond, admit it. 148 00:10:08,830 --> 00:10:11,110 That is one hell of a noise. 149 00:10:11,150 --> 00:10:12,750 It is cannon fire. 150 00:10:12,790 --> 00:10:14,870 Fire! Bang-bang- bang-bang-bang. 151 00:10:14,910 --> 00:10:17,950 It is like watching the battle of Waterloo from a spaceship. 152 00:10:17,990 --> 00:10:19,390 (CHUCKLES) 153 00:10:23,310 --> 00:10:25,990 I know it looks like the three of us are just 154 00:10:26,030 --> 00:10:28,630 clowning around in some supercars 155 00:10:28,670 --> 00:10:31,590 on a lovely, lovely day, on a beautiful bit of road, 156 00:10:31,630 --> 00:10:33,710 but this is important work. 157 00:10:33,750 --> 00:10:37,310 (CHUCKLES) It is. 158 00:10:37,350 --> 00:10:38,870 It is. 159 00:10:40,910 --> 00:10:43,110 And to prove it's important work, 160 00:10:43,150 --> 00:10:45,150 we decided to pull over 161 00:10:45,190 --> 00:10:48,470 and start acting like important car journalists. 162 00:10:51,270 --> 00:10:54,270 You may mock the idea of a Croatian supercar, 163 00:10:54,310 --> 00:10:59,470 but Rimac is already working with Koenigsegg and Aston Martin on their battery tech. 164 00:10:59,510 --> 00:11:00,990 It's a serious company. 165 00:11:01,030 --> 00:11:05,310 So serious that they make nearly every bit of this car themselves. 166 00:11:05,350 --> 00:11:09,670 Satnav, switch gear, headlamps - all in-house. 167 00:11:09,710 --> 00:11:12,830 Mm, apart from the leather, if you go for that, which is Bulgarian. 168 00:11:12,870 --> 00:11:15,150 -I love Bulgarian leather. -It's my favourite. 169 00:11:15,190 --> 00:11:18,510 But, anyway, the reason I like the Aventador most 170 00:11:18,550 --> 00:11:21,950 is because it defines the supercar. 171 00:11:21,990 --> 00:11:24,950 It wasn't designed to do a billion round Brands Hatch. 172 00:11:24,990 --> 00:11:27,110 It was designed to do 9 on Knightsbridge. 173 00:11:27,150 --> 00:11:30,190 It was designed to make people go "Wow", and it does. 174 00:11:30,230 --> 00:11:32,590 If you wanna go fast, buy a Ferrari. 175 00:11:32,630 --> 00:11:35,990 -Or a Rimac. -No, that's for shaving your legs if you're a lady. 176 00:11:36,030 --> 00:11:38,550 I love the Lamborghini as well. The styling especially, it's fantastic. 177 00:11:38,590 --> 00:11:41,390 But you know that the sort of time and thought that 178 00:11:41,430 --> 00:11:44,310 Lamborghini put into that, Honda put into things that 179 00:11:44,350 --> 00:11:46,870 they thought were important, like making a new type of 180 00:11:46,910 --> 00:11:50,510 steel section for that pillar so it can be smaller, so you can see out better. 181 00:11:50,550 --> 00:11:52,630 Ten radiators to cool the drivetrain 182 00:11:52,670 --> 00:11:56,750 and lots of other stuff that make modern technology simple to use. 183 00:11:56,790 --> 00:11:58,470 I just don't like it. 184 00:11:58,510 --> 00:12:01,630 Well, how is that relevant? I'm talking about it and I like it. 185 00:12:01,670 --> 00:12:04,350 -So you're wrong. -I wanted to like it, but I don't. 186 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:07,550 -You're redundant. -I didn't... I really wanted to like it. 187 00:12:07,590 --> 00:12:10,110 I've been ten years looking forward to it. I wanted to like it. 188 00:12:10,150 --> 00:12:11,590 I got in it, I didn't like it. 189 00:12:11,630 --> 00:12:14,030 -But it doesn't matter because I do. -You are wrong. 190 00:12:14,070 --> 00:12:15,590 -I'm not wrong. -You are. 191 00:12:15,630 --> 00:12:19,070 JEREMY: Eventually, we stopped arguing and set off... 192 00:12:19,110 --> 00:12:22,030 so we could do more arguing on the move. 193 00:12:22,070 --> 00:12:24,790 (ENGINES ROARING) 194 00:12:24,830 --> 00:12:27,750 So, James, Honda's hybrid technology 195 00:12:27,790 --> 00:12:31,430 has served them very well in Formula One the last couple of years, hasn't it? 196 00:12:31,470 --> 00:12:34,270 JAMES: Has it? I wouldn't know and I don't care. 197 00:12:34,310 --> 00:12:36,590 Formula One is irrelevant. 198 00:12:36,630 --> 00:12:39,910 And then there are actual details that are wrong with that car. 199 00:12:39,950 --> 00:12:41,790 Yes, go on. 200 00:12:41,830 --> 00:12:45,230 Well, the gearbox is dim-witted, the steering's odd, 201 00:12:45,270 --> 00:12:47,950 the sun visor's too flimsy, the satnav's from a Civic, 202 00:12:47,990 --> 00:12:50,550 and the fuel gauge isn't straight. 203 00:12:50,590 --> 00:12:53,750 What do you mean, the fuel gauge isn't straight? 204 00:12:53,790 --> 00:12:56,350 You look at the actual needle. 205 00:12:56,390 --> 00:12:58,990 It's not in the centre of the dial. 206 00:13:00,630 --> 00:13:02,430 -Yes, it is. -It isn't. 207 00:13:02,470 --> 00:13:04,430 The actual centre point of the needle 208 00:13:04,470 --> 00:13:07,630 is higher up than the middle of the dial. 209 00:13:07,670 --> 00:13:10,550 No, it isn't. The problem is, when you're driving, 210 00:13:10,590 --> 00:13:13,790 your head, which is too big, is in the wrong place. 211 00:13:13,830 --> 00:13:16,390 JEREMY: Isn't. It's on top of my shoulders. -Oh, God. 212 00:13:16,430 --> 00:13:18,190 If you got a measuring tape out - 213 00:13:18,230 --> 00:13:20,510 and I'm sure you will, cos you're that sort of man. 214 00:13:20,550 --> 00:13:22,270 I don't need to get a tape measure out. 215 00:13:22,310 --> 00:13:25,110 I have a very good eye for these things and I can tell you it is. 216 00:13:25,150 --> 00:13:27,110 Welcome to Radio Old. 217 00:13:27,150 --> 00:13:31,550 I think the problem is the needle boss is slightly proud of the centre of the dial - 218 00:13:31,590 --> 00:13:33,430 because your head's in the wrong place. 219 00:13:33,470 --> 00:13:36,390 Coming up next, we moan about the price of things 220 00:13:36,430 --> 00:13:38,950 and how young policemen are these days. 221 00:13:38,990 --> 00:13:40,430 Nyeh. 222 00:13:40,470 --> 00:13:44,950 JAMES: There's nothing wrong with the fuel gauge. What a ridiculous thing to say! 223 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:47,830 JEREMY: It's so good to be back doing what we do. 224 00:13:47,870 --> 00:13:50,430 Driving round corners a bit too quickly 225 00:13:50,470 --> 00:13:52,150 while shouting and bickering. 226 00:13:56,150 --> 00:13:59,830 JEREMY: Sadly, however, things took a turn for the worse 227 00:13:59,870 --> 00:14:01,670 when we arrived at the hotel 228 00:14:01,710 --> 00:14:04,190 that Hammond had booked. 229 00:14:04,230 --> 00:14:06,590 Here we go. This is our home. 230 00:14:09,230 --> 00:14:11,310 This is gonna be great. 231 00:14:13,630 --> 00:14:15,070 What? 232 00:14:19,150 --> 00:14:21,710 (NONCHALANT WHISTLING) 233 00:14:21,750 --> 00:14:23,910 JEREMY: Hammond. 234 00:14:23,950 --> 00:14:26,510 What is a "wellness retreat"? 235 00:14:26,550 --> 00:14:28,110 One of these. 236 00:14:28,150 --> 00:14:34,230 More specifically, hang on, it said Swiss natural detox. What is that? 237 00:14:34,270 --> 00:14:37,070 -It's handy for where we need to be. -Can we get a drink here? 238 00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:39,070 No. 239 00:14:39,110 --> 00:14:41,030 -Are you serious? -Yes. 240 00:14:41,070 --> 00:14:43,590 Do you realise that could result in your death? 241 00:14:43,630 --> 00:14:44,750 -"Could"? -Yes. 242 00:14:44,790 --> 00:14:46,390 Sorry, will. 243 00:14:46,430 --> 00:14:48,510 -What are you thinking of? -Why? 244 00:14:48,550 --> 00:14:51,470 It's convenient. It's near many things I want to be near. 245 00:14:51,510 --> 00:14:53,990 -It's the only hotel? -Do they do colonic here? -Yes. 246 00:14:54,030 --> 00:14:56,390 Would you like to know what colonic feels like? 247 00:14:56,430 --> 00:14:59,070 -The new electric version. -Do they really do colonic here? 248 00:14:59,110 --> 00:15:01,070 -You might feel better for it. -I won't feel better for it! 249 00:15:01,110 --> 00:15:02,750 You'll thank me for it in a bit. 250 00:15:02,790 --> 00:15:05,270 Would you like a glass of water, James, and some kale? 251 00:15:05,310 --> 00:15:07,630 Oh, yes, that's what I always have for supper. 252 00:15:11,550 --> 00:15:15,550 JEREMY: Over dinner that night, the mood was dark. 253 00:15:15,590 --> 00:15:17,150 (BIRDSONG) 254 00:15:24,910 --> 00:15:27,590 I know people who eat this stuff. 255 00:15:27,630 --> 00:15:29,070 Do you know what they're called? 256 00:15:29,110 --> 00:15:30,630 Women. 257 00:15:30,670 --> 00:15:33,910 Think how healthy you'll feel when we get back. 258 00:15:35,230 --> 00:15:37,150 -How long are we here for? -Four days. 259 00:15:37,190 --> 00:15:38,670 Four days? 260 00:15:38,710 --> 00:15:40,430 I've got a lot of things planned. 261 00:15:40,470 --> 00:15:42,950 -Yeah, but we're gonna starve to death, Hammond. -No, you won't. 262 00:15:42,990 --> 00:15:47,470 Listen, what this is... is tough love. 263 00:15:47,510 --> 00:15:49,830 Well, not love for you two, but it's what you need. 264 00:15:49,870 --> 00:15:53,230 It's tougher hate than usual is what I'm giving you. 265 00:15:53,270 --> 00:15:56,270 I'm taking you in hand and for both of your sakes, 266 00:15:56,310 --> 00:15:59,190 turning it around, turning over a new leaf. 267 00:15:59,230 --> 00:16:01,670 I actually think James is looking better already. 268 00:16:01,710 --> 00:16:03,990 -He's got a healthy glow. -He isn't looking better. He's looking angrier. 269 00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:07,630 You're gonna look a lot worse in a minute, I can guarantee that. 270 00:16:07,670 --> 00:16:10,190 RICHARD: Look at the view. Look at that. Look at that. 271 00:16:10,230 --> 00:16:12,230 JEREMY: You can't eat that! 272 00:16:12,270 --> 00:16:14,190 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 273 00:16:14,230 --> 00:16:16,390 Ungrateful sod! 274 00:16:16,430 --> 00:16:19,710 OK, we will pick that up later on. 275 00:16:19,750 --> 00:16:21,750 Yes. And now it's time for us 276 00:16:21,790 --> 00:16:26,350 to take a stroll down the smooth sidewalks of Conversation Street. 277 00:16:26,390 --> 00:16:28,390 (LIVELY JAZZ) 278 00:16:28,430 --> 00:16:30,430 (INSECT BUZZING) 279 00:16:31,910 --> 00:16:34,030 -(CHEERING) -That was good. 280 00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:40,110 Now, I'd like to begin Conversation Street 281 00:16:40,150 --> 00:16:43,950 with the world's most incompetent TV host, James May, 282 00:16:43,990 --> 00:16:46,710 who filmed the entire series... 283 00:16:46,750 --> 00:16:49,990 and as you saw in that sting, the sting itself, 284 00:16:50,030 --> 00:16:52,910 and in the montage, and in Switzerland, looking... 285 00:16:52,950 --> 00:16:56,350 Well, with long hair, looking like a roadie for Steppenwolf. 286 00:16:56,390 --> 00:16:58,510 And then he turned up this morning 287 00:16:58,550 --> 00:17:00,150 looking like a geography teacher. 288 00:17:00,190 --> 00:17:01,430 (LAUGHTER) 289 00:17:01,470 --> 00:17:04,670 James, have you ever heard of the concept of continuity? 290 00:17:04,710 --> 00:17:06,430 He had to do it, had to make a change, 291 00:17:06,470 --> 00:17:08,470 because he had his identity stolen. 292 00:17:08,510 --> 00:17:10,150 I did, actually. That is absolutely true. 293 00:17:10,190 --> 00:17:11,710 I did have my identity stolen. 294 00:17:11,750 --> 00:17:13,990 Somebody got hold of, you know, personal details, 295 00:17:14,030 --> 00:17:16,110 address and date of birth, and they've opened, you know, 296 00:17:16,150 --> 00:17:18,310 eight bank accounts with overdrafts and loans 297 00:17:18,350 --> 00:17:19,990 and all that stuff that I'd be liable for. 298 00:17:20,030 --> 00:17:22,150 What fascinates me about this is they had a choice. 299 00:17:22,190 --> 00:17:25,270 They could've been David Beckham or Brad Pitt. 300 00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:26,630 Yeah, you can look around the world. Anybody. 301 00:17:26,670 --> 00:17:29,430 I wanna be Barack Obama. Cool, powerful. 302 00:17:29,470 --> 00:17:30,910 No, wait a minute. 303 00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:34,670 I want to live in Hammersmith and have a folding bicycle 304 00:17:34,710 --> 00:17:36,630 so that one day, I can walk out of my house 305 00:17:36,670 --> 00:17:40,670 and say, "Look at me. Behold, I have become James May." 306 00:17:40,710 --> 00:17:41,910 (LAUGHTER) 307 00:17:41,950 --> 00:17:44,830 "And now I will organise your paperclips. Have you got a pie?" 308 00:17:44,870 --> 00:17:46,950 The good thing is, James... 309 00:17:46,990 --> 00:17:50,110 is we can guarantee this will never happen to you again. 310 00:17:50,150 --> 00:17:51,510 -Can you? -Yes. 311 00:17:51,550 --> 00:17:54,390 Because we have come up with a new name for you. 312 00:17:54,430 --> 00:17:56,710 Yeah. You are now... 313 00:17:56,750 --> 00:17:58,270 Dingleberry Handpump. 314 00:17:58,310 --> 00:17:59,710 -(LAUGHTER) -Right. 315 00:17:59,750 --> 00:18:01,590 That is your name, your new identity. 316 00:18:01,630 --> 00:18:04,630 Nobody's gonna steal that cos nobody's gonna go into a mobile phone shop and say, 317 00:18:04,670 --> 00:18:07,510 "I'd like to set up an account. My name is Dingleberry Handpump." 318 00:18:07,550 --> 00:18:09,430 -Yes. -You're completely safe. 319 00:18:09,470 --> 00:18:11,310 It's just that that's now your name. 320 00:18:11,350 --> 00:18:13,070 -I appreciate that. -That's OK. 321 00:18:13,110 --> 00:18:14,950 We're moving on with an apology. 322 00:18:14,990 --> 00:18:17,510 And it's for the lateness of the arrival of this series. 323 00:18:17,550 --> 00:18:19,670 The problem is that since we were last here, 324 00:18:19,710 --> 00:18:23,470 all three of us, for one reason or another, have been in hospital. 325 00:18:23,510 --> 00:18:25,670 Uh, Handpump was in for... 326 00:18:25,710 --> 00:18:26,870 (LAUGHTER) 327 00:18:26,910 --> 00:18:28,750 I don't know why he was in. But he was. 328 00:18:28,790 --> 00:18:32,630 Hammond, well, we'll see why later. And then I had pneumonia. 329 00:18:32,670 --> 00:18:35,270 -Um, this pneumonia of yours. -Yes. 330 00:18:35,310 --> 00:18:39,150 It's something that people catch from... going out without your vest on. 331 00:18:39,190 --> 00:18:41,390 -That's what I was told. -Yes, my mum used to say, 332 00:18:41,430 --> 00:18:43,710 you'd get it if you went out with wet hair. 333 00:18:43,750 --> 00:18:47,390 Yeah, that sort of thing. And yet, you somehow managed to catch pneumonia... 334 00:18:47,430 --> 00:18:50,910 on the sun-kissed Mediterranean isle of Majorca. 335 00:18:50,950 --> 00:18:53,110 -Yes, I did. I did. -(LAUGHTER) 336 00:18:53,150 --> 00:18:55,750 It's very odd, because he was out there for five weeks. 337 00:18:55,790 --> 00:18:57,390 He rang us after one, and he said, 338 00:18:57,430 --> 00:18:59,950 "I can't come home. I've literally got pneumonia." 339 00:18:59,990 --> 00:19:01,670 -I had. -And I looked it up. 340 00:19:01,710 --> 00:19:04,230 It was 100 degrees and bone dry. 341 00:19:04,270 --> 00:19:06,430 -And yet you got pneumonia. -I did catch pneumonia. 342 00:19:06,470 --> 00:19:08,270 After a short while, if I remember right, 343 00:19:08,310 --> 00:19:10,750 -you managed to get yourself to Ibiza. -Yes, I did. 344 00:19:10,790 --> 00:19:12,950 I don't remember a news headline in the papers that said, 345 00:19:12,990 --> 00:19:16,150 "Jeremy Clarkson rushed to Ibiza with pneumonia." 346 00:19:16,190 --> 00:19:18,630 No, I know I wasn't rushed. I went on a friend's boat. 347 00:19:18,670 --> 00:19:21,630 "Sadly, Jeremy Clarkson has been admitted to a luxury yacht..." 348 00:19:21,670 --> 00:19:23,390 (LAUGHTER) 349 00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:27,030 -This pneumonia of yours that you suffered from. -Yes? Yes. 350 00:19:27,070 --> 00:19:29,790 Was it at its worst in the morning when you woke up? 351 00:19:29,830 --> 00:19:33,190 And then did it get better through the day, every day, 352 00:19:33,230 --> 00:19:35,110 towards the evening, every day? 353 00:19:35,150 --> 00:19:37,430 It was pneumonia, for crying out loud! 354 00:19:37,470 --> 00:19:39,190 You're mocking the afflicted. 355 00:19:39,230 --> 00:19:43,190 OK, Handpump, why don't you tell the ladies and gentlemen why you were in hospital? 356 00:19:43,230 --> 00:19:47,070 No, I don't like to make a fuss. Let's talk about cars. 357 00:19:47,110 --> 00:19:48,750 It's nothing to do with my anus. 358 00:19:48,790 --> 00:19:51,470 Let's just clear that up in case... 359 00:19:51,510 --> 00:19:53,510 -Um... -I've got some conversation. 360 00:19:53,550 --> 00:19:55,950 -What? -Nissan has introduced 361 00:19:55,990 --> 00:19:59,710 some special seats that record your sweat. 362 00:19:59,750 --> 00:20:01,350 -What? -I've got a picture of them. 363 00:20:01,390 --> 00:20:03,310 Right, they start blue. 364 00:20:03,350 --> 00:20:06,390 And then they go yellow where you've been sweating. 365 00:20:06,430 --> 00:20:08,710 Why would you want seats that do that? 366 00:20:08,750 --> 00:20:11,510 -That's a very, very good question -It's the only question. 367 00:20:11,550 --> 00:20:14,390 Yes. I looked into it. Apparently, they say it's because 368 00:20:14,430 --> 00:20:16,430 you can tell when you're dehydrated, 369 00:20:16,470 --> 00:20:18,070 because you've been sweating. 370 00:20:18,110 --> 00:20:19,830 I know when I'm dehydrated. 371 00:20:19,870 --> 00:20:23,070 It's because I feel thirsty and I need a glass of wine. 372 00:20:23,110 --> 00:20:25,070 -Yeah. -(LAUGHTER) 373 00:20:25,110 --> 00:20:28,750 -Well, be careful with that, you'll get pneumonia again. -That's how it starts. 374 00:20:28,790 --> 00:20:31,270 That's how it starts. I know what you mean. 375 00:20:31,310 --> 00:20:33,270 Just don't applaud him. 376 00:20:33,310 --> 00:20:35,350 Handpump. 377 00:20:35,390 --> 00:20:37,310 That is the world's first... 378 00:20:37,350 --> 00:20:40,590 Nissan have come up with the world's first pneumonia-sensing car seats. 379 00:20:40,630 --> 00:20:42,510 That's absolutely incredible. 380 00:20:42,550 --> 00:20:44,550 I know what you mean. Our bodies are equipped with 381 00:20:44,590 --> 00:20:47,350 means of telling us that we are dehydrated without looking at the seat. 382 00:20:47,390 --> 00:20:50,310 -Exactly. Exactly. -Like if you start going for a pee 383 00:20:50,350 --> 00:20:53,750 and just sand comes out, it's time for some water. 384 00:20:53,790 --> 00:20:57,070 If you're one of those sort of slightly fat jogger type people, 385 00:20:57,110 --> 00:20:59,510 won't you end up with like a yellow line 386 00:20:59,550 --> 00:21:01,390 where your butt crack was? 387 00:21:01,430 --> 00:21:03,550 Oh, how lovely! How very lovely. 388 00:21:03,590 --> 00:21:05,430 Do you know the worst one I ever had with that? 389 00:21:05,470 --> 00:21:08,630 I was filming in the States, in Texas, town called Lubbock. 390 00:21:08,670 --> 00:21:12,070 And I borrowed a pickup truck from this quite large gentleman. 391 00:21:12,110 --> 00:21:14,150 Um, who'd lent it. We needed it for filming. 392 00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:16,870 Drove it around all day, took it back to him in the evening. 393 00:21:16,910 --> 00:21:18,550 He bent over to pick something up, 394 00:21:18,590 --> 00:21:22,150 and as he did that, he'd got his shirt not tucked in. 395 00:21:22,190 --> 00:21:26,270 As he bent over, I could see he'd done his jeans up under his arse. 396 00:21:26,310 --> 00:21:27,790 -What? -Well, 'cause he wasn't a well off man. 397 00:21:27,830 --> 00:21:29,430 He'd obviously bought a pair of jeans when he was 14 398 00:21:29,470 --> 00:21:31,270 and didn't fit them any more, so he just simply... 399 00:21:31,310 --> 00:21:33,550 And I could see he hadn't wiped his bottom. 400 00:21:33,590 --> 00:21:35,510 Oh, God! Jeremy! 401 00:21:35,550 --> 00:21:38,430 Who steers your eyes? Why did you look there? 402 00:21:38,470 --> 00:21:40,670 -Because... -Look away! Look away! 403 00:21:40,710 --> 00:21:42,870 It was a gigantic arse with a brown... 404 00:21:42,910 --> 00:21:45,710 -I don't want to see a man's claggy bottom. -I didn't either. 405 00:21:45,750 --> 00:21:47,790 I especially didn't. I'd spent all day 406 00:21:47,830 --> 00:21:50,750 squirming around in the seats of his pickup truck. 407 00:21:50,790 --> 00:21:53,830 And I was wearing... I was wearing beige trousers. 408 00:21:53,870 --> 00:21:55,750 -(LAUGHTER) -That's all right. 409 00:21:55,790 --> 00:21:58,670 You could explain it to people. It's not mine. It's somebody else's. 410 00:21:58,710 --> 00:22:02,510 Exactly. I've got somebody else's skid marks on my trousers. 411 00:22:02,550 --> 00:22:04,030 It doesn't wash. 412 00:22:05,470 --> 00:22:06,990 Now, as we know, a lot of... 413 00:22:07,030 --> 00:22:08,910 particularly sporty cars these days 414 00:22:08,950 --> 00:22:11,030 have got exhaust systems that sort of make a racket 415 00:22:11,070 --> 00:22:13,470 when you put your foot down or when you start them up. 416 00:22:13,510 --> 00:22:15,030 I had an Audi RS3 the other day. 417 00:22:15,070 --> 00:22:18,070 As you fired it up... (ROARS) 418 00:22:18,110 --> 00:22:20,270 -We're only going to the shops for some milk. -Makes a big fuss. 419 00:22:20,310 --> 00:22:22,230 Makes a huge song and dance about it. 420 00:22:22,270 --> 00:22:24,310 Actually, some Jags do this, don't they? 421 00:22:24,350 --> 00:22:26,190 -All the sporty ones do. -Yeah, they do. 422 00:22:26,230 --> 00:22:29,190 They make a tremendous racket but you don't hear it inside the Jag. 423 00:22:29,230 --> 00:22:32,310 You can only hear it... Basically, your neighbours are annoyed by it but not you. 424 00:22:32,350 --> 00:22:34,470 Yes, and this is exactly what I'm on about. 425 00:22:34,510 --> 00:22:37,190 Because Ford has announced on the new Mustang, 426 00:22:37,230 --> 00:22:40,150 it's got something called "Good Neighbour Mode". 427 00:22:40,190 --> 00:22:42,870 Ooh, does it come around and water your plants when you're on holiday? 428 00:22:42,910 --> 00:22:45,030 -Tell you you forgot to take the cat in? -No. 429 00:22:45,070 --> 00:22:48,430 -Bring your post in? -No. It doesn't do any of those things. 430 00:22:48,470 --> 00:22:51,070 But you can program the car to start quietly 431 00:22:51,110 --> 00:22:52,870 between certain hours of the day. 432 00:22:52,910 --> 00:22:56,150 So between, say, 11pm and 8am it starts quietly. 433 00:22:56,190 --> 00:22:58,150 Ok? Because Ford's head of noises-- 434 00:22:58,190 --> 00:22:59,910 The what? 435 00:22:59,950 --> 00:23:03,590 No, he's American. It'll be the Vice President of noises, cos they always are. 436 00:23:03,630 --> 00:23:06,470 He's come up with a list of other annoying sounds. 437 00:23:06,510 --> 00:23:08,630 Oh, where are you on it? Come on, top, got to be. 438 00:23:08,670 --> 00:23:11,270 Gotta be. Right at the top. Number one. 439 00:23:11,310 --> 00:23:12,710 That's actually a good point. 440 00:23:12,750 --> 00:23:15,430 What are the most annoying noises in the world? 441 00:23:15,470 --> 00:23:17,630 Oh, good conversation, I like that. 442 00:23:17,670 --> 00:23:19,030 -What are they? -Aircraft. 443 00:23:19,070 --> 00:23:20,590 -What? -Cat fighting. 444 00:23:20,630 --> 00:23:22,110 -Cat fighting. -I like that. 445 00:23:22,150 --> 00:23:23,830 -Donald Trump. -(LAUGHTER) 446 00:23:23,870 --> 00:23:25,350 -Foxes shagging. -What? 447 00:23:25,390 --> 00:23:26,750 -What? -(LAUGHTER) 448 00:23:26,790 --> 00:23:28,510 Whoa! 449 00:23:28,550 --> 00:23:30,070 So, who was shagging? 450 00:23:30,110 --> 00:23:31,550 -Foxes shagging. -Foxes-- 451 00:23:31,590 --> 00:23:33,190 No, he's right. That is annoying. 452 00:23:33,230 --> 00:23:35,230 -Foxes make a lot of noise. -Do you know why? 453 00:23:35,270 --> 00:23:37,190 This is broadcast in America. 454 00:23:37,230 --> 00:23:39,630 They don't know... (QUIETLY) ...what shagging is. 455 00:23:39,670 --> 00:23:41,910 We know what shagging is. 456 00:23:41,950 --> 00:23:44,030 -Making love. -Getting it on. 457 00:23:44,070 --> 00:23:47,510 Making little foxes, for our American viewers. 458 00:23:47,550 --> 00:23:49,550 I have to be honest. Mine is an old-fashioned one. 459 00:23:49,590 --> 00:23:51,750 -Polystyrene. Anyone share that one? -Yeah. 460 00:23:51,790 --> 00:23:53,470 Polystyrene doesn't make a noise. 461 00:23:53,510 --> 00:23:54,870 It does, it squeaks. 462 00:23:54,910 --> 00:23:57,270 My children bought me one of those record players, 463 00:23:57,310 --> 00:23:59,710 to digitise vinyl. You know the one I mean. 464 00:23:59,750 --> 00:24:01,830 To transfer your records into digital files. 465 00:24:01,870 --> 00:24:04,710 I can't get it out of the box cos it's covered in polystyrene. 466 00:24:04,750 --> 00:24:05,910 It's just sitting there. 467 00:24:05,950 --> 00:24:07,670 -So your kids bought you this? -Yes. 468 00:24:07,710 --> 00:24:09,790 -And you haven't taken it out of the box. -No. 469 00:24:09,830 --> 00:24:11,350 BOTH: You ungrateful bastard. 470 00:24:11,390 --> 00:24:13,950 -(LAUGHTER) -Did you hear that? It was like stereo. 471 00:24:13,990 --> 00:24:15,670 (APPLAUSE) 472 00:24:15,710 --> 00:24:18,350 I mean, that's your dad. 473 00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:20,950 He wouldn't even take it out of the box. 474 00:24:20,990 --> 00:24:24,390 Your secret's out of the box now, unlike your present that they bought you. 475 00:24:24,430 --> 00:24:26,350 That is the end of Conversation Street. 476 00:24:26,390 --> 00:24:27,870 We must now move on. 477 00:24:27,910 --> 00:24:30,390 In fact, we must move back to our film. 478 00:24:30,430 --> 00:24:33,110 Tonight we are comparing the superb 479 00:24:33,150 --> 00:24:35,790 Lamborghini Aventador S, 480 00:24:35,830 --> 00:24:39,030 the Honda NSX - which is a hybrid and has a wonky fuel gauge-- 481 00:24:39,070 --> 00:24:40,710 No, it doesn't. It's not wonky. 482 00:24:40,750 --> 00:24:44,110 ...and the Rimac, which is an all-electric Croatian supercar. 483 00:24:44,150 --> 00:24:47,230 It's our comparison between the past, the present, and the future. 484 00:24:47,270 --> 00:24:49,070 Yeah, the only trouble with this 485 00:24:49,110 --> 00:24:51,110 is that we were staying at a health farm, 486 00:24:51,150 --> 00:24:52,750 which Hammond had chosen, 487 00:24:52,790 --> 00:24:55,830 sticking to a schedule that he'd dreamt up. 488 00:25:07,310 --> 00:25:10,030 JAMES: Our first outing was to a museum 489 00:25:10,070 --> 00:25:12,510 in the nearby city of Lucerne. 490 00:25:15,990 --> 00:25:17,990 But that morning, Jeremy and I 491 00:25:18,030 --> 00:25:20,350 had other things on our minds. 492 00:25:20,390 --> 00:25:23,950 I'm starving already. I think it's cos I only had air for breakfast. 493 00:25:23,990 --> 00:25:26,350 JEREMY: I had a piece of dry toast. 494 00:25:26,390 --> 00:25:28,830 RICHARD: Stop bleating and just enjoy the view. 495 00:25:28,870 --> 00:25:30,630 Look around you. 496 00:25:37,230 --> 00:25:39,110 Ah. 497 00:25:54,270 --> 00:25:55,870 (SIGHS) 498 00:25:57,190 --> 00:25:58,590 Brilliant. 499 00:25:58,630 --> 00:26:02,150 JEREMY: Obviously something's gone wrong here, hasn't it? 500 00:26:05,990 --> 00:26:07,990 (WHIRRING) 501 00:26:09,750 --> 00:26:11,230 Where's he going? 502 00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:14,070 W... 503 00:26:15,190 --> 00:26:16,710 It's actually shut. 504 00:26:16,750 --> 00:26:18,710 It's roadworks, I think. 505 00:26:18,750 --> 00:26:20,550 We'll have to back up. 506 00:26:20,590 --> 00:26:24,310 So they are prepared to let you sit here at a red light until you starve to death. 507 00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:28,910 Why don't they just tell you it's shut? A bit un-Swiss. 508 00:26:28,950 --> 00:26:32,230 RICHARD: Right, there is an escape road to the side. It's the old route, I think. 509 00:26:32,270 --> 00:26:35,550 If we back up until I can see it, then we'll go down there. 510 00:26:37,110 --> 00:26:38,790 JEREMY: Once we'd all backed up, 511 00:26:38,830 --> 00:26:41,390 we turned onto Hammond's back road. 512 00:26:41,430 --> 00:26:43,590 Which was in a gorge. 513 00:26:45,830 --> 00:26:47,150 (SCRAPING) 514 00:26:49,510 --> 00:26:52,550 Yep, this is... Oh, yeah. 515 00:26:52,590 --> 00:26:55,350 Well done, Hammond, you blithering idiot. 516 00:26:56,710 --> 00:26:57,910 (SCRAPING) 517 00:26:59,430 --> 00:27:00,910 Well, Hammond, I've got to say 518 00:27:00,950 --> 00:27:03,670 I'm glad Honda spent so much time and effort 519 00:27:03,710 --> 00:27:05,310 working on the dynamics of this car 520 00:27:05,350 --> 00:27:09,430 so I could enjoy this supercar extravaganza you've brought me on. 521 00:27:09,470 --> 00:27:12,350 You have excelled yourself in ruining my day. 522 00:27:12,390 --> 00:27:13,830 Oh, good. 523 00:27:13,870 --> 00:27:16,790 You've brought us to a builder's yard, Hammond. 524 00:27:16,830 --> 00:27:18,470 There are lavatories on the left 525 00:27:18,510 --> 00:27:22,070 if anybody wishes to use them. 526 00:27:22,110 --> 00:27:26,030 JEREMY: Why? Why did we allow him to bring us to Switzerland? 527 00:27:26,070 --> 00:27:28,910 Why did we allow him to put himself in charge? 528 00:27:30,990 --> 00:27:32,750 There we go. 529 00:27:32,790 --> 00:27:35,950 Back on the main road. 530 00:27:35,990 --> 00:27:38,190 JEREMY: Unless, that is, you're me... 531 00:27:38,230 --> 00:27:39,830 in a Lamborghini. 532 00:27:39,870 --> 00:27:41,950 -Oh... Argh. -(SCRAPING) 533 00:27:41,990 --> 00:27:44,190 (SCRAPING) 534 00:27:48,870 --> 00:27:50,350 -(SCRAPING) -Ugh! 535 00:27:50,390 --> 00:27:52,710 Hammond! Hammond! 536 00:27:52,750 --> 00:27:54,750 Where are you? I'm going to kill you! 537 00:27:57,510 --> 00:27:59,950 This thing is deeply impressive. 538 00:27:59,990 --> 00:28:03,430 James, I've dialled up my regenerative braking with the throttle, 539 00:28:03,470 --> 00:28:05,190 so that I lift off the accelerator, 540 00:28:05,230 --> 00:28:07,790 I don't even have to touch the brake to stop. 541 00:28:07,830 --> 00:28:10,590 Wow. Can't stand his resolute chirpiness 542 00:28:10,630 --> 00:28:14,950 in the face of obvious disaster of his making. 543 00:28:14,990 --> 00:28:17,910 JEREMY: I, meanwhile, had extricated myself 544 00:28:17,950 --> 00:28:21,830 from Hammond's gorge and was now causing traffic chaos... 545 00:28:21,870 --> 00:28:23,550 -(HORN TOOTS) -Sorry. 546 00:28:23,590 --> 00:28:25,070 Shit. 547 00:28:25,110 --> 00:28:28,510 ...by having to do a three-point turn. 548 00:28:28,550 --> 00:28:31,910 -(HORN BLARES) -Sorry. 549 00:28:35,830 --> 00:28:39,510 -(HORN TOOTS) -Sorry. I do apologise. 550 00:28:39,550 --> 00:28:42,630 JEREMY: Having not enjoyed our supercars all morning, 551 00:28:42,670 --> 00:28:44,750 we soon arrived in Lucerne, 552 00:28:44,790 --> 00:28:47,990 with our irritating tour guide leading the way. 553 00:28:50,470 --> 00:28:52,390 RICHARD: Hey, chaps, they're electric trams. 554 00:28:52,430 --> 00:28:56,190 If I had a long enough aerial, could I connect to the wires and power this? 555 00:28:56,230 --> 00:28:58,110 JEREMY: Why don't you just reach out and hold onto them? 556 00:28:58,150 --> 00:29:02,470 You would conduct the electricity, wouldn't you? 557 00:29:02,510 --> 00:29:06,750 JEREMY: Hammond then said that the best way of getting to the museum 558 00:29:06,790 --> 00:29:10,910 was by driving right through the medieval heart of the city. 559 00:29:12,550 --> 00:29:16,270 Wasn't there a ring road we could've used? 560 00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:18,710 Oh, ring roads are boring. And further. 561 00:29:18,750 --> 00:29:21,630 JEREMY: I'm really getting the best out of this car here 562 00:29:21,670 --> 00:29:25,670 in this town that Hammond's bringing us through. 563 00:29:25,710 --> 00:29:27,830 JAMES: Hammond, this is a cobbled street. 564 00:29:27,870 --> 00:29:30,390 I'm in a supercar on a cobbled street. 565 00:29:30,430 --> 00:29:32,630 Well, it's a road. It's a beautiful road 566 00:29:32,670 --> 00:29:34,870 through this ancient and wonderful city. 567 00:29:34,910 --> 00:29:37,270 I didn't wanna look at an ancient and wonderful city. 568 00:29:37,310 --> 00:29:40,030 I'd do that on a bicycle, you pillock. 569 00:29:40,070 --> 00:29:43,990 JAMES: Then, things got worse. 570 00:29:44,030 --> 00:29:46,270 RICHARD: Uh, chaps, it's right here. 571 00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:48,950 JEREMY: You sure? -Oh, this does look a bit... 572 00:29:51,910 --> 00:29:54,070 Yeah, we'll be all right. 573 00:29:57,150 --> 00:29:58,910 Oh, I don't like this. 574 00:29:58,950 --> 00:30:03,030 "Come to Switzerland and drive the new NSX," said Hammond. 575 00:30:03,070 --> 00:30:06,230 This Lamborghini's four inches wider than that Honda 576 00:30:06,270 --> 00:30:10,670 and five inches wider than the lady shaver. 577 00:30:10,710 --> 00:30:14,790 I am never ever ever going to get round that corner. 578 00:30:15,990 --> 00:30:18,150 JEREMY: And sure enough... 579 00:30:26,350 --> 00:30:28,990 A tiny bit of left hand and just creep forward so I can see. 580 00:30:29,030 --> 00:30:32,150 You can't creep. It's a single clutch gearbox. 581 00:30:32,190 --> 00:30:34,830 Instead of giving this model 40 more horsepower, 582 00:30:34,870 --> 00:30:37,110 I'd have given it a "one more clutch". 583 00:30:37,150 --> 00:30:39,470 No, I'd agree. Does that fold? 584 00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:41,430 It doesn't matter. Even if it does, 585 00:30:41,470 --> 00:30:43,630 the back of the car is wider than the front. 586 00:30:43,670 --> 00:30:45,670 I'm going to have to find another... 587 00:30:45,710 --> 00:30:47,910 It physically won't fit through there. 588 00:30:47,950 --> 00:30:53,310 All right, well, we're up there. See you in a couple of weeks. 589 00:30:53,350 --> 00:30:57,590 JEREMY: So, while James went off to not enjoy his NSX some more... 590 00:30:57,630 --> 00:31:01,070 JAMES: Have you got any idea what you're doing and where you're going? 591 00:31:01,110 --> 00:31:03,670 RICHARD: It's down here, this pretty little alley here. 592 00:31:03,710 --> 00:31:05,190 ...I spent a couple of hours 593 00:31:05,230 --> 00:31:07,990 on the verge of a massive coronary. 594 00:31:09,750 --> 00:31:11,390 Jesus H. 595 00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:17,590 God, give me strength. 596 00:31:17,630 --> 00:31:19,390 Hammond! 597 00:31:22,510 --> 00:31:24,030 Sorry. 598 00:31:25,070 --> 00:31:26,230 Sorry. 599 00:31:27,310 --> 00:31:28,870 Sorry. 600 00:31:30,430 --> 00:31:32,430 JAMES: Meanwhile... 601 00:31:32,470 --> 00:31:34,990 Or do you have a bread roll? I'm starving. 602 00:31:35,030 --> 00:31:37,110 -I need to eat. Eat. -Ah. 603 00:31:37,150 --> 00:31:39,390 I'm so hungry. Yes. 604 00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:42,070 Danke. Danke, danke, danke. 605 00:31:42,110 --> 00:31:43,870 Oh. 606 00:31:43,910 --> 00:31:45,630 Mm-mm. What are these? 607 00:31:45,670 --> 00:31:47,990 It's bloody Ryvita. 608 00:31:48,030 --> 00:31:50,350 JEREMY: Eventually, while I was attempting 609 00:31:50,390 --> 00:31:52,910 yet another impossible manoeuvre, 610 00:31:52,950 --> 00:31:55,110 Hammond and May arrived. 611 00:31:55,150 --> 00:31:57,230 Well... 612 00:31:57,270 --> 00:32:00,310 -(CLATTERING) -Oh, no. 613 00:32:00,350 --> 00:32:03,590 That's not good. Sorry. 614 00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:06,510 And then after a short drive through suburbia, 615 00:32:06,550 --> 00:32:08,790 where none of us got past 40, 616 00:32:08,830 --> 00:32:11,030 we arrived at our destination. 617 00:32:12,070 --> 00:32:14,790 It was a transport museum. 618 00:32:14,830 --> 00:32:16,870 And once Hammond had plugged his lady shaver 619 00:32:16,910 --> 00:32:19,910 into one of Switzerland's fast charging points... 620 00:32:22,030 --> 00:32:26,590 ...we went inside to look at the rather underwhelming exhibits. 621 00:32:30,550 --> 00:32:32,630 So let me just see if I've got this straight. 622 00:32:32,670 --> 00:32:34,910 You made me - well, us - 623 00:32:34,950 --> 00:32:37,990 drive through a gorge and the 12th century, 624 00:32:38,030 --> 00:32:40,310 so we can look at a Renault 16? 625 00:32:40,350 --> 00:32:42,230 No, no, this is so much more than that. 626 00:32:42,270 --> 00:32:45,270 There's all the things on the racks here, and then there's pictures here. 627 00:32:45,310 --> 00:32:47,790 You look for the picture of the thing that you wanna look at. 628 00:32:47,830 --> 00:32:49,350 Then you touch it. 629 00:32:49,390 --> 00:32:51,350 And now look what happens. 630 00:32:51,390 --> 00:32:54,230 (WHIRRING) 631 00:32:56,470 --> 00:32:57,950 It's presented to you! 632 00:33:01,710 --> 00:33:03,550 JEREMY: I can only apologise for this. 633 00:33:03,590 --> 00:33:06,550 I know you want to see which of our three cars is the fastest, 634 00:33:06,590 --> 00:33:09,470 which handles the best, which is the most economical. 635 00:33:09,510 --> 00:33:12,150 JAMES: Oh, my God, it's coming towards us. 636 00:33:12,190 --> 00:33:13,430 RICHARD: Yeah. 637 00:33:13,470 --> 00:33:15,550 What we're actually looking at instead 638 00:33:15,590 --> 00:33:17,910 is a vending machine. 639 00:33:17,950 --> 00:33:20,270 With some old motorcycles on. 640 00:33:20,310 --> 00:33:23,070 -Oh, look, come on. -Oh, wow, it goes round and round. 641 00:33:23,110 --> 00:33:24,990 That is just the best. 642 00:33:26,470 --> 00:33:28,470 Give me strength. 643 00:33:28,510 --> 00:33:32,070 (WHIRRING) 644 00:33:32,110 --> 00:33:36,350 JEREMY: That night, over dinner, the mood was even darker. 645 00:33:38,110 --> 00:33:40,110 (BIRDSONG) 646 00:33:46,430 --> 00:33:49,270 And the following day, it didn't improve 647 00:33:49,310 --> 00:33:52,950 because Hammond made us go on exactly the same route 648 00:33:52,990 --> 00:33:54,470 as he had the day before. 649 00:33:54,510 --> 00:33:56,270 We did this yesterday. 650 00:33:59,430 --> 00:34:02,510 We did this as well yesterday. 651 00:34:02,550 --> 00:34:04,830 And after Hammond had plugged his car into 652 00:34:04,870 --> 00:34:07,190 the same charging point... 653 00:34:07,230 --> 00:34:11,630 we went off to look at that day's underwhelming attraction. 654 00:34:11,670 --> 00:34:14,110 The Museum of Chess. 655 00:34:18,070 --> 00:34:20,310 (TAPPING) 656 00:34:21,350 --> 00:34:23,790 Boom! I win! 657 00:34:23,830 --> 00:34:25,550 He doesn't even know how to play, does he? 658 00:34:25,590 --> 00:34:28,030 And then the penny dropped. 659 00:34:28,070 --> 00:34:29,550 -Hammond. -What? 660 00:34:29,590 --> 00:34:31,110 What are we doing tomorrow? 661 00:34:31,150 --> 00:34:33,430 Going to a pencil museum. 662 00:34:33,470 --> 00:34:37,510 Is the pencil museum in the same town as this museum? 663 00:34:37,550 --> 00:34:38,670 Yes. 664 00:34:38,710 --> 00:34:41,030 Do you keep bringing us to this town 665 00:34:41,070 --> 00:34:45,790 because it's the only one within 100 miles of our wellness centre 666 00:34:45,830 --> 00:34:49,710 where there is a fast charging point for your car? 667 00:34:52,270 --> 00:34:54,790 Yes. 668 00:34:54,830 --> 00:34:57,910 JEREMY: So that night, after another plate of weeds, 669 00:34:57,950 --> 00:35:00,990 James and I sacked Hammond as team leader 670 00:35:01,030 --> 00:35:03,510 and came up with our own schedule. 671 00:35:11,470 --> 00:35:13,470 (ENGINE PURRS) 672 00:35:19,230 --> 00:35:20,870 Right, we've found an airfield, 673 00:35:20,910 --> 00:35:23,110 and now we're gonna have a drag race, 674 00:35:23,150 --> 00:35:26,790 which is a lot more interesting than going to a museum. 675 00:35:28,310 --> 00:35:30,750 I'd have thought he'd like museums. 676 00:35:30,790 --> 00:35:32,270 I mean, he's driving one. 677 00:35:32,310 --> 00:35:35,030 (ENGINES GROWLING) 678 00:35:36,310 --> 00:35:39,550 Track, check, traction, yes. 679 00:35:39,590 --> 00:35:41,630 RICHARD: I've put it in launch, 680 00:35:41,670 --> 00:35:45,230 which sets the rear two engines in the first of their two gears. 681 00:35:45,270 --> 00:35:47,350 The front two engines only have one gear. 682 00:35:47,390 --> 00:35:49,150 I do not know how that works. 683 00:35:49,190 --> 00:35:52,550 Why doesn't the car stretch or overtake itself? 684 00:35:54,350 --> 00:35:56,110 The simple fact of the matter is that 685 00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:59,150 because this car has no electrical gubbins, 686 00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:03,590 it is, despite appearances, the lightest car here. 687 00:36:03,630 --> 00:36:06,790 And it has 730 horsepower. 688 00:36:06,830 --> 00:36:08,630 So allow me, please, to demonstrate 689 00:36:08,670 --> 00:36:12,030 that you can't beat old-time rock and roll. 690 00:36:12,070 --> 00:36:14,430 (ENGINE ROARING) 691 00:36:15,790 --> 00:36:17,670 (ENGINE GROWLING) 692 00:36:19,990 --> 00:36:22,150 (WHIRRING) 693 00:36:23,750 --> 00:36:26,590 (ENGINES REVVING) 694 00:36:26,630 --> 00:36:28,390 Thrust mode! 695 00:36:31,470 --> 00:36:34,430 (ENGINES ROARING) 696 00:36:34,470 --> 00:36:35,950 Oh, my word! 697 00:36:37,110 --> 00:36:39,870 God, look at Hammond! 698 00:36:39,910 --> 00:36:42,630 190, 200, 220, 200... 699 00:36:42,670 --> 00:36:46,190 I can't speak fast enough! 700 00:36:46,230 --> 00:36:50,270 JEREMY: James and I were now racing only to see who'd be last. 701 00:36:50,310 --> 00:36:53,790 Yes, come on, come on, come on, come on! 702 00:36:53,830 --> 00:36:56,910 -(GROANING) -Goodbye, Mr May. 703 00:36:56,950 --> 00:36:59,310 (REVVING) 704 00:37:06,950 --> 00:37:09,950 Jes-us! 705 00:37:12,070 --> 00:37:15,150 That Rimac just (BLEEP)s off. 706 00:37:15,190 --> 00:37:17,870 Ha-ha ha-ha! 707 00:37:17,910 --> 00:37:20,710 If that is the future, I am so ready! 708 00:37:20,750 --> 00:37:23,590 Oh! Oh-ho! 709 00:37:23,630 --> 00:37:25,630 I've never seen anything like that. 710 00:37:25,670 --> 00:37:30,430 I've never seen anything move as quickly as that. 711 00:37:30,470 --> 00:37:32,870 Not with number plates. 712 00:37:32,910 --> 00:37:36,390 JEREMY: Annoyed that my dinosaur had been humiliated, 713 00:37:36,430 --> 00:37:37,950 I decided to show Hammond 714 00:37:37,990 --> 00:37:39,910 that it still has enough power 715 00:37:39,950 --> 00:37:42,950 to kick-start a dying star. 716 00:37:42,990 --> 00:37:44,950 (TYRES SCREECHING) 717 00:37:44,990 --> 00:37:46,190 Yes! 718 00:37:53,750 --> 00:37:55,790 This is what Lamborghinis are all about. 719 00:37:55,830 --> 00:37:57,310 Oh, yeah. 720 00:37:58,430 --> 00:37:59,990 Which went well. 721 00:38:00,030 --> 00:38:02,110 (TYRES SCREECHING) 722 00:38:04,870 --> 00:38:06,870 -Oh, my word! -Oh! 723 00:38:06,910 --> 00:38:11,430 Sit rep. The entire tyre has been consumed 724 00:38:11,470 --> 00:38:13,550 -by the heart of the monster. -It has. 725 00:38:13,590 --> 00:38:15,310 Do you know, the thing was, 726 00:38:15,350 --> 00:38:18,230 the tyre pressure warning light came on. 727 00:38:18,270 --> 00:38:21,030 -What could that have meant? -Well, it meant that, on this, 728 00:38:21,070 --> 00:38:24,230 it was specifically telling me there was a problem with this tyre. 729 00:38:24,270 --> 00:38:26,270 -So I ignored it. -Yes. 730 00:38:26,310 --> 00:38:28,390 -Good job you're not an airline pilot. -Yes. 731 00:38:28,430 --> 00:38:32,630 However, we'll get it fixed... 732 00:38:32,670 --> 00:38:35,910 ...and then... Actually, we ought to find a track. 733 00:38:35,950 --> 00:38:37,670 And then I'll be able to thrash you. 734 00:38:37,710 --> 00:38:38,870 -Oh, mate, no. -No? 735 00:38:38,910 --> 00:38:42,670 You won't find a track in Switzerland, will you, cos motor racing is banned. 736 00:38:42,710 --> 00:38:44,550 -What do you mean banned? -Oh, it is. 737 00:38:44,590 --> 00:38:49,310 1955 there was an accident in France, at Le Mans. 738 00:38:49,350 --> 00:38:52,590 The Swiss banned motorsport. It's still banned today. 739 00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:56,150 We can think of something else. Something that requires four tyres. 740 00:38:56,190 --> 00:38:59,310 Oh, God, I tell you what, though, it does mean another night in his hotel. 741 00:38:59,350 --> 00:39:01,270 You're gonna drive there on a space saver. 742 00:39:01,310 --> 00:39:03,150 No, I know something we can do. 743 00:39:03,190 --> 00:39:04,310 What? 744 00:39:04,350 --> 00:39:06,910 There's plenty to occupy us at the hotel. 745 00:39:06,950 --> 00:39:08,630 -Come on. -Well, not supper. 746 00:39:08,670 --> 00:39:11,350 I may take a while because I'll be going on a bicycle wheel. 747 00:39:11,390 --> 00:39:13,590 (CHEERING) 748 00:39:16,310 --> 00:39:18,870 I still can't believe... 749 00:39:18,910 --> 00:39:21,830 I still can't believe that Switzerland 750 00:39:21,870 --> 00:39:25,790 banned motor racing because of an accident in another country. 751 00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:28,030 Yeah, it's like Britain banning railways 752 00:39:28,070 --> 00:39:30,510 because a train crashed in India. 753 00:39:30,550 --> 00:39:33,630 Yeah, exactly. Or it's like America invading Iraq 754 00:39:33,670 --> 00:39:37,270 because some Saudi Arabians destroyed the World Trade Center. 755 00:39:37,310 --> 00:39:39,270 (LAUGHTER AND GROANING) 756 00:39:39,310 --> 00:39:41,230 -Whoa. -Did I say that out loud? 757 00:39:41,270 --> 00:39:43,830 That came out. That came out as sound. 758 00:39:43,870 --> 00:39:45,910 Well, never mind, we can edit it out. 759 00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:47,950 Look, um, we'll pick that film up later on, 760 00:39:47,990 --> 00:39:50,430 but in the meantime you may remember that in the last series 761 00:39:50,470 --> 00:39:53,670 we had a feature called Celebrity Brain Crash. 762 00:39:53,710 --> 00:39:55,550 Yes, but we're not doing that any more 763 00:39:55,590 --> 00:39:57,270 because too many people died. 764 00:39:57,310 --> 00:40:00,790 Yeah, and also because you all hated it. 765 00:40:00,830 --> 00:40:02,830 -(LAUGHTER) -Yeah, that's the main reason. 766 00:40:02,870 --> 00:40:05,190 Everybody wrote to us and said, "That's rubbish. Stop doing it." 767 00:40:05,230 --> 00:40:06,550 Anyway, it doesn't matter, 768 00:40:06,590 --> 00:40:08,670 because we've come up with another idea, 769 00:40:08,710 --> 00:40:11,550 a brand-new idea and it is brilliant. 770 00:40:11,590 --> 00:40:15,350 You see, the main reason why we like having the tent here-- 771 00:40:15,390 --> 00:40:17,110 Is that you can walk home every week. 772 00:40:17,150 --> 00:40:18,670 Yes, it's just that right down the road, 773 00:40:18,710 --> 00:40:21,710 and I mean less than a mile away, there is an actual track. 774 00:40:21,750 --> 00:40:24,590 Yes, there is, and we've got a picture of it here. Have a look. 775 00:40:24,630 --> 00:40:29,070 It's rather fabulous because as you can see, it's really quite narrow, all of it, 776 00:40:29,110 --> 00:40:31,710 and then bits of it aren't finished - this stretch. 777 00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:33,430 Yeah, that bit is entirely gravel. 778 00:40:33,470 --> 00:40:36,350 Yes, it is, but it doesn't matter because it is a circuit. 779 00:40:36,390 --> 00:40:39,150 And then somebody said to us, "Well, why don't you get a celebrity 780 00:40:39,190 --> 00:40:42,190 to drive round it every week to see which is the fastest." 781 00:40:42,230 --> 00:40:44,070 (LAUGHTER) 782 00:40:44,110 --> 00:40:46,950 -We said no, because that would be boring. -Yeah. 783 00:40:46,990 --> 00:40:50,950 So we have come up with an entirely new idea. 784 00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:53,070 You see, everybody's always wanting to know 785 00:40:53,110 --> 00:40:55,910 who is the fastest weathergirl in the world, 786 00:40:55,950 --> 00:41:00,270 or who is the world's fastest transgender architect. 787 00:41:00,310 --> 00:41:01,910 -Exactly. -(LAUGHTER) 788 00:41:01,950 --> 00:41:03,630 Let me explain what we're gonna do. 789 00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:06,950 Each week, two celebrities from the same field 790 00:41:06,990 --> 00:41:11,270 will go head to head, on our track, in a Jaguar F Type. 791 00:41:11,310 --> 00:41:15,510 OK? It's a feature we're calling Celebrity Face Off. 792 00:41:15,550 --> 00:41:18,870 Or, for short, Celebrity F Off-- No, that doesn't work. 793 00:41:27,910 --> 00:41:30,710 (CHEERING) 794 00:41:30,750 --> 00:41:35,510 Tonight we are asking the question that everybody wants answering. 795 00:41:35,550 --> 00:41:39,430 Who is the fastest former talent show judge? 796 00:41:39,470 --> 00:41:41,670 And it's an international competition, 797 00:41:41,710 --> 00:41:45,990 between America's Got Talent and The Voice UK. 798 00:41:46,030 --> 00:41:49,070 Please welcome Ricky Wilson and David Hasselhoff! 799 00:41:49,110 --> 00:41:51,110 (CHEERING) 800 00:41:56,310 --> 00:41:58,190 Thank you, man. Welcome. 801 00:41:58,230 --> 00:41:59,910 -Big man's still got it. -Welcome. 802 00:41:59,950 --> 00:42:02,110 -Thank you. -Equally, big guy. 803 00:42:02,150 --> 00:42:03,910 -Have a seat. -Whoo! 804 00:42:04,950 --> 00:42:06,150 Ah. 805 00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:09,310 There you go. All right. 806 00:42:09,350 --> 00:42:12,190 -Hello. -Hello and welcome. 807 00:42:12,230 --> 00:42:14,070 -Thank you. -They've made it alive. 808 00:42:14,110 --> 00:42:15,790 (CHEERING) 809 00:42:15,830 --> 00:42:18,350 -No unconvincing deaths. -(LAUGHTER) 810 00:42:18,390 --> 00:42:20,310 And, of course, you're not just 811 00:42:20,350 --> 00:42:22,470 former talent show judges. 812 00:42:22,510 --> 00:42:24,590 You both have, obviously, singing careers. 813 00:42:24,630 --> 00:42:26,790 Albeit with rather different approaches. 814 00:42:26,830 --> 00:42:29,710 -Um... -(DAVID CHUCKLES) 815 00:42:29,750 --> 00:42:31,910 Let's have a look at a photograph of the Hoff. 816 00:42:31,950 --> 00:42:34,470 -There you go, you see. -(LAUGHTER AND CHEERING) 817 00:42:34,510 --> 00:42:36,870 (WOLF WHISTLING) 818 00:42:36,910 --> 00:42:40,310 That says it all. 819 00:42:40,350 --> 00:42:43,190 The mullet, the dry ice, the Lamborghini. 820 00:42:43,230 --> 00:42:45,310 -We think that's the American way. -Mm-hm. 821 00:42:45,350 --> 00:42:47,350 Now let's have a look at the Yorkshire way. 822 00:42:47,390 --> 00:42:49,310 -There he is. -(RICKY LAUGHS) 823 00:42:49,350 --> 00:42:52,230 -(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) -The windswept... 824 00:42:54,910 --> 00:42:58,230 We are making it Yorkshire versus the United States of America tonight. 825 00:42:58,270 --> 00:43:00,430 -That's what we decided to do. -York-shire. 826 00:43:00,470 --> 00:43:04,150 -Have you been to Yorkshire? -I've... I've... I've had York-shire pudding. 827 00:43:04,190 --> 00:43:05,590 (LAUGHTER) 828 00:43:05,630 --> 00:43:08,190 Actually, we filmed an episode of Hoff The Record, 829 00:43:08,230 --> 00:43:10,230 which is a series, in Yorkshire, 830 00:43:10,270 --> 00:43:11,750 and we had a blast. 831 00:43:11,790 --> 00:43:13,430 The people were extremely nice. 832 00:43:13,470 --> 00:43:16,030 -I couldn't understand a word they said. -(LAUGHTER) 833 00:43:16,070 --> 00:43:18,870 No, it's a special language, but we're both from Yorkshire. 834 00:43:18,910 --> 00:43:22,590 Yorkshire will be watching. Yorkshire versus America. Well, we've won that. 835 00:43:22,630 --> 00:43:23,750 (LAUGHTER) 836 00:43:23,790 --> 00:43:25,350 Oh, don't pile on the pressure. 837 00:43:25,390 --> 00:43:28,750 Can I just ask, what did you think of our track? 838 00:43:28,790 --> 00:43:30,390 It's incredible. I mean... 839 00:43:30,430 --> 00:43:32,950 Hopefully, you know, when you film people... 840 00:43:32,990 --> 00:43:35,030 like I've filmed friends going round tracks 841 00:43:35,070 --> 00:43:36,630 and they go, "Oh, film me, film me!" 842 00:43:36,670 --> 00:43:40,070 You don't wanna watch it back cos they come round the corner like brrrrrrrr. 843 00:43:40,110 --> 00:43:42,710 But we were going sideways at points on this. 844 00:43:42,750 --> 00:43:45,070 -What about the car? The Jag. -Loved it. 845 00:43:45,110 --> 00:43:48,150 -I loved it, Jaguar. -(LAUGHTER) 846 00:43:48,190 --> 00:43:50,230 There's a man who understands sponsorship. 847 00:43:50,270 --> 00:43:51,710 Yeah, exactly. 848 00:43:51,750 --> 00:43:52,950 I would have thought your biggest problem 849 00:43:52,990 --> 00:43:55,030 was getting in it, cos I really struggle. 850 00:43:55,070 --> 00:43:57,790 -I couldn't get in the car, Jeremy. -Could you not? 851 00:43:57,830 --> 00:44:01,150 No, I had a hard time getting into KITT, but you know, this was... 852 00:44:01,190 --> 00:44:03,230 Actually, we've got some footage. 853 00:44:03,270 --> 00:44:06,310 Anyone wanna see footage of the Hoff trying to get into our Jag? 854 00:44:06,350 --> 00:44:09,030 AUDIENCE: Yeah! -Let's have a quick look at that. 855 00:44:09,070 --> 00:44:10,910 There it is. Look. Resplendent. 856 00:44:10,950 --> 00:44:12,750 And it's got a roll cage in it. 857 00:44:15,590 --> 00:44:17,430 -And this is the bit-- -Oh, my God. 858 00:44:17,470 --> 00:44:20,350 The bit I like here is - I've had to do this as well - 859 00:44:20,390 --> 00:44:22,790 is when you have to lift your own leg. 860 00:44:22,830 --> 00:44:25,430 -Argh! Argh! -(LAUGHTER) 861 00:44:25,470 --> 00:44:29,630 I found it perfectly my size, Jaguar Land Rover. 862 00:44:29,670 --> 00:44:31,150 (LAUGHTER) 863 00:44:31,190 --> 00:44:34,750 -And even like the colour. -Yeah, yeah. 864 00:44:34,790 --> 00:44:39,150 Your biggest problem, though, as I understand it, with cars, 865 00:44:39,190 --> 00:44:40,590 is being run over by them. 866 00:44:40,630 --> 00:44:44,190 Oh, yeah, cos I actually got run over, then tried to chase after the car. 867 00:44:44,230 --> 00:44:46,870 -You never caught the guy? -They never caught the guy. 868 00:44:46,910 --> 00:44:49,910 How come they can catch me doing 35 in a 30, but they can't catch... 869 00:44:49,950 --> 00:44:51,910 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 870 00:44:51,950 --> 00:44:53,710 It's a very good point. 871 00:44:53,750 --> 00:44:57,630 Um, in fact, when er... 872 00:44:57,670 --> 00:45:00,830 In fact, when the police questioned me about it, 873 00:45:00,870 --> 00:45:05,150 "So, what was the car like?" and I said it was a Metro and it had a sunroof. 874 00:45:05,190 --> 00:45:09,430 They said, "How do you know it had a sunroof?" "Cos I went over the sunroof." 875 00:45:09,470 --> 00:45:11,310 Good observation while you're being run over. 876 00:45:11,350 --> 00:45:13,990 "And it's a Tudor Webasto sunroof." 877 00:45:14,030 --> 00:45:15,870 I'm actually surprised, though, 878 00:45:15,910 --> 00:45:18,470 you did survive your motoring youth, Hoff. 879 00:45:18,510 --> 00:45:20,630 Yeah, my first car was um... 880 00:45:20,670 --> 00:45:22,830 when I was just turning 16, 881 00:45:22,870 --> 00:45:25,870 was a Corvair, which is a real small car. 882 00:45:25,910 --> 00:45:27,910 Well, not by European standards. 883 00:45:27,950 --> 00:45:30,350 -We call it an enormous car. -Yeah. 884 00:45:30,390 --> 00:45:34,270 The engine was in the back and it was described as "unsafe at any speed". 885 00:45:34,310 --> 00:45:36,070 (LAUGHTER) 886 00:45:36,110 --> 00:45:39,470 -I just realise that now. -(LAUGHTER) 887 00:45:39,510 --> 00:45:41,030 Your first car was a Fiat Panda. 888 00:45:41,070 --> 00:45:43,390 -Yeah, if you want an example of a small... -Oh, my God. 889 00:45:43,430 --> 00:45:46,830 -If you want an example of a small car... a Fiat Panda is what you... 890 00:45:46,870 --> 00:45:49,430 It'd be like you trying to get into a cupboard under the stairs. 891 00:45:49,470 --> 00:45:51,030 -It was called a what? -A Panda. 892 00:45:51,070 --> 00:45:53,190 -A Panda? -Yeah. 893 00:45:53,230 --> 00:45:56,230 They're very rare now, like Pandas. 894 00:45:56,270 --> 00:45:58,590 -Didn't you have people steal the windscreen? -Yeah. 895 00:45:58,630 --> 00:46:01,270 They have a peculiar thing, the Panda. 896 00:46:01,310 --> 00:46:03,190 -It has a very flat-- -Completely flat. 897 00:46:03,230 --> 00:46:06,550 Completely flat, and you used to be able to pop it out, from the outside. 898 00:46:06,590 --> 00:46:08,270 So, many times I'd get into it 899 00:46:08,310 --> 00:46:11,950 and be driving down the road and go, "Something's wrong." 900 00:46:11,990 --> 00:46:14,070 -(LAUGHTER) -Like that. 901 00:46:14,110 --> 00:46:16,390 You wouldn't even get that fast, so you'd never know. 902 00:46:16,430 --> 00:46:17,550 Yeah. 903 00:46:17,590 --> 00:46:20,710 It was only when you turned the squirters on that it... 904 00:46:20,750 --> 00:46:23,270 -And that happened a lot? -Well, it happened a few times. 905 00:46:23,310 --> 00:46:26,630 And then I kept buying them out of this Italian guy 906 00:46:26,670 --> 00:46:28,310 that had a garage round the corner. 907 00:46:28,350 --> 00:46:30,670 -I think he was nicking 'em. -(LAUGHTER) 908 00:46:30,710 --> 00:46:34,270 "That's my tax disc." 909 00:46:34,310 --> 00:46:36,110 Now we've gotta get onto KITT. 910 00:46:36,150 --> 00:46:39,470 We all remember Knight Rider and the Trans Am. 911 00:46:39,510 --> 00:46:42,110 Thing is, I was looking the other day, cos it's a while... 912 00:46:42,150 --> 00:46:44,950 -When was it actually on? -It was on from '82 to '86. 913 00:46:44,990 --> 00:46:48,030 OK, '82 to '86. Now, it had, in your car, you had cru... 914 00:46:48,070 --> 00:46:50,070 These were all futuristic things. 915 00:46:50,110 --> 00:46:52,710 Cruise control, pollen filters in the air con, 916 00:46:52,750 --> 00:46:55,910 vocal commands, automatic opening doors. 917 00:46:55,950 --> 00:46:57,950 You get all that stuff on a Ford Fiesta now. 918 00:46:57,990 --> 00:47:01,510 -(LAUGHTER) -It's actually standard on a Ford Fiesta. 919 00:47:01,550 --> 00:47:04,030 It still really did capture the imagination. 920 00:47:04,070 --> 00:47:06,470 There was a Yorkshireman who did an homage to KITT. 921 00:47:06,510 --> 00:47:07,630 -Oh, no. -Yeah. 922 00:47:07,670 --> 00:47:09,510 -Got a picture of it here. -It wasn't me. 923 00:47:09,550 --> 00:47:11,270 No, look. 924 00:47:11,310 --> 00:47:13,550 (LAUGHTER) 925 00:47:13,590 --> 00:47:16,870 -A, it's a Renault. -It's not that bad. It's not bad. 926 00:47:16,910 --> 00:47:18,990 -Formula One drivers have a-- -Exactly. 927 00:47:19,030 --> 00:47:20,990 -A stick like that. -I see nothing wrong with that. 928 00:47:21,030 --> 00:47:22,230 But no, because... 929 00:47:22,270 --> 00:47:25,110 You've come up with your rules of the road, which I quite like. 930 00:47:25,150 --> 00:47:27,590 You've got one here. Old people over a certain age 931 00:47:27,630 --> 00:47:30,910 should be legally required to place a hat on the parcel shelf. 932 00:47:30,950 --> 00:47:32,110 (LAUGHTER) 933 00:47:32,150 --> 00:47:34,750 Now, old people... Not so much old people in general. 934 00:47:34,790 --> 00:47:37,190 I was gonna say be careful, because if you say 65... 935 00:47:37,230 --> 00:47:40,510 -Yeah, that's me. -No, I'm just saying... 936 00:47:40,550 --> 00:47:43,390 On certain journeys, I'd like to put a hat on the parcel shelf, 937 00:47:43,430 --> 00:47:45,710 just to indicate that I'm not racing you. 938 00:47:45,750 --> 00:47:47,990 What I really like is this business of um... 939 00:47:48,030 --> 00:47:51,030 male and female cyclists should indicate on their Lycra bottoms 940 00:47:51,070 --> 00:47:55,230 -what sex they are. -Yeah, definitely. Yeah. 941 00:47:55,270 --> 00:47:57,310 -Well, I know... -(APPLAUSE) 942 00:47:57,350 --> 00:47:59,510 I know where you're going with that. 943 00:47:59,550 --> 00:48:01,350 (CHUCKLES LECHEROUSLY) 944 00:48:01,390 --> 00:48:02,790 (LAUGHTER) 945 00:48:02,830 --> 00:48:06,470 We've all been... "Ooh, I say! Oh, no, he's got a beard." 946 00:48:06,510 --> 00:48:08,230 (LAUGHTER) 947 00:48:08,270 --> 00:48:10,470 Now, I wanna get on to your laps. 948 00:48:10,510 --> 00:48:12,950 -Oh. -And I wanna start off, if I may, 949 00:48:12,990 --> 00:48:15,830 -with you, your Hoffmeister. -Oi. 950 00:48:15,870 --> 00:48:17,670 Are you a fast driver? 951 00:48:17,710 --> 00:48:22,110 You know, I um... I'm basically an actor. 952 00:48:22,150 --> 00:48:24,270 You know, I'm not really a good driver 953 00:48:24,310 --> 00:48:27,110 but I just look good doing it. 954 00:48:27,150 --> 00:48:29,150 (LAUGHTER) 955 00:48:29,190 --> 00:48:32,270 Because we have some footage of you attempting... 956 00:48:32,310 --> 00:48:36,390 I think it was your first one and making a bit of a mess-up of what is the last corner... 957 00:48:36,430 --> 00:48:38,710 -Right. -And then really making a mess-up of the finish. 958 00:48:38,750 --> 00:48:40,790 Let's have a look at this. 959 00:48:40,830 --> 00:48:44,230 Here he comes now, into the last corner, goes in deep, 960 00:48:44,270 --> 00:48:46,550 which is crazy, loses it on the grass 961 00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:49,030 and then there's the finish line - and stops. 962 00:48:49,070 --> 00:48:51,550 (LAUGHTER) 963 00:48:54,110 --> 00:48:57,270 -We've never seen that before. -No... 964 00:48:57,310 --> 00:49:00,710 They told me the first lap didn't count. 965 00:49:00,750 --> 00:49:03,870 -Yes. -And that's why I didn't hit the finish line. 966 00:49:03,910 --> 00:49:05,870 -We can edit out that excuse. -Ah, come on! 967 00:49:05,910 --> 00:49:08,150 I love the idea of a Formula One driver going... 968 00:49:08,190 --> 00:49:11,270 Well, that's it, and that's as far as I'm going. 969 00:49:11,310 --> 00:49:13,190 -Am I? Yes. -Anyway. 970 00:49:13,230 --> 00:49:16,670 Let's have a look at the Hoff's lap. 971 00:49:16,710 --> 00:49:20,310 And we are off on our brand-new track in our brand-new car. 972 00:49:20,350 --> 00:49:22,630 Remember, Knight Rider drove himself. 973 00:49:22,670 --> 00:49:23,790 (LAUGHS) 974 00:49:26,910 --> 00:49:30,710 Clipping the corner but keeping two wheels on the track, nice to see. 975 00:49:30,750 --> 00:49:33,110 And then you go left and onto the gravel. 976 00:49:35,830 --> 00:49:38,190 This is what we call the difficult bit. 977 00:49:38,230 --> 00:49:39,630 It is actually quite tricky 978 00:49:39,670 --> 00:49:42,110 as you flick it right there and then flick it left. 979 00:49:42,150 --> 00:49:44,590 Now we're into - not the Carousel - the Gravelsel. 980 00:49:47,390 --> 00:49:50,590 It's like a banked gravel corner. 981 00:49:50,630 --> 00:49:52,710 Never been seen anywhere before. 982 00:49:52,750 --> 00:49:54,550 (CHUCKLING) 983 00:49:54,590 --> 00:49:57,510 Into the difficult bit two. 984 00:49:57,550 --> 00:50:00,430 You're managing to keep it mostly tidy, which is quite good. 985 00:50:00,470 --> 00:50:04,070 I'm looking forward to seeing Judi Dench go down here one day - sideways. 986 00:50:04,110 --> 00:50:05,350 Ooh, deep again! 987 00:50:05,390 --> 00:50:08,110 Nearly stopped, but now picking up the speed. 988 00:50:10,230 --> 00:50:11,950 And onto the main straight. 989 00:50:11,990 --> 00:50:14,110 This is one helluva track, this. 990 00:50:17,510 --> 00:50:22,950 Hit it! Yeah! (YELLS) 991 00:50:22,990 --> 00:50:25,030 That was the sound of a man crapping himself. 992 00:50:25,070 --> 00:50:27,790 And I don't think you did actually lift, which is brave. 993 00:50:27,830 --> 00:50:29,270 Now braking. 994 00:50:29,310 --> 00:50:31,430 Are we gonna get the last corner right? 995 00:50:31,470 --> 00:50:33,630 Yes. All neatly done and there we are. 996 00:50:33,670 --> 00:50:36,110 Ladies and gentlemen, across the line! 997 00:50:36,150 --> 00:50:38,310 -(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) -Well... 998 00:50:42,910 --> 00:50:46,510 That looked like you were in control. 999 00:50:46,550 --> 00:50:49,150 -No, I... No. -No, that was tidy. 1000 00:50:49,190 --> 00:50:52,430 The slower you look, very often the faster you're going. 1001 00:50:52,470 --> 00:50:54,430 -Yeah. -I mean, that is a true fact. 1002 00:50:54,470 --> 00:50:57,510 Yeah, if you go smooth and keep the car on balance, but it's hard to do. 1003 00:50:57,550 --> 00:50:59,950 It is. I went out and had a play on that this morning, 1004 00:50:59,990 --> 00:51:02,350 and just had... the tail out the entire way round. 1005 00:51:02,390 --> 00:51:06,950 It's taken me 15 minutes to get round here but I had fun in the process. Anyway. 1006 00:51:06,990 --> 00:51:08,590 -Can I use that as my excuse? -No. 1007 00:51:08,630 --> 00:51:11,870 We're gonna see your lap now. OK, are we ready? 1008 00:51:11,910 --> 00:51:14,470 Let's bring it up. Here he is, Ricky Wilson's lap. 1009 00:51:14,510 --> 00:51:17,110 RICKY: Little bit further back than you were. 1010 00:51:17,150 --> 00:51:19,430 JEREMY: Nice excuse and we haven't even started. 1011 00:51:19,470 --> 00:51:21,870 Not even looking. No hands. No hands. No hands. 1012 00:51:21,910 --> 00:51:23,910 (LAUGHTER) 1013 00:51:23,950 --> 00:51:25,070 (TYRES SCREECH) 1014 00:51:25,110 --> 00:51:28,510 JEREMY: Ooh, it's deep, deep, deep. Getting it all together. 1015 00:51:28,550 --> 00:51:29,910 But it's not bad slowing down there 1016 00:51:29,950 --> 00:51:31,950 cos you can now keep the power on there, 1017 00:51:31,990 --> 00:51:34,990 keep the power on here, and onto the difficult bit. 1018 00:51:36,870 --> 00:51:38,870 No, that's good. Gonna flick the tail out a bit? 1019 00:51:38,910 --> 00:51:41,190 Yeah, that's nice. Flick it the other way. 1020 00:51:41,230 --> 00:51:44,310 RICKY: I found that made you go quicker, flicking the tail out. 1021 00:51:44,350 --> 00:51:47,990 Whoo-hoo! Take that! 1022 00:51:48,030 --> 00:51:50,590 JEREMY: This is good, round the Gravelsel. Get that tail out. 1023 00:51:50,630 --> 00:51:52,710 There it is. We're gonna find out later 1024 00:51:52,750 --> 00:51:55,550 whether that's faster or slower than the Hoff's approach. 1025 00:51:55,590 --> 00:51:58,870 Cutting the corner. That's not going to be grass for very much longer. 1026 00:51:58,910 --> 00:52:02,070 That's very good. Very good indeed. 1027 00:52:02,110 --> 00:52:03,790 Also, when you come back to the Tarmac here, 1028 00:52:03,830 --> 00:52:05,590 it's very, very slippery, that bit. 1029 00:52:05,630 --> 00:52:07,910 For reasons I don't understand. 1030 00:52:07,950 --> 00:52:10,470 (TYRES SCREECHING) 1031 00:52:10,510 --> 00:52:12,830 Kicking dust off the tail. Looks good, that car. 1032 00:52:12,870 --> 00:52:14,670 And now, onto the straight. 1033 00:52:15,870 --> 00:52:19,390 Give it some. Come on, Jag. 1034 00:52:19,430 --> 00:52:21,310 JEREMY: Did you lift here? -Yes. 1035 00:52:21,350 --> 00:52:23,550 (LAUGHTER) 1036 00:52:23,590 --> 00:52:25,630 -I don't think you did. -Ah, well, maybe not. 1037 00:52:25,670 --> 00:52:27,990 -I don't think you did there. -I was having too much of a good time. 1038 00:52:28,030 --> 00:52:31,470 Ooh, kick the tail out at the last corner and there we are, across the line. 1039 00:52:31,510 --> 00:52:34,470 -(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) -It looked all right. It looked all right. 1040 00:52:34,510 --> 00:52:38,110 -I'm a little nervous now. -It looked all right. 1041 00:52:38,150 --> 00:52:40,230 -Are you proud? -Yeah, I am quite proud. 1042 00:52:40,270 --> 00:52:41,870 -Proud of that. -Yeah. 1043 00:52:41,910 --> 00:52:43,350 Oh. 1044 00:52:43,390 --> 00:52:45,750 Have I remembered to bring the times out with me? 1045 00:52:45,790 --> 00:52:47,670 -Oh, gosh. -Yes, I have. 1046 00:52:47,710 --> 00:52:49,430 I think it's you. 1047 00:52:49,470 --> 00:52:51,830 I think it's you, cos you looked more in control. 1048 00:52:51,870 --> 00:52:53,430 I was all over the shop. 1049 00:52:53,470 --> 00:52:55,430 Yeah, but no... you were smooth. 1050 00:52:55,470 --> 00:52:58,230 -And I stopped at the first corner. -(LAUGHTER) 1051 00:52:58,270 --> 00:53:01,150 You did virtually stop, that is true. You did actually come to a halt. 1052 00:53:01,190 --> 00:53:03,150 Mind you, you stopped just before the finish line. 1053 00:53:03,190 --> 00:53:05,430 -Yeah, yeah. -(LAUGHTER) 1054 00:53:05,470 --> 00:53:09,190 David Hasselhoff, you did it... 1055 00:53:09,230 --> 00:53:11,230 representing the United States of America. 1056 00:53:11,270 --> 00:53:13,430 -Oh, God. -(LAUGHTER) 1057 00:53:13,470 --> 00:53:15,070 One minute... 1058 00:53:15,110 --> 00:53:16,750 24, point one. 1059 00:53:16,790 --> 00:53:19,310 We have no idea whether that's fastest. 1060 00:53:19,350 --> 00:53:20,710 (APPLAUSE) 1061 00:53:20,750 --> 00:53:24,230 -Yeah. It could be anything. -Literally no idea. 1062 00:53:24,270 --> 00:53:27,350 That could be the fastest time 1063 00:53:27,390 --> 00:53:29,790 we're ever, ever going to see round here. 1064 00:53:29,830 --> 00:53:32,110 -Right. -Or it could be the slowest. 1065 00:53:32,150 --> 00:53:34,030 -We have no idea. -(LAUGHTER) 1066 00:53:34,070 --> 00:53:36,270 -Ricky Wilson. -Yeah, yeah. 1067 00:53:36,310 --> 00:53:39,550 One minute... 1068 00:53:39,590 --> 00:53:42,270 -...20... AUDIENCE: Ooh. 1069 00:53:42,310 --> 00:53:43,750 ...point one. 1070 00:53:43,790 --> 00:53:45,870 -Whoo! -(CHEERING) 1071 00:53:46,950 --> 00:53:48,430 Whoo! 1072 00:53:51,310 --> 00:53:54,070 Ohh! 1073 00:53:54,110 --> 00:53:56,590 -I... Oh. -Well, there we are. 1074 00:53:56,630 --> 00:53:59,350 Well. 1075 00:53:59,390 --> 00:54:02,030 So, there we are. How do you feel about that? 1076 00:54:02,070 --> 00:54:05,310 -I've spent years practising. -(LAUGHTER) 1077 00:54:05,350 --> 00:54:08,230 -I told you I was an actor. -(LAUGHTER) 1078 00:54:08,270 --> 00:54:09,550 (CLEARS THROAT) 1079 00:54:09,590 --> 00:54:11,990 David Hasselhoff... and, as it turns out, 1080 00:54:12,030 --> 00:54:16,910 the fastest former talent judge in the world, Ricky Wilson! 1081 00:54:16,950 --> 00:54:19,830 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 1082 00:54:19,870 --> 00:54:21,510 Thank you, gentlemen. 1083 00:54:26,190 --> 00:54:29,310 Right, let's get back to Switzerland. 1084 00:54:29,350 --> 00:54:31,790 When we left the action, Jeremy had torn the tyre 1085 00:54:31,830 --> 00:54:33,910 clean off his Lamborghini, 1086 00:54:33,950 --> 00:54:36,990 and we thought that would be it, as far as accidents are concerned. 1087 00:54:37,030 --> 00:54:39,230 Mm-hm, we figured that because we are all 1088 00:54:39,270 --> 00:54:41,190 experienced, professional drivers, 1089 00:54:41,230 --> 00:54:43,990 nothing else could possibly go wrong. 1090 00:54:44,030 --> 00:54:45,670 -(LAUGHTER) -Exactly. 1091 00:54:45,710 --> 00:54:48,070 So we pick up the story at our wellness clinic, 1092 00:54:48,110 --> 00:54:49,590 where we were trying to work out 1093 00:54:49,630 --> 00:54:51,790 how to get the best out of three supercars 1094 00:54:51,830 --> 00:54:54,910 in a country where motor racing is banned. 1095 00:54:56,510 --> 00:54:58,390 (BIRDSONG) 1096 00:54:58,430 --> 00:54:59,910 JEREMY: This was not easy, 1097 00:54:59,950 --> 00:55:03,630 given the activity that Hammond had planned for us that night. 1098 00:55:05,270 --> 00:55:07,270 (GENTLE MUSIC) 1099 00:55:09,390 --> 00:55:11,390 Arghh! Jesus! 1100 00:55:13,470 --> 00:55:15,870 RICHARD: Well, we could always go to a museum. 1101 00:55:15,910 --> 00:55:18,150 We need to go to a race track, Hammond. 1102 00:55:18,190 --> 00:55:21,870 Well, look, actually, as we're in Switzerland... Clarkson? 1103 00:55:21,910 --> 00:55:24,270 -What? -Can you do... Argh! 1104 00:55:24,310 --> 00:55:27,630 Can you do hill climbs in Switzerland under their laws? 1105 00:55:27,670 --> 00:55:30,430 I don't know. I've got a tube up my arse. 1106 00:55:30,470 --> 00:55:31,710 Well, seriously, you've been here before. 1107 00:55:31,750 --> 00:55:34,830 You're supposedly the motorsport expert, you always say. 1108 00:55:34,870 --> 00:55:37,870 JEREMY: I don't know. I've got a tube up my arse. 1109 00:55:37,910 --> 00:55:40,190 Yeah, but the thing that they banned was... 1110 00:55:40,230 --> 00:55:41,790 because in the famous Le Mans crash, 1111 00:55:41,830 --> 00:55:43,710 cars crashed into each other. 1112 00:55:43,750 --> 00:55:46,910 That can't happen in a hill climb, so would they allow stuff against the clock? 1113 00:55:46,950 --> 00:55:49,670 I don't know because I've got a tube up my arse. 1114 00:55:49,710 --> 00:55:51,590 Come on, think, Clarkson. 1115 00:55:51,630 --> 00:55:54,830 JEREMY: I think you can do hill climbing in Switzerland, 1116 00:55:54,870 --> 00:55:58,150 but I don't know for sure because I've got a tube up my arse. 1117 00:55:58,190 --> 00:56:00,550 Right. OK, that's a start. 1118 00:56:00,590 --> 00:56:03,470 Let's see if we can find out... Argh! 1119 00:56:08,230 --> 00:56:10,430 JEREMY: After a bit of digging around, 1120 00:56:10,470 --> 00:56:14,830 James discovered there was a Swiss hill climb event on that weekend... 1121 00:56:14,870 --> 00:56:18,190 and it was only 200 miles from our hotel. 1122 00:56:18,230 --> 00:56:20,070 (ENGINES ROARING) 1123 00:56:20,110 --> 00:56:22,150 Which was fine... for some of us. 1124 00:56:24,670 --> 00:56:27,990 At this speed, six of my 12 cylinders are shut down. 1125 00:56:28,030 --> 00:56:30,070 They're not using any fuel at all, 1126 00:56:30,110 --> 00:56:34,630 so I could probably do 400 miles on the fuel I have. 1127 00:56:36,030 --> 00:56:37,510 Just check on James. 1128 00:56:37,550 --> 00:56:41,430 Er, James, are you able to make the hill climb event 200 miles away? 1129 00:56:41,470 --> 00:56:44,390 Well, let me just have a look. Er, yes, I am. 1130 00:56:44,430 --> 00:56:47,550 JEREMY: Well, how do you know with that fuel gauge? 1131 00:56:47,590 --> 00:56:50,110 Bec... Oh, I can't be bothered. 1132 00:56:50,150 --> 00:56:52,710 It's not straight, is it? Admit it. 1133 00:56:52,750 --> 00:56:56,510 RICHARD: Happy piling the motorway miles on your precious cars, are we? Good. 1134 00:56:56,550 --> 00:56:59,550 Why is there somebody talking to us from a van, James? 1135 00:56:59,590 --> 00:57:01,270 It's a lorry! 1136 00:57:01,310 --> 00:57:03,230 Hey, Hammond, I don't know where you are, but there's 1137 00:57:03,270 --> 00:57:06,390 a really remarkable-looking futuristic car on the back of a truck. 1138 00:57:06,430 --> 00:57:09,590 Must just be a mock-up, I suppose, otherwise it would be being driven. 1139 00:57:09,630 --> 00:57:12,790 RICHARD: Yeah, you pile the miles on. Enjoy yourself! 1140 00:57:12,830 --> 00:57:14,630 I don't see what's wrong with this. 1141 00:57:14,670 --> 00:57:17,390 People don't ride their race horses to the Grand National, do they? 1142 00:57:17,430 --> 00:57:19,470 They put them on a lorry. Every weekend, 1143 00:57:19,510 --> 00:57:23,190 people all over the world, load their best toys onto a truck, 1144 00:57:23,230 --> 00:57:25,150 take them somewhere and enjoy them. 1145 00:57:25,190 --> 00:57:27,830 Horses, supercars, race cars, 1146 00:57:27,870 --> 00:57:30,230 rally cars, race bikes, dirt bikes. 1147 00:57:30,270 --> 00:57:31,750 All of them. It's what you do. 1148 00:57:31,790 --> 00:57:35,830 Prepare to deploy smug face at Richard Hammond. 1149 00:57:35,870 --> 00:57:38,910 (ENGINE ROARS) 1150 00:57:38,950 --> 00:57:42,630 JEREMY: After leaving the van driver far behind, 1151 00:57:42,670 --> 00:57:45,870 James and I arrived at what's almost certainly 1152 00:57:45,910 --> 00:57:49,630 the most beautiful hill climb event in the world. 1153 00:57:53,750 --> 00:57:55,550 And the cars weren't bad either. 1154 00:57:55,590 --> 00:57:58,190 (ENGINES ROARING) 1155 00:58:01,870 --> 00:58:03,030 (TYRES SCREECHING) 1156 00:58:07,430 --> 00:58:09,230 We were keen to get cracking, 1157 00:58:09,270 --> 00:58:13,750 but, first, we had some important business to attend to. 1158 00:58:13,790 --> 00:58:16,510 -(MOANS OF PLEASURE) -Oh, brown food. 1159 00:58:16,550 --> 00:58:17,830 Brown drink. 1160 00:58:17,870 --> 00:58:19,710 -Calories. -Mm-mm. 1161 00:58:19,750 --> 00:58:22,830 Oh. Oh. 1162 00:58:22,870 --> 00:58:25,190 Oh. Mm. 1163 00:58:25,230 --> 00:58:27,070 I'm actually shaking, I'm so excited. 1164 00:58:27,110 --> 00:58:29,150 Mm. (MUMBLES) Mm. 1165 00:58:29,190 --> 00:58:30,830 (FOOD MAKES SPEECH UNCLEAR) 1166 00:58:30,870 --> 00:58:32,910 (HORN TOOTING RAPIDLY) 1167 00:58:32,950 --> 00:58:34,590 -What? -Look who's here. 1168 00:58:34,630 --> 00:58:36,750 Oh, yeah, it's the van driver. 1169 00:58:40,190 --> 00:58:42,790 (HE GRUNTS) Ah. 1170 00:58:42,830 --> 00:58:45,270 He won't have the energy to drive up the hill. 1171 00:58:45,310 --> 00:58:48,110 -What? -He won't have the energy to drive up the hill. 1172 00:58:48,150 --> 00:58:50,390 Here I am, car rested, ready and fully charged. 1173 00:58:50,430 --> 00:58:52,430 Breakfast. Actual food. 1174 00:58:52,470 --> 00:58:53,870 Brown food. 1175 00:58:53,910 --> 00:58:57,710 Yeah. Well, professional racers do carb load, don't they, before races. 1176 00:58:57,750 --> 00:59:01,990 -So, you're sort of... -Like all athletes carb load. -They don't lettuce load. 1177 00:59:02,030 --> 00:59:05,070 As I walked over, I saw you two and thought, "Athletes." 1178 00:59:05,110 --> 00:59:08,630 Shut up, Hammond. 1179 00:59:08,670 --> 00:59:12,390 JEREMY: With breakfast demolished, it was time to go hill climbing. 1180 00:59:14,270 --> 00:59:16,470 But before we did our timed runs, 1181 00:59:16,510 --> 00:59:18,950 we had to learn the course. 1182 00:59:21,510 --> 00:59:24,190 Corsa. Track mode. 1183 00:59:24,230 --> 00:59:26,230 Traction control... off. 1184 00:59:28,150 --> 00:59:30,550 No, traction control on. 1185 00:59:31,870 --> 00:59:33,670 Practising, Jeremy, practising. 1186 00:59:33,710 --> 00:59:35,990 Don't showboat. Must beat Hammond. 1187 00:59:36,030 --> 00:59:39,390 It's a 1.09 mile course. 1188 00:59:40,790 --> 00:59:42,630 It has 11 corners. 1189 00:59:45,150 --> 00:59:48,430 And the most important factor in all of this 1190 00:59:48,470 --> 00:59:52,110 is my ability to concentrate and remember how it goes. 1191 00:59:53,790 --> 00:59:55,550 Everything good. 1192 00:59:55,590 --> 00:59:57,510 Creep mode off, suspension low. 1193 00:59:57,550 --> 00:59:59,550 Race mode. We're good. 1194 00:59:59,590 --> 01:00:01,110 (ENGINE ROARING) 1195 01:00:04,350 --> 01:00:07,070 Ok, that's a good start. 1196 01:00:07,110 --> 01:00:11,230 It's a bit wobbly going up here, but... Oh, lordy lord! 1197 01:00:11,270 --> 01:00:13,510 Jesus Christ, it's tight and narrow. 1198 01:00:16,270 --> 01:00:18,070 (ENGINE ROARS) 1199 01:00:18,110 --> 01:00:21,550 (HUMS TO HIMSELF) No idea what I'm doing. 1200 01:00:21,590 --> 01:00:25,590 No, that's not as tight as I thought. That was a mistake. 1201 01:00:25,630 --> 01:00:27,630 (HOOTER) 1202 01:00:27,670 --> 01:00:30,670 Unleash 1200 horsepower, bit of brakes. 1203 01:00:30,710 --> 01:00:33,390 It's no problem. 1204 01:00:33,430 --> 01:00:35,870 No looking at the drops. Drops are irrelevant. 1205 01:00:37,310 --> 01:00:39,590 (HOOTER) 1206 01:00:43,990 --> 01:00:45,670 Balancing it through there nicely. 1207 01:00:48,150 --> 01:00:50,710 This is starting to come together now. 1208 01:00:52,190 --> 01:00:54,750 This is the long right-hander, I think. 1209 01:00:54,790 --> 01:00:56,870 No, this is the long right-hander. 1210 01:00:57,950 --> 01:01:00,190 It's bloody complicated. 1211 01:01:00,230 --> 01:01:02,070 Getting on it, getting on it, getting on it. 1212 01:01:04,070 --> 01:01:06,950 This could go so wrong. 1213 01:01:06,990 --> 01:01:08,950 JEREMY: With the practice session complete, 1214 01:01:08,990 --> 01:01:11,350 it was time to go against the clock. 1215 01:01:11,390 --> 01:01:13,670 And for me, this was a problem. 1216 01:01:13,710 --> 01:01:17,070 Because the rules said that in timed runs, 1217 01:01:17,110 --> 01:01:19,190 I had to wear a helmet. 1218 01:01:21,030 --> 01:01:22,790 No. 1219 01:01:22,830 --> 01:01:24,870 (GROANS) 1220 01:01:24,910 --> 01:01:26,190 No. 1221 01:01:26,230 --> 01:01:28,430 Right, well, I can either drive like this, 1222 01:01:28,470 --> 01:01:30,910 with a helmet on, or... 1223 01:01:32,390 --> 01:01:34,430 What the hell are we gonna do? 1224 01:01:34,470 --> 01:01:37,630 It was time to break out my genius. 1225 01:01:39,630 --> 01:01:42,230 Lamborghini's got one of their test drivers here. 1226 01:01:42,270 --> 01:01:44,950 He's about this big. 1227 01:01:44,990 --> 01:01:47,150 -What's your name? -Giacomo. 1228 01:01:47,190 --> 01:01:48,870 -Giacomo. -Giacomo is the Italian name. 1229 01:01:48,910 --> 01:01:50,110 -Yiacomo. -Giacomo. 1230 01:01:50,150 --> 01:01:51,750 -Jack-mo. -Giacomo. 1231 01:01:51,790 --> 01:01:54,230 Whatever. Don't worry. You look exactly like me. 1232 01:01:54,270 --> 01:01:56,510 I'll tilt that camera down, it'll make you look taller. 1233 01:01:56,550 --> 01:01:59,510 Be fine with a crash helmet on. Curly hair, same as me. 1234 01:01:59,550 --> 01:02:02,150 -But you've gotta sound like me. -All right. 1235 01:02:02,190 --> 01:02:04,230 So..."Hammond, you idiot!" Say that. 1236 01:02:04,270 --> 01:02:06,230 -Hammond, you idiot! -Hammond, you idiot. 1237 01:02:06,270 --> 01:02:07,710 -You idiot. -You idiot. 1238 01:02:07,750 --> 01:02:09,270 Exactly, because he always is an idiot. 1239 01:02:09,310 --> 01:02:11,670 So you can always drop that in. It's a useful phrase. 1240 01:02:11,710 --> 01:02:17,190 The other one is, this is the fastest car, pause... in the world. 1241 01:02:17,230 --> 01:02:21,350 -This is fastest car... pause...in the world. -Say it. 1242 01:02:21,390 --> 01:02:24,030 This is the fastest car... pause, in the world. 1243 01:02:24,070 --> 01:02:26,230 JEREMY: With all that sorted out, 1244 01:02:26,270 --> 01:02:28,470 James took his place on the start line. 1245 01:02:30,670 --> 01:02:32,190 This is the big one. 1246 01:02:32,230 --> 01:02:35,110 (DISTORTED ANNOUNCEMENT IN ITALIAN) 1247 01:02:37,790 --> 01:02:40,510 -...James May! -(HOOTER) 1248 01:02:40,550 --> 01:02:42,990 (ENGINE ROARS) 1249 01:02:48,270 --> 01:02:49,750 (TYRES SCREECH) 1250 01:02:49,790 --> 01:02:53,470 Now is the tight right-hander, so a dab of brakes. 1251 01:03:07,910 --> 01:03:10,270 I'm sorry I didn't say anything. That was my concentrating face. 1252 01:03:10,310 --> 01:03:13,750 That's the most I've concentrated for five years. 1253 01:03:15,070 --> 01:03:17,550 JEREMY: Then it was my turn. 1254 01:03:17,590 --> 01:03:20,790 (DISTORTED ANNOUNCEMENT IN ITALIAN) 1255 01:03:22,550 --> 01:03:24,630 ...Jeremy Clarkson! 1256 01:03:24,670 --> 01:03:26,230 (HOOTER) 1257 01:03:26,270 --> 01:03:29,030 (ENGINE ROARS) 1258 01:03:34,310 --> 01:03:36,070 Hammond, you hidiot. 1259 01:03:38,190 --> 01:03:42,750 This is the fastest car... pause... in the world. 1260 01:03:42,790 --> 01:03:44,910 (ENGINE ROARING) 1261 01:03:54,070 --> 01:03:57,590 JEREMY: With an astonishing time on the scoresheet, 1262 01:03:57,630 --> 01:03:59,390 Hammond had it all to do. 1263 01:03:59,430 --> 01:04:01,830 And we decided to give him some encouragement. 1264 01:04:03,150 --> 01:04:04,670 -Hammond. -Yeah. 1265 01:04:04,710 --> 01:04:07,790 Really, really, really big crowds here today, as you can see. 1266 01:04:07,830 --> 01:04:10,270 -Yeah. -Because they know... 1267 01:04:10,310 --> 01:04:12,350 you're gonna break the record here. 1268 01:04:12,390 --> 01:04:14,150 54 seconds. 1269 01:04:14,190 --> 01:04:17,310 Come on, you've got 1200 horsepower, you've been practising all morning. 1270 01:04:17,350 --> 01:04:19,710 Actually, it is the most powerful car here by some margin. 1271 01:04:19,750 --> 01:04:21,670 Well, I can't promise to-- 1272 01:04:21,710 --> 01:04:23,710 Well, it's the fastest car we've ever seen! 1273 01:04:23,750 --> 01:04:26,550 Look at it this way, the whole of Croatia 1274 01:04:26,590 --> 01:04:30,470 is watching this knowing that you're gonna do it for them. 1275 01:04:30,510 --> 01:04:32,990 JAMES: In 52 seconds' time, you're going to be 1276 01:04:33,030 --> 01:04:36,510 whatever the equivalent of a hero of the Soviet Union is, but in modern-day Croatia. 1277 01:04:36,550 --> 01:04:39,190 -Not just Croatia. -It goes spreading out. 1278 01:04:39,230 --> 01:04:41,150 It's the whole Eastern European region. 1279 01:04:41,190 --> 01:04:42,390 Yeah. 1280 01:04:42,430 --> 01:04:44,990 You have got a lot riding on your shoulders, Richard Hammond. 1281 01:04:45,030 --> 01:04:46,310 -You... -A lot. 1282 01:04:46,350 --> 01:04:48,270 -You will be on a coin. -Thank you, guys. 1283 01:04:48,310 --> 01:04:50,510 -He'll be on a coin. -Or a stamp. 1284 01:04:52,710 --> 01:04:55,510 Oh, I'm quite nervous. I'm suddenly nervous. 1285 01:04:59,670 --> 01:05:02,630 (DISTORTED ANNOUNCEMENT IN ITALIAN) 1286 01:05:02,670 --> 01:05:05,590 ...Ricardo Hammondo! 1287 01:05:05,630 --> 01:05:07,870 RICHARD: OK, here we go. Give it your best shot, Rich. 1288 01:05:07,910 --> 01:05:09,590 Yeah. Watch this. 1289 01:05:09,630 --> 01:05:11,430 (HOOTER) 1290 01:05:11,470 --> 01:05:13,230 (WHIRRING) 1291 01:05:46,670 --> 01:05:48,830 -Crash! -(THUDDING AND CLATTERING) 1292 01:05:51,590 --> 01:05:53,670 (RICHARD GROANS) 1293 01:05:53,710 --> 01:05:55,790 (THUDDING AND CLATTERING) 1294 01:05:55,830 --> 01:05:58,550 (SILENCE) 1295 01:05:58,590 --> 01:06:00,590 (SIREN WAILING) 1296 01:06:06,390 --> 01:06:08,390 (SIREN WAILING) 1297 01:06:14,550 --> 01:06:17,270 (SIREN WAILING) 1298 01:06:17,310 --> 01:06:19,630 (SIRENS) 1299 01:06:22,990 --> 01:06:25,630 (CHATTER) 1300 01:06:40,830 --> 01:06:43,190 (SIREN) 1301 01:06:56,270 --> 01:06:59,670 Right, I have the times here. Are you ready? 1302 01:06:59,710 --> 01:07:02,150 -Representing the present day... -(LAUGHTER) 1303 01:07:02,190 --> 01:07:04,830 ...the Honda NSX did it in... 1304 01:07:04,870 --> 01:07:07,270 1:20.4. 1305 01:07:07,310 --> 01:07:08,950 -(BLEEPING) -OK. 1306 01:07:08,990 --> 01:07:11,710 Representing the past, the Lamborghini Aventador 1307 01:07:11,750 --> 01:07:14,950 did it in 1 minute 10.4. 1308 01:07:14,990 --> 01:07:16,630 AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Ooh! 1309 01:07:16,670 --> 01:07:19,670 And this is the big one. Representing the future... 1310 01:07:19,710 --> 01:07:21,310 (LAUGHTER) 1311 01:07:21,350 --> 01:07:23,950 ...the Rimac did it in 1312 01:07:23,990 --> 01:07:27,550 one minute...14.7. 1313 01:07:27,590 --> 01:07:29,470 Yes! I am the winner! 1314 01:07:29,510 --> 01:07:30,910 (APPLAUSE) 1315 01:07:30,950 --> 01:07:33,230 -Oh, I am victorious. -No, wait! Wait a minute. 1316 01:07:33,270 --> 01:07:35,070 -(APPLAUSE) -Wait a minute. 1317 01:07:35,110 --> 01:07:39,190 -The past and me. -You weren't even driving the bloody car. 1318 01:07:39,230 --> 01:07:41,510 Well, you were driving your car and you crashed it. 1319 01:07:41,550 --> 01:07:45,750 Yes, but I crashed after the finishing line, like a professional. 1320 01:07:45,790 --> 01:07:47,190 (LAUGHTER) 1321 01:07:47,230 --> 01:07:48,950 Hammond, when was the last time 1322 01:07:48,990 --> 01:07:51,990 you went home after work not in an air ambulance? 1323 01:07:52,030 --> 01:07:53,390 -(LAUGHTER) -Now-- 1324 01:07:53,430 --> 01:07:55,950 When was the last time you took your own clothes off at night, 1325 01:07:55,990 --> 01:07:58,110 rather than have a paramedic cut them off in a field? 1326 01:07:58,150 --> 01:08:00,830 -Now, hang on a minute. -You crashed after the finishing line, 1327 01:08:00,870 --> 01:08:03,030 so our cameras weren't there. 1328 01:08:03,070 --> 01:08:04,990 We had to get that clip from YouTube. 1329 01:08:05,030 --> 01:08:08,790 -That is not professional. That is selfish. It is. -Look... 1330 01:08:08,830 --> 01:08:10,550 I just don't know how it happened. 1331 01:08:10,590 --> 01:08:12,830 We do. We know exactly how it happened. 1332 01:08:12,870 --> 01:08:15,950 History has taught us you can't drive in a straight line. 1333 01:08:15,990 --> 01:08:18,350 And now we've seen you can't drive round a corner either. 1334 01:08:18,390 --> 01:08:21,470 Do you know what's a really remarkable thing about that crash? 1335 01:08:21,510 --> 01:08:24,110 -What? -That car continued to catch fire 1336 01:08:24,150 --> 01:08:26,630 five days after it happened. 1337 01:08:26,670 --> 01:08:30,390 -Fi... What? Bursting into-- -Yeah. Spontaneously bursting into flames. 1338 01:08:30,430 --> 01:08:34,430 The reason is the accident damaged one of the cells in the lithium ion battery. 1339 01:08:34,470 --> 01:08:36,590 That caused a short circuit, it catches fire, 1340 01:08:36,630 --> 01:08:38,110 but then that damages the next cell, 1341 01:08:38,150 --> 01:08:40,270 so that one catches fire, and so it goes on. 1342 01:08:40,310 --> 01:08:43,230 There are 8,000 cells in that thing. 1343 01:08:43,270 --> 01:08:45,270 It's like a chain reaction. What do they call it? 1344 01:08:45,310 --> 01:08:47,310 Yeah, chain reaction. It's called thermal runaways. 1345 01:08:47,350 --> 01:08:49,150 Bang, bang, bang, bang, and so it goes on. 1346 01:08:49,190 --> 01:08:51,150 -I was all right. -(LAUGHTER) 1347 01:08:53,030 --> 01:08:54,870 (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) 1348 01:08:54,910 --> 01:08:57,590 Thank you. 1349 01:08:57,630 --> 01:09:02,590 It's relevant. I'm OK. 1350 01:09:02,630 --> 01:09:05,150 We don't care, and anyway it's time to end the programme 1351 01:09:05,190 --> 01:09:09,430 with a conclusion to our very thorough test, and it's this. 1352 01:09:09,470 --> 01:09:12,230 The future is very fast... 1353 01:09:12,270 --> 01:09:15,670 and extremely quiet... but a bit burney. 1354 01:09:15,710 --> 01:09:16,910 (LAUGHTER) 1355 01:09:16,950 --> 01:09:19,150 And on that terrible disappointment, it's time to end. 1356 01:09:19,190 --> 01:09:21,230 Thank you so much for watching. Goodbye. 1357 01:09:21,270 --> 01:09:23,270 (CHEERING)