Richard drives a F1 car round Silverstone - Top Gear
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Published 2008-11-07
Richard takes the Renault R25 Formula 1 car for a spin round the legendary Silverstone track. Can he steel his nerves to complete 2 laps without destroying the very expensive vehicle?
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All Comments (21)
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that engine can change rpm so fast it can play music. thats insane.
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“It’s absolutely the most glorious machine in the world” Mechanic reply “wait until you get into 2nd” proper cracking reply
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Professional F1 drivers make driving this car look easy. Mad respect for them.
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“I suspect the chief mechanic had seen better, but as far as I was concerned, driving god” Priceless, Richard, absolute priceless
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Richard explaining how he doesn't have enough time to think what he has to do and react reminds me of a quote from Raikkonen who, when asked how does he drive so fast he just replied: I just drive. Meaning, a F1 driver doesn't really "think" what he has to do, he uses all of his previous experiences and muscle memory to just do what is necessary.
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I have a whole new respect for the drivers after watching this
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I know he was top gear and everything, but I still can't believe they let him drive an F1 car
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this straight up never gets old To watch a normal person attempt to drive an f1 car, push the gas a little bit, just a little bit, in FIRST gear, and immediately scream "OH MY GODDDD" is just priceless
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“Richard, it’s James”
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After 11 years... yes, 11 years, this has come back to my recommended Edit: 12 years already!
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6:39 To put this in perspective, Hammond has driven pretty much every supercar and hypercar there is.
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It must be such a terrifying concept to know you have to go faster to stop yourself spinning.
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"its the most glorious powerful car ive ever driven" - "wait till you get into 2nd"
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A moment of silence for the v 10 era.
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And dont forget Richard has driven hundreds of cars in his life..Ferraris, Paganis, Lamborghinis, Bugatti and so on..so to hear him scream OH MY GOOOD in first gear..that speaks for itself..incredible machines!!
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Who's here after Alonso drove this bad boy around Abu Dhabi??
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Just imagine doing this with 30 other cars on the track. Unbelievable.
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I could easily drive that ... in to a wall of tires
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This generation of F1 cars aside from when they V12s just sounded ridiculous just hearing them at the top of the rev range was just music to my ears
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It gives you a sense of how difficult these cars are to drive. Hammond is a brilliant driver, as is Clarkson and May, but he still struggled greatly with it.
