1. Tonight, Cameron Diaz in
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2. I repeat, Cameron Diaz in
our reasonably priced car.
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3. Sorry, Stig, totally
BLEEPing it up!
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5. Hello and welcome!
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6. That is later.
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7. That is later.
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8. But now...
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10. It's from some Swedish youths
and it says, "Dear Top Gear,
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11. "we are some Swedish youths,
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12. "and we've been given the
run of a whole ski resort
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14. "Do you a race fancy having?"
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for Richard Herring.
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northernmost ski resort.
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doesn't finish here until June,
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are on the beach.
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car against some extreme snowmobilers
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still in bed.
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I've chosen to take them on with.
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24. It's the Volkswagen Touareg.
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25. A big off-roader that for many
years we've... absolutely hated.
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came out, seven years ago.
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lot of things about it.
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you couldn't see out of the back.
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ridiculous thirst,
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some of the design felt like
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many improvements.
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see out of the back.
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off-road hardware,
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electric leather seats,
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ten-speaker stereo system.
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important right now.
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that the new Touareg
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less than the old one.
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more sprightly.
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V6 turbo diesel.
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55. All in all, I think this is the
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62. And then, in the middle of the night,
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on the infamous Dakar.
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body, bionic suspension,
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just about any terrain.
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71. Which is odd, given that I
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72. But no matter, I think this
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silver medals at the X-Games.
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80. 'for me to explain the race route
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81. 'across the ski resort. '
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eventually we'll finish
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at the ski shop.
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87. So, that's 12 gruelling
miles down ski slopes,
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across frozen water.
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2... 1... go?
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than a Lamborghini Gallardo.
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100. 'We plunged out of the
clouds neck and neck. '
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stick to the ski runs,
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desert, you can do this.
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109. 'As it turned out, the
Dakar was as fast on snow
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120. 'Despite my cock-up, I was just ahead
as we entered the forest stage. '
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123. 'But the teenagers were able to
whizz off between the trees. '
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125. 'Which meant they had the lead as we
reached the final part of the race,
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126. 'a six-mile dash across
the frozen lake. '
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of best part of 130 mph.
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132. 'But up ahead, the snowmobilers
could still hit 90 mph.
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133. 'So I'd have to give it
everything to close the gap. '
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race is won or lost.
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138. 'the snowmobilers
were still ahead. '
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140. 'But then, joy of joys, the snow
on the ice started to thin out. '
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have problems on this
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themselves overheat
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144. running on straight ice, so
they can't give it everything.
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145. 'And sure enough, they
started slowing down. '
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Yee-hah-hah-hah!
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lake thickened again,
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were back in the game.
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151. 'But now the Touareg
had the edge. '
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finish line. That's it!
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sand and desert,
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mountains and frozen lakes.
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I could've done that.
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164. Yes. Yes, I did. I'll admit they
did finish with a bit more of a...
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Yeah, it's the friction.
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like, Jimi Hendrix was in Abba?
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that a Volvo 244
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at the Nurburgring?
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179. No, stop, it's true, and you know
full well it is. Let's do the news.
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180. No. What I'm going to do is put
a piece of ice down the front
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181. of your trousers, to see if it sets
fire to your gentleman's sausage.
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182. No! I'm not saying ice is hot, just,
it can create a lot of friction!
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OK? Yes. Yeah.
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important piece of news.
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dangerous time of year to drive
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188. is... November, or
perhaps February,
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we think THE most dangerous time
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191. to drive a car, is roundabout now.
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192. Sunny skies, light breezes,
girls wearing short skirts.
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193. Dangerous. Very dangerous.
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194. Cos the thing is, you can't notlook.
No. You actually can't.
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You have no choice.
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you can choose not to do.
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197. It's easy not to use your mobile while
driving, easy not to drive after 18 pints
of lager,
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198. but you're driving along and, "
There's a girl, mustn't look...
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199. "I'm looking, I'm looking, I've
crashed, I'm still looking!"
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what we're on about?
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201. I drove through Soho the
other night, honestly,
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My head was just...
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Crashing into lampposts,
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that Germaine Greer
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viewer of Top Gear, and...
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In your mind.
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about this but the fact is,
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can't help it, it's natural,
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212. I mean, in the last three days I've
nearly had two quite serious accidents...
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susceptible to it! Even me!
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roadworkers he was looking at! Ha-ha!
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is here a case for the burka?
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The burka? No. No, honestly.
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Piccadilly the other day, OK?
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the road in front of the cab,
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over heels... Base over apex. Yeah.
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G-string, stockings...
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thisincident on DVD or pay per view?
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It did! Never happened.
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proof, from Citroen,
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It is! What were they thinking?
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to be, charles. Peugeot@citroen?
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lot of chat around at the moment
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or on electricity or on hydrogen.
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245. But we wondering, "I wonder if it would be
possible to make a car that ran on cheese
and onion crisps?"
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Porsche, or rather, Hammond has,
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wing, all very traditional Porsche,
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first mid-engine 911.
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255. So right now it's
running on Frosties
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chocolatey croissant things
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But it could equally run on
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258. fish and chips I had last
night or a big bag of Quavers.
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the driver can eat.
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precise about your lines.
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isn't it?It is. It was made in Austria -
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267. sadly, it is a one-off.
It lives in a museum now.
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268. But it's fabulous and I
did do a whole lap in it.
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Well, I did it in...
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Yeah! LAUGHTER
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some happy memories of an old friend.
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277. If you look back at all the amazing things
we've done with the Bugatti Veyron...
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it's the fastest car on the planet.
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it isn't, you see,
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do 253 miles per hour,
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281. but there's now a car in America
called the Shelby Ultimate Aero...
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car, not this old knocker.
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been built with just one purpose...
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production car ever made.
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290. On this car, the 0-60 time is the same
as it is on the standard Bugatti Veyron -
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all is utterly changed.
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takes just 4.5 seconds,
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time of a Porsche 911 GT3.
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top speed of 258 miles per hour.
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Super Sport has more power.
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has 1,000 horsepower.
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has 1, 200 horsepower.
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it need the power of a Golf GTI
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another five miles per hour?
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from explaining them properly.
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primary school explanation.
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303. Well, the issue is the air, which has
genuine substance once you're trying to
move through it.
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the air effectively becomes.
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like aerosol whipped cream,
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more like a very thick treacle.
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hour, it's like...
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through a fruitcake.
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requires more than just brute force,
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a new super slippery body.
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American car thingy,
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by the one they call de langsamer -
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zone near the old East German border.
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arrow-straight straight.
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you can actually max a Bugatti Veyron.
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by the Bugatti boffins.
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was finally given the all-clear to run.
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me slightly apprehensive.
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last at 258 miles per hour?"
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last at 248 miles per hour - it's 37 miles.
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about 258 miles per hour?"
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admiral how deep his submarines can really
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until they try it. "
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331. As I ventured onto the track, I was quite
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that extra five miles per hour.
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borders of car performance.
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ragged edge like Chuck Yeager.
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speedo read in kilometres
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for is 414 kilometres per hour. '
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339. If I reach maximum speed, I'll be drinking
fuel at the rate of 1.7 gallons a minute.
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through four tonnes of air an hour.
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straight is some steep banking,
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faster than I can speak! 300!
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I'm already up to 340.
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fast everything's going past!
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248 miles per hour. '
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open the Guinness Book of World Records
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on earth - James May?"
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direction and take an average.
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431 kilometres per hour.
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of England?267...
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And a CD player!
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fast this goes round the track.
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over to our racing driver.
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him a little bit too soon.
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week pushing an effigy
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through his desk fan.
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he's called the Stig!
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that thing fires off the line -
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those, almost cartoonishly fast.
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this ferocious speed
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now popping off the limiter,
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generating 0.7G of braking -
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brakes of a Fiesta.
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Veyron but still a heavy car.
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take in how fast this thing is.
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hardly makes any noise. Listen!
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grip of those 20 grand tyres.
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and there he is, across the line!
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little bit faster. Yup.
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? Well, look at these.
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The Gumpert, the Ascari and so on.
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Sport, did it in 1...
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427. Now it's time to put a star
in our reasonably-priced car.
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428. We had a bit of a
problem, if we're honest,
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430. At the last minute, they pulled out.
So we rang Cameron Diaz...
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431. We did. We said, "Would you mind awfully
coming on the show?" She said, "Sure. Love
to.
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bring Tom Cruise. "
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433. So, ladies and gentlemen,
here on this...
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on BBC Two... LAUGHTER
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How are you?
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438. Thank you. That's a bitof a reaction!
I know! It was a lot of fun.
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staggers me is, sitting here,
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440. it's almost like I've been joined by the
genetic blueprint for the human race with
these two.
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441. What do you think? LAUGHTER
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a point where they look like this.
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acting when you're in your late teens.
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later on in life
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446. For instance, Tom, why
don't you have ear hair?
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447. Next time I come on the
show I'll be like this.
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448. And then it'll go at the back...
Curling it and trimming it.
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449. Cos it's not like either of you
have taken care of yourself.
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450. You've broken every bonein your body over
the years. I've broken my nose a couple of
times
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leg and toes, ribs.
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of jumping up and downand falling off
things. Yeah,
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have looked in a mirror and thought,
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458. "I'm quite good looking, I'd
better take care of this. "
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459. How many times have you broken yournose?
Well, it started very early, I was 11.
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times since I was 11.
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thaton television here?
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467. Everything explodes, lots
of close-ups of Cameron,
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Obviously not for you. She was so funny.
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your hair. Yes, I did.
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moments of our time.
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473. It didn't take very long
for it to get there either.
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474. It just was a very quick...
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475. What I meant was... No...
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476. This is why I love Cameron, I have to tell
you. It's so much fun working with her.
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477. Yeah. No, but I love comedy.
The comedy stuff...
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always had comedic elements in different
characters.
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and I really want to do some comedy now.
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So let's have a look at that.
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483. Oh, no, no, no...
Hi, June. Who are you?
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484. This is the guy. I'm the guy.
It's the guy. I'm the guy!
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485. For your own safety,
please stay in the booth.
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486. What are you talking... Stay there,
or I kill myself and then her.
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487. Rodney... Rodney!
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488. Shot you through and through, Nowhere
near the femoral artery. It's all good.
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489. Might even get a promotion. Good?
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490. On your own, your life
expectancy is like here.
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491. With me, it's here.
With me, without me.
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493. Sorry, I panicked.
What numberwould you like? Three.
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It's good. OK.
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495. Um...
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496. I'm sorry about this.
You look great in it but the thing is,
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497. in the movie, you restore
muscle cars for a living.
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499. What is it you have to
check in at the airport?
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500. Triple Deuce. A carburetor.
A Triple Deuce carburetor.
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501. Do you find this as well? When girls start
talking about... About cars and engines.
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503. Could you say a six-barrel
carburettor for a '66 Vette?
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504. A six-barrel carburetor
for a '66 Vette.
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506. Do you put a lot of effort into
choosing the cars you use in movies?
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507. For example, in this movie, was there a lot
of effort went into the cars that were used?
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508. It's fun. We all sit around
and talk about which cars
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509. and motorcycles. We look at the train
and we line up a bunch of bikes
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510. and we look at the stunts that we're going
to develop, if there's going to be a lot of
jumps.
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511. We used the Ducati on this one.
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513. We needed a lighter motorcycle, we needed
something I could hold Cameron around.
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514. That's a stunt I've been wanting
to do for many, many years.
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515. Have Cameron, you know...
It's not just you in this,
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stuntsas well. Yes.
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GTO, the daddy of muscle cars,
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518. and you're flicking it around allover
the place. It's a lot of fun.
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519. One of the things was, you often see actors
coming on, saying, "Yeah, I did my own
stunts",
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520. so I thought it would be a good ideato say,
"Come on, Cameron, take me out on the track.
" Yeah.
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521. Anybody want to see... I do. Yeah.
Let's have a look at this.
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522. This is just about as
good as life gets, really.
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524. Thank you, Jeremy.
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526. All you've got to do is go
like this and "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
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527. Yeah.
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528. How much fun is that?
I was vomiting.
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What are you everyday cars?
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530. Right now, I mostly... I drive
a lot of motorcycles right now.
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531. Bikes? Recently, a lot
ofmotorcycles. He does.
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Let's run through them.
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1934, that my wife bought me
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534. that used to belong to Steve
McQueen. There you go.
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535. That's actually it, is it? Yep.
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536. That was Steve McQueen's old Indian? Yeah.
What I'm interested in,
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537. this Virus, it looks the mostincredible
bike I've ever seen. It is incredible.
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538. That bike is beautiful.
Where's it made? Italy.
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539. And you have to be measuredfor
this, do you? Yes.
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540. They do your measurements and
build it to your specifications,
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541. my height and weight
and how I like to ride.
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542. So it's a tailored bike.
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543. Yeah, that's a tailored bike.
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544. Do you like bikes, Cameron? No, I don't.
I ride on the back of them very well.
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545. It's a good way of dealing withthe
paparazzi if you've got... The helmet on.
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546. I wear a helmet when I drive
my Prius You've got a Prius?
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547. I love the PriusLAUGHTER
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548. So what cars... I thought it wasyour
favourite car. It IS my favourite car.
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549. Is that what you drive in and
out of town? We expect it.
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551. Love it.
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552. I discovered you had a Mustang
Celine, the tuned Mustang.
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553. The other Mustang that I'm
interested in of yours is your P-51,
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554. which is a WWll fighter
rather than a car.
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555. I just love... I grew up
and we travelled a lot
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556. and every time we travelled I had a
picture of a Spitfire and a P-51.
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557. As a little boy I'd fall asleep looking
at the pictures of airplanes on my wall
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559. Years later I got my licence
and started flying aerobatics
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560. just to train on taildraggers so
that one day I could fly a P-51.
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561. Have you ever been in those fast jets that
you flew in Top Gun? Yes. You flew in the
F-... 15, yeah.
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562. I flew in the F-14. The Navy one.
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563. I flew also in the F-16 in Korea.
Can I just ask...
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564. This is really embarrassing, because
it's Tom Cruise... Did you puke?
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565. Yes, I did.
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566. I had three flights in one day.
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567. Actually, when you see the film,
some of the shots are in the airplane
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568. and we were doing heavy air combat
manoeuvres. My pilot's name was Bozo
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569. and I had the bag right there,
so I leaned down to fill the bag
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570. and as I leaned down, he
pulled up, went right up.
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571. My head was on the floor and I'm
trying to hit the mic and I'm going
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572. "Mother! Mother!
" My head is banging on the floor,
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573. pulling up...
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574. I finally came up and I
said, "What are you doing?"
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575. He says, "Well they don't
call me Bozo for nothing. "
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576. Anyway, obviously, you came here
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577. to see how fast you could driveour
reasonably priced cararound our track.
Absolutely.
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578. You're 33 films, you're 30, I think
this is the peak of your career now.
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579. I'm thinking of maybe
Cameron's lap first of all.
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580. Yeah? Ladies first?
Good idea? Yes!
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581. OK, let's have a look.
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582. So we're off, and
that's a good start.
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583. That's a good look.
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584. Here we go.
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586. Nobody looks good in a helmet.
She looks good in a helmet.
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587. That's perfect.
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590. They're Korean, actually.
To be honest, they're Korean gears.
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No?He doesn't know it exists.
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593. Now, did you keep it in the lines?
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You didn'tlift off? It's flat out.
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600. Flat out, and then that's a
beautiful line through there.
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and there we are, across the line.
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602. Very good.
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603. What is it? What is it?
What is it? What is it?
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604. Tell me, tell me, what is my time? I think
we'll look at Tom's lapfirst, shall we?
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605. Who wants to see Tom's lap?
Yeah.
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606. Nice start.
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to the first corner.
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609. I'm going, "Is this third gear?
"That's what I kept doing.
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line through there.
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611. The Formula 1 drivers come out really
wide but Stig thinks that's right.
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this to turn right.
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615. Now Hammerhead. This is the
hardest corner of the lot.
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lines like Cameron did?
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617. No. You see, Cameron,
you can grin there.
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all the way to the end.
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620. Flat through there.
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621. Yeah, and flat
through the next bit.
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622. That's so much fun. It is good.
This one's really fun too.
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623. And then...
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624. This is awesome.
You got it right that time.
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626. What if we'd actually killed you?
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627. I felt the wind come underneath.
I was feathering like a kite.
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628. "I'm on two wheels!"
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629. Thank God you managed to get it backon
all four wheels again. It was great fun.
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630. So what do we think? Fastest man's
a wizard, Rupert Grint at 1:45.5
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631. Slowest in the dry laps is Nick
Robinson, Political Editor for the BBC.
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632. He did it it 1:49.9.
So, Cameron, ladies first.
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633. This is the piece of paper
with the times on it.
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634. Good luck. Thanks, buddy.
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640. Yes!
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642. Yes!
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643. Now, that's a magnanimous face but, let's
be honest, you're quietly crapping yourself.
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644. Oh, my God. 1:45.2, I doubt.
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645. Oh, just give it over.
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646. Give it over! Give it to him!
Even Tom Cruise leans forward.
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647. "I'm not interested.
I'm not interested. "
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648. Tom Cruise, you did it in one...
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650. four. AUDIENCE WHOOPS
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651. You Americans.
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652. When I was on two wheels, I thought,
"I don't know what's going to happen. "
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653. Two wheels is obviously
the fastest way...
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654. You are a man who likes
racing, but that's quick.
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655. When the two wheels
were going through...
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656. I'm not going to come off and
they said, "This is it. "
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657. So I was thinking, "If I
go through on the side,
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658. does the time still count?"
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659. It was... That was a
breathtaking thing.
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660. My whole day has just been...
It's been just... Wow.
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661. Such an honour to meet you, Tom.
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662. This was the best day. Cameron, thank
youvery much for making me sick.
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663. What's that? Thank youfor
making me feel sick.
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664. Oh, you are so welcome
Ladies and gentlemen...
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665. Thank you so much. Thank you all.
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.
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666. Thank you so much.
That was so much fun.
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668. and you get to see Tom
Cruise and Cameron Diaz.
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669. They're great. Staggering.
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670. Anyway, anyway...
slight change of mood.
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would have celebrated
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earlier this year.
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673. The weird thing is, I was talking
about this to my 14-year-old son,
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674. and he went, "Oh yeah, was he that
racing driver that got killed?"
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675. That makes me feel really old.
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676. I know, it's awful, but the
thing is, I said to him,
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677. "If you'd seen his funeral, you'd
know he was a bit more than that. "
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678. 'One of the world's greatest motor
racing drivers, Ayrton Senna,
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a world champion,
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head injuries... '
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streets of his home city...
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in full military officers... '
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three days of mourning. '
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and I was racing that weekend
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heat or a practise session
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away on the car
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going round to the back of the car
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At nine years...
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Exactly where I was, what spot.
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Ayrton Senna as a sporting hero
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help underprivileged children.
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694. Elsewhere in the world, though,
we remember him best for this...
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695. 'And Senna goes through. '
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at Imola in 1994.
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championship three times.
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Schumacher and Fangio were better,
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they tell a different story.
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703. I think, Senna, I would
put him in number one.
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706. I would Ayrton Senna as number one.
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707. For me, Ayrton Senna
undoubtedly was the number one.
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708. I would put him number one.
He was the greatest driver.
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as well in number one.
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the Brazilian for 11 years,
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to explain why Senna
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haven't witnessed anywhere else.
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714. I sixth sense of where the grip was
before he turned into a corner.
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when it's going in a straight line,
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Absolutely. And there.
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717. You look at these and you
think, I can't do that.
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719. to be able to drive
completely on the limit.
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720. Some of the laps he did, we
know were, were unbelievable.
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This is manic. Look at this.
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he's absolutely on it, isn't he?
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last minute qualifying laps
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won an incredible 65 poll positions.
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just go and find...
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go and find half a second
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even better than that.
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his teammate, the great Alain Prost,
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one and a half seconds.
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734. Nobody, in the end, wanted
to spoil Senna's poll lap.
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736. and the very bright
helmet of Ayrton Senna,
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737. he would come through and we
literally jumped out of the way.
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738. You didn't want to be the one
they talked about as having
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739. blown the lap that the whole
of the Grand Prix venue
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741. 'But it wasn't just out and out
speed that made Senna special. '
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742. He was so good because he was
working so hard on details.
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743. I brought the car
also there and there,
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745. That's why he was fantastic.
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746. The worst is here.
The worst is the second chicane.
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748. But it is because the asphalt goes
like this in the third chicane
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749. and it's like this. In the second
chicane it's, you're coming bumpy.
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750. If I think back to when
I was his test driver
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751. at the beginning of the '94 season,
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752. after the second day he had a small
incident and tweaked his neck
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753. and that was it. The test was
over as far as he was concerned.
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754. Er, I came in the following day
and he was there! I thought,
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755. "OK, "he must have made
a miraculous recovery,"
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756. but in fact he was just there to
listen to what I was saying to
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757. the engineers, to work out whether
he could trust my feedback.
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758. When I compare that being
Nigel Mansell's test driver,
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759. he would set a lap time and then he
would bugger off to the golf course.
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760. Another weapon in Senna's armoury
was his utter ruthlessness.
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761. 'Prost having a look, Senna
driving him into the pit wall. '
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762. 'Schumacher trying
to take Ayrton Senna.
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763. 'Let's see if the
Brazilian moves across.
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764. 'Indeed he did. '
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765. He often used to put us in a position, erm,
that you were going to have an accident
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766. and he would leave it
up to you to decide
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767. whether to have that
accident or not.
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768. Martin experienced this
psychological warfare first of all
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769. when racing against
Senna in Formula 3.
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770. Look, I've got a great big lead
here and he launches in from nowhere
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771. and then... parks on my shoulder.
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772. I couldn't get out of the car until
they lifted his car off the top of mine.
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773. When he wanted to overtake, he'd go on
the inside and put the car in a place...
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774. If you tried to take the corner,
you're going to hit him. Yes.
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775. He would put you in a compromising position
and leave you to make that decision.
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776. And if you didn't run into to him,
psychologically you're buried and finished.
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777. He would then know that every time after
that it showed your wheel, you'll jump out
of the way.
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778. 'He's got Mansell all over him.
He has no reason to stay out... '
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779. 'Even the giants from Senna's
era respected his toughness. '
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780. I don't think there was any qualifying
session or any race he went into the wasn't
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781. to put it on the line.
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782. 'All over the back, he's having a
look and he's inside Mansell. '
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783. He was the toughest driver and
the most ferocious driver to, um,
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784. protect his area or space.
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785. 'Senna - all his skills involved.
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786. 'He's got a much, much slower car
and clapped out tires on his car.
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787. 'Mansell's got fresh rubber on.
All the grip in the world.
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788. 'Blocking away and sliding a lot.
Senna's knocking it down. '
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789. 'Mansell weaving this way and that
way, but Senna won't let him past.
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790. 'He's got the racing line
and he's going to keep it. '
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791. This will to win reached it's peak
at the Japanese Grand Prix in 1990.
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792. Here, Senna would be world
champion providing his arch rival,
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793. Alain Prost, now at
Ferrari, failed to finish.
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794. So, at the first corner, he made
sure Prost failed to finish.
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795. 'Alain Prost has
taken the advantage,
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796. 'Senna is trying to go
through on the inside,
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797. 'and it's happened immediately!
This is amazing!
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798. 'Senna goes off at
the first corner. '
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799. 'Yes, and that makes Ayrton Senna
world champion this year. '
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800. He doesn't even try to break?
No, no, no. At that point...
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801. when they are back there, Senna,
if he wanted to stay in the race,
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802. you'd have seen two puffs of
blue smoke from his front tires.
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803. That gap was always
going to disappear.
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804. He was driving into a
disappearing wedge.
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805. After the crash, he showed
absolutely no contrition.
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806. When there is a gap, you
either commit yourself,
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807. as a professional racing driver
that is designed to win races,
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808. or you come second or you
come third or you come fifth.
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809. I am not designed to come third,
fourth or fifth. I race to win.
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810. If you no longer go
for a gap that exists,
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811. you're no longer a racing driver.
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812. Strangely, Senna had a big heart.
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813. He was a devote Christian capable
of extraordinary compassion.
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814. When fellow racing driver
Erik Comas crashed in 1992,
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815. Senna stopped and risked his own life
running across the track to help.
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816. That's the paradox of
Ayrton Senna, isn't it.
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817. In that he was clearly a
fantastic human being.
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818. And he cared about people in Brazil,
he cared about racing drivers.
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819. I mean he was mortally hurt when
Ratzenberger died the day before he died.
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820. But then he would crash Alain Prost off the
race track and put both their lives at risk.
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821. As a man, Ayrton Senna
was hard to fathom,
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822. but when it rained it was easy
to spot his talents as a driver.
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823. 'And Senna is a wet
weather master!'
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824. This is Donnington in 1993.
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825. The track is wet and Senna, in an inferior
McLaren, is in trouble at the start.
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826. 'Coming up well Senna is crowded
out and down to fifth position.
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827. 'Wendliger is up into third
place ahead of Schumacher
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828. 'Prost leads, Hill second, and Ayrton Senna
is up to fourth position ahead of
Schumacher.
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829. 'Challenging Wendliger as they go round the
right-hander into the old hairpin. Senna is
up to third.
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830. 'A quite brilliant couple
of corners by Ayrton Senna.
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831. 'Tremendous stuff. He muscled his way
back into the contention at Redgate.
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832. 'He's going inside Damon Hill and
Senna into second place already. '
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833. 'So, two retirements already...
and Senna goes through into the lead!
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834. 'He's past Alain Prost so...
' And that was it.
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835. One lap, fifth to first. Yeah.
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836. If you want to have 40 seconds of, what is
Ayrton Senna the racing driver all about?
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837. There it is in a nutshell. Yeah.
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838. After the race, though,
he was completely calm.
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839. Driving with slicks in damp
and really slippery conditions
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840. was... was tremendous.
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841. Conditions like this is gambling and
it's taking chances that pays off
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842. and I think we gambled good.
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843. Of course you have to remember that
Senna was doing his gambling in cars
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844. that were like wild
ferocious animals.
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845. This McLaren MP44, in
which he won eight races
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846. and his first world championship,
had very little down force,
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847. a manual gear box and
1,200 horse power.
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848. 450 more than the F1 cars of today.
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849. It is the last of the
turbo charged monsters.
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850. One of the greatest
racing cars ever made.
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851. And today, it's going
to rumble again
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852. in the hands of Senna's
number one fan.
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853. I'm nervous.
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854. There it is. Wooooo!
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855. I can't believe that, um...
Oh, jeez...
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856. You've just got back from the Canadian
Grand Prix this morning? Yeah.
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857. I couldn't sleep. Really?
I slept like an hour or so on the flight.
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858. I couldn't get to sleep...
Cos you get to drive Senna's MP4?
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859. I just can't imagine what
it's going to be like.
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860. I just have this...
I have this sound in my head
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861. of the car roaring and going through
Monaco streets when he's one handed.
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862. I'm going to go one handed and see what
it's like round one of the corners.
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863. Let's go, let's go. Can I go?
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864. Ooh, it's BLEEP.
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865. Woo-hoo-hoo!
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866. Oh, yeah! Whoa-ho-ho-ho, my God!
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867. The racing back in the mid '80s
was, I mean there's an incredible
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868. scene with Nelson Pike overtaking
Senna on full opposite lock.
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869. Very little in the way of safety,
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870. very little in the way
of aerodynamic grip.
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871. Manual gearboxes,
1,200 horse power.
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872. Yeah, and the cockpit, you
could almost punch through it.
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873. So you think, jeez, you're
driving around at those speeds,
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874. your wheel falls off, the mechanic
makes a mistake, you're dead.
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875. It's phenomenal and I
can't even contemplate
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876. what it would have
been like, but, er...
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877. So that's why I think you have even more
respect for the guys that did it back then.
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878. You had to be, back
in the '80s... Crazy.
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879. You know, you've got your
Mansells, Pikes, Prost...
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880. The drivers were... It's justthe right
time... incredible and you think that
shining out
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881. from all of those drivers
in that great era...
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882. Yep... Senna rose to the top.
Senna rose to the top.
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883. I don't want to go in.
Let's do another lap!
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884. I loved the fact that he would fight
for what he truly believed in.
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885. It's just everything! He puts
everything into getting that lap
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886. and he had no fear.
That's what I loved about it.
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887. I love this car!
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888. I love it.
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889. Come on.
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890. That's amazing.
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891. Oh, it' so much... It's nothing
like the car I drive nowadays.
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892. But just to know the commitment and
to get used to driving this car
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893. on the limit, I just...
I just couldn't imagine it, man.
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894. It's one of the best
days of my life.
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895. I just feel so blessed, you know.
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896. I dreamed my whole life
of driving that car.
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897. My whole, my whole life.
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898. I just, er, just ticked
off one of my dreams.
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899. I'll be honest with you,
I was never a Senna fan.
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900. I always thought Gilles Villeneuve
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901. was the greatest racing
driver of them all, but...
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902. to make this film, I've watched
hours and hours and hours of footage
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903. and the thing is, Villeneuve was
spectacular on a number of occasions...
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904. Senna, he was spectacular every
single time he got in a car.
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905. There's an amazing film
coming out in the next year
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906. and I urge you all to go and see it.
It's fantastic.
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907. But for now, goodnight.
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908. E- mail subtitling@bbc. Co. Uk
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