The seventh series of BBC Two’s highly popular Top Gear is now ‘On Air’ on BBC 2 at 8 pm on Sundays, again featuring the popular ‘Star in a Reasonably Priced Car’ item. More high profile, celebrity guests are again racing against the clock around a demanding circuit in a Suzuki Liana Sedan. In the last series, nobody could match comedian Jimmy Carr’s outstanding 1m 46.9s. However, a new slant to the feature saw a pair of F1 drivers trying their hand around the Top Gear track. Damon Hill established a new course record with a lap time of 1m 46.3s, and Mark Webber, despite atrocious conditions, managed a very creditable 1m 47.52s. The same car which has been used throughout all five previous series is being used again. To date it has clocked up over 7,000 track miles, a distance that the Suzuki Technical Department calculates could be equivalent to up to 140,000 normal road miles. What’s more, the Liana has achieved this feat without any major faults, simply requiring – as one would expect – replacement clutches, wheels, tyres and regular services.
STAR |
TIME |
F1 Drivers |
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1st: |
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Nigel Mansell |
1m 44.6 |
2nd: |
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Damon Hill |
1m 46.3 |
3rd: |
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Mark Webber |
1m 47.52 (very wet) |
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1st |
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Ellen MacArthur
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1m 46.7 |
2nd |
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Jimmy Carr |
1m 46.9 |
3rd |
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Simon Cowell |
1m 47 |
4th |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan |
1m 47.3 |
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Closely followed by... |
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Ian Wright
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1m 47.8 |
Chris Evans |
1m 47.9 |
Rory Bremner |
1m 47.9 |
Justin Hawkins |
1m 48 |
Rob Brydon |
1m 48 |
Jay Kay |
1m 48 |
Jodie Kidd |
1m 48 |
Paul McKenna |
1m 48 |
Patrick Kielty |
1m 48 |
Trevor Eve |
1m 48.4 |
Dr Stephen Ladyman |
1m 48.8 |
Neil Morrissey |
1m 49 |
Roger Daltrey |
1m 49.6 (moist) |
Jezza |
1m 50 |
Jamie Oliver |
1m 50 |
Gordon Ramsey |
1m 50 |
Patrick Stewart |
1m 50 |
Lionel Richie |
1m 50 |
Martin Clunes |
1m 50 |
Sir Cliff Richard |
1m 50 |
Sir Ranulph Fiennes |
1m 51 |
Sanjeev Bhaskar |
1m 51 (wet) |
Timothy Spall |
1m 51.1 |
Carol Voderman |
1m 51.2 (moist) |
James Nesbitt |
1m 51.3 |
Christian Slater |
1m 51.4 |
Omid Djalili |
1m 51.5 |
Joanna Lumley |
1m 51.5 |
David Dimbleby |
1m 52 |
Eddie Izzard |
1m 52 |
Jordan |
1m 52 |
Rick Parfitt |
1m 52 |
Christopher Eccleston |
1m 52.4 |
Sir Tim Rice |
1m 52.7 |
Steve Coogan |
1m 53 (wet) |
Vinnie Jones |
1m 53 |
Fay Ripley |
1m 53 (mildly moist) |
Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen |
1m 53.2 |
Bill Bailey |
1m 53.4 |
Jack Dee |
1m 53.5 |
Alan Davies |
1m 54 (wet) |
Stephen Fry |
1m 54 (moist) |
Rich Hall |
1m 54 |
Martin Kemp |
1m 54 (wet) |
Ross Kemp |
1m 54 (wet) |
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson |
1m 54 (wet) |
David Soul |
1m 54 |
Michael Gambon |
1m 55 |
Geri Halliwell |
1m 55 |
Boris Johnson |
1m 56 |
Davina McCall |
1m 56.9 (very wet) |
Anne Robinson |
1m 57 |
Jonathan Ross |
1m 57 |
Johnny Vegas |
1m 58 |
Harry Enfield |
2m 01 |
Billy Baxter |
2m 02 |
Terry Wogan |
2m 04 |
Richard Whiteley |
2m 06 |
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