New series of Top gear at 8:00

nicklouse
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edited June 2009 in The Crudcatcher
New series of Top gear at 8:00 BBC 2
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  • pdid
    pdid Posts: 1,065
    Nice one.

    Cheers Nick :D
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Allegedly a big secret is revealed tonight, also Clarkson rides on a steam train at the sharp end.
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  • Si78
    Si78 Posts: 963
    redvee wrote:
    Allegedly a big secret is revealed tonight, also Clarkson rides on a steam train at the sharp end.

    Apparently the stig is un-masked.
    Is it gonna be a comedy moment with Ronnie Corbett or someone equally unlikely behind the helmet?
    Or is Ben Collins gonna be revealed? hmmm...


    Good to have TG back tho :D
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  • yeeeehhaaaa :D thanks for reminding me!
  • :D:D:D:D:D

    Love it already :)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    just my luck, top gear starts just as im leaving the country AGAIN!! i can teven watch it tonight. hope james may is revealed as the stig.
  • Dang! Been watching Brazil stuff Italy...switched now though 8)
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    i take it back, one of the lads has just tuned his telly in, theres no way it was ever schumacher surely
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    The man in the white suit was a shocker, wasn't expecting him
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  • Surely not though...?

    Good interview tough.
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  • Tel39
    Tel39 Posts: 243
    Being cynical, a publicity stunt for the start of the new series?! But yeah good interview
    and nice to see the Schu has a sense of humour
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  • Awesome :D

    Best race yet!
  • Si78
    Si78 Posts: 963
    yeah, good race :D

    lol@ schuey too, at least he can have a laugh

    he was smokin in the liana 8) lol
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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
    "Some people say....." that there are a few different "Stigs". Some car manufacturers provide their own Stig for the power tests. I suspect that Ferrari may well have agreed to led TG that BEAST of a Ferrari on the condition that it was their guy driving it, and Schuey was their man. I think TG have their own stig for publicity stuff and the other little bits and pieces they do.

    Not sure I would really want to know who the Stig really is anyway, it would kind of ruin it imo.
  • Si78
    Si78 Posts: 963
    "Some people say....." that there are a few different "Stigs". Some car manufacturers provide their own Stig for the power tests. I suspect that Ferrari may well have agreed to led TG that BEAST of a Ferrari on the condition that it was their guy driving it, and Schuey was their man. I think TG have their own stig for publicity stuff and the other little bits and pieces they do.

    Not sure I would really want to know who the Stig really is anyway, it would kind of ruin it imo.

    Schumacher was given the first fxx by ferrari, and Im sure that was his car, so yes i'm sure he was driving.

    They do use lots of different drivers, eg Heikki Kovalainen drove the Renault F1 car a few years ago.

    Ben Collins is the main 'Stig' though, apparently.
    He was named in Richard Hammonds accident report as Top Gears performance driver and consultant, and has driven loads of times for the show (car football matches, Bowler Wild Cat, parachuter landing in the Merc etc etc


    EDIT, hope ive not ruined it for you tho. And I may be wrong lol
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Anyone know if there's a repeat?
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  • Whytepeak
    Whytepeak Posts: 2,616
    There may be, you can watch it on iplayer otherwise.
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 21,874
    Glad that is back!
  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
    Northwind wrote:
    Anyone know if there's a repeat?

    Saturday, 7pm, BBC3

    You may also be able to get it on the BBC i-player of whatever it's called

    Or wait a few weeks then it'll be on Dave, all day, every day :roll:
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Thankyou! I like Dave, I wish they showed more top gear though, it's always really annoying when I tune in and they're showing some other rubbish.
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  • clarkson
    clarkson Posts: 1,641
    was an intereting revealing!!

    apparently theres a repeat on bbc on friday as well
    I said hit the brakes not the tree!!

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  • clarkson
    clarkson Posts: 1,641
    was an intereting revealing!!

    apparently theres a repeat on bbc on friday as well
    I said hit the brakes not the tree!!

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  • Daz555
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    clarkson wrote:
    was an intereting revealing!!

    apparently theres a repeat on bbc on friday as well
    iPlayer as well of course.
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  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    edited June 2009
    Si78 wrote:
    Schumacher was given the first fxx by ferrari, and Im sure that was his car, so yes i'm sure he was driving.
    Schumachers FXX was actually the last (number 30) and has a different paint scheme to all the others. Apparently whenever any of the 30 owners want to drive their car at a track day, Ferrari bring along the car and 15 support engineers! :shock:

    Some people have more money than sense.
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  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    i watched it last night on iplayer....

    quite liked the 60 years in the past race!

    also...i think cat with no tail is on the money....schuey was only there to drive the ferrari.
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