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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 5, 2015 15:20:26 GMT
Series 22 - Episode 7Vote & Discuss   Episode 7
Top Gear, Series 228 March 2015 20:00/8pm on BBC TwoIn this episode, James May is taken far outside his comfort zone as he straps into an insanely fast, highly tuned, 600-horsepower hatchback and is thrown into the lion's den of World Rallycross racing. As well as trying to fend off a pack of top-flight professional drivers, May's life is made harder by his support crew, the distinctly unsupportive Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. Also in this show, Clarkson is at the track in the latest Jaguar F-type R and a sensational, modernised E-type called the Eagle Low Drag GT, while Hammond is in Spain to test the brand new version of the legendary Mazda MX-5. Finally, Brit Pack acting star Nicholas Hoult tries his hand in the Reasonably Priced Car. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b055qsq1
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 5, 2015 16:02:34 GMT
Season 22: Episode 7 Photo GalleryJames is taken far outside his comfort zone, Jeremy is at the track in the latest Jaguar F-type R and Richard is in Spain to test the brand new version of the legendary Mazda MX-5.  James May and Tanner Foust  Tanner Foust at Lydden Hill Race Circuit  James May and Tanner Foust  Top Gear USA host Tanner Foust, an ace Rallycross driver, teams up with James May to help save him from massive indignity.  James May ready to get his World Rallycross racing on at Lydden Hill Race Circuit.  James May driving the Marklund Motorsport VW Polo  James May at Lydden Hill Race Circuit  James May driving the Marklund Motorsport VW Polo www.bbcamerica.com/top-gear/photos/season-22-episode-7-photo-gallery/#10238
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 5, 2015 16:12:23 GMT
 James May driving the Marklund Motorsport VW Polo   James May driving the Marklund Motorsport VW Polo  World Rallycross racing at Lydden Hill Race Circuit  World Rallycross racing day.  James May, Richard Hammond, and Jeremy Clarkson  Jeremy Clarkson with the Jaguar E-type (Eagle Low Drag GT) alongside the Jaguar F-type Coupe.  The Jaguar E-type Eagle Low Drag GT alongside the latest Jaguar F-type Coupe www.bbcamerica.com/top-gear/photos/season-22-episode-7-photo-gallery/#10230 |
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 5, 2015 16:20:11 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 8, 2015 12:42:45 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 8, 2015 13:23:12 GMT
Behind the scenes: Episode 7, Series 22
Your exclusive preview of Sunday’s Top Gear, with extra oversteer and a Nicholas HoultPosted: 06 Mar 2015  Enjoying the series so far? It's a big one, and Sunday's show is another bumper crop of new metal, old [but new] metal, some cocking about and some unknown who's been in a few films nobody's ever heard of. We jest, of course, because this week we've got none other than Skins, About A Boy and X-Men star Nicholas Hoult as the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car. Here's hoping he doesn't go all Beast on us and monster our poor little Astra... Elsewhere, Jeremy tests the Jaguar F-Type versus one of Top Gear's favouritest old [new] cars in the world, the Eagle Low Drag GT. Yep, you'll want to get the tea ready before this starts. Richard Hammond takes on Mazda's new MX-5, too, while James May is mercilessly strapped into a rallycross car, sent to Lydden Hill's RX course and put up against proper helmsmiths. People like Top Gear USA host Tanner Foust. Yup, it's Captain Slow vs Captain America. It'll all kick off same time, same place: 8pm, BBC2 on Sunday, 8 March. In the meantime, check out our exclusive gallery as we got behind the scenes...
Pictures: Adam Lawrence        www.topgear.com/uk/photos/behind-the-scenes-episode-7-series-22-top-gear-2015-03-06
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 8, 2015 14:41:16 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 8, 2015 15:06:33 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 8, 2015 15:18:33 GMT
Top Gear's James May races to Lydden Hill circuit for BBC show Posted: March 05, 2015  James May filming the secret race at Lydden Hill in Kent for Top Gear World Rallycross champion Petter Solberg, one of the drivers who competed against James MayMillions of people will see James May tearing across a Canterbury racetrack against masters of world rallycross driving in this Sunday's episode of Top Gear. Lydden Hill Race Circuit, on the outskirts of Canterbury district, is famous for being the shortest road racing circuit in the UK, making it perfect for quick, intense races. As part of the build-up to this year’s eagerly-anticipated World RX of Great Britain (May 23-24), James May challenged many of the top guns from the thrilling FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy to a special one-off secret race at the famous venue in Kent. May, also known as Captain Slow, was 'supported' during the race by fellow presenters Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. Among those revving up to humble May were the inaugural FIA World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg (below left), Top Gear USA star and motor sport legend Tanner Foust (below right) and Norwegian young gun Andreas Bakkerud, the man who triumphed at Lydden last year. All three, of course, will be back at what’s widely regarded as the spiritual home of rallycross for Britain’s only round of the action-packed World RX, to be staged at Lydden over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, 23-24 May. Top Gear will be on BBC 2 this Sunday at 8pm. Read more: www.canterburytimes.co.uk/Tope-Gear-s-James-races-Lydden-Hill-circuit-BBC/story-26124954-detail/story.html#ixzz3To83zlYj
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 8, 2015 15:31:33 GMT
News: James May belts into 600bhp rallycross car for Top Gear
Captain Slow no more?By Will Dron Published 06 March 2015  JAMES MAY has been doing quite a lot in series 22 of Top Gear to counter his reputation as "Captain Slow": he championed the Nissan GT-R in the Australia challenge; he got excited about the new Ferrari 488 GTB and admitted that he owns its predecessor, the 458; he was the one sent to test drive the near-200mph Mercedes-AMG GT sports car; and it was May, not Jeremy Clarkson or Richard Hammond, who got behind the wheel of the 950bhp Ferrari LaFerrari hypercar (you may have read his review in Driving, of course). However, this Sunday's episode of Top Gear will see the affable presenter drive perhaps his most extreme car ever: a World RX Supercar built for the 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship. It may look a lot like a VW Polo with a few boy-racer wings and skirts but this Polo, built by Marklund Motorsport can shift from standstill to 60mph in just 1.9sec. To put that into context, the LaFerrari May drove last year takes a full second to reach the same speed. The World RX Supercar's 600bhp and 664lb ft of torque is sent to all four wheels to give it maximum traction on the mixed asphalt and dirt courses it calls home, but May will have certainly had his work cut out without the luxury of traction control.  Top Gear shot the sequence at Lydden Hill racing circuit, Kent in December 2014. In the film, May learns to drive the car with the help of rallycross driver and Top Gear USA presenter Tanner Foust before taking on some of the regular World RX drivers such as Petter Solberg, Andreas Bakkerud, Timmy Hansen and Britain’s Liam Doran. Meanwhile co-presenters Hammond and Clarkson merely acted as May’s spotters, feeding timing information to him via the intercom. The BBC is remaining tight-lipped on how May did against the rallycross pros so we'll have to wait for the show on Sunday, but one insider did tell Driving that May's "Captain Slow" reputation may be well deserved after all. Where's The Stig when you need him? James May's World Rallycross challenge airs on BBC 2 at 8pm on Sunday, March 8. The UK round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship (complete with Petter Solberg, Tanner Faust and all the other appearing on TV on Sunday) takes place at Lydden Hill on May 24-25. For more info visit fiaworldrallycross.com. www.driving.co.uk/news/news-james-may-belts-into-600bhp-rallycross-car-for-top-gear/ |
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Mar 9, 2015 6:15:23 GMT
ho hum! A bit too much silliness at Lyden. Didn't like the e-type. SITRPC - who? Lowest point of the series so far for me!
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