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After Top Gear allegedly refused to drive it because "they thought it couldn't clear a speed bump", Ultima Sports, Ltd. drove the car from Surrey to the track and set the time, verified by Plans Motorsport. [23] 1:13.2 – McLaren P1 tested by Motor Trend 2014; 1:13.6 – Nissan ZEOD RC pure-electric vehicle mode. [22] 1:14.2 – Ferrari LaFerrari.
Top Gear have also added a basic version of the test track on the games section of their own website, with the title of "Be a star in our reasonably priced car". A Top Gear mobile phone game also features the track. [47] The game Gran Turismo 5, developed by Polyphony Digital features a fully rendered version of the Top Gear track. Players have ...
English: Track map of the Top Gear test track for the Top Gear Test Track article. Original SVG file created with Adobe Illustrator CS2. Based on satellite imagery of Dunsfold aerodrome and promotional image for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Old cars vs. new cars – road circuit, race vs. showroom: three pairs made up of one classic racer and one showroom car raced against the clock in The Stig's hands. The pairings were: 1974 British Rally Championship -winning Ford Escort vs Ford Focus RS , Four times Le Mans-winning (1966–69) Ford GT40 vs Noble M400 ; 1983 World Rally ...
Notably, the top speeds of the Veyron and the McLaren F1 were recorded along this straight. In Episode 2 of Season 9, aired on 4 February 2007 on BBC Two's Top Gear, presenter James May reached 407.5 km/h (253.2 mph) in a Bugatti Veyron thus breaking the world land speed record for a road legal vehicle. [2]
The Top Gear BMW was fuelled, with Collins getting in the car as Clarkson hurried them out of the garage, the BMW cruising at pit-lane speed to join 5 other cars starting from the pits; the #79 VW, #63 Honda, #45 BMW, #5 Porsche and the #16 TVR. Hour 1. The Phatgixer Racing BMW M3 E36 stopped on track at Brooklands, retiring after 20 laps.
As a publicity stunt, the series also had Michael Schumacher disguise himself as "The Stig", primarily due to the fact that a car they reviewed could not be driven by anyone but Schumacher for a timed lap of the programme's test track. Alongside this, this series' highlights included a 1940s styled race, a motoring challenge involving rear ...
A car's time on the circuit is commonly used as a benchmark for its overall performance, and cars from disparate marques or time periods may be directly compared via their lap times. Since 2019, two times have been recorded: one for the whole length of the track, and another for a traditional, slightly truncated layout.