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Hamilton vs The Stig

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  1. bennett

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  2. tifosi12

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    The US car industry sponsors BBC USA and vetoed the Top Gear show because it always bashes (rightfully) US cars. That's why they started the US version of Topgear, which is totally lame.

    Speaking of: Anybody seen the Topgear DVD "The good, the bad, the ugly"? All about US cars. Absolutely brilliant. Just wished they had tested the Saleen.
     
  3. kraftwerk

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    Respect for digging this gem out that is brillant news, I'am gutted you knew before me!!

    Clarkson is going to be the british prime minister did you know that!! he he :D
     
  4. kraftwerk

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    Yes got it!! brillant ...Now Andreas tell me who the stig is and I will be impressed :)
     
  5. tifosi12

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    A bunch of drivers have been the Stig. Some of them being F1 drivers. The helmet nicely hides that.
     
  6. kraftwerk

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    Smart as@ :D
     
  7. kraftwerk

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    Just read that there is no truth in the rumour that FA has set the car up for him..........:D
     
  8. ferraridude615

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    I can't wait for the Stig to win :D.
     
  9. Far Out

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    I'm REALLY excited about Hamilton's lap time. These are the top five so far:

    # 1:45.9 – Simon Cowell
    # 1:46.1 – Jennifer Saunders
    # 1:46.3 – Gordon Ramsay
    # 1:47.0 – Trevor Eve
    # 1:47.4 – Lawrence Dallaglio

    But http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_in_a_Reasonably-Priced_Car states that Formula1 drivers will use the (old) Suzuki Liana, as other F1 drivers have used it before, so you can compare the times. These are the Liana laptimes:

    # 1:44.4 – The Stig (II)
    # 1:44.6 – Nigel Mansell
    # 1:44.7 – Jenson Button
    # 1:46.0 – The Stig (I)
    # 1:46.3 – Damon Hill
    # 1:46.7 – Ellen MacArthur
    # 1:46.9 – Jimmy Carr

    It's interesting imho that the non-pros aren't THAT much slower than the F1 drivers. 2 seconds between the best drivers of the world and (talented) novices aren't that much (and the .4 gap between Hill and MacArthur is rather ridiculous :D). Now where will Hamilton lap? Low .44? .43? Even lower?
     
  10. kraftwerk

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    He will ..
     
  11. Far Out

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    Alonso will be the Stig :D
     
  12. tifosi12

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    LOL

    It'd be interesting if somebody would compare the Stig footage from the various shows. I bet the physical differences of the drivers would become visible.
     
  13. kraftwerk

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    Florian is that german girl who is a brillant driver IMO, who drove a Ford transit van around the N ring famous over there..?
     
  14. Far Out

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    What was her name? Susanne or Sabine Schmidt, is that possible? Can't find her on the board, though... and yes, her time would also be interesting. Those Ringtaxi drivers also must be unbelievably fast, given the practice they have :D

    Edit: Ooops, didn't read your question carefully. No, she's hardly known. I remember she was featured in a car magazine interview a few years ago... but beside that.. no.
     
  15. Simon^2

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    Start with the "american stig" from the interstate trip show...
     
  16. kraftwerk

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    Sabine Schmidt thats her, amazing driver totally impressed, she got the van stripped out and got with a few secs of Clarkson in some jag going balls out around the Nurburg ring....Dont think she took out the car on the top gear track though. she should be famous.. Clarkson offered her hammonds job..;)
     
  17. Far Out

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    Yes, I remember the episode... was pretty funny! And you're right, would indeed be interesting to see her lap the TG track.
     
  18. Ambassiatore

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    ...I remember one episode where a wheel from one of those econo-cars just fell of under the last braking on the final lap...Mr Stig really beat those damn things...

    ...and in some other with the Aston Vanquish he just spun out going VERY fast...scary sight given the pricetag of something like 270.000...
     
  19. kraftwerk

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    As I recall if the wheel had not come off it would have been the fastest lap ever for the non pro's unlucky.
     
  20. jonnypops

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    also in this episode hammond takes an F1 car out on the track! schweet!
     
  21. tifosi12

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    I always love it when they do that. I remember Clarkson in a Jordan and Herbert in a Stewart against McRae and Clarkson around Silverstone. Stuff of legends.
     
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    Help me out here please: If I go to that link I find the torrent download link in the archives. When I select that (which looks like it is an AVI file, which I can play), it only saves an icon to my machine, but doesn't download the 600+ MB file. What am I missing?
     
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    a torrent app. look for utorrent (windows) or transmission (mac).
     
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    My personal favorite is the one where he took the Koenigsegg off into the tires, actually sticking one in the grille. He commented that if it had a rear wing, ho could go a lot faster.....so, Koenigsegg repaired the car, put a spoiler on it, and let him try again!!!!!!! Great sports!
     
  25. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    Download Azureus: http://azureus.com/

    Open the icon your desktop and it should open Azureus automatically and start downloading (once you specify a place to save it to, of course). :)
     

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