[10x09] December 9th, 2007

[Koenig]

Haven't watched it yet, but wasn't there supposed to be an 430 scuderia? Or was that canned before it got trashed?

[CrazyRussian540]

[skylock]

Had to give it a 10.

I was crying right along with Jeremy.

Everyone involved did a fantastic job.

Loved all the bits with The Stig.

The race should have been an hour special on it's own.

Oh please powers that be, put out a DVD with more of the race on it.

[rezakage]

Brilliant,
Epic,

[niccce]

I bet Andy's crack is some sort of a drug the Stig is addicted to

[torqueless]

amazing and powerful episode.

i like how they are choosing to go with a racing theme. its brilliant

[EsPpY]

The A10 made it 9/10.

Because I was hoping for a Scuderia.

[thedguy]

I thought it was a fantastic episode. The 500 part probably wouldn't have been as good if I wasn't a big fan of BMW street. I would have actually liked to seen a non super car review where they did the A10... Aston Martin and super car reviews are becoming rather stale.

Lets see some more like the M cars tribute on the Isle of Man or the AM DB5 and Jag E-type. I'd love to see them test more older cars, rather than find another excuse to test the latest rebadged DB9, or Koenigsegg with a tweaked 3rd gear (for .0000003 sec improvement in 0-60).

Honestly I was only really disappointed with was that they wasted our time with a star in a reasonably priced car, and didn't either A) do the news or B) have another segment.

The whole ordeal with the race was awesome. I was actually getting nervous about them starting the race, and I already knew for a fact they did better than that. Oh and "Arse" and "penis" on the doors... brilliant!

[Frederic]

What about the F430?

[Beckeh]

good episode, liked the Fiat review, Endurance race was good, even though less cocking about it was still a good piece. Ascari review was below the standard of your usual reviews but oh well, still enyjoyable

[Nick L]

I thought it was great. The race was definitely my favorite part, you could really feel the friendship among the three and the bond they'd made with that car. And those fake sponsors were pretty funny too, even if I had to look up what an "arse biscuit" was (and now that I know, I wish I hadn't..) Also, big props to the mechanics for getting all that was wrong with the car fixed as quickly as they did!
The A10 and Fiat 500 reviews weren't bad, but the 500 one felt a little predictable and the comparison between the A10 and the Daihatsu wasn't really that funny. But still, they were pretty good on the whole.
The star was above average but I think still not as good as Series 7.

I gave it 8/10.

[STANDARD_911]

I'd like to see them do the race again or another like it. It seemed like they could have done much much better had they not run into so many problems with the car. Whenever the stig was in the seat I had a big smile on my face, he is such a good driver.

[TJP]

Just watched the episode & its very good.

The 24 hour race segments were very enjoyable & quite suspenseful, even with knowing the end result. Loved the rather puerile words the sponsor stickers made with the BMW's doors open

This ep highlights for the average person just how much hard work goes into a race meeting. Crew chief Steve & Top Gear mechanics deserve a standing ovation for their work throughout the race meeting.

The Ascari A10 test was a bit of a recycle job from Jeremy's supercar DVD. Can't blame T.G. for this really if the crashed F430 was unavailable.

I quite enjoyed James testing a Fiat 500 in Budapest. The BMX riders help make the review far more enjoyable because they are so damn crazy. That was a major off by one rider after attempting to jump the car & would have hurt quite a bit too...nice landing on his shoulder.

No news & the Star segment was rather "meh". I voted 8/10.

Cheers.

[watto]

Fan-fucking-tastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all.

[manithemoneyman]

9.5, only cause of the star segment which was horrible.

Went in without knowing anything about the race or how topgear did, and holy crap it was amazing!!!

I cheered everytime the Stig took the wheel, especially in the beginning.

[Pr0_E]

Awesome episode!

Britcar 24h was one of the best films in TG ever, gotta love those stickers on doors! Makes me wanna buy a car and turn it into a racer, if I had the money and the skill to do it.

A10s time around the lap was surprisingly quick, I was thinking of 1.19ish. Nice looking car outside, time-warping-fast, but too bad it's a racing car inside, so you can 't really use it.

Fiat 500 review was nice, James is the right guy to review that sort of cars.

[Stranger]

just finished watching it myself

i gave it 8/10, partly because everything outside of the BritCar race was a tad boring, no news=fail

BritCar totally made that show though, great atmosphere, and you can really see that they weren't just messing about during this out, they tried their best and it showed. good job guys

[erolb]

".... now get a proper bike."

"Get a proper car"

[Queen of Meh]

That Britcar race was brilliant and great to see them work together and encourage each other, although when they bicker it's also great.

Instead of cutting out the news they should have cut out the guest, I thought Keith Allen was gonna be could, but clearly they had to cut it for time, although good time for him in the wet.

Over all loved it

[Queen of Meh]

Watching the episode again and i do love the BritCar race because it's just different, yes there is the typical Top Gear humour which is great, but it is fantastic to see them take it seriously and work together. And great to see them in a proper race. And props to all the tech cars who kept that car going

But one thing I don't get, why didn't they put Hammond in after the Stig then he would have gone out when there was light to make it a bit more easier for him to learn the track