I didn't really like this episode until the end.
* Started off with fellating yet another awful Alfa. He admits it has all the usual faults and isn't good looking from some angles (nearly all of them, to me) but "none of this matters". No points for that.
* The news was formulaic, except for the impossibly uglier 8C vert being this week's porn. Half a point there.
* The first part of the race wasn't much to write home about either. Hammond and May took to the train system well, but Clarkson didn't really seem to be behind the car rather than just awed with the bumf and gadgetry. The final few minutes were really good...but...and I don't care what Clarkson or anyone else says. The only word that came to my mind when he lost 45 minutes because of the sat nav blinking out was "convenient". It looked like a blowout for Jeremy, but one button press erased it all. The second part was much better, though. Jeremy enjoyed himself more and the finish was incredible. It took up a lot of the show, but it was worth it. 4 points.
* The Stars portion wasn't so bad. I'd give it 1.5 points.
Total of 6 out of 10. Nothing too special. So much wrong, especially in the first half. Worst of all, the show still seems completely unbalanced. It's basically become what I've feared since Series Eight, "The Clarkson Show". He always used to be dominant, but now even more so.