Richard Hammond drives F1 Renault R25 car at Silverstone - Top Gear - BBC Autos

[unidentifiedbomb]

is that Tanner Foust at 6:52!? on the right

[mchandler2112]

This is a bit off topic, but does anyone know the name of the video where May and Hammond spend 24hrs in a car, ordering pizza and telling ghost stories and such?

[MF91ADL]

SO LUCKY OMFG I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR A CHANCE TO DRIVE AN F1 CAR

would be a life changing experiance.

The G force in the corners, the braking just the sheer accelaration of the thing and that wonderfull steering feel it must have it'd be like a go kart on crack perfect handling.

[TheReddevil0121]

@MF91ADL whynot do it?

[MF91ADL]

@TheReddevil0121 lol not rich enough unfortunatly

[TheReddevil0121]

@MF91ADL you dont have to be rich!

[Skynet241]

The song is epic

[lazydayhohum]

The sound of his voice as he is driving is classic.So damn cool...

[alleegasse123]

lol look at the description

[NottinghamForest22]

it makes the bugatti veyron look like a bus.

[XxDJrizeNxX]

THIS IS FUCKING AMAAAZING

[tacospartan]

whats the episode where the Stig drives it around the track

[LamboK28992]

the end with the engine song was so cool.

[DnDChannelOfficial]

that's a perfect car in top gear show...

[WhatThePresidentSays]

i guess the sound editor now handled video descriptions

[SunriseHealthFoods]

i bet the g force on acceration is tremendous

[SunriseHealthFoods]

@SunriseHealthFoods * acceleration

[jamzillah786]

hay thats the same laptop i got !

[butterchicken512]

its good to see how informative the description is to the video

[CoDAddictors]

at the end of the two laps, when it was a 'first person' view of hammond, how he released the wheel, it looked like something out of a video game :D

[timessi97]

какая это серия и сезон

[cola4598]

i want my car to whistle dixie...:(

[AkinBloom]

No all he needs to do is drive a top fuel dragster. That must be one of the biggest adrenaline rushes in the world.

[AkinBloom]

I got scared just watching! haha it's just amazing.

[gogojuice53]

Sprintcars have the biggest power to weight ratio in the world

[Tage199]

the last F1 have a song

[zlyable]

There is an Arab chick with an F1 license.. now i respect her :O

[youthinasia303]

Question, did they switch those "banded slicks" with radial tires so that he could actually make it around the track? Reference 5:43 and 7:07 (explanation) and then the tire shot at 7:27. I really am curious on this one.

[OneSikScraper]

@youthinasia303 yeah I dont think he could get those other tires warm enough for them to be sticky.

[BAUERGOALIE97]

@MrIljashevelyov Tiff can drive an F1 car. Fifth gear raced a 2004-5 williams f1 car vs a regular BMW at indianapolis

[francesthemutes]

@BAUERGOALIE97 Tiff Needell was also a professional racing driver and has actually competed in sanctioned Formula 1 races. He's no Martin Brundle bur at the least, has competitive track time.

[BAUERGOALIE97]

@francesthemutes That's as irrelevant as it can get.

He said that Tiff wouldn't do better than Hammond, and I said that he can drive an F1 car...

[TheAirsoftmadman]

Legend

[dacarfreak2000]

Imagine the flatspots on those tires.

[handed2you04]

Alright, who changed the description.

[ttenho]

hehe, silly Richard

[S3ANPukekoh3]

even an f1 driver would find it difficult at best to drive a V10 F1 car on the stowe circuit, its pretty much a go-kart track.

[TheARMAProductions]

@Shoxjie lol so true. For a normal guy to jump in to an F1 car is a big challenge. It can be done but it will take 100's of hours of practice. The guy would have to be under 45 as well else the G's would rip him apart.

[03iamhopeless]

Description Fail, see it guys.

[ZeroBoostBuick]

F1 racing gotta be the most boring thing to watch... maybe a handful of passes through the whole race, pathetic.

[sexysamina11]

@ZeroBoostBuick HI, I may be a girl but believe me let me tell you Formula one cars are the pinical of scientific knowledge.Formula one cars are the most advanced technological sports cars in the world.Nothing in the world can go faster around a track then a Formula one car and nothing looks cooler and more amazing.You canadians and americans are to addicted to just going round in circles like nascar and indycar which perform like pick up trucks compared to a formula one car.

[dobakito44]

@sexysamina11 "we americans" want a racing series like formula 1. nascar is even a joke to half of the country. we want a racing series that pushes the limits like formula 1. and canada has a gp in formula 1 so idk what your talking about.

[andylui3333]

@sexysamina11 indycar is more like champcars and formula 3....half the season is road course so dont compare it to nascar....but f1 ftw

[andylui3333]

@sexysamina11 also f1 is coming to america 2012 the new texas track tat is being built for the usa gp and a special race in nj

[andylui3333]

@ZeroBoostBuick u say so but this last season of f1 was amazing after they added the drs and many other system...so exciting and more passing WOOOOT

[andylui3333]

@ZeroBoostBuick stupid american stick with ur redneck nascar.....and btw f1 is coming to america starting 2012 whether u like it or not.....so booyah to ur fat american ass even tho im american....

[ZeroBoostBuick]

@andylui3333 first off I'm not American, I was born and raised in Europe... I happen to live in Canada... secondly, I hate nascar.... I'm a motorcycle racer, racing same kind of tracks as F1 cars... and F1 grand prix has been in Canada for a while, Montreal ring a bell ? it's in Quebec, a French speaking Province of Canada... you probably thought Montreal was in France this whole time you dumb retard.

[andylui3333]

@ZeroBoostBuick i never said montreal ring a bell...... and i know where is montreal....and ur replying it to the wrong person....i only said ur american...everything else is from another person...reread chat u dumb retard

[bullet50000]

@andylui3333

spoken like a true fanboy (In fairness, F1 is the only sport I pay attention to)

[andylui3333]

@bullet50000 f1 is awesome hehe

[dacarfreak2000]

@ZeroBoostBuick F1 to us awesome. It may be boring to the eyes of the spectators but to the driver's eye Its actually one of the most intense moments of their lives.

[stevil1300]

Bravo to Richard for even trying let alone succeeding in driving that car. That should give people just a small idea of the level of talent, skill and balls it takes to drive one of these cars. I'd love to see him try other cars as well; LMS P1 and GT, WRC even a NASCAR for laughs. Again, well done!!

[LawrenceLugar500]

F1 is so awesome...totally diff. beast than your best street super car.

[SerialKIillerrr]

I hate people that genuinely think driving F1 cars is easy

[AdamantJHS]

@SerialKIillerrr Same. It's more a sport than football will ever be. Anyone can kick a ball about.

[SerialKIillerrr]

@AdamantJHS lol yeh, or to make it sound more pathetic say 'They're paid £150,000 a week to kick a bag of wind around a field for an hour and a half'. :)

[AdamantJHS]

@SerialKIillerrr Haha I like using the "kicking an inflated sheep's pancreas" line, that's one of Clarkson's I think.

[SerialKIillerrr]

@AdamantJHS haha, legend

[JOKBO1]

Wow, i know this may sound kinda foolish but i really thought that F1 was overrated but after this video my opinion changed a lot.

[TheIoioioioi]

we can feel the power through him .woooah

[rig625]

The World Series Car sounds and looks like an IndyCar

[SageRai]

Hammond you lucky bastard, it been my boys hood dream to drive in f1, but sadly I don't have nerve of steel or gut, (sight):[

[oxxXXXMICHAELXXXxxoo]

let 's give it to the stig ?

[AMS97PS3]

@oxxXXXMICHAELXXXxxoo Well the old stig done F1 testing, so it would be easy for him.

[IndyB25]

The Hamster pulls one out of the bag again!

[driftadjiev]

thats what i call a dream job.. the actually pay him a money :D can you belive it? :D

[GreasemonkeyCGI]

How can you guys be arguing about Nascar? This guy is a good driver but stepping in this car was like stepping into a whole other world for him. Different cars present different challenges.

[kwazykilla87]

Pure Awesomeness!

[mijindani]

77 people are Fat, heavy and slow Nascar Drivers ;)

[MrTheoman10]

@mijindani lol americans f1 will always be better

[mijindani]

I dont understand Why Top Gear didn´t do a power lap of the f1 to include it on the power laps ranking.. i mean, sure the f1 would win by far to the other cars, great program but was a waste not include the power lap.

[Medifro]

@mijindani because a  F1 car isnt road legal

[mijindani]

@Medifro Ummmm now i understand, but they should make a ranking with race cars.... thanks for the info ;)

[heyedmond]

@mijindani Actually they did a power lap of the R25 F1 car: watch?v=1D9MfWKG8-k. It was actually Heikki Kovalainen driving in Stig's suit.

[gainesPp]

Is it v10??? engine

[phtmexplo]

@gainesPp This one is, the ones now (2006-2011) are 2.4-litre V8 engines

They going to change that to 1.6 litre 6 cylinder turbo engines in 2014.

[Romuloadex217]

@phtmexplo thats a shame! what happened to the 5 litres V12???

[alexshady31]

6:38 :)) =)) OMG ! OMG ! OMG ! =))

[emirz321]

How hard can it be ;)

[999lifegoes]

@emirz321 DON'T SAY THAT!!! lol

[Joescuderia]

Always when I watch this video , I got very impress with the speed in which the team manager orders the kid for set of rain tyres, the guy just flew following the order, man these guys really are fast!! and disciplined wow, and Hammond is just a cry babe and a crap driver.

[ttolenti]

@Joescuderia like you could EVER do better. You're probably that dude on the road everyone hates and gets road rage from. FUCK OUTTA HERE FAGGOT.

[997gt3rsblack]

haha bat on a superbike

[customerjon]

The stalls where brilliant.

[JonasTh33]

I think I could do that, too

[NITRO2494]

The F1 car was playing a bit flat at the end

[JuanBluesMan]

the engine is playing music wtf!?

[superford500]

@JuanBluesMan yeah the engine response is instant XD

[TheZoelzer2]

what do u mean his neck will go, it will break or what.

[SrpskiStefan]

@TheZoelzer2 going in corners puts massive stress on your neck muscles because you have to try and defy the gforce to look the opposite way and see the apex of the turn

[ThreeLiterV10]

alonso makes it look so easy

[snowbirdtownie]

now i want to see them race an F1 car against a bat on a superbike.

[stepxunit]

how hard is it to drive an F1.. obviously fucking hard o_O cant even get of the spot.. ive driven several supercars but how hard is the clutch on this thing ;O ?!

[MusicalAndTall]

@stepxunit There is no clutch. Its paddle shift.

[1991ALecM]

@MusicalAndTall Paddle shift means it has two clutches. A dual clutch gearbox allows for near instantaneous shifts due to one clutch disengaging while the second clutch engages. This is all controlled by a computer so there is no third pedal.

[Molo9000]

@1991ALecM

Dual clutch gearboxes are not allowed in Formula 1. They use insanely fast single clutch gearboxes.

[1991ALecM]

@Molo9000 Learn something new each day. Thank you!

[Rollerblader1]

@MusicalAndTall There is clutch. It can only be used when the driver is going to and from a standstill, and only controlled by levers under the paddle shifters. Other than that, the gearbox operates semi-automatically.

[theurbanlegend666]

Wow, in the end of this video the mechanic made that "singing engine" I reckon that F1 Engine is highly prgrammable wasn't it ? Awesome, they should bring back the 3.0 Liter V10's for 2012 F1 championship Awesome Vid !

[Kakabeblen]

Absolutly amazing. If a driving veteran like Richard Hammond has managed to stall an F1car, imagine how hard it must really be.

[SNWskidder]

description fail? xP

[headtufino]

wow! and hammond didn't get into 7th gear Dx

[TheNation6]

@headtufino actually the R25 only had 6 gears

[HawK271080]

No stig test ??? =(

[sonyviva308]

Love the song at the end..

[asdfghjklminiura]

@lokopoi123 yeah no problem :D

[asdfghjklminiura]

@lokopoi123 season 10 episode 7

[1982labman]

i like how they gave him intermediates, fk the queen

[Peeblekeeper]

@1982labman Nah those were dry tires.

[retermin101]

@1982labman those where slicks, back in those days, look it up. i think 2006

[GTAstuntz]

@1982labman Those were grooved dry tires. They used them in F1 from i think the 90s till 2008... U need some knowledge mate.

[papescape]

the song the F1 plays at the end... 'Priceless'

[kojimapie]

2:54 MGS3 music starts playing!!!!!!!!

[softbreeze941]

At Silverstone they can go up to 310 km/h and at 9th turn the G force is 5G!!! human can pass out from 7G :D And at Monza Circuit in Italy, they can go up to 345 km/h !!!! that's just massive

[XspetNAZ]

Imagine what it must feel like to drive 1

[LuchadoreBob]

F1 should go to Laguna Seca since it's the only really good road course over here.

[allamericandude15]

@LuchadoreBob Just imagine a bunch of F1 cars rolling through the corkscrew. That would be INSANE! Also it'd be nice to see F1 back at Indianapolis. The new track at Austin will have to do for now.

[tuugfo]

@LuchadoreBob austin texas is getting a grand prix circuit the first one in the nation look it up!

[kmkhouse]

Greatest show in the history of t.v.

[anotherone10]

LOL, wrong video description

[WWIIStudy101]

Why are the two highest comments, the same guy and comment?

[McDrift1986]

He drives like shit, watch the fifth gear where tiff does it, he knows what he's doing.

[MrIljashevelyov]

@McDrift1986 Tiff might know what he is doing, but he is not an F1 driver, F1 has a different driving technique and style, Tiff wud be the same as Richard

[aharrymarry]

@MrIljashevelyov

You,re commenting here like you know it all..like what you,re saying is a fact..talking about technique and style...you know as much as an escaped anus,

if it ain,t in your common knowledge, just google ,,Tiff Needel F1,,.

[MrIljashevelyov]

@aharrymarry I take back the words about tiff not being an f1 driver, but i am right that f1 has different style of driving compared to, let's say WRC, lets take Kimi Raikkonen for example, he is an ex-world f1 champ, he lft f1 because of his contract and moved to rally, he is utterly rubbish because he is used to driving an f1 car, which is, completely different.

[aharrymarry]

@MrIljashevelyov

Yes it,s a different sport, those guys choose at an early age in what kind of motorsport they are going to specialize in

Almost every guy from Finland (like Raikonen) knows how to drive rally, in Finland every 16 year old has his own rally car to drive in those endless woods, that,s why they have so many world champions.

Americans play baseball, and they drive rallycars. Bye the way Raikonen is not doing so bad, he has his own team, and in some stages he,s faster then Loeb!

[gondronggondrong]

i think i just shit myself.....and im just watching him driving.....

[Gannondalf]

holy shit imagine driving a formula 1 car

"that was me revving a forumla one car" god damn imagine that

the ultimate toy

[charlesr456]

@7.02

"Wait until you get into 2nd".

lol

[GlobalCop]

I show this to everyone I try to evangelize into watching F1, so they can appreciate what's at stake. Come on U.S. get into F1!

[copperkipper1]

@GlobalCop U.S failed massivly. USF1 an embarresment LOL

[leoz96]

@GlobalCop Maybe is because most of you guys from the north prefer watching Nascar :|

[terminator4992]

@leoz96 actually, I'm from California and I hate NASCAR and Indy! I love F1 and when it comes to Texas next year, me and my bro are going to drive out their to see the race. nothing better than F1!

[leoz96]

@terminator4992 Thats why i said "Most", I mean you dude, are right, Nascar is a big ass shit

[njdevil281]

@GlobalCop Why Nascar is faster and louder...sorry but it's true.

[lambshead100]

@njdevil281 but they just go around in circles about 300 times ;/ lol

[Narutofan1000k]

"thats because im doing left foot braking" Youre telling me that richard hammond never raced a car before?

[animeonperseest]

@Narutofan1000k You don't do left foot braking in most race cars.

[forremm]

what the fuck is up with that engine

[blackjesusnation]

@forremm its got huge balls

[albboy96]

ahahhaha funny engine..

[desel09]

God Save The Queen.

[MrKarlim]

I would love to see any of then driving the Mclaren/Williams from Senna's era at this circuit, if you know what i mean...

[OvayBrandao]

@MrKarlim Exactly what I wanted to say.

[TheZoelzer2]

how do u get a car to rev so high

[FrowningIke]

@TheZoelzer2 They can rev up to 22,000. It's limited to 19,000.

[TheZoelzer2]

@FrowningIke wasnt the question, i know what these cars are made of and what they are capable of. i just wanted to know what u had to do to get a engine to rev higher. like a lamborghini or a ferrari can rev to like 10 thousand. but a kawasaki sport bike can rev to nearly 15 to 20000. whats diffrent?

[12scoots34]

People seriously have no idea how much of an athlete you have to be and how go of a driver you need to be to drive an F1 car (not that I have ever driven one but obviously as you can see buy how much Hammond is struggling you can tell ow hard it is).

[MyDSisHungry]

Richerd Hammond looks French. Maybe thats why he's driving a Renault.

[Rafoam]

Engine music! Total WIN! I agree with Hammond. Driving a real F1 car must be overwhelming for most human beings. And he did it, one way or another! Lucky man!

[TheRealSmacker]

my God does Hammond suck

[daftrok]

@TheRealSmacker Drive that machine and then say that.

[weezil500]

Wait til you get it in 2nd LOL

[1982labman]

@weezil500 funny as fk

[rangerover5555]

shows the trust he now has in an arai helmet after his jet car crash

[NottinghamForest22]

"I'm not gonna race it against a cheetah or a bat on a superbike" loll

[jnr1989]

LFS got those formula cars, and i just can say this guy is way rude and rough in his driving manners, people who cant understand this, give a try one of the best sims available in your pc: LIVE FOR SPEED, SMOOTHness is the fastest, just braking, steering and accelerating the neccesary

[FrowningIke]

@jnr1989 PC driving? Please tell me you're being sarcastic....or you're 14 years old!

[jnr1989]

@FrowningIke yeah, im 14 years old, like the faggots from redbull, they use simulators too, google iracing and greger huttu, and the test that top gear did with him, and come back to tell me im 14 years old, redneck

[FrowningIke]

@jnr1989 "The faggots from redbull" says it all. F1 drivers don't have time to use simulators. Their time is occupied with driving real cars. Are you a 747 pilot because of a Microsoft simulator as well?

[jnr1989]

@FrowningIke HEY redneck, DID you do the homework i left for you? Did you google? ah? dont you right?

I dont give a crap about flying simulators, but i do with with racing simulators, enough confidence im better than you in anything that come with 4 wheels in a track,

btw look at this faggot: watch?v=iqPbjK4Hy9c

And i dont mean the gran turismo crap, real sims are in PC

GREGER HUTTU

[FrowningIke]

@jnr1989 It is SO obvious you have never driven round a track. Otherwise you would not be saying this. Aren't rednecks from America? Oh wait...you're from America, of course you can't drive!

[jnr1989]

@FrowningIke btw in my country the only track is pretty expensive to get, all my stuff were on the streets, where there is not zebra zones or sand to avoid you for crashing a wall, TOUGE is the real man racing

[FrowningIke]

@jnr1989 You continue to sound like a kid. Actually WRC is "real man racing"

[FrowningIke]

@jnr1989 Ha! I just googled TOUGE. You ARE a child! Rich kids driving daddy cars up hill is real racing? Are you a Vin Diesel fan? Do you think he can ACTUALLY drive?

[jnr1989]

@FrowningIke me? rich? uphill? vin diesel? those words cant match in my mind, diesel is a noob;

the touge im talking about is something like this:

/watch?v=MFzjrnK33zA

from hot version, from best motoring

and im not rich, if i crash i have to pay from my wallet, and my parents would kill me no matter what because they cant stand racing

uphill is for pussies, real man race downhill, where the brakes help you more than the throtle to take turns

[FrowningIke]

@jnr1989 "noob" You give yourself away again little man!

[FrowningIke]

Also "parents would kill me" Ha! Wee man!

[jnr1989]

@FrowningIke what do you expect from a 22 years old who study and works to get what he wants, in a third world country where the gas prices are way expensive than 7 dollars per gallon, everything here is more expensive than anywhere, I just bought from amazon an i7 processor wich cost me 310 bucks and the price here was 900us$ for the same shit!! and with my parents, what i mean is, they never support me to get out the troubles, they fuck me more, just like im the guilty