F1 - Top Gear

MrB (Simon) · #1 09-02-2015, 01:36 PM

Back when Mark Webber got to the #2 position in the F1 Driver version of Top Gear's 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' challenge, I was pretty darn happy. Sure, he didn't get Lewis(just 0.2 behind) but he shamed Vettel.

But as of yesterday there is a new #1, Daniel Ricciardo smashed the record by 0.7 seconds....
Take that Lewis!!

astroron (Ron) · #2 09-02-2015, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MrB

Back when Mark Webber got to the #2 position in the F1 Driver version of Top Gear's 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' challenge, I was pretty darn happy. Sure, he didn't get Lewis(just 0.2 behind) but he shamed Vettel.

But as of yesterday there is a new #1, Daniel Ricciardo smashed the record by 0.7 seconds....
Take that Lewis!!

Lewis set his record two years ago.
Daniel Ricciardo set his in a new car and by my reckoning should have improved on Lewis's time.
0.7 is just a fly swat.
Cheers

AG Hybrid (Adrian) · #3 09-02-2015, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by astroron

Lewis set his record two years ago.
Daniel Ricciardo set his in a new car and by my reckoning should have improved on Lewis's time.
0.7 is just a fly swat.
Cheers

The F1 Drivers drive exactly the same car.

julianh72 (Julian) · #4 09-02-2015, 02:41 PM

LET'S START THIS WITH A BIG
SPOILER ALERT
IN CASE ANYONE CHECKING IN HERE DOESN'T ALREADY KNOW THE OUTCOME!!!

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Originally Posted by astroron

Lewis set his record two years ago.
Daniel Ricciardo set his in a new car and by my reckoning should have improved on Lewis's time.
0.7 is just a fly swat.
Cheers

Not so - it's the same old Liana that they keep to make sure all of the F1 drivers are competing on a level playing field (apart from the vagaries of weather conditions, of course).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gea...ack#F1_drivers

0.7 seconds is a HUGE improvement - and he did 3 laps at exactly the same timing. Go Dan!

AG Hybrid (Adrian) · #5 09-02-2015, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by julianh72

LET'S START THIS WITH A BIG
SPOILER ALERT
IN CASE ANYONE CHECKING IN HERE DOESN'T ALREADY KNOW THE OUTCOME!!!

Not so - it's the same old Liana that they keep to make sure all of the F1 drivers are competing on a level playing field (apart from the vagaries of weather conditions, of course).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gea...ack#F1_drivers

0.7 seconds is a HUGE improvement - and he did 3 laps at exactly the same timing. Go Dan!

It is actually an incredible achievement. Approaching 2 seconds faster then Vettle. Pretty damn impressive.

Also, if you listened to the banter between Richard and James after the interview -Richard said he did 1:42.2 for 3 laps.