Ferrari FX Power Lap - Top Gear - The Stig - BBC 

@Victor Nag Yes, that's right. And then Ultima went to the track with their own driver, and blew the Zonda away too, so then the Beeb took them to court, because it's their track. So after 18 months of legal wrangle, TopGear say that was cheating and RU-vid says an Ultima with a mildly tuned LS in it, is way quicker than even a Ferrari FXX driven by Michael Schumacher. TopGear claim that's not a road car, but then Schummi driving his personal FXX is not really a road-car either... Skipping back to the present, I would think if you went and borrowed a Radical SR5 or whatever the top Radical of the moment is, with lots of downforce, that'd be faster again... It comes back to the question of who and what you allow into that competition / comparison. The time Jeremy Clarkson got in a Morris Minor on under-inflated 30 year old crossplies, is relevant when compared to James May's time in an Austin-1800, set the same day, but that's got nothing to do with what Lewis Hamilton can do today in his F1 car, with the whole Mercedes F1 crew there to play along with the joke. Is an FXX a road car? No, actually, it's not ... Ok, what about a Hennesey Venom with an upgraded LS and 60psi of boost? (Making about 1700 or 1800hp.) That's a modified car, not a stock car. Ok, so what is a Ferrari FXX again? And why did the Beeb battle so hard to stop Ultima claiming any time set on that track without a BBC supplied driver?

@@Kneedragon1962 who's the Beeb here?

@@Pirustae ~ It was 4 years ago ... ummm. I would say the BBC, the people who owned and produced and wrote and broadcast TopGear.

@@Pirustae the BBC ?

because they didnt even spell it right

Technically some of the cars that finished the racing championship are now being registered as road legal cars so maybe it should go back on the board.

+Audiman It would need to do the lap again.

+Cloxxki I doubt there's much chance of that happening now

Audiman Does the new Top Gear rent the same track again? A customer car can always be used.

After loosing the three presenters they have to work on a budget now so they couldn't afford another X there sadly.

+MJTbreww The lamest thing I've read... you're not funny one bit sorry dude

+DopeItsKris I think 63 thumbs ups (including mine) say otherwise.

Yeah, we will just have to disagree with the other 72 people and agree with you.

MJTbreww you do know this channel is just made by a fan? I know you made a joke but still...

Now I do

There have been planes active in the back of shot

They removed it from the board because it is not a road legal car. That was always the rule of the board, it has to be road legal, and it has to be able to go over a "sleeping policeman".

+Cloxxki they should make a replica of the track for their new show. I doubt BBC has the rights to their track design. Mclaren might though

@@masterhybrid16 He's in the worse shape than dead now.

Fast cars after not about shifting quickly but about what happens when you are in a gear. And for laptimes, weight and grip are hugely important. Downforce is becoming a factor also.

*FXX

It's actually an FXX

+Lars Agerbæk I do think so, but road legal tires make a real difference. As does ride height.

Cloxxki true, I saw this car, at an open air car show/race in Copenhagen. The organizers had to weld the sewer covers before demonstrating the car, because they feared it would suck them up. Ride height is also what made the McLaren P1 beat the Ferrari TheFerrari and the Porsche 918.

Lars Agerbæk The 918 was beat, on selected courses, largely due to limited ICE power and high mass. On start-stop courses where no high (cornering) speeds are reached, 918 can and does win on traction. Or as on the Nurburgring, on larger batteries that just don't run out as easily. Hard to get good intel, but LF may just be a couple hundred kilos heavier than claimed. I'd love to see a sewer covered be lifted by a passing car. From a safe distance.

Cloxxki 918 runs on ice?

+Cloxxki Check out Mythbusters. I believe that they did an Indy car special where they tried to lift a manhole cover.

You can't even buy it. Ferrari gave it to some selected customers