Just read on another forum that Damon Hill is the star in the reasonably priced car, standing in at short notice for Davina.

 

Anybody would be more interesting than Davina

 

Jeremy attempts to dodge bullets from army snipers in a Porsche Boxster S and a Mercedes SLK


In a feature held over from last week, there's a trip back to the Swinging Sixties, when the Aston Martin DB5 and the Jaguar E-type contributed to the original notion of cool Britannia


James tests the new Nissan Murano 4x4


Richard unveils the team's take on an armoured car


Damon Hill is this week's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car

 

i red it in the sun so must be true HTH

 

It's all on their website

http://www.topgear.com/content/misc/TV/

 

Be very interesting to see his lap time!!!

 

Should be worth a laugh...he was never a good GP driver. I wonder if he will let someone like Simon Cowel beat him?

 

wtf???

I can only assume then that the year he won the world championship was purely fluke and the fact that the rest of the field were terrible drivers and had awul cars.....

 

He probably wasnt the best GP driver around, however he is a SUPERB driver and a World Champion, not many can say that about themselves.

beat Simon Cowell....what planet are you on?

 

Yeah right! You are of course having a laugh arent you?

I dont really rate David Coulthard but F1 is the pinnacle of motorsport so to even be there you have to be damn good. As for Damon what a great driver, champion and comes across as a really decent bloke.

Gary

 

[QUOTE=Luminous]Should be worth a laugh...he was never a good GP driver.
How do you work this out..? he was world champion!!! you dont win a F1 world champtionship without having some tallent.. true he had the best car that season but you still need tallent to drive it..
J

 

History and facts would prove otherwise

 

Since when have History and Facts counted for anything on this site


Id be surprised if Damon does go on the show. Hes not that interested in publicity, and say he was slow people will only slag him off

He is however, Im told from people who've met him. A damn nice bloke

 

Who cares?

 

You've been told correctly.

I met him at the BBC when he was at the top of his career - the year that ITV took the coverage away they did their launch show, ironically, at TV Centre. Really, really nice guy and totally genuine.

He also didn't mind being discreetly reminded that I used to paste him when we both raced LCs before he got into cars... He was a nice bloke then, too. Just not as good at racing bikes as he later proved to be in cars...

SB

 

Do you think he'll take some tips from the Stig on his practice laps??

 

I can't believe his time, only 0.4(?) quicker than jimmy carr.

 

but jimmy cars lap time was a blinder??

 

Another Maserati story!

JC being chased/shot at.... again..... ...yawn! (funnily enough the car that costs £11k more was better)

What was the point telling people that old classics can be given modern parts, then time a standard classic car that had previously broken down?? (and was only fractions of a second quicker than the Suzuki when driven by celebs)

Look the E-type is better better than an Audi TT, but there is a major difference in price.

IMHO another cack episode.

 

The E type thing echo's my brother in laws experiences with his V12, it starts, belches noxious fumes, makes some impressive noises then overheats and gets put away for another year, the brakes are scary and the handling is crap, the steering wheel does not appear to be directly connected to the front wheels by any mechanical means yet he insists that they shouldnt be modernised, must be original, why ?

I think all original ones should be banned due to safety issues until they are fitted with proper brakes, 260 bhp V12 with comedy brakes, madness. The Honda wasting it wasnt a surprise as even the V12 didnt seem to be that quick, it wouldnt pull away from a Mk2 Golf GTi to his utter disgust and he came out with excuses worthy of even a Scoob owner, he never mentions twisties since he got overtaken on a bend by a 50 year old drunken, nearly blind Shirehorse on rollerskates.

 

I wish the world had more guys like Damon Hill in it. It would be a far nicer place.
Yve

 

must admit that the E-type and DB5 are awful lookin cars in my opinion would not buy one no matter what it cost. would rather have a 1000bhp R34 than a £200k E-type

 

What a silly statement, wont repeat what everyone has said but the lap he did was well put together.

He always comes across as likeable, and I used to speak to his sister when we ran the PR for the Damon Hill fan club back in the mid 90's - very nice family all round.

 

OK, so Damon Hill was never the best GP driver overall.
However he must be in the top10, we are talking F1 here and the World, damn good in my opinion, what a brilliant driver.
He did win the WC one year so anyone that does that is awesome.

Also Top Gear, great show, don't take the show seriously, laugh with/at JC and it comes across as a cracking show.

R.

 

Words fail me!

 

Damon Hill - competent - yes, brilliant - no.

Frank Williams could have put Jonny Vegas in the car that year and he would have been WC.

 

Now thats silly

 

Yeah Jimmy Carr would have been a better option.

 

So youd get Jimmy carr to set the car up for different tracks. Youd get him to help develop the car through the season...????

Talking nonsense some of you...Damon Hill is an Excellent driver and a decent bloke...why do you guys diss your fellow country men...be proud of a fellow brit...hes a world champion FFS

 

Can't understand why Luminous should criticise Damon Hill's ability as a GP driver. He was actually very good indeed, and a world champion, beating Schumacher at the time.

He was a very smooth and fast driver like his father, in fact like most of the really top drivers and the pole position shoot outs were always something to look forward to.

he would have been world champion twice if Schumacher had not deliberately driven him off the track after he had made a serious mistake on his own account.

You should at least know your facts before you criticise.

Les