The Top Gear test track is used by the BBC automotive television programme Top Gear. It is located at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey, United Kingdom. To watch full episodes, you must have a cable provider that supports BBC Americas full episode service and you must have BBC America as part of your cable package. Hetalia Episode 5 English Sub'>Hetalia Episode 5 English Sub. The Curse of Oak Island Watch Every Episode The Face of Jesus Uncovered Watch The Full Special. Top Gear test track Wikipedia. The Top Gear test track is used by the BBC automotive television programme Top Gear. It is located at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey, United Kingdom. The track was designed by Lotus Cars as a testing facility for the Colin Chapman run company, with many of its Formula One cars tested there. It is used to test both cars and drivers seen on the programme, mainly in Power Laps and Star in a Reasonably Priced Car. For the 2. 3rd series of Top Gear the track was expanded with a rallycross section for the new. The tracks main route, marked by painted lines and simple structures such as stacks of tyres, was designed by test drivers from Lotus. The track is approximately 1. It is considered to be an equaliser for cars since, according to Richard Hammond, both 06. The first bend is a fast right left kink named. The track comes to a right hand curve, then the course turns right through the flat out section called the. After the left hand. Although I had been watching Top Gear for a while before I saw the wanton destruction of the Toyota Hilux, I wasnt yet sold on the show. After this episode, though. The final turn before the finish line is. Prior to this, the corner was known as. TQ8FMupmWvc/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Top Gear Season 3 Episode 5 Full Episode' title='Top Gear Season 3 Episode 5 Full Episode' />It also serves myriad roles in other portions of the programme, especially in testing cars and in challenges. Watch Laid To Rest Online. Watch The Five Full Movie. When testing cars, they are often driven around the airfield by the presenters. Afterwards, they are taken around the test track by The Stig to set a lap time. Occasionally, drag races and speed tests are held on the runway. Cars acquired during challenges must often post lap times driven by either one of the presenters or The Stig around the track against either a target time or a time set by The Stig in another vehicle. During many challenges, the track is used in more unorthodox fashions for instance, serving as a makeshift motorway lane during a challenge testing tailgating prowess with vans. Power Laps. Whenever a non qualifying vehicle is raced, the time is compared to the official Power Laps but then removed from the board, for example the Ferrari FXX owned by Michael Schumacher 1 1. All laps are timed with the cars manufacturer provided adjustable settings configured for maximum performance all adjustable suspensions are set at their most efficient, all gear shift maps are at their most aggressive, and driving aids such as traction control are deactivated. Lap times do not offer complete comparisons between the cars, mainly because wet or otherwise poor weather conditions see time deductions below can negatively affect lap times. The Power Board. See List of Top Gear test track Power Lap Times for the full list. The second most powerful production car ever featured on Top Gear, the 1. PS 9. 87 bhp 7. W Bugatti Veyron, was taken around the track by The Stig in Series 1. Episode 4, after 3 years of waiting. However, it disappointed the team by only managing fifth place on the Power Board currently 1. The Stig allegedly recommended this modification, correctly predicting that the car would then be the fastest ever round the track. According to Caparo, the car driven by Top Gear was a prototype that didnt feature the adjustable ride height found on the production model. Because The Stig set his time in the non adjustable prototype and the production version has not been driven around the track, the Caparos time remains ineligible for the Power Lap board. Non Top Gear laps. The following laps of Dunsfold were recorded, filmed and promoted independently of the Top Gear television programme. Ultima claim that their motive for running a non televised lap was that they felt that the GTR was being specifically ignored by the producers of Top Gear. During most programmes, a celebrity usually, but not exclusively of British fame is interviewed by Jeremy Clarkson. Discussion is normally amusing, and focuses on car related matters, such as the celebritys car history. Then Clarkson and the studio audience watch the guests fastest lap on the Top Gear test track, after which Clarkson puts the celebritys time on the time board. Suzuki Liana 2. 00. When first introduced, the car was worth. Each guest practises with The Stig before making several attempts to complete the test track in the fastest time. The guest does not learn their time until the interview. Practice laps, crashes and the drivers facial expressions are also shown during the segment. The two slowest laps on the Liana celebrity list are held by Terry Wogan and Richard Whiteley, both of whom were beaten by Billy Baxter, a Bosnian war veteran who is completely blind. He guided the Liana through the track under direction from Clarkson in the passenger seat in a time of 2 minutes 2 seconds, which was 1. Terry Wogan, and 4 seconds faster than Richard Whiteley. The fastest non professional driver was Ellen Mac. Arthur. Unlike most contenders she made no comments to the camera during her lap. She completed the lap in 1 minute 4. Jimmy Carr by 0. 2 seconds. The current fastest professional driver in the Liana is Daniel Ricciardo with 1 4. The Liana endured considerable abuse from the stars while undertaking their laps. In one incident, actor Michael Gambon clipped the final corner, taking the car onto two wheels. It was done in such a spectacular fashion that the corner was named. When Lionel Richie drove the Liana, one of the front wheels fell off, invoking Clarkson to coin the term. Trevor Eve also lost a wheel. The former British transport minister Stephen Ladyman added further injury to the Liana by denting the boot when he lost control during practice and slid backwards into a tyre wall. David Soul destroyed the gearbox of two Lianas during his time on the show due to his rough driving style. Patrick Kielty broke the Lianas front suspension during series 4 when he drove on the grass. Christopher Eccleston was the only celebrity to use a Liana with an automatic transmission, because a hesitant Eccleston admitted he was. As a reference to his role in Doctor Who, the automatic Liana was shown materialising onto the racing track, with a TARDIS materialisation sound effect played over it. The Liana has also been modified on several occasions. David Souls Liana featured a red police light and a white stripe in reference to his Starsky and Hutch role. Johnny Vegas was provided with L plates as he had not passed his driving test at the time. When Justin Hawkins came on the show, the Liana he drove had flame decals pasted on it. Actor Sanjeev Bhaskar had an ornate tissue box placed in the back, an homage to Indian drivers. In its service, the Liana covered 1,6. This was kept a surprise to the audience and the viewing public, and when Nigel Mansell came on the show, it was covered up in magazines and on the internet by saying that the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car would be Alan Titchmarsh. Since Mansells appearance the Liana has remained in use as a vehicle reserved for Formula 1 drivers. For some of the laps more than one person has been present in the car. This was the case for Clarksons run when he had both Hammond and Jason Dawe in the car. Trinny and Susannah were both in the car for each others runs. Denise Van Outen was in the car when Johnny Vaughan did his lap Van Outen never did a lap driving the car. Clarkson was also present as a navigator for Billy Baxters laps. Liana leaderboard. The format was changed so that each star would have five practice laps, and then a final timed lap, with no allowance being given for mishaps. As a starter for the new car and format, an open day was held for any celebrity who wanted to take part. Seven stars recorded times that day James Hewitt who Jeremy and Richard referred to as the Well Spoken Man after failing to recognise him, comedians Alan Davies and Jimmy Carr, rock stars Rick Wakeman and Justin Hawkins, footballer Les Ferdinand, and actor Trevor Eve who topped the time at 1 minute 4. Jimmy Carr, who held second place in the Liana behind Ellen Mac. Arthur, spun off while doing his timed lap and got the second to one slowest time ever around the track at 2 minutes, 8. On 2. 8 January 2. Jamie Oliver posted a time of 1 4. Top Gear USA TV Series 2. Trivia. Season 1 and 2 of Top Gear USA closely followed the format of its British counterpart, this included filming segments in front of a live studio audience. And like the BBCs Top Gear, the show also had its own test track on an abandoned airstrip that was located on the defunct U. S. Marine Corps Air Station.