I wonder if anyone had told may about Solberg and his history of crashing over his career, he's crashed so many times one nickname he ended up with was Henning Roll-berg.
Crashed into some trees in finland, mowed down like 4 of them, got out of the car smiling and laughing and said "this is how you cut trees! " What a character
@@strahinjastevic7480 it takes a totally different bread to drive rally. It's the art of going flat out through a one way road with no shoulders and massive drops covered with anything but asphalt in the middle of the boonies is some eastern European country in a Fiesta with 500 horsepower and a roll cage. You can't be sane to do that.
I think there needs to be some appreciation for that fantastic Bobsleigh team! And Hammond being able to get the ropes so quickly and not slowing them down too much.
this is 15 years ago, James looks like he's aged 25 years tho and 4:41 always fires me up, the combination of the rally car going flat out and the tense music just gets me
Rob Dougan's "Speed Me Towards Death" and "Mona Lisa Overdrive" by Don Davis and Juno Reactor were the perfect choices for this clip. I'm still tingling from watching the race!
+Aleron Adams First, it's not real. Second, they can't show him crossing the line and pushing the button at the same time, so they have to show the button second; even if it was real, they'd have to do that. It's like showing the sled and the car crossing the line...just because they show the sled crossing first doesn't mean that the sled won...just that they can't show them both crossing together easily.
+justforever96 What's not real? May riding shotgun? I have the Revved Up DVD (which reveals the secrets to being a TG presenter) and this challenge represents bravery in the sense that they get no stunt doubles.
@@zoltancsikos5604 >Is calling a 3 year old comment's maker a kid >Also liked own comment >Has an fps? game profile. I think it's the other way around, mate.
I was drinking my Coke when James said "I can't take lectures on physics from a man in tights, dancing yes, physics no." and it shot out my nose James really was the best presenter on Top Gear
@@sukhdevr3489 yeah that was awesome.. cant blame them tho so much good content for so many years.. back in the days before car youtubers were a thing. They pretty much gave birth to the genre of car entertainment for our generation
@@sukhdevr3489 Oh mate I LOVE that episode.. remember Hammonds BMW 635csi? - I was fortunate enough to buy myself one last year I'm hoping to finish restoring it during this shutdown lol
Some people here are incorrect. They said the UA-cam area were it displays the amount of viewers was at 301 views. It means that you are 302. And yes I know on an other comment it said UA-cam freezes it when they are lots of viewers. But I'm just saying.
That driving skill is beyond the scale!!!
I wonder if anyone had told may about Solberg and his history of crashing over his career, he's crashed so many times one nickname he ended up with was Henning Roll-berg.
@@whovianhistorybuff You do realize hes a druggie right?
@@whovianhistorybuff still a average speed of nearly 120km/h on icy roads
Solberg was the greatest. And anyway all great drivers have to crash sometimes.
You really can't take anything away from Solberg though. 2000 meters on ice in 62 seconds.
That makes 116,1 km/h on average on freaking ice!
@@basbas63 That's a simply devastating performance.
Not on ice, Henning was one of the best in the world in those conditions. The man has no fears, he is nuts!
Crashed into some trees in finland, mowed down like 4 of them, got out of the car smiling and laughing and said "this is how you cut trees! " What a character
@@strahinjastevic7480 it takes a totally different bread to drive rally. It's the art of going flat out through a one way road with no shoulders and massive drops covered with anything but asphalt in the middle of the boonies is some eastern European country in a Fiesta with 500 horsepower and a roll cage. You can't be sane to do that.
cant afford to lose 3 centimeters
cracked me
Yeah, but some centimeters are more important than others ! 😜
😂
I love how bobsledding and rally give equally crazy vibes, like thats the perfect combo of "amount of crazy you need to be to do this sport"
This is how to make proper Top Gear episodes: world class (Olympic) bobsled team versus WRC driver
That's why Top Gear is a world class show
Was*
@@bigTTTTT :(
Not anymore😢
Now: Man talks about cars! Races a bit.
@@bigTTTTT I love the competition between different sports and just getting to the finish.
May's facial expressions are priceless
+Kieran White
Truly, I tell you: James aged a few months during that minute!
;-D
sardanaphalus Yes! I'd imagine this gave him a few grey hairs! lol
It would have been much worse if he also had to do the pace notes
And as sincere and authentic as it gets :D
Mays' expression at 5:44 says it all.
I think there needs to be some appreciation for that fantastic Bobsleigh team!
And Hammond being able to get the ropes so quickly and not slowing them down too much.
for real though that was legit impressive! Hammond being able to mount at the same time as the Olympic team and not slow them down deserves mad props!
this is 15 years ago, James looks like he's aged 25 years tho
and 4:41 always fires me up, the combination of the rally car going flat out and the tense music just gets me
The song is called Mona Lisa overdrive
@@Unknown-ht6jy From the Matrix Reloaded, no less.
I remember the first time I watched this, my heart was absolutely pounding at 5:57 lol
"You would have to be brave, stupid, or just desperate to be on tv... Soooo this is where I'll be sitting"😂
Top Gear during its golden era.
Yeah dude it got so shit, these were the days
Came for Evo, stayed for Evo.
DrathVader hello there
DrathVader Drath?
Next time, throw the rally car down the bobsleigh track please.
Not likely
3 years late, but here you go ua-cam.com/video/mUaJVp85jDQ/v-deo.html
They did ^
@@hmslc8289 you can find absolutely anything on the internet
The car would spin out
That's still impressive. The car was 2 seconds slower than the bobsled.
I think if someone with a stopwatch was at the car finish line instead of James, the race might have ended differently.
More than 2 seconds.
Average speed of 116 kmh
WOW THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME THE EXACT TIME MATE. LAST TIME I LOOK AT THE COMMENTS WHEN I AM WATCHING A FUCKING VIDEO.
@@egeaslan5872 Snape kills Dumbledore.
That driving was God mode activated.
That car did a 2km windy ice course in 1minute?!?! Damn. That's impressive.
"I don't wanna die in tights!"
As an EVO fanatic, i thought i had watched all the evo videos there was on Top Gear.. Now i see this :o
As an Evo owner I'm still super impressed with this
Wow, that drive down the road in the Evo was spectacular!
Yeah you really can't fault the driving, it was spot on
2:10 - n-HU-HU-OO-ge turbo charger.
3:19 Gotta say, Hammond's got some nice form in his running!
Henning Solberg is awesome.
blueonblack83 dont forget another solberg....Petter Solberg
And at least one of them had an actual respect for rallying legend Colin McRae while he was still alive
@@thescreamingsinger5798 Don't forget Oliver Solberg. Future champion
I wonder if james would be confident if he'd been told Henning had crashed so often people called him Henning Roll-berg
@@RedJLP whats that suposed to mean
2:23 absolutely YES!
Dont take anythig from the driver though, he seems awfully skilled !
I cackled when I saw the driver imagining the course🤣🤣
He got it done though. Smashed the Evo
Rob Dougan's "Speed Me Towards Death" and "Mona Lisa Overdrive" by Don Davis and Juno Reactor were the perfect choices for this clip. I'm still tingling from watching the race!
1:22 | At the Heart of It All, by Aphex Twin
3:57 | Mona Lisa Overdrive, by Juno Reactor
"Mind the trees....you nutter"
captain slow pressed the button too slow
+Aleron Adams First, it's not real. Second, they can't show him crossing the line and pushing the button at the same time, so they have to show the button second; even if it was real, they'd have to do that. It's like showing the sled and the car crossing the line...just because they show the sled crossing first doesn't mean that the sled won...just that they can't show them both crossing together easily.
+justforever96 What's not real? May riding shotgun? I have the Revved Up DVD (which reveals the secrets to being a TG presenter) and this challenge represents bravery in the sense that they get no stunt doubles.
Not even those that act in the place of both a time keeper and rally navigator
@@justforever96 Wrong on every single account. Try again, kid.
@@zoltancsikos5604 >Is calling a 3 year old comment's maker a kid
>Also liked own comment
>Has an fps? game profile.
I think it's the other way around, mate.
I've done this in Lillehammer before both the summer course and the winter course it's insane I loved it.
This the most adrenalin. I've ever experienced.
My favourite part of the entire video is James May's face at 5:43
xD
They're so young!
That Lancer was breaking the ice, what a driver!!
the evo is so amazing!
I love the Evo
Both solberg brothers are unbelievable pilots
A proper competition and staged to a very little degree. Just the opposite of the American Top Gear.
I can and will always remember 'Beating the Bobsleigh' on Dirt 3!!! Smashed it
They so young! I love them in any stage of they life's!!!:)
If anyone was wondering, the first song was Speed me Towards Death by Rob Dougan.
The Holy Power of EVOLUTION!!!
@Turbo Charged idiot
@Motherfuckin Animals He deleted his comment so I don't remember what I was replying to lol. I love Evos.
Richard Hammond: This is Lilyhammer in Norway!
Me: Dette er Lillehammer i Norge!
Im surprised. I was sure it would be extremely one sided (in favor the bobsleigh) but the times are more or less even...
This may be the best segment Top Gear has ever produced.
May at 5:45! 😄
ngl that bobsleigh ride looks more terrifying than the ice track
"you can't go this fast on ice"......you've never driven in New Jersey in the winter.....LOLOL!!!
THE MATRIX MUSIC!!!! Too bad ass.
They did a lot of that during the original run, a lot of love for Prodigy in the first couple of seasons too
The key was to put Stig in Evo.
The stig cant hold the candle for a WRC guy, as a matter of fact the "Stig" is named after Stig Blomqvist, which was a famous Swedish rally driver ;-)
Mostafa Elbadawi true
"Can't afford to loose 3cm" - Richard Hammond
😭I'm tall and I know how that is
The poor rally driver was doing almost 120kph... On average!!! 🤯
I was drinking my Coke when James said "I can't take lectures on physics from a man in tights, dancing yes, physics no." and it shot out my nose
James really was the best presenter on Top Gear
Dirt 3 anyone?
i expected MiniCooper instead of Evo ^^
What metal did you guys get? I can't get past gold
***** Platinum is like impossible for me :D
Алексей Охильков Top gear actually did this challenge again with the mini cooper
Is the track from the there. Because I believe it is like the Finland snow track, there are exactly same tunnels!
It amazes me how much filming was done for the race itself. The whole race was done within a minute, and yet the footage runs for exactly 2 minutes.
That Place should sell tickets for both experiences, I would do that over any roller coaster or theme park.
I like how they're using the highway chase music from the matrix reloaded during the race
One of the reasons why I bought my Evo 6 GSR
Top Gear at it's magnificent best, wish there was a "Super Like" button for stuff like this ! 👍
Very impressive performances from both but credit is also due to the camera crew and editing team, this was an absolutely exhilarating segment.
James eyes... Terrified...
I love that they used the car chase music from the Matrix Reloaded.
The part of the video from 5:51 to 5:59 is what a bobsled really feels like. INTENSE. Like, stupid intense.
Now that's something to watch on UA-cam....
Old Evos
Insane driving!!
May sincerely looked sh*t scared 😂
Not even HQ this time... =P
this is season 5, this was filmed 10 years ago, there was no HD then
Look how young James looks , a youthfull mid-40's , now he is in his early 50's and looks much more haggard.
danny sulyma wasnt james always in his 50s?
*****
480 is HQ
I miss old Top Gear
In case anyone is wondering what the music is that kicks in at around 4:10, it's the highway chase music from the matrix
yeah, that
Its so old that my grandparent remember it ,, he was young!!!!!
That's Matrix sountrack during the race!
Matrix Reloaded actually
Highway chase scene
+Dà wèi Chan Juno Reactor - Mona Lisa Overdrive
At The Heart Of It All
Wow they look so young!
Wow what a race 😊👏
I want to see this redone with a modern rally car
They did that in a modern mini cooper wrc car and it won that time
That was one of their best!
Two AFX remixes in one minute of Top Gear
But .. to be fair, they really should do a second race in the opposite direction. That's how you get a proper fair average, right?
😂😂
These videos are awesome, but it's a shame it not even 720p...
THAT MUSIC!!! MATRIX!!!
Dunno if i remember correctly but did they come back here again and have a rematch or something? I think it was a winter special that they did
This was in the winter special and in season 4. There was a rematch with the cooper but anything after series 12 isnt that entertaining.
@@sukhdevr3489 yeah that was awesome.. cant blame them tho so much good content for so many years.. back in the days before car youtubers were a thing. They pretty much gave birth to the genre of car entertainment for our generation
@@sc-qd4si I know. My favourite episode is the coupe's that weren't a porsche challenge. Remember the Starion that Jeremy got? I loved that.
@@sukhdevr3489 Oh mate I LOVE that episode.. remember Hammonds BMW 635csi? - I was fortunate enough to buy myself one last year I'm hoping to finish restoring it during this shutdown lol
@@sc-qd4si Nice. How much did you get it for and does it drive well?
so this is where Codemasters got inspiration for that one DC challange in DiRT 3
06:57 hammond looks so small
Rerace when it's 60 degrees out! (May looked terrified, lol...)
R.I.P. Evos
We'll miss you :'(
The rare Hammond-May duo, priceless
Honestly the car and driver blew my mind.
thanks LG TV. but it's the last bit of music when they have finished racing
Kenny Carroll
Thats a race music! Only high speed ;)
I love that Ducati!
3:49 HAHAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHA I laughed so hard i almost fell off my chair
EVO beats everything!
1:23 - Geez, that song reminded me of Afraid of Monsters
Dem Nostalgia
And Cry of Fear
is that the matrix reloaded soundtrack im hearing?
Yes
The evo 5... legend
i can remember there was a time race of a bobsleigh down and a motocross UP the course. i can't find it on youtube :(
I am the 301st viewer... not +301.... i am the 301st viewer.... this moment is magic
Some people here are incorrect. They said the UA-cam area were it displays the amount of viewers was at 301 views. It means that you are 302. And yes I know on an other comment it said UA-cam freezes it when they are lots of viewers. But I'm just saying.
SIMcityplayer2002 NO, NO, DON'T JUST SAY IT!
YOU'VE NEVER READ A CHALLENGING BOOK, HAVE YOU!?
I love how they play Mona Lisa Overdrive haha
That is the rally car I have in Dirt rally 2.0
This was awesome