Mini Ski Jump | Top Gear Winter Olympics - Part 1

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  • Опубліковано 19 лип 2014
  • Taken from Top Gear series 7, episode 7. Also available on DVD as 'Top Gear Winter Olympics'. Could a rocket-powered 1986 Mini jump farther than a skier from a downhill slope? The boys decided it was time to find out.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 977

  • @mynamesnotjames8205
    @mynamesnotjames8205 Рік тому +664

    the camera crew just stayed silent while Hammond built the barrier, incredible discretion and professionalism

  • @connfyoozed
    @connfyoozed 7 років тому +856

    6:20 Watching James try to keep a straight face until Jeremy gets to the punch line of telling Hammond he built the barricade in the wrong place. Hilarious.

  • @R90909
    @R90909 8 років тому +2571

    6:14 is the beginning of one of the finest moments in TG history

    • @WeWantYouToStay
      @WeWantYouToStay 4 роки тому +114

      Hammond's "right" kills me

    • @Gobbbbb
      @Gobbbbb 4 роки тому +105

      @@WeWantYouToStay I love how James knew it was coming before Jeremy said it :D

    • @faisalsaleh3022
      @faisalsaleh3022 3 роки тому +40

      james reaction is hilarious

    • @francosantella7113
      @francosantella7113 3 роки тому +3

      Lmao 1 thousandth like

    • @natanlevi1756
      @natanlevi1756 2 роки тому +2

      That shit sent me 🤣. Easily my fav moment

  • @gazzxr
    @gazzxr 9 років тому +2260

    "Richard Hammond... how's the braking going?"
    *slides across screen
    "That's going well... it's going well."
    4:26

    • @nichaloushinson2507
      @nichaloushinson2507 5 років тому +24

      gazzxr choked on my pop tart haha i like Hammond and may

    • @Kronos0999
      @Kronos0999 5 років тому +20

      +gazzxr You watched the video too?

    • @UnBronySonikero
      @UnBronySonikero 3 роки тому +5

      I laughed so hard with this xD

  • @Philip.Magnusson
    @Philip.Magnusson 4 роки тому +951

    6:20 Watching James May silently dying of laughter is probably one of the best things I've ever seen!
    Also Hammond sliding down the slope several times is comedy gold!!

  • @dgw9051
    @dgw9051 8 років тому +4390

    "Gravity is a cruel and unpredictable mistress".....love him or hate him Clarkson can be funny as hell.

    • @woodyneale71
      @woodyneale71 7 років тому +6

      D GW i

    • @LasVegar
      @LasVegar 6 років тому +2

      I predict that gravity polse down

    • @ivarsmiezis3620
      @ivarsmiezis3620 5 років тому +3

      Asterikss

    • @masterzz57
      @masterzz57 5 років тому +14

      Sabrija VucInc it’s at the very start you ocean-going pillock

    • @jonasbolden
      @jonasbolden 4 роки тому

      I believe that is a popular phrase, I’ve heard it elsewhere, I know, Clarkson is hilarious, but credit doesn’t go to him for that particular quip.

  • @bryanmartinez6600
    @bryanmartinez6600 5 років тому +1354

    6:12 Britain checks on French defense line against Germany

    • @kursk_kuku141
      @kursk_kuku141 5 років тому +354

      I can guarantee that won’t stop the Germans. Partly because it’s not mobile enough, but mostly because you built that in front of that border, (German border) and the Germans... is coming from that one (Belgium border).

    • @yadahmad352
      @yadahmad352 4 роки тому +26

      brilliant

    • @midnoob1650
      @midnoob1650 4 роки тому +88

      @@kursk_kuku141 Did nobody tell you?

    • @kursk_kuku141
      @kursk_kuku141 4 роки тому +99

      Mid Noob1
      “NO! Obviously. Or I would have built that over there!”

    • @theblobfish6716
      @theblobfish6716 4 роки тому +33

      Thats fairly embarrassing

  • @donquias903
    @donquias903 9 років тому +4637

    Jeremy is the Dr of engineering and May has a music degree, but May always does the calculations

    • @magik603
      @magik603 9 років тому +44

      Gregory Keely what kind of music degree? like playing an instrument?

    • @casehamatojones1369
      @casehamatojones1369 6 років тому +581

      Scott Gregory May *does* have a music degree, correct, but he also taught Physics for several years before joining Top Gear; that *must* explain why he’s so good at calculations.
      (Proof; He had an interview on the news a while ago and he was asked about his job before Top Gear, Top Gear, and The Grand Tour).
      Hammond has an Art Degree and Clarkson, as you said, is a Dr. of Engineering!

    • @professorcynic
      @professorcynic 5 років тому +351

      And Jeremy’s doctorate is honorary. 😂

    • @lachlanmichell8862
      @lachlanmichell8862 5 років тому +47

      James has a phd in engineering too

    • @elias_xp95
      @elias_xp95 5 років тому +143

      @@casehamatojones1369 I just googled and Jeremy Clarkson was given an honourary engineering degree from Oxford Brooke's University (which is like the budget oxford university for scrubs lol)

  • @airwick4u
    @airwick4u 7 років тому +4427

    the pianist is better at physics than the one with a doctorate in engineering

  • @sharpshooter13ify
    @sharpshooter13ify 4 роки тому +1193

    “I can guarantee that won’t stop the Mini, partly because it’s not substantial enough, but mostly because you built that in front of that slope, and the Mini is coming down *that* one.”
    “Right!”

    • @rndmzr153
      @rndmzr153 4 роки тому +67

      did nobody tell you?
      NO!
      BECAUSE OTHERWISE
      I WOULD'VE BUILT IT
      OVER T H E R E!

    • @katya2768
      @katya2768 3 роки тому +18

      That is fairly embarrasing.
      What i need...is a big machine

    • @gator_productions
      @gator_productions 3 роки тому +4

      Why was he doing it there anyways isn't it supposed to go over a ramp?

    • @hamish5793
      @hamish5793 3 роки тому +7

      Jeremy will defenetly say “how hard can it be?”

    • @Bammer2001
      @Bammer2001 3 роки тому +2

      Jeremy Clarkson: Did nobody *tell* you?

  • @MadnessIncVP
    @MadnessIncVP 3 роки тому +170

    _”Hi, is that the United Kingdom rocketry association?”_
    Only Clarkson.

  • @2nd100k
    @2nd100k 3 роки тому +1260

    Jeremy *Has a doctor in engineering*
    James *Has a degree in music*
    Richard *Has a degree in art*
    All three of them are hopeless

    • @TheBrickGuy7939
      @TheBrickGuy7939 3 роки тому +8

      Besides Jezza who did engineering.

    • @kaelkirkby9191
      @kaelkirkby9191 2 роки тому +46

      @@TheBrickGuy7939 honourary

    • @frasergibson5763
      @frasergibson5763 2 роки тому +30

      @@TheBrickGuy7939 he’s a doctor of engineering who doesn’t know a thing about cars...

    • @TheBrickGuy7939
      @TheBrickGuy7939 2 роки тому +9

      @@frasergibson5763 Besides how much speed and power they contain...

    • @frasergibson5763
      @frasergibson5763 2 роки тому +9

      @@TheBrickGuy7939 well yes, apart from that haha

  • @HydraDominus
    @HydraDominus 4 роки тому +119

    James trying not to laugh at 6:21 honestly made me laugh even harder lol

  • @ThePiquedPigeon
    @ThePiquedPigeon 3 роки тому +98

    3:03 - Those are the same rocket experts that built Top Gear's Reliant Shuttle, at the time the biggest non-commercial rocket ever built in Europe.
    That's some pedigree!!

  • @Arxiuz2
    @Arxiuz2 8 років тому +2780

    NOW THAT I KNOW PHYSICS JAMES IS HORRIFYING

    • @TheMistBeats
      @TheMistBeats 6 років тому +17

      ikr

    • @chr1sto7
      @chr1sto7 6 років тому +265

      What on earth are you talking about? Physics isn’t “HORRIFYING” in the slightest. James spouted a simple SUVAT equation that you should learn by the time you are 16?

    • @richtorum5136
      @richtorum5136 5 років тому +176

      chr1sto7 no physics is in fact horrifying.

    • @bryanmartinez6600
      @bryanmartinez6600 5 років тому +67

      @@chr1sto7 Asians become brain surgeons at 16

    • @subswithnovideos-tn2eb
      @subswithnovideos-tn2eb 5 років тому +1

      chr1sto7 I don’t have to take it cause I took bio sophomore year of HS now I’m in Chem junior year next year I can choose anatomy or physics

  • @deanfranz
    @deanfranz 2 роки тому +41

    6:29 - Richard Hammond's reaction and talking to the camera here taught me humility.

  • @DD-ub6cc
    @DD-ub6cc 4 роки тому +25

    2:20 is the GREATEST COMEDY BIT ever on Top Gear!

  • @Etzi0503
    @Etzi0503 9 років тому +281

    THE TOP GEAR WINTER OLYMPICS SKI SLASH CAR JUMPING CHAMPIO!

  • @NTOEM
    @NTOEM 4 роки тому +61

    4:08 me trying to succeed in life every action that richard make is me trying

  • @logandarklighter
    @logandarklighter 5 років тому +101

    06:36 - Jezza: "Did no one tell you?" (About which ski jump was being used)
    Hamster: "NO! Obviously NOT! Or i'd have built it OVER THERE!"
    🤣

  • @kejtov
    @kejtov 3 роки тому +35

    6:22 James’ priceless reaction

  • @Poseiden2
    @Poseiden2 Рік тому +13

    One of the funniest Top Gear segments. Clarkson's laughing at May sliding down the slope, Hammond doing likewise and the Hamster building the blockade in the wrong place is hysterical!

  • @albboy96
    @albboy96 9 років тому +459

    jeremy has a PhD in engineering? hahahahhahahaha

    • @Proff0ak
      @Proff0ak 9 років тому +69

      albboy96 twice

    • @trainsandtech2266
      @trainsandtech2266 9 років тому +15

      albboy96 It was actually quite interesting...

    • @jhogrute
      @jhogrute 6 років тому +49

      both are honorary for his top gear "work"

    • @hypergamergamerhyper1436
      @hypergamergamerhyper1436 6 років тому +3

      Hi I know right

    • @AngryTurds
      @AngryTurds 3 роки тому +4

      Making earl grey tea looks to be the limit for Jeremy

  • @joaoa13portugal
    @joaoa13portugal 3 роки тому +61

    Aside from considering air resistance, May was precisely on point.

  • @vellamovisuals
    @vellamovisuals 9 років тому +194

    poor hammond :D

  • @tios6419
    @tios6419 2 роки тому +23

    Jeremy:"Hammond, how is the breaking going?"
    Hammond whilst sliding down a snowy slope:"Yeah, its going well!"
    Most Ironic Thing i've seen today 😂

  • @dSaltyb
    @dSaltyb 9 років тому +239

    As long there are cars in the world, TopGear must go on.

    • @Forenzikproductions
      @Forenzikproductions 5 років тому +48

      AAAAAAAAND IT'S GONE.

    • @razz0rric106
      @razz0rric106 5 років тому +2

      Alas

    • @djpemb
      @djpemb 2 роки тому +15

      “We decided we didn’t like top gear series 23 and onwards...”
      “So we watched the grand tour and old top gear instead”

    • @dSaltyb
      @dSaltyb 2 роки тому +2

      nevermind now...

  • @CaptainFrejdery
    @CaptainFrejdery 9 років тому +103

    We need the new season!

  • @kcgunesq
    @kcgunesq 2 роки тому +7

    Individually, these three are all brilliant. Together, priceless. One of the best shows ever.

  • @ronaldharris6569
    @ronaldharris6569 4 роки тому +44

    Jeremy laughing his head off as poor James slides off the mountain is priceless

  • @DefiantShadows
    @DefiantShadows 9 років тому +55

    The end is soooo funny, to be continued!

  • @rockinchimp
    @rockinchimp 9 років тому +44

    That last part always makes me laugh.

  • @baxt3r278
    @baxt3r278 7 років тому +7

    1:26 Hammond's face when he realizes he won't get to drive

  • @siddharthpandey7646
    @siddharthpandey7646 9 років тому +260

    Hammond tried to get the easiest job

  • @greatbritannialine
    @greatbritannialine 2 роки тому +8

    What's really interesting is without this top gear episode, that Mini probably would have been scrapped over 10 years ago. But thanks to this episode the mini is preserved at the Beaulieu motor museum. Awesome 👍

  • @cyclingnut2122
    @cyclingnut2122 5 років тому +14

    6:15 is my all time favorite top gear moment

  • @Bammer2001
    @Bammer2001 4 роки тому +9

    Is gravity going to be enough to get the car down the ramp and beat the skier?
    1:19
    James: *No.*

  • @manikchopra9199
    @manikchopra9199 4 роки тому +18

    "I'm a doctor of engineering twice" 😂😂oh Jeremy!!

  • @tobness1105
    @tobness1105 7 років тому +58

    James: BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.
    Jeremy: Lets go get a cup of tea.

  • @DavidPatts
    @DavidPatts 9 років тому +19

    These guys are all about fun. And talk about having a dream job - it's all about these 3.

  • @belanna0dd
    @belanna0dd 5 років тому +9

    I’ve been binge watching these folks since last night. Missed a class earlier but I ain’t got no regrets man.

  • @aadd0024
    @aadd0024 3 роки тому +6

    Earl grey in Norway 😂😂 his reaction 1:55

  • @user-ch4ff9ps7r
    @user-ch4ff9ps7r 3 місяці тому +1

    James passing away from laughter is the absolute best.
    Also, "Hello, is this the United Kingdom Rocketry Association? Good, 'cause I need some rockets!"

  • @thefreelancer9819
    @thefreelancer9819 3 роки тому +8

    rare footage of the top gear team working together even remotely cooperatively

  • @synchronales4453
    @synchronales4453 3 роки тому +5

    1:31 the disappointment

  • @krysler1490
    @krysler1490 6 років тому +30

    4:08 and 4:28 I died 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @runningonsynthwave
    @runningonsynthwave 9 років тому +8

    This is why I love Top Gear. Wicked stunts, hilarious moments. :)

  • @rickswineberg
    @rickswineberg 13 днів тому +1

    Classic Top Gear, they had tremendous comedy chemistry together.

  • @fireblade3655
    @fireblade3655 7 років тому +7

    as an engineering student i understood may's calculations, he was on point... they just needed angle of slope and weight of car to estimate the jump length.

  • @pipthebadger3723
    @pipthebadger3723 9 років тому +49

    Something in me wishes they used a reliant robin for this

  • @samuelfawell9159
    @samuelfawell9159 9 місяців тому +2

    I love that you can see James breaking down as Richard explains and as Jeremy builds it up

  • @slimpickens7822
    @slimpickens7822 3 роки тому +1

    These three never cease to cheer me up.

  • @janr3488
    @janr3488 3 роки тому +3

    4:45
    The guy at the Norwegian ski jump wears a cap from second German public television (ZDF) in a British series😂

  • @TheDeath0fDucks
    @TheDeath0fDucks 4 роки тому +6

    0:58 I actually understood some of that

  • @maxfreedman8730
    @maxfreedman8730 9 років тому +1

    i love top gear, i can't stop watching it. Can't wait for season 22!!!

  • @truck6859
    @truck6859 3 роки тому +1

    One of the best episodes ever!

  • @Intrepid.Flight.Acadamy
    @Intrepid.Flight.Acadamy 8 років тому +28

    I can't believe they got the A-team theme in there! That show was amazing!

  • @someasiankid6214
    @someasiankid6214 2 роки тому +3

    3:54
    Hammond: Meanwhile, I’d chosen a spot to build my snow barrier
    subtitles: S N O W M A N

  • @fi.ja.8657
    @fi.ja.8657 Рік тому

    I`ve watched this episode exactly 8 years ago, before we went to our holiday trip . Since then im watching it every time before our holidays

  • @299AP
    @299AP 9 років тому

    I have been watching Top Gear for ever and have never seen this outside the intro, great it´s here!

  • @GreenCauldron08
    @GreenCauldron08 9 років тому +4

    This is the funniest top gear vid I've seen so far!

  • @emiliospowerballer1441
    @emiliospowerballer1441 5 років тому +5

    some adjustments .... that had me dying for good 😂😂😂

  • @demonlover4110
    @demonlover4110 3 роки тому +2

    4:13 Richard sliding down that slope cracks me up 😂🤣⛷️

  • @beastmode3478
    @beastmode3478 3 роки тому +1

    I love the a team music so nostalgic

  • @samuelkim1827
    @samuelkim1827 4 роки тому +4

    clarkson: "are you alright?"
    hammond: "im alright" while sliding down lol

  • @robin_holden
    @robin_holden 3 роки тому +3

    4:36 You can see the exact moment poor James' vertigo kicks in!

  • @unaanguila
    @unaanguila 9 років тому

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @ZiggEnt86
    @ZiggEnt86 5 років тому +1

    TopGear is such a marvellous mix of science and clowning around.

  • @hazzif2403
    @hazzif2403 4 роки тому +5

    This is my fav for the number of times I've laughed in the span of this vid 😂

  • @aadastroyergg1922
    @aadastroyergg1922 3 роки тому +3

    0:39 my science teacher every lesson 😂

  • @Quint1836
    @Quint1836 5 років тому +1

    Love the A team theme!

  • @mangiapoc8780
    @mangiapoc8780 9 років тому +1

    I love you!!!! I was in torino the 6 of July for top gear live.. Thank you!!

  • @EyePatchGuy88
    @EyePatchGuy88 2 роки тому +3

    2:53 That must be an interesting phone call to be on the other side of. On another note, I'm surprised they haven't blacklisted him.

  • @cesarcantu9001
    @cesarcantu9001 9 років тому +3

    Lol he called James Spiderman and I also laughed at the part when Richard slipped and fall

  • @lazyjesus6573
    @lazyjesus6573 3 роки тому +1

    I love it when a plan comes together

  • @JF-sb5mo
    @JF-sb5mo 2 роки тому +1

    I remember watching this as a kid. I so wish we could get this kind of thing back 😢

  • @gazundhieghts6512
    @gazundhieghts6512 8 років тому +14

    6:00 what is that music! I love it!

    • @celt67
      @celt67 8 років тому +13

      +Gazund Hieghts ....seriously ? It's the theme to The A-Team.

  • @acolytetojippity
    @acolytetojippity 4 роки тому +5

    3:40
    "No, come on Jeremy. That way round..."
    Wow, they're not putting up with any of Jeremy's shit, haha.

  • @parthalmule5460
    @parthalmule5460 3 роки тому

    This is an amazing episode

  • @margarethall7837
    @margarethall7837 Рік тому +2

    Brilliantly funny, especially when Hammond built the wall in the wrong place

  • @SebastianSegura1138
    @SebastianSegura1138 3 роки тому +2

    I love the music they use in this show, at 3:09 U2/Brian Eno’s Theme from Let’s Go Native is played

  • @BloddyGamer
    @BloddyGamer 9 років тому +36

    I`m norwegian and find it halarious that he struggled with the spraypaint!

    • @akmedia8206
      @akmedia8206 5 років тому +2

      SlightlyBipolar why does it matter if your Norwegian

    • @jebdunkins6796
      @jebdunkins6796 5 років тому +2

      @@akmedia8206 this episode was filmed in Norway

  • @holownsu
    @holownsu 8 років тому +1

    damn, back at it again with the SUVAT equations.... How i did NOT miss you.

  • @pspbasti1
    @pspbasti1 9 років тому

    I love this series

  • @NightFlyer
    @NightFlyer 9 років тому +31

    I feel so bad for Hammond

  • @plongplongjusainramira6795
    @plongplongjusainramira6795 9 років тому +3

    James is really Brilliant!!!!

  • @zukriuchen
    @zukriuchen 6 років тому +1

    "Top Gear Jumping... Champio!"
    20 seconds in and I'm already in stitches

  • @LitheApo
    @LitheApo 9 років тому +1

    Can't wait for series/season 22 to start !

  • @daunteuflay4859
    @daunteuflay4859 5 років тому +3

    2:29 jeremys best laugh in tg history😂😂😂

  • @Ex_Arc
    @Ex_Arc 9 років тому +8

    Upload the next one already

  • @benshapira866
    @benshapira866 3 роки тому

    Undoubtfully , my predered top gear sequence. A collector!!

  • @Super6ix0ne
    @Super6ix0ne Рік тому

    I think this is the hardest I’ve cracked up in a while new favorite episode!

  • @TimDaCorgi
    @TimDaCorgi 6 років тому +80

    Being american, I find this show quite interesting and comical. Cheers to the brits. I mean that in the nice way of course

    • @TimDaCorgi
      @TimDaCorgi 5 років тому +3

      @rome91 Not quite.

    • @che3se1495
      @che3se1495 5 років тому +7

      @@TimDaCorgi basically means thanks

    • @maxconnolly4279
      @maxconnolly4279 5 років тому +2

      che3se1495 it can mean that, or its just a term used when you celebrate with others and raise a glass.

    • @foxy126pl6
      @foxy126pl6 4 роки тому

      Since when Toyota Supra is American?

    • @foxy126pl6
      @foxy126pl6 4 роки тому +3

      @@TaikaJamppa it was a joke calm down

  • @yesno.idontknow.587
    @yesno.idontknow.587 3 роки тому +4

    Jeremy and Hammond are like my partners in science when I talk science and they didn't pay attention because they never do

  • @luckylifeonwheels626
    @luckylifeonwheels626 5 років тому

    You guys are awesome your videos make me laugh all the time... BBC Top Gear for ever

  • @harmanpaul6087
    @harmanpaul6087 9 років тому +2

    Need to watch the new seasons

  • @TheBigAyland
    @TheBigAyland 4 роки тому +3

    6:22 May desperatly trying not to laugh out loud

  • @daunteuflay4859
    @daunteuflay4859 5 років тому +11

    2:01 the first music put in when jeremy and james climb the stairs makes it probably my favorite scene ever in topgear.
    it shows the simplicity of their boyish minds
    its a good song but with really stupid undertones

    • @Chipwhite1
      @Chipwhite1 3 роки тому +2

      what is the song?

    • @daunteuflay4859
      @daunteuflay4859 3 роки тому

      @@Chipwhite1 idk but i'd want it too

    • @guestc142
      @guestc142 2 роки тому

      @@Chipwhite1 I think you'll be able to find it in the FinalGear Forums.

    • @90sVino
      @90sVino Рік тому +4

      Change(Aphex Twin Mix ) by Nav

  • @adamlink9772
    @adamlink9772 8 років тому

    This laugh at the end was priceless! Jeremy made my day! :D

  • @jubitoftw
    @jubitoftw 7 років тому

    hands down the best top gear spacial. and the competition is fierce. :D