Honestly those kids telling the Stig "Good luck on the bus!" is pretty damn adorable.

@morrisgordon9618

4 жыл бұрын

Kezajaws control yourself woman. You must be in season

@The_Tau_Beta

4 жыл бұрын

When you see stig walk to the front of the bus Chuckles I'm in danger

@gt5player985

4 жыл бұрын

It really warmed my heart

@Trihawk7

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Britain

@jamesmusselwhite4406

4 жыл бұрын

1000th Liker lets goooo 😂

In his book "The man in the white suit" former Stig Ben Collins revealed that he was told every single bit of what the intentions of this race were, had been briefed about which routes they were going to take and what his role should be... ...And that role was "be as unpredictable as possible" don't be afraid to throw a spanner in the works. So everything you see Collins doing here: - Jumping the gun at the start - Not answering the phone - Not using the escalator - Picking up the newspaper All of it was genuine, no briefing to the camera crew of "I'm about to do this" he just did it and the camera crew had a tough time keeping up with him but at the same time had a ball filming it.

@tahutoa

5 жыл бұрын

Who was the black Stig, though?

@9999AWC

5 жыл бұрын

@@tahutoa An older gentleman who was also an F1 racer. You can find the info on Wikipedia

@WASIURPA

5 жыл бұрын

The big red car

@jackredmond946

5 жыл бұрын

RastaSaiyaman that’s brilliant considering he is only a racing driver

@preetamdasika7636

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe that's why he was so averted to Lewis Hamilton

After this, I realise just how entertaining it would be to have the Stig star on some sort of kids adventure show with Jeremy narrating it.

@Antoninirivera

8 жыл бұрын

...holy shit

@caitthenerd7470

8 жыл бұрын

+Hector the Third You, good sir, are a genius.

@regularbloke2117

4 жыл бұрын

Im not sure jeremy is someone you would expect to be in a kids show....maybe pg13 but no a kids show

@coltentackett892

3 жыл бұрын

shit id watch it

@lyonvensa

2 жыл бұрын

If it's a kid's show, James might fit better, unless he starts on a full on rant about something lol

"Oh crikey it's the Rozzers" - gotta love James May!

@danielhorton5814

Жыл бұрын

So what you doing with yourself these days

@Essex007

11 ай бұрын

“Bus driving bullying nazi” 😂😂

I wish they would bring Stig on every challenge.

@user-qj6lj4iq2b

6 жыл бұрын

For tracks I agree

@jonathansefcik473

4 жыл бұрын

They brought him on the 24 hour race challenge with the diesel BMW

@ted2ar

4 жыл бұрын

I came from the future topgear has ended

@joogiewatkins1519

4 жыл бұрын

Teddy No it hasn't

@AvroVulcanXH607

4 жыл бұрын

@@joogiewatkins1519 Technically no, realistically yes

Hammond + a bicycle = The World's Angriest Man

@TraustiGeir

5 жыл бұрын

He was also the The World's Angriest Man when they left him for days on the top of a snowy mountain in Canada.

@callumhardy5098

5 жыл бұрын

Automatic Oversteer Angrier than the angriest director

@r.a.6459

4 жыл бұрын

Hammond said in this episode: "Bloody lights, bloody **** **** lights"

@ryang9533

4 жыл бұрын

I was the 1000th like

@bymafia2606

4 жыл бұрын

TraustiGeir canada*

*Stig picks up newspaper/checks the sport section “Lewis Hamilton roars to victory” Stig angrily throws newspaper down God I miss top gear

@vyasponnuri3375

3 жыл бұрын

Current state of F1😂😂

@vadapartyannapurna

3 жыл бұрын

The old one, you mean? Cause you’re right if you mean the old one

@rotrohan

3 жыл бұрын

He must have a sixth sense or something, that Lewis is going to be the greatest of all and make the bitter ones eat their own heads :):)

@ChoufornowProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Proof that silence is the best comedy.

@ThMnWthNNm

3 жыл бұрын

The Stig apparently doesn’t like Lewis Hamilton.

When I watched this on TV I was in awe of Hammond. You have to be a pretty damn fast cyclist and have a great deal of stamina to do that. So to all you commuters, buy a boat!

@Sam-K

3 жыл бұрын

Or a motorcycle.

@Yaro2

3 жыл бұрын

Sam K. That works

@jacobjorgenson9285

3 жыл бұрын

It's television edited for entrainment

@RenegadeShepTheSpacer

Жыл бұрын

​@@jacobjorgenson9285 So what? That doesn't change the fact that Hammond actually did this.

I've never loved an anonymous person wearing a creepy, featureless helmet as much as I love the Stig.

@AB-sg5wn

Жыл бұрын

You do realise it isn't actually a person in a helmet the Stig isn't human.

@danielstevenson6469

2 ай бұрын

303rd like right here awesome!

0:59 A plasma powered horse - Lol, Only Hammond would come up with that :p

@4oho361

4 жыл бұрын

@Landslide when you respond to a 5 year old comment

@stefan6347

2 жыл бұрын

Technically all herbivorous animal got their energy from plants which got their energy from the Sun, and the Sun is a big ball of plasma, so technically all horses are plasma powered.

@lechking941

2 жыл бұрын

@Deonex i will give you credit for typing all of that.

Hammond deserved to win. The Stig took the most sensible form of transportation. Jeremy's use of the Thames as a sort of motorway was pretty clever. And James simply took the wrong mode of transportation for London. Honestly, you can crawl faster than you can drive in London when the traffic is really thick.

@Bobspineable

10 ай бұрын

There should be another car driver, one who bypassed London altogether.

Imagine if you'd never watched Top Gear and you walked out onto a platform on the Underground and saw The Stig there.

@FFM0594

3 жыл бұрын

You aren't from London. You see weirder stuff than that every day!

@ashleightompkins3200

3 жыл бұрын

@@FFM0594 I don't live in London but I do live in Bournemouth. I believe you

@Dr.s3RTH

3 жыл бұрын

And a camera crew filming him

@scorch1968

3 жыл бұрын

FFM0594 like the guy who gets off at Victoria wearing the foil crown and a carrying a cardboard bishops crook singing as he goes up the escalator....

@FFM0594

3 жыл бұрын

@@scorch1968 Hey, that's me! ;)

Damn, I love this race. I really wish they'd include Stiggy for more 4-way amusement in future races.

@wamalaidaybales3832

6 жыл бұрын

Pepitobenito

@jakeburton4599

5 жыл бұрын

Haha you said 4 way 😂

@WASIURPA

5 жыл бұрын

Heh

@naws69

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, about that

@Jace888

2 жыл бұрын

There was a Russian race that the 4 did. And it was the last that involve the 4 of them.

Correction: *London* ruined the race. "Mind the gap." Amazing how Stig can be such a comedian without ever saying a word or showing a single expression!

@lisakaz35

3 жыл бұрын

The 1940s recording of that was funnier. They retired it c. 1990.

@MercenaryPen

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisakaz35 pretty sure it can still be heard on the Northern Line at Embankment- at the request of the original announcer's widow

@richardchantlerrico

3 жыл бұрын

@@MercenaryPen Correct, the widow was sad to lose the sound of her husbands voice so they restored the origional announcements at the station nearest her home so she could come and hear him. Beautiful move on their part if you ask me :-)

@lechking941

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardchantlerrico and with stig being one of the good silent comedians we all can remember this and return to it BECAUSE of the internet.

3:58. Priceless! First hint of Stig emotion. Hey TG: post the whole race, not just highlights!

4:33 Captain Slow tries to negotiate with a cop and utterly fails!

@chaoszombie9995

5 жыл бұрын

koustave that wasn’t a fail... he had a valid point,

@Twiggy163

4 жыл бұрын

@@chaoszombie9995 I agree. The policeman was a bit of a robot.

@adelaide7822

3 жыл бұрын

He was trying to be a shrewd negotiator.

@seanrobbins7125

Жыл бұрын

That cop made no sense

Ben Collins, the Stig, was recovering from a few broken ribs from a recent racing crash, and was in considerate pain during this race.

@trevormoses5061

2 жыл бұрын

His father had also passed away. 🥺

@Shakes-Off-Fear

Жыл бұрын

What better excuse to stand completely still and move as little as possible?

I like how The Stig is always treated like equipment. :D

3:27 "He who is last shall be first" 😂😂 gotta love May for his phrases

@albertosg471

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, that’s not May’s phrase, is Jesus Christ’s. “So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen” Matthew 20:16 Just saying...

@TheCulexus

3 жыл бұрын

@@albertosg471 the phrase is horrifically incorrect when applied to traffic and races

@bobo577

16 күн бұрын

@@TheCulexusGood point there.

Some say he invented humor. Others say he invented fear. All we know... is that he is the Stig.

Interestingly, the Honda 225 engine on his boat is the same sort of engine Jeremy uses on his amphibious Toyota pickup truck.

@southbaywaverippers8393

4 жыл бұрын

*Toybota

Being at Embankment and getting to City Airport on a bike before a boat travelling at 70mph in Wandsworth is ridiculously impressive from Hammond

The camera man will always be the fastest

@quillmaurer6563

5 жыл бұрын

That's something I always wonder about in these episodes - what is the camera crew doing to keep up with them, especially when they're doing something difficult or impossible. What were they filming Jeremy's boat from? Similarly, the episode where they used trucks to rescue Hammond from a snowy mountain, or crossed the salt pan in cars (the first time that had ever been done), or went to the North Pole in a truck (another first), and so on. They emphasize how difficult it is, how specialized their equipment, and so on, yet the camera crew follows along with no difficulty somehow. How in the hell are they doing it?

@wwethemes2341

5 жыл бұрын

​@@quillmaurer6563 pre-placed/pre-planned camera spots

@xyihhz4262

Жыл бұрын

@@quillmaurer6563 magic flying powdered flying brooms

As someone from The Netherlands, I find London cyclists a brave species.

@EightThreeEight

9 ай бұрын

Cycling infrastructure in London has got a hell of a lot better in the past decade.

@abdullahaanawaleh

9 күн бұрын

Still far behind the Netherlands unfourtunately

4:00 Stig throws paper away after seeing Lewis Hamilton on it..

@BobTheHatKing

3 жыл бұрын

Some say that he was trying to steer the train with the newspaper

3:58 Will always be my favourite Stig moment. Always makes me smile :P

I would like a Plasma powered Horse!

Public transport and bicycle riding performs better than a personal automobile within a big city? This is actually the best episode of Top Gear.

@sirspookybones1118

4 жыл бұрын

By far my favourite challenge they did

@VideoGamerExpert5

6 ай бұрын

wow that sums it up for NYC Perfectly! when I lived in NYC for 25 yrs I would always Bicycle or take Public Transport! never drove my own car till I got my drivers License when I Moved to Upstate New York from the City

@MoonatikYT

6 ай бұрын

@@VideoGamerExpert5 That's awesome! I live in rural nowhere so I have pretty much no choice but to drive. I wish I could make the switch to walking or biking everywhere.

@VideoGamerExpert5

6 ай бұрын

@@MoonatikYT where I currently you can take Public Transit which is Fare free if you don't have a Car but in truth I Drive rather than take Public Transit or Bike since drivers don't always attend to bikers on the road but that's just me but I should mention my Bicycle is a Specialized Globe Pro which has been discontinued and Specialized doesn't make anymore! Priced when New back in 2008 the Specialized Globe Pro was $1,300 USD and it came with 27 Speeds which was really an 9 Speed Bike which had 3 chain rings on the front and 9 cogs on the back! I still have the Specialized Globe Pro but its sitting in my Parents shed!

Anyone else find it funny that Hammond had to do the bicycle portion because he's the only one of the three that wouldn't die of a heart attack before the finish?

Even without a car The Stig beats Captain Slow.

@lahavmorris9919

3 жыл бұрын

Well its in the name

9:16 such a sad face, poor James. They shouldn't mock him all the time :(

@bigchaloupa3657

4 жыл бұрын

Hilla Ronkainen captain slow

@DhirC35

4 жыл бұрын

@@bigchaloupa3657 mr slowly

@Trillock-hy1cf

4 жыл бұрын

It is all part of the act.....:)

@missakaiddamalgoda1879

4 жыл бұрын

Really felt sorry after seeing his face.

@jacobjorgenson9285

3 жыл бұрын

His role is there to create entrainment

"OI" -- James May--3:27

@jeremyfong5684

3 жыл бұрын

Chuffing, bus-driving bullying Nazi, why don't you wait, and give your passengers a better ride

"king lewis roars to f1 greatness", stig´s reaction was priceless

James May's expressions at the end are priceless!! He seems a very nice person with good personality!!

For anyone wanting to know the name of the song at 7:30 onwards is called Immediate Music (Globus) - Preliator.

@faaiquealimehmood

3 жыл бұрын

Thabks mate

@CLC-1000

3 жыл бұрын

@@faaiquealimehmood You're welcome.

@faaiquealimehmood

3 жыл бұрын

Thats 4 years later and you're still there

@CLC-1000

3 жыл бұрын

@@faaiquealimehmood Happy to help in any way I can.

@ranjithbalasubramanian1545

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you... You have bought closure to a question that has been like an unscrtachable brain itch

James seemed genuinely heartbroken at the end there.

Captain Slow, living up to his name there.

@DreamTheory1994

10 жыл бұрын

I was said when captain slow didnt take the boat....

3:55 SO THE STIG CAN READ ENGLISH!!! damn this is a revalation

@davezekiwi8899

3 жыл бұрын

No they just taught him this name here is bad

@NotAmira_

10 ай бұрын

​@@davezekiwi8899i mean he also gets confused at 5:39 when he notices that there isnt a gap

The car will be given to the slowest man in the world. A man with no known sense of direction. May.

@shelvoyt1565

3 жыл бұрын

So really it was James who ruined top gear but it was also top gear that ruined top gear 😂

@darshanrao4963

3 жыл бұрын

How embarrassing it must be for James. Even Stig arrived before him 🤣🤣🤣 #SlowMay

@jinxitty7133

3 жыл бұрын

Poor James; the rozzers caught him.

It sucks that this is the only way you can view the classic top gear

@zainsaeed1895

6 жыл бұрын

SHEARZ

@aarondavis5386

5 жыл бұрын

"Classic top gear"

@starshape6650

5 жыл бұрын

Well there are less legitimate ways of doing it.

@specialpotato6846

5 жыл бұрын

I think it's on amazon prime video.....I think

@hdmat101

5 жыл бұрын

You can watch full episodes all the way from series 1 on a website called dailymotion

3:57 as soon as he looked at Lewis he threw away the paper 😂😂😂

@ric4397

Жыл бұрын

I still remember going to school and seeing that exact article on the paper on the bus in the morning, haha.

James after he found out he lose to a man on a bike, a man on boat, and a man using public transportation. James face is priceless.😂😂😂😂

if you do this in Amsterdam the bike will always win

@appelpower1

10 жыл бұрын

Yup, we are a country of bikes and terrible public transport.

@omarabdul4525

9 жыл бұрын

Roman Guerin trust me london has even smaller and more congested streets than amsterdam. In amsterdam a car still has a chance, but public transport would win everything because of the tram services within amsterdam.

@appelpower1

9 жыл бұрын

Omar Abdul You really think the car stands any chance whatsoever in the cramped ant's nest that is Amsterdam? Especially with this many bicycle lanes and the surprisingly decent tram system?

@senaanthasena9091

7 жыл бұрын

cycling is the future

@alexm.s4000

6 жыл бұрын

It would all depend on your stamina

The legendary Captain Slow!

3:50 still my favorite part of this sgement

@MikeDCWeld

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, my favorite part was not included in this video. It was the bit where Jeremy requested, and was granted, clearance to pass through the barrier at speed.

Definitely my favourite Top Gear episode. Learned a few words new to me from it: "rozzers", "cranky", and especially the "Chelsea tractor" :) which made it into my collection. Here in Germany our great humorist "Loriot" had a few cartoons about "Der Familienpanzer Susi II" ("The family tank Susi II"), making fun of oversized, bulky, heavy cars. This was in his book "Loriots großer Ratgeber" ("Loriots great advisor") that was published in 1968 - way before the first SUVs appeared on European streets at all...

@JetFalcon710

Жыл бұрын

"Familienpanzer" might be one of the greatest German words I've ever seen

With regards to filming Jeremy, there's a separate camera boat, but shots within the boat itself are almost certainly small, fixed remote cameras (as often used in cars to show the driver from multiple angles without the complication of hiding the film crew from various shots).

@JaredConnell

5 жыл бұрын

Also I'm sure they do b roll shots so before of after the actual race they do the same route (or at least a few small bits of it) with a camera man there to get different shots. For instance they show shots looking out from his boat that are not obviously shot by a person holding a camera as they show different angles and movements. That's why there are so many different shots without the crew slowing everything down.

@RBenjo21

3 жыл бұрын

Jared Connell I also wonder if the camera crews are sent ahead beforehand, ie given a huge head start.

@1234andrewjacksmith

6 ай бұрын

The stig talked aboubt this they sent a camera car with it and then afterwards depending either him or someone else would take the car and get B roll shots, this let them get all the good shots without messing too much with the whole race(though at least the first race the did was nowhere near as close as they which is part of why Jeremy was a bit drunk since he was waiting a while but that was more them learning what actual average speed of the road was like vs looking through the route and planing it, second was actually close, sure they have an ideal of the car will win if it can manage this average speed since this is the route and timetables of team public transport are taking So yeah Ben aka the stig got to drive the veryon back the way they came so they could get the bigger camera shots is if you can’t tell if they are in the car or boat they literally might not have been near it when the shot was taken

I knew Hammond would win as that speed limit at the beginning really slowed Jeremy down and I knew May and Stig would never beat Hammond because...well..May was in a car and Stig in public transportation in London. Anyone whose been to London knows just how much of a nightmare the congestion is there. I will never understand why anyone buys a car who lives in London, it takes forever to get through the constant congestion there.

@kevinprehm

4 жыл бұрын

And the city isn't all that large, so a bike makes a helluva lot more sense

@jacobjorgenson9285

3 жыл бұрын

It's television made for entrainment , not an actual race

@jdapaul1351

3 жыл бұрын

They should've done a race in Manila. They think London traffic is terrible? Wait until they come to Manila.

I love that they use the Batman 1989 soundtrack at 06:20!

"I've got a BOAT." For no reason at all, I lol'ed when he said that.

This show was amazing with these three as the hosts

8:05 According to Prime Video, Hammond is saying here "I'm only better than you!"

3:40 back then everyone holding the newspaper, and 11 years later everyone was on their smartphone

The stig is such a troll in this race D:

The way the trio shows stig as no human but a robot or alien is always funny

Hammond: I'm in a *bus* lane, which is good; I can use them. However, the other thing that uses them? Buses

Back when Hammond was in good enough shape to race motor vehicles on a bike.

I love the Stig just staring judgmentally at James at 9:04

Epic episode! Thanks, guys!

I love how one of Hammond's guesses as to what vehicle Jeremy would be driving was a Harrier Jump Jet. It's a pretty neat jet capable of hovering and doing VTOL, it would be funny seeing Clarkson trying to get clearance to land at the airport, and knowing how these guys can drive most vehicles, I wouldn't be surprised if one of them could actually fly a Harrier ;v;

0:58 A plasma powered horse.

I'm going to miss the Stig so much. and my god that boat looks like fun!

4:37 U.S State trooper "Hell ya! just keep up."

Wow, Richard was amazing! It must have been really exhausting.

Such an iconic video. Well, every top gear challenge with the trio is iconic.

Guess The Stig doesn't like Lewis Hamilton.

I love how they wheel the Stig on a Hand Truck! XD

The airport employee is clearly loving Jeremy's shock.

they are living their dream!! so sweet

lol i love stig's reaction to the news paper lolol love u stig!!

Missed Jeremy saying „POWERRRRR“ under the bridge

0:33 when you hear the watchmojo theme playing in the background of a Top Gear episode and you never realized it before because nobody watched watchmojo before this episode and tbh it wasn’t really popular until people made jokes about it in the 2019 KZread Rewind:

One of my favorite top gear challenges.

The Stig looks awesome.

"Hammond and May... LIVE WITH THIS!" Epic.

@souvikrc4499

2 жыл бұрын

And then the James Bond music plays.

i would take a boat because you see the london bridge and HMS Belfast

@brodielounder268

6 жыл бұрын

And apparently Fulham football club

@trumpsb757sucks5

4 жыл бұрын

You're profile pic is beautiful

This Top Gear episode made me realize, that my way to work by boat is faster than car, bicycle or train. And more fun. In the summertime.

I love this guy he is thinking of crazy ideas all the time

To think Jeremy wanted 2 of those engines on the Toyboata

If I remember this right, it's Ben Collins playing the Stig in this race... And I find that really funny. Getting him inn to travel by public transport. (He must have had a lot of fun with that character. It's great.)

Fantastic Episode

Chris Evans made 89 accounts

@kevinprehm

4 жыл бұрын

He's made another 151, mate

The best top gear race 👍👍👍

@notroll1279

8 жыл бұрын

+James Houghton It's a very good one - but actually I like the 1948 London to Edinburgh race even more...

@jd3076

6 жыл бұрын

this version is so much better kzread.info/dash/bejne/YoJ41qWlo6u9qZc.html

This was the first episode of Top Gear I saw, and I've been watching it ever since.

I'd be well impressed if I saw the Stig! Legend of a man.

Am I the only one here who prefers the bicycle?

@JuliusReedRPGFanboy

8 жыл бұрын

+H34dHun734R I prefer the boat.

@AverageLaur

6 жыл бұрын

no

@ilseawesomeness9828

5 жыл бұрын

You must be Dutch😂

@gordondean9839

5 жыл бұрын

Hammonds life was in danger many times during that trip. Overtaking betweeen vehicles is a recipe for disaster.

Not to take it away from Hammond, but the other 3 had disadvantages. • The airport is at the royal docks, not the river itself, so Clarkson had to drive past the airport for a few miles before going back into a lock to get into the docks and the airport • The Stig would have been quicker if he got off the District line train at Westminster to get on a Jubilee line train to Canning Town, where he could have taken the DLR to the airport • May was slowed down by the police stop, and by driving through Central London when it would have been quicker to just use the North Circular Road

The Stig should be in more races and challenges! He's so funny.

I love the police officers seen. James looked very confused and the other office was struggling to hid his laughter

The camera man filming Clarkson must have been running real fast

Even though its an outboard, that boat is a piece of art.

One of my favorite, if not favorite, Top Gear races.

This is just such quality television.

YES!!!! VICTORY FOR THE TRAIN!!!!!!!

Watch the reactions of onlookers when a man, wearing a life vest and dripping water walks up to the airline desk at a riverside airport and announces "I WANT MY MONEY BACK!"

One of the best races on Top Gear

The best scene in that programme (which is cut from this clip) is when Jeremy does a drive by at speed past the barrage. That, combined with Preliator makes it look like something out of James Bond. BBC Top Gear, you are the best.

Captain Slow lives up to his name..

Newspaper: King Lewis roars to F1 greatness, Stig: Damn it! HAAHHAHA x'D

The guy in the airport sounds like he had waited his whole life to say that.