Ex-Stig Attempts to RETAKE the Top Gear Record!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
- Ex-Stig and Drivetribe host Ben Collins returns to the Top Gear Test Track at Dunsfold to try and beat the lap time that de-throned him as the fastest Stig. Can he get the Ariel Atom 4R around the Top Gear Test Track faster than the Atom V8?
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The one thing ACTUALLY holding him back? There wasn't a Spanish speaking lesson on the radio
no radio..
Or a romantic novel.
Or a James May narrated book on tape.
tienes razon amigo
Genesis track
Someone should get Mike a proper stopwatch.
Someone should get Drivetribe a proper main presenter...
Someone should get Mike a proper job, I get that he’s passionate but he’s one of the most boring presenters on all of the TH-cam car content
Automated laptimer, .2 of a second can be up to the reaction time of the operator of the stopwatch
@@samuelgarrod8327disagree. Mike is great.
Yip exactly my thought
Hoping an owner of an Atom V8 can lend it to DriveTribe and Ben to use for the day.
With proper wheels.
They already lapped the V8 on a very slightly damp track. It won't go much faster.
There is a 1000 BHP K20 turbo atom which has made its rounds on a couple of channels in which i know Ben has been on. Misha drove it and said it needed alot more aero. I bet that will be the car they bring on to smash the record.
@@gorillafacegwen9247yeah, undrivable though
How many Atom V8s were made? They seem really rare and I've never seen one for sale anywhere
I demand that the Top Gear Test Track is given Grade 1 listed Status it deserves to be preserved for all time and no bulldozer is allowed to touch it!
Yeah true, but Dunsfold is still an aerodrome, it was made during world war 2.
It should be listed definitely, not only got top gear but for its use in ww2
The Top Gear Test Track should be a UN World Heritage Site for all the joy it has given hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Mayor Daley would have it torn up in the middle of the night.
@@wisconsineaglesfan7925 eh?
You didn't "used to be" the Stig. You are THE Stig!!
It's weird, because he's not even the longest running Stig. But he's still the real Stig in my eyes. He was there when Top Gear was at its highest. He helped make the show what it was, and even though he wasn't the first Stig, he created the myth, legend and persona that would become the iconic racing driver.
@@ExcludosHe's BY FAR the longest serving Stig.
Ben Collins ts and always will be THE STIG
@@samuelgarrod8327We dont know if the stig they replaced him with is the same person as after Clarkson, Hammond and May left. Assuming he is, then he was the Stig for Longer than Ben Collins was.
Tiff nedell was tha og stig👌
Thank god the test track hasn't been demolished, I hope it never does.
its literaly sheduled for complete demolition
Yet* 😢
I went there in 2019, and wasn't allowed anywhere in. I was stopped in front of the gate and that was it... needless to say I was very disappointed. Didn't even see the track from the distance. I don't live in England and was there only 2 times in my life. I wonder what has changed that they can do whatever they want now and film all these videos. Well, at least I tried.
@@Uraninite *yet
Don’t worry though. It’ll be a new build estate soon enough.
it should become a grade listed heritage site given how long it remained the test track for TopGear.
"I can't look at the speed, there's too much going on" officer 😂😂😂
Not something I'd try with a Georgia State Trooper lol!
Literally drove the wheels off it.
Literally wrecked the wheels trying to beat the time. Kudos to the driver Ben (Stig), car and tyres. Shame about the reinforced plastic wheels.
Literally all 4 wheels stayed on the car.
Finding nearly 2 seconds on a 1:20 track is a huge ask. Valiiant attempt.
I miss Top Gear so much. Thank you Drive Tribe for bringing us the closest thing we have to it. Love the channel. Would love to see you become a prime time TV show but happy to have you here on TH-cam. Keep it up everyone.
Using a phone as a stop watch and human reflexes for when he crosses the line is always going to give inaccurate results. Not a seconds worth, but at least a few tenths.
Usually two tenths for reaction time, but I doubt he’s reacting to him crossing the line and then pressing the button. You time it with him crossing the line
He's not using the phone for the timing... you can see the actual timing equipment @10.15. He probably used the phone to monitor it.
Back in the day i bet the track had more rubber on it. 🤷♂️
The reaction of a human could take as long as .75 seconds. Hence the 2 second rule when you're behind someone. Study has shown it takes that long for most people to react, visuals, send a message to the brain, brain sends a message to your feet, and your feet now applying the brakes.
@@DroneStrike1776 I assume you're just expanding on what I said, rather than trying to explain what I said, to me.
Dang he is still a beast behind the wheel. Get that man a V8 atom out there lol.
02:47 Oh I missed that shot!!!
It's ironic how they wouldn't let him speak because they thought a racing driver wouldn't have anything to say, yet his reviews are maybe the most interesting you'll hear anywhere
The car at the end is the Praga Bohema if anyone cares
Thanks dude!
Ok thx
I cared, thank you.
Yup, spotted that too. It should be epic.
Can someone say "And across the line" in a Clarkson voice please?
And across the line, in a Clarkson voice
"And across the line INNNNN!!" in an Hammond voice
"andACROSS, the line" in the James Mayest of voices
I literally said that to myself on the first lap.
funnily enough i can..
I'm so glad we have Ben on TH-cam nowadays, while he perfected the mute character of the "tame racing driver", he's also a brilliant personality actually presenting.
I love how he gets along so well with many other car youtubers, a lot of fun to watch and definitely a humble chap!
Some say that his shoes are made from Steely Dan's Greatest Hits.
And that his teeth be replaced like a sharks teeth, but all we know is, he is the Stig
because they are light and smooth right?
@@bradwhite5884 you didnt get the SD reference i can tell..
Some say that he only knows two facts about ducks... and both of them are wrong.
Ha ha😂
Top Gear: over my dead body.
Stig:
...and we're off.
Hahahaha😂
Guys 'n' Girls at Atom HQ redesigning of those wheels now Ben almost broke them!
Yeah that hub area needs to have twice the material atleast, but my guess is it's the heat and the lateral g's that stig put it through it just couldn't cope with. Happend around the tires which is why stig kept getting loose there. The grip probably was there but the wheel wasn't.
That's pretty scary to be honest.
No way it should start cracking at the hub unless you smash a curb side on.
Carbon doesn't give much warning so Ben's lucky the wheel didn't depart entirely.
Kinda staggering that the v8 is still fastest considering it's using 15 year old tire technology. What a monster.
@@enjoshi-godrez8775 on a tight track like these, even a little bit of turbo lag might make a difference.
so they have made a slower and less fun car to drive, lol.
@@kennytheamazing yea, but you put the v8 on modern tires, and it's never going to lose on a track this open.
It’s impressive considering this one in the video was also using Advan A052 which is still one of the best 200TW you can use today. I am unsure what they were using on old top gear though
The new one is less power and more weight. The aero might be more efficient, but also might be less as well. If the new one had the same power and weight with the better aero it'd likely be faster.
Would be interesting if they could get one of the V8's like used to set the record. At least that way it should be more driver vs driver.
This needs to be a regular segment on DriveTribe! An all new lapboard with the current crop of cars driven by Ben.
Crazy that they would block Ben from doing a lap in the V8. How insecure must one be to pull a move like that?
My guess is that Clarkson is not involved with drivetribe anymore.. He would never have allowed this..
Willman and Clarkson have made tv together way before the trio was a thing.
Notice how in old drivetribe videos, they never mentioned Top Gear, but now it’s fine.
When you're so scared the old guy you replaced is faster then you that you have to black mail a car maker to stop them.
Some say that if he caught fire, he would burn for a thousand days and that he only knows two facts about ducks and they're both wrong
😂 Love it.
😂😂
And that he has a full sized tattoo of his face...... On his face
.. and that in his wallet, he has a photograph - of his wallet!
Dunsfold is history, Dunsfold is love
The fact that hes trying to set a lap record in, not a racing suit and kit, but loafers and a t shirt, Legend
I missed the old test track.
The one thing holding him back - Mikes reactions on pressing the iPhone stopwatch button.
He's not timing it with an iPhone! He might have a data link with the actual timing equipment but nobody would ever use a phone to do the timing ... you can bet Ben would be complaining if that was the case. The phone was probably just used for the video "look".
Gotta get Ben a white helmet for the old times
a white simpson bandit
@@jakeevans1129 Just the mention of those words brings memories flooding back of my first few years motorcycling 🎉
Ben "THE STIG" Collins, there is no other regardless of records.
What was Willman's beef ffs? How petty can you be....I suppose they couldn't have the true STIG beat the imposter stig in the same car.
Yeah strange. I’d get it if Ben walked out or gave up his identity, but he left because the Radio Times outed him and there is zero point of a Stif “where everybody knows your name”
Ben almost literally drove the wheels off of that car, awesome job.
I love how Collin’s still a racing driver, not just a tester. He is giving input to the engineers to help it get faster! Ariel should come back with a modified 4R with more rear/adjustable areo, an increase in power and some more lightweight bits and see how much more can be pushed!
"Some say he drapes his cloths in a pool of lavender, and he wrote a book about riding a bicycle for dogs, all we know is he's called Ben Collins"
He needs to bring an Ultima GTR720. It’s done a lap of 1min 9.9 without Ben. Imagine what it would do with him!
Comperable to the FFX and Caparo, only a smidge behind the Zonda R and DBR9.....christ
a road legal Radical RXC 650 will destroy both the ariel and Ultima, even the 500hp version is faster than a mclaren p1 on super trofeo R tyres around angelsey, the 650hp version will lap about as fast as a LMP3 car and faster than a FIA GT3 car.
1:15 ;)
That version of the Ultima GTR720 doesn't count, it was not suitable for public roads... and as TG tradition goes, it will be taken off the board.
@@micglou it was a production road car
The county council want to turn that place into a massive housing estate, have done for many years. So far no luck for them due to local opposition. Also there used to be, in the old Top Gear days, a 9 hole golf course on the site, which I played on a few times. Really lucky if you hit the track - you could hit 350 yard drives! Unfortunately I believe the developers had that shut down many years ago.
You have got to do the V8 atom. It was a damp track, it actually had standing water out of hammerhead on the atom's lap. Heck, the pagani huayra needed basically racing slicks to beat it.
WOW! Ben rung it out, massive effort! :-)
Stig beef is crazy.
Ben getting that fired up makes me wanna run through a wall 😂
I notice the difference between him and most of the younger youtubers he's palling with--there is an iron intensity that he somehow manageds to take the edge off when he's presenting in polite company
I drove the original Atom with a 2ltr Honda engine strapped to the back of it, trust me on this, 2ltrs on a pile of scaffolding with 4 wheels attached is all you`ll ever need! I don`t fancy driving one on the street mind you! Track day car!
Gives new meaning to "drove the wheels off it"... I was watching the Praga series when Ben was competing, he might be a bit older, but he's still absolutely got it as a racing driver.
I guess if nothing else, it shows what an utter monster the V8 Atom is. We all knew it was utterly insane, but this puts it into perspective a bit more.
Ben still got it. 100%
That was fantastic, thanks Mark, Ben and team.
I’m sure the next Stig wouldn’t be able to pull those kind of times in this Atom. Ben you ARE THE BEST!!💪💪💪💪
Nice tries Ben. I personally believe the V8 has the edge, no matter who drives it, how old they are, or who is running the stop watch. 😄
Wilmon’s a proper whinger, isn’t he?
He's on the cusp in a lesser Atom, get this man a proper and equal one then send it around again!
JUSTICE FOR BEN!
I still remember those days when I watched every episode religiously to find out if the track had a new record. Love those simpler times
What a driver. Urg. I’d love to meet him one day. Childhood hero.
Some say he used jet fuel in his car, just to see if it would make it fly. Some say he can drive through any rush hour traffic, in less than 10mins.
Watching this has given me more joy than any other car video I have watched in a while! Love it, Ben.
This is exactly what drivetribe needs, power laps at the top gear test track with old stig.....more of this!!!
You need the Mcmurty Speirling
But that'd be cheating :P /s
TG/GT didn't die, and it will never!!
Because it lives on, as DT!! ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
not even close
thats the same as saying the leftover chips on you plate is the same as a full meal
its fun but its MILES behind TG or GT
NOT BAGGING DT
they do amazing stuff on their budget and its almost all interesting to watch
but lets not pretend
many year on, and im still not gelling with mike as presenter.
i dont hate the man or anything but...
to put it in Jeremy's words...." its like a Scottish Menu. not much on it and nothing very interesting.."
THIS DOESNT MEAN i dont recognize mikes hard work and effort in making DT as big as it is..
hes just not... the presenter i want...
he still seems more like a fanboi TH-camr and not an actual presenter to me. he needs like a permanent sidekick or foil to play off of, rather than just whatever person hes interviewing...
@@ripvanwinkle2002I think he's smarmy and smug. Slappable.
@@ripvanwinkle2002 Understandable, have a great day m8!
Big UPS for posting this 🤜🤛
Most other channels would have hidden it away. 😂
Some say he keeps a photo of his wallet in his wallet.
Some say saying 'some say' ceased being funny ten years ago.
Some say that he grinds his teeth at night in agony while the lap records which he was unable to break do not let him sleep like a curse!!
This man who is ''The'' Stig went in for a topgun maverick style lap and I so badly wanted him to beat the record.
@@samuelgarrod8327 and that in reality, there's no proof that it is no longer funny after ten years, all we know is, he is still the Stig
@@samuelgarrod8327true, but the concept of having a photograph of your wallet inside your wallet will always be amusing...
@@samuelgarrod8327some say, you know two facts about ducks and both of them are wrong
Ben has always been the guy this channel should have all along a while back.
Why do they pretend to use a phone for timing and have Mike ostentatiously jab it with his finger? If you're gonna go for goofy theatrics, why not just use a giant Flavor Flav stopwatch?
What's worse is all the comments thinking that's how they actually timed this 😂
He is not the ex stig. He is the stig
So he's in the latest top gear YT videos is he? No, the Stig is, not the ex-stig.
Cannot wait to see Ben absolutely send the Bohema around here, Absolutely gorgeous and mental looking piece of kit, no doubt he'll be able to work some magic!
Thanks for featuring the track again! The camera angles used to be a lot better with top gear though, I must say
Top Gear had fixed camera positions. DriveTribe just rented the track for the day, they dont own it.
Stop calling him the Ex stig. He IS the stig. The OG stig
Perry McCarthy is OG STIG though.
Ex-stig seems almost insulating, he’s THEE actual stig still. That man is a beast of a driver.
More horsepower, more low-end torque, NA smoothness, and 100 lbs lighter..... it would have been shocking if he did pull it off.
Are you really using the stopwatch app? Couldn't you find more timing consistency with
Harry's Lap Timer
Track Addict
Racebox Pro or Mini
??
How do you think TopGear timed laps?
The old Ultima GTR with 720bhp did 1:12 (1:09 on slicks) Think its time for another lap in the much faster and more modern Ultima RS with 1200bhp. Come on make it happen.
Exactly what I was thinking, what record are they talking about? Quite a few faster production road cars around that track, so I assume they are only talking about the Arial Atom record specifically. They are definitely being vague, perhaps deliberately so.
Some say that he talks to ducks and only eats churros for breakfast, All we know is he's called the stig.
What we need is "Stig" in the Suzuki to beat Barricello's time.
If that story about Wilman is true then he sounds like an absolute… (complete the sentence)
Why did Willman try to stop the V8 having that last push?
willman did it because he couldnt have the old stig being faster than the new one, it would have made TG look bad i guess.
@@simondale3980Regarding the lap times, I believe there's more to it. The track times weren't intended to showcase the fastest possible laps a car could achieve. The show lacked the resources and time to finely tune each vehicle and continuously drive until no further improvements in lap times were possible. The times we saw represented the best they could achieve with limited effort. While it's true that any of these times could potentially be improved upon, doing so would defeat the original purpose.
Holy molly!! Watching that Valkyrie launch of the line gave me chills!!
So, it's made for the track but the wheels start delaminating after a few hard laps. Right...
Still absolutely insane that he's only 0.7 off a car with more HP, less weight and a higher top speed, that's a proper flex right there... He'd be putting in 1:13s in the V8 I'm sure.
The wing seems less than optimized. Get Vulcan Alpha on the case.
That Praga Bohema at the end gave me the chills 👍
Some say he drinks a gallon of petrol for breakfast... and when he burps, flames are so strong that can melt lava... 😂 Go Ben 💪
Stiggy attempting records in a t-shirt instead of a fire suit. How does he get his pants on over those boulders? That's Stig power!
Maybe that was the problem. The white helmet is worth an extra 8 tenths.
Kind of a bad look for the Atom- one day at the track doing exactly what the car was designed for and the wheel is breaking?!
Glad you said Top Gears record , not the fastest time ever round the same course !
Top notch content :) Nice to see Ben driving that track again
The trouble is, Ben is a lot heavier than what the stig was🐷
so the arrogance from one person demanding he not do it or else, ended up with the show being cancelled years later
loving his utter commitment through the fast sweepers, drifting like a Moto GP bike 😍
I love the idea of old stig being free of the BBC can woo at the end of his lap 😂
As a Racer myself, he did not fail on this. It was the car and/or car setup. It's unfortunate that no one is there to help dial in the car setup. That or if he had access to the same car with the same setup. He would have absolutely smashed that time.
Loved this, can feel Ben's spirit!
How did Top Gear record the lap times? Surely it was more precise than a bloke with a stop watch and eyeballing it.
Love Ben! He's the real Stig.
He is THE STIG. He was and always will be to me ❤
Yes. I agree
I was willing Ben so hard to beat that time! Felt like i was in there with him, exhausted now 😅, well done Ben Collins x
I really liked how this went, it felt genuine and unpredictable.
0.7 seconds behind a car that has 100 more hp is way quicker. He is the Real OG stig
Why not use proper timing gear and eliminate the ‘Mike’ error.
Would love to see him have one final go in the Liana. Retake Barichello's record
Cant wait to see Ben back on the top of the list. Go STIG.
Some say he works for the British secret service, and he’s responsible for all the stunt driving of the many James Bond movies of late.
Dunsfold needs to be preserved at all costs.
mike and ben, the best friends we all strive to be!
If you allow that lap we will boicot your car. Man, why are British Motorsports/ media so toxic…