Top Gear Track Record

[bluesatin]

Looks like the factory need to go back and and try at 1.10!

[spatz]

yes and the FXX is definetely not a road legal car, if you look the specs up it has no road registration and is intended for track use only !
also sure it is not going over a sleeping policemen, so you see the rules can be altered, it is a show and what is good for the show.....

[Pilot Pete]

There was an amazing video if it on pistonheads TV a while ago.
I would have though it runs on slicks too.

[spatz]

yep forgot that, slicks only for this car, so now you can go on the chart only if you are a celeb and you bring your ride with you............

[deadscoob]

They're road legal slicks?

It's a £1mill, 1100kg, 800-850hp, non road legal trackday special, it should be quicker on track than most Ultimas surely?

[Stig]

spatz said:

yep forgot that, slicks only for this car, so now you can go on the chart only if you are a celeb and you bring your ride with you............

In true Ferrari fashion, they 'bend' the rules so they can win!

Non road legal car, slicks with an insistence on using their 'own' driver. Oh, apparently that FXX is Schumachers 'own' car.

Harldy a surprising result.

Standby for next week's announcement that the 'usual' Stig is back in the seat

[d3vine]

Wait, so that means, that'll possibly let an Ultima on their track...

[Stig]

d3vine said:

Wait, so that means, that'll possibly let an Ultima on their track...

I doubt it. They don't recognise it as a 'production car' despite factory Ult's outselling the likes of the Caparo T1 by about 1000 to one.

Edited by Stig on Monday 22 June 14:34

[d3vine]

Out of curiosity, do you all think an Ultima with slicks and 800+ hp will achieve a better time than that FXX?

[bluesatin]

I think will need to get the 800bhp Ultima with slicks and have a go!

[d3vine]

Rush Performance offers a 880hp supercharged LS7. Does anyone from the states know of an engine tuner that supercharges LS7 to about 850hp and similar amount of torque? Also, would like to know of available gearboxes for the LS7 that can handle 800+ lb of torque and possibly sequential.

My Ultima GTR will have about 450hp but boy that extra 400hp will be Fing! insane!!

[MHunter]

Stig said:

d3vine said:

Wait, so that means, that'll possibly let an Ultima on their track...

I doubt it. They don't recognise it as a 'production car' despite factory Ult's outselling the likes of the Caparo T1 by about 1000 to one.

Edited by Stig on Monday 22 June 14:34

I never understood this. The Veyron is a production car, even though there's only about 20 of them in the hands of individuals? They only made 100 McLaren F1. What about the Koneigsegg? There are more Ultimas out there than any of those 'production cars'.

[fastka]

as much as i can't stand him, i think that Mr Schumacher's skill and prowess at the driving lark have helped to get that time. would the real Stig have got close to it?

I don't know who did the Ultima lap but perhaps Schumacher could shave some seconds off it in an Ultima.

you could see all through the lap that it was going to be 'Ultima' quick but it is such a shame that we can't see a fantastic British product showing the world what the Ultima can do.

[Omerta]

At the driving level we're talking about any difference between Schuie and a.n.other pro driver would only be in some tenths of a second I'd have thought, and that would be offset by the regular Stig's better knowledge of the circuit.

[V8Dom]

so why cant the Ultima go on the show....Or do you think they put the black Ferrari on the show just to ps off Ultima and their claim of fastest lap????

Ted come on....get the car on the show ASAP

dom

[dudleybloke]

i think top gears denial of the ultima is sheer racism! what about a bit of direct action! there must be quite a few ultima owners annoyed with tg so why not turn up en mass while theyre filming and DEMAND they have it on the show. they cant ignore a road block of ultimas.

[spatz]

probably not the right message that you can get a supercar at this price level, better test cars that are beyond the reach of most, attracts obvioulsy more viewers than the idea of actually not only watching but driving yourself

[deadscoob]

£1million Ferrari with Schumacher on the show, or £50k virtually unknown british kit car.

Brad Pitt or bloke from local theatre.

It's all about viewing figures.

For what it's worth, I don't think a similarly powered Ultima would be as quick as the FXX. I think put Schumacher in a Caparo and it would be quicker than the FXX.

[GingerWizard]

d3vine said:

Out of curiosity, do you all think an Ultima with slicks and 800+ hp will achieve a better time than that FXX?

yes yes i do. I need to see it as well

[RichardD]

spatz said:

probably not the right message that you can get a supercar at this price level, better test cars that are beyond the reach of most, attracts obvioulsy more viewers than the idea of actually not only watching but driving yourself

Clarkson depends on the manufacturers lending him cars for his jollies so to do something that spoils the link between price and performance isn't something that the big manufacturers would want.

Hence IMO they'd get in a sulk if suddenly a pure simple performance machine went quicker than their heavy complex expensive offerings.

Saying that Caterham did very very well last series

Interesting point on dreaming, I hear lots of people dream/go on about this or that, but hardly ever do/plan anything to get it....