Sunday's Top Gear - Mansell

supersport · 14 Dec 2005

Finally got round to watching Sunday's top gear. Veyron - wow phoar phoar. Can you get £850K for a small child?

Shame about the 997 stuff being glossed over.

Did any one else notice that halfway through Nigel Mansell's lap the number plate on the car changed, I think it was around the hammer head. Went from GX52 xxx to GU03 xxx, or something like.

Not surprising that he was quick, when you paste all the good bits together.

A

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F1_Dragon · 14 Dec 2005

Will check it out...eagle eyes if true...i was too busy watching his wheels as the way he was caning it round the corners i expected them to come off!

a stonker of a lap (or two laps) it was.

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smtk · 14 Dec 2005

just looked, its the same car

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supersport · 14 Dec 2005

I think they have several of the same car though, for when the Americans/lunatics brake them.

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Michael Taverner · 14 Dec 2005

Yes Mansell's lap was good but then did you see the week before, Ellen MacArthur did a 1.46.7, to top the Celebs Board, which is much more impressive, since by her own admission whe doesn't drive a car very often. And she did it without all the fuss that is usually made by the celeb drivers.

Michael

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Porsche · 14 Dec 2005

Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by Michael Taverner on 14 December 2005

Yes Mansell's lap was good but then did you see the week before, Ellen MacArthur did a 1.46.7, to top the Celebs Board, which is much more impressive, since by her own admission whe doesn't drive a car very often. And she did it without all the fuss that is usually made by the celeb drivers.

Michael

she was very impressive

as for Mansell, showed how past it Damon Hill was !

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Tiptronic · 14 Dec 2005

Just being cynicall, but stig shows all the drivers the best lines (which are painted on the ground) and ellen being a very small and light woman must have being gianing at least 30kilos over mansell, that has got to be worth 2- 3 seconds.

Yes she is a good driver, but her weight gives her a tremendous advantage over other good drivers in such a low power car.

Rant Over

Daz.

C4S

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smtk · 14 Dec 2005

well thats mansells fault for being a fat SOB lol

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Porsche · 14 Dec 2005

Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by darren james on 14 December 2005

Just being cynicall, but stig shows all the drivers the best lines (which are painted on the ground) and ellen being a very small and light woman must have being gianing at least 30kilos over mansell, that has got to be worth 2- 3 seconds.

Yes she is a good driver, but her weight gives her a tremendous advantage over other good drivers in such a low power car.

Rant Over

Daz.

C4S

good point !

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Tiptronic · 14 Dec 2005

Pardon me for being new to this but what does lol stand for?

Daz,

P.S

Mansell was always fat and fast, imagine if he had been slim

Also if he had shaved his lip sudburn a bit sooner, maybe more aerodynamic also :wink:

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smtk · 14 Dec 2005

geez gampy james it means laughs out loud :wink:

rofl = rolling on the floor laughing

tbh = to be honest

IMO = in my opinion

ttyl = talk to you later

now go forth and use MSN

(btw as fatass myself i can recommend never going go-karting)

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Tiptronic · 14 Dec 2005

Ok tbh imo I m rofl 4 fa in KC,

any good,

Daz

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supersport · 15 Dec 2005

:?

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Tiptronic · 15 Dec 2005

Ok tbh imo I m rofl 4 fa in KC,

any good,

Daz

C4S
For SS,

Ok to be honest I am rolling on the floor laghing for fat ass in Go Kart,

Should have bee GK at the end.

Daz.

See told you I was new to this.

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Neil Dickson · 15 Dec 2005

Last year I was sitting on my boat, tied up to the refuelling pontoon on the River Medina in Cowes, waiting to fill up with diesel. I watched Ellen McArthur as she approached the pontoon next to me. She came in too fast and crashed into the pontoon, accompanied by the cracking of wood and fibreglass.

She is a brave, gutsy sailor and is obviously pretty nifty around the TG track, but she still parks like a woman!

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