TopGear Season 20 thread

[Atty]

FYI, there is some great Sesto Elemento bonus footage, including comments by James and Jezza (who makes fun of the engineers for the plastic windows), at http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2013/07/30/video-behind-the-scenes-with-the-sesto-elemento/. I was hoping, given Clarkson's height, that they would explain how the "seat" and/or pedals are adjusted to accommodate drivers of different sizes, but no such luck.

Actually, on a related note, since Clarkson is 6'5", it appears to me the current (by far the fastest) Stig, who is standing right next to him in this video, is not much below 6' - maybe 5'10" or 5'11"? Still seems too short to be David Coulthard unless he has always exaggerated his height (which some men certainly do).

Coulthard could not be over 6'. Racing drivers are always shorter on average. They all look tall because everyone out there is short.

Have you seen one IRL yet? They are stunning. Absolutely stunning.

Seeing them is nothing, I want to hear one! The sound in that video was intense. I can imagine walking through a busy city and hearing that echoing off buildings. I'd have a crisis right there.

 

[Bacstar]

Haven't had a chance to see one yet. Not sure if I ever will up here in Anchorage. I imagine I'll love it even more when I do. Definitely will make a trip to the Jag dealer when I head to California to visit family this Thanksgiving.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Coulthard could not be over 6'. Racing drivers are always shorter on average. They all look tall because everyone out there is short.

He is supposedly 6', as is Jenson Button. Mark Webber is 6'1", and Justin Wilson, who drove F1 in 2003, is 6'4". Certainly you're right that F1 drivers tend to be fairly short, but there are exceptions.

 

[JulesMaximus]

He is supposedly 6', as is Jenson Button. Mark Webber is 6'1", and Justin Wilson, who drove F1 in 2003, is 6'4". Certainly you're right that F1 drivers tend to be fairly short, but there are exceptions.

Fernando Alonso is a little over 5'7"
Lewis Hamilton just under 5'9"

It seems the average height of an F1 driver is around 5'9"