Top Gear with Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and short film on Senna.
Posted by ralv585
Absolutely loved this episode, and the film on Senna was fantastic.
Great job Top Gear, one of the best episodes ever!
Great job Top Gear, one of the best episodes ever!
The senna part was fantastic, lots of non senna fans are moaning saying it should be in the f1 programme. I loved it anyway and was nice to see the car in action again 
I can't help but think that the Diaz/Cruise times were slightly fabricated, Cruise was never a full second quicker than the nearest lap time. Clarkson seemed to change his tune on motorbikes as well lol.
The Senna piece was really good though, was good to see Hamilton be genuinley moved to drive that Mclaren.
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The Senna piece was really good though, was good to see Hamilton be genuinley moved to drive that Mclaren.
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Top Gear's executive producer is denying reports that Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz had their laps around the show's racetrack fixed.
Sunday night's programme (25 July) saw the two Hollywood stars take the top two spots on the leader board.
Some Radio 1 listeners have been texting in to the Chris Moyles and Fearne Cotton shows saying the laps were faked.
Andy Wilman says that couldn't happen and the laps were genuine.
He said: "We are listening to armchair experts who don't know a thing.
"They weren't there, they don't understand how laps are done.
"Their times were accurate, their times were truthful."It really saddens me that people who don't know anything can then sour the whole moment."
But some texters weren't sure you saw the finish line and that Tom Cruise doing a wheelie would have slowed him down.
Cruise and Cameron Diaz took on the 'Star in a reasonably priced car' challenge last Thursday and each drove a Kia cee'd around Top Gear's famous test track.
The programme was broadcast on Sunday night (25 July) and saw Cruise post a time of 1 minute 44.2 seconds.
Cameron Diaz, 37, did it in 1 minute 45.2 seconds.
Both beat the previous best posted by Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint, who'd done the lap in 1 minute 45.5 seconds.
"The lap timing is covered very accurately," said Andy Wilman. "There are people with stop watches, there are cameras in the cars and we have people on the corners at each track to make sure nobody cuts the lines.
"You can't cheat basically."
Tom Cruise, 48, and Cameron Diaz were in the UK for the premiere of their action film, Knight and Day, held in London's Leicester Square last week.
Tom Cruise helped an audience member who'd fainted during the show
But earlier in the day the stars spent several hours at Top Gear's test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.
"Tom Cruise turned up really early," said Andy Wilman. "He put more effort into getting that lap time than I've ever seen anybody do.
"He was doing 190mph (305km/h) in the Bugatti Veyron down the runway. He knows what he's doing in a car.
"He took a load of instruction from The Stig. The celebrities that come on, they usually do four or five laps with The Stig, then they go out solo.
"He spent longer with him and was asking more detailed questions, so that his first dry lap was in the 1'45s already. He'd already done the lap record on his first dry lap."
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Sunday night's programme (25 July) saw the two Hollywood stars take the top two spots on the leader board.
Some Radio 1 listeners have been texting in to the Chris Moyles and Fearne Cotton shows saying the laps were faked.
Andy Wilman says that couldn't happen and the laps were genuine.
He said: "We are listening to armchair experts who don't know a thing.
"They weren't there, they don't understand how laps are done.
"Their times were accurate, their times were truthful."It really saddens me that people who don't know anything can then sour the whole moment."
But some texters weren't sure you saw the finish line and that Tom Cruise doing a wheelie would have slowed him down.
Cruise and Cameron Diaz took on the 'Star in a reasonably priced car' challenge last Thursday and each drove a Kia cee'd around Top Gear's famous test track.
The programme was broadcast on Sunday night (25 July) and saw Cruise post a time of 1 minute 44.2 seconds.
Cameron Diaz, 37, did it in 1 minute 45.2 seconds.
Both beat the previous best posted by Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint, who'd done the lap in 1 minute 45.5 seconds.
"The lap timing is covered very accurately," said Andy Wilman. "There are people with stop watches, there are cameras in the cars and we have people on the corners at each track to make sure nobody cuts the lines.
"You can't cheat basically."
Tom Cruise, 48, and Cameron Diaz were in the UK for the premiere of their action film, Knight and Day, held in London's Leicester Square last week.
Tom Cruise helped an audience member who'd fainted during the show
But earlier in the day the stars spent several hours at Top Gear's test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.
"Tom Cruise turned up really early," said Andy Wilman. "He put more effort into getting that lap time than I've ever seen anybody do.
"He was doing 190mph (305km/h) in the Bugatti Veyron down the runway. He knows what he's doing in a car.
"He took a load of instruction from The Stig. The celebrities that come on, they usually do four or five laps with The Stig, then they go out solo.
"He spent longer with him and was asking more detailed questions, so that his first dry lap was in the 1'45s already. He'd already done the lap record on his first dry lap."
LS's Tip of the week
ESSENTIAL OILS aren't essential unless you're an engine, a gearbox or a twat
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 07/27/2010 08:17PM by LS..
Tom cruise has always had a thing for driving well.. He looked smooth like the F1 driver's do. Great lap!
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
Cameron Diaz weighs as much as a pretzel.
Tom Cruize is about the size of a pretzel.
(For the off topic, Rupert Grints hair is the colour of a pretzel).
Most competitors are full grown adults (mostly blokes) who are probably a lot heavier. I do think weight MIGHT influence things, even only a little bit.
It does in Karting, by a lot!
Then again, this is probably a pile of tripe. Just saying, you know!? :P
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it
Tom Cruize is about the size of a pretzel.
(For the off topic, Rupert Grints hair is the colour of a pretzel).
Most competitors are full grown adults (mostly blokes) who are probably a lot heavier. I do think weight MIGHT influence things, even only a little bit.
It does in Karting, by a lot!
Then again, this is probably a pile of tripe. Just saying, you know!? :P
Also Tom Cruise flys planes, drives fast cars and rides motorbikes, he had professional tuition for Days of Thunder, the guys an adrenelin junkie.
Professional racing drivers aside if anyone with those credentials outside of the racing world did a lap you'd expect them to be quick.
Maybe some people have problems with it being Tom Cruise?
LS's Tip of the week
ESSENTIAL OILS aren't essential unless you're an engine, a gearbox or a twat
Professional racing drivers aside if anyone with those credentials outside of the racing world did a lap you'd expect them to be quick.
Maybe some people have problems with it being Tom Cruise?
LS's Tip of the week
ESSENTIAL OILS aren't essential unless you're an engine, a gearbox or a twat
Yeah he's got a lot of hatred these years. I still think hes a top celeb, as far as they go, he still has his dudeness.
Anyone in doubt, watch Tropic Thunder.
:D
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it
Anyone in doubt, watch Tropic Thunder.
:D
danm Wrote:
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> Cameron Diaz weighs as much as a pretzel.
>
> Tom Cruize is about the size of a pretzel.
>
> (For the off topic, Rupert Grints hair is the
> colour of a pretzel).
>
> Most competitors are full grown adults (mostly
> blokes) who are probably a lot heavier. I do think
> weight MIGHT influence things, even only a little
> bit.
>
> It does in Karting, by a lot!
>
> Then again, this is probably a pile of tripe. Just
> saying, you know!? :P
I think in a car that weights almost 2 tonnes we can assume the difference between heaviest and lightest is 60kg? I think the overal weight difference would be +- 1% - 5% as very rough figures. I dont think it would make that much difference, but only because with this, there are too many factors. Its not like in F1 where you can be 100% that 10 drivers have a very similar ability.
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
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> Cameron Diaz weighs as much as a pretzel.
>
> Tom Cruize is about the size of a pretzel.
>
> (For the off topic, Rupert Grints hair is the
> colour of a pretzel).
>
> Most competitors are full grown adults (mostly
> blokes) who are probably a lot heavier. I do think
> weight MIGHT influence things, even only a little
> bit.
>
> It does in Karting, by a lot!
>
> Then again, this is probably a pile of tripe. Just
> saying, you know!? :P
I think in a car that weights almost 2 tonnes we can assume the difference between heaviest and lightest is 60kg? I think the overal weight difference would be +- 1% - 5% as very rough figures. I dont think it would make that much difference, but only because with this, there are too many factors. Its not like in F1 where you can be 100% that 10 drivers have a very similar ability.
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
LS. Wrote:
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> Maybe some people have problems with it being Tom
> Cruise?
nail. on. head.
he looked very fast and committed, and i have no doubt that his time was genuine. what do the BBC owe him, to fake it to make him look fastest? nothing probably, so they wouldn't need to do it.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
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> Maybe some people have problems with it being Tom
> Cruise?
nail. on. head.
he looked very fast and committed, and i have no doubt that his time was genuine. what do the BBC owe him, to fake it to make him look fastest? nothing probably, so they wouldn't need to do it.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Stiggy and Jezza should always do one in the new cars ... just as a rough benchmark of driving talent against driving talentless :p
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
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