A race to run out of fuel in Ukraine | Top Gear - BBC
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Published 2014-03-04
Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May on their final part of their journey - to Chernobyl in Ukraine, with only their cars as protection against troubling levels of radiation.
With Clarkson in a Volkswagen Up, Hammond in a Ford Fiesta and May in a Dacia Sandero, the trio zoom around the Crimean peninsula absorbing some local history, visiting an old Soviet submarine pen and enjoying their manoeuvrable, economical cars to the full.
Top Gear | Series 21 Episode 3 | BBC
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All Comments (21)
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I love YouTube’s algorithms sick twisted sense of humour
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Hammond patiently waiting for the cops at max RPM puts me in tears
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2:38 I love those instances where you can see the look on Hammond’s face when he realises what he’s done
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James: Uses Science and very intelligent techniques...lasts the longest. Jeremy: Uses decently intelligent techniques...lasts until Chernobyl. Hammond: Accidentally makes his car more aerodynamic and swerves like an idiot the whole way...runs out way before Chernobyl.
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Crazy how Top Gear has a reputation for visiting places a few years before war
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Clarkson: Strength Hammond: Dexterity May: Intelligence
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Forget Russia and Ukraine, we've just witnessed the rare scenes of James driving a Dacia.
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To me the brake and accelerate technique would seem most effective. Just because by braking you evaporate all of your kinetic energy into thin air (well heat technically) and you get to lose a lot of fuel every time you accelerate again
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Hammond's skill of failing most tasks became his strength this time.
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Hammond’s driving is just a typical Tuesday in Ukraine
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I miss old TV show challenges like these, they're much more entertaining to watch than today's challenges. Like "first to get to Chernobyl receives a year's worth of background radiation in an hour"
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4:15 they are driving past Butcha and Irpin. Crazy to think about it...
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What I've learnt is there's two ways to increase rolling resistance: a) Carefully reduce tyre pressure by 30% of optimum b) Add bricks to your car
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6:12 I love the police officer's awkward stare as Hammond just sits there max revving the engine.
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The look on Richard and James and Jeremy's face when they realise they will be heading to Chernobyl is sheer terrifying
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Crazy to think people in that crowd in the beginning are possibly fighting for their lives right now, some may be dead
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Richard Hammond - car journalist, tv host and man who ran out of fuel on the road near Kyiv a full 8 years before the Russian Army
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Back when it was hard to run out of fuel in Ukraine.
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finally found the song at 7:00 after all these years. It's midnight train by Baltic Fleet
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Honestly, I could listen for hours of James explaining things.