11-05-2025
James May and Richard Hammond Are Just Doing Top Gear Stuff Now
Humans are creatures of habit, and change is hard, so we shouldn't be surprised to see James May and Richard Hammond doing what they do best—stupid stuff with cars. In a new
DriveTribe
YouTube video, the pair recreate and relive their glory days of
Top Gear
with a classically ridiculous race between a car and a plane.
The two are racing from Henstridge Airfield to the old
Top Gear
test track
at the Dunsfold Aerodrome—a short jaunt that should take both hosts about two hours to complete. Hammond is behind the wheel of a
Porsche Taycan Turbo GT
, while May rides shotgun in a Pipistrel electric airplane.
The
Taycan
can make up to 1,092 horsepower for two seconds with launch control. Normally, it makes 777 hp and 988 pound-feet of torque. It can also hit a maximum speed of 190 miles per hour with the Weissach package. But
Hammond
never got close to reaching that on this adventure, thanks to busy UK B-roads.
A plane should be faster than a car, but the Pipistrel had a limited range that required
May
to land and charge the battery, which was enough of a delay to allow Hammond to win in the
Porsche
. May might have also gotten a bit too cocky during lunch, but the result is an entertaining reminder that when these two get together, we'll happily watch and enjoy the antics like we always have.
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