(upbeat music)
-[Jethro Bovingdon] So, we've got a simple course,
we've got one circle over here,
you drift around that to start, that's how you learn.
Easy, just one big circle,
you'll master that in like two minutes flat.
Once you have, we're going to link two circles.
So a figure eight.
You're going to do fully crossed up around one
and then flick it the other way around the other.
So if you nail this one, 50 points, maximum,
if your style is perfect.
If you link the two, 100 point maximum.
(engine roaring)
So we need to start small.
-[Jonny Lieberman] The BRZ, it's literally a quarter of the horsepower.
Like 200 horsepower.
- Mate, you are about to discover,
it's not what you've got, it's about how you use it.
- I feel like you've said that line
many, many times in your life.
(upbeat music)
- Yes, yes, yes, where are you going?
- I'm looking, I'm looking!
- Okay, stop, stop, stop.
(tires screeching)
- You know, I'm a terrible student
and I'm going to screw this up.
Let me ask you this, though.
Initiate it from the rear, or initiate it by flicking it?
- Turn the thing, start to feel the understeer
and then sharply lift the throttle.
And all that does is take the weight off the rear,
puts the weight on the front
and then you've got the power to move the car, okay?
- [Jonny] Okay let's do this.
(tires screeching)
(laughing)
- Whoa!
I'm just doing everything wrong.
(tires screeching)
That was not it at all.
- Close, close, close.
(tires screeching)
- I'm not really enjoying this, but you seem
(screeching tires drown out driver)
- Power, power, power, power, power, power, power.
- Do you know how much I hate driving instructors?
- I remember, it was so easy.
- I had a few nice moments.
If we were scoring this part, I'd give myself an easy 45.
Maybe a smidge higher.
- [Jethro Bovingdon] Or more like a 40, but who's counting?
Well, actually, we are now, because it's red-eye time.
Four times the power and all that torque,
this should be easy.
Hey Jonny, so think of it as a burn-out,
but go faster and more sideways.
Manual gearbox, third gear, this should be easy.
- Do you think it would help
if I pre-heated the tires a little bit?
- [Jethro Bovingdon] No, but I know you're going to do it anyway.
(engine revving)
- Yes, yes!
Oh my god!
Jonny Lieberman!
Where have you been hiding?
Oh, I love it.
- All right, now, I think that was 50 points,
but I got to do that other circle, right?
- So when you go from one flick to the other way,
you need to be quick with the steering, just let it go
and it will find its position.
- Okay, I'm going over it in my head,
and it sounded like you're saying, do the drift,
roll the car on its roof a few times,
then just make sure my life insurance is paid up, right?
- Just do it well but not so well
that you no longer need me.
(tires screeching, engine roaring)
Not bad, you just need to maintain that slide
for longer than you think on the first circle.
Keep it running out there, then flick it.
Hands off the wheel, off the pedals and then go on.
I can't believe it!
I love it!
Okay, you got it up there, I'd give that a 60.
- [Jonny] So it turns out that essentially 800 horsepower
is no big deal.
In fact, it's an enabler.
It's just what the doctor ordered.
Hey ma, look at me!
I'm drifting!
Maybe we don't need ‘Deathro’ anymore.
- Hey Jonny, we know this car has
every incredibly sophisticated piece of equipment
known to mankind to allow you to slide in complete control.
- Right. - Just turn all that off.
- No more slip-slide.
- Bumpy road mode, soft suspension, second gear,
give it death.
- Okay, ready?
Here we go.