so obviously you do love your cars and
now
of course you race you are yes keen
occasionally
yeah yeah historic racing yeah so what
do you race in that track
um what i have got is a ford falcon 1964
ford falcon it's a big sort of you know
4.7 liter v8 and very very light
isn't that like land yachting
yes exactly it's it's got a certain
floppiness to it
so obviously driving the kia
but you know i what my worries about
coming on the show
was that i think that people know that
i'm a car enthusiast and that i have
done some racing and that they will
assume that in the reasonably priced car
i'll be i'll be very good when there's
absolutely no guarantee of that
whatsoever
because it is a very particular thing
and i'm a slow learner of cows
and all that anyway i was keen to i was
keen to have a go so i had to go
well who here would like to see rowan's
lap
let's play the tape let's have a look
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like a formula one driver through there
and wide on the way out as well looking
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smooth
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yes now here we are into the hammerhead
keeping it between the lines
obviously the slower you appear to be
going and that does appear to be very
slow indeed
sometimes the faster it is oh it doesn't
look too bad
but what do you think from inside
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good good good you really weren't
pleased with any part of this
obviously flat through there yeah
see not so good not so good then come on
cheer up
yeah that's nicely done and all i say
keeping it very tight on the runway
that's a new interesting line
second to last corner that is
beautifully handled and
gambon no drama no histrionics
across the line
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well there's the ball
where do you think you might have come
who's that the very top
the man at the very top is john bishop
the northern comedian followed by ross
noble the
northern comedian yeah well i was born
in the north so maybe well of course
you're from the same neck of the woods
as ross noble as well
so you're looking at the top you have
that oh no no no
yeah exactly one one looks up there but
there's absolutely no reason why i
should be there it would be
i felt as though i did okay but not
great that's my view
okay well at the very top it is bishop
on what is he 142.8
so rowan atkinson you did it
one good
40. excellent
two
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that's the two fastest man
we ever had around our track
ladies and gentlemen the fastest man
ever
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well that is actually remarkable because
we did genuinely think when bishop did
that time
and was so much faster than tom cruise
it would never be
beaten no no the tom cruise thing is fun
actually you know and what is
very interesting is that all your lap
times were incredibly consistent as is
the mark of a great racing driver
posh turns out you're in the wrong
career
so i mean a lot of people think that
you've already been on this show
yes ladies and gentlemen he has now
rowan atkinson
you