this is crackers chicane
i always managed to get it around look
at this who looks the right cheeky so
and so round the burp only just made it
here he comes in
speed showmanship and a big old slice of
silliness
three very good reasons why time and
time again spectators from across the
globe
flock to the red bull soapbox race in
their thousands
but what does it take to win the hearts
of the crowd
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oh dear me this is a disaster
these are our top six soap boxes that
got the fans whipped into a frenzy of
delight
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so let's get the countdown started in
one of south america's most
vibrant cities santiago chile as a bunch
of
accident-prone adonises overcome
disaster
and completely woo the crowd
here's the performance for l my
never before have we seen a soapbox as a
statue
from easter island
you feel like you don't want to
interrupt don't you
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50 out of 50. that's why you don't
interrupt a performance like that
a perfect score at the top now let's see
what happens wide axle
pram wheels often a recipe for disaster
let's see
off they go nice and quick at the
top of the circuit it's also a handlebar
steering system so
everything factors against this team
despite the performance at the top
the design is pretty much everything you
wouldn't do for a soapbox and they can't
get through there
it's too wide i think straight into
carpool and they beached it
now they can't get out of the hay bales
and plenty of work in the gym with these
oh it's missed it
he missed it who moved that he was just
about
to get in right try again there you go
okay
right on we go then so they now know
it's essentially too wide
for the course so let's see what happens
now
they're still chasing down the two lads
at the back because they know there
might be problems ahead here's the bone
shaker
can they get through the bone shaker
it's too high we can't get over the
steps
the axles too wide go ahead drag it down
fellas
here we go now can he get in this time
oh yeah it's just too wide for the
circuit
they can't have read the rules and
regulations when they built it right
here we go
here we go again look down towards the
finish
i've never seen anything like this here
we go can they get around there
just about yeah look at the state of it
now it's literally sliding down over the
finish line 141.6
one of the most bizarre runs i think i
can remember
look at this he misses it look there
you're supposed to jump in oh near me
no so handsome and yet so clumsy
at five the italians prove they really
are a nation of food lovers
as a team in chirin leave the spectators
in a state of total eggsy
that's my last egg joe promise so next
we've got to la padella which is the
frying pan
and you can see the two eggs trying to
run away from the two chefs which is all
about the performance before they get
into the soapbox
it's like a gigantic wok 32 out of 50
for the performance
that looks okay as well doesn't it so
the judges might think that it's pretty
good on the eye
and they might score it well uh smoke
seems to be
a recurring theme here in chirin doesn't
it oh those eggs will be fried by the
time they get
to the bottom if they get to the bottom
look at the look on those two faces
especially the driver
who looks the right cheeky so and so
around the berm only just made it didn't
they
crikey nearly two cracked eggs on the
way round there i could see how it's
wobbling around all over the place it's
not the easiest to control
but the eggs stay in the pan now that
grin is getting more manic the further
down they go here's the kicker
still okay not quite sure what the
driver's looking at but let's not worry
about that too much plenty of speed over
the ramp
still they go down
there's a decent run over the finish
line good run by lapadela
oh cracking stuff lads
number four takes us across the alps as
the crowds in luzan
switzerland go wild for a fearless skier
who just won't quit
so team white ball come next robin
pellet is the pilot he says he's the
brains of the operation
and his sister my lease is apparently
the sister of the brains of the
operation
they're students from lausanne they're
studying sport they love skiing they
love
that kind of thing those adrenaline
sports so they should be perfectly
suited here today
there's the onboard shot from inside the
soapbox
it's nice and bright this one and it's
picking up a fair deal of speed
almost managed to clear that middle
section
here we go through the chicago not
through this again
halfway through the chicane
i think that was a case of a pilot
getting too excited by the speed
there are certain parts of the circuit
where you have to apply the brakes
because chicane everybody is one of them
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now they're going to try and push their
way down to the finish
and there's still a fair way to go oh
he's
barely lost it over the bone rattler
they can see the funny side
there's the finish
and over the wedge and a little clip in
the air as well
151.22 it started off with so much
promise
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at three we're heading to johannesburg
where a huge south african crowd
reveled in an afternoon of good clean
fun
and in this case we mean that quite
literally
well it's bath time uh they're friends
from an engineering firm
and the team basically is inspired
directly from the soapbox race
advertising which has a man in a bath
so bathtub johan and alex will be the
pilots miller and etienne
the other members of the team
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handle bars at the front a bath with
handlebars and small wheels
and the berm on the horizon straight
away
and he's getting covered at the back
have a look through the berm then really
fast into that really fast into that
a really good always just kept a hold of
it
no idea how he got through there he's
got no idea
he just hung on and let nature take its
course
right they can slow down a wee bit
through the chicane although not much
absolutely flying through there
the potholes are next and then we've got
the kicker
this is shaping up to be really
impressive
bath time making a mark here 33 we've
seen faster through there
here's the kicker i just stayed in the
back at the back then early tipsy now oh
there we go
wow what a run bath time has the crowd
on his feet here in santon today
very very spectacular nice and fast
everything worked
that was brilliant
second place goes to a team from
helsinki finland
whose backwards approach left onlookers
with their jaws
on the floor
so now we have a solid for boys
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so we've got the caravan
attached to the car which seems to be
going in reverse for some bizarre reason
well they've got no chance here surely
around the berm around the berm around
the oh they're all right so far
eyes in the back of his head now we've
got the kicker the
first reverse soap box that we've ever
had here
this is crackers chicane
i always managed to get around look at
this now they've got the car wash this
is really narrow he's straight through
look at this for a run
what about the time he's gone backwards
all the way
that's astonishing 34.64 in reverse
from top to bottom he's in there look
i thought that was the fella going
backwards all the way
now i get it that was brilliant
good run
and here it is our number one fan
favorite
proving that size really does matter one
dutch daredevil stole the show with a
finish that sent the crowd
into raptures so the next one here is
red bull alert and all of this team
are inhabitants of volkenberg where we
are today
the judges certainly like them for the
performance
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will that make it all the way down to
the bottom up there
what do you think anyway off we go
still there at the moment through the
chicane
steering this particular soapbox might
be his biggest challenge
because that weight on the top is going
to make it very awkward he's okay
up to now red bull alert still going
strong landing on the back wheel i
thought he might
come a cropper there but he's managed to
keep it going
and he's pointing to the crowd here he
comes then can he go
he's not the finish line down
they can't believe what they've seen
look at this over the finish line and
the shark's teeth straight through the
red bull side
there we go what a finish
those were our top six crowd favorites
at the red bull soapbox race and
quite frankly it's not hard to see why
thanks for watching
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so
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you