Mini Ski Jump | Top Gear Winter Olympics - Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 19 июл 2014
  • Taken from Top Gear series 7, episode 7. Also available on DVD as 'Top Gear Winter Olympics'. Could a rocket-powered 1986 Mini jump farther than a skier from a downhill slope? The boys decided it was time to find out.
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Комментарии • 976

  • @mynamesnotjames8205
    @mynamesnotjames8205 Год назад +653

    the camera crew just stayed silent while Hammond built the barrier, incredible discretion and professionalism

  • @connfyoozed
    @connfyoozed 7 лет назад +850

    6:20 Watching James try to keep a straight face until Jeremy gets to the punch line of telling Hammond he built the barricade in the wrong place. Hilarious.

  • @R90909
    @R90909 8 лет назад +2568

    6:14 is the beginning of one of the finest moments in TG history

    • @WeWantYouToStay
      @WeWantYouToStay 4 года назад +114

      Hammond's "right" kills me

    • @Gobbbbb
      @Gobbbbb 4 года назад +105

      @@WeWantYouToStay I love how James knew it was coming before Jeremy said it :D

    • @faisalsaleh3022
      @faisalsaleh3022 3 года назад +40

      james reaction is hilarious

    • @francosantella7113
      @francosantella7113 3 года назад +3

      Lmao 1 thousandth like

    • @natanlevi1756
      @natanlevi1756 2 года назад +2

      That shit sent me 🤣. Easily my fav moment

  • @Philip.Magnusson
    @Philip.Magnusson 4 года назад +951

    6:20 Watching James May silently dying of laughter is probably one of the best things I've ever seen!
    Also Hammond sliding down the slope several times is comedy gold!!

  • @gazzxr
    @gazzxr 9 лет назад +2258

    "Richard Hammond... how's the braking going?"
    *slides across screen
    "That's going well... it's going well."
    4:26

    • @nichaloushinson2507
      @nichaloushinson2507 5 лет назад +24

      gazzxr choked on my pop tart haha i like Hammond and may

    • @Kronos0999
      @Kronos0999 5 лет назад +20

      +gazzxr You watched the video too?

    • @UnBronySonikero
      @UnBronySonikero 3 года назад +5

      I laughed so hard with this xD

  • @dgw9051
    @dgw9051 8 лет назад +4388

    "Gravity is a cruel and unpredictable mistress".....love him or hate him Clarkson can be funny as hell.

    • @woodyneale71
      @woodyneale71 7 лет назад +6

      D GW i

    • @LasVegar
      @LasVegar 6 лет назад +2

      I predict that gravity polse down

    • @ivarsmiezis3620
      @ivarsmiezis3620 5 лет назад +3

      Asterikss

    • @masterzz57
      @masterzz57 5 лет назад +14

      Sabrija VucInc it’s at the very start you ocean-going pillock

    • @jonasbolden
      @jonasbolden 4 года назад

      I believe that is a popular phrase, I’ve heard it elsewhere, I know, Clarkson is hilarious, but credit doesn’t go to him for that particular quip.

  • @bryanmartinez6600
    @bryanmartinez6600 5 лет назад +1352

    6:12 Britain checks on French defense line against Germany

    • @kursk_kuku141
      @kursk_kuku141 5 лет назад +353

      I can guarantee that won’t stop the Germans. Partly because it’s not mobile enough, but mostly because you built that in front of that border, (German border) and the Germans... is coming from that one (Belgium border).

    • @yadahmad352
      @yadahmad352 4 года назад +26

      brilliant

    • @midnoob1650
      @midnoob1650 4 года назад +88

      @@kursk_kuku141 Did nobody tell you?

    • @kursk_kuku141
      @kursk_kuku141 4 года назад +99

      Mid Noob1
      “NO! Obviously. Or I would have built that over there!”

    • @theblobfish6716
      @theblobfish6716 4 года назад +33

      Thats fairly embarrassing

  • @airwick4u
    @airwick4u 7 лет назад +4427

    the pianist is better at physics than the one with a doctorate in engineering

  • @donquias903
    @donquias903 9 лет назад +4633

    Jeremy is the Dr of engineering and May has a music degree, but May always does the calculations

    • @magik603
      @magik603 9 лет назад +44

      Gregory Keely what kind of music degree? like playing an instrument?

    • @casehamatojones1369
      @casehamatojones1369 6 лет назад +581

      Scott Gregory May *does* have a music degree, correct, but he also taught Physics for several years before joining Top Gear; that *must* explain why he’s so good at calculations.
      (Proof; He had an interview on the news a while ago and he was asked about his job before Top Gear, Top Gear, and The Grand Tour).
      Hammond has an Art Degree and Clarkson, as you said, is a Dr. of Engineering!

    • @professorcynic
      @professorcynic 5 лет назад +351

      And Jeremy’s doctorate is honorary. 😂

    • @lachlanmichell8862
      @lachlanmichell8862 5 лет назад +47

      James has a phd in engineering too

    • @elias_xp95
      @elias_xp95 5 лет назад +143

      @@casehamatojones1369 I just googled and Jeremy Clarkson was given an honourary engineering degree from Oxford Brooke's University (which is like the budget oxford university for scrubs lol)

  • @MadnessIncVP
    @MadnessIncVP 3 года назад +169

    _”Hi, is that the United Kingdom rocketry association?”_
    Only Clarkson.

  • @sharpshooter13ify
    @sharpshooter13ify 4 года назад +1193

    “I can guarantee that won’t stop the Mini, partly because it’s not substantial enough, but mostly because you built that in front of that slope, and the Mini is coming down *that* one.”
    “Right!”

    • @rndmzr153
      @rndmzr153 4 года назад +67

      did nobody tell you?
      NO!
      BECAUSE OTHERWISE
      I WOULD'VE BUILT IT
      OVER T H E R E!

    • @katya2768
      @katya2768 3 года назад +18

      That is fairly embarrasing.
      What i need...is a big machine

    • @gator_productions
      @gator_productions 3 года назад +4

      Why was he doing it there anyways isn't it supposed to go over a ramp?

    • @hamish5793
      @hamish5793 3 года назад +7

      Jeremy will defenetly say “how hard can it be?”

    • @Bammer2001
      @Bammer2001 2 года назад +2

      Jeremy Clarkson: Did nobody *tell* you?

  • @2nd100k
    @2nd100k 3 года назад +1260

    Jeremy *Has a doctor in engineering*
    James *Has a degree in music*
    Richard *Has a degree in art*
    All three of them are hopeless

    • @TheBrickGuy7939
      @TheBrickGuy7939 3 года назад +8

      Besides Jezza who did engineering.

    • @kaelkirkby9191
      @kaelkirkby9191 2 года назад +46

      @@TheBrickGuy7939 honourary

    • @frasergibson5763
      @frasergibson5763 2 года назад +30

      @@TheBrickGuy7939 he’s a doctor of engineering who doesn’t know a thing about cars...

    • @TheBrickGuy7939
      @TheBrickGuy7939 2 года назад +9

      @@frasergibson5763 Besides how much speed and power they contain...

    • @frasergibson5763
      @frasergibson5763 2 года назад +9

      @@TheBrickGuy7939 well yes, apart from that haha

  • @HydraDominus
    @HydraDominus 4 года назад +119

    James trying not to laugh at 6:21 honestly made me laugh even harder lol

  • @ThePiquedPigeon
    @ThePiquedPigeon 3 года назад +98

    3:03 - Those are the same rocket experts that built Top Gear's Reliant Shuttle, at the time the biggest non-commercial rocket ever built in Europe.
    That's some pedigree!!

  • @Arxiuz2
    @Arxiuz2 8 лет назад +2779

    NOW THAT I KNOW PHYSICS JAMES IS HORRIFYING

    • @TheMistBeats
      @TheMistBeats 6 лет назад +17

      ikr

    • @chr1sto7
      @chr1sto7 5 лет назад +265

      What on earth are you talking about? Physics isn’t “HORRIFYING” in the slightest. James spouted a simple SUVAT equation that you should learn by the time you are 16?

    • @richtorum5136
      @richtorum5136 5 лет назад +176

      chr1sto7 no physics is in fact horrifying.

    • @bryanmartinez6600
      @bryanmartinez6600 5 лет назад +67

      @@chr1sto7 Asians become brain surgeons at 16

    • @subswithnovideos-tn2eb
      @subswithnovideos-tn2eb 5 лет назад +1

      chr1sto7 I don’t have to take it cause I took bio sophomore year of HS now I’m in Chem junior year next year I can choose anatomy or physics

  • @deanfranz
    @deanfranz 2 года назад +41

    6:29 - Richard Hammond's reaction and talking to the camera here taught me humility.

  • @NTOEM
    @NTOEM 4 года назад +60

    4:08 me trying to succeed in life every action that richard make is me trying

  • @kejtov
    @kejtov 3 года назад +35

    6:22 James’ priceless reaction

  • @albboy96
    @albboy96 9 лет назад +459

    jeremy has a PhD in engineering? hahahahhahahaha

    • @Proff0ak
      @Proff0ak 9 лет назад +69

      albboy96 twice

    • @trainsandtech2266
      @trainsandtech2266 9 лет назад +15

      albboy96 It was actually quite interesting...

    • @jhogrute
      @jhogrute 6 лет назад +49

      both are honorary for his top gear "work"

    • @hypergamergamerhyper1436
      @hypergamergamerhyper1436 6 лет назад +3

      Hi I know right

    • @AngryTurds
      @AngryTurds 3 года назад +4

      Making earl grey tea looks to be the limit for Jeremy

  • @Etzi0503
    @Etzi0503 9 лет назад +281

    THE TOP GEAR WINTER OLYMPICS SKI SLASH CAR JUMPING CHAMPIO!

  • @DD-ub6cc
    @DD-ub6cc 4 года назад +25

    2:20 is the GREATEST COMEDY BIT ever on Top Gear!

  • @logandarklighter
    @logandarklighter 5 лет назад +101

    06:36 - Jezza: "Did no one tell you?" (About which ski jump was being used)
    Hamster: "NO! Obviously NOT! Or i'd have built it OVER THERE!"
    🤣

  • @joaoa13portugal
    @joaoa13portugal 3 года назад +61

    Aside from considering air resistance, May was precisely on point.

  • @Poseiden2
    @Poseiden2 Год назад +13

    One of the funniest Top Gear segments. Clarkson's laughing at May sliding down the slope, Hammond doing likewise and the Hamster building the blockade in the wrong place is hysterical!

  • @vellamovisuals
    @vellamovisuals 9 лет назад +194

    poor hammond :D

  • @kcgunesq
    @kcgunesq 2 года назад +7

    Individually, these three are all brilliant. Together, priceless. One of the best shows ever.

  • @dSaltyb
    @dSaltyb 9 лет назад +239

    As long there are cars in the world, TopGear must go on.

    • @Forenzikproductions
      @Forenzikproductions 5 лет назад +48

      AAAAAAAAND IT'S GONE.

    • @razz0rric106
      @razz0rric106 5 лет назад +2

      Alas

    • @djpemb
      @djpemb 2 года назад +15

      “We decided we didn’t like top gear series 23 and onwards...”
      “So we watched the grand tour and old top gear instead”

    • @dSaltyb
      @dSaltyb 2 года назад +2

      nevermind now...

  • @CaptainFrejdery
    @CaptainFrejdery 9 лет назад +103

    We need the new season!

  • @tios6419
    @tios6419 2 года назад +23

    Jeremy:"Hammond, how is the breaking going?"
    Hammond whilst sliding down a snowy slope:"Yeah, its going well!"
    Most Ironic Thing i've seen today 😂

  • @baxt3r278
    @baxt3r278 7 лет назад +7

    1:26 Hammond's face when he realizes he won't get to drive

  • @ronaldharris6569
    @ronaldharris6569 4 года назад +44

    Jeremy laughing his head off as poor James slides off the mountain is priceless

  • @rockinchimp
    @rockinchimp 9 лет назад +44

    That last part always makes me laugh.

  • @cyclingnut2122
    @cyclingnut2122 5 лет назад +14

    6:15 is my all time favorite top gear moment

  • @manikchopra9199
    @manikchopra9199 4 года назад +18

    "I'm a doctor of engineering twice" 😂😂oh Jeremy!!

  • @greatbritannialine
    @greatbritannialine 2 года назад +8

    What's really interesting is without this top gear episode, that Mini probably would have been scrapped over 10 years ago. But thanks to this episode the mini is preserved at the Beaulieu motor museum. Awesome 👍

  • @siddharthpandey7646
    @siddharthpandey7646 8 лет назад +260

    Hammond tried to get the easiest job

  • @DefiantShadows
    @DefiantShadows 9 лет назад +55

    The end is soooo funny, to be continued!

  • @DavidPatts
    @DavidPatts 9 лет назад +19

    These guys are all about fun. And talk about having a dream job - it's all about these 3.

  • @aadd0024
    @aadd0024 3 года назад +6

    Earl grey in Norway 😂😂 his reaction 1:55

  • @belanna0dd
    @belanna0dd 4 года назад +9

    I’ve been binge watching these folks since last night. Missed a class earlier but I ain’t got no regrets man.

  • @Bammer2001
    @Bammer2001 4 года назад +9

    Is gravity going to be enough to get the car down the ramp and beat the skier?
    1:19
    James: *No.*

  • @tobness1105
    @tobness1105 7 лет назад +58

    James: BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.
    Jeremy: Lets go get a cup of tea.

  • @samuelfawell9159
    @samuelfawell9159 9 месяцев назад +2

    I love that you can see James breaking down as Richard explains and as Jeremy builds it up

  • @user-ch4ff9ps7r
    @user-ch4ff9ps7r 3 месяца назад +1

    James passing away from laughter is the absolute best.
    Also, "Hello, is this the United Kingdom Rocketry Association? Good, 'cause I need some rockets!"

  • @janr3488
    @janr3488 3 года назад +3

    4:45
    The guy at the Norwegian ski jump wears a cap from second German public television (ZDF) in a British series😂

  • @thefreelancer9819
    @thefreelancer9819 3 года назад +8

    rare footage of the top gear team working together even remotely cooperatively

  • @rickswineberg
    @rickswineberg День назад +1

    Classic Top Gear, they had tremendous comedy chemistry together.

  • @krysler1490
    @krysler1490 6 лет назад +30

    4:08 and 4:28 I died 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @fireblade3655
    @fireblade3655 7 лет назад +7

    as an engineering student i understood may's calculations, he was on point... they just needed angle of slope and weight of car to estimate the jump length.

  • @Intrepid.Flight.Acadamy
    @Intrepid.Flight.Acadamy 8 лет назад +28

    I can't believe they got the A-team theme in there! That show was amazing!

  • @runningonsynthwave
    @runningonsynthwave 9 лет назад +8

    This is why I love Top Gear. Wicked stunts, hilarious moments. :)

  • @299AP
    @299AP 9 лет назад

    I have been watching Top Gear for ever and have never seen this outside the intro, great it´s here!

  • @synchronales4453
    @synchronales4453 3 года назад +5

    1:31 the disappointment

  • @EyePatchGuy88
    @EyePatchGuy88 2 года назад +3

    2:53 That must be an interesting phone call to be on the other side of. On another note, I'm surprised they haven't blacklisted him.

  • @maxfreedman8730
    @maxfreedman8730 9 лет назад +1

    i love top gear, i can't stop watching it. Can't wait for season 22!!!

  • @slimpickens7822
    @slimpickens7822 3 года назад +1

    These three never cease to cheer me up.

  • @robin_holden
    @robin_holden 3 года назад +3

    4:36 You can see the exact moment poor James' vertigo kicks in!

  • @someasiankid6214
    @someasiankid6214 2 года назад +3

    3:54
    Hammond: Meanwhile, I’d chosen a spot to build my snow barrier
    subtitles: S N O W M A N

  • @truck6859
    @truck6859 3 года назад +1

    One of the best episodes ever!

  • @demonlover4110
    @demonlover4110 3 года назад +2

    4:13 Richard sliding down that slope cracks me up 😂🤣⛷️

  • @acolytetojippity
    @acolytetojippity 4 года назад +5

    3:40
    "No, come on Jeremy. That way round..."
    Wow, they're not putting up with any of Jeremy's shit, haha.

  • @TheDeath0fDucks
    @TheDeath0fDucks 4 года назад +6

    0:58 I actually understood some of that

  • @fi.ja.8657
    @fi.ja.8657 Год назад

    I`ve watched this episode exactly 8 years ago, before we went to our holiday trip . Since then im watching it every time before our holidays

  • @samuelkim1827
    @samuelkim1827 4 года назад +4

    clarkson: "are you alright?"
    hammond: "im alright" while sliding down lol

  • @GreenCauldron08
    @GreenCauldron08 9 лет назад +4

    This is the funniest top gear vid I've seen so far!

  • @aadastroyergg1922
    @aadastroyergg1922 3 года назад +3

    0:39 my science teacher every lesson 😂

  • @mangiapoc8780
    @mangiapoc8780 9 лет назад +1

    I love you!!!! I was in torino the 6 of July for top gear live.. Thank you!!

  • @areyouundoingthatorwhat9181
    @areyouundoingthatorwhat9181 3 года назад +2

    At 6:20 James May losing his shit before the punchline.😂

  • @emiliospowerballer1441
    @emiliospowerballer1441 5 лет назад +5

    some adjustments .... that had me dying for good 😂😂😂

  • @hazzif2403
    @hazzif2403 4 года назад +5

    This is my fav for the number of times I've laughed in the span of this vid 😂

  • @benshapira866
    @benshapira866 3 года назад

    Undoubtfully , my predered top gear sequence. A collector!!

  • @beastmode3478
    @beastmode3478 3 года назад +1

    I love the a team music so nostalgic

  • @daunteuflay4859
    @daunteuflay4859 4 года назад +11

    2:01 the first music put in when jeremy and james climb the stairs makes it probably my favorite scene ever in topgear.
    it shows the simplicity of their boyish minds
    its a good song but with really stupid undertones

    • @Chipwhite1
      @Chipwhite1 3 года назад +2

      what is the song?

    • @daunteuflay4859
      @daunteuflay4859 3 года назад

      @@Chipwhite1 idk but i'd want it too

    • @guestc142
      @guestc142 2 года назад

      @@Chipwhite1 I think you'll be able to find it in the FinalGear Forums.

    • @90sVino
      @90sVino Год назад +4

      Change(Aphex Twin Mix ) by Nav

  • @pipthebadger3723
    @pipthebadger3723 9 лет назад +49

    Something in me wishes they used a reliant robin for this

  • @JF-sb5mo
    @JF-sb5mo 2 года назад +1

    I remember watching this as a kid. I so wish we could get this kind of thing back 😢

  • @jubitoftw
    @jubitoftw 7 лет назад

    hands down the best top gear spacial. and the competition is fierce. :D

  • @cesarcantu9001
    @cesarcantu9001 9 лет назад +3

    Lol he called James Spiderman and I also laughed at the part when Richard slipped and fall

  • @SebastianSegura1138
    @SebastianSegura1138 3 года назад +2

    I love the music they use in this show, at 3:09 U2/Brian Eno’s Theme from Let’s Go Native is played

  • @luckylifeonwheels626
    @luckylifeonwheels626 5 лет назад

    You guys are awesome your videos make me laugh all the time... BBC Top Gear for ever

  • @adamlink9772
    @adamlink9772 8 лет назад

    This laugh at the end was priceless! Jeremy made my day! :D

  • @gazundhieghts6512
    @gazundhieghts6512 8 лет назад +14

    6:00 what is that music! I love it!

    • @celt67
      @celt67 8 лет назад +13

      +Gazund Hieghts ....seriously ? It's the theme to The A-Team.

  • @TheBigAyland
    @TheBigAyland 4 года назад +3

    6:22 May desperatly trying not to laugh out loud

  • @ZiggEnt86
    @ZiggEnt86 5 лет назад +1

    TopGear is such a marvellous mix of science and clowning around.

  • @Super6ix0ne
    @Super6ix0ne Год назад

    I think this is the hardest I’ve cracked up in a while new favorite episode!

  • @daunteuflay4859
    @daunteuflay4859 4 года назад +3

    2:29 jeremys best laugh in tg history😂😂😂

  • @plongplongjusainramira6795
    @plongplongjusainramira6795 9 лет назад +3

    James is really Brilliant!!!!

  • @lazyjesus6573
    @lazyjesus6573 3 года назад +1

    I love it when a plan comes together

  • @LitheApo
    @LitheApo 9 лет назад +1

    Can't wait for series/season 22 to start !

  • @BobTheSavageShark
    @BobTheSavageShark 3 года назад +4

    Hammond and James slipped 😂 man it’s funny

  • @yesno.idontknow.587
    @yesno.idontknow.587 3 года назад +4

    Jeremy and Hammond are like my partners in science when I talk science and they didn't pay attention because they never do

  • @margarethall7837
    @margarethall7837 Год назад +2

    Brilliantly funny, especially when Hammond built the wall in the wrong place

  • @Quint1836
    @Quint1836 5 лет назад +1

    Love the A team theme!

  • @KroK013
    @KroK013 9 лет назад +6

    I see now why everyone complains about the more scripted episodes of Top Gear. This is still funny, even years later.
    Also, does anyone know the song used in the montage?

    • @benjy6358
      @benjy6358 3 года назад

      the A Team theme song..

  • @Ex_Arc
    @Ex_Arc 9 лет назад +8

    Upload the next one already

  • @monkeydogcrossbreed1282
    @monkeydogcrossbreed1282 2 года назад +1

    The a team theme song makes it perfect

  • @holownsu
    @holownsu 8 лет назад +1

    damn, back at it again with the SUVAT equations.... How i did NOT miss you.

  • @Major_Mason
    @Major_Mason 7 лет назад +2

    Richard cussed when he slid down the hill ttrying to build the barrier XD

  • @BloddyGamer
    @BloddyGamer 9 лет назад +36

    I`m norwegian and find it halarious that he struggled with the spraypaint!

    • @akmedia8206
      @akmedia8206 5 лет назад +2

      SlightlyBipolar why does it matter if your Norwegian

    • @jebdunkins6796
      @jebdunkins6796 5 лет назад +2

      @@akmedia8206 this episode was filmed in Norway

  • @parthalmule5460
    @parthalmule5460 3 года назад

    This is an amazing episode

  • @meemdoggoriginallongdrink
    @meemdoggoriginallongdrink 3 года назад +1

    4:11 Hammond looks like a ragdoll 😂😂😂