| Keith
my impression was much the same as yours and either the circuit was 'dirty' or the car was burning some oil. The £60k almost certainly refers to a lower spec car delivered in SA rather than the UK with all the shipping/VAT etc. What was impressive was to see the old stager drive the circuit in complete harmony with his machinery without any driver aids.
It contrasted for me with the previous evenings 'Top Gear' where the Stig seemed incapable of taking advantage of the Koenigsegg CCX's impressive but raw credentials. The talk of rear wings is very relevant to very high speed cornering BUT the Top Gear circuit can hardly be described as challenging in this respect. Maybe the Stig need modern driver aids; I bet Tiff would have bettered 1min 18secs with the car as is.
Regards
David |