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Top Gear has featured a number of recurring segments on the show. The most popular are listed here. These elements make up the basic structure of the show.

Races

Epic races

There have been eight "epic races" on Top Gear, involving a car racing another mode of transport. These races usually start at the Top Gear test track, and usually last no more than a day.

  • Car vs. Train in a race to Monte Carlo, Clarkson drove an Aston Martin DB9 while Hammond and May caught a bus to Guildford station, a train to London Waterloo, the Eurostar to Gare du Nord in Paris where they transferred to Gare de Lyon using the Paris Métro and finally the TGV to Monte Carlo. Series Four, Episode One Won by Clarkson
  • Car vs. Plane in a race to Verbier, Switzerland, Clarkson drove a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti while Hammond and May caught a flight to Geneva and a short coach ride to the finish. Series Five, Episode Eight Won by Clarkson
  • Car vs. Ferry in a race to Oslo, Clarkson drove a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren while Hammond and May caught a flight to Newcastle, a ferry to Kristiansand and a Speedboat to Oslo, ending up in a small town outside Oslo called Drøbak Series Six, Episode Six Won by Clarkson
  • Car vs. Private Plane in a race to London from Alba, Italy, Clarkson drove a Bugatti Veyron while Hammond and May rode scooters to the airport and flew a Cessna 182 to Lille where they caught the Eurostar to London. Series Seven, Episode Five Won by Clarkson
  • Car vs. Bike vs. Boat vs. Public Transport in a race to see what form of transport was quickest at getting from one side of London to the other during rush hour. Clarkson took a boat, Hammond a bicycle, May a Mercedes-Benz GL 500 and The Stig went by public transport. Series Ten, Episode Five Won by Hammond, followed by Clarkson, then The Stig and May in last.
  • Car vs. Bullet Train in a race through Japan to the top of Mount Nokogiri Yama. Clarkson drove a Nissan GT-R, while Hammond and May took public transport - an "ordinary" train, the 188 mph bullet train, the subway, another "ordinary" train, the bus to the ferry, and bicycles to the top. Series Eleven, Episode Four Won by Clarkson
  • Car vs. Car vs. Car in a race from Basel in Switzerland to Blackpool in north-west England on a single tank of fuel in a car of their choice, with the winner being given the reward of switching on the Blackpool Illuminations (although The Stig was there as backup in case nobody made it, and turned them on himself). May selected a Subaru Legacy Diesel, Clarkson used Jaguar XJ6 and, to the scorn of his compatriots, Hammond chose a Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion. Series Twelve, Episode Four Won by Hammond, followed by Clarkson, and May in last (40 minutes after the others)
  • Car vs. Boat in a race from Portofino to Saint-Tropez. Hammond drove a Ferrari Daytona while May drove an XSR 48 powerboat, along with a co-driver. Both got stopped by Italian police at different points. Series Twelve, Episode Five Won by May

Small Races

A number of smaller scale 'novelty' races have also taken place that demonstrate various strengths and, more often, weaknesses of cars. These races involve one of the presenters, in a carefully chosen car, racing head-to-head against an athlete in conditions that favour the latter.

  • Car vs. Trail of fuel : Jeremy Clarkson raced a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 against a trail of fuel. The race began when the quarter mile trail of gasoline was lit.
  • Car vs. aerobatics plane : Hammond presented a race between The Stig in a Radical SR3 against British Aerobatic Champion, Tom Cassells, in a CAP 232 Aerobatic Plane around the Top Gear test track. Series One, Episode Nine
  • Car vs. racing pigeons : May used a Ford SportKa equipped with satellite navigation to compete against racing pigeons in a point-to-point race. Won by racing pigeons Series Four, Episode Four
  • Car vs. snooker player : Ronnie O'Sullivan had to pot 14 snooker balls while his Mercedes-Benz SL500 was raced around the Top Gear test track by The Stig. Won by snooker player Series Four, Episode Four
  • Car vs. all-terrain skateboarder : Hammond presented a pair of races on the "Green Mile", a half-mile downhill course in Wales, between double world champion all-terrain skateboarder Tom Kirkman and a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Group N rally car, and then a Bowler Wildcat, both driven by Ben Collins. Series Five, Episode Two
  • Car vs. bobsleigh : May co-piloted a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Rally car driven by Henning Solberg, raced Hammond and the Norwegian Olympic bobsleigh team down a mountain in Lillehammer, Norway. Won by bobsleigh Series Five, Episode Eight (repeated in the Winter Olympics Special )
  • Car vs. marathon runner : Clarkson raced a Fiat Nuova Panda against marathon runner A.C. Muir around the London Marathon circuit during the morning rush-hour. Won by marathon runner Series Six, Episode Seven
  • Car vs. motor powered kayak : Hammond visited Iceland and raced a modified off-road vehicle against a motorised kayak over Lake Kleifarvatn. Series Six, Episode Ten
  • Car vs. rock climbers : Clarkson, in an Audi RS4, competed against two rock climbers, Leo Houlding and Tim Emmet, in a race from the bottom of a French gorge to the top. Won by rock climbers Series Seven, Episode Two
  • Car vs. urban downhill cyclist : May raced a Renault Clio III down the narrow streets of Castle of São Jorge's district in Lisbon against a downhill bike racer, Gee Atherton. Series Seven, Episode Four
  • Car vs. greyhound : Hammond drove a Mazda MX5 against Ireland's most expensive greyhound, Mama Tina, around Shelbourne's greyhound track in a one-lap pursuit style race. Series Seven, Episode Six
  • Car vs. speed skater : Clarkson, in a Jaguar XK8, raced against speed skater Eskil Ervik around a speed skating track. Winter Olympics Special
  • Car vs. parachutist : Hammond raced two miles (3 km) against a British army parachuter in Cyprus with a Porsche Cayenne Turbo S. Won by parachutist Series Eight, Episode Four
  • Car vs. traceurs : May raced two traceurs, Daniel Ilabaca and Kerbie, over six miles (10 km) across Liverpool in a Peugeot 207 1.6L Diesel, from the edge of the city to the Liver Building. Won by traceurs Series Eight, Episode Seven
  • Car vs. fighter jet : Hammond raced a Bugatti Veyron against a Eurofighter Typhoon, piloted by RAF Squadron Leader Jim Walls, to see which one could travel two miles faster (the Bugatti along a runway and back, the Eurofighter climbing a mile straight up and back down). Won by fighter jet Series Ten, Episode Three
  • Car vs. rollerblades : Hammond drove an Aston Martin V8 Vantage against Dirk Auer, a man on roller skates with a turbo powered rocket backpack, in a straight half-mile drag race. Series Ten, Episode Five
  • Car vs. tall man : May used an Alfa Romeo 159 in a race against Graham Boanas, to discover who could cross the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) wide Humber River faster without using the Humber Bridge. Won by tall man Series Ten, Episode Six
  • Car vs. BMX bikes : May travelled to Hungary and raced a Fiat Nuova 500 against some BMX cyclists through the streets of Budapest. Won by cyclists Series Ten, Episode Nine

Small races 2

The programme has also featured a variety of small races, typically lasting a couple of minutes, that pit two similar cars against each other, for example old vs. new.

  • Old cars vs. new cars — road circuit aka Top Gear Generation Game : five of Clarkson's older cars versus five of Hammond's modern vehicles. The pairings were: Golf GTi MKI vs MKIV, Toyota MR2 old vs new, Ford Escort Cosworth vs Focus RS, Peugeot 205 vs 206, Nissan 300ZX vs 350Z. Series Three, Episode Eight
  • Diesel vs. petrol : A race between Clarkson in a diesel Skoda Fabia and Hammond in a petrol Mini Cooper to see if diesel had caught up to petrol. Series Four, Episode Eight
  • Old cars vs. new cars — road circuit, race vs. showroom : three pairs made up of one classic racer and one showroom car raced against the clock in The Stig's hands. The pairings were: 1974 British Rally Championship-winning Ford Escort vs Ford Focus RS, Four times Le Mans-winning (1966–69) Ford GT40 vs Noble M400; 1983 World Rally Championship-winning Audi Quattro vs Mitsubishi Evo VIII MR FQ-340. Series Five, Episode Ei

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