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Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Voodoo Lounge
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Top Gear UK budget? Anybody?
This must be one of the top rated shows on the BBC, with one of the highest budgets.
On Sunday's show, they drove the 918. In Dubai. On the F1 track. At night.
I can't even fathom how much that it must cost to rent that track, and turn on the lights and bring support.
When they tested the P1 a couple of weeks ago they rented Spa. Yes, it was raining, and Eau Rouge in a supercar in the rain looks sphincter-pucker scary.
In both instances they (apparently) had the track to themselves. Maybe Porsche and McLaren helped pay the freight?
Those guys have fun. What a great show, and it just makes the US version look even more watered down..............
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