Speed-Guy Martin V David Coulthard

stewygriffin

This Thursday night at 9pm on Channel 4.
Should be interesting.:)

neildyr

Looks great. Cheers for the tip.

K.Flyer

Guy Martin always does great programmes, his doc on the Spitfire renovation was brilliant.

neildyr

Yeah saw it last week. Loved all the attention to detail the put in. It was Riveting!!!!

K.Flyer

neildyr wrote: »

Yeah saw it last week. Loved all the attention to detail the put in. It was Riveting!!!!

Irish Spitfires

dastardly00

Thanks for the heads up OP. Looking forward to watching it.

Skill Magill

K.Flyer wrote: »

Guy Martin always does great programmes, his doc on the Spitfire renovation was brilliant.

Certainly does, when he went missing from the tt, after being fúcked sky high into a field and coming out of it alive was spectacular

Not sure he meant it though

dastardly00

Just starting now!

Richard tea

I enjoyed the programme. The bike vs an f1 car is not really like for like but it was good to watch. I used to be a big f1 fan but when Jordan left I lost interest. I'm going to try and rekindle my interest in f1 this season.

HardenendMan

As a big fan of bike racing and F1 I have to say I really enjoyed it. Was done in good spirits. Both chaps are a good laugh.

I knew the F1 car would spank the bike. It would spank any bike. Physics innit!

Felt like they set up the slalom test just to give the bike a win :-)

Max Headroom

I'm sure the results would have been the same maybe, but why didn't they use a motogp bike....and use a current rider,say Bradley Smith .....I like Guy Martin but I feel he plays the village idiot a bit too much..

CptMackey

Max Headroom wrote: »

I'm sure the results would have been the same maybe, but why didn't they use a motogp bike....and use a current rider,say Bradley Smith .....I like Guy Martin but I feel he plays the village idiot a bit too much..

It wouldn't be guy Martins speed then. I watch it because it's him more than anything. Would probably watch him building a wall once he was talking

Max Headroom

CptMackey wrote: »

It wouldn't be guy Martins speed then. I watch it because it's him more than anything. Would probably watch him building a wall once he was talking

True also, but I think the whole idea of a stock bike (roughly) up against a top of the class race car was always going to be a nonsense....
It would have been better to see the bike up against a touring or rally car imo..and Coultard describing Guy as "a national treasure" was a bit condescending. ...

homer90

Noticed the f1 car was running intermediate tyres on dry. May have made a bit of difference..
Pretty good show tho. Watch most stuff guy puts out. Enjoy watching him if honest !

Del2005

Max Headroom wrote: »

I'm sure the results would have been the same maybe, but why didn't they use a motogp bike....and use a current rider,say Bradley Smith .....I like Guy Martin but I feel he plays the village idiot a bit too much..

4 wheels and 3 times the power the car was going to spank any bike, the MotoGP time around Silverstone is also 30 seconds slower than F1. For the drag race they didn't use slicks on the car, that would have made a big difference at the start.

CJhaughey

The best thing about GM is the fact that he is bringing bikes back into the public conciousness again, for too long there has been nothing about bikes, bikers or even results, this is making people aware that Britain and Ireland have a long and proud tradition of bike racing and motorsport in general.
It can't hurt that GM is fairly good at being the average man as well. People relate more to someone like that.

Pugzilla

Maybe in UK, but how many people in Ireland outside of the biking community would know who Guy Martin is?
Sweet F all.

Max Headroom

Pugzilla wrote: »

Maybe in UK, but how many people in Ireland outside of the biking community would know who Guy Martin is?
Sweet F all.

..or care , and i dont think he'll convert any non-bikers either....;)

Cienciano

Can anything beat an F1 car around a track?
The beauty of bikes is that €5k will get you a machine that will do close to 200mph and is grand for the commute to work too.

Del2005

Cienciano wrote: »

Can anything beat an F1 car around a track?

With the budgets in F1 I'd hope not, the lowest team in F1 spends more than the top 2 in MotoGP.

CptMackey

Cienciano wrote: »

Can anything beat an F1 car around a track?
The beauty of bikes is that €5k will get you a machine that will do close to 200mph and is grand for the commute to work too.

Nothing I'd say. Maybe a rally car would have been a better challenge. Looking forward to next week's one.

Max Headroom

Cienciano wrote: »

Can anything beat an F1 car around a track?
o.

A better fi car........:)

Skill Magill

What about on a straight?

Pugzilla

Turbo Hayabusa or ZZR1400 could take a F1 car on a straight.

stewygriffin

After posting about it,I only went and missed the bloody programme.




Guy Martin does the wall of death top speed run live on Channel 4 on Easter Sunday night,I think.

stewygriffin

Pugzilla wrote: »

Turbo Hayabusa or ZZR1400 could take a F1 car on a straight.

As per what Patrick Fürstenhoff aka "Ghostrider" and Gary Rothwell show here.:D

Del2005

stewygriffin wrote: »

After posting about it,I only went and missed the bloody programme.




Guy Martin does the wall of death top speed run live on Channel 4 on Easter Sunday night,I think.

It'll be on 4OD and last time I checked it wasn't region locked.

listermint

Pugzilla wrote: »

Maybe in UK, but how many people in Ireland outside of the biking community would know who Guy Martin is?
Sweet F all.

Loads actually none of my mates are bikers what so ever and they all watch him on Channel 4.

stewygriffin

Wall of death is actually on Easter Monday night,Live on Channel 4.


I said Sunday earlier on,my bad.:o

HardenendMan

Pugzilla wrote: »

Turbo Hayabusa or ZZR1400 could take a F1 car on a straight.

You sure? Would take some rider to keep traction. Reckon the F1 car would pull away above 150mph. Especially in low drag config.

Pugzilla

HardenendMan wrote: »

You sure? Would take some rider to keep traction. Reckon the F1 car would pull away above 150mph. Especially in low drag config.

The speed record for a turbobusa is 448 km/hr. It had 650 rwhp.

What makes F1 cars special is the speeds they can maintain through corners. Lots of dedicated drag bikes and cars would smoke them in a straight line.

stewygriffin

Wall Of Death is on Channel 4 now LIVE.

Max Headroom

stewygriffin wrote: »

Wall Of Death is on Channel 4 now LIVE.

He's really scraping the barrel now..literally..

One of the least interesting things involving a bike imo...

excollier

Some challenge. Th e G- Force (6+) must be hard to deal with. And on an old tech BSA Rocket 3!! Amazing feat in my opinion.

Max Headroom

Max Headroom wrote: »

He's really scraping the barrel now..literally..

One of the least interesting things involving a bike imo...

Bike was nice though...

Pugzilla

Only saw his second attempt.

Why was David Coulthard there?
Moral support?

Max Headroom

Pugzilla wrote: »

Only saw his second attempt.

Why was David Coulthard there?
Moral support?

He's his bezzy mate now:)

Muahahaha

Richard tea wrote: »

I enjoyed the programme. The bike vs an f1 car is not really like for like but it was good to watch. I used to be a big f1 fan but when Jordan left I lost interest. I'm going to try and rekindle my interest in f1 this season.

Same here I followed it from the Senna days through to Schmacher but then it all seemed to get a bit boring and I dropped out of it then. Watched the Aussie F1 GP season opener a couple of weeks ago and they have this new (to me anyway!) thing of DRZ zones where a car chasing is allowed to flip a device to make their rear spoiler pop up. I think the idea is to allow a chasing car an advantage so he can out-brake the car in front and take them on a corner. It all seemed a bit bizarre to me giving one racer an advantage over the other. It must be that the differences between cars now is so tight that they had to do something to bring more over taking back into the sport.

Watched Guy Martins Wall of Death last night, good show. Poor Guy wanted to do a third attempt so he could get the extra few miles per hour out of it but live TV constraints meant the producer called it off. Guy seemed like he would have rode that wall all night if they would only let him!

Just read an article on him last night too- I never knew that he has slight Aspergers but it makes sense now. Seems he refused a job on Top Gear because it wouldn't have left him enough time to be a lorry mechanic.

Anyone know is his girlfriend Sharon McConville Irish? She seemed to have a bit of an Irish accent last night but then at other times spoke with Guys Grimsby accent.

excollier

Yes, Sharon Comiskey is Irish.

stewygriffin

78mph on the wall in 4 seconds and pulling a G of 6.7.

Guy Martin has some balls indeed,and he wanted to go again,but C4 would allow it,due to it being a live show.
The sound of that BSA engine aswell.:D

stewygriffin

Pugzilla wrote: »

Only saw his second attempt.

Why was David Coulthard there?
Moral support?

To compliment him on his tight leather race suit and his big gentleman vegetables.;)

If you dont believe me,then watch the end of the show again,where Coulthard catches the presenter off guard and says it to Guy Martin.
TV presenter didnt know what to say.:pac:

Kev.OC

Muahahaha wrote: »

Watched the Aussie F1 GP season opener a couple of weeks ago and they have this new (to me anyway!) thing of DRZ zones where a car chasing is allowed to flip a device to make their rear spoiler pop up. I think the idea is to allow a chasing car an advantage so he can out-brake the car in front and take them on a corner. It all seemed a bit bizarre to me giving one racer an advantage over the other. It must be that the differences between cars now is so tight that they had to do something to bring more over taking back into the sport.

Pretty much. DRS stands for Dynamic Rear Spoiler. Basically they open a flap on the spoiler that reduces drag which gives the chasing car up to 20kph more than it would otherwise have. Reduces downforce though, so they have at least one, sometimes two straights on a circuit to use it. Strictly there to allow more overtaking.

Missed the wall of death the other night, although to be fair even if I'd remembered I'm not sure I'd watch it. WoD has never held my interest as much as something with a name like that should.

Max Headroom

Kev.OC wrote: »

Pretty much. DRS stands for Dynamic Rear Spoiler. Basically they open a flap on the spoiler that reduces drag which gives the chasing car up to 20kph more than it would otherwise have. Reduces downforce though, so they have at least one, sometimes two straights on a circuit to use it. Strictly there to allow more overtaking.

Missed the wall of death the other night, although to be fair even if I'd remembered I'm not sure I'd watch it. WoD has never held my interest as much as something with a name like that should.

.....bit like this....

Skill Magill

Kev.OC wrote: »

Missed the wall of death the other night, although to be fair even if I'd remembered I'm not sure I'd watch it. WoD has never held my interest as much as something with a name like that should.

You can still see it on 4 on demand

Pugzilla

Judging by the new Top Gear trailer,
Guy made the right choice giving it a miss

Del2005

Kev.OC wrote: »

Pretty much. DRS stands for Dynamic Rear Spoiler. Basically they open a flap on the spoiler that reduces drag which gives the chasing car up to 20kph more than it would otherwise have. Reduces downforce though, so they have at least one, sometimes two straights on a circuit to use it. Strictly there to allow more overtaking.

Missed the wall of death the other night, although to be fair even if I'd remembered I'm not sure I'd watch it. WoD has never held my interest as much as something with a name like that should.

Never had any interest in the wall of death myself, bar Eat the Peach, but the explanation of the g forces involved in the attempt for the record made it interesting. Still no interest in a normal wall of death.

stewygriffin

Del2005 wrote: »

Never had any interest in the wall of death myself, bar Eat the Peach, but the explanation of the g forces involved in the attempt for the record made it interesting. Still no interest in a normal wall of death.

The boffins also worked out that the American fella who claimed he did 75mph on his normal wall of death only did 42mph in real life.

Thats him shot down in flames then.:pac::D