02x08 - Episode 8

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This time, this suddenly feels
threatening.

Mindy wants to know where all the money's
gone.

This is like an intervention.

Anthony's in training for the big race.

Come on, keep going, keep going,
come on.

Looks like your race is stealing from us.

And when we take to the track, our
plans are in danger of going up in smoke.

If we destroy this engine, we won't be out
again because I sunk everything into it.

Fire them up!

Let's go!

I've fulfilled a lifelong dream.

This all yours?

It's all ours.

I've set up a classic car
restoration business with

automotive wonder family Neil,
Anthony and Andrew Greenhouse.

Oh, God!

But it's become a money pit.

Bad, bad, bad.

And if we don't
break even soon... Ten.

The budget's ten.

There's a real chance we may go bust.

I'm not going on a tour, is there to be
fair?

So I've come up with ambitious new plans.

Welcome to your club.

We've just got to push forward into the
big league.

We're even going racing to find cars that
need our help.

Now it wouldn't be the time to give them a
business card.

I'm determined to turn my lifelong
obsession... Come on, little car!

...into a thriving business.

Will it turn over?

No.

That's a good idea.

All right, here, come on.

Are you fit?

Onwards!

I've always run.

Since I was, like, 12, 13.

Partly for physical reasons to keep
yourself fit...

...because that's useful, but mostly for
my head.

I guess I've run to switch off...

...just to stop worrying about all the
things I worry about...

...at any given moment.

Problem is, when I stop, obviously I then
worry about it.

We've got my brilliant plan...

...to go classic car racing.

To get seen by the classic car racers...
...who damage their cars and bring us work.

It's good.

We've got to be serious.

The type of racing we're doing,
there are two drivers.

Anthony is prepared to do it, but he's
never done a race.

And let's be honest...

...he's not in racing trim himself,
is he?

As soon as we start seeing signs of
Donington, that's when...

...the old heart's going to start going
and...

...the childhood dream of mine is to
actually go racing, but...

...you've got to be careful what you wish
for.

We all think we're good
drivers, but... ...am I?

Who knows?

Anthony will be sharing the driving
duties...

...with pro racing driver Abby.

There's just over a week until race day...

...and she's agreed to help him and the
rest of Team Cog...

...get up to speed.

I think motorsport is very exciting,
but the reality is...

...Richard hasn't been in the motorsport
industry...

...from that regard of running a team
before.

I've been looking up to race for over 20
years now...

...and I've raced in all sorts of stuff,
from GT cars...

...to Formula cars, to historic cars as
well.

So, you know, I'm confident that I can use
my experience...

...and my skills to try and give them some
decent foundation...

...to build upon and to be a successful
race team in the future.

Here are a car.

That's her.

Morning, Abby.

Hello.

Hello.

How are you?

Yeah, alright.

Come on up.

Abby, I'm terrified.

I'd be worried if you weren't.

We've got, like, our whole reputation
here.

Yeah.

And we could just ruin everything.

Yeah.

And we could make ourselves a joke.

Yeah.

Stop saying yes.

I'm normal, and I'll say it how it is.

I know you will.

Right.

First race.

Yeah.

Do you know what you're going to pack?

Have you thought about spurs, tools,
anything like that?

Oh, there's so much to think about.

Right.

I will do a checklist.

Mm-hmm.

Which I will be responsible for.

Yeah.

Right.

Obviously, you're going to be there as a
pro driver.

Mm-hmm.

And what we want to do is hand the car to
you when you begin your stint.

Not stone cold last with only three wheels
on it.

Yeah.

Anthony is directly responsible for that.

Mm-hmm.

What are your thoughts?

I'm scared.

Oh, God.

Yeah.

So, we haven't got long and has never
driven Donington.

He's never driven in the wet and he's never
driven with 50 other cars on the track.

How many?

I think it's 53.

In the race?

Big entry list, yeah.

It's not all race, it's the M25.

Yeah.

Bobby, what the hell am I doing this?

Because you love it.

Oh, God.

You love cars, you love motorsport.

Oh.

Remind yourself when it gets tough.

No, I like putting the telly on or standing
next to a track watching it or having a go.

But I don't... This is
really something else.

I'm going to go throw some dumbbells at
Aunt.

Good.

Throw them at him.

See you in a bit.

Thank you.

See you in a bit.

Oh.

What the hell have I done?

To myself?

Aunt, come here there, my friend.

Hello, Abbie.

How are you?

Good.

Thank you.

When we did the last test day at Landau,
we did what, 10 minutes maximum in the car?

It wasn't long.

When you got out, you were blowing a
little bit.

You were saying how hot it was and you
were a little bit out of puff.

So, fast forward to the first race.

We want you to try and be as fit as
possible.

You're not going to make me do exercise
here.

Remember what it's for?

It's because you want to get faster in the
car.

You want to be a better driver.

You want to be faster.

Not far enough.

You know more than me.

You're going for it?

It's got to be done, innit?

Let's do it.

Go.

So, down and up, innit?

So, keep going.

It's fast.

As fast as you can.

Faster.

Yeah, but I've got weight transfer in me.

Better you're not.

I can't lift me better.

Keep going.

Come on.

Keep going.

That's it.

Nice, done.

Great.

On to the next one.

When you go up to the top, hold yourself up
there for a second and then lean back down.

That's it.

Yep.

Nice and straight.

That's great.

That's it.

Nice, done.

And then swap to the other side.

That's it.

Really fire yourself back.

Have a bit more energy from your heel.

That's better.

So, it's one step.

And if you wonder why you're doing it,
just look up to the right-hand side.

Just look up to what's given me pain.

And there you go.

Three, two, one.

On to the next one.

Follow me.

Ready when you are.

That's it.

Nice.

Abby is here to sharpen herself,
but I'm not completely mad.

I mean, I don't imagine
she can turn him

into a lean-mean racing
machine in that time.

Nice.

Remember to keep
all of this nice and tight

when you go down, so
don't bend at the waist.

This will get him focused.

Get his mind in the game, so he can do
what he's got to do.

In that first race, he's got to do the
first 15 minutes on track.

And his job is to test the car, shake it
down, then hand it over to our pro driver.

I don't expect him to
hand it over in pole position,

but I don't want it to
be stone-last, either.

It's a PR exercise, isn't it, really?

So, we can't make fools of ourselves
because that's the whole point of this.

Looks like a racing driver.

A fairly sturdily built racing driver.

Looks like he races steamrollers.

Good, yep.

Keep that.

That's a good position.

He's going to be the new Joe Wicks,
mate.

In reality, this is a bit
of a dream come true for

Anthony because he's always
wanted to have a go at racing.

And when he was a kid, we couldn't afford
to take him racing.

He used to have the old go-kart.

In all fairness, though, he was really good
at go-kart when he had his opportunity.

But this is a really big step for him.

Three, two, one, stop.

All right, so that is your body weight
workout.

All right, cardio.

Oh, I can ride one of them?

No, this isn't for you.

This is for me.

So I'm going to get you to do some
running.

Start running.

We can all have a laugh and
a joke with each other, but

this is where Anthony's to
pull his socks up and dig in.

He's got to be super light and slim and
fit enough to drive the car.

Come on, keep going.

Keep going.

Come on.

You can do it.

Keep it going.

So if you feel like you need to walk,
do a quicker walk.

So speed it up a little bit.

But remember, it's not only you that's in
the car.

It's me, all right?

No, no, I don't want to let you down.

Exactly.

So walk a little bit quicker.

That's it.

Good.

I'm obviously being a little
bit harsh on you, just to show

you a reality check of where
you are and where you want to be.

But the fact that you've
got going again says

to me that you've
got metal to keep at it.

Once you get to this gate, I want you to
sprint into the workshop.

Right, sprint, sprint, sprint.

Go, go, go.

Faster, faster, faster.

Keep going, keep going, keep going.

Well done, mate.

Nice.

Proud that you stuck with it.

You dug in when you needed to,
but now you've got to do it when I'm not

here and you've got to keep yourself
honest, keep yourself accountable.

I won't let you down.

Not when you're putting yourself into help
me, I won't let you down.

Shall we go grab some lunch?

Please.

Come on.

Drink will be nice.

Yeah.

Drink too.

Going racing is a great way to promote us.

It is.

It's a good idea.

The only thing is, it is costing more than
expected.

And what I haven't been very good at,
as well as judging how much things cost,

is getting any more working.

The Elvis has gone.

Oh, lovely.

All I can say is, thank you.

The Bentley would have been, you know,
it's a great job, but rightly,

that job has been paused since the tragic
news about poor Dean.

So we need work.

But fortunately, I have a lead.

I am calling a guy we
met at the Festival of

the Unexceptional to
show them to volunteer.

Hello, Dara.

Don't speak.

Hello, Dara.

It's Richard Hammond.

Smallest cog.

Hello, Richard.

How are you?

I'm very well.

How are you?

Yeah, not too bad.

Another week.

The reason I'm ringing is we spoke about
your car needing some work.

And just remind me of the story with your
car.

My dad initially purchased the car in 1988
in Japan.

And he shipped it over to Sri Lanka where
I grew up as a child.

And then, unfortunately, in 2004,
when the Boxing Day tsunami hit,

it got a little bit of water damage.

We gave it to a body shop, quite local to
us.

And this is a Toyota...

It's called a Toyota Sprinter Carrot.

So they have paint on it.

Unfortunately, they don't get color quite
right.

Now, when I look at the car, it doesn't
quite bring back those memories.

I know exactly what you mean on that.

I want the job.

I want to do it because I think it's a
great story.

So what you'd want to do?

You don't want to go berserk on this?

Ideally, completely transparent.

I'm in my mid-20s and I'm saving up for a
house.

Right.

But I reckon I could probably
go up to maybe five grand

at a stretch and then that's
eating into my deposit money.

All right.

Let me go and see if I can talk to the guys
and say to them, look, we want to do this.

Um... I want to do it.

OK, I'm going to go and scratch my head.

You've got my number.

I've got your number.

Let's talk again tomorrow.

Thank you so much, Richard.

Gentlemen, proposal to put to you.

Now, I'm putting it to you as a proposal.

I'm not saying let's do this.

Current situation.

Dean's Bentley, we've agreed.

We're waiting for the family.

Can't do anything.

Which leaves this.

Yes.

Little bag of talent.

Doing nothing.

Or take little.

What I'm thinking is, there was that guy,
Udara, with the Toyota.

He is on a budget.

I can push him and there will be tears if
I got him to five.

Probably the hours it takes is going to
cost us eight grand worth of hours.

But they're not being paid for anyway.

You're better off having a five grand than
having nothing.

Precisely.

So we're losing three grand.

You might get on the right slide if you
crack into it.

Are you happy that I take that on?

Got to do it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Right, plan.

Hi, camera.

Hi.

You're right.

Thank you.

MG.

Is that everything?

That's everything up to date.

Absolutely everything.

Up to date, yeah.

Thank you.

I've come in for my monthly meeting with
Richard.

My main concern at the moment is the MG,
kingpins, bolts, £310.

There's quite a lot of receipts here,
actually.

£150 in fuel.

Not good.

When Richard pitched the
idea of the MG and racing,

the whole point was
to bring new business in.

But at the moment, all we're doing is
spending.

Actually, going through
the physical paperwork, it's

actually a lot worse than
the picture that I had on cost.

And that I don't just mean a few hundred
quid.

I've spoken to Mindy.

She seems to be the only one that can get
through to Richard, so I spoke to her

yesterday, and she's agreed to come in
today, and the two of us are going to sit

with Richard down and have a word with
him.

I knew this would come in handy one day.

Hello.

Hello.

How are you?

So, I'd pop in.

Hello, Richard.

Hello.

Hiya.

This suddenly feels threatening.

I had to ask Mindy if she could come into
Hammond HQ to have a word with Mr Hammond.

Fine.

MG.

OMG.

Yeah, OMG.

The cost has crept up to just under


Way above the 10,000 you promised us.

Yes.

I admit that's more than expected,
but it's done.

The question is now, you
need to work out how you're

going to recoup that money
and not spend any more.

We need to just cap it now.

You?

We were worried about this at the outset.

At the outset.

Yeah.

This is like an intervention.

Right, our work here is done.

All right, bye.

Oh, God.

Well, I think that was fairly clear,
wasn't it?

This isn't the first time
since starting this venture I've

arrived at a point of, ooh,
I've committed to this path.

It costs a lot of money,
but if I don't spend a bit

more money, everything
I've spent will be thrown away.

Lads, we've got a problem.

Team Colg Racing has a plan, and it begins
here.

Kamala and Mindy have
made it quite plain to

me that I can't spend
any more money on racing.

But there are costs associated.

Fuel, oil, tyres, accommodation,
all of that.

It's probably a couple of grand a race.

I'm on my way now to
see two farmers who've

made a big success of
selling crisps, basically.

One of them I've known for
years, and I'm hoping that he'll

be interested in a business
partnership with an old mate.

Meanwhile, Zog Ziegler, our legendary
director of PR Global, is off to a local

radio station to put the word out that
we're looking for sponsors for our race car.

And about now, Ant
should be hitting the streets

of Hereford to take a
more direct approach.

I heard the chaps.

There they are.

Gentlemen, hello.

Where Richard, how are you?

All right, Mark, how are you?

Good.

Morning, Richard.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to see you.

I did hear, on the rumor mill,
as happens in Herefordshire, that you were

going to making
crisps, and I thought, oh,

that's quite nice, and
then forgot about it.

And then two minutes later, everybody's
earned a bit.

It's massive.

This is, like, proper out of
my comfort zone because

I don't like approaching
people and asking for money.

It's very awkward.

Mark?

Yes, Zog.

I thought you might be on air or
something.

Welcome to Sunshine Radio.

Thank you very much.

Nice to meet you.

Smile.

Be nice.

Hard.

I need tyres.

Need fuel.

I need help.

Survivor, I had the
Tiger Place at Sunshine

Radio with more songs
to make you feel good.

Special guest in the studio.

A guy called Zog, who works at the
smallest cog.

Friend of local hero Richard Hammond.

How are you doing, Zog?

Hi.

Thanks for having us on.

There's a brand-new racing project,
isn't there?

Richard had the idea to go motor racing,
but it's expensive.

And basically, we're looking for
sponsorship.

Right.

So I'm going to see if I can
find a local independent place

that would be interesting,
maybe coming along on board.

We get about four people a week asking us
for sponsorship.

Do you really?

Yeah, genuinely, we do.

I'm hoping there's some businesses
listening right now that might just be

tickled into thinking it would be rather
nice to see their name on the race car,

because the race car will get a lot of
publicity.

Look, chaps, I'm trying to grow my
business, and the way I'm doing it is by

going classic car racing
because I get seen by

all the right people
it gets as established.

And then I thought,
if I'm doing that for

advertising, that might
be interesting for sponsors.

I'm trying to sell to farmers now.

This is going to be impossible.

Oh, jewellers normally have money,
don't they?

They got gold.

Hello, how are you?

And we're looking for sponsorship.

OK, I don't know, to be honest.

I'm not sure it's something that we would
probably put.

No, it's best to be honest.

Is that all right?

Yeah, no, it's fine, yeah.

This is harder than I thought.

We're going racing this year, and we're
looking for sponsorship.

I mean, we are a
houseplant shop, so it might

not be something
that we're interested in.

So I think it's going to be a no.

It's a no.

Through something I said on the radio,
we got some sort of lead, a man called

Paul Gurney, who owns the Gurney's butcher
shop in Ledbury.

Mr. Gurney has shown an interest in possibly
sapping some sponsorship on the car.

There's Gurney's family butcher.

Oh, I can see those colours on the MG
already.

Hello.

Nope.

I can't handle any more rejection today.

I'm starving.

I need food.

I need food.

We heard that you showed some interest.

Yeah, we would be very interested in maybe
putting our name to something like that.

Yes.

Well, that's fantastic.

That was simple.

I thought I was going to have to go in for
some hard sell here.

We haven't discussed terms yet.

Do you want to have a table for one,
would you?

For one?

Yeah, of course I can.

Oh, you're a star.

It's not going to be a lot of money.

We might be talking a grand, maybe even
less if we go one race.

We can put our lovely logo on your car.

You can get your logo on the car.

If you want, I'll get it tattooed on
Anthony, the driver.

Don't mind.

That's fine.

Yeah, you'll be part of the team.

What do we think?

Everything all right with your food,
mate?

Oh, my food's lovely, mate.

Yeah, thank you.

Just been one of those days, you know,
I've got nothing done.

Anything we can help with?

Well, it's basically like eating in a rich
diamond.

Ah!

I know who this is.

Expected visitor.

How are you doing, Richard?

Edara, hello.

Very nice to see you.

Very nice to see you.

How's it going?

Thanks for bringing it over.

Nice.

And here it is.

Here's the car, yeah.

My favourite thing, a storied car.

Right, I'm going to bring the guys out to
have a look at this.

They are expecting it.

They know it's coming.

Gentleman, a job.

And a unique one.

There it is.

Anything that you know is a problem,
anything that...

So there are a couple of problem-ish
areas.

So the first body shop completely ruined
the car.

Trim pieces weren't missing.

The brake calipers went missing.

So many bits and bobs aren't missing.

But over the last few years,
I've restored it and bought

little piece-by-piece from Japan,
from Russia, from the States.

But it's the wrong colour.

It's the wrong colour.

Do you have the original colour?

Yes, I've actually got a spare hatchback
here in the boot.

That's actually in the right colour.

So you can see what colour... Well,
let's have a look.

...gold it's meant to be.

So it's meant to be a slightly darker
shade of gold.

And the brown bumpers are meant to be this
darker colour.

So you can see with that chocolate brain
on the bottom...

Yeah, so the whole lower half of the car
hasn't... How could they get it that wrong?

I have no idea.

What are we going to do about graphics?

So I've got those custom designed based on
original drawings.

So I've got the vector files ready to go
so I can just get them reprinted.

You are nuts about this car!

This is... Some may say
I'm... It's proper dedication.

I'm impressed.

Right, well, thank you for delivering it.

Yeah, no, thank you very much for bringing
it in.

Really good to me.

Thank you.

Very nice to chat to you again.

Can't wait to deliver it, but I'm
desperate to see your face when this is

your memory brought to life.

I wouldn't want to see your face in this
wrong colour again, no?

No, they're not right away.

That's not it!

Right.

I think you're going to have to curb your
enthusiasm for perfection on this one.

I'm not a great lover in not doing things
right.

I know, it will be right, but...

I think do the best we can, get it
painted, get it straight, get it solid.

Yeah.

Get it built back up with a correct colour
and get it back to it.

Yeah.

We can't go mad.

We cannot go mad.

Problem is with this car now, we've got to
take all the door cards off, all the trims

off, because we're going to
have to paint this the same colour

as we're going to paint the
outside, the correct colour.

Yeah.

Never find what you're looking for when
you want it, can you?

As you can see, I'm
already into the stripping

process and you haven't
even found the kit yet.

Anybody can pull its pieces, can't they?

You want to be organised, putting it back
together.

To make it really nice would cost tens of
thousands of pounds, not five.

But we can make it, you know, we'll have a
go, wouldn't we?

We'll make it better than it is.

If against that wall I would... I
think so, I'd thought, get an eight.

No, I would have put it... I'll put it
against that wall for now.

Never do what you're told, yeah.

Most importantly, we'll keep our door
happy, won't we?

We'll put his family memories back to where
they were and he'll be happy with the car.

You can see where
somebody's absolutely cobbled

and bulged and
cobbled a plate in there.

You haven't been on all the day to Sri
Lanka, have you?

Yeah.

We've run out of money,
but I'm going to call Kamala,

the accountant, and show
her the results of our work.

Hello.

Hi, Richard.

How are you?

I'm fine, how are you?

I'm all right, sorry, there's a bit of
noise going on because the lads are doing

work, but it's you and I
wouldn't stop them because if

I stopped them working to
talk to you, you'd be cross.

Right, we are sponsored
by... meat, you see that?

Oh, wow.

Crisps, you see that?

Yes.

And burgers.

That's brilliant.

Quality all the way and what they've paid
us, it's not a lot, I've been sensible,

I haven't asked for a fortune,
but they will cover the basics.

So, tyres, fuel, all the consumables on
the car, plus hotel travel.

Fantastic.

Anyway, you've seen it now, I've done it.

Mission accomplished.

I'm really pleased with that, it worked.

Yes.

Right, I have here the list, anything that
we want to add, we write on this list and

I'll reprint it so it is the definitive,
this is what we take.

Chocolate.

So we know that's what we've got.

Tomorrow is practice day at Donnington.

We've done all the prep on the car.

We've done all the prep
on, Anthony is our works

driver, but we're not
functioning here as a team.

It doesn't matter how
good the car is, how good

the drivers are, they're
not going anywhere.

Jack.

Yep.

Axle stands, spare wheels with tyres on.

Tool cart, wheel chocks.

Yep.

Yep, they're in trolley.

This is where this race business is
holding up a mirror to us as a workshop.

Engine oil port, blanks.

Yeah, fuel hose, hose clips.

If we get sharp at this and we realise,
right, car comes in, we're hanging off,

I don't need to think or reach out and get
the tools.

Well, if we can spill a bit of that back
from the racetrack to the workshop,

it'll only be to the good.

Just loads to take.

Mad.

That's the pit lane.

Coming up there, so in ten minutes time,
Anthony, you'll be driving round in the car.

Yep.

This is the garage from there to there.

This is our area.

We've got a Bruny Eccleston area,
we've organised, and it's all in me.

Let's see what happens on the day,
eh?

This goes that way around, doesn't it?

So that box gets dropped there.

Yep, that's it.

Open this up.

Ta-da.

Instant workshop.

So that is us basically set.

So you guarantee you'll get it
tomorrow and somebody will have

their own little box there
and they'll have a kettle in it.

There's some water, tea bags, coffee,
and some sugar and milk.

And if you're stuck, you'll need that.

And cups.

How long do I race for?





Yeah, we'll need that.

You can't laugh.

You can go 40 minutes without a cup of
tea.

Not in a professional mode you can.

You can do it.

Yep.

You're going to do it.

Like, I'm putting myself
out there on this day

and I've come all the way
out of my comfort zone.

So I'm just hoping they're not going to be
a bit of a shambles in the pit lane.

I'll bet you're 50 quid that
tomorrow you get there

and they'll be like, oh,
look at him with a keppity.

You're a greenhouse.

I'm worried that your head isn't in the
game.

We're there for 40 minutes.

Have a cup of tea, then start.

We are all set for the next stage.

This is where we really gel as a team.

What's going to happen
is, Anthony, you're

going to drive into
the pits here in the car.

We'll be waiting for you.

You are going to report to us something
that's happened while you're on the track,

which is why you've come in.

We're going to react and
what I want to see is... This isn't...

No, this is testing the workshop that
we're setting up.

Do we have everything?

Okay, Anthony, each of these has a thing
on it that's happened.

Pull it out of the hat when you're up
there.

Read it, come in, report it to me.

I'll tell these guys.

We'll then check what we're going to need,
what we're going to do.

Right.

Up to start positions.

The fact is, everybody else, they're doing
this.

A lot of them, it's their own efforts.

They're their own car.

They pay for it.

They pay for their racing.

They spend a lot of money on it.

It matters.

Wait a minute.

Anthony's coming in.

Something's up.

You've got to enter into it with everybody
else, or don't do it.

So we've got to be taking it seriously on
the day.

And what's up?

Losing water, temperature's gone up.

Losing water, the temperature's gone up.

Get out of it.

Right.

Safety.

Ah!

We're losing precious time.

Red one on the back of pride.

Good call.

We have that.

Another spin-off as well as potential
customers.

By working together doing this,
we're learning...

Okay, it doesn't matter who's responsible
for what.

She's got to do what.

And then do it.

Rushing out.

Yeah, mate.

What's up?

Front wing damage.

Rubbing the wheel.

Front wing damage.

He's damaged the front wing.

Look, it's rubbing the wheel.

Quick.

What are you going to do?

Yeah, yeah, Jack.

Be honest with you, mate.

They seem very panicked about that.

So what tools are we going to need?

A big hammer.

Right.

So you shout to me the tools you need.

You're going to need a drill.

Do we have a drill?

Ah!

We need a drill hose.

No, we don't have a drill.

No drill.

A note to selves.

Drill.

This will do us a lot of things,
indeed.

All destroyers.

They must have a roof on his garage,
didn't they?

No, it's not brilliant, is it?

It's a bit leaky.

Run away.

Right.

Run away.

I think rain stopped play for now.

But that was good practice.

Oh, God, this feels real all of a sudden.

That's your pit lane.

And suddenly I'm aware of how exposed we
are.

Hardly any of the cars that
are out testing today are

actually going to be racing
against ours tomorrow on race day.

But, yeah, they're going to be seeing us
as a new team.

We are the new kids on the block.

Morning.

You OK?

Yeah.

You could pop that on straight away with
these underneath.

Oh, I hate this.

I hate the nerves.

I hate it.

We've got two minutes before the first
session.

Brilliant.

That's right.

So, quick as we can.

Chaps.

First practice session opens in two
minutes.

Two minutes?

Two minutes till the first practice
session.

It is unorganised.

It's chaotic.

Right, it's what we take.

We take everything.

And no one knows what's going on apart
from me.

Oh, God.

You're tangled in there.

Which way do we go?

What I suggest is that I go out for the
first session.

Yep.

Shake the car down.

Make sure that if anything falls off,
at least I know what to do on a track.

Oh, it's that way.

Yeah.

Yeah, now our little MGB is going to be on
track with that.

You're all right.

You're all right.

You're all right.

You're all right.

You're all right.

Right, you're good.

Oh, there it goes.

So Abby's taking it
out for two laps, just to

shake it down, make
sure nothing falls off.

Literally, that's what she's doing.

This is its first opportunity to stretch
its legs for real.

Here it comes.

Yeah!

We built that!

Oh, there it goes.

What does that red light mean?

Why is that flashing red?

It's either a crash or end of session.

It looks like everybody's coming back in.

Where's Abby?

Hang on.

Oh, there's a lorry up there,
recovery-type lorry.

Well, it might be us.

I hope that's not us.

Why would it be?

Why could it be?

Could it be?

It's done one.

I mean, no, it's not.

Everybody's come back in...

but our car.

We don't know what's happened out there,
do we?

No, not yet.

She's being towed.

She's being towed.

We've done one lap.

We've done one lap.

One lap.

This is embarrassing.

Oh...

What is it?

Engine.

What?

Engine.

No power.

Listen.

Shall we push it into the garage?

Yeah.

Yeah.

This isn't a good start.

Yeah, I'm going to do the ratchet.

I knew there'd be some work to be done in
the garage.

At our first test day,
ready for our first race

day tomorrow, I didn't
think it would be one lap.

Broken rocker.

We've found the problem.

Rocker.

Broken rocker.

So this is the end of a rocker.

It's that that hits the valve that pushes
it open that lets the fuel mixture in.

And on the other side,
another one pushes the

other valve open that
lets the exhaust gases out.

That's all that does.

But it snapped off.

I'd rather it went now.

Yeah, but we just need another rocker.

Oh, God.

I didn't see an MGB out there.

Go and have a look at the entry list and
I'll see if there's any other MGBs here.

That's a brilliant idea.

This is making me nervous waiting.

That's what racing is, isn't it?

Fixing cars and keeping them going.

Under pressure.

Yes, we've got bits, we've got bits.

Oh, my word!

Oh, mate, thank you.

What do you think?

Have frantic stuff is on there?

All that's holding that on on the end is a
little split pin and wash it.

It's not a lot.

See why things break, can't it?

Yes.

Wait, it's on?

Moment of truth.

That's good.

That's good.

Right.

It's the same fella now.

It's the same fella.

My turn.

Sorry, mate.

No, that's all right.

It's got to come at some point.

You'll go.

We're just waiting for Ant to come out of
the toilet.

He's getting changed and he's finally
going to be let loose in the driver's seat.

But the time has come.

Are you going out with him?

I'm going to be sat in
the passenger seat just

to give him some
pointers on the way round.

Here we go.

Let's do it.

I know he's worried, isn't he?

But I've got every confidence in him.

I know he can do it.

He's a big ask of it.

It is.

I mean, this is...
Yeah, probably.

That's not looking good, is it?

Anthony has noticed that it's raining
quite a lot.

I'm not scared at all.

No, you'll be fine, mate.

You're getting some more meaningful
practice in.

That's the point.

So, the belt should be all good,
no?

Yeah, it should be good, no.

Good luck, mate.

We'll just build up to it.

All right.

I know it's nerve-wracking driving the
wet, but we've got to stand in the wet.

We're getting wet!

Frankly, it's going to be terrified.

Because in the wet, the car will move
about a lot more.

It'll just feel alarming.

All we can do is let Anthony learn so that
when he goes out tomorrow for the first

session in the race, he
brings the car back in for

the driver change in a
good position and intact.

So, outside of the corner, where the grip
is a bit...

So, when you get over the dry line,
not your signal.

This is a proper baptism of damn fire.

Right in the middle.

And around the outside.

OK.

We don't think that the dry line is
starting to come off.

So, when it's like this, trying to come
down the dry line...

Here he comes.



Wet though, isn't it?

Yeah.

In the middle of the road for braking and
braking.



That's a quick quicker, isn't it?

Yeah, quicker again.



It's taken some time out of its lap.

Oh,

hello.

Coming back in.

Uh, problem.

Why is that?

Fumes.

Fumes are really bad.

OK.

First lesson done.

Give me a punch.

Thank you.

Really good, mate.

OK, though.

Was that all right?

That was pretty brilliant.

How are we here?

Breathing quite a bit.

Oh, Christ, yes.

Anthony, can you just follow your lips to
make it breathing?

No, no, no, no.

That's not good, is it?

Is this coughing out smoke?

Which, at the moment, is going into the
cabin.

Anyway, welcome to Donaldson's steam
rally.

This is disappointing.

On the one hand, the driving team are very
happy.

On the other hand, the engineering team
less so.

This is you are a bit breathing.

It's actually pressurising the crankcase,
which it shouldn't be doing.

Possibly it's because of a
damaged ring on number four

at the back, but there's
nothing that's major surgery.

That is heart surgery in a bus stop.

We can't do that here.

Thing is, you could be
a whole piston, but we

put a bit of oil in the
piston ring, didn't we?

It didn't seem to alter the compression.

The question is, do we keep pushing it?

What are your thoughts?

If it was my car doing
that, I'd turn it off and get it

looked at, because it could
just go bam for a minute.

Yeah.

If we flog it to death racing tomorrow, we
could do irreparable damage to that engine.

Possibly, yeah.

I'm not a naturally cautious man normally,
but this is business.

And we haven't got the budget.

We look like bloody idiots if we blow up
our own engine.

Don't like that.

We won't be out again because I've sunk
everything into it.

You're not going to
correct that any other way in

pulling the engine to
pieces, just for definite.

No.

Um... Then I'd say...

regrettably...

we pull out.

It's not really a decision.

I've got no choice.

I cannot risk that.

I'm not to tell Anthony, then.

He'll understand.

He don't want to blow it up.

No.

This is the first, I suppose, big decision
that was made as a team boss.

Not to race.

Come on, sorry.

But it's the right decision.

Anthony, the general consensus is...
We think it's going to detonate itself.

It's a horrible thing, so I was actually
buzzing, but financially, it's not viable.

Well, well done, everybody, for today.

I was really proud.

I agree with Richard on this one.

He's actually done the right thing.

And pulling us...

we're not going to look silly now,
are we?

Because we've understood
we've got a fault and

we're not going to go
any further, so... Right.

Well, time to pack up.

Bugger.

I think the team have grown a lot today.

They've had all sorts of stuff thrown at
them, you know, lap one.

We had an issue.

They were under the
bonnet and looking at what

the issue was and
working out the solutions.

This is an opportunity to have,
you know, a high-speed billboard,

effectively, for the
smallest cogs to

potentially build and
run racecars in the future.

And it's not going to be the best ad,
but if they run out tomorrow knowing that

the car and the engine isn't 100% and it
blows up.

We've proven ourselves to be responsible
and grown up as a team.

Exactly.

Right call, I think.

Massively.

Wasn't meant to be like this, was it?

We're not cancelling racing.

We're postponing our first race.

And we'll go into that first race with a
bit more learning.

We're not pushing the car back on the
trailer.

We were driving it back on there,
so that's a good thing.

The new sensible Hammond departs.

I'm a gung-h* idiot, normally.

I've grown up.

Hello, I'm mature.

Neil, something's worked.

We might have just picked up our first
international client.

Oh, my God, where are you?

I'm in my backyard.

That's nice.

It's lethal, I don't like it.

Absolutely horrible.

It's looking like crying a bit.

I'm really scared.

Are you alright?

That was a powerful moment.

I was quite...