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- [engines roaring]
- [upbeat rock music]
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[tires screeching]
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[music ends]
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[whoosh]
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{\an8}- [phones ringing]
- [indistinct chatter]
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[receptionist 1]
Grand Tour HQ.
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Look, that's a Ferrari 250.
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[James]
Ridiculous, and that's a 300SL,
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and that's a Jag D-Type,
all racing on the road.
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And look.
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Still doing it today.
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[Tom] So cool.
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- This is Angola.
- [James] Yeah.
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- In Africa.
- [James] Yeah.
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[Francis]
This isn't the Mille Miglia or Le Mans.
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It's Angola.
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Where has this been?
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I do-- Honestly, I don't even think
I could've pointed to Angola on a map.
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The fact
that they're racing like this today,
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- that's wild to me.
- [James] Mhm!
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That's why it's so perfect.
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We'll do a proper Grand Tour adventure,
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three sporty cars,
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go to the city of Lubango here
in the highlands
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and take part in their massive,
epic street race.
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Um, what are we driving though?
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[James] That's up to you.
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The office has given us ten grand each.
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- Ten grand.
- So...
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- track-day toys.
- [Tom] Yeah.
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We can race prep them,
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roll cages, proper seats
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and the office can...
ship them to Lubango.
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Easy.
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Easy.
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Easy.
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[James] But it turns out...
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it wasn't easy.
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At all.
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[tense music]
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[Tom] Yeah, I think we're being dropped
off in the middle of nowhere.
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[boat engine whirring]
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Francis!
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- What are you doing?
- It's a Chinese straight six!
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- Huge turbo!
- [James chuckles]
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Great. Can you come help us look please?
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All right.
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[Tom]
Our cars weren't sent to Lubango.
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Instead,
in order to give us a proper road trip,
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the office had dropped them off
hundreds of miles away,
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somewhere near an abandoned church
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in the southern corner of Angola.
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All we'd been told was to find them
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and head East.
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[Francis]
We're expected to find a church here?
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- [Tom] We're in the middle of nowhere.
- [Francis] May I?
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- [boat engine whirring]
- 'Course.
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You've got some height on me.
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Your eyes are closer together than mine.
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[Francis chuckles]
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Look! Crucifix.
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There's a crucifix on the hill.
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- [Tom] Oh, yeah!
- [James] Got to be a church.
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Yeah, that's gotta be it, right?
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[James]
It's a bit of a cliff though, isn't it?
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[Tom] Yeah well, there's a bit of a walk
up to the top, but it's--
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At least there's a way up.
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- [James] We can handle a walk.
- [Tom] Yeah.
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- I'm not worried about...
- [engine cuts]
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Why did he cut the engine?
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{\an8}[skipper in Portuguese]
No, no, no. We can't go further.
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{\an8}You go by raft, over there.
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{\an8}- [Tom] No--
- [Francis] I think maybe
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it's too shallow for the boat.
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- So...
- [Tom] Wh-- wh--
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[skipper indistinct]
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- Oh.
- [Francis laughs]
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Okay.
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- [laughter]
- I see.
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What are these?
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Now these are basic, like,
rudimentary canoes, I suppose.
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No, these aren't canoes.
These are the styrofoam packaging
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that a canoe came in.
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Where's the paddles?
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I think you're looking at them.
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[Tom] Great, okay. Good.
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All right, ready? Three, two, one...
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Woah, sh--
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- [James] We did it.
- Yep, got it, got it, got it.
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- Nice.
- [James] This is you, Thomas.
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[Tom]
Woah, guys, it's really not...
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It-- it's breaking in the middle.
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- [James laughs]
- [Tom] Oh, my God! It's just...
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really not stable, yeah.
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[Francis]
Right, James, you're up next.
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- [James groan]
- [Tom yelps]
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Off you go, son.
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- [James] Yeah!
- Nicely done!
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- [James] I feel a bit cozy already.
- Yeah!
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You okay?
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Yeah. Hand on.
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[Tom laughing]
It's not so easy, is it?
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Yeah, this is where I'm gonna... Oh!
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[Tom]
What rowing position are you going for?
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Missionary, I guess.
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[Tom laughing]
Okay!
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I guess that makes me reverse cowgirl.
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[grunt]
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I recommend against standing.
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Yeah, keep your--
keep your centre of gravity low.
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[Francis chuckling]
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[Tom]
He's got phenomenal balance!
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- [James] Nicely done!
- [Tom] Phenomenal balance, Francis.
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Wait, the paddles.
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All right, guys,
that beach looks fine, so let's...
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- head that way, I guess.
- [Francis] Okay.
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[up-tempo percussive music]
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Ooh! The water's cold.
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- Yes, the water's cold.
- Ah!
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Ah!
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No! No!
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[music intensifies]
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Oh, no!
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- [Francis groans]
- [Tom] How is it you were so good
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at getting in the boat
but not staying in the boat?
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[James]
We lost Francis to the deep!
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Ah!
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[James] Oh, no.
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- How does that feel?
- [Tom] Yeah, it's cold.
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No, I'm good. I'm good.
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[James] Look at the two of you.
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- [Tom yelps]
- [music softens]
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[grunt]
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[Francis] Thank you, sir.
[sigh]
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Francis is getting help from a local.
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[Francis] Thank you.
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[James] All right,
Angolans off to a legendary start.
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Come on!
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[up-tempo percussion music]
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Oh, shit!
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[James groans]
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[Francis] James has gone in!
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- [yelp]
- [Tom] No!
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Go!
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Yeah!
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All right.
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Okay!
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[grunt]
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[percussive funk music]
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[James]
After draining the sea water
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out of absolutely everything we owned...
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- [sting]
- [music fades]
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[James sighs]
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[percussive funk continues]
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...we headed off to find our cars.
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[Francis] Thomas,
do you want to give me any clues?
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- To my car?
- Yeah.
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[Tom] Well, it's the ultimate...
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combination...
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of performance and everyday usability.
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Oh!
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[Francis] James?
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- [James] Iconic.
- [Tom] Ooh!
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- Francis?
- Uh, throb.
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[Tom laughs]
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[ethereal music]
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[sustained sting]
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[James] Yeah, that's a church.
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Ooh, there they are!
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- [Tom] Are those our cars?
- [James] They're camoed!
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[Tom] They are camoed.
I didn't even see them.
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[James] I've very excited about mine.
Can I go first?
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- Sure.
- [James] Okay.
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Not that one, not that one.
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I'm this one!
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[sigh]
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Okay, fellas, the beginning and end
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of the sports-car conversation.
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- Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah.
- [James] The icon.
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The poster on everyone's wall.
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[Francis] Oh!
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[James] The Porsche 911.
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Are you yawning?
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- I was about to do that.
- For ten grand!
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Because this is
an extremely boring choice.
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What are you talking about?
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This is a £10,000 911!
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[Tom] You've prepped it for racing?
You got a roll cage?
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[James]
Prepped for racing, ready to go.
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- [Tom] Racing seat? Okay.
- [James] Yeah.
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James, you've scraped the bottom
of the Porsche barrel here.
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- [Tom] Look at the headlights!
- [James] No, well...
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[Tom] This is the saddest piece
of design
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- in Porsche history.
- No!
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[Francis] I'd like to rename these as,
like, kidney headlights
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'cause it looks like it's...
processing urea.
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[laughter]
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It's faded nicely, he's right.
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It's a great car,
but I'm sorry, this is just so...
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- dull.
- Oh, it's so great!
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Th-- this is a car for people
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who think that a night off from flossing
is an exciting weekend.
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[laughter]
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Can we move onto mine then?
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Thank you very much. You guys ready?
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This is the from-this-millennium...
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- [Francis] Ah!
- BMW M3.
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E46 Generation.
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You predictable bastard.
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[Tom] No! No!
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I honestly think you've made
a great decision here, Thomas.
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- Thank you, Francis.
- [James] How can you say that, Francis?
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This is the convertible.
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It has all the appeal of a seeded grape.
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[laughter]
You can't get a hard top
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for ten grand,
but you can get a convertible.
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This has the S54 engine.
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There is nothing more motorsport
in BMW history
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than that right there.
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[Francis] Have you done that?
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Have I done what?
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Did you put that F1 brake light
on the back of the car?
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- [James] That's a rain light.
- [Tom] We're going racing.
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Why would you need a rain light?
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If it rains!
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- We're in the desert.
- [Francis scoffs]
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- [Francis] That is repulsive.
- [Tom] No!
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- [sigh]
- Um, okay.
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Francis what did you buy?
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[Francis] So, this is a Nissan...
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Pulsar GTI-R.
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A-- a what?
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[Francis]
Nissan had to make 5,000 of these cars
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so they could enter the, uh--
Group A WRC.
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- An all-wheel drive, this is...
- [Tom] In all-wheel drive?
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Yeah, this is a rally thoroughbred.
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At the time, this was quicker to 60
than a Ferrari Testerossa.
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[Tom]
Sorry, why is it in such crap shape?
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[Francis] Well, it's lived
the last ten years of its life
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under some tarpaulin.
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- [chuckles]
- Wh-- what...
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- How much did you spend on this?
- You didn't spend ten grand obviously.
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- Yeah.
- [Tom] What do you mean 'yeah'?
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- Ten grand? You spent ten grand?
- [Francis] £10,000.
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[Tom laughing]
Look at that!
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[Francis] But this will answer all
of your questions
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as to why I bought this car. One moment.
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Okay.
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[ignition fires]
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It has a subwoofer.
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What?
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[raucous techno music plays]
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[James laughing]
That's fantastic!
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[Tom laughing]
Look at him go!
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It's taking up the entire rear seat,
Francis.
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That sounds horrible.
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- [music stops]
- Okay.
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Imagine... you're...
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a-- a girl in the 1990s
260
00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,160
and you hear that and you see this
and I jump out,
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what are you thinking?
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00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:07,680
- 'Run away!'
- Yeah. 'Dad was right.'
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00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:11,640
- Uh...
- [laughter]
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00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,000
- Well, boys, this is our trio.
- It is.
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For traversing Angola.
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The office said head East.
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00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:21,560
Yeah, I don't know what that means.
I don't even know where we are.
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- I think the ocean I West.
- East's probably th-- that wayish.
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- All right.
- Let's go.
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Let's do it!
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00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,160
Tom, if you-- It gets
a little bit sandy in the desert.
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00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,280
- [Tom] Yeah?
- And you've gone for a convertible.
273
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- Yeah, I'll just put the top up, James.
- [James] Okay.
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[grunt]
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- [click]
- Are you pressing the button?
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00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,560
- [click]
- No...
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00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,960
- [James] Are you joking right now?
- No...
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I don't even hear anything.
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[stifled laugh]
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Yeah, good! Good!
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00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,400
[Tom] Are you serious right now?
It's actually not working?
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Ogh!
You're gonna get a nice tan, Thomas.
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00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:01,680
You're gonna get a nice tan.
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[growling rock music]
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[Francis]
Now armed with our ten-grand cars,
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our mission was simple:
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get to Lubango,
where we would take part
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in the street-racing festival
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00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,240
to commemorate Angola's 50 years
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00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:17,480
of independence.
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00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,080
The race was two days
and 200 miles away,
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00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,560
and with nothing but flat desert
ahead of us,
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it was time to give our cars
a little shakedown.
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00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:28,600
[engines roaring]
295
00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,640
Wooh!
[laughter]
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No way!
297
00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:34,920
What have I brought with me?
298
00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,080
This is a lot more
than 230-brake horsepower.
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00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:39,920
[revving]
300
00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:42,600
Woah!
[laughter]
301
00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,640
Only about 750 of these
made it to the UK.
302
00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,560
This is a rare gem.
303
00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,240
I love how, the turbo, I can hear it
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00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,320
as though it's coming
through the air vent.
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00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,080
Just the...
[sucking in air]
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[clattering sound]
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[car clatters]
308
00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,000
I'm in love and I've driven...
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00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:05,280
less than two miles.
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00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:09,920
[music continues]
311
00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,080
[Tom] Wooh ho ho!
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00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:13,760
Oh, yes!
313
00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,040
This car pretty much changed my life.
314
00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,120
When this car came out and I saw
that there was a vehicle
315
00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,040
that you could drive to work every day,
316
00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:26,160
but then take a track
and win races with,
317
00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,880
it completely rewired my brain
318
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as to what a car could be.
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00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:34,360
But I will admit
that's it's probably a bit
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00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,880
of a daft idea for Africa.
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00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,440
I am a little bit jealous of Francis
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00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,640
in an all-wheel-drive rally car.
323
00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,640
This is for a street circuit!
324
00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,880
Not for remote, middle-of-nowhere...
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00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,280
Africa!
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[rattling]
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Oh.. kay.
328
00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:58,520
[clicking]
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Yeah.
330
00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:08,680
[James]
Okay, I knew was gonna catch some flack
331
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because I know
it's not the most attractive 911,
332
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but this generation of 911
has an unbelievable motorsports record.
333
00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,040
It shares these headlights
with the Le Mans-winning GT race car,
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it's been turned into safari Dakar 911s
335
00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:24,000
to cross deserts,
336
00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,440
it has just shy
of 300 horsepower,
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00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,160
and these things should go forever.
338
00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,560
In fact, this one's done 154,000 miles.
339
00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,920
That's enough to go around the world
six times!
340
00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,400
One more country is not something
that I'm worried about.
341
00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:45,800
[music fades]
342
00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,560
How are your cars
handling the terrain then, guys?
343
00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:50,800
[knocks]
344
00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:52,600
- Really well, actually!
- [knock]
345
00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:55,000
[laughter]
346
00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:58,040
[James] The Porsche is handling
this terrain much better than expected.
347
00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,800
I could do with a little bit
more clearance though, if I'm honest.
348
00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,240
Well, this all-wheel-drive system
in my Pulsar
349
00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,160
is working an absolute treat.
350
00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,640
I've had no problem
putting my power down here.
351
00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,160
You guys fancy a... little rolling race?
352
00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,840
- [James radio] Yeah!
- [Francis radio] Let's do it.
353
00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,360
[showdown music]
354
00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:20,720
[Tom] All right, 338 horsepower,
355
00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:22,480
the most horsepower here.
356
00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:24,720
I'm about to bring the rain.
357
00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:26,400
Okay, three...
358
00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:28,200
two...
359
00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,200
one... go!
360
00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:31,320
[beating drums]
361
00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:32,480
Foot to the floor!
362
00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:33,760
Foot to the floor!
363
00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:35,480
[Tom]
Spinning tires, don't spin too much!
364
00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:36,480
Into third!
365
00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:38,720
[Francis] Come on, Pulsar!
366
00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:39,840
Build the boost!
367
00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,160
Oh! James is right there!
368
00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:44,280
[Tom] Aw! Come on!
369
00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:45,640
No weight over the rear!
370
00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,120
Look at Francis go!
371
00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,160
Oh, my Lord!
372
00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:51,800
[Francis] Pulsar... is well and truly
373
00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:53,040
in the lead!
374
00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:55,560
[James]
Come on, 911! Where's the BMW?
375
00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:57,200
Where's that BMW?
376
00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,400
[Tom]
No, come on! I can catch James!
377
00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,000
I can catch him!
378
00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:03,800
- [Tom groans]
- [music fades]
379
00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,120
Okay, okay. Pulsar's the winner.
380
00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:11,480
Francis, your car is pretty quick.
381
00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,720
[laughing]
My...
382
00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,720
My speedo stopped working.
383
00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,440
[laughing]
384
00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:20,800
[Francis radio] Honestly, James,
I was not expecting you
385
00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:22,360
to keep up like that.
386
00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,880
[James radio]
Thomas, what's your excuse?
387
00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,280
[Tom radio] My excuse is that you've got
an engine over your rear wheels.
388
00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:29,680
I have a trunk.
389
00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:32,440
Oh, you mean I made a better decision?
390
00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,200
Wait till we're on actually tarmac.
391
00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,040
That's when this car
will show you what it can do.
392
00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:43,320
[twangy desert rock]
393
00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,160
[Tom] And speaking of tarmac,
394
00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:48,760
there wasn't any.
395
00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,640
For mile after dusty mile.
396
00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:55,680
[Tom] So barren.
397
00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:57,760
[Tom] I'm not sure I've ever been
in a desert
398
00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,360
that feels so devoid of life.
399
00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,120
[Francis radio] It's bizarre to think
we're heading for a street race
400
00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,520
when we haven't come
across any civilization here.
401
00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:10,480
[Francis]
But what we had come across...
402
00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,440
- was this.
- [ominous music]
403
00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,600
[radio]
How have we just changed planets?
404
00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:24,040
[Tom]
Oh, my God.
405
00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,920
- [music fades]
- All right.
406
00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,120
- All right!
- [clunking]
407
00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,920
I can't see because
I'm in a racing bucket, for God's sake!
408
00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:33,480
[scoffs]
Come on.
409
00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,440
[crunching]
410
00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:36,560
[Tom grunts]
411
00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:43,640
[clicking]
412
00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,080
- Holy shit!
- [James] What's happened?
413
00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,560
- Oh!
- [Tom] Oh, my Lord.
414
00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:53,600
Oh, holy shit!
415
00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:55,960
How have you managed to do that?
416
00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,000
I couldn't see!
I'm in a racing bucket!
417
00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,640
I was-- brrr, it's going along,
and then the road ended.
418
00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,120
- You could have rolled.
- I could have rolled, yes.
419
00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:04,480
Is your wheel fully off?
420
00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:06,800
[Tom]
It-- it's hanging in the air, yeah.
421
00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,840
[Francis] Do you want me to--
I reckon I can tow you back.
422
00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,360
- [Tom] I think that's the only way.
- [Francis] Yeah.
423
00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,720
- [upbeat music]
- Yeah, come on back!
424
00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,560
[Francis]
The plan to save the BMW
425
00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,720
from falling off the crumbling cliff
426
00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,160
was to haul it back
from the brink with the Pulsar
427
00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,320
whilst James's Porsche acted
as an anchor.
428
00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:26,680
[Tom] All right, start pulling.
429
00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:27,960
James, keep tension.
430
00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:29,960
I'm tense as hell.
431
00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:31,720
[engine purring]
432
00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:34,080
[Tom] Yes! Yes!
433
00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:35,320
Yes!
434
00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:38,480
Woah, woah, woah!
435
00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:42,720
Well, I-- I think we're out.
We did it!
436
00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,080
- [James] We did it.
- Yeah!
437
00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,920
- You owe me one, Thomas.
- I-- Yes, I technically owe you one.
438
00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:50,840
- Thank you, sir.
- Well done.
439
00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,560
- Well done indeed.
- [Francis] Yeah.
440
00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,080
[Tom]
Anybody else wanna go in front?
441
00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,840
[James] Since the 911
offered better forward visibility,
442
00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,880
I took the lead
and we got back on track.
443
00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:05,400
- [crunch]
- [Tom] Ooh!
444
00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,800
- [revving]
- [James] Nearly.
445
00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:09,960
- [music stops]
- [chuckles]
446
00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:11,560
[Francis] No, Thomas!
447
00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:19,720
[Francis] Why did you carry on revving?
448
00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:21,600
I di-- I di-- I di...
449
00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:24,560
[roots funk music]
450
00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:27,320
- [James] First.
- [Tom] What is that?
451
00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,960
I-- this is an exhaust jack.
452
00:18:30,120 --> 00:18:33,000
It uses the exhaust fumes
to lift up the car.
453
00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,000
- [Tom] Oh, it's like an airbag.
- [James] Yes.
454
00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,680
[fumes hissing]
455
00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:38,080
It's going.
456
00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:41,600
[Tom] Oh, it's lifting the car!
457
00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,240
- [James] It's lifting.
- [Tom] It's lifting the car!
458
00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,160
Okay, so, the-- it's rolled.
459
00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:46,920
[Tom] Push!
460
00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,520
- Come on!
- It's moving! It's moving!
461
00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,800
- [Tom] Yeah
- [Francis laughs]
462
00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,560
- Look at your brake light!
- Aw...
463
00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:57,960
[James] The rain--
the rain light was sacrificed.
464
00:18:58,120 --> 00:19:00,880
[Tom] You beautiful bastard, you!
Look at this thing!
465
00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:02,800
Full of lovely Pulsar gas.
466
00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,520
[laughter]
467
00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,240
[laid-back techno music]
468
00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:11,360
[Tom]
Finally back on the move,
469
00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,000
I was beginning to think that maybe...
470
00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,040
I was in a bit over my head.
471
00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:17,880
Shitting...
472
00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:19,360
argh!
473
00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,400
All right, I'll do anything
to get off this washboard, seriously.
474
00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,200
Would you throw yourself off a cliff?
475
00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:27,400
[laughter]
476
00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,160
[Tom] For...
477
00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:34,800
As we soldiered on,
478
00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,600
the desert didn't let up.
479
00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,440
- [crunch]
- Aw!
480
00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:40,440
What was that?
481
00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,280
And after hours of nothingness,
482
00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,600
we finally stumbled across
483
00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,640
our first signs of civilization.
484
00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,000
[music fades]
485
00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:54,320
[Francis radio] Guys, look!
486
00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,120
[engines revving]
487
00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:57,320
Oh, my God!
488
00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,200
- [laughing]
- Woah!
489
00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:00,680
[tense music]
490
00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,240
[James]
It turns out Angola's love for racing
491
00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,360
reached all the way into the desert...
492
00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:14,520
and we'd found some
of the top rally drivers
493
00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:16,000
in the country.
494
00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:19,600
[James] Look at that thing go!
495
00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,200
[music fades]
496
00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:25,960
- [clunking]
- [Tom] Oh, my God!
497
00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:28,360
[revving]
498
00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:30,600
I'm stuck.
499
00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,800
Yeah, okay, thank-- Yeah.
500
00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,400
[radio]
I'll just park here, shall I?
501
00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:39,080
Look at this.
502
00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,360
So-- it's a bit awkward.
[chuckle]
503
00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:44,200
[James]
Sorry, our friend's blocked your track.
504
00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:45,960
- How you doing? I'm James.
- [driver] Bruno.
505
00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:47,360
- [James] Nice to meet you guys.
- Nice to meet you.
506
00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,120
[Francis] You are our first people
we're seeing on land in Angola.
507
00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,040
How's it going?
Is it okay if I park there?
508
00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:54,880
Yeah, I think so.
509
00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,000
[James] Do you guys race here?
510
00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,960
Yeah, we are racing here.
511
00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:00,520
- Is there a circuit over there?
- [Bruno] Yeah, we have a circuit there.
512
00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,240
We do some laps here too
513
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:03,440
with, uh, with time.
514
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,120
Do y-- do you mind if we have a go?
515
00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:07,280
With those cars?
516
00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,240
- [James] Yeah.
- [Bruno] Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
517
00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:10,840
- [chuckle] I don't think so.
- You-- you...
518
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,400
[laughter]
519
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,240
[Francis] What about the-- the Pulsar?
520
00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,280
[Bruno] You can help the BMW.
521
00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:19,480
Quick question,
what's a good time around the circuit?
522
00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,240
[tongue click] Uh, this morning,
I do 1:12.
523
00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:23,840
[Tom] 1:12, that's our mark.
524
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,160
They were ripping, Thomas,
525
00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:29,200
and you got stuck
on the first touch of their course.
526
00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:30,800
[Tom] That's a good point.
527
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:32,800
[tense music]
528
00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,600
[James]
Luckily for Thomas and his BMW,
529
00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,040
this desert track was made of harder,
more compacted sand
530
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,120
and our impromptu rally challenge
531
00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,520
would be just two laps around it,
532
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,880
and desperate to prove his car
could actually deliver the goods,
533
00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,360
he volunteered to go first.
534
00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:54,160
[Tom] Okay, I--
I think my only choice is flat out.
535
00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,240
- [James] Power.
- [Tom] Otherwise I'm gonna get stuck.
536
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:57,880
- [Francis] Okay.
- [James] Here we go.
537
00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:59,200
- [rock music]
- [revving]
538
00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:02,200
Three, two, one...
539
00:22:02,360 --> 00:22:03,360
Go!
540
00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,240
- [James] Look at his bumper!
- [Francis] His bu-- [laughter]
541
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:08,680
[James] That's not coming home.
542
00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,720
[Tom] Here we go!
That's it! That's it!
543
00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:14,640
Oh, look at this place!
544
00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:16,520
Oh, we're flying now!
545
00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,200
- [crunch]
- Oh, big bump there!
546
00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:19,280
That was bad.
547
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,480
- That's a drop, hello!
- [smack]
548
00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,400
Ooh, yeah! We're moving now!
549
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,320
[Tom] And for the first time this trip,
550
00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,160
I could finally show off
the BMW's sharp handling
551
00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,320
and motorsport credentials.
552
00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:34,880
He should appear
in the next ten seconds.
553
00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:36,760
- There he is.
- [Francis] There he is.
554
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,240
[James] Oh, that's quick!
555
00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:40,760
- Keep it going! Keep it going!
- [James] Ooh! Ooh!
556
00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:42,920
[Tom]
Come on! Don't you get stuck!
557
00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:44,200
Yes!
558
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,080
That a boy! That a boy!
559
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,320
Left-foot braking!
560
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:55,960
Tuck the nose in!
561
00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:59,120
- Flying through the finish line!
- [music fades]
562
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,080
Wooh!
[chuckling]
563
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:02,760
- [applause]
- [James] Very nice.
564
00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,480
[Tom] Now we're talking.
565
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,640
Oh, my God, I'm so cool.
566
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,720
Thomas, I have to say
that looked very impressive
567
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:11,920
coming around the last corner.
568
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,760
[Tom] Thank you very much, Francis.
569
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:15,680
- [Francis] Do you want to know your time?
- Yes, please.
570
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:16,960
- You did...
- [Tom] Yes?
571
00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:19,080
- ...with 1:12 to beat.
- [Tom] Yeah?
572
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:20,600
- [James] A 1...
- [Tom] Yeah?
573
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:22,200
...22...
574
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:23,520
...69.
575
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,240
[Tom] I mean, I'm pretty--
That is a rally car.
576
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,160
- That's a Pajero rally car, right?
- [James] Absolutely.
577
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:28,760
- I think you did really well.
- [Tom] Thank you.
578
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,880
- [James] All right, well done.
- [Tom] Thank you.
579
00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:32,840
[raucous electronic music]
580
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,720
[Tom] Next up was James...
581
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,800
in the sports car for people
who find ketchup too spicy.
582
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:38,800
Let's do this.
583
00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:40,560
- [Tom] Ready?
- Ready!
584
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,160
Three, two, one...
585
00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:44,640
- Go!
- [revving]
586
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,200
[James]
We're feeling good! We're feeling good!
587
00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:50,400
Picking up speed already.
588
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,160
- [thud]
- Ooh!
589
00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:56,280
Power, power!
590
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:57,960
- [crunch]
- Ogh, that's a big bump!
591
00:23:58,280 --> 00:23:59,760
Sorry. Sorry, car.
592
00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:00,920
Ooh, this is thick sand.
593
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:02,680
This is thick sand.
594
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,880
[Tom] Look at that.
Oh, come on! Oh...
595
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,520
He mu-- he probably made up four second
in that part alone
596
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:09,560
- compared to me.
- Yeah.
597
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:10,920
[revving]
598
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:12,720
This is a scary corner.
599
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:14,120
- Ooh!
- [smack]
600
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:15,560
Ogh, that's a big hit.
601
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,000
Don't worry, car.
602
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,480
You're doing so well.
You're doing better than me!
603
00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:22,160
- [Francis] Wooh ho ho!
- [Tom] Ooh!
604
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,040
Oh, his bumper's broken.
605
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:25,760
- Oh, it's broken.
- [James] Ooh!
606
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,120
- [Francis] Wooh!
- [James] Oh, that's good 911'ing!
607
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,080
- [music ends]
- Good job!
608
00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,360
That was a good time.
609
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,560
[Tom] Your, uh...
Your bumper doesn't look too good.
610
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,320
[James] Well, my front bumper
for your rear bumper
611
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:38,880
- seems like a fair trade.
- [Francis] So...
612
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,840
...you had 1:22.69 to beat.
613
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:44,760
You did it
614
00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,960
in 1:20...
615
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:48,840
...2...
616
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,680
- ...point 13.
- Oh!
617
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:53,560
[Francis chuckles]
Well done, my friend.
618
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,200
- You son of a bitch.
- [James chuckles]
619
00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:58,080
[intense electronic music]
620
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:03,280
[Francis] Finally, it was my turn
to show off the pulsating Pulsar.
621
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,160
This is what this car was built for.
622
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,000
This is what this car was built for.
623
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:09,200
- I'm ready.
- [Tom] Okay.
624
00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:10,800
[James] Let's get to our position.
625
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:12,680
- Count him in.
- [revving]
626
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,680
Three, two, one...
627
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:16,880
Go!
628
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:18,040
Aw...
629
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:19,920
we're screwed.
630
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:21,640
Waha-hoo!
631
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,600
The Pulsar, immediately off the line,
is like a rocket!
632
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,040
The best result the Pulsar got
in the WRC
633
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:33,520
was a third place.
634
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,320
[vocalist] ♪ I'm a fire starter ♪
635
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,600
Let's see if we can make it
its first victory!
636
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:40,680
All right,
let's not get bogged down here.
637
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:41,600
Oh!
638
00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:43,480
[James] Oh, he's hit a flag!
639
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,400
- Took down a flag, yeah.
- Took down a flag!
640
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:47,040
[Francis]
That was not meant to happen.
641
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:48,760
[vocalist] ♪ I'm a fire starter ♪
642
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:50,720
Big, big fire starter
643
00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:00,160
- [engine flutters]
- [James] Oh!
644
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,520
That turbo flutter to end it
is a gorgeous sound!
645
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:04,840
[music fades]
646
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,720
- [Tom] How you feelin'?
- [laughter]
647
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,080
[Francis] I haven't quite reached
the limits of this thing.
648
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:12,800
I would say probably no.
649
00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:14,880
- You ready for your time?
- [Francis] Yeah, go on.
650
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,520
1:22.13 to beat.
651
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:19,760
[Tom] You did.
652
00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:22,560
1:20...
653
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:23,960
point 18.
654
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,720
- [James] Well done, mate.
- [Tom] Two seconds.
655
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,600
- Two seconds faster.
- [Francis] Thank you guys.
656
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,960
- That is so sweaty!
- Well done. Oh, my God!
657
00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:32,560
- That is disgusting.
- What the hell, man?
658
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,480
[Francis] Well done, guys. I feel
like we've all done our cars proud.
659
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,560
[James] We have.
You wanna go find some tarmac?
660
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:38,880
- [Francis] Let's do it.
- Yes, please.
661
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,400
- Yeah!
- Yes, please.
662
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,360
[laid-back electronic music]
663
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,000
[Francis] After the rally drivers
had pointed us in the right direction,
664
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,520
we were now edging closer
to an actual road.
665
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,800
What does it say about Angola
that we found some motorsport
666
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,080
before we found a wild animal?
667
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,600
It means we've come to the right place.
[laugh]
668
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:05,080
Exactly.
669
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:07,880
[Francis]
Look at this building dead ahead.
670
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:09,560
Surely this is a sign.
671
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,440
[Tom laughing]
Way up there!
672
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:13,680
That's a car!
673
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,120
But it's moving at road speeds!
674
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,040
[momentous electronic music]
675
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,160
I promised you tarmac
676
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,160
and I will take you to tarmac.
677
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:25,480
Let's go racing, buddy.
678
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:27,640
[Francis] This is it, guys!
679
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,360
[music builds]
680
00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:34,680
[Francis] Wooh ho ho!
681
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,800
[Francis sighs]
Haha!
682
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,560
[Tom] Yes! Yes!
683
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,000
[James] That feels good.
684
00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:44,480
That feels good!
685
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,040
[Tom] Oh, baby!
686
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,320
Oh!
687
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,920
[Francis] Guys,
I've just seen something incredible
688
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:56,160
to mark this occasion.
689
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:57,880
I've just ticked over
690
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,400
to 73,201 miles,
691
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,440
which is the exact number
692
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:06,520
of the locomotive
that hauled Princess Diana
693
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,000
and Prince Charles
on their honeymoon trip
694
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,400
from London Waterloo to Romsey.
695
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,160
[Tom radio] That is incredibly specific,
696
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,400
but I respect it, Francis.
697
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,120
- [music fades]
- Holy crap!
698
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,560
I'm so excited right now, seriously.
699
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:25,720
[revving]
700
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,360
[momentous music continues]
701
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,080
[Tom] Our first taste of tarmac was sweet,
702
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:39,120
and as night fell
it delivered our first Angolan town.
703
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,680
Moçâmedes.
704
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:42,840
Uh, you guys think
we could find a hotel
705
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,200
in that town ahead?
706
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:45,800
I wouldn't mind, uh...
707
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,480
finding somewhere where I could wash
the sand out of my eyeballs.
708
00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:58,840
[music fades]
709
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,840
[upbeat African music]
710
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:07,800
[inaudible]
711
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,480
[Francis] When we were driving
on what seemed to be the surface
712
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,120
of Mars, never would I have thought
that I'd be looking
713
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,040
at such a beautiful-looking town.
714
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,480
Fresh from a great night's sleep
715
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,560
and having finally escaped the desert,
716
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,560
it was time to explore the sites
717
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,000
of Moçâmedes.
718
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,040
[James radio] I'm seeing palm trees,
719
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:35,480
I'm seeing colourful buildings,
720
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,440
it looks like Africa's South Beach.
721
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:43,840
[revving]
722
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,760
Are you trying to impress the locals
with your turbo noises, Francis?
723
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,120
Well, I've got to get some attention
for my car somehow.
724
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:53,960
[laugh]
725
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,600
[James radio] Look, Francis, another
ratty hatchback, just like yours.
726
00:29:58,480 --> 00:29:59,800
Yeah I-- I gave him a nod.
727
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:01,920
[music fades]
728
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,040
Look at the markings on the road.
729
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:06,560
[Tom]
Those look like starting-grid markings.
730
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,400
James, pull over for a second.
Pull over, pull over.
731
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:11,600
Hello, kids.
732
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,000
- [engine revs]
- [kids clamour]
733
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,080
[engine revs, tires screech]
734
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,960
[indistinct chatter of locals]
735
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:21,920
[imitates turbo sound]
736
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:24,280
- [kids clamour]
- [engine revs]
737
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:25,960
[revs]
738
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:27,680
[James chuckles]
739
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,520
You've finally found a crowd
that enjoys your car.
740
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:32,760
[Tom chuckles]
741
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,120
Start-finish line.
742
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,560
[Tom]
Oh, look, that's definitely a pit lane.
743
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,320
Look, it's literally set up
like a pit lane.
744
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:40,840
Pit garages, pit lane,
745
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,960
start-finish line, grid markings...
746
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:44,760
This is a street circuit.
747
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,840
- Oh, yeah, it literally says.
- Forty-three years?
748
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,120
1975-2018.
749
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,080
[Tom] They raced till 2018 here.
750
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,160
Okay, well, I'm gonna ask this guy.
751
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:55,640
- Hello.
- [man] Hello.
752
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,480
- They race here.
- Yeah, race.
753
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:02,120
- It-- long time ago?
- Long time, yes.
754
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,080
Like, actu-- like, fast cars?
755
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:05,520
Like, like these cars?
756
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,160
- [man] Yeah, the piste of the car...
- [Tom] Yeah?
757
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:09,640
{\an8}Fast.
758
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,160
Which car would win?
759
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:13,200
Th-- the red one.
760
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:14,920
- Uh...
- [Tom] The red one would win.
761
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,320
- Uh, Porsche.
- Porsche, okay.
762
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:17,760
That was the Porsche.
763
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:19,040
- Yes.
- [Francis] Thank you so much.
764
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,440
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
765
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:21,520
- Thank you.
- [Tom] Appreciate it.
766
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,640
[Francis] So, the first people
we came across
767
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:25,400
in Angola were off-roading.
768
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,040
The first town we've come to,
769
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:28,880
we found a street circuit.
770
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:30,720
[intense electronic music]
771
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,240
From its earliest days
in the '50s and '60s,
772
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,160
street racing has thrived in Angola.
773
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:40,880
After the Second World War,
774
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:42,840
motorsport was booming in Europe
775
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,880
and Portugal exported it
to its African colony
776
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,280
in an attempt to build unity
across its fading empire.
777
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,640
And despite almost 30 years
of civil war,
778
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,080
Angola's love for grassroots racing
779
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:57,480
has never died.
780
00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:59,920
Locals have kept the tradition alive
781
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,680
by setting up street circuits
across the country,
782
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,200
just like this one.
783
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,400
[James radio] I'm seeing this street
in a whole new light now.
784
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,960
I'm just picturing race cars
flying down it.
785
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,920
[James] And tomorrow, we'd be joining them
on the streets of Lubango,
786
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,400
but first, we had to complete
the last leg of our journey.
787
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:21,040
- [music fades]
- Thankfully,
788
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,000
with no off-roading this time.
789
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,760
[Tom] I have a feeling we're going
to experience some very real racing
790
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,200
when we get to Lubango,
791
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,120
and I think I've got the right car
for the job.
792
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,320
That is,
if we all got there in one piece.
793
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,120
[crunch]
794
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:41,640
Watch out for the potholes!
795
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:43,760
[tires screech]
796
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:45,520
Christ!
797
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,560
- Oh! Oh...
- [crunch]
798
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:49,040
[grunting]
799
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:52,680
[Francis radio] That one hurt.
800
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,640
[Tom radio] You guys having fun
playing Dodge the Pothole?
801
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,360
To be honest,
this tarmac is actually revealing
802
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,800
how harsh the Pulsar rides.
803
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:03,720
It feels like my coccyx
804
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:07,240
is about to puncture through
into the seat.
805
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:09,960
[Tom radio] Well, well, well,
if it isn't the consequences
806
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,360
of your own choices.
807
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,160
- [crunch]
- Ogh!
808
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,880
[Tom radio] James, I think
it's finally time for our cars to shine.
809
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,960
[James radio] Speak for yourself,
mine's been shining the whole time.
810
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:20,840
[Tom radio] Whatever, James.
811
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,640
The 911's a car for people
812
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,360
who go to the movie theatre
and choose not to order popcorn
813
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,640
because they brought grapes with them.
814
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:30,040
I actually used to do that.
815
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,160
It's a perf-- it's a healthy solution
816
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:33,720
and it's cheaper.
817
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,120
[Francis radio] That's a car for someone
818
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,200
who uses a public urinal
819
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,280
uh, with their trousers and pants
down to their ankles.
820
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,440
[laughing]
What?
821
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,440
What? I don't understand what I've done
to earn this abuse.
822
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,240
[laid-back funk music]
823
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,880
[Tom]
After a few hours of 911 bashing
824
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:51,760
and pothole dodging...
825
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,560
- [crunch]
- [Francis] Ogh!
826
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:54,560
That was a big hit!
827
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,040
[Tom] ...we thought we'd take pity
on Francis's rear end,
828
00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:59,960
so we decided to take a break.
829
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:02,040
[Francis]
I don't know what you're expecting,
830
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,600
but it's not gonna be a meal deal.
831
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:04,720
[Tom] What are those? Berries?
832
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:06,360
[James] Are they goji berries?
833
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:08,600
[Tom] Uh-- Oh, it's like a pepper.
834
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,080
- Uh, spicy?
- [James] Hot.
835
00:34:10,240 --> 00:34:11,200
{\an8}[in Portuguese]
For eating.
836
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:12,920
[Francis]
These look quite potent.
837
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:14,760
- [Tom] You want one?
- [Francis] I'll do it with you.
838
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,320
Yeah, you will! Awesome!
839
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,640
I think they're probably, like,
the same as Wotsits or Cheetos.
840
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:21,360
[Tom] Oh, like a spicy Cheeto?
841
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:22,720
You sure you don't want one?
842
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,480
[James scoffing]
Absolutely not.
843
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,080
- [Francis] It's...
- Is there flavour?
844
00:34:26,240 --> 00:34:27,560
I've made a bit of a mistake.
845
00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:28,880
Yes. Me too.
846
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,480
I've made--
I've made a terrible mistake.
847
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,280
- [Francis] From a...
- [dry heave]
848
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:33,680
[dry heave]
849
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:38,600
[James chuckles]
850
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:41,480
[Francis]
It's getting progressively hot--
851
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:42,840
...hotter. Ogh!
852
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:44,920
- [Tom dry heaves]
- I'll buy a bowl.
853
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:46,840
[grunt]
Could I have a bowl?
854
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:48,160
I would like a bowl.
855
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:49,800
No, if-- you bought your thing.
856
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,200
[Tom clearing throat]
857
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:53,880
[up-tempo funk beat]
858
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:57,760
[coughing]
859
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:02,720
[coughing]
860
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:04,800
The burn is still there.
[clears throat]
861
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:07,520
I got a bowl!
862
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,040
[Tom radio]
We are starting to climb.
863
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,440
Oh, my God! Look at this road.
864
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:15,640
[music cuts]
865
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:17,880
[music continues]
866
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:30,480
[Francis] Wooh!
867
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,640
Yes!
868
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,440
[Tom]
This was the Serra de Leba Pass,
869
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,960
a daily commute for the locals,
but for us...
870
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,960
it was just the driving road
we'd been waiting for.
871
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:43,800
[James] What a view.
872
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:45,560
Look at that!
873
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:50,760
[Tom] This is incredible!
874
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:53,320
This is where an M3 is at home,
875
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:55,840
absolutely tearing up a mountain road.
876
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,320
[tires screech]
877
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:00,400
[chuckling]
878
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:14,760
[Tom] As darkness fell,
879
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:16,840
we reached our destination,
880
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,480
Angola's motorsport Mecca,
881
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:20,880
Lubango.
882
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:22,320
[music fades]
883
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,520
[radio] This is it!
This is the racetrack, guys.
884
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,280
[Francis radio]
I can't believe how little there is
885
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,000
in roadside protection.
886
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,960
[James] Oh, my God. Those tires
will protect us against a tree, right?
887
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:34,240
[Tom radio] Yeah, but...
888
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,120
there's a tree right next to the tree
889
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,640
that's protected with the tires
that isn't protected.
890
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,960
[Francis radio] Uh, but Thomas,
you've missed the fact
891
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,560
that the tree is painted white
at the bottom.
892
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,720
That's true. That's a safe tree.
893
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:47,360
[Tom radio] Yeah, that'll save us.
894
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,320
[James radio]
Oh, we're entering the pits.
895
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,360
I've seen
that pattern absolutely everywhere.
896
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,680
[Tom radio] Oh hey, look, there's like
racing-team liveries on the wall there.
897
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,160
Oh, hang on.
These guys are actually doing it.
898
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,000
They're actually painting the liveries
right now.
899
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,560
Hey, guys. That looks really good.
900
00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:06,800
- [man 1] Thanks.
- [man 2] Thanks.
901
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,200
[Tom indistinct]
902
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,280
[James]
What's he talking to them about?
903
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,720
[Tom radio] Hey, guys, you fancy
doing some racing liveries on your cars?
904
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,320
Oh, my God.
905
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,120
Thomas, the race is tomorrow.
906
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,200
You know what they say,
if you look good, you go good.
907
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:23,400
[chuckle]
908
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,000
Yeah, I don't see why not.
909
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,040
[James radio] Okay, we're in.
910
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:29,840
All right, guys. Woohoo!
911
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,040
This is awesome.
912
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,000
[Tom] So, with less than 24 hours
before the race,
913
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:37,640
it was time to let our new friends
work their magic.
914
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:41,480
[music fades]
915
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,760
[energetic electronic music]
916
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:01,120
[James] Race weekend
was well underway in Lubango.
917
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,840
The streets were alive
with the sounds of racing engines,
918
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,360
and after a frantic night
painting and modifying our cars,
919
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,960
our new liveries were ready
for inspection.
920
00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,760
- Where's Francis?
- [music fades]
921
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:16,560
[Tom] Oh, there he is.
922
00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:19,400
What's he done to it?
He hasn't changed anything.
923
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:21,600
I think-- Oh, yeah.
924
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:23,320
- [Tom] Oh. Oh, that's...
- [James] Oh.
925
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,240
- That's not Francis.
- Yeah, that's not Francis.
926
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:27,480
[horn honking]
927
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:30,520
What's written on it?
928
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:32,320
What is going on?
929
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,200
[James] Oh, no.
930
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,360
[laughing]
What have you done?
931
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:38,720
Francis?
932
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:40,040
[Francis]
What have you done to yours?
933
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:41,600
[Tom] What do you mean
what have I done to mine?
934
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:42,680
[James]
Yeah, he's ruined it.
935
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,160
It's amazing. It looks like a race car.
936
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,640
It's simple, it's obvious,
it's got the roundels,
937
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,760
it's got a roof now, I have a wing.
None of you guys have a wing.
938
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:52,400
[Francis] I don't understand
what's going on here.
939
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,800
- [laughing]
- [Tom] It's my rain light.
940
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,760
[Francis]
That's more of a distraction.
941
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,160
That's not my problem, is it?
942
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,840
I wanna be seen, therefore
you won't hit me when it rains.
943
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,560
[Francis] Are you sure this abides
by FIA regulations.
944
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:06,840
As long as the racing director
is Santa Claus,
945
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,160
- this will be approved.
- [Francis laughs]
946
00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:10,480
I respect your...
947
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:12,560
- paint-work decision here, James.
- [James] Thank you.
948
00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:14,200
[Francis] I've been seeing this pattern
around quite a lot,
949
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:16,240
[James]
Yes, this is the Samakaka pattern.
950
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:17,720
- Samakaka.
- Yeah.
951
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:19,840
It's supposed to represent unity
952
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,440
and cultural identity
953
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,560
- and community.
- [Tom] Yeah.
954
00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:25,720
You were calling the 911
a boring choice.
955
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:26,800
- [snaps fingers]
- Yeah.
956
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,600
And then he-- he just put
a couple scabs on the front.
957
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,280
Does any light even come through?
958
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:32,480
I've not tried it.
959
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,040
[laughter]
960
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:35,440
[Tom] Okay, Francis,
961
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,120
what is written
on the side of your car?
962
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,040
[Francis]
Well, I've been slightly frustrated
963
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:40,880
that the Pulsar's status
964
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,040
has been going
a bit under the radar here,
965
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,480
so the SR20 engine...
966
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,720
- Yes?
- I wanted that to just be explained
967
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,760
so people know exactly
what's underneath this car.
968
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,480
{\an8}SR - engine family designation,
969
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,080
{\an8}20 - 2.0 litres,
970
00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:56,800
D - dual overhead cab,
971
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,000
{\an8}E - electronic injection,
972
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,560
{\an8}T - turbo,
973
00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:01,960
and ATTESA,
974
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:06,440
{\an8}Advanced Terrain Technology
Engineering System for All.
975
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,120
[chuckle]
'Which later found itself
976
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,400
- in the Skyline GTR'.
- [Tom laughs]
977
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,520
You put an encyclopaedia page
on the side of your car.
978
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,400
[Francis]
Precisely. They've done a great job.
979
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:16,440
- [Tom] Yeah.
- [Francis] Apart from my racing number.
980
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,160
We had a bit of a language barrier,
I think.
981
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,000
I wanted it to be 73,201,
982
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,360
the locomotive that I referenced
when we came onto tarmac
983
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:26,600
and my odometer went to 73,201.
984
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:27,720
I remember that.
985
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:31,200
[Francis]
But they've done 72,103 by accident.
986
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:32,720
Is that even a train?
987
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,360
- No.
- [stifled laugh]
988
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,320
So, it's making me cringe even more.
989
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,520
So, your racing number is 72,103?
990
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,240
- Yeah.
- Yeah. [laughter]
991
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,080
- [engines revving]
- [dark electronic music]
992
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,000
[Francis]
Our race would consist of ten laps
993
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,440
around the Circuito
da Nossa Senhora do Monte,
994
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,240
a 1.6-mile loop with blind corners,
995
00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:02,640
no barriers and zero margin for error.
996
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,960
One mistake here would be game over.
997
00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:08,160
- [music fades]
- But before we took to the track,
998
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,400
first we wanted
to check out the competition.
999
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,760
- [Tom] A Radical!
- [Francis] We're not racing a Radical.
1000
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:15,680
- [Tom] Is this yours?
- [driver] Yeah.
1001
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,800
Are you flat through any
of the corners here in this?
1002
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:19,320
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
1003
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:21,480
To do that,
you must have big, uh, balls.
1004
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,000
- Yeah, we have.
- [laughter]
1005
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:25,400
[James] We're gonna be fine.
We're gonna be fine.
1006
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:26,440
[Tom] Yeah, we're gonna be fine.
1007
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:28,400
- He's wearing the same stuff as us.
- [Tom] Yeah, we're good.
1008
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:29,800
- [James] You know?
- [Tom] Okay.
1009
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,200
- See you on the track.
- Hopefully not.
1010
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,560
[Francis] Thankfully, we wouldn't be
going up against any Radicals.
1011
00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:40,560
Instead, we would be racing
with heavily modified street cars.
1012
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:44,040
This is actually my first,
like, actual race.
1013
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:45,560
Is it yours too?
1014
00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:47,640
Um, yeah, it would be at this scale.
1015
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:49,320
- [Tom] Yeah.
- [James] That looks good.
1016
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:50,840
That's how you do a livery!
1017
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,160
- This is your team?
- This is my team, yeah.
1018
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:53,240
[Tom] Your team. Looks good.
1019
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:55,160
Look at the scoop on the top.
1020
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,280
- [Tom] What's that for?
- [Francis] Probably for the driver...
1021
00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:58,320
- The driver.
- ...to survive.
1022
00:41:58,480 --> 00:41:59,480
Oh, we don't have that.
1023
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,480
[James] They've also got
the air-conditioning scoop.
1024
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:03,240
I feel like they know something
that we don't.
1025
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,440
- If we'd have seen these last night.
- Racing in Africa.
1026
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,440
Yeah, I'd have done that
instead of the stripes.
1027
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,160
That-- that makes sense.
1028
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,160
[Tom] Volkswa-- hey, BMW!
1029
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:12,600
- [James] I do see a BMW.
- [Tom] BMW.
1030
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:13,800
- [Francis] Is this your car?
- [indistinct]
1031
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,160
[Tom] Yeah? 335?
We're about matched, okay.
1032
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,720
- That's gonna be good competition.
- I'll see you on the track.
1033
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,600
- [laugh]
- [Francis] Thank you, good luck.
1034
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,080
This is real, man! I'm excited.
1035
00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:24,960
Yeah. I'm intimidated.
1036
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:26,400
[momentous electronic music]
1037
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:27,960
[Tom] Maybe James was right.
1038
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,400
This was one hell of a demanding track
1039
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:32,960
and we were about
to get our first real taste of it...
1040
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,000
...in qualifying.
1041
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:37,120
All right, this is it.
1042
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,920
One flying lap, that's all we get.
1043
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:40,960
[revving]
1044
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:42,920
Come on!
1045
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:44,960
Push! Everything you got!
1046
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,920
[Francis]
Woah! This is a bit scary, this one!
1047
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:50,080
[tires screech]
1048
00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:51,560
[James] Lock up, bit of lock up!
1049
00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:52,960
This downhill is fast!
1050
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:56,360
[Tom] Holy shit, that's scary!
1051
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:57,960
Holy shit!
1052
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:00,960
[Francis] Onto the straight now.
1053
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,480
Can really unleash the Pulsar's power.
1054
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:04,640
[revving]
1055
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,040
[James] Go, Porsche! Go, Porsche!
1056
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:10,040
Push, push, push, push, push!
1057
00:43:10,720 --> 00:43:13,120
After one qualifying lap
around the track,
1058
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,240
I would be starting in fifth.
1059
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:16,320
[click]
1060
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:18,480
[Francis] Very quick!
1061
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:20,760
[James]
With Francis behind me in seventh...
1062
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:21,920
[click]
1063
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:23,960
[Tom] Come on!
1064
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:25,440
[James]
...and our resident racer, Thomas,
1065
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,280
up front in third.
1066
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:28,520
[click]
1067
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,280
- [music fades]
- And with our positions now sorted,
1068
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,440
we lined up on the grid.
1069
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:36,560
[Tom]
I always get nervous before a race,
1070
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,640
but I've never had nerves like this.
1071
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,640
- [intense music]
- [James] Okay, 911.
1072
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:42,840
It's you and me, we got this.
1073
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,080
[Francis] Come on, let's do this.
1074
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,240
- [music fades]
- [engines idling]
1075
00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:50,600
[pulse beating]
1076
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,760
- [Francis sharp exhale]
- [pulse quickens]
1077
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:58,200
- [intense sting]
- [engines rev]
1078
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:00,760
[Tom] Oh, here we go.
1079
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:03,760
[beep]
1080
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,280
[pulsing techno music]
1081
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:06,520
And we're racing!
1082
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,280
We're racing in Angola!
1083
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,280
[James] Go, Porsche! Go, Porsche!
1084
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:11,760
[Francis] Off we go!
1085
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:16,720
[Tom] Come on, push, push!
1086
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:18,360
[James]
The BMWs are battling each other.
1087
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,240
I've got a Golf up my arse.
1088
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:21,760
Bugger off, Golf!
1089
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:25,000
- Hold on! Argh!
- [tires screeching]
1090
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:29,200
[Tom] This SEAT is really good.
1091
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:33,560
[Francis] Come on, Pulsar!
1092
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,120
My speedo's stopped working!
1093
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:38,200
I cannot believe this!
1094
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:44,000
[James] Oh, that 335 is quick.
1095
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:45,720
It's quick!
1096
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:50,800
[Tom] We were one lap in
1097
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:53,080
and I was battling
to hold onto second place
1098
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:56,320
with James and Francis not far behind.
1099
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,200
[Francis] I've got the SEAT!
1100
00:44:58,560 --> 00:44:59,600
I've got the SEAT!
1101
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:05,400
[Tom] Argh, the BMW's got the insi--
Ah, no!
1102
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:08,160
[James] Oh, the BMW's taken Thomas!
1103
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:10,960
[Tom] No, you don't. No, you don't.
1104
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:12,440
No, you don't!
1105
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:15,920
[James] The Golf is right under my...
1106
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:17,600
What is in that thing?
1107
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:19,960
I no longer see Francis.
1108
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,280
[Francis]
Got no brakes. I've got no brakes.
1109
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:25,440
- [crowd cheering]
- My brakes are absolutely cooked.
1110
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:27,520
- Just need to use engine braking here.
- [music fades]
1111
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:29,800
I need to back off
1112
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:33,560
'cause you don't want to be driving
around this course with no brakes.
1113
00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:35,400
[engines revving]
1114
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:36,840
[tires screech]
1115
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,000
- [thud]
- [screeching rubber]
1116
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,040
[tense music]
1117
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:47,880
[Tom] Oh, a safety car is out.
1118
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:49,800
Guess something happened.
1119
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:53,920
[Francis] Unfortunately,
one of the civics was out.
1120
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:55,200
Unlucky for him,
1121
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:56,960
but potentially good for me.
1122
00:45:57,640 --> 00:45:59,200
With the safety car deployed,
1123
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:01,360
the Pulsar's brakes had valuable minutes
1124
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:03,040
to hopefully cool down.
1125
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:05,960
[James] How's your temperatures, guys?
1126
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:08,320
[Tom] Uh, really, really high.
1127
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:12,360
[Francis] My brakes went within...
the second lap.
1128
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:14,800
I ha-- I have to cool down straightaway.
1129
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:17,080
[Tom] Come on, M3.
You can finish this race.
1130
00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:18,800
I know you can.
1131
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,240
[Francis]
After a few laps behind the safety car,
1132
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,640
we were ready to rejoin the action.
1133
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,880
The brakes are working again,
thank goodness!
1134
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:31,840
[James]
Okay, James, get some clean air.
1135
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,480
You've got more laps to go.
1136
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:36,480
[Tom] Oh,
it looks like the SEAT's got a problem.
1137
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:37,720
Is he going into the pits?
1138
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:40,920
Green flag! Green flag!
1139
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:42,200
[pulsing techno music]
1140
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,280
We were now over halfway
through the race,
1141
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:47,680
and with the leading SEAT in the pits,
1142
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:50,640
I'd just gone from third to second.
1143
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,400
Come on, this BMW's mine.
1144
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:54,840
This BMW is mine!
1145
00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:57,360
[James] This is it!
1146
00:46:57,520 --> 00:46:59,080
I'm right on you, Thomas!
1147
00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:01,200
[Francis] I've got James!
1148
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,240
I'm hot on your tail, son!
1149
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,120
[James] I see Francis behind me
in that pink abomination.
1150
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:08,960
- [revving]
- [Francis] This is incredible!
1151
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:10,760
Come on, Pulsar!
1152
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:16,760
[Tom] Ah, James's colostomy bags
are in my rear-view mirror!
1153
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:19,800
No, you don't! No, you don't!
1154
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,520
- [engine barks]
- [Francis] No! I missed a gear!
1155
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:24,560
No!
1156
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:26,240
[tense music]
1157
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,680
[James] Oh! Thomas is getting away.
1158
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,520
Look at the battle
between those BMWs.
1159
00:47:33,720 --> 00:47:35,640
[Tom] Mr. BMW, you're mine!
1160
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:37,840
Ah!
1161
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:40,600
I've never been in a battle like this.
1162
00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:44,440
I will not have that be the BMW
1163
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:45,880
that wins.
1164
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,000
[Tom] And as we entered the final lap...
1165
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,440
- [music fades]
- ...it was now or never.
1166
00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:52,600
[revving]
1167
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:54,200
[pulsing electronic music]
1168
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:55,320
I'm in front!
1169
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:57,080
Oh, my God, that's an exciting feeling!
1170
00:47:57,240 --> 00:47:58,160
Holy shit!
1171
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:04,600
[Francis] Oh, I'm losing positions!
1172
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:06,680
Just as I was on James's tail.
1173
00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:09,600
I think the Pulsar's overheating
big time.
1174
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:11,400
[James] Thomas has taken the lead,
1175
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:14,760
which means
I'm with this lime-green 335i
1176
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:17,760
and I've still got that bloody Golf
on my arse!
1177
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:21,200
[Tom] I'm in the front!
1178
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:22,560
Can I hold onto it though?
1179
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:24,120
No! Argh...
1180
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:25,680
He's so quick!
1181
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:30,200
[James]
Coming around on the final corner,
1182
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,120
don't go too crazy, James,
this is it!
1183
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:34,760
- Not today, Golf. No!
- [tires screeching]
1184
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,400
[Tom] Oh, you son of a bitch!
1185
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:40,120
He's way ahead.
1186
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:41,240
Argh!
1187
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:42,640
[music builds]
1188
00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:44,640
[sting]
1189
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:46,840
- Yes!
- [beep]
1190
00:48:47,240 --> 00:48:48,440
[Tom laughs]
1191
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:50,360
- [James] Yes!
- [beep]
1192
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:52,040
This is Africa!
1193
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:53,600
This is racing!
1194
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:55,760
- [cheers and applause]
- [celebratory music]
1195
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:01,440
[beep]
1196
00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:03,920
[Francis] That race
was one of the most incredible things
1197
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:05,000
I've ever done,
1198
00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:07,400
but I had to make the choice
1199
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:09,800
between pushing on with the Pulsar
1200
00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:12,560
and potentially having a blown engine.
1201
00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:15,840
I couldn't face blowing it up.
[chuckle]
1202
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:18,720
And what an amazing motor-sport culture
1203
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:20,520
they have here in Angola!
1204
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,360
Absolutely incredible.
1205
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:32,240
I cannot believe
how incredible that was.
1206
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:33,960
[Tom]
That was absolutely sensational.
1207
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:35,040
- [James sighs]
- [Francis] Do you know what?
1208
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:36,440
It was an absolute privilege
1209
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:38,200
to pop my racing cherry here.
1210
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:39,560
- [laughter]
- Hones--
1211
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:41,840
- [James] From the angry Atlantic Sea...
- [Tom] Yeah.
1212
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,680
- ...across the Namib Desert...
- [Tom] Yeah.
1213
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:45,120
...almost going off a cliff,
1214
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:46,320
it ends like this.
1215
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:49,320
- Honestly I-- I have the 911 to thank.
- [Tom] Yeah.
1216
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:51,480
And more. It was doing most of the work.
1217
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:52,760
[Tom]
It's a brilliant car, it really is.
1218
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:54,440
I've been making fun of it for days...
1219
00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:55,640
- Yeah.
- But seeing it in my mirror,
1220
00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:56,920
I was very worried.
1221
00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:58,280
It's come second in everything.
1222
00:49:58,440 --> 00:49:59,960
[Tom] It's-- Yeah! Exactly!
1223
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:02,320
- It's just neutral, just Porsche.
- Mediocre.
1224
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:03,400
Just...
[laughter]
1225
00:50:03,720 --> 00:50:05,480
The BMW, by the way,
I know has held us back
1226
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:07,160
many, many times,
1227
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:10,920
but I-- I knew in my heart
this was its time to shine, and it did.
1228
00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:12,840
- [Francis] You blew ahead.
- [Tom] It brought me to a podium.
1229
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:14,200
- Do you know what I mean?
- [Francis] You know what?
1230
00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:16,720
I was having so much fun
chasing you guys
1231
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:19,080
and I saw the temperature gauge
right on H,
1232
00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:20,160
and I thought, 'Do you know what?
1233
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:23,320
Pulsar,
you've done so well this whole trip,
1234
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:25,400
- I'm going too just let off here.
- [Tom laughs]
1235
00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:27,360
[Tom] That-- that's the excuse.
That's why he didn't pass you.
1236
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:28,840
You hear that? He would have had you.
1237
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:30,400
- He would have had me.
- [Tom] He would have had you!
1238
00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:31,440
I would have been tenth place.
1239
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:33,440
[Francis] Honestly, honestly...
1240
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,000
- [Tom] Ah!
- [James] Oh, no!
1241
00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:36,640
[shouting]
1242
00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:39,240
- [Tom laughing] No!
- [James laughing]
1243
00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:40,920
[Francis] Pulsar, stay with me!
1244
00:50:41,240 --> 00:50:42,800
[Tom] Oh, you poor car!
1245
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:46,040
- [James] Oh, there it is!
- [Tom] Oh, no.
1246
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:47,320
[James] There goes the Pulsar!
1247
00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:49,400
- [Francis] Pulsar...
- [Tom laughing]
1248
00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:51,160
[Francis sighs]
1249
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:52,560
[Tom] All right, let's go.
Let's go, Francis.
1250
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:54,760
- Thank you, everyone!
- Thank you!
1251
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:56,840
Yeah, thank you!
You guys were all awesome!
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- [Tom] Everyone was wonderful.
- [James] So awesome!
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- [Francis] Thank you!
- [cheers]
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What amazing people.
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Such amazing people.
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[laugh]
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Where do we go now?
Where do we get the same fix?
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- There's nowhere to go from here.
- That’s what I mean.
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I-- we have to go back in time.
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[Tom laughing]
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[upbeat African pop]
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Subtitling: TransPerfect Media France
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