THE PERFECT DRIVE: Hammond vs May ft. Sebastian Vettel | Shell V-Power

[Music] this is my Ferrari 458 speciale and to be honest it isn't actually a car what it is is a fix it's a sort of [Music] we're going for a drive just for the fun of it we live in an age where cars are getting ever safer more efficient more sophisticated easier to drive and that's brilliant I welcome that when it comes to the business of getting from one place to another but that's not what today is about today is about fun [Music] all I can say is having a better have brought something pretty interesting for our special day we have to be Oliver because I want to trundle I want a car that makes me smile that's what this car does because what I'm driving is a little yellow bucket of memories there are certain machines that connect with your viscera your sinuses even in such a way that they're like an extension of your being this gear lever is about three feet long and the throw from third gear to fourth which is the top in this is about 12 feet 56 years ago the intention was for this car to lead a very boring life but it didn't it romped around Johannesburg for a few decades and then I drove it across the spine of Africa hello may better be something good I brought something a bit special for this I would imagine is his e-type because he knows I want to buy it off him he thinks it's much Acura has he got a v8 motor Mustang I don't think he's gonna guess I've gone windscreen wiper is difficult is a lot and I can't now stop them in the right place come on that stop oh no that's not right Oliver behaved [Music] not me look it is funny what really funny it's not funny this is Oliver can I put the posture you're late it's Oliver come on hmm what Sebastian for me the one said that German driving latest in the chaste in the town excuse me are you mr. Patel yes it's Basten could you help us out with something what is it well we're out driving these two cars and we're trying to decide which is the perfect car to take just but you know just for a drive for pleasure and obviously we're not going to agree but could you be like the umpire to help you decide yeah so what other terms then well these play our case to you and then you can be the umpire you get final decision by getting in that car when you choose and going out for a quick driver okay that's a brilliant idea Sebastian can I make my case for Oliver I drove him once across the whole of Botswana one of the first cars to drive across the mechanic at his Salt Flats - kubu island and and eating and no issues with a car none at all he got shot once but he got better and I drove me to speak with it but he's better now so it's very important to me but let me just give you the technical briefing there's not a lot that's where you sit obviously very really same time is when you say it's very well thought out the speedo goes up to 90 and it's never been past 55 ever but it's a happy place to be let me show you the heart of the matter here this is where it all happens that's all this is that there isn't a lot to talk about technically with with Oliver but there just under a litre thirty nine and a half horsepower when he was brand new it will be less than that now the point is if you're going out for a drive I'm not in a race I get it you're trying to tell me the car sort of yeah what else does it have yeah nothing it has a very small engine has a radio I see it does have a radio yes just wear this because dad's this some of the door oh yes I don't think you'd be this critical well I need to be fair in this because I know check out the other side as well yeah not the other side of the car that's where the chrome is okay but I do think given that you are yes your upon good supremo but you've got sentimentality as well I'll take it into consideration that big German in there yeah I'm gonna wedge I'm gonna win look the thing I like about a Ferrari and I don't think any other car maker does this quite as well it's this sort of perfect confluence of artistry and engineering and I know you can't use a supercar to its full potential on the road you know everybody goes on about that but that's not the point the fact that it's been built bred if you like by people who do competition that's what makes it feel magical in normal use it lends the sort of clarity to its operation it's more defined nobody does it quite like Ferrari I mean McLaren come close Lamborghini come close but a Ferrari I feel obviously yes and but before when I sat in a Ferrari yeah it's just something different but I don't need to tell you about the engine because I can see it slightly more power it's up to 597 slightly higher red light slightly higher compression ratio which they can manage because of electronics controls that's the science the art is that tingle you get here as you go from sum of seven and a half thousand already and it's not you feel it sort of reinvigorates your organs it's almost like you've been for a spar or something it's tremendous and the fact that it's orange and with you well not orange it's red well it is technically red yes it's a Rosso Dino there you go but it is orange well it is orange there you wanted it orange yeah I like orange I was gonna have a blue Lauren's it is orange sorry that's red your shirts red that sorry that's just more red but this is also red so that's just less red red yeah or orange is it sometimes that but look at this use it a lot not really I save you for special occasions otherwise it will cease to have meaning yeah it's virtual you get a very different feeling - and what are you doing I'm running up to him now what is your drawing your drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa doing that there's a scruffy little bloke with the dumpster in the back of the shot of the Ferrari and the world champion chance before we get all caught up you asked me to help you so to sum it up Hammond had his character personal touch personal love story African love story and you just ran me through something that you didn't have to run me through because I know it perfectly well it's beautiful it's passion it's more than four wheels and a lot of bits right so which which one would I prefer and you can drive to drive best of the boxing style you stand next to me I'm the okay not referee what are they calling the boxing ring yes just tennis no sorry it's okay yeah and he goes oh I wanna drive in that one the winner there champion of the world share it with us he's gloating I'm not pleased right well champion if you'd like to step aboard I'm being allowed to drive my car I sort of fixed a small plaque to it afterwards could you move that it's in the way I'll follow don't bother you ever actually going to go in Oliver the old opal today comes Oliver [Music] the person who's driven this car but not very many other people have even beaded it now so it's a rare occasion what a pleasure yeah it is but it's also making me slightly nervous Dion I really like on a day where you've got a bit of time the weather is nice to take a car out and just enjoy I mean I don't like when you actually have to go somewhere but if you have them a bit of time to just enjoy the road and forget time really then I find those movies come to really the thing I like about this car in particular you just feel connected to the road I mean you sit quite low and you feel you know the bumps in the road you feel what the road is is doing and you just feel connected we're all hooked by you know the sensation of driving it's tremendous it's a big part of our lives but I think it's a big part of everybody's lives and that's why it's so easy to share you [Music] Oh

Channel: Shell

Views: 2,411,529

Keywords: james may, richard hammond, sebastien vettel, vettel, seb vettel, shell, fuel the feeling, motorsports, ferrari, top gear, james may vs richard hammond, seb vettel richard hammond james may, vettel may hammond, the bond, cars, drive, drivetribe, hammond vs may vs vettel, shell v power, hammond vs may, top gear challenge, sebastian vettel funny, jeremy clarkson

Id: M805zxUVULM

Length: 10min 22sec (622 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 10 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/one_point_lap]

Vettel likes old motorbikes - if he wasn't employed by ferrari, we all know he'd pick Oliver.

[u/drivemyorange]

Oliveeeeeeeer

[u/Versicarius]

Wasn't this filmed last year just after Silverstone?

[u/Kyooko]

Capt Slow in a fast car, the Hamster in Oliver... and that "German driving bloke". Just the old Top Gear I used to like. :)

[u/PresidentMeeseeks]

Vettel, wearing a loud red Ferrari tee: "I mean, now I'm employed by Ferrari"

May, surprised: "Are you?"

[u/oeste_esfir]

I enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing!

[u/[deleted]]

I miss old top gear. The grand tour hasn't done it for me. Also I love Oliver. Such a cute little car.

[u/REMA5TER]

This was great. Been waiting for it since they were spotted filming over a year a ago.

[u/Redditor_UAV]

If it wasn't sponsored Vettel for sure would've picked Oliver.