Name: Mini Cooper S at Goodwood | Chris Harris Drives | Top Gear
Uploaded: 2020-03-25T09:35:59.000Z
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It's a test day for the Betty Richmond Trophy.

I've seen these things on circuits for years.

You know when you see him really going mental around good word, it's him.

He makes them as well, as well as drives them beautifully, Nick.

Well, the better Richmond Trophy celebrating the 60 years of minutes.

Originally, it was a race for 30 minutes, and then all of a sudden they decided to make it opening up for 60 minutes to heat 30 cars in the top 15 of each go through to the final on Sunday.

Car was a mini all of my bar behavior in my formative years in minutes, but I haven't even won well for 25 years.

It's roughly got two and 1/2 times the power My first mini had So talk me through this back of the car engine engine turned 12.

You know, we're about 8 to 8 and 1/2 1000 revelers.

A maximum, obviously four speed gear box limits it, def Twin inch and 1/2 issues.

But for me, when I was 18 that was equivalent of the night with Heidi Klum.

I want Michelle Pfeiffer for 9 11 twin, one of our best.

So So obviously with the twin s u car betters, we have to use the side cooling radiators, which is really inefficient, obviously, and it would've been better to have it there, but that's the way that it was done way.

Spend a swift, human, awful lot of time and effort on these engines.

You know, it's all very well and good getting 130 horsepower.

Yeah, you know, it's I in race hours before rebuild.

We're talking about 10 or 12 hours, but that doesn't mean that I know.

We've taken the humble many and turned into something that's just so precise.

The big key feature obviously running on them little tiny 10 inch well Yeah.

Obviously means we got a little tiny breaks as well.

Yeah, you know, but with new modern technology of better brake pads and things like that Better Kony shock absorbers keep the ride nice and stiff.

I mean, that is well beyond a late eighties hot hatch.

But they think it's about called the speed for us.

Yeah, Top speed is only like 120 miles an hour.

But average lap here is over 90 miles an hour.

So you got I think, you know, we've got a second gear.

She came here and you've got to get through that and still keep your average speed up over 90 miles an hour.

Okay, so the racing they're gonna be closely matched, aren't they?

Will be much in in power, but the front of the back of the grid?

Any way you can get, I think it's going to be lively.

I think I think the place to watches at this.

Okay, You know, the grandstand seats, they're gonna be in for a special treat.

We're gonna do some testing, See what it's like to drive.

I have some smiling because my, uh my dear mommy used to race one of these, and she suddenly passed away last week.

So I'm gonna drive in the spirit of my mom.

I just cannot wait because I have watched you irritate people for years, and now we get to be that irritation.

So before qualifying, there was lots of standing around pretending to be sixties cool on, mostly failing, apart from the minis, which just looked high school.

There's something so right about an early in the stars grilled Cooper s and the dark Green works inspired livery of the car I was racing.

As you can see how the gearbox trouble in qualifying, there was a technical issue largely because of a change to the gearbox specked by the race organizers later in the week.

I was effectively trying to select reverse without realizing it, and then I buzzed the motor, meaning the brilliant factory.

Many mechanics over from Germany had to replace a few valves.

I wasn't going to finish much higher than fifth in the race.

Come have a look at this beautiful, beautiful mini in classic delivery bats.

Almost seems a shame to race it, but it is a racing car, so race it.

It's a little bit quiet now, but look how many there, Right on that point down there, Minis as far as the eye can see.

Not a successful A light of hope, A bit of a gearbox issue.

Then I creative engine issue will just brush that to one side apart, saying that BMW, the mechanics of that was going on there.

So I'm 11th from the great 29 on a need to come 15 for hire to make it into the final tomorrow.

So hopefully been our position, but I might not because other people might have a problem with very good too.

So really, it's all to play for not quite sure.

I got new rears or need to scrub those incredibly that on the on the on the green flag lap.

Nick passed a couple and then just tried to tuck into the pack and see what madness occurred.

Sure enough, there were many scattered around some Mary's so I made a few places there.

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