Jonny Lieberman and Jethro Bovingdon hit the streets to find out who can get a better time in this scene lifted from episode 109 of Head 2 Head.
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00:00 (engine revving)
00:02 (upbeat music)
00:07 Now we know that the McLaren makes 100 wheel horsepower
00:13 more than the Porsche.
00:14 We also know it weighs 150 pounds less.
00:16 So my plan is for every 10 pounds,
00:19 that's a half second penalty,
00:20 and for every 10 horsepower, that's a half second penalty,
00:23 which adds up to a 12 second handicap.
00:26 - Johnny's plan's great for Johnny,
00:28 but the course is one mile long.
00:30 12 seconds is crazy.
00:31 So we're doing six seconds. - I'm a pro driver.
00:33 - Six seconds.
00:34 - Which guarantees I'll lose by one second,
00:36 but okay, fine.
00:37 - Get in the car. - All right, all right.
00:38 (upbeat music)
00:40 - Look at this.
00:49 Closed road, put a line on the road,
00:52 and they're all just cool with it.
00:54 - Okay, Johnny, roll up to me.
00:57 (upbeat music)
01:01 Okay, I'm not gonna do launch control
01:02 'cause we're pointed uphill.
01:04 It just doesn't work.
01:05 - That's perfect. - Okay.
01:12 - We're good to go, Johnny.
01:14 Launch control, just slow as you can.
01:16 - Okay, Johnny, in three, two, one, go.
01:23 (engine revving)
01:26 (engine revving)
01:29 - All right, full manual, full manual.
01:32 That's good, that's good.
01:34 - Let's just hope we don't hear any big bangs.
01:36 Can't hear 'em at all.
01:43 - Mm, that's a good sign.
01:44 - Must be jet throw.
01:47 Not sure why I wanna be jet throw, but I must.
01:55 (upbeat music)
01:57 Okay, I did it.
02:00 - Get those excuses ready.
02:01 - Yeah, it was good.
02:04 It's a crazy car 'cause the red line is 9,000,
02:07 so you're just in second gear a lot.
02:09 The butt is popping out a lot
02:11 when you're coming out of corners in second like that.
02:15 It was all right.
02:16 I mean, you can lean on this car so hard.
02:18 It doesn't really have any bad behavior.
02:20 Yeah, I think I did all right.
02:21 I don't think that was bad, so we'll see.
02:24 Balance of performance, we'll see what Jet Throw can do.
02:27 Oh well, I'm up next.
02:30 I've seen the guy race at the Nurburgring.
02:31 He's gonna kill me.
02:33 Okay, this is it.
02:36 Try not to die.
02:38 All right, Jet Throw, as you know,
02:39 the most important thing in our job
02:42 is returning the cars in one piece with pristine tires,
02:45 so slow, doesn't matter if you beat me.
02:48 No winners here.
02:48 So I'm gonna count you down.
02:52 Three, two, one, go.
02:56 Oh.
03:00 Not the greatest launch, but the thing has so much torque.
03:06 Sounds slow.
03:09 Wow, this thing is hooked tonight.
03:13 Oh, that's a good car.
03:19 I got this.
03:21 (car engine revving)
03:23 Just doesn't wanna hook at the front, but...
03:27 Up front.
03:29 (laughing)
03:37 Oh, I never get bored of doing a road race, it's so cool.
03:41 Launch was not great.
03:42 I did lose launch control, and it did the same thing.
03:44 It like bogged, I didn't like it.
03:44 I had a bad launch too, so even there.
03:47 The car is unbelievably fast in a straight line.
03:51 Because we've got an incline,
03:52 the torque of this thing helps a huge amount.
03:55 But the front doesn't wanna stay locked in,
03:57 so through the long corners.
03:59 I love this 'cause it's got beautiful pedal positions,
04:02 so you can left foot brake.
04:03 So I'm having to dab the brakes all the time
04:05 just to get the thing to stay on line.
04:07 - How close do you think you were to me?
04:09 - If I was quicker, my run felt great.
04:11 If I wasn't quicker, I'd made loads of mistakes,
04:15 and basically I need another go.
04:17 - All right, yeah.
04:17 (laughing)
04:18 Let's go find out.
04:19 - I'm just taking out the SD card and check the data,
04:22 check the time.
04:24 - Okay, I'm gonna say this,
04:25 and I'm gonna be laughed off the screen,
04:28 but I think I was about three seconds behind you,
04:30 so with the six second handicap,
04:31 I'm gonna beat you by three seconds.
04:33 - Okay, I have the times.
04:35 We're gonna start with the Porsche.
04:36 - I don't know, why do I care is the thing.
04:37 I really kinda like--
04:38 - Because you're a man, and we're stupid.
04:40 - Yeah. (laughing)
04:42 - Okay, so the Porsche did a one minute 12.5,
04:46 top speed 80 miles an hour.
04:49 - Not bad for a 55 zone, yeah.
04:50 - Okay, so now the moment of truth.
04:52 The McLaren, on those really slippery tires
04:56 that need heat, and it hasn't got as much grip.
04:58 Anyway, the McLaren did a 106.65.
05:03 - I win by a tenth of a second.
05:08 - So you win--
05:09 - By one tenth of a second.
05:11 (laughing)
05:12 - You win by one tenth of a second.
05:15 - That's so annoying.
05:17 (laughing)
05:18 - Okay, so in the hollowest victory ever,
05:21 Lieberman and the GT3 RS win our road race,
05:24 despite losing it by 5.9 seconds.
05:27 Anyway, fun though that was,
05:29 now we need to set some real lap times at Willow Springs.
05:33 (engine revving)
05:36 (thunder rumbling)
05:39 [BLANK_AUDIO]