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07-22-2005, 06:10 AM
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Umm Vicki is a great driver in her own right.
http://www.vb-h.net/Biography.htm
Born on 16 February 1972, Vicki grew up on a farm ( arable / pigs ) in Hertfordshire. She made her Top Gear debut in 1994, racing a Ford Fiesta at Brands Hatch. She was educated at The Perse School for Girls, Cambridge, where she achieved nine GCSEs and three 'A' Levels in English, French and biology.
Vicki started racing karts when she was eleven in a race also featuring a certain D. Coulthard. By the age of 17 she started her career as a racing instructor at circuits such as Brands Hatch and Silverstone, as well as spending a year living and working at Knockhill, Scotland. She has competed in series such as Formula First and the 2000 Pentel Ginetta Championship ( which she has guested in on several occasions since ). She has also raced in a number of other events, such as the Porsche Cup, Radicals, the Speyside Stages Rally, a combine harvester race, a 24 hour 2CV race and, on two occasions, as navigator for ITV's Formula One pit reporter Louise Goodman in the Rallye Sunseeker. In 2001 she raced a Honda Formula Four-Stroke speedboat off of France.
At the 2004 British Grand Prix meeting at Silverstone, Vicki and her co-driver, Matthew Marsh, won the Maserati Trofeo race, an event described by VB-H as "one of the best moments of my life". She became the first woman ever to win a race in a Maserati.
She made her television debut in 1994, racing a Ford Fiesta at Brands Hatch in a one off piece for BBC2's Top Gear and was a regular presenter from 1997 until December 2001, during which time she also presented Top Gear GTI for UK Horizons. In 2002 she moved to five's new Fifth Gear programme, as well as presenting coverage of the BTCC ( British Touring Car Championship ) for ITV.
At the end of 2002 she co-presented the Virgin Radio Breakfast Show and has guested on other programmes, such as Radio 4's Woman's Hour, XFM's Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show and Radio 2's Steve Wright In The Afternoon.
Other than presenting TV programmes, her journalistic career in print has included Car Mechanics magazine, Carweek magazine, Auto Express magazine and What Car? She helped launch Max Power magazine and was a regular contributor to Top Gear Magazine. She has also written for a string of national newspapers, such as The Daily Telegraph and The Times.
She has voiced advertisements for, amongst others, Wrigleys Extra Thin Ice and features in the Playstation 2 game Gran Turismo 4 Prologue. You'll also find Vicki in Jeremy Clarkson's DVD, At Full Throttle.
Vicki's drives a Honda S2000, a VW Golf GTi Mark 2 and rides a Ducati Monster 750.
Vicki's racing career continues a family tradition. Her father, Guy, raced in the British Karting team and her late grandfather, Lionel, regularly raced in the famous Hill Climb at Brooklands. Her younger brother, Charles (Charlie), has also raced since the age of eight and competed in the 2004 BTCC.
http://www.vb-h.net/Biography.htm
Born on 16 February 1972, Vicki grew up on a farm ( arable / pigs ) in Hertfordshire. She made her Top Gear debut in 1994, racing a Ford Fiesta at Brands Hatch. She was educated at The Perse School for Girls, Cambridge, where she achieved nine GCSEs and three 'A' Levels in English, French and biology.
Vicki started racing karts when she was eleven in a race also featuring a certain D. Coulthard. By the age of 17 she started her career as a racing instructor at circuits such as Brands Hatch and Silverstone, as well as spending a year living and working at Knockhill, Scotland. She has competed in series such as Formula First and the 2000 Pentel Ginetta Championship ( which she has guested in on several occasions since ). She has also raced in a number of other events, such as the Porsche Cup, Radicals, the Speyside Stages Rally, a combine harvester race, a 24 hour 2CV race and, on two occasions, as navigator for ITV's Formula One pit reporter Louise Goodman in the Rallye Sunseeker. In 2001 she raced a Honda Formula Four-Stroke speedboat off of France.
At the 2004 British Grand Prix meeting at Silverstone, Vicki and her co-driver, Matthew Marsh, won the Maserati Trofeo race, an event described by VB-H as "one of the best moments of my life". She became the first woman ever to win a race in a Maserati.
She made her television debut in 1994, racing a Ford Fiesta at Brands Hatch in a one off piece for BBC2's Top Gear and was a regular presenter from 1997 until December 2001, during which time she also presented Top Gear GTI for UK Horizons. In 2002 she moved to five's new Fifth Gear programme, as well as presenting coverage of the BTCC ( British Touring Car Championship ) for ITV.
At the end of 2002 she co-presented the Virgin Radio Breakfast Show and has guested on other programmes, such as Radio 4's Woman's Hour, XFM's Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show and Radio 2's Steve Wright In The Afternoon.
Other than presenting TV programmes, her journalistic career in print has included Car Mechanics magazine, Carweek magazine, Auto Express magazine and What Car? She helped launch Max Power magazine and was a regular contributor to Top Gear Magazine. She has also written for a string of national newspapers, such as The Daily Telegraph and The Times.
She has voiced advertisements for, amongst others, Wrigleys Extra Thin Ice and features in the Playstation 2 game Gran Turismo 4 Prologue. You'll also find Vicki in Jeremy Clarkson's DVD, At Full Throttle.
Vicki's drives a Honda S2000, a VW Golf GTi Mark 2 and rides a Ducati Monster 750.
Vicki's racing career continues a family tradition. Her father, Guy, raced in the British Karting team and her late grandfather, Lionel, regularly raced in the famous Hill Climb at Brooklands. Her younger brother, Charles (Charlie), has also raced since the age of eight and competed in the 2004 BTCC.
07-22-2005, 07:55 AM
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Well, there is in your face humor, then there is flat-out annoying. Or ignorant, which is pretty annoying too.
I like Top Gear, and some of his stuff IS pretty funny. He is fairly entertaining.
Go read the article about the vette. It's a 2 page article and the first half of the first page is devoted to bashing America and basically whining. He then launches into a tirade (again) about the "leaf spring" suspension. He bitches about and bitches about, then mentions that the car holds OVER 1g in the skidpad, then bitches about the leaf springs again.
Hey, dumbass! LOOK at the suspension, it's NOT the same leaf spring suspension you are used to, or are thinking of. It's a transverse leaf spring that actually works remarkably well, reduces unspring weight and reduces the overall cost of manufacturing.
I like Top Gear, and some of his stuff IS pretty funny. He is fairly entertaining.
Go read the article about the vette. It's a 2 page article and the first half of the first page is devoted to bashing America and basically whining. He then launches into a tirade (again) about the "leaf spring" suspension. He bitches about and bitches about, then mentions that the car holds OVER 1g in the skidpad, then bitches about the leaf springs again.
Hey, dumbass! LOOK at the suspension, it's NOT the same leaf spring suspension you are used to, or are thinking of. It's a transverse leaf spring that actually works remarkably well, reduces unspring weight and reduces the overall cost of manufacturing.
07-22-2005, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by shaundesjardins,Jul 22 2005, 06:10 AM
She has voiced advertisements for, amongst others, Wrigleys Extra Thin Ice and features in the Playstation 2 game Gran Turismo 4 Prologue.
Vicki's drives a Honda S2000, a VW Golf GTi Mark 2 and rides a Ducati Monster 750.
Vicki's drives a Honda S2000, a VW Golf GTi Mark 2 and rides a Ducati Monster 750.
Wow!Now that is a girl after my heart!!
I have GT4 Prologue... never knew she had a hand in that. I wonder where her contribution is since it is all in Japanese.