One of my favourite shows on television is Top Gear (well, I actually watch it online since I don't get BBC America here). The show is brilliant, though. They test lots of great cars, have all kinds of different challenges, and all three hosts are funny and entertaining. It's no wonder they average 350 million viewers every episode.

In the third episode of the most recent season, they did a bit of a tribute to the Italian carmaker, Lancia, whom they consider to have built some of the greatest cars ever (for reasons I won't get into here—you'll have to watch the episode yourself if you want to know why they decided that). The end of the episode featured a Lancia Stratos kit car, which they handed over to their tame racing driver, The Stig, to take around their track for a power lap. The lap is actually the slowest they've ever recorded on their track, but The Stig, already a great driver, does some absolutely incredible driving on this lap. Watch the clip below.

They encounter a wet track fairly often, given the climate of Britain, but rarely has there been a car that has handled as terribly in the wet as this Lancia. Simply fantastic driving.

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