Jeremy clarkson Speeding - huh, something newsworthy here - its what the man does for a living, unless of course his recent revelations get him fired from the BBC’s Top Gear motoring show, which is what road safety charity “Brake” are calling for.
Jeremy Clarkson put his foot in his mouth when talking to an interviewer at the Literary Festival in the UK - Jeremy Clarkson said that he’d received a speeding ticket for driving a Bugatti Veyron supercar through the London docklands area at over 186 mph. Jeremy Clarkson soon retracted his speeding confession upon realising what a gaff he’d just made, by saying “or perhaps it was someone else because I didn’t get prosecuted for it!” - nice one Jeremy, wish that one would have worked for me.
Jeremy Clarkson’s speeding antics are regular news in the Uk, just last year jeremy Clarkson was aquitted of speeding in an Alpha Romeo at 80 mph through a restricted zone - the case was dropped on a technicality. Jeremy Clarkson’s speeding habits are enjoyed by a fanatical following of petrolheads the world over - I for one do not believe that it was Jeremy Clarkson speeding in the Bugatti - had it been him, I reckon he would of pushed for 200 mph! - yes he’s that arrogant, but you have to love him!
At the time of jeremy Clarkson’s alleged speeding offense, the Bugatti Veyron was probably the most potent supercar in production. powered by a W16 engine - 16 cylinders arranges in four banks of four cylinders, four valves per cyslinder, quad camshafts and boosted by a whopping four turbocharges equating to some 970 Bhp at the wheels, and around 900 ft lbs of torque!
The Bugatti has staggering performance - 0 to 62 mph is over in a blink at just 2.5 seconds and the top speed pushes 250 mph. At full throttle the Veyron will consume an environmentally unacceptable 2.5 gallons per mile. In the Uk that would cost around GBP £18 per mile and drain the entire tank of fuel in under 13 minutes! - perhaps the UK Government should be encouraging this kind of lunacy - just think of all that additional fuel tax revenue…now there’s another story - Over to you Jeremy Clarkson.