Sir Ben Ainslies AC45 to take on Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear tonight
by 34th America’s Cup media 30 Jun 2013 07:59 BST
30 June 2013
James May on an AC45 recording for Top Gear © BBC
An America's Cup AC45 wingsail catamaran will feature in a race against a car in the record-breaking BBC Top Gear show.
The Cat vs. Car episode airs in the UK tonight, Sunday June 30th, and in the US on July 8th, followed by the other 212 countries around the world where broadcast BBC Top Gear is broadcast.
The race, filmed in March this year, pitted the world's most successful Olympic sailor, Sir Ben Ainslie, against the host of the world's biggest factual show, Jeremy Clarkson.
Ainslie and his ORACLE TEAM USA crew raced their AC45, with co-presenter James May aboard, against Clarkson who was driving a car in New Zealand's North Island.
BBC Top Gear presenters are no strangers to fast, extreme and extraordinary machines. James May's ride aboard Ainslie's AC45 delivered this in open ocean sailing.
But was Jeremy Clarkson's journey by road any easier?
The Cat vs Car race features in Program 1 of the hit show's 20th series.
The 2013 Guinness World Record Book crowned BBC Top Gear as the world's most widely watched factual TV program.
Broadcast details:
- UK - Sunday June 30 at 8.00pm on BBC2
- USA - Monday July 8th at 7.30pm on BBC America (check local listings)