Lewis Hamilton and Ken Block enjoy themselves around Bushy Park, Barbados at the Top Gear Festival
Sports-car team Dyson Racing’s protégé Matt McMurry is set to make history in next month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, as the youngest-ever driver in the endurance classic’s long history.
Sixteen-year-old McMurry will beat the 55-year-old record held by Ricardo Rodriguez, who was 17 years and four months when he drove an OSCA S750 in 1959 at Le Mans. McMurry will pilot the No. 41 Greaves Motorsport LMP2 Zytek-Nissan alongside co-drivers Chris Dyson and Tom Kimber-Smith … More
Chasing B.J. Baldwin in his trophy truck for a lap at the best in the desert BlueWater Desert challenge 2011
Getting to 1,000 mph is relatively easy, slowing down safely before you run out of desert is much more of a challenge.
At 1,000 mph there will be 15 tonnes of drag pushing against the car.
When the jet and rocket engines are switched off BLOODHOUND will rapidly decelerate to 800 mph at which point the air brakes will start to be deployed. They will open out into the airflow and maintain 3G deceleration (the equivalent of you going from 60 mph – 0 in one second – for 20 seconds).
Once the car slows to below 200 mph, driver, Andy Green will use the more conventional wheel brakes to bring the car to a halt.