Drag Race: Formula E vs WRC vs Formula One... in the wet! | Top Gear Christmas Special | Top Gear

Silent night? Not likely when there's a Christmas drag race on your TV featuring three of the fastest cars in motorsport. Which will be first over the line: the all-electric racer from DS, Ford's Fiesta World Rally car or representing Formula One... Mercedes AMG? Let the festivities begin...

Join Chris, Freddie and Paddy for a road trip from Bethlehem, Wales, back to the racetrack in Top Gear: Driving Home for Christmas. See it Christmas Eve at 8.30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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[aakashh]

Now I can trust that f1 cars can evacuate 85 litres of water per second. Crazy.

[JustSomeGuyWithNoMaidens]

Considering the W10 produces at least 900 horsepower, all of which goes to the rear wheels, the fact that it stayed so close to the all wheel drive WRC car off the line in the wet is really impressive.

[Mamo]

Expecting a dry weather test in the UK is pretty much hopeless.

[improcrastinating]

1:07 it's nuts how there's hardly a drop of water on the helmet or the visor given the amount of spray around the car. Really shows how strong the aero is to carry the water with the air away from the driver.

[bett]

What would actually be really interesting would be a WRC car against Formular E on a really tight Formula E track.

[WckedRcL]

This literally happens every single time they race F1 against WRC or Rally Cross.

Wet or dry the WRC eats their soul coming off the line but once the F1 starts putting down the power it's over.

[Enra]

i've seen the F1 cars once in singapore 2017, they looked absolutely insane!! wayyyy more awesome than just looking at it on tv. i hope i can see the 2022 cars in person next year, just gotta pray they will race in singapore again

[constipatedparker]

It's amazing how the Fiesta managed to hold its position in the first few seconds. Imagine if it were a Rally1 car.

[baf]

1:04 once F1 car gets the initial traction sorted it's just crazy how it accelerates.

[Erc]

That's the W10 from 2019 (with the classic sidepods) isn't it? Another very dominant car from Mercedes-AMG. It was the first car to date which managed to start a season with 5 consecutive 1-2 finishes. Basically, the only rival the W10 had that year was Ferrari with its Saturn V rocket-engine.

[loektube]

The wrc car really impressed, especially at the start!

[Madein]

Top gear with these three is like having water on your pudding instead of custard

[mchitha]

The ammount of water those formula 1 tyres expells is just amazing, true engineering!

[petertromp]

That WRC ultra hot hatch surprised me, quite honestly. Knew it'd be quickest off the line due to AWD, but it actually wasn't that far behind the F1 car by the end. The 2017-spec WRC cars are actually insane (the fastest WRC cars of all time by far) and will go down in legend, same as Group B - especially now that the era is officially over. They are some of the most outrageous motor-sport cars ever built. Truly, the 2017-2021 era of WRC has been pure bliss as a spectator. So sad it's over.

[Tony_P]

As a native English speaker, I was grateful for the subtitles button.

[zenepow]

WRC car with all wheel drive gives it insane speed at the start woww

[SynchroMh]

Now this is what you call a Christmas Present!
Felt like a 7 year old kid again seeing these machines.
Thanks Top Gear. 👏🎄

[efezeta]

the w10 with cold tires and full wet tires... imagine an outlap, soft, and LH on the wheel, INSANE

[Matthew-llke]

Guarantee the wrc was the loudest. Those things are deafening on launch

[arnoldmbuthia]

They've done what the FIA couldn't. Get Mercedes to field a car post season.