Time to save Top & Fifth Gear: Tiff Needell
Former Top Gear presenter Tiff Needell weighs in with some common sense. The Sun Online - Motors: 'Richard was right to race' “Is the Tour De France a bad example to cyclists? Is throwing a ja...
Former Top Gear presenter, now Fifth Gear presenter, Tiff Needell weighs in with some common sense.
The Sun Online - Motors: 'Richard was right to race'
The Sun Online - Motors: 'Richard was right to race'
“Is the Tour De France a bad example to cyclists? Is throwing a javelin encouraging people to start chucking spears? Is sprinting encouraging people to run down pavements? Where do you end?
Yes, we glamorise racing on racing tracks, but we're not ever suggesting you do that in a different environment. When people put that together, there's no real logic, it sounds a logical argument, but when you actually analyse it you can say that about any form of sport.”
Tiff Needell Profile:
Known as: Needles
Fastest he's ever driven: 230mph on the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans
Biggest crash: 230mph on the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans
Currently drives: BMW 545i
Dream car: McLaren F1, or 1960's Lotus Elan
When he's not on Fifth Gear he's: reading books about Spitfire pilots
