Top Gear Festival Barbados - Schedule

Released today on the official website, the Top Gear Schedule.

Top Gear Festival Barbados - Programme

Saturday 17th March 2014

* Top Gear Festival Barbados reserves the right to change the timing and content of this schedule at any time

10.00

• Drifting - The festival opens with a bang with demonstrations from the Japspeed Drift Team
• Stig’s Powerlap - The world’s most famous tame racing driver takes to the track for the first Powerlap of the day
• Group B Rally Showdown - Take a trip down memory lane with some of the quickest, fastest and most sophisticated rally cars ever built from the golden era of rallying
• Le Mans Pursuit - In a journey through motorsport we bring one of the all time classic race series to Barbados
• Supercar Showdown - Three British supercars with the ultimate racing background go head-to-head in a 3-lap race
• Classic F1 Showdown - Ayrton Senna’s Toleman and the iconic Camel Lotus 80’s era F1 cars go head-to-head
• Cricket Challenge: Bowling - In a region obsessed by cricket and motorsport we’re bringing the two together in our bowling challenge

11:00

• Red Bull Global Rallycross - Practice session
• Drift Challenge - Who is the better drifter – Jeremy, Richard or James?
• Engine Orchestra - The sweet, sweet sounds of our four-wheeled friends

12:00

• F1 takes to Bushy Park Circuit - Lewis Hamilton thrills the crowds by taking to the track in his MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 car
• Drift Demo - The awe-inspiring drift team return to the track 
• Supercars: The Italians - Three of the fastest and most iconic Ferrari’s of all time go head-to-head
• Loud Noisy Dragsters - Can you handle the sound of the drag cars?
• Presenter Race - Jeremy, James and Richard go head-to-head in some of their favourite cars

13:00

• Supercar Showdown - We’ve seen our supercar teams on track, now its time to go head to head to establish which country makes the better motor
• Red Bull Global Rallycross - Qualifying seeding session
• Stig’s Powerlap - We saw it against the Ferrari earlier, but now the BAC mono is back for a Stig lap. It was one of his cars of the year so let’s see what he can do
• Jeremy’s Lap of a Car - Jeremy recreates a classic stunt from his teenage years. Not to be tried at home
• Classic F1 Pursuit - Ayrton Senna’s Toleman and the iconic Camel Lotus 80’s era F1 cars go head-to-head

14:00

• Supercar Pursuit - The most expensive pursuit of the day
• JCB vs Supercar - James May challenges a supercar, while he takes control of a JCB digger
• Group B Rally Pursuit - The decider as to which Group B car progresses to the Ultimate Showdown
• Stig’s Powerlap - The final powerlap of the day from Stig
• Supercar Team Pursuit - In the most expensive pursuit of the day our two supercar teams go head-to-head for a place in the Ultimate showdown

15:00

• Star in a Car - A celebrity attempts to answer general knowledge questions while being taken for the ride of their life
• Ultimate Motorsport Showdown - It’s the answer to the question you’ve all been asking all day, what is fastest?
• Cricket Challenge: Batting - It’s time for part two of our motorized cricket challenge
• Car Football - The classic Top Gear challenge: head to head car football
• Red Bull Global Rallycross - Driver introductions

16:00

• Red Bull Global Rallycross - Round 1
• Drift, FMX and Aerial Stunts - Mindblowing stunts from our drift, FMX and aerial stunt teams
• Red Bull Global Rallycross - Winner’s podium
• Ultimate Encore - Welcome back the stars and their cars for a final bow

Sunday 18th March 2014

* Top Gear Festival Barbados reserves the right to change the timing and content of this schedule at any time

10:00

• Drifting - The festival opens with a bang with demonstrations from the Japspeed Drift Team
• Stig’s Powerlap - The world’s most famous tame racing driver takes to the track for the first Powerlap of the day
• Group B Rally Showdown - Take a trip down memory lane with some of the quickest, fastest and most sophisticated rally cars ever built from the golden era of rallying
• Le Mans Pursuit - In a journey through motorsport we bring one of the all time classic race series to Barbados
• Supercar Showdown - Lightweight power crazed race version road cars go head to head in a race around the Bushy Park Circuit
• Classic F1 Showdown - Ayrton Senna’s Toleman and the iconic Camel Lotus 80’s era F1 cars go head-to-head
• Cricket Challenge: Bowling - In a region obsessed by cricket and motorsport we’re bringing the two together in our bowling challenge

11:00

• Red Bull Global Rallycross - Warm Up
• Local Favourites - The locals compete for a place in the Ultimate Showdown
• Drift Challenge - Who is the better drifter – Jeremy, Richard or James?
• Engine Orchestra - The sweet, sweet music of our two and four-wheeled friends

12:00

• F1 takes to Bushy Park Circuit - Lewis Hamilton thrills the crowds by taking to the track in his MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 car
• Drift Demo - The awe-inspiring drift team return to the track 
• Supercars: The Italians - Three of the fastest and most iconic Ferrari’s of all time go head-to-head
• Loud Noisy Dragsters - Can you handle the sound of the drag cars?
• Presenter Race - Jeremy, James and Richard go head-to-head in some of their favourite cars

13:00

• Supercar Showdown - We’ve seen our supercar teams on track, now its time to go head to head to establish which country makes the better motor
• Red Bull Global Rallycross - Round two heats
• Stig’s Powerlap - The BAC mono is back for a Stig lap. It was one of his cars of the year so let’s see what he can do
• Jeremy’s Lap of a Car - Jeremy recreates a classic stunt from his teenage years. Not to be tried at home
• Classic F1 Pursuit - Ayrton Senna’s Toleman and the iconic Camel Lotus 80’s era F1 cars go head-to-head

14:00

• Supercar Pursuit - The most expensive pursuit of the day
• JCB vs Supercar - James May challenges a supercar, while he takes control of a JCB digger
• Group B Rally Pursuit - The decider as to which Group B car progresses to the Ultimate Showdown
• Stig’s Powerlap - The final powerlap of the day from Stig
• Supercar Team Pursuit - In the most expensive pursuit of the day our two supercar teams go head-to-head for a place in the Ultimate showdown

15:00

• Star in a Car - A celebrity attempts to answer general knowledge questions while being taken for the ride of their life
• Red Bull Global Rallycross - Last chance qualifier
• Ultimate Motorsport Showdown - It’s the answer to the question you’ve all been asking all day, what is fastest?
• Cricket Challenge: Batting - It’s time for part two of our motorized cricket challenge
• Car Football - The classic Top Gear challenge: head to head car football

16:00

• Red Bull Global Rallycross - Driver introductions
• Red Bull Global Rallycross - Final
• Drift - Mindblowing stunts from our drift team
• Red Bull Global Rallycross - Winner’s podium
• Ultimate Encore - Welcome back the stars and their cars for a final bow

Thoughts and Analysis

As already indicated, the schedules are near identical for both days meaning you shouldn't miss out on too much if you go one day and not the other. However, there are still some interesting questions to be answered and some notable additions...

• Which Group B cars are coming?
• What LeMans cars are going to be displayed?
• Who is going to be driving the Group B and LeMans cars?
• What exact supercars will be shown?
• Are the dragster cars imported or local?
• Who is the celebrity star?
• Which FMX riders are going to be there?
• A BAC Mono? Thank-you very much Top Gear!
• What is this 'Local Showdown' they refer to?

Whichever way you cut it, it is a packed schedule and just goes to show this is an unmissable event!