Chris Hoy is a six-time Olympic gold medalist, the most successful track cyclist in history. He's also a bone fide car enthusiast, with a Porsche 911 GT3 RS in the garage and a soft spot for Caterhams, the minimalist British sports cars that evolved from Colin Chapman's epochal Lotus 7. He's quite handy behind the wheel, too, having driven an LMP2 racer in the 2016 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Hoy knows what it takes to be the best. The focus. The training. The grit. The self-belief. In our new original series, Dream Jobs with Chris Hoy, now streaming on the MotorTrend app, he joins top professional drivers to find out what it's like to get behind the wheel of machinery ranging from a 600-hp World Rallycross car to an all-electric Formula E racer to the legendary Grave Digger monster truck.
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Episode 6 : Drifting
March. 27,2020
For once it’s not Sir Chris Hoy wracked with nerves, as Dream Jobs joins James Deane for the finale of the 2019 Drift Masters European Championship. Can James Deane take home another crown – and then can he teach a neat-and-tidy circuit racer like Sir Chris to drift?
It’s the future of motorsport, as electric single-seat race cars compete in the heart of the world’s greatest cities. Sir Chris heads to Rome to test the latest Gen 2 race car under the watchful eye of Audi driver and former champion Lucas di Grassi, before meeting up again in Monaco to see the type of fitness regime that the world’s best drivers have to endure.
Gymkhana GRiD is Sir Chris’ toughest challenge – a nightmarish course created by viral video legend Ken Block. With no time to prepare, all too soon it’s time to race, but with mechanical issues and a chassis-bending crash to deal with, is this finally a challenge too great for our host to overcome?
If you’re a professional racer, short of a Formula 1 seat, this is might be the ultimate day job. Sir Chris learns the ropes in a 911 GT3 Cup car, before heading to the fearsome Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium to race the terrifying 691bhp Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport.
In this episode Sir Chris is driving (and jumping) a vehicle unlike he’s ever driven before: a monster truck. Even climbing up into it is a challenge, so how will Sir Chris handle flying through the air in this 1500bhp, five-tonne monster?
Think World Rally, but with twice the power, on a tight and twisty circuit that’s part tarmac, part gravel and part mud. Sir Chris gets to grips with a 600bhp WRX Supercar, then joins the grid at the Spanish round of the series – in his quest to earn FIA World Championship points.
