People of South Africa, the penultimate stage of our automotive extravaganza featuring a smidge of fire, a touch of tyre smoke and some drifty lunacy kicks off today in Jo’burg for the first time.
Jeremy, Richard and James will be the ringmasters of our very own motoring zoo, and we’ve pulled together some very special guests certain to roast your automotive spuds.
David Coulthard will pilot one of Red Bull F1’s cars throughout the weekend, while South Africa’s very own Formula One world champion Jody Scheckter – who took the title in 1979 – will help celebrate 50 years of the Kyalami GP circuit’s existence.
And because Jody is such a nice chap, he’s bringing along a collection of his iconic F1 cars for you lot to ogle, pictures of which are being captured by his son Hugo.
Check out Hugo Scheckter’s shots here
There are more automotive greats to spear your gherkin: five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell, BBC F1 pundit Eddie Jordan, Pink Floyd’s very own Nick Mason, former TG man Tiff Needell and even the ’Ring master herself, Sabine Schmitz, will all be in attendance. Oh, and let’s not forget his Stiggyness too…
There’s going to be drag racing, power tests, time trials, off-roading, rallying and a spot of drifting, all under the expert supervision of your ambitious-but-not-actually-rubbish hosts. As Jezza said: “It should be… just brilliant.”
If you’re heading down, why not take some snaps and share your glee with our TopGear.com community? Send your pics in to editor@topgear.com, and we’ll publish the very best.
The Top Gear Festival hits Kyalami, Johannesburg from 17 to 20 March 2011. For more info, visit the Top Gear Festival website.
