WRC car on TG test track?

[Doon]

I know this isn't directly relevant to the WRC, but I have always wondered how a WRC car would do round the Top Gear test track and why they have never put one round it, anyone know why? The main reason they should is cos that the car is road legal and joe bloggs (a rich joe bloggs) could go out and buy one and drive it anywhere they want! Anyway it would be nice to see something wipe the floor with that thing with the silly, long name!

[sal]

Rally cars have already been round the test track in the first series if memory serves me right. Certainly remember a MK1 Escort Quattro and a WRC car being involved.

[Iain]

I vaguely remember them doing an Old vs New feature with some old rallycars and their modern day versions.

[Doon]

I seem to remember them racing a mk1 or 2 escort against a focus rs, but never a WRC.

[janneppi]

You'd think Ford would give them a car and a Stig for one day, perhaps they don't want to risk loosing to a road car.

[Doon]

I'm pretty sure the WRC would top the times, as long as the stig was a rally driver!

[306 Cosworth]

They've never had a WRC Car on there, but would be good to see a Xsara or Focus 06 round there, maybe even Eugene Donnelly in his S12 Impreza :

[Magnus]

In Sweden we have a stage which is run by "Bilsport". The cars are normally driven by the swedish rally champ Tomas "Gullabo" Jansson.
During the years hundreds of cars have done the stage, so this list: http://rejsa.nu/superstage/
gives a good view of different cars and their abilities.
On this site are also some interesting tech stats regarding the cars. Tha best WRC is a Ford Focus, run by Andreas Eriksson, who in the Swedish rally this year(I think) escaped from the road in to a tree with some severe damage to the car, some back-injury to the co-driver.
The no 1 is a radical.
Between the wrc an the to are some modified M3s and porsches

[grugsticles]

I too think this would make for a fantastic segment. Perhaps even a little insight to the design of a WRCar?

[koko0703]

I guess it's not that race track, but....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_43AOdfKcbY