Posted May 2, 200619 yr preview from the Final Gear Forum... It’s a very special edition of Fifth Gear tonight as Girls Aloud are given a masterclass in driving supercars on a racing circuit by Jason Plato. The girls all love cars, and jumped at the opportunity of getting to play with a 180mph Porsche 911 and Ferrari 355 at Silverstone. After Jason finds out what each girl drives, he shows them what a car is really capable of in the hands of a professional racing driver, as he skids and slides them round in a tyre-smoking tour de force. Then Jason and the girls swap seats – Kimberley, Cheryl, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah take the wheel while Jason instructs them in the finer arts of track driving from the passenger seat. Then out comes the stop watch as we find out which girl is fastest. As a final treat, speed-freak Sarah Harding is given the opportunity of driving a Ferrari 355 race car. Overwhelmed with excitement, she gets a little carried away and unfortunately manages to crash before even leaving the car park. All will be revealed in a dramatic climax to the programme... You can see all that on Monday 15th May at 8pm on Five... or indeed you can see the making of it on Off The Record tonight.
