Andy Grover

Em 1930 o presidente da Bentley apostou que chegaria ao seu clube em Londres antes do trem Blue Train alcançar o Canal da Mancha, saindo de Cannes. Venceu por 4 minutos. O carro pesava mais de 2 toneladas. Ettore Bugatti chamava os Bentley de "caminhões mais rápidos do mundo".

As a new Farmer myself who bought our farm 4 years ago, I can’t tell you how accurate Clarkson’s Farm actually is! We spent £3.5m buying our farm and subsequently in the past 4 years we’ve had to spend at least £527,000 on farm machinery and much, much more on running the farm. We’ve lost money every year since so far, and have had challenges or refusal from local authorities everytime we’ve tried to diversity, or do something to generate extra income. I cannot stress how difficult it is for farmers who have to rely on farming for their only income. We don’t get any subsidies or BPS payments at all (because we’re new farmers) and the grant system might as well be in Greek! As a CEO and professional businessman of some note, I felt I could easily apply for the grants myself. I kid you not, you’ve never seen a more complicated form - for ANYTHING! The farm we bought had been in the same family for 3 generations, but it was sold because it was getting tougher to support the farmers growing family and now I’ve been in it for 4 years I can see why. It’s a crying shame that more and more food is going to be imported and more skills lost because, for some unknown reason, the government obviously don’t value farmers. Sad.

Note to all: Gushing Post Alert! Can we all take a moment to appreciate our very own Car Twitter legend @AutoPap (aka Shami Kalra)? Not only has he somehow managed to avoid being sued by every major watch manufacturer for daring to sponsor motor racing events, but today he's pulled off a miracle to rival the loaves and fishes: an incredible sponsorship deal that sees his brand emblazoned on the Pole Position car at Le Mans!!! To top it all off, he's quite a nice guy too. Amazing work Shami - we're all very proud of what you are achieving! Onwards and upwards!

Up early. Big day ahead. #24hLeMans