Races

The show regularly features various races. There have been a number of epic races where Jeremy or one of the other presenters drives a car against other forms of transport, typically involving Richard and James taking the same journey by combinations of plane, train or ferry. One epic race had The white Stig taking part using public transport in a race across London which featured James in a car, Richard on a bike and Jeremy in a powerboat.

Car vs Public Transport

During these races Jeremy would often drive a Car on a long Road Trip while Richard and James used a form of Public Transport. More often, the car would be victorious with only a few occasions of public transport claiming victory. This type of race was used in one episode for The Grand Tour:

Top Gear (Clarkson-Era)

Episode	Race	Origin	Destination	Car (Clarkson)	Public Transport (Hammond & May)	Winner
Series 4, Episode 1	Monte Carlo Race	Studio (Guildford, UK)	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Aston Martin DB9	Eurostar & TGV Trains	Car
Series 5, Episode 8	Verbier Race	Studio (Guildford, UK)	Verbier, Switzerland	Ferrari 612 Scaglietti	British Airways Airbus A320 & Alpine Train	Car
Series 6, Episode 6	Oslo Race	Heathrow, United Kingdom	Oslo, Norway	Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren	Ferry & Speedboat	Car
Series 7, Episode 5	London Race (Bugatti Race)	Alba, Italy	42nd Floor of the NatWest Tower; London, United Kingdom	Bugatti Veyron	Cessna 182 Biplane (operated by James)	Car
Series 11, Episode 4	Japan Race (Bullet Train Race)	Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan	Hundred shaku Kannon; Mount Nokogiri, Japan	Nissan GT-R	Bullet Train	Car
Series 19, Episode 3	Milan Race	Wembley Stadium; London, UK	San Siro; Milan, Italy	Shelby Mustang GT500	Eurostar & TGV Trains	Public Transport (Richard)

The Grand Tour

Episode	Race	Origin	Destination	Car (Clarkson)	Public Transport (Hammond & May)	Winner
The Falls Guys	New York Race	Central Park; New York City, New York, USA	Niagara Falls Observation Tower; Niagara Falls, New York, USA	Ford GT	JetBlue Airplane	Car

City Races

These races took place across a city involving James using a car, Richard using a Bike, The Stig using Public Transport and Jeremy using Water Travel. This race was only used twice throughout the serious with different results each time.

Episode	City	Car (James)	Water Travel (Jeremy)	Bike (Richard)	Public Transport Stig)
Series 10, Episode 5	London	Mercedes-Benz GL500 (Last)	Cougar Speedboat (2nd)	Cirrus Limited (1st)	Underground (3rd)
Series 22, Episode 1	St Petersburg	Renault Twizy (1st)	Neptune 11 Hovercraft (2nd)	Pinarello & Other Bike (3rd)	Russian Metro (Last)

One-Off Races vs Each Other

These races never had a following trend but were used once on a special occasion:

Episode	Race	Outcome
Series 9, Episode 7 (Polar Special)	Jeremy and James in a Toyota Hilux versus Richard and dog sled champion Matty McNair in a dog sled.	Victory for Jeremy and James in the Hilux.
Series 12, Episode 4	Fuel Economy Race car versus car versus car from Basel in Switzerland to Blackpool. Jeremy took a Jaguar XJ Richard took a Volkswagen Polo and James took a Subaru Legacy.	Richard won Jeremy came second and James lost.
Series 12, Episode 5	Richard in a Ferrari Daytona versus James XSR 48 powerboat from Portofino to Saint-Tropez.	James won (probably because Richard got stopped by the police to check for documents).
Series 13, Episode 1 (See more: Race to the North)	Kings Cross to Edinburgh. Jeremy in the (then recently built) A1 steam Locomotive Tornado No.60163 , Richard on a Vincent Black Shadow (Motorbike) and James in the Jaguar XK120	Victory for James, Jeremy second, and Richard last.
Series 20 Episode 1 (See more: New Zealand Race)	Jeremy in a Toyota Corolla versus James in a AC45 sailing boat from Fletcher bay in the Coromandel to spirits bay.	James won in the sailing boat.
Series 21 Episode 2	In the Alfa Romeo 4C film, Jeremy in the Gibbs Quadski challenges Richard in the 4C to a race around Lake Como,.	Richard wins in the 4C (although Jeremy allowed him to win because he "didn't want to see the Alfa lose").
Series 21 Episode 3(See more: Ukraine Road Trip)	For the last segment of the Ukraine Road Trip, the trio were challenged to see who could run out of fuel before reaching Pripyat, the abandoned city containing the ill-fated Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.	Richard won, as he was the only one to run out of fuel before reaching the exclusion zone. The real loser, however, would be Jeremy, who would run out of fuel in Pripyat itself.

Top Gear (2016+)

In Series 24, Episode 4, Harris in a Bugatti Chiron races against LeBlanc in a selection of millionaire items. LeBlanc ends up winning.