In this weekend’s episode of the BBC petrol head programme viewers will be in for a major treat.
In high-octane scenes on the latest Top Gear, Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Tindall takes to the wheel for a go around the race track.
Unfortunately the Olympic winner and equestrian loses control behind the wheel and ends up hurtling off the gravel onto the grass.
Rugby player Mike Tindall, 40, sits in the passenger seat of a Toyota GT86, and the couple appear thrilled as 38-year-old Zara slams on the accelerator.
But the Queen’s granddaughter regrets listening to her husband’s advice on how to operate the vehicle and the duo end up in a hilarious bout of bickering on the BBC programme.
“No lifting, no lifting,” Mike warns, as Zara struggles to keep the car on course.
As they round a corner the race car then spins onto the grass mound next to the track.
“That was your ‘no lifting’,” Zara cries in hysterics.
Mike also has a go at the Reasonably Fast Car segment in the latest episode of the programme, and the couple turn competitive as they go head-to-head against each other.
Zara has said that her family encouraged her to score the better race time, and that she hopes to have beaten horse racing jockey Frankie Dettori on the leaderboard.
He completed the track with a time of 1:47.2 when he gave it a shot in 2017.
Zara and Mike also take part in a Width Restrictor Challenge on the show.
Hosts Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness jump in the back passenger seats and hold on tight as Zara and Mike navigate their way through two bollards, zooming through with only one inch of space between the wing mirror and the cones.
Chatting about their own lifestyles on the programme, the married couple insist they’re not competitive when it comes to who drives the car at home.
“If we go out together I’ll generally drive…” Mike jokes. “Just because she likes a drink!”
Zara then shares how she feels having a HGV licence.
”I can drive my truck,” she says. “Because we all drive our horses around, we drive them to competitions.
“So we need a big vehicle to get them to competitions with all their kit and our kit – I love it.”
Sunday night’s episode is the third in the new series, and sees Paddy, Freddie and co-host Chris Harris attempt to turn an old Daimler hearse into a family car.
The Stig’s family also make an appearance.
Top Gear is on Sundays at 8pm on BBC Two.
