This is a normal go-karting race between me and my mates. Well, I say normal, it's normal except for one thing. I'm not racing.
A Formula One driver dressed exactly like me is racing. See, he's even got the glasses. And my friends have them. idea. And I'm doing it all just so I can have an experience that we've all dreamed of.
To stand on the top step of a podium and spray some champagne. A once in a lifetime opportunity. But to do that you need to be really good at driving and I'm, well, fine. I'm more of a fan of the slow lane so I had to utilize all of my F1 connections to see if I could convince a Formula One driver to come down to the track. and take my place.
Could have been faster, there's some pace there for tomorrow. Yeah, definitely. But with a history of pulling stunts on my friends, surely they would see through my ruse.
And would a Formula One driver even be able to catch up from the back of the grid? Formula One driver day. To find out, I came to the world famous Buckmore Park go-kart circuit, home of British karting, where countless champions of Formula One, including Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, learned their trade.
Lewis Hamilton starts from the back of the grid. Look at her, a beauty of tarmac. I think today's gonna be a fun day.
Right, this is how today's gonna work. In an hour from now, five of my friends will arrive for what they think is a lovely day of go-karting. We'll be taking part in a Grand Prix to find out who is the fastest YouTuber.
Each participant will do three qualifying laps to determine our starting positions, and I'm gonna be pulling out all of the stops to come dead last. The reason? I'm going to need to be at the back of the starting grid because what they don't know is that I'm going to be switching out with a professional Formula One driver seconds before our 20 lap decider is due to start. All I have to do then is sit back, relax and watch as Max Foch decimates my friends on the track.
Then on the final lap all I need to do is a quick switcheroo so that I can take the win and finally experience the glory of the winner's podium. Sounds easy right? All I need is an F1 driver.
Here he is. Hello. Hello mate.
Nice wheels. This This is Jack Aitken, friend of the channel and professional racing driver, who made his Formula 1 debut racing for Williams in the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix. Aitken, Raikkonen and Lando Norris.
And yet another pro who's made his name at Buckmoor. Welcome to Buckmoor Park. My old home actually. This is where I started karting like 20 years ago.
Oh, that makes everything so much easier. Where have you crashed? Jack was the professional racing driver that would be taking my place on the asphalt. And for that to work, we'd need to look identical. prepared a very special racing outfit.
So we have identical suits. Complete with Foch branded motivational quotes. And glasses. How do I look?
Gonna be basically indistinguishable. I've never had a suit that says smell you later on it though. But you have had a suit that says buy ticks to the tour.
It's weird actually that you have that on there. Yeah, it's always weird. My sponsorship knows no bounds.
But right now it's time to suit up. Let's get racing. Look at that! We are the same person. If I could just grow a couple of centimeters and I could lose a bit of weight.
With our matching race suits, helmets and glasses, even the buck more staff that we're in on the Switch could barely tell us apart. Which one's Jack and which one's Max? Correct answer. So all that was left to do was to hijack away before my fellow competitors arrived. You got a chair?
I got a chair, I got a snack, coffee. See you in a bit. And I spent my remaining minutes preparing on the...
track. You could argue that this isn't the nicest thing for me to do for my friends and that it's not a very nice gift. But you know what is a nice gift? Air up!
The revolutionary way to drink water. You see, I'm not the best gift giver. Over the years I've given my family gifts such as tacos full of cockroaches, trips to the courthouse or a favourite child's contract.
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Now it's time to be my friends at go-karting. Hola! My competitors for the day had arrived. Hello! George Clarky.
Arthur Hill, Ed Chapman, Arthur Television Oh god, Kermit's in your frog. And last but certainly not least, Josh the burnt chip Larkin. Member and founder of the YouTube go-karting team Senor Frogs. Buckmore Park regular and the only potential adversary for Jack in the roster. You come in like every weekend though, don't you?
As for the rest of the boys, their karting experience varied. How do I know when I'm turning when I'm not turning and which part I'm turning? There's a wall in front of you. To decide our placement on the Spartan grid, we were going to start with three laps of the course. And remember, if I wanted any chance of swapping out with Jack with no one noticing, I would need to be starting at the back of the grid.
First up in qualifying, Ed Chapman. I don't know what I'm doing. How many spins is Ed going to do on his first?
Okay, bye. Oh, it moves! And away we go. Jesus! I don't know how fast this thing goes, but I'm about to find out!
Is he pressing the accelerator? Am I going fast? I don't know! He's got a great racing line.
Yeah, well he's got enough time to judge it. Woohoo! Oh my god, this thing's fast! Oh!
Oh! I got a spin! I'm spinning a rocket!
Newbie Ed hadn't made the best of debuts, and things were looking good for Team Fosh Aitken. It was a casual 30 seconds off the pace. As Ed came into the pits, his fastest qualifying lap was a 1 minute 20 seconds. Oh!
Next up, George Clarky. This is going to be awful. We've just been laughing at Ed.
Now we're going to go and do worse. Hit the apex, turn it in. It's looking promising for George Clarky I think. Oh baby! George is one of those guys that's good at everything.
I feel like I'm doing okay, but then I did say that when I lost my virginity. That's a great little line. George famously good with lines. That's very true. What a day.
Thanks, Max Hosh. I don't feel like I did awful there. George with a decisive lead over Ed puts a 1 minute 6 seconds on the board.
What about mate? Does it wet? I mean I don't know what drive to drive, I'm talking about the day life. Arthur Hill.
The boys did their best to tackle the track but so far none of the laps were even close to what Jack was capable of. It's no that kind of pace, go to your spare time cross at the end of the race. As Arthur Hill was finishing with a 1 minute 7 seconds and even Arthur TV clocked in a respectable 1 minute 1. Oh that is... That is relatively fast. We still hadn't seen a sub one minute time.
That is until full kit wanker Senor Frog himself, Burnt Chip, took to the track. Right, here we go. Oh look at him! He's a green mean machine.
Just the way he's sat he looks like a stig. Here we go! I'm starting to worry.
Oh no. Even Jack was impressed with Chip's time. So Josh has already gone fastest on his first lap. Is he a bit of a pro or what?
He's like his milky little cow. I'm waving! Chip's fastest lap came in at a rapid 56 seconds, easily topping the charts. He's 22 seconds quicker than Ed!
With Chip's time so much faster than the others, Jack was starting to worry. I thought it was going to be an easy day out. That's what Max promised me anyway. But there wasn't much we could do about that now.
As with my qualifying laps next, I had my own problem. So I've got a bit of a problem here. Ed has made things quite difficult for me to come last. So I need to spin many times. Time for one of the worst karting laps in Buckmoor history.
Oh, Maxie! Let's go! Spun already. Somebody's in trouble.
And as well as spinning out, I thought I'd take a break, just out of sight of the boys. Just wait here for a bit. Five, four, three, two, one.
Let's go! Huge struggling out there. Oooh!
That's where I spun it. Make it look like I'm angry, but I'm actually ecstatic about it! Woohoo!
What is... Max is doing something tactical here. He's just getting started. This is slow here, is it?
That seems quite bad. I'd given it my best, or should I say my worst, but somehow I'd still managed a faster lap time than Ed. Well, it makes you feel a little bit better.
Qualifying over, the leaderboard was set and the starting positions were finalised. Josh and Arthur TV up front, George Clark and Arthur Hill taking third and fourth position. With Ed and I taking up the rear. And a 120 lap race to determine the winner.
And if no one notices that Jack and I switch places, that winner will be me. It's over to you now. But this switcheroo is child's play compared to what I talk about in my new stand-up show, Loophole. That I'm currently on tour with in the US of A. ...show where I talk about the biggest loophole I've ever found, and I'm doing shows all across America.
But there's limited seats still available, so you've got to make sure you get yours now. If you're a fan of The Viz, it really is the best way to support the channel. So don't miss out, and I'll see you there. But, how do I get Jack onto the track and into my cart? Shall we just go for a staring game start this time, guys?
Easy. You pretend you forget your gloves. Number one, you don't have any gloves on.
Where's he going? He's left his gloves! Go!
What's going on? Oh he's back, he's back! Foshee, Foshee, Foshee! Let's get going then! Switch complete!
We were off. And Jack immediately gains two positions. Me on the other hand needs a place to spectate from. Fosch overtaken me already!
Without getting recognised. I want to watch the rest and control them. So...
I've no idea who Max Fosch is. Hello guys, who's winning? It does seem that my extreme sudden jump in skill level was a little too much for some of the drivers to believe.
There is not a chance that that is Max Porsche's car. He's literally right behind me. I'm winning, look at me, I'm doing such a good job.
Oh my god, he's already passed it. Who is that in there? Shows all you really need is a Formula One driver and you're absolutely sorted. By lap two, Jack had caught up with Chip and taken first place.
Why is he so quick? But the job wasn't done yet. I wanted to make sure this was as realistic as possible, so that means I would need to switch back on the final lap.
But to keep first place, I needed as big of a lead that Jack could give me, so I thought I'd give him some encouragement. Welcome to Buckmoor Park for a fantastic afternoon of racing. Currently Max Foch who's leading the pack. Quite a feat considering that Max did come last at the end of the race.
He's got someone else in his sights, I think that's George Barth there. Oh my god I can see Max Foch! I'm nodding like a mad girl!
Oh my god, I hate posse people, mate! And the laps just kept on coming. Oh my god, he's run me again! Not three times!
That's posse! He's gonna lock me! So the gap between myself and Chip is currently six and a half seconds, so I am gonna need to put that gap a little bit further. I can't even see Max right now. I cannot catch him.
Jack had increased his lead to a ten second gap. So I decided to get ready for the old switchback. Jack had a decent lead and I'd been counting his lap but one mistake and the entire plan would be ruined.
So this had to go perfectly. We done it! One more glory lap and sweet victory would be mine! Imagine if this is back!
That would be it for all the time! Spinning around, doing okay I know it feels because I like it like this And across the line! But would switching back be enough to convince them that it was me racing?
Or was it all too unbelievable that I was that good of a driver? There's no way. Is it back?
There's no way. Take your time guys. I was convinced it wasn't you at first. You lapped me within about a minute.
Did you go to Los Santos Customs before? I'd made it to the first place podium, but it just didn't feel that good. You deserve it.
Thanks. Partly because I cheated to get there, and partly because I could tell they didn't actually... believe it was me so I decided to let the cat out the bag.
Now obviously I've got a shock for you guys that wasn't me driving. I can't believe it! But it looked just like you inside the thing. It actually looked just like you. Please welcome the person you were actually racing Formula 2 and Formula 1 driver Jack Aitken.
It was all a ruse. You realised on the start line didn't you? Yeah I had a feeling.
I don't think that's yours pal. Yeah! Why are you drinking?