20 Years since the Girls' appearance on Fifth Gear in 2006
Today marks 20 years since the broadcast of the Girls' appearance on Fifth Gear when they were given a lesson on how to drive a car fast around a track by Jason Plato, then presenter on the show, 2 time BTCC champion and owner of Plato Racing in the BTCC
This was done at Silverstone, home of the British Grand Prix, (and using the then national layout this was pre-2010 when Bridge Corner was there (meaning at some point, they were driving down what would be the wrongway towards Abbey, which was a chicane and is now a corner at the beginning of a lap there now), there was no Wellington Straight and the F1 pits were at the approach to Copse Corner and not where they are now on the Hamilton Straight, this change was brought in for 2011 and the old pits still form part and are used by the national layout)
They went around in a Porsche 911 Carrera S (997 generation as it was) and all but Cheryl were taken around by Plato before getting behind the wheel and going out to go around the track the fastest
Sarah was the fastest of the Girls and even got a lesson in stunt driving techniques before the now infamous moment in the track prepped Ferrari 355 when she accidentally drove into their tour van trying to avoid the Porsche, a moment that's both really funny and really painful to watch at the same time because of how quickly it happened and damaging a Ferrari in the process
This whole segment was an iconic Sarah moment from start to finish because she just looked at home going around very fast and buzzing from the excitement and adrenaline right up to the moment she crashed the Ferrari and felt absolutely horrible about afterwards and everyone else wondering how she managed to do that
A moment in time that shows what Sarah was like and why we love her for it, just awesome