BigJ was great enough to find me a copy of yesterday’s Fifth Gear and I’ve torrented it up for you all. Enjoy.

The Scene was slow today with releasing their rip (some group named “iNGOT” did today’s rip) and I’m unable to find a copy of it. I am looking though and will have a torrent out ASAP.

If you just can’t wait for our super fast public torrent, MotorWorld.net (previously known as Jabba’s World) has their own rip, but you’ll need to sign up to download.

Fifth Gear is back which is great news with us going through decent automotive television show withdrawal.

Looks like Fifth Gear has recently updated their website and changed their return date from “the end of January” to January 21st. I’ve updated the countdown at the top of the site to reflect the new specific date.

Yep, the last episode of the season is out now. Based on previous years, Fifth Gear will be back sometime in March or April.

EDIT: According to the Fifth Gear website, they’ll be back at the end of January, much sooner than expected!

RiVER caught the re-airing of Fifth Gear and finally released a rip of the episode. You can snag a torrent for it right here.

The Scene has still yet to release a rip of today’s Fifth Gear, so hence the no release yet. Stay tuned.

Usually the Scene is much, much faster (note the 15-30 minute release time of yesterday’s Top Gear) as Vuk has a pretty slow upload speed on his connection, but this is one of the cons of relying on them — they sometimes miss / forget / whatever Fifth Gear.

While filming for Fifth Gear, the Caparo T1 Jason was driving at 150 MPH burst into flames, giving him burns on his hands, face, and neck. Word is the burns are minor and he should be okay as he plans to race in the BTCC this weekend.

“We were testing the Caparo T1 for Fifth Gear and we took it to Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, a private testing facility, which is common practice.

“There was a slight loss of power, I looked in the mirror and saw some smoke, there was a slight smell of oil and then suddenly there was this intense heat. The car spontaneously erupted into a ball of flame and I was sat in the middle of a fireball. I hit the brakes, brought the car to a stop as quickly as I could and jumped out.”

More details at the BTCC’s website.

… but it should hold you over until next Sunday. Get the latest Fifth Gear right here.

And curse you Tiff for burning down the Top Gear storage barn!

Yeah, it’s out.