18:43Richard Hammond VS James May – Plane vs Car RACE!
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Fans have seen Hammond and May do car challenges together for years, and here they're on opposite sides of a start line. A plane sounds like it should win easily, yet the car is lined up as a real rival. So which of them loses?
Full names up front catch viewers searching for either presenter, and 'RACE' in capitals tells you it's a proper contest with a winner, not a road test.
The words repeat the title, so what the thumbnail adds is sides, with Hammond's label by the car and May's by the plane, like two teams lining up.
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