BBC Top Gear Magazine

THE MIDDLE LANE

t is official. Britain is of dunces. This revelation comes courtesy of a recent survey from a ‘leading car care brand’ (no idea), which discovered – and announced with no small measure of glee – that the majority of Britons did not know a peregrine falcon was quicker than a Ferrari 812 Superfast.

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