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This story started badly. I can tell things haven't gone well, because approximately one hour after first stepping into the new Audi R8 GT, I'm curled uncomfortably in a semi-foetal position in the back of a police car having a painful conversation with two police officers. Neither look happy. Mind you, I probably don't look particularly Timmy Mallet either.

"Is that... vehicle... your car, Sir?'

He nods to the R8 GT gleaming menacingly in the lay-by, the Audi rings skulking under the broad blade of fixed rear wing. The massive exhausts look a bit like gun barrels. Big ones. 

Words: Tom Ford
Photography: Joe Windsor-Williams

This article was originally published in the December issue of Top Gear magazine