Just five days until the new series of Top Gear kicks off and Sunday nights become great again - and we're counting down each one with an exclusive preview.

Today's is even madder than the Euro-fighter versus Veyron lunacy we brought you yesterday - a race on the Top Gear test track between an Aston V8 Vantage and... a man.

The man in this case is German and he is also a fiend on rollerblades who holds the world record for skating from Frankfurt to Munich in under 24 hours. He's also been clocked at 175mph hanging on to the back of a ZX-12R Kawasaki.

For this challenge, though, he's strapped a rucksack with real, actual jet engines to his back. And if you think that sounds insane, wait until you actually see it.

Check back every day this week for more previews and video. The new series starts on Sunday October 7 at 8pm on BBC Two.

Check out our exclusive TGTV previews:

24 hours of Top Gear
Wet wet wet
Aston Martin Vantage vs jet man
Veyron vs jet fighter