It seems that Top Gear paired with PD just to make a joke of themselves. Each of the special events on the TGTT was absolutely horrible and seemed to highlight everything bad about either the cars or the track or both!
The samba bus race was very far from enjoyable and the lotus elise race made it seem like PD never even step foot into a lotus, let alone drive it to get data.
And who's idea was it to stick more than 1 car on the track (and in two very different areas too SO they can crash).