Ben Collins may have garnered fame through his television work, but he is no stranger to the cockpit of a racing car. Across his career, he has raced everything from Le Mans prototypes to a Citroen 2CV. It will come as no surprise that the machinery Collins looks upon most fondly comes from the more powerful end of this list – not that there is anything wrong at all with 2CV racing! And no, his favourite isn't the BMW330d from Top Gear’s 2007 Britcar 24 Hours adventure either.
Instead, the 2003 ASCAR champion picks out the Ascari A410, later renamed the KZR-1, which was powered by a monstrous 590bph Judd GV4 V10 engine. Posed the question of which car from his back catalogue is his favourite at his long-awaited British GT return last month, Collins tells Autosport: “That’s easy, the Ascari LMP1, or LMP900 it was called.
