Gumball: the countdown

The sun is shining and the crowds are massing around the Gumball paddocks in Pall Mall. It’s about two minutes till drive-off and we’re surrounded by Pagani Zondas, Ferrari Dinos and the odd scantily clad lady. It’s a hard life.

Our faves on the grid have to be the Rolls-Royce Phantom, the numerous Ford GTs and the gorgeous Ferrari Dino. (It goes without saying that we’re quite keen on the Veyron, too). A couple of hours earlier all 250 Gumballers – including various celebrities and individuals with more money than your common or garden EU nation – had a briefing from the police about the perils of driving extravagantly. With cars like these, everyone’s going to have to show considerable restraint.

We can’t work out what we’re more excited about – the Xbox 360 with Guitar Hero II we have in the back seat, or the impending race off the start line. 

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home