Watch The Stig lap a 300bhp modified Toyota GR Yaris around the TG track

Brit tuner Litchfield has done some unholy things to one of the hot hatch hall of fame’s newest entrants, the mighty Toyota GR Yaris.

Boss Iain Litchfield bought a pair of Toyotas to “accelerate” the tuning programme early last year. And initial tests boosted the Toyota’s 257bhp, 1.6-litre three-pot turbo to something a little more rounded: 300bhp. So to see just how far Litchfield's hot hatch sorcery had gone, we scrambled The Stig - on one of the hottest days of last summer - and pointed him in the direction of the Top Gear Test Track.

The time? Over two and a half seconds quicker than the standard car...