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Above: This year Jonathan drove a Stagecoach Manchester Enviro 400MMC double-decker. Buses are allocated at random based on the order they arrive at the start line, and competitors normally don’t drive their own company’s vehicles in order to level the playing field and give everyone a fairer chance. Here, competitor number 17, Go-Ahead London’s Saverio Santulli is concentrating as he takes the same bus through the chicane. JONATHAN WELCH
