So the new Jaguar F-Type is available to the press now and they are doing all kinds of tests with it. There is no doubt that on the road the F-Type is a cracking car, but what about the track? Of course, there are those who say it is irrelevant to look at a roadster as a track car, but the F-Type is first and foremost a sports car. So race track should be its second home.

So Tiff Needell headed to the Beford Autodrome to compare the Jag against the benchmark sports car, the Porsche 991, which in this case is a Cabriolet for the sake of fair play. See how things turn out: