Red Bull Racing newbie, Daniel Ricciardo, recently took on one of the Top Guns from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in his F1 car…
Daniel Ricciardo made his debut behind the wheel of Red Bull Racing’s RB10 F1 car in front of his home crowd in Australia last weekend and even though the 24-year-old finished second, he was later disqualified after his car was deemed to have exceeded the maximum permitted fuel-flow rate. What a shame…
Before his big opener in Melbourne, the Perth-native raced his 380km/h Red Bull Racing show car against a 2000km/h F/A-18 Hornet flown by RAAF Flight Lieutenant, Michael Keightley.
While the RB10 made a good start off the line, it was never going to catch up with the Hornet once the plane was airborne. Still, it’s pretty cool to see two beastly machines racing on the same piece of tarmac.
“The craziest part was looking in my mirrors and seeing a Hornet – I’m just used to other Formula One cars behind me,” Daniel said.
“It was very surreal. I definitely felt the pure power of the Hornet and as it passed me I was just hoping that it wasn’t going to blow me off the track. It makes what I do seem low level compared to that!”
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