Formula 1: Toby Price, the Dakar champion, has hinted at a special F1 vs Rally Car sprint off-road. He is filming for a speical collaboration to show who wins in a race between an off-road rally car and Red Bull F1 car. In what appears to be a Red Bull video shoot, the two-time Dakar Bikes class champion posted a teaser on Instagram. The video shows him pursuing a Red Bull Formula 1 car on dirt roads. Follow F1 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
During the shoot, Price was driving his Finke Desert Race-winning Mitsubishi-skinned Trophy Truck, as opposed to his usual two-wheeled mode of transport. The Red Bull RB7, which was used in a number of film shoots in Australia earlier this year, was the featured Formula 1 car.
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While the identity of the driver of the Formula 1 car isn’t clear, Price did reference Ricciardo in his social post. At one point Price tries to hop into the F1 car but doesn’t fit. “Definitely not sitting in that seat,” he says. “That’s as low as I’m going. The Formula 1 boys are definitely small.”
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Although the shoot’s location has not been disclosed, it appears to have taken place in the same area where Price’s Trophy Truck transporter was seen in late January, namely Bathurst.
Red Bull is believed to have conducted extensive filming during their journey to Australia in January and February. During the Bathurst 12-Hour weekend, Liam Lawson drove the car around Mount Panorama for several laps.
Although there was speculation that the demo run could result in a new outright lap record, Lawson did not make a serious attempt to beat the 1m48.8s record set by Jenson Button in a McLaren Formula 1 vehicle in 2011.
Moreover, during the same weekend, an RB7 and the Chevrolet Camaro Gen3 Supercars prototype shared the Bathurst track for filming purposes.
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