Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
BMW F1 driver Nick Heidfeld and two-time motorbike world champion Troy Corser swap their race machines in this video produced sometime late last month. If you think about it… was this a subtle hint by BMW to Heidfeld that he will soon have to look to other forms of racing instead of his current BMW F1 car? Probably not… that’s got too much conspiracy theory kind of madness in it. Ah well. Watch the video after the jump.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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bye bye BMW…
nice try… may be other races…. dakar rally maybe…
Boring…
Wow.. actually I'm proud bcoz there appear PETRONAS name.. but very sad to hear that BMW is no longer a challenger in F1.
AW! what a tease… just a an ad and not much action on the actual race or drive it self… this is like a PR managed event and trying to raise funds for their depleting coffers… they should show the whole actual race to make this worthwhile..
Wow, so much torque steer for the superbike! Watch in 1:28 min time frame of the video
bmw come back please
hmmm….. makes me think….
how about swapping a nascar driver with wrc driver?
pro racer can drive different types of racing vehicle. 'The doctor' can drive a F1 car. Nick heidfeld can ride a racing bike..while troy corser drive a F1 car. Shumi can compete in supermotard race..i guess the training syllabus covers all types of motor racing.
if got traffic jam..sure Troy Corser lose..heh heh…
i think the underlying principle is the same, the line you have to take, throttle off/on in corners, straights etc.
All high class motorsports racer has this speacial talents..just throw them on any racing machine, and they will do it easily. Once a racer, always a racer. 2 wheels or 4 wheels for them is just the same. Valentino Rossi drove F1 and rally car. Shumi rides the motogp ducati and compete in supermoto. Kimi Raikkonen compete in rally. Sebastian Loeb drove F1..I can go on…
Sauber Petronas is the best..
Once a motorhead, always a motorhead. I guess the nombor of wheels is irrelevant…
if raining….sure Nick Heidfeld duduk bawah jambatan…..huh huh…
ahhahahha
F1 car oso dont have bumbung.. troy corser oso will park his F1 car & duduk bawah jambatan if it is rain la bro.. haha..
Long straight lines the F1 can dust the bike but short straight the bike can past the F1.The BMW got 2.4cc V8/10 800hp/920nm compared to the 998cc L4 235hp/150nm superbike.But for 0-100km its under 3 sec for the F1 while 2.3s for the bike.MotoGP bike got 250hp/170nm can do less than 2.2s for century sprint.
BMW is not a a challenging car for F1 racing b'coz it didn't stand up the F1 podium yet as a champion to date.
any superbike riders that are fast can drive F1 easily. Any fast riders on the road in fact can drives a car a lot faster & efficient than a driver who does not ride bikes for the speed. Cars are too easy..