Watch An Ex-F1 Driver In A V8 Pickup Dominate At A Track Day

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Tiff Needell is no ordinary driver, but then a Vauxhall Maloo VXR8 is no ordinary ute. The former has raced in Formula One, the latter has a supercharged Chevy LSA V8 good for 537bhp. Together they’re good enough to pass nearly everything else on track.

Tiff shot this for EVO at a track day at Silverstone and took care of every other road car on the circuit. The only cars that made their way past were race cars on slick tires, including a brand new GT3-spec Lamborghini Huracan, stripped and caged and FIA-approved. Even then, Tiff can stay with the Lambo on a technical set of turns.

The affair isn’t quite as ridiculous as the time some guy brought an actual ex-F1 car to a trackday, but it’s still righteous.