In case you’ve missed it, racer Guy Martin and former driver David Coulthard have been competing in head-to-head challenges to examine the differences in science and technology between their two sports. It’s been a lot of fun—but none more so than the slalom challenge.
I can’t say I ever really expected to see a motorcycle and an F1 car compete against one another to set a faster time on a slalom test Martin and Coulthard threw together themselves.
Yeah, this head-to-head is definitely a little skewed in favor of the motorcycle—but the main thing to note is how deftly the F1 car is able to maneuver the course despite its extra length and weight:
That shit is cool. Martin is riding a Tyco BMW Superbike, which weighs about 375 lbs, according to . By contrast, Coulthard’s Red Bull RB8 F1 engine alone . Despite the discrepancies, Coulthard was still only a mere three seconds off Martin’s pace.
It’s hard to really declare a winner in a contest as unevenly matched as this one, but it is just really freakin’ cool to watch how smoothly both of these machines can move.