11 August 2011 - 16:10
Can a MotoGP champ drive a DTM car?
Nicky Hayden is the 2006 MotoGP world champion, suggesting that on two wheels at least, he possesses an immodest level of skill and proficiency.
He recently paid a visit to Mercedes-Benz's DTM team to see if he could transpose these immodest skills into a racing C-Class AMG; an AMG with a very wide track, a very shiny body, a very loud 350kW V8 and a very low tolerance of failure.
David Coulthard was on hand to show him a few laps, and then Nicky was left to discover what an oversteery Merc feels like on full attack mode. You can see how he fared in the video below...
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