R8 V10 takes on two superbikes in Brazil's traffic.

"m2m, apex detective" (m2m)
10/22/2013 at 16:00 • Filed to: R8, V10, Brazil, car chase, idiots, wtf, superbike

TL;DR up front: world-class idiot in R8 chases superbikes on highway in Brazil, danger ensues.

Some people think that a supercar can keep a litre bike at bay. I believe that the opposite is the case under most circumstances. Chances to get away from a bike are slim and none, especially when there's traffic ... unless, of course, you go all Mad Max and decide to make your own laws. Always a great idea!

Anyway ... here's a clip I found today on the very !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! that gives you a pretty accurate idea of just how reckless you would need to be to actually pull off something like this.

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Good thing there's a guy in Brazil who was just that extra bit mad. To be fair, I'm only guessing that this is Brazil based on the plates and the fact that they speak Português. Said guy cruises along the highway at a leisurely 185 km/h, a woman in the R8's passenger seat, when two superbikes decide to pass them on the right. What an impudence , right?! The bikes are a puny Suzuki GSX-R1000 and an even more pedestrian Kawasaki ZX10R with its 200+ hp. The woman even begs him to not start a race, but he's already in the danger zone or something.

What ensues is not a simple blast of throttle "to show 'em" but a full-blown chase that would leave every normal driver's sphincter with muscle soreness. Idiot driver in his R8 decides that he totally needs to teach them a lesson and, in the process, endangers a whole lot of people, the two loonie bikers and his passenger included. None of them give a shit about safety, it seems, and when they should just throw in the towel, they also gun it.

There's overtaking on the right and on the shoulder, there's also borderline-suicidal tailgating ... All at speeds that easily exceed 200 km/h – what's the national speed limit in Brazil again?

When the Ninja rider is on the brink of crashing or overshooting, the woman in the passenger seat tries her best to persuade the driver to let them get away and stop pushing them. Clever girl!

In the end, nobody got hurt in this, except some people's pants maybe ... but there's just so much that could have, almost should have gone bad.

Always remember the wise Clarkson's words: "Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you." And there's lots of ways of becoming oh-so stationary very quickly.

Link to the video: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (in case Kinja hates embedding or me or both)

DISCUSSION (14)

smitdoshi > m2m, apex detective
10/22/2013 at 16:11

saw this yesterday. Its a crazy video and the amount of power that R8 has is ridiculous.

getchapopcorn > m2m, apex detective
10/22/2013 at 16:15

Things like this just piss me off to no end.

Victorious Secret > smitdoshi
10/22/2013 at 16:16

I'm going with tuned R8 if not a Stasis Supercharged R8

m2m, apex detective > getchapopcorn
10/22/2013 at 16:25

Just for the record ... this is not something I mean to endorse. I'd probably do my best to get the guy busted if something like this happened to me.

While nobody gets hurt here, the mere fact that he's some (felt) 10ft behind the biker's rear tire leads to buttclenching on my part ... everyone just had a metric shitton of luck and more balls than brain ... or ovaries than ... never mind.

Menebrio > Victorious Secret
10/22/2013 at 16:37

I don't think the Audi was tuned. I think like the driver pointed out the bumpy road scared the bikers, which in turn helped him pass the bikers with ease in most cases. Also the perception of speed is much higher due to the fact that the driver gets buffeted by the air directly.

m2m, apex detective > Menebrio
10/22/2013 at 17:00

The clip mentions 600hp for what it's worth ...

Gasolinelollipop > getchapopcorn
10/22/2013 at 17:10

I agree. This shit is completely stupid.

daender > m2m, apex detective
10/22/2013 at 17:10

Nice silver hot rod convertible (top up) at 4:50.

All I can say is that they're all stupidly lucky that everyone's able to drive away from this.

Shiftright > m2m, apex detective
10/22/2013 at 17:19

European Portuguese sounds beautiful to me. Brazilian Portuguese...not so much...Loses all of its elegance.

PS9 > Menebrio
10/22/2013 at 17:27

Had to be to be putting out 600hp. None of them left the factory rated for that, and no R8 will dyno for that without tuning.

PS9 > getchapopcorn
10/22/2013 at 17:29

What? You're acting like risking the lives of you, your passenger, and everybody else on the road just going about their fucking business just to prove your car can beat a motorcycle is a stupid thing to do.

...oh wait. That's because it totally is.

20binaFD > m2m, apex detective
10/22/2013 at 17:32

Thanks for the write up cpt. safety

20binaFD > getchapopcorn
10/22/2013 at 17:33

cuz your too yella to do it? u obviously never raced before so you dont know whats involved.

Menebrio > PS9
10/22/2013 at 17:53

completely missed that 600 hp mention. the stock V-10 makes somewhere around 525 hp so if that figure is true it does have some mods.