Watch Brazilian F1 champion race a modern F1 Lotus

Kinja'd!!! "Hermann" (hermann)
08/05/2013 at 11:31 • Filed to: F1, Fittipaldi, Lotus

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A great video of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! being taken to France to take a Lotus F1 for a spin after 33 years away from F1.

http://globoesporte.globo.com/programas/espo…

I'm unable to embed the video, but you can check it out on the link.

He's trying out Kimi's 2010 Lotus on the Paul Ricard circuit in France. Takes lessons from Alain Prost's son and takes it out for a spin. He points that a great challenge is getting to know all the buttons and electronics. Back in the day cars had only one button, and it was for the radio.

"I need a power wash with detergent to get rid of my the mold and camphor ball odor. It's a lot of time I spent in the locker"

And in the end of the video:
"I'll sleep very happy. I'm very grateful, with the age I have, test and drive in a modern Formula 1. I want more! I felt how to live again... it's my life. Wonderful, wonderful... wish to return? A lot! But I can't. I hope to have another opportunity to get closer to the limit. It was a lot of adrenaline."


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Kinja'd!!! Nerd-Vol > Hermann
08/05/2013 at 12:00

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He's trying out Kimi's 2010 Lotus on the Paul Ricard circuit in France.

There was no Lotus in 2010 nor Kimi in F1.


Kinja'd!!! 3ch0 > Hermann
08/05/2013 at 12:31

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Sounds cool, but video seems to not work on this side of the pond.


Kinja'd!!! RX > Nerd-Vol
08/05/2013 at 13:00

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The source article is not in English. Looks like it says he is driving a 2010 car, which would have been the Renault R30, makes sense, the car pictured does not have a stepped nose. Not sure why the author says Kimi's car. Although the car pictured is painted in 2013 colors it has Romain written on it.

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