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Written by Jason Barlow
"You"re always sliding the car, spanking it yet controlling it all the time. Whereas in a sports car, like the R8, if you"re sliding you"re in bad shape. The DTM car is generally getting to oversteer in the race, and as a driver you"re more aware of the overall balance than the sheer speed."It"s 2004, and works Audi racing driver and soon to be record eight-times Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen is, quite frankly, closer to my gentleman"s area than I"d like. Don"t get me wrong: for my money, Tom is probably the greatest driver never to make it into Formula One (if that even matters), not just because his competition achievements speak for themselves, but also because his Danish wit is drier than a fortnight"s yoga retreat in the Sahara. Right now, though, he"s tightening my four-point race harness in this Audi A4 DTM car, a necessary but intimate part of the pre-test ritual, squishing sensitive anatomical areas into a race seat that almost encases the driver"s entire body and head.
Date written: 5 May 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3304
"You"re always sliding the car, spanking it yet controlling it all the time. Whereas in a sports car, like the R8, if you"re sliding you"re in bad shape. The DTM car is generally getting to oversteer in the race, and as a driver you"re more aware of the overall balance than the sheer speed."It"s 2004, and works Audi racing driver and soon to be record eight-times Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen is, quite frankly, closer to my gentleman"s area than I"d like. Don"t get me wrong: for my money, Tom is probably the greatest driver never to make it into Formula One (if that even matters), not just because his competition achievements speak for themselves, but also because his Danish wit is drier than a fortnight"s yoga retreat in the Sahara. Right now, though, he"s tightening my four-point race harness in this Audi A4 DTM car, a necessary but intimate part of the pre-test ritual, squishing sensitive anatomical areas into a race seat that almost encases the driver"s entire body and head.
Date written: 5 May 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3304
