During recent visit to United State, Red Bull F1 team not only playing catch-up game with some cowboy. They also conduct special test with legendary Hollywood actor Tom Cruise. Cruise took a break from his current film project, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, to get behind the wheel at the Willow Springs circuit in California.
The seven-hour session was supervised by David Coulthard. They began by lapping the track together in a road car before Coulthard helped Cruise familiarise himself with the F1 machine, which was also supported by a 12 person crew from Red Bull's UK factory.
After a total of 24 laps, with time out between track stints to compare his telemetry to Coulthard's, Cruise cut his initial lap time by an impressive 11 seconds and reached a top speed of 181 mph, just 4 mph short of Coulthard.
Cruise, a long-time motorsport fan, has driven several competition cars over the years, but this was his first F1 experience. Formula One returns to his homeland next year with a race at the all-new Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
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