Batmobile races Toyota F1 car at Silverstone

6 Jul, 2008 9 Comments

Pulling up to a set of lights in a Formula One race car would undoubtedly make you the most envied driver at the intersection - that is unless the Batmobile pulled up alongside you.

Well this is just what happened at Silverstone earlier this week when the Batmobile escorted the Panasonic Toyota Racing team Formula One car around the track for what was certainly the coolest lap ever.

The Batmobile is around 3m at its widest point, 4.5m long and 1.5m high and weighs in at around 2.5 tonnes however the absence of a front axle enables it to make extremely tight turns.

This stunt was of course done to celebrate the pending release of the new ‘The Dark Knight’ Batman film starring the late-great Heath Ledger.

The TF108 race car will also be sporting unique Batman livery for its actual onslaught of the Silverstone circuit for the British Grand Prix this weekend.

Toyota Formula One driver’s Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock posed alongside the Batmobile as well as the Bat-Pod - Batman’s motorbike - for what was a truly unique Kodak moment.

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9 Responses to “Batmobile races Toyota F1 car at Silverstone”

Sorin Says:
July 6th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Not often see something like this. And if we think at the differences between these 2 monsters … particularly difference in weight … Pretty good.
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AC COBRA Says:
July 6th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!!!! TOYBATMOBILE

THE BLAND MANUFACTURE MEETS THE UGLY DUCKLING !!!!!!!
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Joober Says:
July 6th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Lol, watched it on the news last night, looked like the F1 car had to stay on like 60km/h to stay neck and neck and look competitive…!, Would be great if Batman jumped out of the car did some karate chops here and there!
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Duck Says:
July 6th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
AC COBRA, That’s not nice………………… ;(
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Duck Says:
July 6th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
;(
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Crouchy Says:
July 7th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Not too sure that the bat mobile was “escorting” the f1 around lol.

Now lets see a turd hilux vs. the batmobile!

Although it would be a little unfair seeing as the trd is probably more expensive.
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oh what a feeeling Says:
July 7th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
now now crouchy dont cry because you cant afford a trd hilux! go buy a plastic model batmobile that may be something you can afford!
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Kyle Says:
July 7th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
For racing cars wheels must be of good quality….
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oh what a feeeling Says:
July 8th, 2008 at 7:54 am
crouchy! maybe it should be GROUCHY! what the hell does a trd hilux got to do with a f1 car and the batmobile stop reading other peoples comments and be original! as i said you proberly cant even afford the steering wheel of a trd hilux so go play little boy in another site and keep the content to the story at hand!
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