Chris recently blogged about
meeting Lewis Hamilton
at Silverstone and enjoying a bit of a cheeky drift-off in two E63 AMG estates. Cool story in itself but what were they actually doing there? Well, Mercedes was filming a nifty
360-degree movie
of its new 2014 F1 car (now available in the iPad App Store - search 'F1 360') and Chris was along to watch what was going on.
'Fancy a quick blast Lewis?' Go on then...
Ever the opportunist he saw a chance to go drifting with Hamilton and you know what happened next. Better than that, you can now SEE what happened next and from any angle you choose to. The technology that did this required, according to our Mercedes PR man, six cameras shooting at 40fps and 'a computer as big as an E63 Estate' but it's best not to think about that and instead enjoy a bit of guilt-free hooning that cost Mercedes three sets of tyres and proved to Chris that, yes, F1 drivers can drift.
There are two vids below - the first is exclusive footage of Chris's warm-up session, the second is his paired run with Hamilton leading in the white car. Move your mouse around to vary the view though, be warned, some of the angles might make you feel a bit queasy!
Harris warms up
Harris and Hamilton