How does it feel to drive an F1 car? Even though it's a simplified Renault with a retired Prost chassis and 'just' 700bhp from its 'recycled' V10 (a current F1 car runs an 800bhp+ V8), the performance is phenomenal, because it weighs less than 600kg, which means a power to weight ratio twice as good as the McLaren F1's. Simply put, the Renault rocket makes the Audi R8 feel like a Subaru R1. Driving this ultimate hot-rod is like dating Zhang Ziyi – it can only go downhill from here, ha.

The drive of my life in the Renault Formula One car – read all about it in Torque Dec'08!

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