Who Will Win This Drift, F1, RallyX, Trophy Truck Race?

Mad Mike’s drift-spec McLaren faces off against an F1 car, a rallycross racer, and a trophy truck in this crazy Red Bull motorsport mashup.

You need to witness this crazy eargasm-inducing mashup for yourself in the video below. But first, decide who you think is gonna bag the win. You may well be surprised by the outcome!

Red Bull’s latest motorsport experiment is a unique multi-discipline race that you’d (understandably) think would never work: an RB7 Formula 1 car, a rallycross Subaru WRX STI, an off-road PRO4 trophy truck, and a drift-spec McLaren, all battling it out on the same track. However, this custom-built layout is far from your typical circuit.

Each vehicle has a tailor-made route. Smooth tarmac for F1, waterlogged off-road sections and dirt jumps for the truck, mixed terrain for rallycross, and technical turns for the McLaren. It’s a course perfectly designed to level the playing field between these wildly different machines.

Reppin’ the drift scene is Mad Mike Whiddett’s latest insane creation, arguably his craziest yet, labeled “MADMAC.” If you somehow missed the project, the mind-blowing McLaren P1 build was transformed into a 1,000-horsepower rotary-powered drift beast.

Having built what’s possibly the most outlandish drift car we’ve ever witnessed with his team in just 100 days, it combines a hypercar chassis with the typical weapon of choice under the hood that Mad Mike is known for – the “Dorito” engine. A three-rotor turbocharged 20B, to be precise.

He’s stacked up against Patrick Friesacher in the RB7 F1 car, Scott Speed in the WRX STI, and Andrew Carlson in the PRO4 trophy truck on the start line. The only thing they seemingly have in common is that, as host Emelia Hartford explains, none of them are built to win in a straight line. No pressure, huh?

It seems like a race that’ll never work, but the Red Bull team does an awesome job of thinking outside the box to make it a fair test, making for a truly fascinating comparison and an enjoyable watch.

During practice, lap times are surprisingly close, but when the flag drops, the drivers take it up to “a hundy”, (as Mad Mike would say.) Each one pushes their ride to its absolute limits, unleashing a spectacular collision of F1 technology, RallyX agility, jumping truck abilities, and Mad Mike’s drifting flair in an epic showdown.

As the race gets underway, you can tell that each driver is determined to land the win, whatever it takes. As they head to the final sprint, the outcome is anyone’s guess.

We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did. Hey, Red Bull, please do more of these crazy side-by-side challenges!

Photography Credits

Thank you to Chris Tedesco / Red Bull Content Pool for the use of their media.

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