Tom Cruise drives F1 car
 

hes still pretty badass after all that Scientology bs

Love the vividness of the video, don't give an F about Cruise....

everytime I see Tom Cruise... 3 things come to mind

1.)

2.)

3.)

IN THAT ORDER

"The uploader has not made this video available"

:okay:

Yay up now!

Scientology BS aside, I'm pretty jealous of this guy... :okay:

Did Red Bull do this as sort of a promo gift, or did Cruise pay them? (The car even has a T.Cruise decal on it) If he did pay, I wonder how much that cost him.

Tom cruise's best role is

looks so fun :(

So...

Are F1 cars so good that even Tom Cruise can set some good times?

OR

Is Tom Cruise so good at driving that he can handle himself in a F1 car?

Dude, he flew a fucking Fighter Jet. Pretty sure he can handle one little car.

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Not sure how much training Tom Cruise had in F1 cars, but he is a licensed pilot and own several airplanes... I don't see the controls on F1 being much more complicated than a plane.

I question his abilities, or are modern f1 cars have so many electronic aids that just about anyone can drive them quickly? They are hinting that he could be "competitive" if he tried? Well how old is he? How old are the most competitive guys in f1? We all know reaction time goes down as you age.

^ guess you didn't read this thread

Is it just me or does it seem like his face is botox'd to hell?

The latter. However, his limits are much lower than the car's.

There are no electronic driver aids on a modern F1 car (no traction control, no stability control, no active suspension). I don't think they're hinting that he would be competitive - just that he could put up "good" times... and there is a difference between good times and competitive times, and competitive times and having the racecraft to rely upon in a race.

Well what do they have now that they didn't back in Sennas day? Recall hearing a few things that are different aside from the power.

Sequential-shift transmissions come to mind. There are shitloads of electronic gizmos that tweak and optimize parts of the car. However, these gizmos don't directly affect the driver's inputs into the car - the driver still has to apply throttle, brake and steer without, say, an electronic nanny intervening to control yaw.

Steering wheel - F1technical.net

(Traction control was banned a few years ago).

tom cruise vs rowan atkinson. rematch. go.

why cant jeremy clarkson or richard hammond drive them then...tom cruise may be a bit of a weirdo but the guy has a lot of skill...

and he has a p51 mustang so he has my respect

this video will show the differences.....downforce is a major upgrade now

This is a bit of a sidenote but that vid was bloody awesome. I still go back and watch it again from time to time just to watch some of those mindblowing laps from Senna :eek2:

Tom Cruise is the shit

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Schumacher8======>Senna (hell Mansell and Prost> Senna well maybe not so much Mansell but pretty close)

Surprised he never got into Nascar or F1 after Days of Thunder.

He almost fliped the Kia on the Top Gear test track.

yeah, his face looked like it was made of rubber...