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I have just bought Jermery Clarkson's Head to Head on DVD. And it proves to any bikers out there that a well sorted car can beat a top bike around a race track. They pit Jason Plato in a Porsche Carrera 4 v's Nial McKenzie on a Yamaha R1 at Thruxton and the car gets it by .750 sec. The bike accelerated better by about 1.5 seconds, was faster on the straights by about 35mph but could not corner or go round bends or chicanes as fast as the car!. It also pits a Focus WRC v Stewart Ford F1 around silverstone the rally car was 37 seconds a lap slower!. This was very interesting because I remember reading somewhere that Henri Tovienn in 1986 went round Estoril in Portugal in a group B 450bhp Lancia Delta S4 in a time that would have qualifed him about 12th on the grid!!!
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