๐คฏ๐ฅ When normal tracks get boring so you drill steel spikes into your tires to ride the Alps...
Taking a prototype MotoGP bike built exclusively for flawless grand prix asphalt and dropping it onto a freezing, snow-covered alpine slope is pure, unadulterated madness.
To pull off this legendary Red Bull stunt, engineers had to custom-build tires studded with hundreds of massive, razor-sharp steel spikes just so the 250+ horsepower Honda machine could find a shred of traction.
Watching eight-time world champion Marc Mรกrquez absolutely pin the throttle, kicking up massive rooster tails of snow while drifting a multi-million dollar machine down a ski resort, is a masterclass in absolute fearlessness.
Would you ever have the guts to open up the throttle on a spiked prototype race bike on pure ice, or does this cross the line into complete insanity?
What are your thoughts? ๐ค๐ญ
( Media: Red Bull )
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