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Russia's Putin drives Formula 1 car at 150 miles per hour
RIA Novosti ^ | 14:55 07/11/2010 | Alexey Druzhinin

Posted on 11/07/2010 5:33:11 AM PST by pobeda1945

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tested his capacities as a Formula 1 pilot, driving a racing car for several hours at a speed of 240 km/ h (149 miles per hour) on a special track in the Leningrad Region in Russia's northwest.

Three racing cars - two vehicles for racing in the Formula's youth completions and one intended for the Formula 1 Grand Prix, were put on show in St. Petersburg on November 6 and 7. As part of the presentation of the racing cars, Putin personally drove a racing car on a special track in the Leningrad Region. Before getting into the car's cockpit, the premier received detailed instructions on how to drive the racing car.

The premier put on a helmet with Russia's national emblem and the word Russia inscribed on it, and also a Formula 1 outfit with his initials. The yellow color of the racing car was reminiscent of the Lada Kalina sport car that Putin had used to drive along the Chita-Khabarovsk Highway in the Russian Far East earlier this year.

A month ago, Putin attended a ceremony of signing an agreement with Formula One in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi, under which Russia will stage a Grand Prix in the country between 2014 and 2020.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: putin; russia
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To: pobeda1945

It is good to be Tsar...!


21 posted on 11/07/2010 6:03:56 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: pobeda1945

he does get to do fun stuff

And it keeps him in the news, appearing “strong”, without boring the people with policy details.


22 posted on 11/07/2010 6:06:23 AM PST by lack-of-trust
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To: vladimir998
No, I think Vlad is a helluva man, a very dangerous and cunning one, especially in comparison to what we've got now running our country.


23 posted on 11/07/2010 6:06:29 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

100% agree.


24 posted on 11/07/2010 6:10:03 AM PST by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: vladimir998

He has more cajones than our dear leader !

> Is he overcompensating for something?


25 posted on 11/07/2010 6:12:55 AM PST by CORedneck
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To: vladimir998

I think it has something to do with the way Putin swings his left arm when he walks.


26 posted on 11/07/2010 6:19:52 AM PST by Rappini ("Pro deo et Patria.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
at .015mph tooo...
27 posted on 11/07/2010 6:22:49 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: pobeda1945; All
Dos Equis man officially bumped to World's-Second-Most-Interesting-Man.

Stay thirsty my Comrades.

28 posted on 11/07/2010 6:22:59 AM PST by Rodamala
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To: Chode
" at .015mph tooo..."

His entire life has been spent with the pedal to the floor.

29 posted on 11/07/2010 6:25:37 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: pobeda1945
Another silly physical endurance stunt by Putin to impress the muzhiks. It's a Russian thing.

Even if it's not all that impressive. Almost everyone who's ever been on the autobahn in Germany has driven that speed or close to it.

30 posted on 11/07/2010 6:28:37 AM PST by denydenydeny
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To: pobeda1945
That's nuthin’, our Zer0 has driven the car of state off the Marxist cliff while golfing.
31 posted on 11/07/2010 6:34:48 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
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To: NELSON111

I’ve had my old LS-400 up to 130, and there was still pedal left.


32 posted on 11/07/2010 6:35:21 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Blueflag
Exactly. Just head west out of Munich. No matter how fast you drive, SOMEONE will pass you. 220 kph is just a nice cruise.

Boy, you ain't kiddin'. My first time on the autobahn, I was doing 225 and was passed by a soccer mom driving a Peugeot wagon full of kids.
33 posted on 11/07/2010 6:38:42 AM PST by BikerJoe
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To: pobeda1945

“The most interesting man in the world.”


34 posted on 11/07/2010 6:46:09 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: Blueflag

“While one can be jealous of the opportunity to drive an F1 car at 150 mph, one should not be impressed. 150 mph is cruising. You barely feel it.”

My thought, too. Looks like he was afraid to put his foot in it. sd


35 posted on 11/07/2010 6:47:29 AM PST by shotdog (I love my country. It's our government I'm afraid of.)
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To: brewcrew

brewcrew,
there are several drivers schools around the country like the one at Sebring, Florida where you can get trained to drive race cars.
You want to bad enough, check it out.


36 posted on 11/07/2010 6:47:34 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Get out of our house and take your big ass wookie bride with ya)
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To: vladimir998
“Is he overcompensating for something?”

Are you kidding me? I turn 60 in 11 days, I'd give my left (well you know) to take a Formula 1 car around the track! Would you accuse me of the same? Hell I still want to ride a Harley some day, is that another overcompensation? Men are a strange creature they may go to extremes just to retrieve a little of they're youth and excitement. They can't help it, It's in they're DNA. I've never heard a woman say “Hold my beer and watch this”

Correction!
Many years ago my buddies girlfriend had drank enough she decided to take a turn on the bucking barrel. Those were the last words she spoke before saddleing the barrel. There was a loud scream and a sick thud as here nose an saddle horn met in mid air.

37 posted on 11/07/2010 6:58:29 AM PST by Dusty Road
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To: omega4179

LMAO


38 posted on 11/07/2010 7:06:42 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: pobeda1945

Lets get em to build a nascar track.That will ruin them for sure.


39 posted on 11/07/2010 7:07:51 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Blueflag

I agree with you. If Pooty-Poot wants to show he is a real man let’s see him get on a GSX1300R Suzuki Hyabusa and push to 150mph or more.


40 posted on 11/07/2010 7:12:13 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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