By Robert Emslie
You’d think that the wives of F1 drivers would be wired differently, considering the personalities of those to whom they are married. That obviously wasn’t the case when Riccardo Patrese took his better half along for a lap in a Honda Civic Type R – which isn’t even a car that’s likely to obtain truly frightening speeds outside of being dropped from the back of a C130.
That’s a great video of a truly unhappy passenger, and in this case, one who probably should have known better. I can remember another video of a wife or girlfriend being shown firsthand how fast an orange McLaren F1 will go on a closed runway, including a few donuts at the end in case she still had her appetite. She seemed equally as receptive as does Suzie Patrese
I can’t find that McLaren video anymore, but what I want you to find for me today are what you think are the best videos of a passenger – of any gender – either getting the crap scared out of them, or just generally having a bad time. The only condition that is mandatory is that they need to be funny and fun. Can you think of any videos that might fit the bill? What do you think is the best terrified passenger video on the Web?
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Jeff Glucker
Technically, she's not a passenger and the car is parked, but the expression on her face indicates there are a lot of other places she would rather be.
[youtube pycSzUS-Rf0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pycSzUS-Rf0 youtube]
Anyone riding pillion with Randy Mamola on his special GP bike probably shit their pants.
[youtube K9t_wsvwsOo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9t_wsvwsOo youtube]
This girl is not enjoying her ride in a race car.[youtube 79NYyoFTo2I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NYyoFTo2I youtube]
Me thinks you tagged the best one….
While it isn't as visually pleasing as a hot wife in the passenger seat, this video of a guy taking his mom around Laguna Seca in a Corvette Z06 is so fun to watch.
[youtube 9cTR9Ak6X9U&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cTR9Ak6X9U&feature=player_embedded youtube]
What I was going to post. This one kills me.
I would do this if I was certain my mom wouldn't have a heart attack from it.
I still remember the first time I saw videos of Darius' 240Z – I wonder what happened to that car?
You'd think, being a big name NASCAR driver, that he'd have a bit more iron in his spine.[youtube 2wX5Ap5Atsg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wX5Ap5Atsg youtube]
It's all the right turns.
Came for the DW ridealong with Brighty; leaving satisfied.
I'm sorry, but that was really forced. He was trying waaay too hard and he's not that good an actor.
I agree. I just think it's funny he's possibly purposely making himself look like he would be attracted to the color yellow.
There is no debate about this.
[youtube updyPbEJ8f4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=updyPbEJ8f4 youtube]
From last week. While not truly terrified, Matt Farah is definitely out of his comfort zone.
[youtube uz12w-Kw8o8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz12w-Kw8o8 youtube]
Lest we men be tempted to laugh a little too much at the "weaker sex"…
[youtube S3NSMx7Ev5A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3NSMx7Ev5A youtube]
Certainly this meets the criteria of scared female passenger. If I did this to my girlfriend my friends would all wonder where I'd vanished to. Hopefully someone would find the shallow grave. http://youtu.be/Prv0Sam_828
I like this one – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVesvdR3HV8
Best video, Pro division: Ari Vatanen scares his co-driver, Terry Harryman.
[youtube 0ubdVZP1oV8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ubdVZP1oV8 youtube]
I've never heard "maybe" used as a rally note description…
In-car videos like this blow my mind. His driving here is astounding, and I hope to someday possess 1/1000th of this ability.
I know, however, that I'll never possess 1/10000th of his ballsitude.
As I understand it, the weather for this particular event was constantly changing. So Harryman used "maybe' to caution Vatanen regarding any spot on the stage where the rain may have altered road conditions. This, of course, begs the question, "If Vatanen was this agressive in uncertain conditions, what was Ari's driving like when he was certain about stage conditions?"
Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ!…
There's a great one of a DTM driver and his wife (NINHO, YOU SAID YOU WOULDN"T GO FAST) on the 'Ring. I can't look for it cuz they cut off YouTube ("It eats up bandwidth!" " BUT WE DON"T HAVE ANY!")