I’m not really into motorsports, but I understand there’s a big Formula One race going on in Europe this weekend. I admire the capabilities of the F1 cars, and I thought I’d post a few racing-related videos. Enjoy!

The best video is up first. Ari Vatanen climbs Pike’s Peak in a Peugeot 405 T16. This is back from 1988. If you watch it, you will very likely break into a cold sweat. Ari literally speeds through hairpin turns where even the slightest miscalculation can throw him right over the edge and into the deadly precipice below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBYR2EYJe_I

“Top Gear” shows off one of the most exclusive cars in the world, the Ferrari Enzo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v==n8KuetZuOAc

The Dutch (I think) came up with this souped up cart that runs on a 1100CC bike engine and puts out 164 bhp. That thing looks terminally unsafe and I’d never get in it, but it does put up a good fight against a Dodge Viper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rPpoK3A8aE

Some spoiled brats race a Ferrari 355 against a Dodge Viper GTS through a twisty mountain road in California. What do you think happens when someone that doesn’t know how to drive rally-style gets behind the wheel of a Doge Viper? Watch and see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySLvePpB1vw

A plane lands on a motorhome in this next video — it gets billed as the world’s shortest runway:

This last one is another thriller. A stunt plane comes within inches of crashing miserably as it undergoes a loopdeloop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUzjLxqHy5g