Pedrosa takes KTM MotoGP bike against F1 car on ice

Dani Pedrosa, a KTM MotoGP test rider, has taken part in a Red Bull ice race on a frozen lake against a title-winning 2011 Red Bull F1 car, a Subaru rally car, an off-road truck and a snowmobile. All five machines were fitted with studded tyres, and each had its own track layout to even out the contest, with the snowmobile covering the longest lap and the F1 car and Pedrosa's RC16 given the shortest and twistiest layouts.

Pedrosa said the ice produced massive spikes in the handling and that the team had shortened the suspension travel, used steel discs instead of carbon, and modified the engine mapping for the cold conditions. His rivals noted that one-wheel drive on ice was a hard challenge.

After a calibration lap, in which Pedrosa was second quickest behind the F1 car, the five machines raced head-to-head in the final, which the 31-time Grand Prix winner won.