This captivating onboard video is from a time when helmets were an afterthought, tires were the width of your necktie and Schumachers made shoes. Or in other words, the good old days. Sure, sure, safety is paramount but you have to wonder what it felt like to have the wind twirling your moustache at 150mph.
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Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with well over a million monthly readers from around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
