MCN's Steve Farrell writes: "I have never done a track day or got my knee down and think the 47bhp made by my BMWG650GS is plenty. So I was the obvious choice in MCN's office to stick on the back of a 180bhp superbike bike ridden by Britain's only MotoGP racer on one of the fastest circuits in the sport's calendar.

"The idea is to promote Silverstone GP by terrifying some journalists, a plan to be executed to devastating effect by Cal Crutchlow on a Yamaha R1."

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