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Moto GP star Jorge Lorenzo tested a Mercedes Formula One car today.
The three-times champion of world motorcycle racing drove a 2014-specification Mercedes W05, as used by Lewis Hamilton to win the world championship that year.
Lorenzo described the run as a “dream come true”. He drove the car at Silverstone, which hosts Britain’s Moto GP round as well as F1’s British Grand Prix.
Lorenzo’s Moto GP rival Valentino Rossi has previously tested a Formula One car. He had his first run in a Ferrari in 2008 and also tested for them again in 2010.
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