Richard takes the Renault R25 Formula 1 car for a spin round the legendary Silverstone track. Can he steel his nerves to complete 2 laps without destroying the very expensive vehicle?

Remember that Top Gear episode when Richard Hammond drove an F1 car?
Driving an F1 car seems like a difficult task, but how much of it was real and
how much was Top Gear dramatics?"
-- Pro Driver Breaks Down Richard Hammond Driving F1 Car on Top Gear

The monocoque is the safety cell of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One car of Nico Rosberg. It was the aircraft industry which used carbon fibre monocoques first, only to be adapted by Formula One. It is light, but very strong. In case of an impact only the nose is supposed to crumble. In this feature Nico Rosberg explains how the monocoque saves his life, in combination with spectacular crash test images from the Allianz Center of Technology in Munich.