Red Bull is a brand that loves original images. While the team has been taking its Red Bull show all over the world in recent months, the Red Bull truck has now stopped in Romania to pose on the road of the Transalpina, crossing the Parâng Mountains from Ciocadia to Sebeș. This is the highest road in Romania, reaching an altitude of 2,145 meters, very close to the altitude that F1 cars experience in Mexico for the Mexican Grand Prix (2,240 m).
Patrick Friesacher, former F1 driver with Minardi in 2005, competed in 11 Formula 1 races alongside Christian Albers before being replaced by Robert Doornbos.
Having the opportunity to drive a Formula 1 car in this region of the Transalpina was something truly special. I love discovering spectacular roads, and the Transalpina was definitely a unique experience for me. All those successive turns, the dream landscapes, the challenges encountered along the way… it was like a dream come true, remembers Patrick Friesacher.
Patrick Friesacher was accompanied by a paraglider and a motorcyclist, all sponsored by Red Bull.
The experience was unique. For me, it was a new challenge, a new race, and I can say that the vibrations of the Formula 1 car took me out of my flying routine. I felt these vibrations at maximum intensity and, feeling them from the air, my paraglider and I became one with the car from the ground. I pushed the acceleration of adrenaline and speed to the maximum, said Toma Coconea, a Romanian paraglider.
