Biaggi wants another chance ? (with video clip)

By Huw Alban
January 21 2006

On Wednesday MotoGP star Max Biaggi climbed into a Midland F1 car at Silverstone. Nine damp laps later, Biaggi shared a link to Formula 1, just like his long time rival Valentino Rossi.

"I took this chance and if there is another chance for me soon I will take it. Maybe this year I will race bikes, maybe not. Nothing is decided yet," Biaggi was quoted as saying to Reuters. "It was a good chance to sit in a Formula One car again and go to Silverstone where I didn't know the track yet. Maybe if I race bikes then I will know this track."

Is Biaggi trying to beat Rossi into getting an F1 seat ? Of course not. "It's not a kind of competition to see who jumps into Formula One first. It's all about getting the right feeling and checking if it's something that fits yourself, if I really feel comfortable inside a Formula One car."

"At the moment it is too early to say, very early, but I don't close any doors about these opportunities."

MF1 Racing have released a short video clip of Biaggi's time with the team. The clip starts with Biaggi in the EJ15B climbing up from Bridge, through Priory, Brooklands, Luffield and Woodcote, and up the start/finish straight. The footage ends with a short interview with him outside the garage.

Visitors with dial-up or ISDN internet connections can view a streamed version of the video by clicking on this link

Alternatively a higher quality version of the entire 21MB file can be downloaded from MF1 Racing's video download page