The battery-powered Renault Twizy is one of those vehicles that’s hard to define. It’s got four wheels, but it’s not really a car (technically, it’s a quadricycle). It resembles a golf cart but its 13-kilowatt electric motor can send it up to 50 mph. And when you put Formula One drivers behind the wheel, it still looks goofy, but also like a ton of fun.
That’s the point of this video, starring Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado. Both drive for the Lotus F1 team, which uses a Renault engine. Neither driver had a good 2014 season: They scored 10 points between them, compared to champion Lewis Hamilton’s 384. But they’re still among the best drivers in the world, and when you give them a lightweight ride with plenty of power and free run of the enormous and nearly empty Dubai Mall, they can put on a show.
There are two approaches to enjoying this video: If you’re going to be stuck in the office for the full day, go ahead and watch the full thing (it’s only two minutes). But if your goal is to get home before the bad weather and traffic locks you in at work, use our quick guide to the six best moments and where to find them.
0:19—Maldonado and Grosjean start driving after a gratuitous intro.
0:28—Things start to get exciting at Grosjean breaks loose the back of his Twizy.
0:34—The shot of the (real, 150 million-year-old) dinosaur skeleton in the Dubai Mall provides a subtle reminder that gas-power still dominates our driving. No matter how fun driving the electric Twizy looks.
0:54—In the best 20-second chunk of this video, Grosjean hits the ice rink, spinning his Twizy in circles as Maldonado happily watches from behind the glass.
1:22—Maldonado backs his Twizy into an elevator, pointing out how small this thing really is.
1:49—The drivers speed through a tunnel in the mall’s aquarium, with fish all around them. Maldonado is clearly having a great time.
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