It must be pretty cool to have a marketing budget of the size that Red Bull gets to play with. Not only does the Austrian energy drinks firm own two Formula One teams, it also gets to pull off all sorts of crazy stunts, such as this Czech-Slovakia road trip. This latest stunt follows on the US road trip and Dutch adventure that the company has previously filmed.

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Old Europe

In the Czech-Slovakia road trip the title-winning RB7 goes on a wild ride from a castle in the Czech Republic to another in Slovakia. Ex-Red Bull Racing pilot David Coulthard starts at the Prague Castle and takes a flat-out blast across the Charles Bridge. On his excursion the 13-time F1 winner powers through the scenic vineyards of the Moravia region and onto Slovakia’s beautiful capital Bratislava before heading to Proprad Airfield.

Said Coulthard: I really enjoy the fact that I have the opportunity to showcase the Formula One car across different countries and here in the Czech Republic and Slovakia we’re on cobbled streets and dusty tracks and some beautiful scenery in the mountains. It’s been incredible and From Castle to Castle has been like a journey of discovery for me as well as showcasing what a Formula One car can do off-track.”

Upside down antics

At the Proprad Airfield Coulthard meets up with 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Champion Martin Šonka. Šonka flipped his Extra 300 SR plane upside down for full-throttle flight just metres above the F1 car with the drivers almost eyeball to eyeball throughout.

Coulthard said: “The great thing about this film is that it’s all real. When the aircraft is just a few metres above the RB7 and upside down, that is real, that is the skill of Martin. He’s a professional right at the top of his game.”

Šonka added: “We have both have very limited vision out of our cockpits and for me to fly at such a low level and inverted, I more or less need to look to the front to be able to control the height of the plane. The driver also has to look to the front but because of the head and neck restraint F1 drivers use he can’t look up. So we solved the problem by placing a small mirror in front of him so he could see me and look to the front. It was incredible to fly in such a formation, plus I’m a big fan of Formula 1 so just seeing the car so close from the cockpit of my airplane was something really special.”

Coulthard also has a brief encounter with another Honda-powered high-performance car on the way to his final destination. Catch all the cinematic action in the video below. If you enjoy the post please feel free to share using the social media buttons.