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This is a rather expensive way of working out your arm muscles, I thought. Slaloming rapidly through a section of the track, these arms of mine, which have been spoilt silly by EPS-ified 1.2-litre hatchbacks, are discovering some parts which were previously not known to exist. But what a fun way of working out! I am warming up and so is the Audi R8 V10 – the dismal, wet weather is threatening to play spoilsport, but what’s a bit of precipitation when you have quattro?
The setting is staggering. I am at a Communist-era airfield which has been converted into a performance driving centre. The area is called Gross Dolln and it is close to Berlin. What’s amazing is that there are lots of sections which still have remnants of the Cold War era. There are crumbling barracks for soldiers and underground bunkers. And the hospitality areas for the track are all housed inside aircraft hangars. Awesome. I would have remained transfixed and explored the area fully, but when there’s temptation in the form of a high-tech supercar with 525 bhp, I have to succumb to it.
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