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VIDEO: An F1 car against a rugby scrum

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Daniel Ricciardo is used to pushing hard in an F1 car, but never before has he had to take on a rugby scrum.

That was, until Red Bull decided to go up against English Premiership side Bath Rugby at its Farleigh House training facility, with the 2012 championship winning RB8 pushing against the Bath first choice pack.

"I didn’t quite understand what they wanted to do at first, I was like, ‘How do you do that?’" Ricciardo told the official Red Bull website. "But obviously now that I’ve seen it, I think it’s really cool.

"I like things that are different and that no-one’s ever done before, so it’s cool to be a part of that idea. Then the backdrop and everything at Bath is very cool too."

Check out the full video from Red Bull below, and look out for an impressive kick from Ricciardo at the end of the clip...

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.