The McLaren Artura is one heck of a performer and Daniel Ricciardo had the opportunity to put the car through its paces in March as he prepared for this year’s Formula 1 season with the British carmaker.

This short video shows the Australian driving ace, who is widely considered among the best on the F1 grid, driving the Artura around the famed Brands Hatch circuit in the UK. While he is much more accustomed to driving race cars with the aim of avoiding even the slightest hint of oversteer, Ricciardo is also more than capable of performing some impressive drifts in a mid-engined supercar like the Artura.

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Having previously raced with the Renault F1 team for the 2019 and 2020 seasons, there’s little doubt Ricciardo is enjoying some of the perks of racing with McLaren. After all, his company car for the last couple of seasons has been a Renault Megane RS but he has now swapped that for one of McLaren’s supercars.

While McLaren unveiled the Artura a couple of months ago, it only recently released some key performance figures. In a straight line, the Artura needs just 3.0 seconds to hit 62 mph (100 km/h) and goes on to hit 124 mph (200 km/h) in just 8.3 seconds. It can also sprint down the quarter-mile in 10.7 seconds and tops out at 205 mph (330 km/h).

Key to the car’s performance is its twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 supplemented by an electric motor that result in a combined 671 hp and 531 lb-ft (720 Nm) of torque.

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