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When Abe raced Schumacher...

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Yamaha's Norick Abe, riding a YZR-M1 MotoGP bike, beats an F3 car in a drag race at the 2006 Toyota Motorsports Festival (pic: Toyota).
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MotoGP » When Abe raced Schumacher...

Thursday, 28th December 2006

2006 produced plenty of 'crossovers' between MotoGP and F1, but the end-of-season Toyota Motorsports Festival saw an interesting flat-out duel between Norick Abe and Ralf Schumacher...

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Nevertheless, Abe was unable to make up the early time lost to Schumacher and finished just 0.2secs behind the German at the finish line, fuelling speculation as to who would have won on a dry track.

Meanwhile, during a separate race, Abe comfortably beat a Formula 3 single seater racing car (lower picture).
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Yamaha`s Norick Abe, riding a YZR-M1 MotoGP bike, beats an F3 car in a drag race at the 2006 Toyota Motorsports Festival (pic: Toyota).
Toyota`s Ralf Schumacher battles Yamaha`s Norick Abe in an F1/MotoGP drag race at the 2006 Toyota Motorsports Festival (pic: Toyota).
Toyota`s Ralf Schumacher battles Yamaha`s Norick Abe in an F1/MotoGP drag race at the 2006 Toyota Motorsports Festival (pic: Toyota).
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