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Playboy Playmate Rides in F1 3-Seater at New Texas F1 Tack

Circuit of America is a brand new track in Texas, near Austin. Constructors broke grounds in January last year, and in a few weeks it will host the penultimate round of the 2012 Formula One season, the United States Grand Prix.
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The track is 3.4 miles long (5.5 km) and will also host MotoGP, the Australian V8 Supercars series, the Rolex Cup and ALMS in 2013.

At an official event, Pirellli Media wanted to do something a bit special and stuck Playboy playmate Pilar Lastra in a 3-seater Formula One car with Mario Andretti behind the wheel. 31 year old Pilar was named Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 2004.

Though this thing has an interesting design, it’s nowhere near as scary as a real F1 car. The engine doesn’t rev anywhere near as freely and sounds a bit like a GP3 engine. This is like America’s version of F1, but it’s still a cool ride.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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