5:280-100 in less than a second. And I'm driving.
Scale & Specificity
- Under a second is quicker than a blink, so 0-100 in that time is hard to picture.
- Screaming, pointed at his helmet, says how it felt in a way a still photo can't.
- The harness and roll bar show a real race car.
Title
'And I'm driving' turns a fast-car fact into a personal risk, because the forces land on a presenter rather than a professional racer.
Thumbnail
Shooting from the nose of the car puts Tom's helmet dead center with the track blurring past, and the one-word caption points straight at him.
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