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Slick performance ... participant in Bizarre's Mobil 1 Race Day at Silverstone
Slick performance ... participant in Bizarre's Mobil 1 Race Day at Silverstone

IT'S not often LEWIS HAMILTON and JENSON BUTTON line up on the grid for the Monaco GP wishing they were somewhere else.

If they didn't take their careers so seriously they could have been taking part in the first-ever Bizarre Mobil 1 Race Day at Silverstone.

Out in front ... Page 3's Peta, cyclist Mark Cavendish and The Sun's Gordon Smart
Out in front ... Page 3's Peta, cyclist Mark Cavendish and The Sun's Gordon Smart
Bizarre christened the podium on the new £28million pits complex after some proper wheel-to-wheel racing in the pouring rain.
Some guest stars drove like pros in Ferraris, Nissan GT-Rs, Caterhams and single seaters. Some drove like their grannies.

Last instructions ... Peta receives some advice
Last instructions ... Peta receives some advice
I skippered a side containing N-DUBZ rapper FAZER, Soccer AM's HELEN CHAMBERLAIN and Radio 1's COMEDY DAVE.
While British touring car champ JASON PLATO led a team featuring THE ENEMY frontman TOM CLARKE, cycling hero MARK CAVENDISH and his missus PETA TODD, and TINCHY STRYDER.

The line-up ... Tinchy, Cav, Chamberlain, Clarke, Fazer and Comedy Dave
The line-up ... Tinchy, Cav, Chamberlain, Clarke, Fazer and Comedy Dave
Next time we'll be supplying Tinchy with a bumper seat - just so the stewards know there's actually someone driving the car.

Now you see him, now you don't ... Tinchy lives up to his name in the cockpit
Now you see him, now you don't ... Tinchy lives up to his name in the cockpit
After a day sitting around on our backsides, my team came out on top and earned the right to drench each other in champagne.

On the charge ... N-Dubz' Fazer
On the charge ... N-Dubz' Fazer
However, race ace MARK took the individual honours, netting the top score from all the competitions.
All those bike racing trophies have now been relegated to his downstairs loo - this is the one he really wanted.

Video: Bizarre revs up for Celeb GP

BIZ Editor Gordon Smart is up to speed at celebrity grand prix at Silverstone
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Driving experiences at Silverstone start from just £35. Find out more at silverstone.co.uk.
Top class.



Play our F1 game... and win British Grand Prix tickets

HERE'S your chance to win a pair of tickets to the British GP at Silverstone on July 10.
We've got three pairs to give away to the three fastest drivers of our Mobil 1 Track Challenge online race game, which you can play below.
Our current lap record is held by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes ace Lewis Hamilton.
But can you beat the 2008 F1 world champ?
Click the 'RACE' button next to the celebrity you want to challenge. Remember to log-in at the end of the race to record your track time and enter the competition.
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Entrants must be aged 18+. Accommodation and travel to and from Silverstone is not included. The prize will be three pairs of general admission tickets to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone (10 July 2011).

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