Seven-time F1 champion Sir Lewis Hamilton acquired behind the wheel of the all-new INEOS Grenadier in a no-holds-barred shakedown on and off-road.
INEOS* chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe took the passenger seat for the drive on the Millbrook Proving Floor close to Bedford.
“I’m genuinely having fun with driving this automotive,” Sir Lewis mentioned. “It’s very comfy contemplating among the large dips we had been driving down. I used to be just about flat-out across the course. I’m massively stunned at how a lot grip there’s.”
Sir Jim added: “The Grenadier was designed to be good off-road, however we didn’t comprehend it was going to be pretty much as good as it’s on the street. I can positively say I don’t assume anybody has ever pushed it like Lewis drove it.”
The Grenadier has accomplished 1.1 million miles of utmost testing and growth in Demise Valley, USA, the dunes of the Center East, the Arctic Circle and the infamous Schöckl mountain in Austria.
Priced from £48,000, the boxy SUV includes a field part ladder body chassis, everlasting four-wheel drive, two-speed switch case and centre locking differential on all fashions.
*INEOS is a principal companion to the Mercedes-AMG Petronas System One workforce.
