12.In 2010, Putin took a test drive of a Renault Formula One car a racing track in Leningrad. He reached the maximum speed of 240 km per hour.
In one of his displays of machismo, Putin drove a bright yellow Renault Formula One car while wearing a helmet with Russian flag and Russia’s national symbol, a double-headed eagle. It wasn’t his only display of vehicular expertise. He has also previously piloted a strategic bomber aircraft, drove four-wheeled Lada military jeeps and Harley-Davidson motorcycles with biker gangs.
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