Holy F1 Batman! The Batpod's gone public

By Ian Morris on 14 July 2008

Tags: bat bike | batman | batpod | dark knight | f1 | toyota | car | beating | britain | bump

We aren't going to make a secret of it: of all the superhero films out this year, we're most excited about The Dark Knight. As luck would have it, we've already spotted the Bat bike.

Naturally we just (ahem) happened to be at the British Grand Prix practice session Friday before last. And there, casually parked up against the Panasonic Toyota F1 trailer, was the new Bat bike. We can only assume that the man himself was either enjoying a cup of tea or beating the snot out of thieves in the car park.

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