Men take road-legal F1 car onto public roads to complete six real-world challenges in order to see if it's truly practical for everyday use

Two friends wanted to see if a road-legal F1 car could serve as a practical daily driver, so they took one onto the road to complete six real-world challenges.

Zach and Max wanted to see if this Formula One car could cut it as a standard car out on the roads of the UK.

It certainly didn’t look like your average daily driver, but looks can be deceiving, right?

Would these six real-world challenges be the car’s downfall or its shining moment?

How would this road-legal F1 car fare on the streets of London?

Zach, one of the hosts over at Quadrant, had six challenges lined up for the F1 car across London.

“We’ll found out whether this car should be legal,” he remarked.

A lack of satnav presented a problem early on, so he picked up a co-driver – Max – to help out with directions.

The car was a tight squeeze for both guys, but they were ready to hit the road.

Challenge One – Drive to Buckingham Palace

What’s a drive around London without seeing some famous landmarks along the way?

With no reverse gear and no satnav, the two had quite the daunting task on their hands, and the drive to Buckingham Palace wasn’t going to be smooth.

Attracting tons of attention from the public and generating a whole lot of engine heat, they navigated the streets of the capital to get to the Palace.

It wasn’t an easy process, with a lack of turn signals also proving to be an issue on roundabouts.

But at long last, they passed Buckingham Palace.

“King Charles, come race me for pink slips!” Zach called out jokingly.

Given the impressive collection King Charles has, that’s something we’d like to see.

Challenge Two – Parking Garage

Next up, the duo headed over to a tight four-story car park.

The challenge was straight-forward enough on paper – park it into a standard parking space.

However, the reality was anything but easy.

Accidental handbrakes, a failing clutch, getting stuck in first gear, you name it and it happened.

Eventually, he managed to maneuver the car into a bay, albeit it at an angle.

However, the point of the challenge had been to do it in within five minutes, and on that front, he’d failed miserably.

Challenge Three – Passenger Comfort

The next challenge saw Max leaving the vehicle and Zach driving the streets of London looking for passengers to pick up.

To pass this challenge, the passenger would need to give the car a comfort rating of four out of five.

The first passenger eagerly gave it five stars right off the bat, while the second gave it a ‘million’.

It was similarly positive reviews from the next three passengers, with 4.5 proving to be the lowest rating.

On this challenge, the F1 car passed with flying colors.

Challenge Four – Practicality

Now it was time to see how the car would fare when it came to storage capabilities.

Zach picked Max up after a shopping trip, after which he had eight bags worth of stuff.

Since the car had no trunk to speak of, the two would need to put their thinking caps on to work on a solution.

Ultimately, they stuffed the bags down around the back seat, and hung a few from the wings.

They concluded this worked fine for small groceries, but wouldn’t do the job for moving anything bigger.

Add that into the ‘I could have told you that for free’ folder.

At any rate, they put this challenge down as ‘completed’.

Challenge Five – Refueling an F1 car

Next up was finding out whether the car could be refueled at a standard gas station.

Admittedly, some bizarre cars have rocked up at gas stations in the past, like this pink Barbie car.

But could this F1 car be refueled practically?

After making their way through the grueling traffic, they arrived at the station and filled up relatively easily.

A full tank set them back $20.41, which isn’t too bad, right?

Challenge Six – McDonald’s Drive-Thru

At long last, the final challenge was upon them and it may have proven to be the hardest one yet.

McDonald’s Drive-Thrus aren’t the place you’d usually see a Formula One car, and the tight turns served as a painful reminder of why that is.

By the time they made it to the window to collect their 100 chicken nuggets order, there was a queue of 10 customers waiting behind them, and the staff didn’t seem all that pleased.

“We didn’t mean to cause a kerfuffle!” he said to the staff, as he took his order.

At least he had 100 chicken nuggets to ease the awkwardness – even if a box did end up getting knocked to the ground.

Either way, the sixth challenge had been ticked off.

Did this F1 car have what it takes to be a daily driver?

“We’ve driven it along some of the most iconic roads in the world,” Zach said.

“Squeezed into a parking lot, gave members of the public an experience they’ll surely never forget, and survived both the [gas] station and the McDonald’s Drive-Thru.

“[As a daily driver] there’s better cars on the market – Ford Focus, Vauxhall Corsa, any other car in fact!”

Max gave the car a 2.5 out of 5, while Zach was a little more generous with 3 out of 5.