MotoGP legend races against Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull F1 car on snow

The Hall of Famer took part in the inaugural Ultimate Winter Race and beat an F1 car, rallycross car, snowmobile and Pro 4 Truck.

Making the achievement all the more impressive is that Pedrosa did it in the snow in Wisconsin.

The 31-time MotoGP race winner was aboard a KTM, the team he joined after his iconic 18-year Honda career, and that he still works for as a test rider.

Pedrosa rode one of his very own RC16s from his career, fitted with 207 spikes on the front tyres and 300 on the rear. Spikes is maybe the wrong term, given the massive nail-like studs compared to the other vehicles in the race.

The Austrian manufacturer also stiffened the suspension and switched from carbon to steel brake discs because of the -17 temperatures in Wisconsin.

Pedrosa’s competitors didn’t give him much of a chance, with Andrew Carlson saying: “One-wheel drive is not good for ice, he’s got it hardest; he’s out of his element.”

Each competitor had a different track suited to their discipline, ensuring the closest finish possible, leaving the final gap down to the rider or driver’s talent.

Heading out into the unknown, Pedrosa was fast straight away, but was clearly unable to get much of a lean angle on, and he eventually recorded a calibration time of 1:12.28.

That was the second fastest of all of the vehicles, with Sebastian Vettel’s 2011 F1 championship-winning Red Bull top on 1:11.46.

Then the competition got underway, and Gunnar Sterne on the snowmobile rocketed into the lead, as it was by far the fastest off the line.

However, by the halfway point, Pedrosa jumped from second to first, trading the lead with the F1 car and snowmobile.

Yet heading into the final three corners, Pedrosa continued pushing the limits of his bike, clearly increasing his lean angle to sprint out of the last turn and claim victory.

He was followed home by the snowmobile, then F1 car, then Pro 4 Truck, and finally the Rallycross car, driven by former F1 driver Scott Speed.

Speaking after the race, Patrick Friesacher, who drove the F1 car, commented: “Given it was -17 degrees Celsius, we made some modifications to the tyres and ride height.