Marc Marquez is out in Spielberg at the Red Bull Ring testing the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 car.

The six-time world champion has been trying out the team’s simulator and learning the nuances of going fast on four wheels for weeks now, and today’s the test to see if he can translate some of that epic two-wheel speed to a four-wheel car properly.

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On hand with the team is Aussie former F1 winner Mark Webber to help Marquez fine-tune the car.

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Of the modern era, Marquez is only the third rider to have tried the switch from two wheels to four, after key rivals Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.

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