Renault Trafic review: F1-inspired van won’t be racing Lewis Hamilton – but it’s perfect for life on the road

AND there goes Hamilton in the Silver Arrows, Vettel in the Ferrari and, unless I’m very much mistaken, Dave from Dunstable in a Renault F1 van...

He’s just flown past Greggs, avoided Betfred until later, and now he’s turning sharp left into Screwfix, all expertly directed by TomTom.

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Renault has just launched special-edition Kangoo, Trafic and Master vans painted in the colours of its F1 team.

Black and yellow. Black and yellow. Black and yellow. Copyright Wiz Khalifa.

The mid-size Trafic Formula Edition you see here (£25,850 excluding vodka and tonic) is so car-like, it’s pretty much a Clio on stilts with a gigantic boot.

Cruise control, hill start assist, easy six-speed manual, 7in touchscreen, reversing camera, bendy headlights, Bluetooth, USBs, TalkSport, smartphone cradle, leather steering wheel, special mats, hands-free key card, deadlocking.

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You’re being spoiled and it will also do the job.

There’s a hatch in the bulkhead for 3.75-metre pipes (or stowaways, see below) and this low-roof version swallows up to 5.2 cubic metres.

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That’s three Euro pallets or 11 sheets of plasterboard. The left-side loading door is gratis, but the right-side loading door is an extra £280.

That coated floor and ply-lining costs extra too.

Now, you should know the Trafic is identical to the Luton-built Vauxhall Vivaro but for two things. 1) the Trafic has an extra year’s warranty at four years/100,000 miles and 2) it looks the business in F1 colours.