OPENING UP AGAIN

After months of lockdown and working from home, the chance to finally go for a proper drive is something to be relished. And what better way to enjoy all the sensations of speed than top-down in a Portofino

JOHN BARKER

Well, I wasn’t expecting that. Behind slow traffic approaching a hill with a crawler lane, traffic moves to the left, I nail the Portofino and scoot past the lot in one neat lunge… except that when the near-600bhp twin-turbo V8 hits peak power, I go ever so slightly dizzy. Dang! It really has been a while. Twelve weeks and five days to be exact. That was when I last drove for pleasure, or work, which for a motoring writer is pretty much the same thing. Three months of only essential journeys. It got to the point that when I plugged my phone into the car, the route it showed me was to the supermarket. Yep, in three months, my longest and most frequent drive was the 11-mile run to a…

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