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i've heard it was a porsche, driven by an f1 driver who, for legal reasons, was never named! the bike thing is, as votingfloater points out, clearly bullshit...

apparently there were people with walkie-talkies at certain junctions, just in case - but when he turns blind near the louvre, the guy's mike had packed up so the driver couldn't hear the warning about the bus that pops out just before he turns into the arch!