MIRROR. SIGNAL. REVUELTO.

Modern supercars are so good natured that they can cope with anything, right? How about a driving test at the toughest driving centre in the country?

- OLLIE MARRIAGE

TIME FOR THE EMERGENCY STOP.

I check my mirrors and, as instructed, pull over on the left-hand side of the road for the pre-briefing. I check my mirrors again. Can't be too careful. "I'd now like you to perform an emergency stop. When I raise my hand and say 'stop', I want you to..." While my examiner talks, I'm dimly aware of a figure swaggering out of the Best One opposite. A pair of heavy knees appear at the window, then a dripping ice cream and finally a face. It's having to stoop a long way down.

What's the etiquette now? Are you allowed to interact with a member of the public during your driving test? Aren't I under exam conditions? Since the car is safe, handbrake on and in park, I decide it's OK to engage. I lower the window. There's a slurp, then, "Tha' is f**king sound, man". He's not wrong, is he? A Lamborghini Revuelto kitted out like a BSM Corsa. I mean Lambo's 1,000bhp hybrid was going to cut enough of a dash around here without a cladding of L plates, but if you really want to set somewhere alight without breaking a single rule of the road...

So how hard is it to pass your driving test in a supercar? Something with scissor doors, a woeful turning circle, speed bump scraping ride height and approaching zero rear visibility? That's what I'm here to find out. My companion is Lamborghini's mightiest machine, the brand new Revuelto, complete with an 814bhp 6.5-litre V12 topped up to 1,001bhp by three e-motors, for 0-62mph in not today you don't and a top speed of straight to jail via test fail. It also has a nose lift. That'll prove very important. And surprisingly inadequate.