Actually, it wasn't on the limiter - held at about 5k IIRC. A little bit of left foot braking to keep the slide nice and slow, seemed to keep the Le Mans drunkards happy enough to be let through, lol!
Wow I don't think I'd wanna stand so close to the car if I were in the crowd. I saw a video of some Ferrari trying to do the same thing/showing off and all of a sudden the car steered itself to the left and hit a parked (crappy btw) car.
Actually - i think one was a bit later than the other (but on the same day/same place). The first one I did my mate messed up the camera, so I did it again a bit later on...
Very nicely controlled burnout sixspeed - personally I'd be nervous doing that with crowds so close
But I've found a much better pic of your number plate, in its previous incarnation - scroll down past the shapely Tamora arse shot, and check out the power this reg used to have: