The German Stunt-rider wowed a partisan Karachi crowd with his amazing acrobatics at the Autocross Venue here on Friday night.

“It was amazing, it was intense,” Pfeiffer told Dawn. “But the crowd went a little overboard and caused the stage to collapse which shouldn’t really have happened.”

Farcical scenes were witnessed before Pfeiffer’s act as an uncontrollable crowd caused one of the two stages for the audience set on the sides of the track to collapse resulting in a few injuries.

The injured were rushed out of the venue, some in ambulances and other in private vehicles as the organisers, energy drink company Red Bull, failed miserably in controlling a wild crowd.

Tempers frayed. The bouncers at the entrance were seen exchanging hot words with the spectators who had come to see Pfeiffer’s road show amidst a frenzy of shoving and pushing.

If Pfeiffer was a little shaken by the mismanagement, he certainly didn’t show that on the two wheels.

A dazzling performance with local bikers was followed by a rip-roaring solo exhibition as the four-time world stunt-riding champion brought the crowd to its feet.

Although the local talent on offer did impress Pfeiffer, he reckons aspiring Pakistani stunt-riders need to use their heads more.

“They have fast bikes but the youngsters should avoid pulling off such high-risk maneuvers on main roads which can cause some serious damage,” he said.

“They really don’t need to do that on the main roads. For stunt-riding, all they need is a flat empty track and the key thing is that professional stunt-riding is done on low speeds.”

In a backdrop of blaring music, it was Pfeiffer’s solo act which reverberated in the Karachi night.

Starting off with the wheelies, Pfeiffer revved up the tempo with a series of adrenaline-pumping stoppies, with his customized BMW F800R firmly in his control.

Then came the burnouts with Pfeiffer doing a series on 360s standing either side of his bike.

But if that wasn’t enough, the crowd was treated to some impeccable hangs before Pfeiffer spread his legs on the tank for a sizzling wheelie.

“It’s really difficult to execute slow speed wheelies,” he said after the show. “You need to have full concentration and years of practice for perfect execution.”

The best was still to come.

Pfeiffer did a few more hangs before pulling off a Christ — a stunt where the rider stands on the tank of the bike with arms spread — and then rounding it off with the De Activator to jump off his bike flashing a victory sign to bring to an end what was a glorious performance.

“I’ve come here for peace,” Pfeiffer said. “I think Pakistan is a safe country and it can easily host international sporting events.”

Pakistan hasn’t hosted an international sporting event since the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked by gunmen on their way to Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium in March 2009.

But Pfeiffer believes it’s all about perspectives.

“Everyone has different perspectives about coming here and performing here,” he said. “In my opinion, Pakistan is conducive for international sport and I will tell my fellow athletes about this.”

The German also believes that the country has the right kind of fan support for developing motorsport.

“A lot of youngsters here are crazy about motorsport and today I got an overwhelming response from the fans,” he said.

“I think there is a huge fan base for motor sport in Pakistan and they can only build on that.

“Of course it will take a long way to groom drivers for Formula One or MotoGP and build infrastructure for that, Stunt-ridding and Rally driving can be developed.

“All it needs is an initial push.”

Red Bull are looking give the sport exactly that and in recent times have also brought autosport stars to Pakistan.

After bringing Turkish Ladies Rallying champions Burcu Cetinkaya to the country in 2011, they brought Lebanon’s Abdo Feghali, widely regarded as the ‘King of Drift’, earlier this year.

But while some lauded the organisers’ initiative, others slammed them for the mismanagement on Friday night.

“It was absolutely chaotic,”said Aurangzaib Alamgir who had come to watch the road show. “So many people had gathered here and they [organisers] had no plan to deal with it.

“Maybe they miscalculated that such a huge crowd would turn up.”

The road show moves to Lahore on Sunday where Pfeiffer will perform at the International Expo Centre.

Pfeiffer’s final exhibition in Pakistan will be at Islamabad’s Karting Arena on Wednesday.