It shows the pair inside a Vauxhall Corsa weaving across lanes and grass verges before being stopped by a stinger device and hemmed in by nine police vehicles.

At one point 11 patrol cars and a police helicopter were involved in the 15-minute chase which reached speeds of up to 100mph before the Corsa almost mowed down one of the officers.

The 15-mile chase led to the two men being labelled nothing more than "daft lads" but both were locked up after admitting a string of motoring offences.

The drama started after 19-year-old Jonathan Robson and 20-year-old Daniel Hanley took the car from Woodstock Way, Hartlepool, on April 3.

Three days later they set off to visit a friend in Manchester but were spotted by traffic police on the M62, in West Yorkshire, and tried to evade officers.

They were eventually brought to a halt but even when the car was surrounded by police, Robson continued to drive and crashed into several police cars, forcing one officer to jump for cover.

They pleaded guilty to a number of offences relating to the incident when they appeared at Hartlepool Magistrates' Court and were sent to Teesside Crown Court for sentencing.

The magistrates' court was shown a police video of the pursuit with the Corsa swerving in between traffic at speeds from 80mph to more than 100mph along the M62, M1 and M621 motorways, in West Yorkshire.

In a statement read out at an earlier hearing, a police officer who was on the scene said: "There is no doubt in my mind that if I hadn't taken immediate action the Corsa would have run straight into me."

John Ellwood, mitigating for both, denied the driving was dangerous, saying: "The defendants were driving perfectly normally but then the police chase took place.

"I invite you to think what is excessively interesting is that 11 large police cars are chasing two daft lads in a Corsa."The accident occurred when the police vehicle rammed the car in what I am told is an approved fashion."

He added the driver would have been left disorientated by the police action and would not really have known what pedals he was pushing.

Robson, 19, of Bruce Crescent, Hartlepool, had admitted aggravated vehicle taking, driving while disqualified, having no insurance and interfering with a car.

He also admitted to earlier stealing armoured copper cabling worth around £300 from a building site on Merlin Way, Hartlepool.

Hanley, 20, of Bodmin Grove, Hartlepool, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking, taking without owner's consent, theft and interfering with a motor vehicle.

They both admitted to stealing £30 of petrol from a Total garage, in Blackhall, on April 6. Robson asked for six further offences to be taken into consideration and Hanley 15 other offences.

When they appeared at Teesside Crown Court Robson was sentenced to six months in a young offenders' institute and Hanley was given a six-month prison sentence.

Both were also banned for 12 months.