Who of us, car owners never dreamed at least once in your life flashed on a steep car to participate in the race, feel the king of the road?
Often it gets so expensive for people lucky or rich. Hollywood stars and other celebrities, sometimes in racing overalls flashed on television screens, but few of them had the honor to put the record car.
Renowned actor Idris Elba had done it! He does not just love cars. For him, they are — a hobby in life, and on television. We'll tell you all about it, finally leaving the most interesting and modern road record to date.
Somewhere on the outskirts of the West Factory is located Afiriki automotive concern Ford, which employ a conventional employee named Winston and inconspicuous worker Office of Eve. Young fell in love, create a family and moved to the eastern part of London. His first child they called Idris. Since childhood, his father told the boy about cars and his mother worked with her son music. Both of these areas have attracted Idris. When he grew up, he became a Hollywood star with a passion for cool cars and motor racing.
In his love of art and Idris Elba machines set foot on the path of telecasts. First, the British actor starred in commercials Jaguar, where he was to drive a diesel Jaguar XE from London to Berlin. The result was a four-part mini-documentary movie about how the Elbe started near the National Youth Music Theatre, and overcome the route length of more than 1,000 kilometers in three days, finished at a party in the heart of the German capital.
Not bypassed Idris Elba and motor sport. He chose nothing but a classic rally. A lot of celebrities do not appear there because of difficulties (easy to light up in a race like the «24 Hours of Le Mans»), but Idris overweening. Fans have several times seen the British actor in a racing car. He first appeared on the special stages of Monte Carlo. Right before the start of the World Cup. Elba was in the right seat as a navigator in one of the most experienced pilots. Sebastien Ogier fast ride Hollywood star along the seafront of Monaco on the VW Polo R WRC.
On the actor did not stop progress and has applied to the third stage of the European Championship 2015 Circuit of Ireland (asphalt race in Northern Ireland). In April, Idris Elba made the pilot. He helped his co-driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi. Mentor newly racer was Jimmy McRae, who has already won seven times on the Circuit of Ireland. Bet his counsel have had a huge demand from the actor?
The Briton, who played the role of Nelson Mandela in the movie «Long Walk to Freedom,» sat behind the wheel of Ford Fiesta R1 in April at the Circuit of Ireland 2015. This challenging race Idris Elba preparing the program Discavery — a reality show dedicated to racing. Transfer sponsored the production company of actor Green Door Pictures, Elba and he told reporters before the first release of the program: «I will take part in the toughest race test in my entire life. On the way to my goal, I met amazing extraordinary people, ride the most powerful types of vehicles, aircraft and boats. I hear a great number of stories about how far a person is willing to go to quench their thirst for speed. I pull out of my comfort zone and forced to compete with the best in the land, water and air. »
Each series of the project, and there will be four, lasts for 60 minutes. Filming transmission planning in the UK, Florida and California. In the program will be released soon. Do we see it in Russia? While this is a big question.
«TRANSFER, but where's the record?» — You ask. Amazing need for speed Idris Elba took him to the sandy beach known for Pendine Sands, at the beginning of the last century, there have established a lot of automobile and motorcycle speed records.
Eighty-eight years ago, Malcolm Campbell raced in the car Bluebird II, equipped with a 22.3-liter engine with 450 horsepower at a speed of 174.8 miles per hour (281km / h). In March 1927 Campbell tried to break the record of Godfrey Parry Thomas, but his car was in an accident during the student's record attempt, and the pilot was killed. Since then, the race was moved to the territory of the dry lake Bonneville, which found Malcolm Campbell and found it ideal for a record run.
Nobody even thought that someone will fly again on the sand with such great speed, and now, after almost 90 years, Malcolm broke the record for an actor! The car company Bentley and Idris Elba have teamed up to organize an unusual race. Like the heroes of past years, Idris Elba sat down at the machine with the engine V12. Displacement really turned out to be smaller — 6 liters, but two turbochargers, 635 liters. with. and 820 Nm of «output». Bentley Continental GT Speed takes the first hundred in 4.2 seconds and squeeze to maximum 331 km / h.
Check-in was held in the framework of the same transmission Discavery. And after Idris Elba was dispersed along the sandy beach to290 km / h , he did not hide svogo delight, spoke about how happy to follow in the footsteps of the great Sir Malcolm Campbell. The record is set, but the question is: if in the early twenties of the last century, the car can accelerate to 280 km / h, the car companies that did almost 100 years? Of course, Malcolm's car was built specifically for the establishment of a record, and Bentley Continental GT Speed - everyday coupe with high-speed capabilities, but essentially it does not change. The record is set, and Idris Elba will continue to love cars and drive. Good luck, a Hollywood star in reaching the top speed!
