New starring role for movie legend Sir Patrick Stewart
04 May 2017|2,785 views
Acting legend Sir Patrick Stewart OBE - who famously played Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the iconic Star Trek sci-fi series, as well as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films - has just passed his official ARDS racing driver test at the Silverstone Motorsport Academy and is now ready to compete in a special Celebrity Challenge Trophy Race taking place at this summer's Silverstone Classic (Saturday 29th July).
Surprisingly, perhaps, for a self-confessed motorsport fan who, on the silver screen, has travelled around the universe at warp speeds, the Hollywood actor claims he rarely puts the pedal to the metal. "Speed is not a particularly big passion of mine," he says. "But when you are behind the wheel of a nice car it's quite exhilarating to open it up, and I am looking forward to the Classic race meeting very much. Everybody has got a little bit of competitiveness and aggression about them, so it will certainly be entertaining!"
Fuelling the Silverstone Classic's nostalgic atmosphere, the impressive posse of celebrities will be racing competition-prepared Austin A30 and A35 saloons, harking back to the late 1950s. The race programme will be split into two parts. Owners of the charismatic Austins will qualify on Friday and race on Sunday with the celebrities in action on Saturday.
Acting legend Sir Patrick Stewart OBE - who famously played Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the iconic Star Trek sci-fi series, as well as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films - has just passed his official ARDS racing driver test at the Silverstone Motorsport Academy and is now ready to compete in a special Celebrity Challenge Trophy Race taking place at this summer's Silverstone Classic (Saturday 29th July).
Surprisingly, perhaps, for a self-confessed motorsport fan who, on the silver screen, has travelled around the universe at warp speeds, the Hollywood actor claims he rarely puts the pedal to the metal. "Speed is not a particularly big passion of mine," he says. "But when you are behind the wheel of a nice car it's quite exhilarating to open it up, and I am looking forward to the Classic race meeting very much. Everybody has got a little bit of competitiveness and aggression about them, so it will certainly be entertaining!"
Fuelling the Silverstone Classic's nostalgic atmosphere, the impressive posse of celebrities will be racing competition-prepared Austin A30 and A35 saloons, harking back to the late 1950s. The race programme will be split into two parts. Owners of the charismatic Austins will qualify on Friday and race on Sunday with the celebrities in action on Saturday.
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