Michael Fassbender Is Racing A Ferrari 488 For Kicks, Despite Not Owning A Car
When he’s not bringing life to characters like the creepy robot in Prometheus/Alien: Covenant and X-Men’s Magneto, Michael Fassbender likes to dabble in a bit of racing. At least, he does now: despite not owning a car of his own, the 40-year-old actor has teamed up with Ferrari itself to have a crack at the North American Ferrari Challenge this year. And he’s not doing too badly.
Speaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, Fassbender admits that his first race at Laguna Seca at the weekend weekend didn’t go too well as he ended up “third last,” but mentioned that he’d managed to finish “sixth in my class” aboard his 488 Challenge in race two. Fine work.
The 12 Years a Slave actor underwent training last year with Ferrari’s Corso Pilota training programme, and will be taking part in “four or five” events during 2017.
The Ferrari Challenge was conceived in 1992, with regional championships run in Europe, Asia and North America. For the 2017, the 488 Challenge - the series’ first turbocharged car -replaces the outgoing 458 Challenge Evo. It may not sound quite as good as its predecessor, but it makes up for that with speed - it’s a second faster around Ferrari’s Fiorano test track.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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The secret to his fast lap times?
Fassbender…
you deserve more upvotes, mate.
What is it with actors deciding they wanna become race car drivers all of a sudden?
Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle) became a race car driver and did exceptionally well.
X men series is over. That’s why. First prof X, then Magneto
He’s like a lot of CTzens. He doesn’t own a car.
Ooh, top comment in the making.
But he gets to drive on of these. Come on Ferrari, you know you want to let an inexperienced 16-year old like me into the driver’s seat…
Well, for once someone actually say they can drive a Ferrari instead of ‘owning 6 Bugattis, 3 Paganis and a collection of Lamborghinis.’
irony at it’s best x)
good one! :)
As a petrolhead, this is incredibly hard for me to comprehend. Most CTzens may have financial constraints or be too young to drive, hence not having a car. He has no such issues, he has tonnes of money and he’s racing in a series. If it were me I’d be buying a mile long list of cars as well as the racing. How can he not own a car lol is it just me guys
“We work in the dark, to serve the light. We are Race Drivers”
Well he does control all metal. Driving a car must be a cakewalk for him.
But carbon fiber monocoque yo
You forgot to mention the movie Steve Jobs in which he acted in the top paragraph