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The former captain of the USS Enterprise, Jean-Luc Picard may have been able to handle to controls of a starship, but Formula One racing cars…? Hmm, that’s a different beast all together!
According to renowned Shakespearian actor, Sir Patrick Stewart when he drove the racer that won the 1957 British Grand Prix for the BBC2 (UK) documentary Racing Legends, he um…stalled it!
Stewart said Sir Stirling Moss, who looked on as he took the 1953 Vanwall’s controls – didn’t have much sympathy with his “lack of expertise” either.
The pair travel to Florence as part of the documentary in a classic Mercedes to retrace the route of Italy’s most famous road race – the Mille Miglia – and discuss how Stirling’s near-fatal crash may have been the best thing that ever happened to him.
However, despite the reaction to his first attempts, Patrick admitted he loved the experience of railing around the Aintree racing track at high speed.
But how will Sir Patrick cope when he drives a 1957 Formula 1 car at the scene of Stirling’s historic British Grand Prix victory?
After lending Patrick his old racing helmet and gloves, Stirling advised him: “Look upon it as a blind date. You never know what you’ve got until you get in there.”
Stewart told the BBC2 documentary, which airs on BBC America in January, “It felt absolutely brilliant – this beats the Enterprise any day.”
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