Movie star Michael Fassbender crashes in 24 Hours of Le Mans qualifying
Fa𒁏ssbender span out of control on a straight, crashing into the barrier and causing a red flag.
He was able to drive his Porsche 911 RSR, for Proton Competition, back into the♚ pits. Porsche c𓆉onfirmed he was unharmed.
The actor, aged 45, has been training for this ra♉ce for the past four years. He has already taken part in the Porsche Carrera Cup and the European Le M♛ans Series.
He is teaming up with Zach Rob♌ichon and Matt Campbell.
“It’s exciting and scary,” Fassbender said.
“It’s the history and the respect for the plac꧃e that gets you, I just hope that I perf🀅orm well, after this four-year journey. I feel like another four years would have been good! Anyway, it’s almost surreal to be here.
“There’s something so add𒈔ictive and mag🌼ical that’s hard to put into words. As soon as I left the track I wanted to go back on again immediately. Even the town itself, you can feel the race is in the blood here.
"It’s proper motor racing.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for 🌠a 🌃decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
