Lewis Hamilton put himself in remade “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” scene
- Lewis Hamilton has starred in a remake of a scene from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
- The unique scene encompasses a duplicate Ferrari, which Hamilton tracked down for his remake
- Hollywood actor Edward Norton, a pal of Hamilton, additionally makes an look
Lewis Hamilton has marked his begin with Ferrari in Formulation 1 this season with somewhat enjoyable: remaking a well-known scene involving a traditional Ferrari from the Nineteen Eighties cult-classic film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
For readers not accustomed to the movie, it facilities across the titular excessive schooler (performed by Matthew Broderick) skipping college. At one level, Bueller and his pal Cameron Frye (performed by Alan Ruck) borrow a prized 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder belonging to Frye’s father.
In a single scene, they go away it at a storage and pay an attendant 5 entire bucks to take care of it, after which the attendant instantly takes the automotive for a joyride.
In Hamilton’s remake of the scene, which you’ll be able to view on his YouTube channel, the seven-time Formulation 1 world champion performs the position of the attendant. Hamilton additionally bought a pal, Hollywood actor Edward Norton, who was generally mistaken in his earlier years for Ruck, to affix in, enjoying the position of the attendant’s colleague who joins in for the joyride.
Reproduction Ferrari from ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’
Three examples of the Ferrari had been used for filming the unique film, all of them replicas. One of many three was sacrificed for the scene wherein the automotive takes a nosedive out of the Frye residence’s storage. The opposite replicas ended up in non-public arms, and Hamilton stated he tracked down one of many vehicles for the remade scene.
“That is to pay homage to the long-lasting movie and to rejoice my first season with Ferrari,” he stated. “Needed to get the precise automotive too—it’s been a dream automotive since seeing the film.”
Hamilton spent the vast majority of his F1 profession with Mercedes-Benz AMG, the place he received six of his seven titles. Nevertheless, lately, the staff struggled to take care of its aggressive edge, with poor performances and a widening hole to rivals like Pink Bull Racing and McLaren. In search of a contemporary problem and a return to the highest, Hamilton made the daring determination to affix Ferrari for the 2025 season. He’ll enter his first race with the Prancing Horse this weekend on the Australian Grand Prix, the season opener for the 2025 F1 season.
