For those who don’t know, Derek Bell is a former pilot who won five times the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, he raced in F1 for Ferrari and worked as a stuntman in period of ’70s.
His pasion for motoring often brought him to the brink of death, the famous scene when he escaped of a Ferrari 512 seized by flames during filming John Frankenheimer’s movie, “Le Mans”. Bentley Continental Supersports is 110 kilograms lighter than the Continental GT and develops 630hp and 800Nm!
With this performance, sprint from 0 to 100 km/h is achieved in less than 4 seconds and reach a top speed of 329 km/h. Now, let’s see what can do a former champion with such a monster! Here he takes us along for a spin on a track at the Nurburgring circuit.
