Adrien Brody, Oscar winner and star of The Pianist, Asteroid City and Succession, put in another award-winning performance today behind the wheel of an innovative Formula E electric race car.
A massive motorsport fan, who started the engine of his automotive passion racing drag cars in New York City growing up, Brody jumped at the chance to experience the Formula E GEN3 race car on the track in Saudi Arabia where Formula E’s Diriyah E-Prix double-header of races take place on Friday and Saturday.
Wearing a full racing suit, boots, gloves and helmet, Formula E engineers worked with Adrien to ease into the confines of the single-seater cockpit of the GEN3 – the fastest, lightest, most powerful and efficient electric race car ever built.
Capable of over 200mph, Brody expertly handled the GEN3 for two laps around the 2.49km, 22-turn street track that snakes around the walls of the historic UNESCO World Heritage site.
Adrien Brody said: “Getting to do some electric laps today in the Porsche Taycan safety car with more than 700hp was awesome.
