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[TerryS]

Attached for interest is ad for the Falcon V8 race car of Mr. Bean  (aka Rowan Atkinson). Interesting reading.

https://racecarsdire...from-rowan-atki

[john aston]

I have always admired Rowan Atkinson, and his enthusiasm for the sport is longstanding and genuine. I remember seeing him at least 30 years ago at Cadwell  Park in a Renault Five race and his unpretentious enjoyment of the sport impresses . I was at an AMOC club meeting at Croft when he was racing the plug ugly Aston V8 Zagato - I noticed his McLaren F1 parked up in the paddock, covered in road filth and dead flies and with sandwich wrappings and a newspaper strewn over the passenger seats.  That's the way to enjoy a car like that  - and yes , I do remember it didn't end well for his F1 ....  

[RobertE]

A proper petrolhead! I did feel, though, that his portrayal of Birkin was - ahem - a little wide of the mark.

[jonpollak]

He played Jane Birkin???
Jp

[Tim Murray]

No, her first cousin once removed.

[sstiel]

Here's a cracking film about Rowan Atkinson's relationship with the car. The Driven Man:  

Here's the Tim Birkin drama too. Why was his depiction wrong?  

 

[Dick Dastardly]

I remember watching that documentary "The Driven Man".....because he played rugby like I did,  running in the opposite direction to where the ball was going ..and daydreaming of driving and racing cars...   So, we are kindred spirits....