- 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 buddy of Hamilton, additionally makes an look
Lewis Hamilton has marked his begin with Ferrari in Components 1 this season with a bit enjoyable: remaking a well-known scene involving a basic Ferrari from the Nineteen Eighties cult-classic film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
For readers not aware of the movie, it facilities across the titular excessive schooler (performed by Matthew Broderick) skipping college. At one level, Bueller and his buddy 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 depart 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 view on his YouTube channel, the seven-time Components 1 world champion performs the function of the attendant. Hamilton additionally acquired a buddy, Hollywood actor Edward Norton, who was typically mistaken in his earlier years for Ruck, to affix in, enjoying the function of the attendant’s colleague who joins in for the joyride.
Duplicate Ferrari from ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’
Three examples of the Ferrari have been used for filming the unique film, all of them replicas. One of many three was sacrificed for the scene during which the automotive takes a nosedive out of the Frye residence’s storage. The opposite replicas ended up in personal fingers, and Hamilton mentioned he tracked down one of many automobiles for the remade scene.
“That is to pay homage to the long-lasting movie and to rejoice my first season with Ferrari,” he mentioned. “Needed to get the precise automotive too—it’s been a dream automotive since seeing the film.”
Hamilton spent nearly all of his F1 profession with Mercedes-Benz AMG, the place he received six of his seven titles. Nevertheless, in recent times, the workforce struggled to keep up its aggressive edge, with poor performances and a widening hole to rivals like Purple Bull Racing and McLaren. Searching for a contemporary problem and a return to the highest, Hamilton made the daring choice 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.