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Derek Bell and Bentley Continental Supersports on Nurburgring

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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.

Andrei Ursu
the authorAndrei Ursu
Andrei is one of the oldest automotive journalists of Automotorblog and has written more than 3000 articles for our publication. He has been passionate about cars since he was a small child, and he joined our team of writers in 2009. In addition to his passion for cars, he is also passionate about music. In his free time, he composes songs and sings them, which also brought him real success in the musical field.

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