‘You’ll be driving the Aston’: stunt driver Ben Collins, Motor Sport ‘Racing At The Movies’, 2021
A 2008 Aston Martin DBS V12 with Milan plates caterwauls along a tunnel that skirts Lake Garda followed by an eager duo of black Alfa Romeo 159s. The road is ludicrously busy but the rat-a-tat of a Heckler & Koch G36C assault rifle from one of the pursuing cars means that adhering to the Italian speed limit is not an option for the recognisable DBS driver. Even when a door disappears following a collision with a lorry, our hero remains fully focused on outrunning his adversaries.
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