Formula E confirms more Evo Sessions celebrities
Formula E has announced the next batch of famous faces that will take part in its Evo Sessions program.
Evo Sessions will take place between the Jeddah and Miami E-Prix, with those taking part being assigned to a Formula E team, then undergoing a six-week training program before a two-day track event at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on March 5-6.
Joining the line-up is actor Tom Felton, best-known for playing Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, Australian automotive influencer "Supercar Blondie," Mexican content creator JUCA, and motorsport content creator and professional driver Scott Mansell, otherwise known as Driver 61.
“I’ve grown up loving wheels my entire life,” said Felton. “From my dad teaching me to ride a bicycle to putting my first poster up on my bedroom wall of a supercar. When I learned to drive a car it was the most liberating experience I’ve ever had. Better than a broomstick even.
“From my dad teaching me to feather a clutch in our 1979 Ford Fiesta which he had taught my three older brothers to drive in, to driving my first sports car. Nothing could compare to the excitement I have to actually be seated in the driver’s seat of arguably the most exciting vehicle on four wheels on the planet. I know it needs a fifth wheel to steer and I am beyond thrilled to be given the opportunity to do so.
"I’ll play it cool on the day, obviously, but my inner nine-year-old self will be screaming with joy the moment I get even close to the Formula E car -- let alone get to actually drive one! It’ll be a pinch myself, dream-come-true moment and I will make the most of every second.”
The new additions join Sergio Agüero, Emelia Hartford, Cleo Abram, Lucien Laviscount, Vinnie Hacker and Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, who is the first name to have been assigned to a team, with him working with Jaguar TCS Racing. With 10 names announced, that leaves just one more to come.
Dominik Wilde
Dominik often jokes that he was born in the wrong country – a lover of NASCAR and IndyCar, he covered both in a past life as a junior at Autosport in the UK, but he’s spent most of his career to date covering the sliding and flying antics of the U.S.’ interpretation of rallycross. Rather fitting for a man that says he likes “seeing cars do what they’re not supposed to do”, previously worked for a car stunt show, and once even rolled a rally car with Travis Pastrana. He was also comprehensively beaten in a kart race by Sebastien Loeb once, but who hasn’t been?
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