Cars star sold on F1
show
The worlds of Hollywood and Formula 1 collided once again at the
Spanish Grand Prix when the star of the new animation film Cars,
Owen Wilson, made a visit to the paddock.
The American actor, famed for his role as Hutch in the 21st century
remake of Starsky and Hutch, was a guest of the Renault team at
Catalunya, promoting the childrens film which sees him voice the
main character- an obnoxious cartoon stock-car.
It was the actors first appearance at an F1 race and he was
impressed by what he saw.
"This is the first ever race I have been to, and it is pretty
exciting to be backstage and to see what goes into it, he
enthused.
It seems much more technological than NASCAR which we have in the
US.
"There's a lot of race fans here, and it struck me how strange it
is that in every game, America has its own version - and it's the
same with racing. I kind of wish we took part more, so we could be
involved in all of this."
The film produced by Pixar, the film-makers behind Toy Story, sees
Wilson star alongside octogenarian race-fan Paul Newman and a
certain M Schumacher- who cameos as a red racing car.
"It has come from director John Lasseter's love of cars, he has set
it in a world of cars, and I am literally the voice of a race car,
says Wilson about the film.
So it tells my journey, starting as an obnoxious race car, who
gets his comeuppance and learns his lessons. It's a really
Hollywood story!"- itvF1
