Hollywood actor Michael Fassbender to race in Le Mans

X-Men actor to drive for Proton Competition team in GTE Am class

The 24 Hours of Le Mans has attracted another Hollywood actor to take on the challenge of the legendary 13-km long circuit.

For 2022, X-Men star Michael Fassbender will be making his Le Mans debut onboard the #93 Porsche 911 RSR-19, driving alongside Matt Campbell and a yet-to-be-named third driver for the Proton Competition team in the GTE Am class.

The 44-year old German-Irish actor played the young Erik Lehnsherr, better known as Magneto in X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

Previously, Patrick Dempsey and Paul Newman were the most notable actors who have enjoyed success racing in Le Mans, as Newman scored a class victory in 1979, while Dempsey was able to achieve a class podium.

But in case you haven't noticed, Fassbender has been working on his racing career himself for quite a while now. He began racing in the Ferrari Challenge back in 2017 and famously worked his way up the Porsche ladder in 2019. Last year, his team finished the European Le Mans Series as the best-placed Porsche in the LMGTE class.

His professional motorsports journey is well-documented in his Youtube series Michael Fassbender: Road to Le Mans, which you can finish just before the actor makes his official debut at Circuit de la Sarthe.

With a team named Proton and a driver that played Magneto, will the #93 Porsche become a dominant force in the Le Mans field? We'll find out in June.