Bentley Supersports star in ‘Gymkhana-like’ video featuring Travis pastrana

MANILA: Bentley has teamed up with daredevil Travis Pastrana to highlight the capabilities of its newest performance-oriented vehicle, the Supersports. 

Its capabilities are shown in full display in the short film, Supersports: Full Send. The video is touted as the most exhilarating and dynamic film ever released by Bentley, which was shot entirely at the storied carmaker’s campus and Dream Factory in Crewe, England.

You can watch the video, here. 

According to Bentley, the film includes special guests – some obvious, some a little more inconspicuous.

Guest stars 

While many would assume that guests in the video are personalities, some of the stars featured in the film are actual cars. 

The clip starts at the marque’s Engineering Technical Center, with the Full Send car surrounded by some performance icons of Bentley’s past. These include both generations of Continental GT3 race car, the 2003 Le Mans winning Speed 8 (chassis 004/5), and even the W16-powered Hunaudières concept car from 1999.

Both the Pikes Peak Bentayga and Pikes Peak Continental GT appear in a scene shot through Bentley’s solar panel car park, with the two specials giving chase to Pastrana through the complex and past Bentley’s future luxury urban sport utility vehicle, launching later this year and so wearing camouflage.

More cars from Bentley’s Heritage Collection make special appearances, in the shape of five pre-war Bentleys led by the 1929 Team Blower #2 – the most iconic and valuable Bentley in history – and followed by two more Blowers, a Speed Six and a 1926 3 Litre Speed Model.

Also to watch out for is the Bentley EXP 15 design vision concept, atop the newly opened Design Center at the heart of the Bentley campus. 

Finally, Bentley Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Frank-Steffen Walliser, who sets to work when he’s greeted with acres of tire marks across Bentley’s campus, makes a cameo. 

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Bentley Supersports: notable specifications 

The Bentley Supersports, as the name suggests, is a super sports car that generates some 656 horsepower. Together with a rear-wheel drive configuration and a highly-developed chassis, the automobile is able to reach “a new level of performance.” 

Per Bentley, the actual car used in the video was endowed some sweet modifications. 

One of the major upgrades is a hydraulic handbrake, mounted alongside the steering wheel, to enable instantaneous locking of the rear axle. Further, the handbrake was integrated into the car’s control system to allow instant power recovery once released. 

Other mods include software modifications to allow “power braking,” where the brake and throttle can be applied simultaneously, to allow adjustment of cornering stance mid-drift and to allow the car to perform static and rolling burnouts.

The new Bentley Supersports is already sold out with some 500 samples already reserved for their respective owners. 

“The Full Send car will make appearances at upcoming Bentley events across 2026, and then be retained by Bentley as the newest member of the now 50-strong Heritage Collection based in Crewe,” the company wrote in a press release. 

Production of the new Bentley Supersports begins in the final quarter of 2026 ahead of first deliveries, which is scheduled to start in 2027. 

The new Bentley Supersports will be available in the following countries and areas: 

• United Kingdom 
• Europe 
• Switzerland 
• Turkey 
• United States of America 
• Canada 
• Australia 
• New Zealand 
• Malaysia 
• Japan 
• Oman 
• Bahrain 
• United Arab Emirates 
• Qatar 
• Kuwait

Travis Pastrana

Those who know Pastrana will know that the American motorsport professional — who found success in multiple disciplines, such as motocross, rally racing, stunt driving, and in National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing — became a successor of sorts to the late Ken Block. 

On that note, it is only fitting for the British luxury car brand to tap pastrana for a video that aims to showcase precision drifting, much like the Gymkhana videos produced by Block and the Bentley Supersports. 

Bentley noted that it chose Pastrana to support the filming project based on his long career of extraordinary stunts, motorsports successes and extreme sports. 

Supersports: Full Send follows his final official gymkhana film, “Aussie Shred,” which was released last month and also been viewed almost nine million times.

“I knew the Supersports would have a lot of power but I was happily surprised by how nimble and fun it was to drive. I’ve never driven a production-based car to film a video of this magnitude before, without a clutch or modified steering angle, I had my concerns — but the Supersports exceeded all of my expectations. It was exactly what I had hoped for — the perfect combination of luxury and performance,” Pastrana was quoted as saying. 

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