British actor Nicholas Hoult, best known for his starring role in Mad Max and the X-Men series, recently took to the track in Jaguar’s ‘Smart Cone’ challenge, not long after Romain Grosjean did the same.

To help promote his new film Collide, Hoult, who is a Jaguar ambassador, jumped behind the wheel of both a new Jaguar XF and F-Type.

The company’s Smart Cone challenge saw the film star hit a special course in rural Sardinia and involved pairs of cones being randomly illuminated to form a track in a test of driving skill, reactions and precision.

Discussing his experience, Hoult said “I’ve loved getting behind the wheel of the new Jaguar XF AWD R-Sport. Driving scenes in films can be a challenge – everyone expects you to be a superstar even behind the wheel and I’m definitely not a pro driver – so it’s good to be able to put my skills to the test in a safe environment.

“The XF AWD R-Sport is great – it does a lot of the work for you. I was driving on a particularly challenging surface with lots of sand and dust but the car just gripped and performed. It was really fun to be able to compare driving the car here to some of my driving experiences when filming and hopefully I’ve done myself justice!”

Jaguar’s Smart Cone challenge forms part of the marque’s Art of Performance tour currently taking place around the world. In fact, it will visit over 600 venues in 46 countries and allow more than 100,000 guests the ability to drive a Jaguar.

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