JUST LIKE A PASTRANA-DRIVEN HOONIGAN GYMKHANA - BUT IN A BENTLEY CALLED MILDRED!
Bentley doesn’t do things by halves. When the brand decides to show off its most extreme road car to date, it hands the keys to Travis Pastrana, points him at the gates of its Crewe factory, and says: “Try not to redecorate the place.” The result is Supersports: FULL SEND, the most unhinged, tyre-shredding film Bentley has ever released and an outrageous flex from a marque better known for champagne coolers than clutch kicks. Shot entirely at Bentley’s historic Pyms Lane campus, the film stars the now sold-out Bentley Supersports being driven at angles no Bentley has ever legally occupied before. And yes, it’s every bit as bonkers as it sounds.
At the heart of the chaos is the Supersports itself. Packing 490 kW (666 PS), rear-wheel drive, and Bentley’s most aggressively honed chassis and aero package to date, this is the angriest road-going Bentley ever built. To prove it’s not just fast in a straight line, Bentley and Pastrana transformed their 1938 factory into a full-blown playground, affectionately dubbed ‘Pymkhana’. Filmed in September last year, FULL SEND is part celebration, part mechanical rebellion. It showcases Pastrana threading a two-ton luxury missile through tight factory lanes, past production lines, heritage machinery, and Bentley colleagues bravely volunteering to stand close enough to smell burning rubber. The film premiered to 400 guests in Dubai and is now live on Bentley’s YouTube channel for the rest of us to watch with jaws on the floor. Pastrana was a deliberate choice. This is a man who has made a career out of redefining what vehicles can survive, and FULL SEND follows his final official gymkhana film, Aussie Shred, which has already clocked nearly nine million views. This time, though, the twist is delicious: no stripped-out special, no wild steering mods, no bespoke drift weapon. Just a production-based Bentley Supersports, nudged slightly beyond polite society. And Pastrana was sold.
“I knew the Supersports would have a lot of power, but I was happily surprised by how nimble and fun it was to drive,” he said. “I’ve never driven a production-based car in a film of this magnitude before, without a clutch or modified steering angle, so I had concerns. But the Supersports exceeded all my expectations. It’s the perfect combination of luxury and performance.”
To allow Pastrana to fully weaponise the Supersports, Bentley engineers made a handful of carefully judged modifications to a standard car, all carried out at the on-site Engineering Technical Centre. The headline addition is a hydraulic handbrake, mounted alongside the steering wheel for instant access. Bentley’s chassis and transmission teams integrated it directly into the car’s control systems, allowing immediate power reinstatement as soon as the handbrake is released. Translation: flick, slide, fire out sideways with purpose. The handbrake handle wears the name ‘Mildred’, a nod to the Supersports’ internal project name and a salute to Mildred Mary Petre, one of Bentley’s original ‘Bentley Girls’. Bentley.
Software tweaks followed - the Supersports was given power braking, allowing throttle and brake inputs simultaneously, enabling Pastrana to adjust the car’s attitude mid-drift. Static and rolling burnouts were also unlocked, because if you’re going to do this, you may as well commit fully. The action was filmed over three days, supported by dozens of Bentley colleagues who volunteered their time, presumably knowing they’d never see the factory the same way again.
The film opens in the Engineering Technical Centre, with the Supersports flanked by icons including both generations of Continental GT3 race cars, the 2003 Le Mans-winning Speed 8, and the legendary W16-powered Hunaudières concept from 1999. Things escalate quickly. The Pikes Peak Bentayga and Pikes Peak Continental GT give chase through Bentley’s solar-panel car park, while a camouflaged glimpse of Bentley’s upcoming luxury urban SUV, launching later this year, flashes through the action. Bentley’s pre-war royalty also steps into frame. Five heritage cars appear, led by the priceless 1929 Team Blower #2, followed by two more Blowers, a Speed Six, and a 1926 3 Litre Speed Model. It’s history, doing fly-bys. Sharp-eyed viewers will spot last year’s EXP 15 design vision concept perched atop the new Design Centre, before Pastrana quite literally smashes his way into the still-under-construction production line for the new urban SUV, sliding past a silk-covered prototype like it owes him money. The finale is pure theatre. A 2010 Brooklands, the final production example, sacrifices the last millimetres of its rear tyres in a smoke-filled powerslide, setting the stage for Pastrana’s arrival at Bentley’s new state-of-the-art Paint Shop. Waiting there are all three previous generations of Supersports, including a 1925 3 Litre Supersports, one of just 18 originals, borrowed from Vintage Bentley.
The closing cameo belongs to Bentley’s Chairman and CEO, Frank-Steffen Walliser, surveying acres of tyre marks across the campus with the expression of a man already planning the cleaning bill.
The FULL SEND Supersports will continue its life as a travelling troublemaker, appearing at Bentley events throughout 2026 before joining the brand’s 50-strong Heritage Collection in Crewe
Take a look at the YouTube video that does all the right things to our nether regions to make this one of the collest videos of 2026, setting a high bar for sure - this is epic: Supersports: FULL SEND with Travis Pastrana | Bentley Motors and Channel 199
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