“So what? I didn’t crash!”
Pan-American Film Race.– Gael Garcia Bernal debuted as a racing driver, and there is at least one movie that could warn us that that is a bad idea.
In a facet that we did not know about him (at least, not with good references), Gael participated in the third stage of the Pan American Racewhich goes from the city of Puebla to the center of the country.
Will Gael García come to Morelia tomorrow? And NOT within the Film Festival but as a driver 🏎: The ‘Amores Perros’ actor participates for the 1st time in the Carrera Panamericana invited by Porsche and has already raced in Puebla 🏁!! ️ This Monday at 4:30pm he arrives at the Gaspacholandía Center pic.twitter.com/YgSGgVmsC4
— Changoonga.com (@michangoonga) October 13, 2025
“Driving has given me the same fear as acting”declared the actor after debuting as a runner, a dream that had apparently been stuck since he filmed Rude and Corny.
Gael García runs as if “Jarocho” were chasing him
“I feel like a parachutist who has just landed, proud and very grateful to have been invited. Each curve was a learning curve; I was asking questions all the time. Poor Majo was overwhelmed with so many questions because she wanted to know everything”commented on his experience alongside the young tractor-trailer driver. Majo Rodríguezwho served as his guide and emergency therapist.
Puebla vibrated with the roar of engines 🔥🏁
Timo Bernhard debuted in #ThePanAmericanRace with the Porsche Team and conquered the public on its first day. Tomorrow, Gael García Bernal will join the caravan heading to CDMX. 🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/xwr5m80eZX
— Telcel Motorsport (@Telcel_Racing) October 11, 2025
During the eight sections of the circuit, Gael was cheered by fanswho claimed that the actor was driving “as if the people of Jarocho were chasing him”—in reference to his legendary character from Dog loves.
García Bernal was the main guest of the weekend stage, along with the German driver Timo Bernhardthree-time Le Mans champion, and who, according to witnesses, “discreetly crossed himself” before getting into Gael’s car.
“It’s one of the things that surprised me; I never saw the speedometer. In reality, you’re feeling the machine and you don’t pay attention to the speed at which it’s going. At some point I realized that I was going over 200, although I don’t know where in the journey it was,” the actor explained without clarifying whether his co-pilot was still breathing at that point.