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YouTuber MrBeast crashes world's fastest electric race car in Miami

NEWS 06 Mar 2025 4 Mins

The world's biggest YouTube star, MrBeast, had jumped in to sample Formula E's GEN3 Evo car at the Evo Sessions event on Thursday at the Miami International Autodrome, but crashed into the barriers on just his second lap.

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The 26-year-old YouTuber - the most watched on the planet, with some 370 million followers - is at the Miami International Autodrome with Formula E this week, as Formula E hosts some of the world's most followed stars at its Evo Sessions event.

MrBeast - real name James 'Jimmy' Donaldson - set off for his first outing in the GEN3 Evo race car behind the Porsche Taycan Safety Car to get a feel for the Miami circuit and the world's fastest accelerating single-seater - capable of outdragging an F1 car to 60mph by some 30 percent, in a time of just 1.82 seconds.

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Lap one went smoothly, but Mr Beast found himself spinning and in the wall through the first corners of his second lap. He wasn't hurt in the shunt, and was able to jump out of the car unaided when the medical car arrived on the scene.

Damage to the CUPRA KIRO GEN3 Evo race car - usually driven by German David Beckmann - looked to be limited but the session was halted for the car to be recovered to the pits.

MrBeast's initial outing was effectively guided tour of the track, as had been the case with the other personalities' opening efforts in Miami this week. Following the Safety Car meant the pace was limited so he could get used to the car and his surroundings but even so, its capabilities proved a little too hot to handle as out of a left hander in Sector 1, he span into a full 360, before clipping the wall with the left side of the car.

The team watched on, with driver Dan Ticktum cracking a smile after a little wince. Both the team and MrBeast joked and laughed about the shunt once he made it back to the garage with a sheepish "I did the thing..." as a nod to his foul up.

What is Evo Sessions?

Evo Sessions is a motorsport-first that gives 11 personalities from the worlds of sport, tech and entertainment the unprecedented opportunity to get behind the wheel of the world’s fastest electric race car - the GEN3 Evo - and understand what it takes to reach the pinnacle of motorsport.

Ahead of the track event at the Miami International Autodrome on 5-6 March 2025 - a carefully curated collective of 11 of the world’s most-followed and popular personalities, comprising actors, athletes and content creators with a combined reach of over 300 million, was paired and embedded with Formula E’s elite race teams and drivers as part of their preparations.

FOLLOW: Head to Formula E's social channels to catch the best Evo Sessions content as it lands

In the two-day event, they get to experiencing the breathtaking performance of the all-new GEN3 Evo race car on the track, capable of 0-60mph/100 kph in just 1.82s - 30% faster than a current F1 car.

The 11 participants:

Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, entrepreneur (UK)
Sergio Agüero, former Premier League, La Liga and Argentina football player (ARG)
Cleo Abram, tech content creator (USA)
Emelia Hartford, actress and record-breaking car builder (USA)
Vinnie Hacker, multi-hyphenate creative (USA)
Tom Felton, actor (UK)
Supercar Blondie, automotive creator and entrepreneur (AUS)
JUCA, Leading automotive content creator and motorsports enthusiast (MEX)
Driver 61, pro driver and creator (UK)
Yes Theory's Ammar Kandil, YouTubers creators
Theo Baker, sports content creator (UK)

All participants have received an intense training programme including simulator sessions, physical conditioning, driver coaching, hardware customisation and engineering briefings. They've experienced first-hand just how tough and complicated it is to prepare, train and drive like a world-class racing driver.

The entire journey from rookie-to-racer has been captured through the creators’ lens, and shared across their and Formula E's social media channels. The whole experience offers fans a rare and exclusive behind-the-scenes, access-all-areas viewpoint into the world of Formula E, not from the perspective of the grandstands, but directly behind the wheel. It will showcase what it truly takes to compete at the pinnacle of electric racing, with a feature-length documentary coming later in 2025.

EVO SESSIONS: How to follow Evo Sessions

You can follow everything Evo Sessions as it all happens across our socials for all the updates and stay tuned for a feature-length documentary coming later this year to find out how the likes of Sergio Aguero, Brooklyn Beckham and Cleo Abram get on sampling Formula E's GEN3 Evo race car.