Damson Idris Is Formula 1’s New Global Brand Ambassador

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Damson Idris is on a generational run right now. 

The British actor has spent the last few years collecting career highs like infinity stones, and his latest is one nobody (or maybe, everybody) saw coming: he is now an official Global Brand Ambassador for Formula 1.

“I’ve always been drawn to spaces where culture, performance, and precision meet, and Formula

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