Movie star Tom Cruise has sampled F1 machinery🦹 for the first time after taking part in test with Red Bull Racing in California.

The test wa♔s part of a Red Bull promotional trip to the USA, which also saw David Coulthard hit the 'track' at the new circuit being built outside Austin, Texas while also driving his F1 caꦏr on the city streets.

Cruise's run in the F1 car ca𓃲me at the Willow Springs circuit in Rosamund, California with Coulthard on hand to provide expert advice.

Over the course of a seven-hour test, Cruise completed 24 laps in the F1 car and improved his lap times by a✅lmost eleven seconds from his first lap t🍎o his last.

"Tom's the real deal," Coulthard said af🗹terwards. "I was surpris🐈ed that he picked it up so quickly and is such an accomplished driver.

"His recall was incredible conside🤪ring how complicated driving an F1 car is. He's a guy who reall👍y pushes the envelope in real life. This day was not green screened. He thoroughly impressed me."