{"id":599873,"date":"2026-09-14T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/599873\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T08:06:09","slug":"vijay-ajith-and-trisha-turn-heads-at-silverstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/599873\/","title":{"rendered":"Vijay, Ajith and Trisha turn heads at Silverstone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Silverstone Circuit transformed into an electrifying slice of Kollywood glamour over the weekend as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and actor Vijay joined actor-racer <a aria-label=\"content\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indulgexpress.com\/entertainment\/cinema\/2026\/Aug\/03\/dare-devil-everything-to-know-about-ajith-kumars-next-film\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ajith Kumar<\/a> at the prestigious Michelin Le Mans Cup in the UK. Attending as a special guest of honour, Vijay set the track alight by officially waving the ceremonial green flag to kick off the 44-car grid. The standout moment that sent social media into overdrive came before the engines roared, when Vijay ran towards Ajith and pulled his long-time contemporary into a warm, emotional embrace.<\/p>\n<p>Vijay, Ajith and Trisha turn heads at Silverstone <\/p>\n<p>Ajith competed behind the wheel for his racing outfit, Ajith Red Ant by Virage, ultimately finishing 38th overall. Adding to the high-wattage star power, actress Trisha Krishnan was spotted cheering from the paddock and standing alongside Vijay on a viewing balcony. Trisha, currently based in London for an upcoming project and seen earlier catching up with veteran actress Radhika Sarathkumar, opted for effortless paddock chic in jeans, a T-shirt and a maroon jacket. The circuit itself revelled in the crossover on Instagram, writing: &#8220;We heard @actorvijay and @ajithkumarracing were in town.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Silverstone Circuit transformed into an electrifying slice of Kollywood glamour over the weekend as Tamil Nadu Chief&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[99954,295695,430,156,24071,17797,213241,111,139,69,225029,295696,14513,88489],"class_list":["post-599873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ajith-kumar","tag-ajith-redant-by-virage","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-kollywood","tag-lifestyle-news","tag-michelin-le-mans-cup","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-silverstone-circuit","tag-tamil-nadu-motorsport-city","tag-trisha-krishnan","tag-vijay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}