The ambitious attempt will take place in Jaguar Land Rover's cold-weather testing facility in Arjeplog, Sweden and he is currently training in the Alps with the help of a Jaguar XE car.

The former British skiing champion will attempt to reach speeds of over 160mph using jet-propelled skis and is currently training for a record attempt in 2017.

The all-wheel drive car is being used to drag the skier at 100mph in order to create an aerodynamic 'Iron Man'-style suit to take on the record attempt.

Once training is complete, Bell will use skis fitted with twin micro jets to propel him to a new world record.

Graham Bell said “I approached Jaguar to become my lead technical partner due to their experience in aerodynamics and love of all things involving speed. As lead technical partner in the attempt, Jaguar will provide the aerodynamic expertise to develop the Iron-Man-style suit I need, as well as helping me acclimatize to speed and external forces using high performance vehicles including the Jaguar XE AWD."

There is no current world record for the fastest person on skis, but the World Downhill Speed Skiing World Record is currently held by Simone Oregone at 156mph.

Ian Anderton, thermal and aerodynamics manager, Jaguar Land Rover, says: “As engineering challenges go it doesn’t get more unique than this, so the next few months are going to be very exciting.

“We kick-started the technical partnership by ski-joring with a Jaguar XE AWD to determine what factors should to be taken into consideration when designing his suit, such as wind, skiing position and chill – especially in minus conditions."

The Jaguar XE is built at the company's Solihull plant in the West Midlands

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