Brad Pitt to drive at British Grand Prix as part of Formula 1 film production

brad pitt get ready to drive a car Formula 1 at the British Grand Prix as part of the production for the film about motor racing. The director Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: maverick) and the producer Jerry Bruckheimer shared details of the film at the F1 Accelerate Summit in Miami (via Variety).

Kosinksi It is Bruckheimer revealed the Will Buxtonpanel moderator, who are “creating an 11th team filming at the Silverstone track and event [onde acontece o GP da Inglaterra] until the end of the year”.

Additionally, the filmmakers said the film’s team created “the smallest moving camera ever designed to take the viewer into the cockpit,” where the film’s stars will actually be driving the race cars.

However, as found by the magazine, brad pitt will not race against other drivers on the track, and the actor will use a modified version of an F2 or F3 car, which are the base categories for the Formula 1.

Buxton also shared that the race car used in the film was designed by Mercedes, the seven-time world champion’s team lewis hamiltonwho serves as a producer on the film.

In a press release, hamilton is “advising on plot and script to ensure it is the most accurate racing movie ever made.”

During an investor Q&A session in April (via Sports Illustrated), F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said the film will be “quite invasive in terms of production. It’s something we need to control, in a way, but it will be another way of showing that Formula 1 never stops.”

According to the film’s official logline, Pitt plays “a driver who comes out of retirement to compete alongside a rookie driver against the titans of the sport.”