This weekend Formula 1 arrives at the Silverstone circuit, the location that will host the British GP, in which Red Bull will try to continue its overwhelming dominance. Now, beyond Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton or Fernando Alonso, the big star this weekend will be the actor Brad Pitt.
The Hollywood star will start filming this weekend on a film focused on F1 produced by Apple TV. In the film, Brad Pitt plays Sonny Hayes, a retired pilot who returns to the track to mentor a young racer.
The other leading role in the film will be played by actor Damson Idris, while Lewis Hamilton is also expected to participate in the production.
Over the weekend, Brad Pitt will be assigned one of the garages in the Silverstone pit lane, curiously, the one located between the Ferrari and Mercedes pits, two of the most iconic teams in the history of the competition.
In the fiction directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by the pilot Lewis Hamilton, Brad Pitt will be part of the Apex team. The FIA ??has asked the press that routinely covers Formula 1 not to over-record it to prevent important elements of the film’s content from leaking.
Brad Pitt is expected to drive a Formula 2 car with a Mercedes-designed car over the weekend. In fact, it is speculated that he could even run with the rest of the drivers in the test laps until the grid on Sunday.
“It’s tremendously exciting to see it all come together and to know that we finally start filming this weekend. There are nerves, naturally, because it’s something we’ve been working on for a long time and we want everyone to love it and really feel that we encapsulate the essence of this sport”, explained Hamilton at a press conference on the production of the film.
