F1 unveil first official pictures of Brad Pitt in his racing suit
Brad Pitt and his co-star Damson Idris joined the starting grid at Silverstone alongside the 20 F1 drivers, to film a scene 🦄for their upcoming Formဣula 1 movie.
Welcome to the grid, APXGP
— Formula 1 (@F1)
They stood al🐻ongside the drivers for the national anthem, dressed in their racing suits representing the fictional APXGP team.
🐻Hollywood superstar Pitt had previously driven a car around the Silverstone track to shoot a scene for the movie. The car was an F2 machine🔯, which Mercedes assisted to resemble a modern F1 car.
Their APXGP team had their own fictional garage in the Sil♊versto🦩ne paddock, as the entire F1 world became extras in the movie.
The movie, which Lewis H𝔍amilton co-produces, is still untitled but will be released by Apple TV.
The storyline is the comeback of an ageing, legendary driver (Sonny Hayes, played by Pitt) for an underperfo🌜rming F1 team.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Ameꦿrican sports, to football, to F1.
