Lewis Hamilton has given his insight into Brad Pitt’s driving for the upcoming F1 movie.
The film, set for international release on 25 June, stars Pitt as Sonny Hayes alongside Damson Idris as Joshua Pearce. Hamilton served as executive producer and worked closely with the team to ensure the racing was as authentic as possible.
The seven-time champion revealed during the Canadian Grand Prix press conference that Pitt already “had a bit of a feel” for racing when he took him to a track day in Los Angeles.
“I remember on the first days that I got to work with Brad, we were at Silverstone… We actually did a bit of a track day together in LA. And I got to drive and he drove and straight away I already knew that you could sense he already kind of knew where the lines were,” Hamilton explained.
“He had a bit of a feel for it already, so it wasn’t completely alien.
“You know, I worked as a driver coach when I was a kid just to make a bit of money on the side whilst I was racing and I had some pretty bad drivers along the way who just didn’t know where they were on track and so straight away you could see he had a concept of what it is, a driving line.
“And I didn’t actually get to drive on track with Damson, but they both went through training. They were both super open-minded and really deep-dived into what it takes to be a racing driver, which was really cool to see. And I think through that process, it was amazing to speak to Brad, to see his shock.
Actor Brad Pitt on the grid
Photo by: Glenn Dunbar
“He’s kind of like, ‘jeez, what my body is going through as I’m going through these different categories’ and particularly when he got to Formula 2, and he’s like, ‘Damn’, he text me after the test, like ‘my appreciation for what you drivers do is even higher than it already was having now experienced this.'”
F1 will premiere internationally on 25 June and in North America on 27 June.
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