Rumors suggested that he would be part of the grid for the British Grand Prix, but that is not going to be the case.
The next big Formula 1 movie is in full production, with Brad Pitt set to star and Lewis Hamilton attached to the project as an executive producer. With the approval of the premier class, the recording team is about to start working on the circuits, and there has been controversy and confusion about it.
A few weeks ago it began to be rumored in England that Brad Pitt had the green light to simulate his participation in the British Grand Prix, placing himself on the starting grid of the test along with the rest of the drivers with another F1 for a teammate, thus registering an eleventh team in the British test.
This, beyond being a spectacle worthy of Hollywood, did not make much sense in a World Championship event, because it was unsafe for everyone and because it would alter the program of the race, which is in the end what matters (or should matter). ) to the audience.
In Miami, amid the confusion caused by these rumors, some more realistic details have come to light about what the recording of the F1 movie by Brad Pitt and Lewis Hamilton will be like, where the American actor will play an ex-driver who returns to the Great Circus to compete against a young star.
Brad Pitt will get behind the wheel of a Formula 2 (or F3) created by Mercedes
As much as he was prepared for it, neither for cost nor for safety, it would make sense for Brad Pitt to drive a Formula 1 car. In reality, the 59-year-old actor will get behind the wheel of a Formula 2 or Formula 3 car , which is rumored to have been adapted by the Mercedes team, which – not coincidentally – is who Hamilton races for.
Another important detail is that it has been known that Pitt will always run between sessions, when there are no other cars on the track, of course, and will carry a high-quality 6K camera, with which he will capture the images at all times.
Lewis Hamilton, one of the parties involved in the project, did not want to give many details about this, when asked in Miami, according to ‘Mirror’: “I don’t know absolutely all the plans of all the things we will do in the paddock, I’m more focused on making sure the script is where it needs to be.”
Hamilton is participating with his production company, Dawn Apollo Films. Apple Studios is also supporting the film. Also part of the project are Joseph Kosinski, director of Top Gun: Maverick or Tron: Legacy, and producer Jerry Bruckmeier (Pirates of the Caribbean, Prince of Persia…).
Brad Pitt got a super license before me. Tough. https://t.co/r7gedm1esn
— Colton Herta (@ColtonHerta) May 4, 2023
Confusion and controversy, Colton Herta: “They didn’t give me the super license”
During the run-up to the Miami Grand Prix, the ESPN media outlet published that Brad Pitt would drive alongside the rest of the drivers on the grid at Silverstone, and this, in addition to causing a huge stir among the fans, outraged the driver Colton Herta, winner of several Indycar races, who tried to make the jump to F1 this year with AlphaTauri.
However, the FIA refused to give him the necessary super license to compete in the premier class of motorsports, because Herta does not add the points that the FIA requires to grant the F1 card. The reason is not that he is a better or worse driver than any other driver on the grid, but rather that Herta does not compete in Europe, where the categories that give the most points are located.
After seeing the alleged real news that Brad Pitt would be on the grid with the other 20 F1 drivers at Silverstone, Herta shared a link, saying: “Brad Pitt has gotten a super license before me. Hard.” Fortunately, and hopefully so, the film will not be recorded during the F1 race, but ‘in between sessions’.
