Brad Pitt at Silverstone: Not just spectators

“I'm having the time of my life here,” enthused the 59-year-old American and also revealed what the Hollywood Formula 1 film with an all-star cast is about, which will be shown for the first time at Silverstone on the sidelines of a Grand Prix was filmed.

Pitt will play a pilot in the 90s who has a terrible accident and then competes in other racing series until a friend brings him back to Formula 1. He is the boss of a chronically unsuccessful team and - according to Pitt - played by none other than the Oscar-winning Spaniard Javier Bardem.

A new film is coming In his role at the racing team, Pitt is supposed to act as a mentor to lead a highly talented driver, played by Damson Idris, to success. The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Both of them were also responsible for “Top Gun: Maverick”. Record world champion Lewis Hamilton is also involved in the Formula 1 film as a co-producer and consultant.

Pitt, who was noticeably in a good mood, said he hadn't had any experience in racing cars before, but he did have experience on motorcycles. “That helped a lot,” he said. At Silverstone, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff had previously revealed that they had sent Pitt to a formula driving school in France.

Silver Arrows engineers worked on the body of the car in the film, based on a model from Formula 2. And the black and gold painted cars were even on the starting grid before the introductory lap on Sunday. Employees of the fictitious eleventh team, which was filming under the working name “APXGP”, pushed the two cars into the last two starting boxes. One car even completed an installation lap far behind the field, the other was pushed back into the pits.

Mutual respect Pitt, who had already been celebrated as a “special guest” at the official driver briefing by Formula 1 drivers on Friday, and Idris lined up at the front during the British national anthem alongside the real drivers of the premier motorsport class. Pitt explained that he had no idea what it meant to be a racing driver SkySports: “They are great athletes, I have so much respect for them from all levels.”

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Brad Pitt at Silverstone: Not just spectators

Brad Pitt looked downright euphoric. He laughed with the enema kids, he joked with the real pilots. “It's great to be here,” the actor told British broadcaster Sky Sports at the Formula 1 race in Silverstone. There was a reason the actor was there.

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