Because the F1 film hits Apple TV on Friday 12 December, permitting subscription holders to observe the blockbuster hit without spending a dime for the primary time, we’re having a look again at the place the Brad Pitt-led movie was shot.
F1, which has grossed $631.5million on the world field workplace, follows nomadic driver Sonny Hayes, portrayed by Pitt, as he returns to Components 1 to drive for the struggling group APXGP alongside rookie driver Joshua Pearce, performed by Damson Idris.
Becoming a member of Pitt and Idris within the star-studded forged have been Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies and Javier Bardem. Because the filming of the film befell throughout real-life F1 weekends, some drivers and group members are additionally featured within the movie. This contains seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, who additionally served as an govt producer.
The place was the F1 film filmed?
F1 was filmed throughout plenty of F1 race weekends through the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Whereas Pitt and Idris didn’t really race alongside the opposite drivers, they did drive the APXGP vehicles (modified Components 2 vehicles) on observe and through formation laps, earlier than being edited into actual race footage.
F1 film areas
Silverstone Circuit, UK – Filming started right here through the 2023 British Grand Prix weekend, with Pitt and co-star Idris driving modified Components 2 vehicles in entrance of a stay crowd.
Hungaroring, Hungary – The tight, twisty Budapest circuit was used extensively for racing sequences and testing.
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium – Well-known for Eau Rouge and Raidillon, Spa offered a few of the movie’s most dramatic high-speed photographs because the APXGP vehicles climbed the well-known hill.
Monza, Italy – The Temple of Pace seems within the film, with Manufacturers Hatch even used to assist recreate elements of the Italian Grand Prix motion.
Zandvoort, Netherlands – The steep banking and coastal setting could be seen plenty of instances through the film.
Suzuka, Japan – The figure-of-eight format and quick esses are featured within the racing montage.
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico Metropolis, Mexico – Used for each on-track racing and atmospheric photographs within the grandstands.
Las Vegas Strip Circuit, USA – Giant quantities of night-time avenue racing footage have been captured underneath the neon lights of Vegas, together with Hayes’s crash.
Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi – The season-ending venue performs a serious function within the film.
Circuit of The Americas, Austin, USA – The film was additionally filmed on the US Grand Prix venue in Texas. This observe was closely praised by the forged throughout filming.
Along with filming throughout F1 weekends, the crew additionally picked up footage at Daytona Seaside in Florida. The McLaren Technical Centre in Woking additionally featured because the APXGP group’s headquarters within the movie.
Brad Pitt, actor enjoying Sonny Hayes, a driver of the fictional Apex APXGP F1 group
Picture by: Getty Photographs
Pitt mentioned his expertise of driving on the tracks throughout an look on the Past The Grid podcast.
“I’ve an actual love for Silverstone as a result of we received our footing there and we received to stay there for a few months – how spoiled are we?” he mentioned. “After which I’ve an actual gentle spot for Abu Dhabi as a result of we spent one other couple of months there and we completed up the movie there.
“However the excessive of highs? Spa. Oh my God! 4.3 miles, 100-metre elevation change via the woods and the again. The Pouhon nook, it is double [apex]. It is off-camber and also you’re coming downhill into it. It is such a easy, swish feeling.
“After which after all Eau Rouge. We went to the underside of Eau Rouge. Tim Bampton from F1 took us right down to the bottom of Eau Rouge, and he mentioned, ‘Flip your backs, simply lookup the hill and wait.’ And the vehicles come proper by the wall.
“Fernando [Alonso] glided by, and it actually sucks the air out of your lungs. It’s unbelievable. It’s unbelievable.”
F1 was launched on Apple TV on 12 December.
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