Formula One drivers are blown away by Brad Pitt's F1 movie after special screening in Monaco: 'Honestly insane'
Formula One drivers declared Brad Pitt's new F1 movie a winner that would bring fresh fans to the sport after being given an exclusive pre-release screening at the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Apple Original film, with action scenes filmed at race weekends with the sport's cooperation, is due in cinemas internationally on June 25 and in North America on June 27.
Formula One is hoping it will be an even bigger hit than the Netflix Drive to Survive docu-series that has helped raise the sport's appeal globally and take it to a new and younger demographic.
"Honestly, I enjoyed the whole thing," Williams driver Carlos Sainz, sworn to secrecy on the plot like all those present, told reporters on Thursday. "There were things that really surprised me.
"Not talking about the story, but the quality of footage they got. It's insane. Honestly insane. That's for me the best part of all of it. The team have done an outstanding job in putting together a very good Hollywood movie."
Haas rookie driver Oliver Bearman, 20, agreed. "I think it really depicts in a great way what we go through, in a bit of a Hollywood way as you would expect, but that makes it really interesting," said the Briton.
"I think the goal of the movie is going to be achieved. I think it's going to be a huge hit and it's going to make people want to watch F1, which is really the goal of it."
Directed by Joseph Kosinski of Top Gun: Maverick fame, the movie also stars Javier Bardem as the owner of a team on the verge of failure. British actor Damson Idris is hotshot Joshua Pearce alongside ageing redemption-seeking racer Sonny Hayes, played by Pitt, who is 61 in real life.
Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton, a co-producer, has said the movie will deliver an authentic feel. "The storytelling is really cool and the images are just incredible," said Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who won his home Monaco race last year.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner also gave a glowing verdict. "We are probably the worst possible audience to watch that movie because you're going to look and scrutinise every detail, every gear change, every pit stop, and it was very authentic," said the Briton.
Red Bull's reigning four-time world champion Max Verstappen, new father of a baby daughter, was a prominent absentee. "I wanted to spend more private time," he said. 'There was the opportunity to watch it but if we watch it now or in three or four weeks its fine as well.'
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