Brad Pitt’s F1 somehow got an Oscar nomination for Best Picture - here’s what should be on the podium instead

Start shaking up the champagne and prepare Brad Pitt for a drenching: F1 could be on its way to Oscar glory. The glossy longform advert for the world’s most expensive car race, or F1® the Movie as it prefers to be known, sent shockwaves around Hollywood when it was included this morning on the Academy’s 10-strong list of nominees for Best Picture.

Many critics were not amused. This, after all, is a film that was dismissed as a “vanity project” when it was released last June. “F1 in Best Picture is like the real life version of the clown soldier lined up with the other soldiers,” observed writer Shea Serrano, referring to a popular meme, while The New York Times sighed: “What are we doing here guys?”