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Charles Curtis

Brad Pitt’s super-cool F1 movie is being filmed at an actual race, and it looks so realistic

If you see an 11th team on the grid at Formula 1’s stop at Silverstone this weekend, it’s not a mistake.

That team would be known as APXGP, and it’s fictional. Because it’s part of the movie that Brad Pitt and Damson Idris are filming in England at this weekend’s F1 race.

Pitt apparently plays Sonny Hayes, a driver coming out of retirement to help young Joshua Pearce (Idris). Drive to Survive fans are going to love this.

The photos and videos from the weekend have already begun dropping, so let’s show you what we’ve seen so far from the track:

A plate bearing an image of US actor Brad Pitt, playing Sonny Hayes, the driver of the fictional Apex team in an F1-inspired movie, hangs above his fictional garage ahead of the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone motor racing circuit in Silverstone, central England on July 6, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

British actor Damson Idris, the co-star of US actor Brad Pitt in an F1-inspired movie, walks in the paddock ahead of the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone motor racing circuit in Silverstone, central England on July 6, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

The cars of the fictional Apex team for an F1-inspired movie move along the track ahead of the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone motor racing circuit in Silverstone, central England on July 6, 2023. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)

The car of the fictional Apex team for an F1-inspired movie moves along the track ahead of the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone motor racing circuit in Silverstone, central England on July 6, 2023. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)

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