With Formula One hosting Brad Pitt and a full-scale film production at the British Grand Prix this weekend making a movie about the sport with Lewis Hamilton as a producer, the two different worlds have adapted remarkably well to make the project come together at Silverstone. The film about Formula One, as yet unnamed, opened filming this weekend in front of the fans with the British Grand Prix as both set and backdrop.
The fictional 11th team, APX, has its own garage and pitwall stand for drivers Sonny Hayes, Pitt’s character, and Joshua Pearce, played by British actor Damson Idris. They are running an F2 car converted to look like an F1 car for filming between the usual sessions and races that make up the weekend.
