No, F1: The Movie is not based on a true story. It's a fictional movie simply about Formula 1. However, the movie has many producers who made their careers in Formula 1, like Lewis Hamilton, so it should appear like it could happen in real life.

The Movie, revs up the silver screen with visceral, real-race footage, but beneath the roaring engines lies a trail of eyebrow-raising liberties.

Brad Pitt opens F1: The Movie as Sonny Hayes, a former racer dragged back into the world he once ruled before it nearly killed him. He’s not the fearless star he used to be as time and a brutal accident stripped that away. Now, he’s back mentoring a young driver with raw talent and has something to prove.

If Formula 1 cars are a beautiful mesh of man and machine, Brad Pitt is as close to perfection in flesh and bones. Put one in the other, and you have a film that whirs by briskly.

Brad Pitt and Lewis Hamilton React to F1 Sequel Talks The F1 movie 2025, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski, has taken the box office by stor

In tanned, tousled form, the actor stars in a Formula 1 story about fast cars, last chances and pretty people by the director of “Top Gun: Maverick.”

F1 has been partnered with ESPN in the U.S. for the past seven years, signing its most recent deal in 2022, valued at about $90 million per year. The most recent deal expanded the accessibility of F1, with more races airing on the ABC broadcast network, as well as streaming on ESPN+.

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An Essex racing driver has featured in the new F1 movie alongside Hollywood actor Brad Pitt. F1: The Movie hit cinema screens across the world on 25 June and centres on a fictional Formula 1 team, APXGP.