How good is Brad Pitt at driving? Lewis Hamilton reveals all ahead of F1 track debut at British Grand Prix
As part of a new, upcomin💖g F1 movie, Pitt will get behind the wheel of a modified F2-style car at Silverstone this weekend, with the scenes featured in the film..
The shoot will take place throughout the weekend while there’s genuine ཧF1 action taking pla🍸ce.
Pitt is expected to run between sessions, and the schedule for the actual grand prix is not expected to be affect✃ed.
The 59-year-old, who will play ‘Sonny Hayes’ i♊n the film, has his own pit garage at Silverstone, meaning there’s 11th teams present - technically - for the British GP.
Hamilton has been heavily involved in the development of it, so it was no surprise the l🎉ine of questioning in the FIA press conference was focused around the film.
🥃The Mercedes driver revealed that the pair did a track day in Las Angeles earlier this year, and Hamilton even offered some praise for the Americaꦚn.
“I was just watching on🀅 the wall so I didn’t know,” Hamilton said. |He was just going by flat out! We did do a 𝕴day together at a track in LA, and for someone who hasn’t raced he’s definitely got a keen eye.
“He loves watching MotoGP so he’s always been a racing enthusiast. 🥀He already had a knack ✅for the lines and he was fully on it which was good to see.”
Hamilton dismissed any fears that Pitt - at 59 - 🍸is too old to play the role given that the character in the story is a retired racer coming back to F1.
“Well firstly, Brad looks like he’s ageing backwards - he looks great for his age,” he added. “Of course that was a big topic at 𝔉the beginning when we were discussing the first story. But he’s super fit, he’s been training, and at the end of the day it’s a movie so there will be a Hollywood element to it that will make it believableඣ.
“Brad’s such an iconic actor, he’s always done such an incredible job, so I can’t tell you 𒈔how excited I am to have Brad Pitt in a Formula 1 movie, it’s incredible. So I think he’s going to do a great job.”
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