The Formula 1-inspired movie starring Brad Pitt that Lewis Hamilton has helped produce will be released in June 2025.
The feature film, for which a title has yet to be confirmed, has been made by Apple Original Films in collaboration with Formula 1 and boasts the Top Gun: Maverick director-producer combination of Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer.
Pitt, along with British actor Damson Idris, were present at multiple 2023 F1 races – including the British Grand Prix at Silverstone – for filming.
Apple Original Films and Formula 1 released a joint statement on Tuesday confirming an international release date of 25 June 2025, with the movie’s North American release date two days later.
“The movie is a landmark for the sport and cinema, filmed in real-time during grands prix around the world and involving the Formula 1 community, including all 10 teams, the drivers, the FIA and race promoters,” the statement said.
“The new feature film is set in the exhilarating and cinematic world of Formula 1 and will immerse audiences in the spectacle of the most popular annual sports series, celebrating the skill and heroism of the drivers while showcasing the incredible challenge of competition in Formula 1.
“The feature will see Brad Pitt star as a former driver who returns to Formula 1, alongside Damson Idris as his rookie team-mate at APXGP, a fictional team on the grid, battling against the sport’s drivers and teams.
“Production of the movie, which began in 2023, will continue at this year’s British Grand Prix and at several other races, and complete at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in December.”
Hamilton: Real-speed filming will blow people away
Seven-time world champion Hamilton has been on board with the project since its early days and recently explained why he is expecting the project to wow viewers.
“Racing movies, I feel like it’s very, very hard to capture them,” Hamilton said during his appearance on YouTube series Hot Ones.
Lewis Hamilton reveals details of his involvement in the production process for the Formula 1 movie starring Brad Pitt that he is co-producing
“You know, each year you have to do filming (where) you’re following a truck that has a camera on the back, so it’s hard to catch that capture the speed.
“You know, you can’t have a truck following filming us at 200 miles an hour, so it’s all kind of faked at a slower speed and they speed it up. But this is all real-time, real speed.
“I think if you go back to like Steve McQueen, for example, back then they would have men laying on the front of the car with the camera, you know, like, or have a big camera on top of the helmet, where now we’ve got all this amazing new technology.
“So I feel like Joe (Kosinski) honestly, I think he’s going to blow people away.”
Sky Sports F1’s live Spanish GP schedule
Thursday June 20
1.30pm: Drivers’ Press Conference
Friday June 21
7.45am: F1 Academy Practice
8:50am: F3 Practice
10am: F2 Practice
12pm: Spanish GP Practice One (session starts at 12.30pm)
1.55pm: F3 Qualifying
2.50pm: F2 Qualifying
3.35pm: Spanish GP Practice Two (session starts at 4pm)
5.25pm: F1 Academy Qualifying
6.15pm: The F1 Show
Saturday June 22
9.35am: F3 Sprint
11:15am: Spanish Romagna GP Practice Three (session starts at 11.30am)
1.10pm: F2 Sprint
2.10pm: Spanish GP Qualifying build-up
3pm: Spanish GP Qualifying
5pm: F1 Academy Race 1
Sunday June 23
7.45am: F1 Academy Race 2
9am: F3 Feature Race
10.30am: F2 Feature Race
12:30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Spanish GP build-up
2pm: The SPANISH GRAND PRIX
4pm: Chequered Flag: Spanish GP reaction
Formula 1 heads back to Europe as the championship moves on to Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix. Watch every session at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya from June 21-23 live on Sky Sports F1. Stream every F1 race and more with a NOW Sports Month Membership – No contract, cancel anytime
