2023-07-06 08:38:00
The fictional team Apex, for which Pitt will drive a Formula 2-like car, is making its debut in England. The car can be seen on the route when the so-called hot laps – taxi rides at top speed in super sports cars – are also driven.
The Mercedes racing team helped with the construction of the car, for which there will even be an eleventh garage in addition to the ten for the current Formula 1 racing teams. Star driver Lewis Hamilton will act as advisor. Mercedes CEO Toto Wolff was impressed by the project at the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg.
“It’s like an additional team,” said the Viennese. The training and racing events should not be affected by the shooting. The Hollywood action will happen apart from that, Domenicali promised.
The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Both were also responsible for the box office hit “Top Gun: Maverick” with Tom Cruise. “We have the best producer in Hollywood, one of the best directors in Hollywood, one of the biggest stars and their investment is huge,” Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali told the British daily Sun. The Italian and Liberty Media, the group that owns Formula 1, hope that the film will bring the racing series closer to people who previously knew nothing regarding it.
With the film, Formula 1 wants to continue on its way of opening up the series to a wider and younger audience. Formula 1 has already reached new fans through the Netflix series “Drive to Survive”, the fifth season of which is running this year.
Despite the sporting monotony caused by the superior Red Bull team and series winner Max Verstappen, the series is experiencing a boom and is constantly attracting new investments. Pitt’s Canadian actor colleague Ryan Reynolds recently joined the French Alpine team with partners. Audi is gradually taking over the Sauber racing team, which is currently driving as an Alfa Romeo for sponsorship reasons. The F1 organization and the regulatory authorities FIA want to announce news in the summer as to whether Formula 1 will also get one or two additional teams.
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