The co-producer of the new film on Formula 1 with Brad Pitt, Jerry Bruckheimer, revealed that to the team Red Bull he feared being portrayed as the “bad guy”. The movie F1 It saw a large turnout from the royal paddock and filming continued over race weekends, including at the recent Mexican Grand Prix, where Pitt was pictured greeting fans.
The cars used in the fictional APXG team have F1 bodies bolted onto racing cars. Formula 2and it was Mercedes the one who created these unique vehicles. Because of this involvement, the black and gold cars feature Mercedes and AMG logos, leading rival teams, such as energy drink companies, to fear how they would be portrayed in production.
In conversation with outgoing Liberty Media CEO Greg MaffeiSpeaking at the 2024 Investor Day event in New York, Bruckheimer said: “What's interesting is, Since we partnered with Mercedes, the other teams said “Wait a second, this movie is going to be about Mercedes and we're going to get a bad image.”“.
“Red Bull said, “We’re going to be the bad guys.” It took us three years to convince them that they weren't going toand we've finally reached a point where all the teams are leaning on us to really help us.”
When the film's title was revealed last July, it received mixed reactions. When asked why this simple title was important, Bruckheimer replied: “Because the best racing films were “Le Mans” and “Grand Prix”, and now there will be “F1”'”.
F1 Its release date is June 25, 2025but details about the world premiere location remain unconfirmed, with Bruckheimer joking: “That's up for discussion.” Maffei replied: “I thought we had an idea. I thought I knew, but oh well.”
Bruckheimer added: “I think we will show it to the Formula 1 drivers and teams in Monaco, then we will have premieres in New York, London and many other cities. Brad is very involved in this film. He doesn't like to promote to the press, but I think we'll take him on a world tour where he'll be happy to show off his skills behind the wheel and acting in this movie,” he said. he concluded.
