Brad Pitt’s new film that delves into the world of F1 racing is all set to premiere on the big screen in June 2025. Directed by Joseph Kosinski and shot during actual Grand Prix weekends, this film offers thrill, action, and drama subsequently blurring the line between reel and reality. Fans are thrilled to watch Brad Pitt in such an exciting yet dangerous environment, driving actual racing cars.
The film revolves around Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt’s character), who was a skilful and talented F1 driver but meets with an extremely unfortunate career-ending accident on the track. After 30 years of wait, Sonny is offered to return to racing by the owner of a struggling Formula 1 team, where he drives alongside the team’s hotshot rookie and learns that the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.
Release date: 27 June 2025 (USA)
World Premiere: 16 June 2025
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Running Time: 2h 36m
Producers: Brad Pitt, Joseph Kosinski, Lewis Hamilton, Jerry Bruckheimer
Production companies: Dawn Apollo Films, Apple Original Films, Apple Studios
Available on: In Cinemas and IMAX on June 27 and later on AppleTV+
In this pulse-racing and high-speed drama, Brad Pitt is playing as an aging car racer ‘Sonny Hayes’ who once was a celebrated F1 car racer but his life changes after a crash in the 1990s, after which he is forced to quit racing. However, decades later, he makes a comeback in the cockpit after being invited by a former teammate Ruben Cervantes to drive for a struggling team called APXGP (Apex Grand Prix). The film portrays the struggle of Sonny Hayes to survive in a new Formula1 world where speed is just one part of the game.
Something that makes this film the centre of attention globally is not just the unique theme of F1 racing but it is the style of filming and directing that makes it special and unique. This movie isn’t a CGI-heavy fantasy, neither does it heavily indulge green-screen or VFX, instead, the originality is maintained in the film by shooting most of the scenes in actual race weekends. The crew filmed live at Silverstone, Monaco, Spa, and the Mexican Grand Prix, while Pitt shot during actual race weekends.
Another shocking fact about the Apple Original Film - F1 is that the cars used in the movie are real Formula 2 single-seaters which are modified to resemble F1 machines under 2022 technical guidelines.The speed actually reached up to 180 mph, when both the actors, Brad Pitt and Damson Idris were performing.
The world premiere for the movie F1 was held at Times Square, New York on June 16, 2025. Many F1 drivers related to the film were present during this event, including 7-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton, one of the producers of the film, whose intel helped in bringing out such originality in the film, Lando Norris, and Charles Leclerc were among the drivers who walked the red carpet at the premiere.
Another never-before-seen and exciting dimension of the film is that it will be featuring all 10 Formula 1 teams from the 2023 season. Drivers who showed up in the grand world premiere of the film include:
Lando Norris
Charles Leclerc
George Russel
Yuki Tsunoda
Carlos Saiz Jr.
Nico Hullkenberg
Liam Lawson
Ollie Bearman
Esteban Ocon
Isack Hadjar
Alexander Albon
Franco Colapinto
Pierre Gasly
Fans are thrilled and excited to watch such a unique plot and a never-before-seen starcast in a movie. With high-stakes and action-packed drama, F1 is all set to premiere on the big screen on June 27. Later it would be available for streaming on Apple TV+ as Apple is one of the key production partners for this film and provided new camera technology for shooting the film. Apple developed a custom camera system for capturing footage inside the cars, utilizing technology derived from iPhones and also created a unique haptic trailer that syncs vibrations with on-screen action in the Apple TV app.