Brad Pitt “didn’t stall it!” | Sky F1 presenter gives crucial advice to movie

Brad Pitt did not stall his car when being coached by professional drivers, while a Sky F1 presenter gave crucial advice to movie-makers at Silverstone.
Brad Pitt (USA) Actor. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, Preparation Day.
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Brad Pitt (USA) Actor. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, British Grand Prix, Silverstone,…

The Hollywood supersta🦂r’s upcoming Formula 1 movie is being filmed at the F1 British Grand Prix this weekend, with Pitt himself getting behind the wheel to shoot scenes.

New detail from the paddock on 🐟Friday has demonstrated how seriouslﷺy the 59-year-actor and the movie crew are taking it.

The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, British
The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie. Formula 1 World…

The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie - Joshua Pierce. Formula 1 World Championship,
The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie - Joshua Pierce…

The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie - Sonny Hayes. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd
The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie - Sonny Hayes…

“They have done an incredible job to create an authentic experience,” Karun Chandhok said on Sky as he walked thr⛦ough the fictional F1 ⭕team’s garage.

“Their whole garage is set up l🐈ike mos🅺t other teams’.

“Our colleague Bernie Collins has been in here, advi🔯sing them, making sure they’ve got all the right screens up, and telemetry traces.”

Collins, who is the former Aston Martin strategy chiefꦐ, now offers her expertise in a TV role with Sky.

Ex-F1 driver Chandhok added about the proceꦜss of filmi🐼ng the movie: “They are doing 30 days across circuits - Silverstone, Budapest, Abu Dhabi, Vegas, Monza.

“They have British drivers - War𝓡ren Hughes, Jon Lancaster, Luciano Bacheta - helping to train Brad Pitt. T𝐆hey have been driver coaching him.

“They did some practice starts and he was very good, didn’t st✃all it once!”

The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, British
The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie. Formula 1 World…

The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, British
The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie Formula 1 World…

The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, British
The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie Formula 1 World…

The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, British
The fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie. Formula 1 World…

Ferrari SF-23 pushed past the fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple movie. Formula 1 World
Ferrari SF-23 pushed past the fictional APXGP pit garages, in place for the forthcoming Apple…

Ted Kravitz added: “Ev♚eryone here is an extra in a movie set.

“APXGP is the name of the team. They’ve got their own barriers. Sonny Hayes is runnin✅g Kimi Raikkonen’s #7 - that is Brad Pitt, of course.

“H🍎is teammate in the fictional as-yet-untitled film is Damson Idris, he’s running Marcus Ericsson’s #9.”

Chandhok said about the car that Pitt will drive: “The car is a GP2 chassis but they have been modified to look like F1 cars, with help from Mercedes. To make it lookಌ like the current regulation rear wings…”

The film, which has no title yet, will b⛄e released b🍃y Apple TV.

Lewis Hamilton is involved as a co-producer.

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