Brad Pitt looks stylish in tight shorts and breaks into Formula 1: the 59-year-old actor takes on the role of a veteran pilot, and Lewis Hamilton supports him in a new film

The sports agenda in the Formula 1 competition got a new face at the Silverstone Grand Prix in Great Britain. Motor racing usually has characters from the world of entertainment as witnesses, but this time the presence of Brad Pitt had a different purpose, he would add to the race.

The 59-year-old actor hit the track to get behind the wheel of a single-seater as part of his upcoming film about Formula 1 sponsored by Apple TV in which he will come to life sonny hayesa driver from the highest category of motor sports who, after several years of retirement, will return to the tracks to help the celebrated team APXGP.

His presence in Silverstone GP to start filming the first scenes, attracted the attention of those present, reports Sport.es.

In this way and under the guidance joseph kosinskiBrad Pitt drove a Formula 2 racing car that was modified by the Mercedes team as part of the film project.

Pictures of Angelina Jolie’s ex in the paddock spread like wildfire on social networks, and in some of them he was seen with the actress Damson Idris who would be his co-star in the film, according to the Spanish media.

For the first filming after Silverstone, the production set up an additional garage in pit lane which was strategically placed between boxes of ferrari and mercedes. He also set out to film scenes of Pitt’s car circling the first warm-up lap ahead of the other cars on the grid.

Even before the start of the real race, some attendees could see for themselves Brad Pitt next to pilot Max Verstappen, while they sang the English national anthem, and then with Damson Idris and the Spanish pilot Carlos Sainz headed towards their “garage”, according to OK Diario.

The fact that a film is being made about Formula 1 has greatly excited the British driver Lewis Hamilton, who hopes to highlight the essence of this sport. The Mercedes driver is also part of this production, as stated by the Motor Sport media.

To thank the cooperation of the Formula 1 drivers, both Brad Pitt and director Joseph Kosinski attended an official meeting at Silverstone, which was held two days before the Grand Prix.

There, they received the support of competitors such as Charles Leclerc from Ferrari and Pierre Gasly from Alpine, who even posted a photo with Pitt, Hamilton and Leclerc on his Instagram, according to the sports media.

For his part, Lewis Hamilton hopes that this film will take Formula 1 to a higher level, and in the meantime he continues to advise the American actor on filming.

“I don’t know if this would have been possible more than 10 years ago [grabarse una película durante un fin de semana de Fórmula 1]when the old address was there,” Hamilton mentioned during a press conference reviewing Car and Driver.

“There are so many people around the world who are really excited about the sport and want to know more, and the fact that we’ll have all the original characters already online, and Brad, is pretty cool,” said the seven-time world title winner.

According to this medium, Brad Pitt Filming of the film will continue in the next weekends, during which the Formula 1 world race lasts, so it will surely be seen more often at the next competitions. (AND)