Formula 1 has revealed the first official, full-length trailer for the upcoming feature film ‘F1’.
The film, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Joseph Kosinski, is due for release this summer.
It stars Brad Pitt as experienced driver Sonny Hayes and Damson Idris as his rookie team mate Joshua Pearce. Javier Bardem plays their team principal, Ruben Cervantes.
“Some people look at Sonny Hayes,” Bardem intones as the trailer begins, “they see a guy who lives in a van, a gambling junkie who missed his shot, the best who never was. I see possibility.” Pitt’s character is seen with what appears to be an early nineties Lotus chassis.
The film revolves around his character, as F1’s plot summary explains: “Dubbed ‘the greatest that never was’, Sonny Hayes was among Formula 1’s most promising [phenomenon] of the 1990s until a major accident. 30 years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling F1 team on the verge of collapse,” it says.
“Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to Formula 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He drives alongside Joshua Pearce, the team’s hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in F1, your team mate is your fiercest competition — and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.”
Several clashes between Hayes and Pearce, on the track as well as off it, appear in the trailer. Spectacular crash scenes including cars flying through the air and exploding into flames are also seen.
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The footage for the film was shot alongside grands prix over the previous two seasons. The two cars of the fictional APX GP team have been blended into action shots from real races.
More action was filmed on location at different F1 tracks including Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps, Yas Marina and the Las Vegas Strip Circuit.
The producers made the notable choice of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain”, which was long associated with BBC’s Formula 1 broadcasts in the eighties and nineties, as the backing music for this trailer.
The film will open in North America on June 27th, and in many other international locations two days earlier. Fans are also being offered the opportunity to buy tickets to special preview screenings at 25 IMAX cinemas worldwide on June 23rd.
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