@NFLPlayerProps said:

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Good movie. Race scenes were really intense and entertaining but did require some suspended disbelief RE: the actual sport.

To me it was basically Top Gun: Maverick with F1 cars instead of jets. Which is a big compliment

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Agree with this assessment, old veteran wanting to stay in racing and a young hot shot to act as his foil. Still a fun movie, would recommend seeing this one in theaters.

I love a summer blockbuster, and F1 certainly fit the bill! Not normally one to care about the gimmicks that theaters have with 3D/4D, but my local Cinemark has DBox seating in the prime viewing areas of the XD theater. I tried it once in another movie and didn't like it at all. But holy hell, those seats were made for this movie! 100% worth the extra cost.

What a fun movie. I don't think I even realized how long it was. Was the "racing" not actually what happens? Sure. Was there some eyeballing moments for F1 fans? You bet. However, not once was I bored or thinking of anything else. It was a great movie. I enjoyed the 24 hours of Daytona part as well.

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What a fun movie. I don't think I even realized how long it was. Was the "racing" not actually what happens? Sure. Was there some eyeballing moments for F1 fans? You bet. However, not once was I bored or thinking of anything else. It was a great movie. I enjoyed the 24 hours of Daytona part as well.

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Totally agree. The things I most appreciated about the plot was the emphasis on teamwork and the focus on just scoring constructor points. There was no way that a geriatric Hayes was going to come into modern F1 with a last place team mid-season and suddenly start winning races. Thankfully the script made a riveting, unpredictable story out of trying to finish races, not win them. What a refreshing change of pace from the typical racing movie plot! I was hooked.

AgGrad99 said:

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Quo Vadis? said:

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sburg2007 said:

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What a fun movie. I don't think I even realized how long it was. Was the "racing" not actually what happens? Sure. Was there some eyeballing moments for F1 fans? You bet. However, not once was I bored or thinking of anything else. It was a great movie. I enjoyed the 24 hours of Daytona part as well.

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I've been a huge F-1 fan for a long time, and yes it was about as realistic as space jam, but who cares? If you want realism play F1 25 on PlayStation. This movie is great for the sport, I just hope the fans stick around after they realize that cars don't actually bump each other purposefully or shed millions of dollars of equipment on the track, and that split second finishes almost never happen.

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The funny thing about that, listening to interviews with the cast, they make it sound like they took pain-staking measures, to insure it's 100% accurate.

Brad Pitt was talking about Lewis as a consultant. He told a story that they were editing the film, and Lewis would hear the gear they were in, and would say...'no, at that track, you'd be in 3rd gear, not 2nd around that corner', so they'd change it. All because they had to make sure every single aspect was real.

I dont think the fans care, and will enjoy it anyway, but maybe dont make all those claims if we need to overlook some things

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Yeah Lewis, instead of worrying about the sound maybe let them know that a driver who instigates three safety cars that somehow lets his teammate move up 12 spots might get a little bit of a hand slap.

Quo Vadis? said:

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AgGrad99 said:

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Quo Vadis? said:

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sburg2007 said:

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What a fun movie. I don't think I even realized how long it was. Was the "racing" not actually what happens? Sure. Was there some eyeballing moments for F1 fans? You bet. However, not once was I bored or thinking of anything else. It was a great movie. I enjoyed the 24 hours of Daytona part as well.

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I've been a huge F-1 fan for a long time, and yes it was about as realistic as space jam, but who cares? If you want realism play F1 25 on PlayStation. This movie is great for the sport, I just hope the fans stick around after they realize that cars don't actually bump each other purposefully or shed millions of dollars of equipment on the track, and that split second finishes almost never happen.

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The funny thing about that, listening to interviews with the cast, they make it sound like they took pain-staking measures, to insure it's 100% accurate.

Brad Pitt was talking about Lewis as a consultant. He told a story that they were editing the film, and Lewis would hear the gear they were in, and would say...'no, at that track, you'd be in 3rd gear, not 2nd around that corner', so they'd change it. All because they had to make sure every single aspect was real.

I dont think the fans care, and will enjoy it anyway, but maybe dont make all those claims if we need to overlook some things

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Yeah Lewis, instead of worrying about the sound maybe let them know that a driver who instigates three safety cars that somehow lets his teammate move up 12 spots might get a little bit of a hand slap.

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Red bull currently pouring over regulations to see if this is specifically mentioned as against the rules.

When Carlos' Williams car couldn't get into first gear at Sunday's race in Austria I was thinking.. "here we go, teams are already trying tactics from the movie"

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gggmann said:

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Some details on the real life incident that was used as Brad Pitt's character's backstory:

Spoiler alert

https://www.racefans.net/2025/06/25/martin-donnelly-racer-real-crash-sonny-hayes-brad-pitt-f1-movie/

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I remembered that race as soon as it appeared in the movie with Donnelly's Lotus next to Senna's McLaren. I stopped following F1 after Senna's death and Nigel Mansell's move to Indy. I realized while watching the movie tonight just how much I've missed F1.

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There's nothing like it, I live in Abu Dhabi 6 months out of the year and have a long term residence at the W Hotel where the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is. I don't get to use the room in December, but they have the Formula 2 and 4 races here, and the teams are always in and out during the year.

I've got a view of turn 12 out my living room window

schmendeler said:

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Quo Vadis? said:

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AgGrad99 said:

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Quo Vadis? said:

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sburg2007 said:

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What a fun movie. I don't think I even realized how long it was. Was the "racing" not actually what happens? Sure. Was there some eyeballing moments for F1 fans? You bet. However, not once was I bored or thinking of anything else. It was a great movie. I enjoyed the 24 hours of Daytona part as well.

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I've been a huge F-1 fan for a long time, and yes it was about as realistic as space jam, but who cares? If you want realism play F1 25 on PlayStation. This movie is great for the sport, I just hope the fans stick around after they realize that cars don't actually bump each other purposefully or shed millions of dollars of equipment on the track, and that split second finishes almost never happen.

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The funny thing about that, listening to interviews with the cast, they make it sound like they took pain-staking measures, to insure it's 100% accurate.

Brad Pitt was talking about Lewis as a consultant. He told a story that they were editing the film, and Lewis would hear the gear they were in, and would say...'no, at that track, you'd be in 3rd gear, not 2nd around that corner', so they'd change it. All because they had to make sure every single aspect was real.

I dont think the fans care, and will enjoy it anyway, but maybe dont make all those claims if we need to overlook some things

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Yeah Lewis, instead of worrying about the sound maybe let them know that a driver who instigates three safety cars that somehow lets his teammate move up 12 spots might get a little bit of a hand slap.

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Red bull currently pouring over regulations to see if this is specifically mentioned as against the rules.

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I'm sure Yuki is down to take one for the team - its not like he's gonna finish anywhere except the back of the pack anyway.

Last year I think it was Magnusson that did something very similar to one of the scenes in the movie where he intentionally slowed down the pack to help out his teammate (as well as a few other antics that might have inspired some of the scenes in the movie).

Many of the actions in the movie would have gotten a driver or team fined, penalized, and/or banned in real life. And thats ok - it makes for a better cinematic experience even if unrealistic and most of the movie going public won't really know. But its not like it was TOO far out there either - these teams have done some crazy stuff! Its just that it doesn't occur as often or extreme as they make it seem.

One little nit I noticed but I'll need to rewatch the movie to verify but I could swear at one point I saw both of the race leaders with their DRS on at the same time. While that could technically happen if the leader was about to pass a lapped car I don't recall that being the case in the movie during that scene. Little things though - not unlike somebody forgetting a starbucks cup on the set of GoT.

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Just back from the theater and that was a blast of a movie.

Yup, kinda predictable and some of their race strategy stretches the rules to say the least, but the racing action is incredible and this is the kind of film they make IMAX for.

As an F1 fan really enjoyed all the cameos (especially everyone's favorite principal who is no longer a principal) and it was just a fun ride.

I wondered if they cast an Irish actress as a nod to Bernadette Collins, now an F1 commentator and one of the few women to work as a performance engineer in F1. Thought Kerry Condon was really good in the part.

And spoiler from the last race but I found it kind of hilarious that Lewis was the one who took out JP in the final laps of Abu Dhabi, especially considering he was a producer.

I got a chance to watch this yesterday at an IMAX theater and really enjoyed it. Not perfect but it's exactly what I wanted it to be, fun. The racing scenes were top notch. I didn't even realize it was 2.5 hours long until the credits were rolling. I've watched Formula 1 for years and I none of the errors were enough to take away from the experience. They had enough people in F1 involved in the production that they struck a good enough balance. Your average movie goer at a summer blockbuster isn't interested enough in race engineering to read Adrian Newey's book so the movie doesn't need to get into those specifics IMO to be enjoyable. I'll go see it again in the theater if my wife wants to see it.

Latrobe said:

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Saw it yesterday and really liked it! Did not like the a movie time of 1230, and a start time of 1pm (after commercials and previews).

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I now take the listed movie time as the time I should leave my house. By the time I get in, get snacks, and get to my reserved seat there's still 1 or 2 previews and I miss none of the movie.