First trailer for Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ movie released
On the eve of last weekend's season-opening Australian Grand Prix, the first trailer for the F1 movie that has been co-produced by seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton and set to hit cinemas this summer has been released.
The new film that will be named F1 has been created by the filmmakers of Top Gun: Maverick, F1 stars Brad Pitt and Damson Idris and is directed by Joseph Kosinski. It is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Kosinski, Pitt, Lewis Hamilton, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner and Chad Oman, and was penned by Ehren Kruger.
The first trailer has now been released. The 2 minute 28 second trailer combines the exhilaration of Formula 1 with the compelling story of former F1 driver Sonny Hayes, played by Brad Pitt. Dubbed ‘the greatest that never was’, Sonny Hayes was among Formula's most promising phenom 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. 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 (Damson Idris), 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 teammate is your fiercest competition—and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.
The movie will be distributed in theatres and in IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures internationally on June 25, 2025, and in North America on June 27, 2025.
The movie began production in 2023 and in a collaboration with Formula 1, was granted access to various F1 Grands Prix to underpin its authenticity, with all F1 drivers, teams, the FIA, race promoters, and the wider F1 community helping bring the production to life.
