the F1 movie, has added another feather to its cap by bagging four nominations at the 98th Academy Awards, including the coveted Best Picture honor. Starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris as F1 drivers, the Joseph Kosinski film was one of the most succesful movies of 2025 and grossed more than double its budget of around $300 million.
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How Brad Pitt Learned to Bump His Stunt Driver Off the Road
And other facts about “F1” revealed in a special THR panel with stunt driver Luciano Bacheta, stunt coordinator Gary Powell, John Mayer and more.
No viewer of F1 should be surprised by the amount of real-life action weaved into Joseph Kosinski’s riveting film. As the decorated artisans behind the box-office smash told a packed house in Los Angeles, following a special THR screening last month, everything from its look to its pace to its sound was drawn directly from races around the world — both in research for the story of a retired former prodigy (Brad Pitt) returning to the sport to save a flailing team from the brink, and in the literal material collections. “We were capturing all of the broadcast cameras that Formula One shoots with at all the tracks,”
“F1” movie lands two Critics’ Choice Awards
The F1 movie picked up two wins at the 2026 Critics’ Choice Awards on 4 January.
The blockbuster, directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, was awarded the Critics’ Choice Awards for Best Sound (Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta and Gareth John) and Best Editing (Stephen Mirrione).
‘F1’: Read The Screenplay
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Apple Original Films and Warner Bros‘ F1, directed by Joseph Kosinski from a script by Kosinski and Ehren Kruger. Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Javier Bardem and Kerry Condon star.
The Hollywood Reporter
How ‘F1: The Movie’ Was Filmed at Real Grand Prix Races, With Brad Pitt and Damson Idris Driving 180 MPH
The cast and filmmaking crew of the blockbuster hit break down the movie’s biggest races, and how they gained unprecedented access to the top-secret sport.
The roaring crowds, the howling of the F1 engines and some of the most famous race car drivers in the world. It seemed like a normal practice round of the Grand Prix race at England’s Silverstone Circuit in July 2023, except for one thing: One of the world’s biggest movie stars was sitting in a car at the back of the formation line. Brad Pitt, who plays Sonny Hayes in F1: The Movie, had insisted on doing as much of the actual driving himself — as much as insurers would allow, that is — in hopes it would bring added authenticity to the screen. It was a goal shared by the entire crew, led by director Joseph Kosinski: to make F1 the most accurate portrayal of the sport in Hollywood history.
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Current nominations
Currently F1 has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the categories: Cinematic and Box Office Achievement and Best Original Score. Read more.
F1 has been nominated seven times for a Critics Choice Award in the categories: Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects; Best Stunt Design, Best Score, Best Song (“Drive”) and Best Sound. Read more.
Plan B productions ‘The Pitt‘ and ‘Adolenscence‘ received multiple Critics Choice Award nominations as well. Read more.
Lewis Hamilton’s Not-So-Fast, Not-So-Furious Road to Hollywood
Some mentions of Brad in Lewis Hamilton’s latest Vanity Fair interview.
As a racer, you’ve been both a rookie and a veteran. How did you use your experience to help Brad and Damson better portray these characters?
We did a huge session in London where they were just firing lots of questions at me, about my upbringing, how it was in karting, and the pressure from parents. Ehren was able to utilize that in writing and working on Damson [Idris]’s character. For Brad [Pitt], we spent a lot of time together, and he would ask, “How’s this?” We drove around the track together. He already had talent; he knew how to take corners already, which was quite impressive. Whereas Damson was really starting as a rookie. Damson didn’t watch racing, so it was a real culture shock for him, whereas Brad watches racing, so he had an idea already. They bring those two characters to life so well.
‘F1’ Director On Status Of Sequel: “I Would Love To Be Able To Tell Another Chapter In That Story”
Is an F1 sequel in the works? F1 director Joseph Kosinski told Deadline that he would love to see it happen.
When asked by Deadline if we might be seeing Brad Pitt’s Sonny Hayes take one more rev around the track, Kosinski acknowledged he and producers have begun talking about it. “I personally would love to see what other adventures Sonny Hayes has in his future,” Kosinski said during Contenders Film Los Angeles Saturday. “I’d love to see what’s happened with the APXGP team and Joshua Pearce, and see how his career goes, so I would love to be able to tell another chapter in that story and it’s something we just started kinda dreaming about and it’s fun to be in this stage of imagining what that might be.”
