Brad Pitt Is Filming His ‘F1’ Movie at the Las Vegas Grand Prix This Weekend

The Las Vegas Grand Prix is back for a second year, and so is Brad Pitt. 

The 60-year-old actor was spotted in Sin City not to watch the event but to continue filming his upcoming movie F1, in which he’ll play veteran race car driver Sonny Hayes, Daily Mail reported. Pitt, a well-known Formula One fan, attended the event in Nevada last year where he appeared to be doing field research for the role. This time around, he was shooting a scene on a hotel balcony with his co-star Kerry Condon who will star as Kate. Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Sarah Niles, Kim Bodnia, and Samson Kayo have also joined the cast. 

The highly anticipated movie is set to premiere next summer in June 2025. The flick is being directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the same duo who worked on the remake of the navy drama Top Gun: Maverick. Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton is also serving as a consultant for the movie. “Filmed yesterday, and it’s coming out next year,” Bruckheimer told Entertainment Tonight during the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix. “It’ll be very exciting, we have Brad Pitt racing, we did some background filming and we’ll be back here next year.”  

Last month, Pitt attended the Mexico City Grand Prix to film additional scenes for the movie. Not only did he show up to the event, but he could be seen exiting a car on the Hermanos Rodríguez racetrack wearing the suit and helmet of the fictional APX GP team, the British publication reported.  

Filming began at Silverstone back in July 2023 when Pitt hit the track at the British Grand Prix. The motion picture has made it a point to shoot scenes in real-time during several international F1 races including the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. In order to capture all the high-speed racing action, Oscar-winning cinematographer Claudio Miranda teamed up with Sony to develop custom cameras that could be mounted onto the cars.  

Apple Studios released a teaser trailer for the film just before this year’s British Grand Prix. In the movie, Pitt’s character retires from the sport after suffering a crash but is thrusted back into action when he’s recruited by F1 team owner (Bardem) to mentor the rookie phenom Joshua Pearce (Idris). 

“I’m a little giddy right now, I’ve got to say,” Pitt told Sky Sports while at Silverstone. “It’s the best time of my life…The vibe is amazing, but just to get to be a part of it in this way, and get to tell our story…All the teams have opened their doors for us. Everyone has just been really, really amazing, that we can do this. And it’s going to be really good.”