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F1
Director
Joseph Kosinski
Cinematographer
Claudio Miranda
Production Designer
Mark Tildesley
Composer
Hans Zimmer
Runtime
135 minutes
Genre
Action Drama Sport
Filming Locations
Silverstone Circuit, UK, Hungaroring, Hungary, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Monza, Italy, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Zandvoort, Netherlands, Circuit of the Americas, Austin, USA, Las Vegas Street Circuit, USA, Suzuka, Japan, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Daytona International Speedway, USA
Budget
$200–300 million
Box Office
$633 million

Brad Pitt stars as Sonny Hayes, a retired Formula One driver lured back to the sport to mentor a young prodigy on the struggling APXGP team. Shot across 137 days during real F1 race weekends using a custom Sony prototype cinema camera built to withstand 200mph speeds, the production embedded within the actual paddock and grid to capture authentic racing at an unprecedented scale.

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