We all know why motor racing movies tend to suck: they fail to convey the raw excitement, thrill, speed and jeopardy of motorsport onto the silver screen. So it makes them both disappointing as a moviegoing experience and as a representation of the sport. Which is to say nothing of the limp plots that can also accompany them.
Hopes are higher for F1, of course, years in the making and with unprecedented access to races thanks to official collaboration with the sport. Even if having Sergio Perez in a Red Bull and Carlos Sainz in a Ferrari will date some of the footage a tad. This is the final trailer for the film, which will be in cinemas from June 25th and tells the story of Brad Pitt’s Sonny Hayes, back in F1 after decades away and tasked with saving his former teammate’s struggling outfit. With a young buck in the second seat and some personal demons to battle along the way.
This final two-minute teaser does set the tone nicely - not least by kicking off with Pitt in a right-hand-drive G-wagen, a sure sign that he's a no-nonsense kind of chap - with some good-looking action sequences and a sheen of legitimacy to the Apex GP operation that most racing films can’t claim to rival. Plus some fire, sex, tyre smoke and tongue-in-cheek confirmation that Sonny Hayes looks pretty good for 61. At any rate, F1 looks like it’ll be worth a watch, and we’ve all become too familiar with films at home on the TV - so this action-packed surely deserves the big screen. Best get booking the time off (and your tickets) very soon.
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