F1 legend makes SURPRISE appearance as 2025 release details unveiled

Brad Pitt, George Russell and Charles Leclerc on the podium in Abu Dhabi — Photo: © IMAGO

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F1 legend makes SURPRISE appearance as 2025 release details unveiled

The F1 film is set to be released in the summer of 2025

Sam Cook Digital Journalist

Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023

Monday 10 February 2025 14:03 Updated: 20:43

A new release has been revealed with an appearance for a Formula 1 legend, building excitement for a stunning 2025 F1 feature.

The upcoming season is one of the most hotly anticipated of the modern era, with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton switching teams, and a number of drivers seemingly in with a chance of world championship success.

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Off the track, excitement is building for the 2025 release of an F1-themed film starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris, simply titled F1.

Hamilton is an executive producer on the film, while several drivers are set to star following a number of filming days across multiple grand prix weekends over the past two years.

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Brad Pitt and Damson Idris have been filming scenes at race weekends

Lewis Hamilton is an executive producer on the movie

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F1 legend makes Pitt film appearance

Now, a new trailer has dropped for the upcoming film, with more details revealed about the release date, currently set for summer 2025.

Pitt will star as Sonny Hayes, a retired driver who decides to make a Fernando Alonso-style return to the sport with a new team, APX GP, where Idris will be his rookie team-mate Joshua Pearce.

The new trailer was released during the Super Bowl LIX Pregame Show, and featured Hayes' on-track race craft, with the fictional racer providing a real challenge to Red Bull's Max Verstappen, while also showcasing the depth that the film will explore into Hayes' off-track personal life.

Sky Sports F1 pundit David Croft appears to feature in the F1 movie as a commentator

While the new trailer has built excitement among F1 fans on social media about its impending release, the appearance of an F1 broadcasting legend's voice has also turned heads.

Sky Sports F1's David Croft can be heard shouting: "Hayes attacks round the outside," suggesting the British commentator will be the voice of the blockbuster film, rather than F1TV commentators.

Croft has worked for Sky Sports since the broadcaster claimed rights to show the sport in the UK back in 2012, and before that worked for BBC Radio 5 Live.