Inside Hollywood’s $200 Million Bet on Formula 1

Hollywood didn’t just make a racing movie — they built a real F1 team, filmed at live races, and spent $200 million doing it. Here’s how Brad Pitt, Apple, and Mercedes pulled it off.

(Photo: Brad Pitt at the British Grand Prix via Benjamin Cemel/Getty Images)

Hollywood and Formula 1 have spent two years (and hundreds of millions of dollars) to create the most ambitious sports film ever produced. Directed by Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Brad Pitt plays a retired F1 driver who returns to the sp…