BRAD PITT has been spotted at Silverstone to film scenes for his new Formula One movie.
The British Grand Prix gets underway this weekend and a film crew was granted exclusive access to the pits this week.
Brad Pitt was spotted at Silverstone filming scenes for his upcoming F1 movie
His fictional character even had his own garage
Pitt chatted with fans
The as yet untitled film stars Pitt as an F1 driver starring for a fictional team.
And the Hollywood producers have personalised their own garage at Silverstone, which includes a photo of Pitt and his character’s name and number.
Pitt, 59, is playing a driver named Sonny Hayes, number seven – which once belonged to Kimi Raikkonen.
Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski will oversee the multi-million pound project, which is being produced by Hollywood legend Jerry Bruckheimer.
exclusively revealed that Pitt will be filming scenes out on the track in a modified race car.
F1 is enjoying a sensational surge in popularity across the globe thanks to TV shows like Netflix’s Drive to Survive and the majority of races are now sold out.
And in an exclusive interview with , F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali says the film will help them capitalise on a whole new market.
He revealed: “We have the best producer in Hollywood, one of the best directors in Hollywood, one of the best stars, and the investment they are making is huge.
“The technology too is beautiful and a project for us to develop together, it is because we believe it is another way to take F1 to people who do not know anything about us.
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“We have the opportunity to capture them. It will be an intense project we will do together.
“The next five years will be interesting to anticipate. In the beginning, we were criticised for talking about F1 using different channels, such as Netflix.
“But now, like the movie, it is an evolution on how we need to talk about F1.”
Pitt will be there for the entire weekend
