{"id":371013,"date":"2025-08-25T00:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/371013\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T00:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:27:11","slug":"brad-pitt-reveals-the-vital-f1-tool-that-he-didnt-like-that-much-at-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/371013\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt reveals the vital F1 tool that he \u2018didn\u2019t like that much\u2019 at all"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it came to training to play a Formula 1 driver on the big screen, actor Brad Pitt embraced plenty of the challenges \u2014 but there was one key too that the actor wasn\u2019t a fan of.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Much like his character Sonny Hayes, Pitt was skeptical of the simulator, stating that he \u201cdidn\u2019t like\u201d it much.<\/p>\n

Brad Pitt not a fan of the Formula 1 driver simulator<\/p>\n

F1: The Movie hit theaters around the world just over two months ago, landing on streaming platforms in late August.<\/p>\n

Telling the story of Sonny Hayes, a retired Formula 1 racer invited back to the sport three decades after sustaining a career-ending crash in order to help former teammate turned APEX GP team owner save his backmarker outfit,\u00a0F1: The Movie was a certified summer blockbuster netting over $600 million in the global box office.<\/p>\n

While many diehard Formula 1 fans didn\u2019t hesitate to pinpoint inaccuracies with the racing and rules, Apple Original Films partnered with F1 itself in producing this movie with an eye to making it as \u201caccurate\u201d as possible.<\/p>\n

But when it came to preparation, there was plenty of authentic driver training to be done.<\/p>\n

More on the F1 movie:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49\u00a0Brad Pitt F1 movie: An insider\u2019s complete guide to the F1 film<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49\u00a0Six things about the F1 movie that make it a must-see<\/a><\/p>\n

Pitt and co-star Damson Idris had plenty of opportunities to get familiar with the exercise routines of F1 drivers, as well as chances to drive their modified Formula 2 machines around tracks like Paul Ricard in order to learn what it\u2019s like to compete at speed.<\/p>\n

That was critical, because Pitt and Idris were often afforded 10-minute intervals to get out on the track during F1\u2019s official Free Practice sessions, during which time director Joseph Kosinski would capture the action.<\/p>\n

That all was fine \u2014 but Pitt revealed on the\u00a0Beyond the Grid<\/strong> podcast that he was not a fan of the virtual simulators.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, the simulators are just like the video game simulators,\u201d Pitt told host Tom Clarkson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t like them that much, but we got spoiled, though, you know what I mean. So I didn\u2019t spend a lot of time in that.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, there was one critical event that required simulator training: The 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to for Vegas because we weren\u2019t going to get any practice time, and they were putting us out on the track, and we had a 10 minute window, and we\u2019d never been,\u201d Pitt explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s late at night, and it\u2019s cold, it\u2019s wet, and this is coming from a tourist man! It\u2019s an adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pitt may not have enjoyed the simulator, but that\u2019s perhaps for the best; his character Sonny Hayes is the epitome of the old-school racer, one who prioritizes pre-race track runs and at-home neck exercises as opposed to intensive, sensor-laden training.<\/p>\n

Read next: Brad Pitt\u2019s F1 movie is now streaming: Here\u2019s how to watch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it came to training to play a Formula 1 driver on the big screen, actor Brad Pitt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[4199,707,4200,225,12,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-371013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-formula-1","10":"tag-formula1","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115086573171797726","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}