Javier Bardem, who plays Ruben Cervantes, points out Idris and Pitt likely felt more pressure filming during the live races in front of hundreds of thousands of people. But he says the crew’s “work” wasn’t lost on him.

Brad Pitt did a lot of his own driving during the filming of “F1 The Movie” but the car wasn’t as authentic. The APXGP car driven by his character, Sonny Hayes, was a 2018 Formula Two car that had been modified to look like a current Formula One car.