DOESN'T HIT TOP GEAR

BRAD Pitt turns back the odometer, looking considerably younger than his svelte 61 years, pumping the accelerator on testosterone-soaked bravado in Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski's predictable drama, which boasts seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton as a producer.

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The British driver appears fleetingly alongside current F1 stars in footage captured at real race weekends including Silverstone in Northamptonshire, where Pitt and co-star Damson Idris appear on the grid and in the pit lane as drivers of a fictional 11th team vying for championship glory.