Life in the F1 fast lane

One of the most spectacular sporting leagues in the universe is the world of F1 car racing.

- David Griffiths

Made famous over the years by names such as Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton F1 is a sport embraced by millions of fans around the world. The lure of the sport seems to come from the fact that it mixes prestige with danger and speed in a high-octane world that only the most skilled drivers are allowed to take part in.

Now that world is coming to the big screen in a way that this sport has never been captured before. Starring Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Damson Idris and Kerry Condon and directed by Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski, F1 is one of the most eagerly anticipated movies of 2025 and recently we were lucky enough to sit down for a chat with Kosinski to learn how this epic film was put together.

“Well, I think like a lot of people during COVID, I found myself starting to watch the races,” says Kosinski when asked where the idea for F1 originally came from. “Then I found this great television show called Drive to Survive, and I found that it’s an incredibly unique sport in that your teammate is also your, in many ways, your greatest competition.

“For me, that makes for a great drama. I also loved how the first season of the show focused on the last place teams, the underdogs rather than the Ferrari, the Mercedes, the Red Bull, the teams that you see at the front of the pack. And I thought that there was an interesting story to be told about an underdog team in trying to not win the championship, but just trying to win one race against these titans of the sport. So that's where it started. And lucky for me, I had a contact who was in Formula One that I could reach out to, so I did.”

As Kosinski showed us all with Top Gun: Maverick