Brad Pitt made the comments about the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, where he shot scenes for F1: The Movie, due for release this week. The production had a fully operational garage situated in a real F1 pit lane at the circuit during the 2023 and 2024 grands prix.

F1: The Movie is visually and aurally spectacular pretty much from start to finish but, sadly, the Brad Pitt-led Hollywood take on the sport is let down by some glaring problems elsewhere

F1: The Movie was always going to struggle to set itself apart from the runaway hit Netflix series Formula 1: Drive to Survive.The multi-season reality TV show has been following F1 drivers, team managers and owners on and off the race track for seven seasons,