Mercedes boss Wolff has expanded on his F1 team's involvement in the development of Brad Pitt's new movie. Full story here:
serves as executive producer for the as-yet-unnamed film, and the former world champion has played a big part in helping it come together and ensuring a level of authenticity in the script.
to look like current F1 machines, will be present at the back of the grid before Sunday's British GP. They will also complete part of the formation lap before peeling off. "We've been involved pretty early and I think when we had the first discussions, we sent Brad to a driving school in France, going through the formula cars from F4 all the way up," said Wolff.Photo by: Mark Sutton /"And we tried to be helpful with the narrative. Lewis is an executive producer, so he wanted to make sure when the movie comes out, it's as realistic as possible.
"I spoke to the director a few weeks ago and said, 'Where are you?', expecting him to tell me he's in Hollywood – but he said 'I'm in my apartment in Brackley,' so it's not all great with being a movie director!Offering his thoughts on the project,"I'm not an expert of all these things, but when you go into the garage, you have the feeling that it's a proper F1 team, and [it's] even better than some teams.
"And it's massively exciting to see it all coming together. And to know that we're finally starting to film this weekend, it's like there's nerves naturally because it's something we've been working on for so long.
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