Lewis Hamilton’s ‘F1’ movie starring Brad Pitt is back for filming at the Belgian GP weekend and the fans at Spa-Francorchamps got a pleasant surprise about the filming. The production crew requested fans to be present in the Gold 1 grandstand for the filming of a key scene on the main pit straight.
F1 journalist Adam Cooper revealed a picture of the hoarding of this invitation from the ‘F1’ movie production crew on Twitter (now X). The hoarding stated,
“Today from 11:55 – 12:35 a key scene is being filmed on the grid with one of the fictional APXGP cars in front of the Gold 1 grandstand in the shot”.
The crew wanted crowd members to be present in “blocks A, B, and C” in the Gold 1 grandstand from 11:35 local time. A Gold 1 grandstand ticket which gives a view of the pits and the main straight starts from $680.
Fans at @circuitspa are being invited to be part of the @f1 movie…: pic.twitter.com/voSWotglnM
— Adam Cooper (@adamcooperF1) July 26, 2024
As the FP1 session for the F1 Grand Prix weekend was due to begin by 13:30 local time, the filming crew had this tight 40-minute window to finish the scene and get their footage of the audience in the grandstand.
Apparently, Pitt had been preparing for this filming schedule and also asked for tips from George Russell, specifically about the Eau Rouge and Raidillon section.
Pitt and his crew aim to step up the filming at Spa
Last year, the ‘F1’ filming crew visited several races and from Belgium, they took some footage of an Alpine car running in the race. However, this time it seems like Pitt and his co-star Damson Idris along with the pro drivers who are substituting them as action doubles may do some actual laps at Spa for filming.
Thus, when Pitt asked Russell about Eau Rouge, the British driver revealed on The Fast and Curious podcast that he told the American actor how it feels to drive through the famous corner. The Mercedes driver stated that the corner is like a “roller coaster” and one may also “feel like Aladdin a little bit”.
Russell wanted to emphasize the steep climb after Eau Rouge. With racers driving at over 200 mph, they can feel like they are floating and the car is lifting them up.
