Toto Wolff Reveals the Integral Role $2,700,000,000 Worth Giants Played to Help Brad Pitt Steal the Show From Lewis Hamilton and Co.

Who would have thought Brad Pitt would successfully make it into F1? While Michael Andretti is tirelessly trying to get the Andretti F1 team to race in F1, Mr. William Bradley Pitt, under the racing name “Sonny Hayes” has casually walked into the Silverstone paddock and set up his team, APXGP’s garage. If this is the first you are hearing of this, don’t worry. All this is being done for an Apple TV+ production – A movie that revolves around F1. And Toto Wolff has given a detailed insight into the role that Mercedes played in pre-production.

“But here comes Sebastian Vettel!” – This line of commentary by David Croft aka Crofty during the 2018 Belgian GP had gone viral. At Silverstone today, it is going to be Brad Pitt instead of Sebastian Vettel. The Oscar-winning actor is going to take part in the formation lap at the British GP. And he gets to do so without even participating in Qualifying. But you gotta wonder, wouldn’t it be a safety concern if a non-racer is driving right before an actual race with actual racing drivers?

Well, judging by Toto Wolff’s latest comments on the same concerns, it’s all good. When Wolff was approached in the paddock and asked about the movie shooting, he said that Mercedes had an important part to play in the preparation. Pitt was facilitated with official driving lessons by the $2.7 billion worth Brackley team. And like any other driver, he started with F4 cars and rose through the ranks.

Wolff said, as quoted by Speedweek, “We are significantly involved. We sent Brad Pitt to a racing school in France, where he drove everything from Formula 4 racing cars to the next. We tried to help as much as we could.” [translated via Google]

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So, it looks like the American actor is well-equipped to shoot right before an important race. Not only that, Wolff even spoke in detail about Lewis Hamilton‘s role in the pre-production of the movie.

Toto Wolff Lauds Lewis Hamilton and Production Team for Detailed and Dedicated Efforts

It is not just Toto Wolff that is helping out, Hamilton has an even bigger role in production. He is the executive producer for the Jerry Bruckheimer production. Hamilton even took an active part in the Drivers’ briefing on Friday, which Brad Pitt was a part of. And Wolff even spoke about the amount of hard work and detailing being put into the movie.

Wolff said, “Lewis Hamilton is executive producer. He wants to make sure that the film is as realistic as possible. We helped the film crew by converting Formula 2 race cars into cars that look like Formula 1 cars.”

He even praised the Director, Joseph Kosinski, saying, “The Americans take their task extremely seriously. The work of Joseph and his staff is something to be proud of – the box here is really like the real thing, incredibly well made.”

As of now, the details of the plot haven’t been revealed. But the working title of the movie is believed to be ‘Apex’. It’ll be interesting to see how Pitt manages his car around Silverstone’s apexes. Let’s have faith that the shooting works out as planned and an engrossing race follows.

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