June 16, 2025 (Radio City)
June 27, 2025 (USA)
F1 (marketed as F1: The Movie) is a 2025 American sports drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger. The film stars Brad Pitt as Formula One (F1) racing driver Sonny Hayes, who returns after a 30-year absence to save his former teammate's underdog team, APXGP, from collapse. Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, and Javier Bardem also star in supporting roles.
Development of the film began in December 2021 with Pitt, Kosinski, Kruger, and producer Jerry Bruckheimer attached to the project; the latter three had previously collaborated together on Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Supporting cast members were revealed in early 2023, before the start of principal photography at Silverstone that July. Filming also took place during Grand Prix weekends of the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, with the collaboration of the FIA, the governing body of F1. Racing sequences were adapted from the real-life races, with F1 teams and drivers appearing throughout, including Lewis Hamilton, who was also a producer. Hans Zimmer composed the film's score, while numerous artists contributed to its soundtrack.
The film premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 16, 2025, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 27. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed $509 million worldwide against a $200–300 million budget, becoming the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2025.
Synopsis
In the 1990s, Sonny Hayes was Formula 1's most promising driver until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, the owner of a struggling Formula 1 team convinces Sonny to return to racing and become the best in the world. Driving alongside the team's hotshot rookie, Sonny soon learns that the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Doppler Horn By LeftT PE079801
- SKYWALKER, CAR - 'DELINQUENT ROAD HAZARDS' MANEUVERING AND DRIVING, VARIOUS
- SKYWALKER, CAR - BROKEN TIRE SKID
- SKYWALKER, CAR - FORMULA 1 DRIVING AT FAST SPEED
- SKYWALKER, CAR - IGNITION START; REVERTING ENGINE; RUN
- SKYWALKER, CAR - LARGE CRASH WITH DEBRIS
- SKYWALKER, CAR - LIGHTNING MCQUEEN REVVING V8 ENGINE
- SKYWALKER, CAR - STOCK CAR DRIVING AT FAST SPEED
- SKYWALKER, CAR - STOCK CAR PASS BY
- SKYWALKER, CAR - TIRE ROLLING
- SKYWALKER, CAR - TIRE SKID ON TURN LOUD HIGH PITCHED
- SKYWALKER, CAR - VARIOUS TIRE SCREECHING
- SKYWALKER, DRILL - RACE DRILL SPINNING
- SKYWALKER, DOOR - CAR DOOR OPEN; SLIDE
- SKYWALKER, DOOR - SID'S BEDROOM DOOR CLUNKING
- SKYWALKER, ENGINE - LARGE ENGINE POWER DOWN (Reversed)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - LOUD, ABRUPT POP
- SKYWALKER, HEARTBEAT - DRUM HEARTBEAT
- SKYWALKER, HUMAN - HAND CLAPPING, SINGLE, MULTIPLE
- SKYWALKER, METAL - ABRUPT JERKING CLANK
- SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG VEHICLE CRASH
- SKYWALKER, METAL - TRAIN MECHANICS SCRAPING
- SKYWALKER, METAL - TRAIN WHEELS SQUEAKING AND SQUEALING
- SKYWALKER, MUSIC - DEEP, OMINOUS BASS TONE
- SKYWALKER, WATER - SLOSHES AND LAPPING, VARIOUS
- SKYWALKER, WIND - HEAVY WIND WHISTLING
- SKYWALKER, WIND SOUNDS
- Soundelux, Koenigssegg CCX
- Sound Ideas, WAVES, FLOW - INDIVIDUAL WAVES FLOW WITH BACKWASH, WATER