F1 boss waxes lyrical about Brad Pitt film: 'Popularity takes on new dimension'

Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali is hugely pleased with the film Brad Pitt and consorts are making about the highest class of motorsport. Indeed, the Italian thinks the new Formula 1 film could have as big an impact on Formula 1 as the Netflix series 'Drive to Survive'. At Silverstone, Pitt's converted F2 car already hit the track for filming.

"The quality of production is really high. It's a really good standard. The drivers were also very enthusiastic and the teams appreciated what we are doing. It was quite clear that we want to show something honest and show Formula 1 to everyone," Domenicali told Autosport.com

Recently, the protagonist himself said he was "having the time of his life" in Formula 1. After the British Grand Prix, it became clear that filming for the new film will also take place at Spa-Francorchamps and probably at Zandvoort.

"I think we are totally convinced because otherwise, we wouldn't have done it, that this will take F1 to another dimension in terms of popularity, in terms of awareness. I'm expecting the big effect that Netflix and social media did with F1," the Italian Formula 1 boss told us.