F1 (2025)
F1 is a 2025 action movie directed by Joseph Kosinski, with a running time of 2h 36m. It stars Brad Pitt, Damson Idris and Javier Bardem.
Sonny Hayes was a Formula One prodigy whose career ended decades ago in a crash. A struggling team lures him back to mentor a cocky young driver named Joshua Pearce and chase one last shot at glory. Director Joseph Kosinski, fresh off Top Gun: Maverick, shoots the racing with real cars on real circuits, putting the camera where the speed lives. Brad Pitt plays Hayes as a charming wreck still hunting one clean lap. Around him sit the team owner, the engineers, and a rivalry that runs hotter off the track than on it.
Quick answers
What is F1 about?
Sonny Hayes was a Formula One prodigy whose career ended decades ago in a crash. A struggling team lures him back to mentor a cocky young driver named Joshua Pearce and chase one last shot at glory. Director Joseph Kosinski, fresh off Top Gun: Maverick, shoots the racing with real cars on real circuits, putting the camera where the speed lives. Brad Pitt plays Hayes as a charming wreck still hunting one clean lap. Around him sit the team owner, the engineers, and a rivalry that runs hotter off the track than on it.
When was F1 released?
F1 was released on 25 June 2025.
How long is F1?
F1 runs 2h 36m.
Who made F1?
F1 was directed by Joseph Kosinski.
Where can I watch F1?
F1 is available on AppleTV+, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch F1
Stream: AppleTV+
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
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Cast
- Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes
- Damson Idris as Joshua Pearce
- Javier Bardem as Ruben Cervantes
- Kerry Condon as Kate McKenna
- Tobias Menzies as Peter Banning
- Kim Bodnia as Kaspar Smolinski
- Sarah Niles as Bernadette
- Will Merrick as Nickleby
- Joseph Balderrama as Fazio
- Abdul Salis as Dodge
- Callie Cooke as Jodie
- Samson Kayo as Cash
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A few thoughts on F1
The natural companion is Formula 1: Drive to Survive, the docuseries that turned real paddock drama into binge television and clearly shaped this film's texture. To feel the speed with a controller in hand, Gran Turismo 7 and the official F1 24 game put you on the same circuits. Ron Howard's Rush covers the sport's most famous rivalry with matching adrenaline.
Real circuits, real cars, no CGI cheating
F1 shoots Sonny Hayes's comeback on actual circuits with real cars, chasing speed the camera can't fake. Gran Turismo 7 and F1 24 hand you the same physics-driven machines to drive yourself, Formula 1: Drive to Survive shows the paddock politics behind every lap, and Days of Thunder and Born to Race: Fast Track chase that same trackside authenticity on screen.
Turn the volume up on outrageous car chases
F1 borrows its adrenaline from the street-racing playbook, engines redlined and rivalries settled at speed. Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, F9 and Fast X built a decade of chases around exactly that thrill, Need for Speed brings the same underground circuit to the screen, and Grand Theft Auto V lets you cause the same driving mayhem yourself.
One more shot at glory for washed-up pros
Sonny Hayes is a driver whose career already ended once, clawing back for one last lap of relevance. Chandu Champion, Personal Best and The Karate Kid follow athletes fighting that same uphill climb toward a title, Lucky You stakes everything on one final hand, and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps sends a disgraced pro back into a game that chewed him up before.