F1 movie puts Hollywood shine on real-life drama

Action in new film draws on dramatic moments from Formula One's history

The racing scenes in Brad Pitt's new movie F1 are impressively authentic, but the filmmakers have also been keen to point out how the sport's past is woven into the plot — with a hefty slice of Hollywood artistic license.

"We just drew from history. A little this, a little that, then we had Lewis Hamilton keep us straight," commented Pitt at a New York premiere ahead of weekend's general release in cinemas.

Apple's senior vice-president of services Eddy Cue, a lifelong Formula One fan and Ferrari board member, told reporters after a media screening that "there's not a single event in here that hasn't happened in a real race."