F1: The Movie.. A Technical Marvel

The Superior Technical Innovation Behind the movie

Out of the flood of movies and TV shows released daily, which a person desperately tries to keep up with, there are only a rare few that I want to watch more than once. One of them is Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick, which I’ve watched more than 20 times since its release in 2022. It was directed by the brilliant Joseph Kosinski and produced by the legendary Jerry Bruckheimer. Every time I watch it, I feel a powerful rush of adrenaline from the incredible planes and their combat missions, including the dogfights in the sky during training and against enemy aircraft at high altitudes in the theater of war.

I found the same powerful experience of speed, excitement, and adrenaline again in F1: The Movie by the same director and producer. I watched it for the second time last night. I had previously written about it on my personal page and am writing about it again after discovering some very valuable technical details I want to share with you. It’s the kind of movie where you discover deeper layers every time you watch it and enjoy it with more focus and attention.

It was surprising for me to learn that Brad Pitt and Damson Idris trained for four full months to drive real Formula One race cars. They were actually filmed on real tracks driving the cars at 200 miles per hour. The filmmakers enlisted Mercedes to specifically develop cars for the movie and used special small cameras from Sony to install more than 15 cameras on each car. This was done to capture the action from different angles and give the viewer an immersive experience of the race details from the driver’s perspective, including the tires, tracks, competing cars, and the audience.

Professional Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton also served as a producer and official consultant on the film, sharing his expertise with the actors and the technical crew to ensure the cinematic visuals were as realistic and impressive as possible, inspired by real, famous races.

The film was shot on real tracks in different countries and cities, including the United Kingdom, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Mexico, Las Vegas, and the United Arab Emirates. The cars had hundreds of sensors to measure every little detail, and the small cameras were anti-vibration. In short, an incredible amount of technical effort, research, and development went into making this pioneering film that is unlike any other.

F1: The Movie is a cinematic masterpiece by all standards, and I think I will watch it many times because of its elegance, speed, and amazing details.

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