In Vegas, the car crashed not only by Colapinto, but also by Brad Pitt

Only one serious incident occurred during the Las Vegas Grand Prix: during qualifying, Williams’ car was badly crashed by Franco Colapinto, after which he was taken to the medical center, but he was cleared to race the next morning. Moreover, at the cost of enormous efforts, the team actually managed to assemble a new car for him based on a spare chassis.

But it turns out that another, perhaps even more dramatic, incident occurred on the highway. The fact is that the shooting of a feature film about Formula 1 continued in Las Vegas, which will simply arouse more public attention, if only because very powerful forces were involved in its creation.

We have repeatedly talked about this large-scale project, with which Lewis Hamilton has a direct connection, and the roles are played by film stars of the first magnitude – Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, as well as the Danish actor Kim Bodnia – he was more than ten years old ago became famous thanks to the sensational Scandinavian series “The Bridge”.

Brad Pitt plays racer Sonny Hayes in the film and an episode was shot in Las Vegas about the serious accident he has on a difficult city track. According to the script, Sonny independently, albeit with difficulty, gets out from under the wreckage of the car, but then loses consciousness and falls to the asphalt.

Some fans witnessed this scene and photos taken from the stands immediately went viral on the internet. The film crew immediately responded to this, because the fictional APX GP team also has its own accounts on social networks – just like the driver, whose name is Sonny Hayes.

We quote: “During qualifying, Sonny was involved in a serious accident, which required immediate medical examination. Incidents where the impact reaches this magnitude are always taken very seriously and Sonny’s health remains our priority.

Although his condition is stable, he will not take part in tomorrow’s race to focus on his full recovery. The whole team is supporting us and as more information becomes available we will share it.”

On the grid in Las Vegas, just before the start of the Grand Prix, Sky Sports commentator Martin Brundle asked Jerry Bruckheimer, the lead producer of the upcoming film simply called F1, how work on the film was going.

“Everything is going great! The premiere is scheduled for the end of June next year, but filming continues and will be completed during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,” Bruckheimer responded.