Tag: Formula 1

F1 the MovieYear: 2025Rating: PG-13Length: 155 minutes / 2.58 hours I'm not terribly huge into watching sports or racing. Yet, F1 the Movie (2025) intrigues me because it hooked me as a film about racing Formula 1 cars—which itself is more of a team sport than I originally realized. Much like Ford v Ferrari (2019) and Gran Turismo (2023) before it, F1 has a strong character-driven (ha ha) core that makes the entire experience enthralling. Whether it's the adrenaline junkie Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) just racing for the love of the thrill or the young upstart Joshua Pierce (Damson Idris) trying to prove himself, their struggles move the plot along. One aspect I appreciated about F1 was how the movie shows that the driver is not the sole reason why a car wins a race. There are so many aspects involved, many of which are pure engineering, that it's difficult to realize all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into a winning team....