F1: The Movie (2025)

[bluechris]

8 and 15 for me

[ENGINE TUNER]

I liked Max's comments. "Shouldn't have to force us to be somewhere..."

Red bull and plenty of his other sponsors force him to be places he doesn't want to be all the time.

Difference is those are sponsors who pay the team money. This is just F1 trying to promote something and forcing the drivers to show up.

FOM pays teams just like sponsors do, they think the movie will increase revenue across the board so it makes sense that the drivers(one of the few uncapped revenue earners in F1) should be there to help promote the movie. What is so hard about going to a movie premiere? These men sit in a cramped hot box for a couple of hours, much more uncomfortable. Trust me, they get paid and fed very well to go to this premiere.

[Wouter]

Red bull and plenty of his other sponsors force him to be places he doesn't want to be all the time.

Difference is those are sponsors who pay the team money. This is just F1 trying to promote something and forcing the drivers to show up.

FOM pays teams just like sponsors do, they think the movie will increase revenue across the board so it makes sense that the drivers(one of the few uncapped revenue earners in F1) should be there to help promote the movie. What is so hard about going to a movie premiere? These men sit in a cramped hot box for a couple of hours, much more uncomfortable. Trust me, they get paid and fed very well to go to this premiere.

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There were only 5 teambosses (from the 10). Didn't they have to attend the premiere?

[ENGINE TUNER]

Difference is those are sponsors who pay the team money. This is just F1 trying to promote something and forcing the drivers to show up.

FOM pays teams just like sponsors do, they think the movie will increase revenue across the board so it makes sense that the drivers(one of the few uncapped revenue earners in F1) should be there to help promote the movie. What is so hard about going to a movie premiere? These men sit in a cramped hot box for a couple of hours, much more uncomfortable. Trust me, they get paid and fed very well to go to this premiere.

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There were only 5 teambosses (from the 10). Didn't they have to attend the premiere?

Nobody cares about seeing the team bosses

[BassVirolla]

Anyone up for a bingo card?

1) Car bursts in flames.
2) Two drivers fight for the same woman off track.
3) Rookie is winning races, fighting for the championship in his first season.
4) Two drivers pick a fist fight, helmets on.
5) They are cheating. I know because I am cheating and they are faster.
[...]

We know 1 to 5 would never happen in real life. But it is a movie!

[AnthonyG]

I think it will be fun to watch, just like top gun is fun to watch and not completely realistic.

[F1Krof]

Anyone up for a bingo card?

1) Car bursts in flames.
2) Two drivers fight for the same woman off track.
3) Rookie is winning races, fighting for the championship in his first season.
4) Two drivers pick a fist fight, helmets on.
5) They are cheating. I know because I am cheating and they are faster.
6) Drives car at full blast, on track, during the race in the opposite direction.
7) Driver tells engineer to “add downforce”. Engineer looks surprised. It actually works!
8 ) Hero tells rookie which line to take in that corner instead. It makes him 1 second faster.
9) Hero tells rookie where to brake in that other corner instead, it is a dummy, makes him crash.
10) A safety car allows hero to go from last to first in a couple of laps.
11) Two cars cross the finish line exactly even.
12) Two cars pass each other 6 times in the same lap, twice in the same straight.
13) Driver shows up late for the race.
14) They spend a good 10 minutes explaining downforce, drag, oversteer, soft tires, hard tires, undercuts... RTL is proud.
15) Hero sacrifices his one and only chance for a race win to make the teammate champion.

We know 1 to 5 would never happen in real life. But it is a movie!

Imma go with:
2) Two drivers fight for the same woman off track.
11) Two cars cross the finish line exactly even.
12) Two cars pass each other 6 times in the same lap, twice in the same straight.
13) Driver shows up late for the race.
14) They spend a good 10 minutes explaining downforce, drag, oversteer, soft tires, hard tires, undercuts... RTL is proud. <--- I would add: a simplified cringy 2 minute explanation with some paper prop.

[l81]

Anyone up for a bingo card?

2) Two drivers fight for the same woman off track.

We know 1 to 5 would never happen in real life. But it is a movie!

Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Michael Schumacher, Corinna Betsch in the early 1990s?

[proteus]

1 is confirmed, 3 is plausible but for the sake of modern audience i presume they will award the championship to the younger driver, 5 - Apex will cheat - it is confirmed, 10 - something like this will happen - it was hinted, 15 is plausible, again for modern audience. And also something out of 14 will be in the movie.

The RACE gave away some spoilers allready.

[proteus]

Red bull and plenty of his other sponsors force him to be places he doesn't want to be all the time.

Difference is those are sponsors who pay the team money. This is just F1 trying to promote something and forcing the drivers to show up.

FOM pays teams just like sponsors do, they think the movie will increase revenue across the board so it makes sense that the drivers(one of the few uncapped revenue earners in F1) should be there to help promote the movie. What is so hard about going to a movie premiere? These men sit in a cramped hot box for a couple of hours, much more uncomfortable. Trust me, they get paid and fed very well to go to this premiere.

Remember the times when F1 was promoted enough by itself, by being a pinnacle of motosport, exciting and awesome? Now it needs tons of promotion in its neverending quest for more money.

They have Mickey Mouse as the ambasador of the sport... I mean...Really?

Im 32 and i feel like im 90 years old, the way the whole thing has turned arround.

[ENGINE TUNER]

Difference is those are sponsors who pay the team money. This is just F1 trying to promote something and forcing the drivers to show up.

FOM pays teams just like sponsors do, they think the movie will increase revenue across the board so it makes sense that the drivers(one of the few uncapped revenue earners in F1) should be there to help promote the movie. What is so hard about going to a movie premiere? These men sit in a cramped hot box for a couple of hours, much more uncomfortable. Trust me, they get paid and fed very well to go to this premiere.

Remember the times when F1 was promoted enough by itself, by being a pinnacle of motosport, exciting and awesome? Now it needs tons of promotion in its neverending quest for more money.

They have Mickey Mouse as the ambasador of the sport... I mean...Really?

Im 32 and i feel like im 90 years old, the way the whole thing has turned arround.

Early 80s, when I first started watching F1 regularly, F1 was already bigger worldwide than either the NBA and the NFL. Its races were broadcast live when the NBA finals were tape delayed. BMW, Honda, Porsche, Ford, Renault, Ferrari, and many other huge corporations were pouring millions into F1, and teams kept going bankrupt every month or so. F1 didn't promote itself much, and if the TV numbers aren't great then future investment into F1 goes away. Liberty sunk alot of money into buying F1 rights, you better believe they are going to try to squeeze every penny out of it.

Not the first F1 movie be the way.

[Seanspeed]

I'm looking forward to it. So long as it's a fun flick with decent writing and great visuals/sound, I should be happy enough. Not expecting the world here and it's great to see F1 get a true Hollywood-level presence.

Then we have the Silverstone weekend, and then a week later I'll be at Goodwood Festival of Speed with F1's 75th anniversary being the obvious theme.

Some great weeks ahead as an F1 fan!

[MB_Racer]

Anyone up for a bingo card?

1) Car bursts in flames.
2) Two drivers fight for the same woman off track.
3) Rookie is winning races, fighting for the championship in his first season.
4) Two drivers pick a fist fight, helmets on.
5) They are cheating. I know because I am cheating and they are faster.
6) Drives car at full blast, on track, during the race in the opposite direction.
7) Driver tells engineer to “add downforce”. Engineer looks surprised. It actually works!
8 ) Hero tells rookie which line to take in that corner instead. It makes him 1 second faster.
9) Hero tells rookie where to brake in that other corner instead, it is a dummy, makes him crash.
10) A safety car allows hero to go from last to first in a couple of laps.
11) Two cars cross the finish line exactly even.
12) Two cars pass each other 6 times in the same lap, twice in the same straight.
13) Driver shows up late for the race.
14) They spend a good 10 minutes explaining downforce, drag, oversteer, soft tires, hard tires, undercuts... RTL is proud.
15) Hero sacrifices his one and only chance for a race win to make the teammate champion.

We know 1 to 5 would never happen in real life. But it is a movie!

The best part is that 1 to 5 are all real

[Sofa King]

Be afraid of growth and change more people

[Big Tea]

This sort of movie usually has clips where they are going as fast as they possibly can, but the baddie appears in the mirror and suddenly they can push the peddle down another 6 inches
( change cam to footwell, and- stomp, big roar, tyre squeal and extra 20mph )