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Unseen footage of Brad Pitt's McLaren test drive emerges as F1 fans all say the same thing

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Published 11:27 26 Jun 2025 GMT+1

Unseen footage of Brad Pitt's McLaren test drive emerges as F1 fans all say the same thing

Brad Pitt has been spotted driving a Formula 1 car.

Marcus Chan

Marcus Chan

Featured Image Credit: McLaren

Topics: Formula 1, McLaren, Fan Reactions

Marcus Chan
Marcus Chan

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Formula 1 fans have been reacting on social media after footage of Brad Pitt driving a McLaren went viral.

The Hollywood megastar has been involved in the world of F1 over the past few years.

Pitt, along with the likes of Kerry Condon, Damson Idris and Javier Bardem, have been filming the F1 movie, which came out on Wednesday.

The 61-year-old plays a character called Sonny Hayes, who was one of the best drivers in F1 before he was involved in a horrific crash, which saw his life take a negative turn.

However, 30 years on, he gets a call from a failing F1 team that begs him to return to action at the pinnacle of motorsports.

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Recently, Pitt was handed the chance of driving a McLaren F1 car around the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

The Oscar-winning actor was seen driving the MCL60, the team's car for the 2023 F1 season.

A video of the Hollywood star driving on the track has since gone viral.

Pitt was seen speeding down the straight into the first corner, but failed to make the turn as he spun out before rejoining the track.

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Reacting on social media, one fan said: "Not even F1 drivers take that corner like that. What’s bro doing."

Another tweeted: "It looked like he was going pretty fast. Not many dare to get into an F1 car... My respect!"

A third fan added: "Man was going for speed trap record."

Someone else wrote: "Check how fast he's going, driving like a pro."

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Speaking about the experience, Pitt said on BBC Radio 1: "Ask me if I hit 200mph."

After presenter Greg James asked the question, Pitt replied: "No… Three miles short.

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"It was Lando’s ’23 [car]. I did not sleep for 36 hours afterwards. I was on such a high."

Sharing a series of images of Pitt with the MCL60 dressed in McLaren attire, team boss Zak Brown wrote: "Putting Brad through his paces! Having seen what Sonny Hayes can do in the awesome new @F1Movie, it was only right that Brad got to experience an F1 car for real. Get to your local cinema and immerse yourself in the world of Formula 1!"

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