The movie might also create a new movie star in the young Damson Idris, who says Pitt has been incredibly encouraging. Damson Idris will be a much bigger name following the release of F1, and he’s likely going to have to deal with fame to a much more significant degree than previously.

Damson Idris was trying to tune out the noise, but that's a little difficult at a Formula One race. The British-Nigerian actor was in the zone, in character, filming the high-octane summer movie “F1” with Brad Pitt at some of the world’s most famous racetracks.

"It felt like flying," Idris says of zooming up to 180 miles per hour on the race track with "F1" costar — and fan — Brad Pitt, who helped him master the race cars' tricky clutch.